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9ELEGRAPHlC.
ANSWER TO BRYAN.
unn,y General Harmon on Tho
Presidents Action
,rRlse THE CHICAGO RIOTS.


WILMINGTON, Sert. IL. - Attorney
n.,,tl Harmon today furnished o
,,,l,usn! Tor publication rs iollow,i
have concluded to give public
,,,v,fto The many Inquiries made oI
r,upon n subject Of great moment. lt
.bloh general attention lie now direct.
81.
M. Bryan, In his letter accepting
ns nomination for President by the
r,pvsntion at Chicago, nmplltes tho
,,,l,,, which that convention made
"a n, PLATFORM ngninsl federal inteTief-
ARE ia local affairs, which, strangely
,noueb, II no. found In the platforms
sfibr other conventions which have
10 nominated him. AS nothing else
b,,bson proposed TO which thoy could
rsolbly apply, these protests were In.
isnded and ore Understood TO be
directed sgnlnet the recent action Of the
Pu,ldont In foToibly tuppfe.sing riot.
an, disorders when had stopped tho
afuago Of the mails anu Interstate
smmercy, ami were defying the civil
fNlFNIH " WV " AAN
Ptesidont took this action not only
vltheul tho requests but Ia some In.
r,pces against the pfotosts Of tue Gu.
botltits " the states In which the
nols occurred, and Mr.. Bryan, taking
,,ellon 4 VI article OF the COnstllu.
ion to be- the law ON the tubIecj,
Hedges himself against any repetition
n the violation thereof, which his lot.
isf necessarily charger. He vinuieates
he wisdom OF the ifamoTs OF the Con.
,liuuon by declaring that the local
authorities "aIe better qualified than
the President 10 Judge oi tue necetblty
hf Federal assistance"
THIS II, IA my Judgment, far more
iefl0us matter than the money ques.
ton or any VI the other questions that
~ now before tho people, grave M
they all are. Our form Of government
nay survive wrong declsion on those
qletllonp, and the ptople may endure
Ia a time the evils which arise from
hlse systems Of finance aud tAx-tion,
lot II tue President has deliberately
aifegafded tho instrument upon
vhlun the Union IL founded by sup.
llanliDg tbs authority Of u sovereign
ilAie by armed force, precedent has
teen made which thtoateDs our form
government: while n n candidate iot
Pftsidrnt properly pledgoe himself Ia
tiyancr, NJ Mr.. Bryan has done, 10 do
noihing TO protect the property, main
tain To % authority anu enforce the laws
q the United States, unless anu until
the officers Of another government re.
quest oF consent, then wa really have
10 Federal government; for govern.
mont which Ia not entirely frec 10 pro.
leet and maintain itself In the dis.
charge of lite own proper functions IL
10 government at all.
The section Of the Constitution 10
which Mt. Bryan refers IL AZ follOAG
"rhe United States shall guarantee
70 evefy state Ia this Union a Tepubli.
can form Of government, anu shAil pro-
lsel each u them against Invasion, and
On application OF the Legislature, or Of
the executive, when tho legislature
einnot bu convened, against, domestic
Violence"
This section plainly refers merely 10
lhs ptoitetion VI tho states against In.
lsfierOuce with their authority, law
" property by domestic violence, and
they are wisely made the sole Judges
whether and when they need such
Protection. Mr.. Bryan be,rays a con.
Icl0usntts OF Tho limited operation Of
this provision In tho expression "Fed-
efai assistance" In the clause ! have
quoted.
But By the express terms Of the
Constitution, q state has nothing TO
10 with the maintenance Of tho hu-
hofliy or tue execution OF tho laws
u the United States within the tern.
tory OF the state. The prevention and
luhithment Of ofiensss oonnected with