Evening star., 1924-08-03
ROOSEVELTS PLATFORM
BESIDE LA FOLLETTE'S
Comparison of Pronouncements by Pro
gressives" of 1912 and Those of
Present Campaign Year.

restrictions of the power of the courts
as shall leave to the people the ultimate
authority to determine fundamental
questions of social welfare and public
| policy. To this end it pledges itself to
provide:
! THAT when an act passed under the
police power Of the State is held uncon-
stitutional under the State constitu-
ton, by the courts, the people, after
an ample interval for deliberation, shall
have an opportunity to vote on the
| question whether they desire the act to
| become a law, notwithstanding such de-
| cision."
This declaration was popularity called
in 1912 the recall of judicial decisions.
1t alienated from the Roosevelt cause
number of his ardent admirers. They
! were unwilling to support such pro-
posal in regard to the courts.
The La Toilette platform says with
regard to the courts:
I'VE favor submitting TO the people
| for their considerate judgment con-
stitutional amendment providing that
Congress may, by re-enacting a statute.
make it effective over a judicial vote.
I'VE favor such amendment to the
Constitution as may be necessary to
provide for the election of all Federal
judges. without party designation, for
fixed terms not exceeding ten years, by
direct vote of the people"
1t will be observed that the La Fol-
lette platform. while it provides for
the recall of judicial decisions, as did
the Bull Moose, goes step further
and provides for the election-instead of
the present method of appointment-of
Federal judges.
Injunction In Labor Disputes.
3 The use of injunctions in abor dis
putes.
The Bull Moose latform said:
I'VE believe that the issuance of in
functions in cases arising out Of labor
disputes should be prohibited when such
injunctions would not apply when no
la Dor disputes existed. We also believe
that a person cited for contempt In
labor disputes, except when such con-
tempt was committed in the actual
presence of the court or so near thereto
as to interfere with the proper admins
ira ton of justice, should have a right
| to trial by jury
The La Toilette platform says:
we favor abolition of the use of in
functions in labor disputes
4. Collective bargaining by labor
nizot
The Bull Moose platform said:
I'VE favor the organization of the
workers, men and women, as a means
of protecting their interests and of
promoting their progress
The La Toilette platform says
We declare for complete protection
of the right of farmers and industrial
lively and conduct without hindrance
cooperative enterprises.
3. Child labor
The Bull Moose platform said:
We pledge ourselves to work un-
ceasingly in State and Nation for the
prohibition of child labor"
The La Toilette platform says:
We favor prompt ratification of
the pending child labor amendment
to the Constitution.
Conservation Policies.
6. Conservation of natural re-
sources.
The Bull Moose platform said:
We heartily favor the policy of
conservation, and we pledge our party
to protect the national forests with
out hindering their legitimate use
for the benefit of all. the people
We believe that the remain
ing forests, coal and oil lands, water
power and other natural resources
still in State or National control lex
cept agricultural lands) are more
likely to be wisely conserved and
utilized for the general welfare if
held in the public hands"
The La Toilette platform saws:
We favor the public ownership of
the Nations water power and the ere
alton and development of a national
super water power system, and strict
public control and permanent con-
servation of all the Nations re-
sources, including coal. iron and other
ores, oil and timber lands in the in
terest of the people"
The La Toilette platform also at
tacks vigorously the administration
OF the Interior Department and the
navy Department under former Sec
retarles Fall and DENLY, when the
naval oil reserves were leased To Sin.
cia1r and Doheny, and pledges !.
thorough "housecleaning in the D.-
| partment of Justice, the Department of
the interior and other executive denart-
ments."
Lakes-to-Sea WaterU,x.
q. Deep waterway from tbe.cra.
Lakes to the sea.
! The Bull Moose platform said:
IL Is national obligation to de-
Neiop our rivers, and especially the
| mississippi and it's tributaries. with
out delay' under a comprehensive
general plan covering each river
system from its source to its mouth
| designed to secure it's highest use.
fulness for navigation, irritation. do
mestic supply. water power and the
prevention of floods"
The La Toilette platform says:
We favor deep waterway from
the Great Lakes to the sea-. The gov
| ernment should, in conjunction with
Canada, take immediate action to
give the Northwestern States an out
let to the ocean for cargoes, with
out change in bulk, thus making the
primary markets on the Great Lakes
equal to those of New York"
There are other points Of similarity
between the platforms of 1912 Pro-