The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-28

| United States. and congress or any other
| authority has no power TO demonetize
/ eitheh metal
1 Involved in the discussion OF this i'm
| portant question are two fundamental and
| undisputed principles. defining the dis
\ rncttve and relative power OF the national
| and state governments. First-Th2t the
| national or federal government Is one OF
| sneciaI powers. The constitution, itssif.
| by which it was created, declaring tnst
| all powers not herein granted are reserved
| TO the states, respectively, or 10 the peO-
ME. second-On the contrary, the s1A'e
governments have all powers except s"Sil
as are especially prohibited. either oy 'Ae
constitution of the United States or OF
| it's own state constitution
In nurssuance of these principles the
courts. both state and federal, have uni
| forrnly held. that to ascertain whether
| the federal government possess speci~i
power IN any OF its branches-iesisiative'
executive of judicial-rhe constitution Is
| TO be examined, and IL the power Is not
| found among the powers there granted.
| the power Is dead
Rut to determine whether state gov
eminent possesses a certain power, the
| constitution of the United States and It's
| own state constitution is examined 10 as
| certaiu whether the special power IS pro-
| hibited. If not prohibited the power Is
| upheld.
Keeping In view these principles, iet US
examine the constitution Of the United
| States. In II We find two provision which
| bear directly upon the proposition 1t Is
| proposed to prove
| article 1, sec. q Congress shall have
/ power TO coin money ana
regulate the value thereof
"Article |, sec. u. No state shall make
anything but gold and silver coin ten
| der in payment of debts"
| The first of the above provisions is one
| of the grants of powers. 10 congress. The
| latter Is one Of the powers prohibited to
the states
The power to coin money is the power TO
| strike it out of the money metals The
| word coin as used in the constitution at
| The time had been applied 10 money
| struck from the money metals for '$ime
| past whereof the memory OF man run
| meth not to the contrary"
The prohibition to the states Is. that no
state shall make anything but gold and
siver coin a tender for the payment OF
| debts This prohibition construed by the
! rule that state governments may exercise
ell powers not prohibited. leaves 70 each
| state the power TO make gold and silver
coin tender for the payment OF debts.
Observe. too. that this prohibition does
not restrict the states to the gold and sill
yer coin OF the United States. and so the
states have full power TO make any and
| all god and silver coin a tender FOR the
payment of debts.
The trainers OF the constitution would
| not have left IL in the power OF each and
every state 10 make gold and silver coin
a legal tender for the payment Of debts IL
they did not intend TO make gold and sill
yer coin permanent money metals OF the
United States.
The words gold and silver, IN BON The
Grant and prohibition are always conjoin-
et. II "a always gold and silver not
gold or silver. The two metals are MONEY
metals conformity. Such IS the language
As the constitution made these metals
eonjointfy money metals. ard as congress
has no power except those granted by the
constitution. IL follows that congress Res
| no power 70 deprive either metal OF its
money functions.
This has been the opinion % All the
great constitutional expcunders VINO have
expressed opinions on the subject
veh~..- who = one OF the few men
80 at e-1
into a position OF reverence, BY his ooan-
try7nen Of all parties. said:
81 an clearly % the 0pinion hat con
r-e= ,o- aay other authority can legally
se-ooe.txs either silver OF gold The
,o-,,,z-., 70 con xress - 20 cola money.
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-,o,~v for TIE use OF tbe people. and tire
~-s,. % authority - create Eaoney. can
M, y, eoustr1ei 70 mean authority 20 de-
st-oy uoaeJ-
blaine. ua.os4 mastery Intellect rsaHe
hin among hts ps-stsanz the gran1szt
leader OF his cay. SKID n TIE congress q
is7s:
II believe god aa9 silver coln 70 - TIE
money % the Constitution: in4s~s TIE
money % the American people anserio< 10
ire constitution. y7ica thzk great orrzaic
lz~ recognized a. quite in1epenee1f q -
ozn ezts,s-o@- No power was confe--~d
o, cozEress 20 declare siihe- metal ssst51
rot be marcy C0nxrsss has. therefore.
- ~ Iudgnert- no power 20 tsnsorsssEs
e1;hsz II. therefore. silver vas asnens-
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favor % onss-1< Il 20 - resS-nst"
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are supoo-tsS ey e~ssy ftsf.sE1aa % re
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