| Show I Direct Rule of the People As Exemplified in GeorgiaT Georgia I HE people rule in Georgia Representative e goy gov government T THE eminent the administration of public affairs affair by hy elective officials endowed with power an and d authority for the true purpose the tho enforcement of laby law la by proper means and agents is much too cumbersome e and dilatory for the upright citizens of that g state They have hearkened to Jo the voice oice of on one crying ry in tho the wilderness the logic of the place place- hunters and seekers office-seekers who predicate their am am- ambitions ambitions upon denunciation and destruction of existing institutions has been heard in Columbus Ga an md its citizens have hae responded A negro o youth wh who e hn had killed a white companion had just been tried found guilty of manslaughter and the court was fix fixing fixing ing g his Inu punishment nt when a n mob took possession o othe of the thc courtroom cowed the judge and other cour court t officials and gird shot the prisoner to death These Georgia exponents of popular direct goy gov go government who chose this method metho of making the II courts responsive to the wishes of the people are arc not altogether members of tho the ne new w I cult that deprecates whatever is is old understood and proven pro but grasps eagerly at the new nev and un un- tr tried ed Their he r en endorsement of the recall of judicial l decisions is full and complete to be exact they have bac taken a progressive stand that should receive the thoughtful consideration of Oyster Bay Tho The me me- medieval medieval contrivance of submitting submitting- the courts court's decision to the people at nt the polls was brushed aside as astin unworthy unworthy un un- worthy even the momentary consideration of pIes ol ot advanced thought By the simple expedient of holding a charged and dependable rifle in close juxtaposition to tho the judicial head they thoy soothed th the e peevish representative of the supreme majesty of th tho thola e law la and recalled his decision before the clerk had had a chance to record it It is evident however that they must be purified as with fire before thc they can qualify as us real They utterly ignored the prime primo principle o of progressivism the recall of the judiciary Had the they y been in full accord and harmony with the thc new spirit they would have lave recalled the judge at the same time timo and in iu the same manner that the they recalled his decision de de- The enthusiastic advocate of f political purity who stood with his face turned towards Oyster Oster Bay and his finger on tho the trigger of the rifle that menaced men men- menaced aced the cowering judge might easily have put tit the c whole theory of popular government go into effect b by ct merely crooking his index digit The judge was no not t response e n in to sentiment and it was inex inex- inex I I ble weakness ss in those who ho recalled his decision not to recall the j judge dge also ck t. t 4 iv 4 i f VI r Is 1 I 4 1 t RO R ELA CLEVELAND'S DS D'S I I Courage of admirers were were wont t to 0 Taft an and d refer to him as adamant adaman t when efforts were made to t o Cleveland drive him bim counter to his con con- Compared I There Thero were those who believed him the most courageous o of oe American Presidents dents yet they never could explain away his weakness weakness weakness weak weak- ness in in permitting the Wilson Vilson tariff bill to become a la law without his bis signature in view of his indignation t tion ion over its provisions pro While he caustically criticised criticised c members of his own party part who had oracle enacted the measure he lacked lacke the courage to veto it Declining Declining De De- clining opining to share the party disgrace by approving it he tic permitted it to become a n law lav without his signa sigma lure ture under tho the constitutional provision t Mr rr Taft did not falter when the nondescript wool wool bill came to him bim recently from Congress as a compromise compromise compromise com com- promise measure He lie had bad on previous occasions solemnly warned Congress that he would permit no tariff legislation that was not based upon accurate and exact knowledge kno of conditions He declared that haphazard tariff legislation should be a thin thing of t the be past so far as he lie could make it so and his disapproval disappio- disappio val al of the wool tariff measure was in harmony and conformity with his announced announce intention Members of Congress were were well aware aware of the tariff board beard report on wool they knew the exact figure at ut t which the duties should bo be placed to afford adequate protection pro pro- t for American and American n tet- tet tex tet- tile tilo wo workers kers They choose to ignore it and the President President dent acted vigorously A weaker man would have lave yielded to public clamor i 2 4 1 FRANK MUNSEY has gone gono Harvester to Europe D Dan n R. R Han Hanna a T. T Trust r st 1 Is 8 is is playing golf in Canada Bo Boss s Bill Flinn Plinn has left the Faithful colonel in a huff kicking b the theand thedoor and True door jamb as ho r departed and und Ben Lindsey is PO an busy start ing a new religion n i D in Denver r that he has little time for moosing But the saints be thanked Medill McCormick and George W. W Perkins Perkins Per Per- kins are on the job Dear faithful old harvester est r trust Age cannot wither nor custom stale its in infinite finite variety It has renounced the devil and till nil his works worl the pomps and vanities of this wicked world lure it no longer Afflicted and in mind body and estate by the fiendish persecutions of the Taft admi administration it is gh giving ng an outward and visible sign of an nn inward and spiritual grace it has been touched by the holy fire from flom Oyster Bay and will evermore love Jove and cherish Theodore Its trusted and accredited agents are on the jo job and it has endowed Theodore with all its worldly goods Its hands are forever to be kept from picking and stealing and it will no more leave undone the things which it ought to have done nor do those things which it ought not to have done It has hns joined the noble army of martyrs as they toil ut up to Armageddon II to to battle for the tho Lord Yea Yen verily McCormick ck and Perkins are on the job for there is money to be spent 4 1 A Chicano Chicago physician says that well veil informed well people no longer regard legard whisky y as a D. cure curo f for or snake bites Next some ruthless naturalist will try y tomake to tomake make the world believe that it is not good for fish bait It is e estimated says an exchange e that there are 00 criminals running taxicabs in New York Still in this city vo cro dont don't blame it on the the driver driver but on the little indicator beside him 0 Historians have ascertained that hut it cost to Lo discover America It cost Detroit Inore nore than that to discover some somo of its councilmen councilman The good trust trust- if it wishes to keep its ts reputation tion trop will be careful not to make any campaign contributions con con- |
