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Show T Saturday, July 2, 1910. PAGE TWO THE JOURNAL PUBLISHED BY EARL AND ENGLAND PUBLISHING CO AW ASA SPOBT. Those who have' been disgusted with the technicalities that in our courts too often defeat justice, may learn something as to the Hnsons therefor-i- n the following, from J. the Saturday Evening Post: ' XoJyAching occurs but somebody rise t, remark hat in this country there is small rcsp( .d for the law. But in this country criminal law '.s respectable. We copied our procedure from England,' hut refused to copy the extensive and wholesome reforms of that procedure, which England began instituting parly in the last century. Said Prof, John Davidson Lawson, dean of the University of Missouri law school, in a speech before the House Judkiary Committee, In every other branch we are teaching the science of today, hid .c rrc teaching the legal scDnci, of the " d.Tvc of the Tudors. We adhere to what grA e j rofessorof the law have called the tmorLi.g .theory or indite mskuig the !rn! ineiijy a contest of lt. t between opposing ban .slews, with tin nm i as an umpire, to He t'.it 1l,ey fight to rule. For this eouibtion uurts are - ecch to blame r.s Vgi.dHture.v There is. observed Dean Lawj.pp.a strange dislike in ott rapjtel a t cm t rt s - taany fnt erfcmicp wrt h the game.- - They love the ' fine professional points upon which an astute lawyer may trip h.s opponent and win a new trial for a murof a trivial verbal inaccuracy derer hePau-in the indictment. With no new legislation appellate courts m'ght Jo much to discourage ap-- ; technicalities.ea's on And .vet it is well known that they sometimes go out ,,r tlu-iwav to encourage such appeals because love the profe sional game. Hence. the.v of sai l Profisior Pound, of the University Law some time Chicago ago, Department, comes the modern American race to beat the law For, if the law is a mere game, why shouldnt anybody beat it who can? I L at -- a- iVlonday , July - Fourth, brated the one hundred and w 1 11 thirty-fourt- bfi-4J6- 1 an h conei-den- t niversary of the birth of the epubln with the signing of that great charter of cur liberties, the Declaration of Independence. H should alwa.vs be remembered in this connection that the momentous Declaration was but a present invitation to trouble; to war and bloodshed, with but a few resolute, unflinching heroes upon the one side, who to the success of their just cause and the upholding of their new Declaration, pledged their lives, and their fortunes and their sacred honor, of warriors trained the other side, upon the a mighty nation. It should not be forgotten that with almost superhuman bravery and devotion, and amidst appalling hardships and discouragements, that poorly armed and equipped little band of patriots fought against those and fully provided hosts for nearly seven years following their brave Declaration, before its assertions, were made good and they did become indeed free and independent. All honor to those dauntless fathers and found era of the new' republic; the pioneers in human freedom who.e success meant not only liberty for themselves and their deseemlents, but and representative r broader constitutional in all lands. For the first time in self evident history was established the all men are created equal, and truth that that they were endowed with certain unalieu able rights upon which kings, emperors, or other potentates might not trample with impunity. Allured by our fame as the land of liberty, the oppressed of all nations flocked hither until we have increased from fewer than four million?, to ninety millions of inhabitants, and are still growing by leaps and bounds. It is fitting that in this era of our strength, when no nation may insult us with impunity, that we should recall those earlier years of toil, hardships and war, and pay our tribute to those brave ones who made it all possible. Let those who will, sneer at the old form of celebration with its reading of the Declaration, Its orator to remind us of our debt and to recall the deeds of those men of iron of the good old days, its patriotic songs and stirring instrumental music; but take the word of the passing generation, and they will tell ytm-thno single thing has had such power to arouse in their breasts the Spirit of patriotism and to Instill the reverence due the fouuders of our e 'celebration, government, as has the such as we are pleased to learn will be held on Monday In several of the cities and towns of Cache valley. The reading of the Declaration impresses upon the plastic minds Of the youth who hear it,read under such circumstances, the fundamental huri?an rights and the principles upon which constitutional freedom is based. These impressions are supplemented jmd strengthened by the orator ; And