The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1896-01-11

laent' the purpose Of which was - a..
+,a~a, acuon IN q pending interna-
.lonai dispute or to interfere VIII 80
measure OF the United States"
ne called attention to the recent cor,.
munlcation Of the prince Of wa1a. ~
the boundary line dispute. The COW,
munications were for the nnrno.e -.
claimed, "of forcing us from az. ,,o -.
s.on' ana making us more than ever
dependent upon the syndicate Of bank
ers. he wanted to know il Mr.. putt
zers action did not come within the
statute he had cited.
senator Chandler was inclined ~
agree that it did.
Inc statute only applies to citizens
OF the United States" INTERRUPTED SEN
ator Stewart. us Joseph Pulitzer .
citdzen?"
He was born in Hungary" REPLIED |
Senator Chandler, ''but understand he |
has been naturalized."
He Is citizen of the United States"
interjected Senator Lodge.
Senator Gray asked for a re-reading
OF the statute. It happened thai sena-
tor Hill just at that time was himself
reading the statute.
1T is now being read by the defender
OF the administration" said Senator
Chandler, sarcastically.
Whatever else may be-" said Sem
ator Hill, Il am not the defender of To-
seph Pulitzer
After the statute had been again read
Senator Gray took the floor and bitterly
denounced the suggestion of Senator
Lodge. He declared he had heard It adj
vanced with surprise and approved with
amazement.
Nov, in the evening Of the 10th CEN
fury, you can not go back on the track
| Of the dead centuries and attempt to
stifle expression or effort to obtain ex-
PRESTON" said he.
I'm this country and in all civilized
countries, just public opinion is the
| final arbiter of all questions. It is not
necessary for one to say If this SUCCESS
ton is seriously made, that it is tmpos-
sible in this day and hour to attempt
any inquisitorial Interpretation Of the
statute for the purpose Of sitting ex-
preston Of public opinion"
SUPREME COURT ARRAIGNED.
The hour of 2 o'clock having arrived
the senate, without disposing Of the
question, resumed consideration Of Sen
ator Sherman's resolution concerning
the gold reserve and Senator Vest took
the floor. His speech proved to be an
arraignment of the supreme court fol
it's decision in the income tax cases
He began by saying that the democrat
lie party did not seek to evade RESPONSE.
bility for the legislation Of the last con
gress, Notwithstanding it had only ar
ostensible majority in the senate ane
then passed rapidly to his subject b,
declaring that the Wilson law woule
have afforded ample revenue for TIT
, support of the government but for tn
, supreme courts decision declaring tn
, income tax unconstitutional.
!, ."That the court should have rendered
such decision" he said, was a matte
Of surprise to every intelligent lawye
in the country and especially TO tnos
! Of us in congress who were engaseu
formulating legislation.
! "In my judgment" he continued n
D Judgment has ever in the history
: the country been rendered whlch ma
done so much to destroy the infiuenc
e Of that high tribunal and excite OILS
Y trust on the part of the people,.
: "The country had" he said, pee
;. used to rely upon the opinions OF I'M
!. court because it's judgments were SUP
+ nosed to be above caprice. prejudice
: and sudden changes which might chal
!. acterize decisions of the lower courts
) not so far removed from outside lnnl
ences That this court should nave Il
> ,,orsod its own decisions for hundreds
y wears on question vitality effecting tn
;n+ares+s of the entire population an
= n1acing the government in the attituo
y If violating the constitution during In
e on+ira history of the Union, must