The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-08-08

the space OF tventy-six years These laws
affecting contracts ar. al right when affect
ing the Bank Of England and Bcs.on say.
ings banks, also when applicable TO mil.
lionaire brankruT;s, lat il will no. do to
apply them TO the poor tax payers of bank
rupt couniy-O, no.
He says he never told that fellow, who
ever he may he, tina, he would veto the sec
ond-class city bill should it pass. Perhaps
not, but | heard him say so at one time :
besides, he said as much in his speech. He
more than intimateG that such bill could
only originate with an idiot and no Gov
ernor unless an idiot would sign it. He
thought such law would have no validity
whateyer. This is hard on Messrs. Steph-
ems, Thacher and Hu,chinss, for they all
endorsed the bill as legal and one of them
drew it up. He secuted the idea tha, q new
municipality, created from an oil one,
could escape q maDdamus or liability for
the Indebtedness Of the old corporation.
Yet in the American Law Register for Ap-
rii Of last year, page 2s5, is the syllabus Of
a case decided by the Supreme Court OF the
United States as follows:
"a corporation created for municipal
purposes being superseded by new and diff
ferent corporations created for accomplish
ing the same purposes, 90" >es to exist eX-
cept so far as its exis,sLce is expressly con-
tinued for special objects, such as settling
up ITS Indebtedness and the like. In such |
cases if there be judgment against the |
corporation, mandanus will not liz to en-
iorce the collection Of taxes for it's payment. |
there being no officers 10 whom it NAV be |
directed. The court cannot by mandsmus
compel The new corporation to perform
The duties OF the extinct corporation in the
evy Of taxes for the payment of its debts.
specially where their territorial jurisdic-
ion is not the same, and the law has not
authorized them to make such n levy.
Nor can the court order the marshal to
evy taxes in such case, nor in any case,
kept where specific Law authorizes such
proceeding. Under these circumstances
he judgment creditor is in fact without
emedy, and can only spply to the lesisla-
ure for relief"
What idiots these Supreme Court Judges
re, as well as Stephens, Thatcher, Hutch
ngs and others. 1t is fortunate that the
Governor visited Lawrence and made his
pesch, for We now have it from his own
louth that no legislative relief can be Sc
ured while he is Governor If he can pre- ,
ent it. All that has been said of his I
purse and his disposition is confirmed and ]
hoover votes for him does not desire any
,lief in that direction.
The Governor says he said at a meeting |
hen he scared the Democrats he told his S
ndi-nce he chad no sympathy with dema- a
ogues," not with the debtors. That is j
,mewhat remarkable. But was present
one meeting in Representative Hall, at
oPtka, and heard him say with great en-
basis that he "had no sympathy with the .
.b,or class" 1t wasn't ''demagogues" :
zen. Bu; suppose he can't help it; he .
as made probably unsympathetic On pur-
'se that he might be impartial and do
Iual and exact justice, justice, especially y
the exercise of the 'pardoning power" ,
Governor whose dnty calls him to put L !,
'wn strikes on railroads, TO veto ''idiotic" u
lis in the interest Of bankrupt communi- IL
IS and TO resist the appeals OF women and
ildren in the non-exercise of the pardon
g preogative should not be troubled with c
0 much sympathy. 1, would be trouble v