Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-24

| 1urther, as laid down in this written doc
| ument.
We named an officer to execute the
laws, called the President, comforting
| upon him certain powers to execute and
carry out the provisions of Congress
His powers We're conferred and limited
hy the written constitution; it had never
been done before. What then? Still n
further check in this new experiment
To what tribunal or what umpire shall
| 1T be referred to decide upon the question
whether Congress goes beyond it's writ
ten license under this constitution of the
United States, and to what umpire shall
1T be referred if the President shall go
beyond the powers conferred upon him
States? eonS 'i'n'i0n Oh the oniteo
We had created n congress independ-
ent OF the PRESIDENT; we had created
gress, within the powers conferred by
the written instrument. Then the faith
ers decided that another check was
necessary; this President and this Con-
gress, that we have set up, may go the
way OF the French republic, or the
even with written constitution they
may agree upon a certain construction.
We will set up here tribunal, far re-
moved from political contest, the SUI
preme court of the United States Zap
plause), with power to say to the public
body and the representatives of the state
go in dealing with the rights of the peo-
pie. thus far and no farther, and we
hold that you are forbidden to do these
States." lApplause) ''e'
Fhey said further that the President,
occupying the office of the greatest po-
ers conferred upon him. he may trans
gress this constitution OF the United
States, and there is no power to inter
way Of Impeachment before the Senate,
aEPee thaf peHef x sa9 'be faf fs,de 9e
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far away from partisan politics, far
away from the passions of elections, far
away from the dictation of party conven-
tons, and the decision of this tribunal
as to what may be done. or what may
not be done, by the President or the Con
gress of the United States, that decision
people of the United States. Cap
plause)
Now. what have we today? In the
made. We find the powers
conferred upon the President of the
United States, to execute the laws of
that by the law of Congress the Presi-
dent must see to it that the mails of the |
United States, the communications be-
kept open; that the mails shall go at all |
hazards: AApplause)
v We tb find sts Gengf fss RProTPidng be-
execute the law regarding the free trans |
mission of freight and merchandise from
State TO stare we ma this power re-
sisted, and find in the declaration of the |
party platforms made at Chicago a state I
ment in effect that the President of the |
United States cannot execute. the fed
conferred upon him by Congress and the
Constitution of the United States, except
applause), and this is declared, fellow
it well-this is declared
y g body of people that came, together
|acESOnlln Democrats |
Why, sentlemen. in iss3. JOHN g. Cal
loun advised that convention gather
ider the question whether President
Jackson could execute the law for the
objection of tariff, this high protective
a; and to execute the tariff law in
ention declared that the federal gov
through it's President had no
over to execute that federal law in that
tate without t. leave of the govern
1ent of South Carolina.
What did Jackson do? These people
all themselves Jacksonian Democrats,
litter end of 1892, jackson ordered Gen.
colt. then. in command of the United
tates armies. to establish his military
lima. in the first place (Applause)
IN the same day he ordered the two l
lost powerful ships in the American
cred the troops of the United States 6
valuable on the Atlantic coast to con- {
nitrate within striking distance of .
oufh Carolina tApplause.) And he
nbiic proclamation, but in private-tbey a
al been good friends before: he said G
You tell John c. Calhoun. that if he 9
ersists in this REASONABLE advice to his i
ate. by the Eternal. I will hang him t
gher than Hannah daughter and an /
ause.) t
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