Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-12

! 70 advocate reform. even II nnista ken
! impulses be followed hui il ie IN
| American 30 assail freedom of ex
preston md 10 he intolerant."
The Baltimore sun Gndepe ndentl
adds: When mans objections to
a proposed change in our judicial
system lead him to the extravaganza
of challenging. in effect. the patriot
ism OF man whose PATRIOTISM Is
! beyond human question. it may well
| be asked whether he has the intel
| lectual honesty and the disciplined
temperament that are required on
snv bench" The St Paul Dispatch
dndepende Mt Republican, also declares:
A man is not disqualified 10 he
| Federal circuit Judge because he fails
10 vote for Senator Hiram Johnson.
| hut any one who can say that Thee
| dore Roosevelt was not a good Ameri-
can is handics pped by a type Of mind
that certainly ought not to he on the
second highest judicial bench in the
United States
'Of course. the passionate utter
ance OF Judge McCamant." according
TO the Wichita Beacon independent
Republican,, is chiefly Of interest be
cause il illustrates the common tend
person because some one happens
to disagree with him. We have never
heard just who it is that decides
whether a thing is good AmeriCanism
| or not 1t seems that Judge Nc
Camant aspires to the position OF ar
bitter However. the general public
| opinion probab bly, would support Roose-
! welt rather than the judge. If this type
| Of judge could he made TO understan nd
that America nism consists primarily
i in letting the people govern them
! selves they would he making fewer
! foolish breaks"
! Discussion OF Senator Johnsons OPP
position TO Mccain ant leads the Hart
ford Times dndepende nj Democrsticl
! TO remark: Reduced 10 it's lowest
terms il might be said that Judge Nc
Camant did not feel in 1920 that he
could vote for Hiram Johnson. and
now, in 1926. Johnson does not feel
| that he can vote for MCCamant: sauce
| for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Reiterating the belief that Roosevelt
was wrong on the recall OF judicial de-
cisions. but UNFOLDING his right to be
called good American" the Brook
lyn Daily Eagle independent Demo
cratic) SAYS: The fact is that the
| Roosevelt tradition did not die with
! him any more than the Napoleon ira
dition died with Napoleon. 1t does not
depend in any great measure on what
! the colonel advocated or what he rep
roba ted. 1t does depend on the Virilfty
and integrity of his Chara cter and on
| his good America nism. F1outing that
| tradition. insulting the millions of Re
publicans who have made it almost a
gospel is a temptation which even Mr..
| Rooseveit's most active opponents
have usually resisted. I"
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! With the declaration that the coun-
try has produced few. II any. greater
or stancher Americans than Theodore
| Roosevelt" the Chattanooga Times (in-
| dependent Democratic) remarks: The
good American stands by his country
whether he deems 1t right or wrong in
the emergency OF serious clash with
a foreign power, but he can never he
estopped from expressing his opinion
as to internal affairs by allegations
against his patriotism made by those
who disa gree with him." The Times
concludes that lit is futile to attack
/ him, for his record and high position
in the hearts OF our people are soundly
placed"