all in all, the effect is so pronounced that not only is tile fire .of ' patriotism caused to glow in the youthful heartj but whenever an unjust law is proposed, its provisions are measured and analyzed by the principles and standards contained in the Declaration, and the statements regarding it and "our Constitution, that are made by the orator in dilating upon those great documents and the oppressions that led to their making. So let the volleys thunder at daybreak; let the flag be saluted in memory of its first imfurlment to the breeze as the emblem of a new-bor- n , nation ; have the band concert, the that good old patriotic airs may thrill; bold the good old Fourth of July meeting oven though the mugwumps may call it stereotyped and out of date and fashion; let the eagle scream and the cannon roar, for 1Ley are all an inspiration to patriotism, and a visible and audible evidence that we appreciate our liberties and honor Independence .Day and those, who gave it to us. Let thdae who do not, go hang themselves , well-arme- d gov-ernme- nt at old-tim- - , e hair-splittin- g - r real democracy Mock, and Guild hall speech of Co). Roosevelt has been almost universally condemned as a breach of etiquette and good fade, and in a few quarters has been severely criticised because of the sentiments expressed therein. One of the most severe in the latter class, though couched in temperate language, is the following, from the Omaha World-lleral- J which inakei espeoialy good reading in proximity to our great natal day annr-,rsarthe reminiscences it suggests and the of human liberty ami equality of I rintiples which it is typical: The spectacle of Theodore Roosevelt, of the United States and the most of living Americans, landing in the pcp,dar Guild hall at London, impressively lecturing the British government on the lack of sufficient severity of its imperial and despotic government of Kg.v pt is humiliating to every American who believes in the principles on which this government was founded. The doctrine of despotism, of government without consent of the governed, cordially advocated bv one who followed Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln in the presidential chair of this republic! The British empire publicly and to its face rebuked because its imperialism is too sentimental, by the great representative of the republic that took up arms against BritiJi imperialism in 1776! In certain vital points vou have erred. sartHM'r." Koosevelt, speaking of the British i tile of It is for you to make good Egypt. And he defined the error your error. It has been an error proceeding from thus: an effort to do too much and not too little in the interests of the Egyptians themselves. In such a situation as vvours in Egypt weakness, timidity, sentimentality, may cause even more far reaching harm than violence and injustice. Of all the broken reeds sentimentality is. the most broken reed on which righteousness can lean. This is the rede of a former American president to the British government that is finding trouble in governing Egypt without the consent ail against the will of the conquered and subject people ! And he says, further. Rememfber also that I am not only an American( but. a radical, a real, not a mock, democrat and I advise you only in accordance with the principles on which I have myself acted as an American president in dealing with the Philippines. Such are the fir-- t fruits of American entrance- on the imperial policy! Little more than a decade has passed, but already America s giving lessons to the British empire as to the best way to govern an enslaved people against theiivconsent; lessons based ofi American practice; lessons grounded in blood and iron ! A real, not a mock democrat. says Mr. Roosevelt. The Declaration of Independence says: Wb hold these truths to be that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights that among these are lfe, liberty, thi-elo- se nt self-evident; w O ' and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights governments are instituted among the conmen, deriving their jut powers fiom sent of the governed. Is that mock democracy? Were Samuel Adams, and John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin, and all the immortal galaxy of patriots whose names were appended to that document, were they all mock dem-- ocrats! - paatriots who took up arms for Were the that doctrine, and who starved and bled and died for it; were the generals who led them and the statesmen and philanthropists who lent strength to their arms, were they all mock democrats ! Thomas Jefferson said. If there be one principle more deeply, rooted than any other in the mind of every American, it is that we shduld have nothing to do with conquest. Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our govern ment. Was Thomas Jefferson, father and founder of his party, author of the Declaration, the I; prophet of free American institutions, was he. too, a mock democrat Henry Clay said: Jt tbc doctrrne of thrones That m arris too ignorant to govern himself. I contend that it is to arraign the disposition of Providence himself to suppose that he created be ings incapable of governing themselves, and to be trampled on by kings. s the natural government of man. Was Ilenrv Clay a mock democrat? Abraham Lincoln "said : The assertion that all men are created equal was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Brittain; and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use. Its 'authors meant it to be as. thank Code it is now proving itself a stumbling block to all those who in after times, might seek to turn a free people back into the hateful paths of despotism. This is a world of compensations, and he who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Tho-who denf freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, can not long retain it. It was Abraham Lincoln, too, who spoke of the doctr ne of the Declaration as ail absolute truth, applicable to all men and all and who prophesied that in all comtimes. ing Javs it shall be a rebuke and a stumbling block to the harbingeis of reappearing tyranny and oppression. Was Abraham Lincoln a demomock o All James Quayle & Co. jj TOST ARRIVED AlineofPorlor Suits nt 'fly from $25.00 to $75 Set. Fancy Rockers and Chairs, Buffets and China Closets in , . Furniture and Carpet House. i- self-vaunt- Main Street Beautiful Resident Locations Splendid Building Lots Along the Car Line Easy Terms. 4 Room House on 4th East $1500.00 4 Room House on 5th East $2000.00 Elegant House on Center Street, easy terms Bonded Abstractors For Cache County. $300, non to Loan on Impioved Farms. , If all these men were mock democrats; if the doctrines for which thev stood are mock democracy, who are the real democrats and what is the real democracy? Can no man qualify for real democracy unless he be willing to enroll himself Among the oppressors of men? Are emperors and despot,. the greatest democrats, and are those who resist and defy them only mock democrats and sentimentalists? Must the real democrat look back with shame on the mock democrats of 1776, and breathe to heaven a prayer for forgiveness for the shameless wrong done by the American forefathers to KingDeorge and Lord North? England has been a long time in waiting, but finaly the reparation for the acts of treason committed by Washington and his ragged band of rebels has come. A successor of Washington, ha idly" a year out of the White House, journeys to London to admit that the revolution was a mistake, that it is right to govern men without their consent, that despotism is the real democracy, and That despotism's gieatest fault - not violence and injustice, but sentimentally. William J. Bryan is now in the British Isles. There are a good many million Americans. we feel sure, who are' praying for this mock democrat to deilvei, on Brtish soil, the answer that should be made to that real democrat. Theodore Roose velt. Omaha World-Heral- f William Edwards e crat? all Finishes. oy; or ZnGlT' &7ZUT. ay WeMake Your Watch Run on Time timepiece to be valuable mu t be- - accurate, all pivots are finely polished, all bearings are adjusted, 0n the bearings the balance revolves 432000 times daily astounding isnt itt No watch can run in dirty rancid oil. the friction of the delicate parts in their continuous labor day and night, will soon ruin a watch, unless it is cleaned and oiled by A jC. M. WENDELBOE WE DO IT AND5 DO IT WELL We have had 45 years practical experience.' - d. HAT DEMOCRACY OFFERS. i Here is the platform ' the average Democratic candidate for Congress will present to the people: Lower duties on the necessaries of life. An 11001110 tax that a large portion of the burden of the cost of government may fall upon those best able to bear it. Reciprocity with Canada and our best customers. Repeal of section two of the Aldrich act that forces tariff wars and relaxation. Election of Senators by direct vote. time Democratic economy in, public expenditures." Restoration of popular government in the House of Representatives, Whats the matter with such a platform? V' USIC V - - . ' s Hi k 4 39 South Main Street Logan Sell Julius Bauer, Poole and Schiller Pianos, For Cash or on Installments We In Jsed Pianos also have some splendid Bargains from $100.00 up including several Steinway and Miller Pianos Thirty or forty words of want advertising today or some other day 'soon will carry to you a genuine luck message. YOULL KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE IT, TOO ! Thatcher Music Co. c Up - of Ties and Sandals 20 Pla-Ma- te f i 314 |