The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-04-01


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49,. suprcme court ovrrruirs every
,o'nr made against the validity ~ the
Mckinley i.ii. and does il ia = siTls
..hich became familiar enough u iss1
x,lhinr else was generally expected.
,,.nrh Il was supposed by ore that
M court would not 20 30 far ~ 10
...erf tie validity Of . clause attempt
H. 10 give the president p-,~. % H.
elare 4 levy ~ taxc> not ALREADY levied
~ INV. This IL does. however. be.
~ decision In no was affects the ones
ION The suprem- court j. a tribunal
n ln<t resort oniy when II /, right
uhcu il i wrong appeal liz, from IL
decisions to the power aud tins right
whose creature il is-the power and the
right 81 the people. who arr nh,v- the
wrongful, findings % any tribunal what
ever.
A. the decision il reported Nv tel
Graph the court holds that tie Ne
Einley bill does NOS authorize the pres
dent 70 levy resailatory taxes but
rrrscribes taxes 10 70 into effect under
certain prescribed contingencies This
/, an unworthy bubble. The claus.
does prescribe certain rates Of trxasicn
On certain articles but Il does no; levy
them nor make them operative On
The contrary. coffee. teas and hides
being already u~rtazcd- II crews he
las from raw sugar and mv,asses.
having these articles nrtrxel alto
gether. Then IL prescriIss certain
rates II taxation on these articles. INT
does not tax them az all I-ss-ai Of
doing so Il declares that The presdrnt
shall have rower 10 levy taxes ~ the
Prescribed rates after JanrarF 4. lsJs-
II he chooses to do 50. These tax do
not exist by legislative act They have
no existence At al There arc no such
taxes No Legislative act has rr. .Ae.n
in force and no date has been set by
legislative act for them 10 20 into force.
They 10 not exist nor can they ever
exist by Legislative act until such &C. Is
passed putting them in force.
As every republican on the supreme
bench knows rs every one who watches
public affairs knows. the rcnnb-
leans OF the Reed congress passed his
tIIN%L ed Liz EWI@AiMENWA e.
T';citsy provides that all such meas
urcs rs this must originate in the
house. and because they did not ex-
pect them to have a majority in the
succeeding house. No. wishing 70 de-
clare this levy Of taxes outright. and
knowing that a democratic house
would never pass uch a measure.
they attempted at once TO evade their
own responsibility and 20 bind sue
cesding congresses because as long as
the senat i republican the democratic
majority in the house cannot undo this
action by which taxes arc 70 be levied
BY the president
II would have becn different in no
essential had the Reed passed
this clause:
That on and after January T. is2.. the preSi-
dcnt may lew by proclamation = ux % ~ pes
cent I'd uiorrm On INV and Al articles be
lisaSe@- IL shall have Tie power and i sA1I
te his duty 70 90 - VIXEN II his opinion IL : ex-
pcdicnl
This IS the taxation BY proclamation
clause OF the Mex inley bill. exc-pt that
here TIE ah<olrtism Is EXTENDED TO all
instead OF TO specified decisions
A
wards ab<o.ntism in the history OF tie
sountry. but il would have beer ruin
Us 70 the republican party TO have
id the Mckinley bill declared invalid
With : democratic majority in the
house and with = campaign opening
with every indication Of popular hos
tl.tv TO the bill There could he no
greater or jus;er reproach against the
courts decision than the statement %
The fact that the decision nowhere
creates surprise and that none are les
surprised than those who most dep.ore
IT. action
The republican theory Of ahsolut-
ism in government must run its cour~e
% Is logical conci usionL Nothing Will
b. lost IL the defenders Of constitutions
al liberty surrender nothing Of princi-
Te in accepting and acquicscing in
facts rs they present themselves while
rrrublicani<m i working out its own