The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-12

action OF the president IN foTcbly sup
pressing riotous disorder which had stop
pei the carriage Of the mails and inter
state commerce and was iefying the clYl
officers OF the United States.
THE president took This action not only
without the requests, bat in one instance
gainss he protests. OF the authorities Of
the states ia which the riots occurred.
Mr. Bryan, taking section OF article I oS
the constitution 10 he the law on the suil-
iect pledges himself against = repetition
Q. the violation thereof. which his letter
necc ssar!ly charges. Ii indicates tAc Wis
dom Of the trainers OF the constitution by
dee airing that the local authorities are
better qualified than the president TO
Judge OF tie necessity for Federal assls--
Gace'
This IS. IN my judgment. FAR mora
serious matter than the money question,
Or any OF the other questions that arr now
before the people. grave as they all are.
Our form OF government may survive 81
wrong decision on those questions. and
the reople may endure sor 2 time ne evils
which result from false systems of finance
an1 taxation, but X the president has de-
Iferatefv tlsrezarde5 the i~strumeut upon
which the Union IS founded ny supqlant-
~ the authority OF - sovereign state
hv armed force, precedent has been made
which threatens our form o. government,
while IL candidate for pfesiden-
pledges himself in advance, a. Mr..
R~yau has done. 10 do nothing 10 protect
the property. maintain the authority and
enforce the laws Of he United States an
less and until the officers Of another gov
er~raert request or onsent. then We real
have no Federal government. for a gov
errlrnent which Is not entirely ire- % use
force 20 protect and maintain Itself N ~
discharge Of its OWN proper iGnctioas =
no government A. all.
cn.-rton OF the constitution 20 NitER
Nr. Bryan refers reads as follows; ihs
United States snail guarantee 10 every
~-ate IN this Union a rep sohcan form or
government Ru1 shall protect eacA OF
them against invasion. and on an app4-
cation az the legislature. or of the cNec3-
i've tvhen the legislature cannot lie co2-
v4naD aKalnst domestic violence IBIS
secti1n Plainly refers merely % ne pro
fee.tion of the states against interference
WITH the.- authority. la~ or property -
domestic violence aua taey ara Wisely
made the sale judges T-ether and ~nen
they need sucA protection
AR Bryan betrays a conscsn lzffsS q
,s,a limited operation of tnis provision IN
The exnrasston Federal a5sls' anCt II ife
clause have quoted. bat 81 the express
terms of tae constitution. "A single STATE
re. rotn.nc % IS WIN tne ma .ntenaDre
of ana authority or t7e execution ot tae
laws o. tAe T5alteA states within tAe ter
rts1rv cs ihe state Iae prevention and
~ssse rrert ~ oTTegsfs eunuN "a win
the mats wftA Interstate commerce. r4ta
ne administration O. fus,'oe iu the f@a-
erzl couv-s are committed % 80" general
government. ara 20 = alone ~teh o.
.arses n nox 'sc menace rae general E9t-
errraeot ~ tne state w5Lnia NAfeA they
a~e crrrrutttcf g cret3re tAe stats c1t-
rtot REQUIRE pratac. .tpD against taern- J r.
H-ate has NJ 12-cs Jo g -ac barge ~ tfeset
matters. Theyr<ors g. can yea Ere -