The morning times., 1896-08-28
HARRISON LAUDs BOLTERs

HARRISON LAUDs bOLTERs
Continued from First Pags.)
1t was 80 understoo in the convention and
In the committee on resolutioGs--that
the Democratic policy was that when the
Supreme Court. exercising Its constitutional
power and duty, gave au Interpretation To-
law OF the UDited States that was not
pleasing to Congress they would increase
the number or judges and pack the court
TO get decision to please them.
DIVISIONS OF AUTHORITY.
My Trends, our fathers, VITO iramed
this government, divided its great lower
between three great departments. Tie
leg slative, executive, and the jud icial
1t sought to make these independent, the
| one OF the other, so that neither nigh
oversiadow or destroy the other.
/ TIE Supreme Court, tie most d.gnified
judicial body in the world, was appointed
To interpret the laws and the Consultation
and when that court pronounced decree
as To the powers OF Congress, or as to any
other cOLst ttutional question, there rs but
one Eight metl cd if we disagree, and that
| Is the metEOd poiBted out by the Con
stitution. and amend 1t to conform TO our
| views. That is the position today.
| Mr.. Hi! said in his speech OF this as
sault upon the court, THAT provision. /,
II means anything, means that it is tho
| duty or Congress TO reconstruct the Su-
| preDe Court OF the country. II means,'' -
| and now note his words, and it was
| Openly avowen that It means-'tle aiding
or additional members to it, or the turning
out OF office, and reconstructiDg the wtc.'
| court. VIII not follow any such revole
| tionary step as that"
DANGER TO GOVERNMENT.
You arctoanswerthen, n,myfell0wtitizens
! in all Inc gravity or great crisis whet her
| you win sustain party who proposes u
destroy the balance which our iatners in
stitcted In our system or government, and
| whenever d tumuItnous Congress disagrees
/ with the supreme Court and subser-
| Went President III the Mhite Rouse that
| the Judgment OF The court shall be IeCCn-
! sidefed and reversed by increasing the
number OF judges and packing the court
| with men wnO VIII decide as Congress
| wants them 10.
cannot exaggerate the gravity and
| the importance and the danger OF this as
sault upon our constitutional ICIm CT gov
| erDment. One OF the kindest and most
discrimin ating critics who ever wrote
with foreign pen about American ar
fairs, Mt. Bryce, in Ills American Com
mon wealth. pointed out this anger that
the Constitution did not Tx the number
OF the Supreme Court Judges, and il was
possible Ior II reckless Congress ana "a Iecs-
! less executive TO subordinate and pIacti-
caiiy destroy the Supreme Court by the
process have just described. and the
Enc!sh:nan. after speaking of this says:
What prevents such assaults On the iun-
damentai law: Nothing but the lear Of
q Il
taci:ncnt TO the principles OF the Consti-
tuition may he generally relied on TO CON
deWn such a rerversion OF its powers"
tAppiause.l
BCLWARK OF THE POOR
Our English friend did not misjudge,
/ think, the sound good sense of the
American people VIXEN an Issue like this
Is 10 lie presented. Whatever the cues
tioD is, whether Mr.. Bryan's views or MIR
TillmaD's view or tie constitutional Cues
tioDs snail prevail OF that OF the august
tribunal appointed by the Constitution To
settle it. the courts are the defense OF
the weak.
The rich and powerful have other re-
sources, but the poor have not. The high
minded, independent judiciary ttat will
hold 10 the line on cue stions between wealth
and labor, betwee TIE rich and the poor.
is the defense and security of the defense
less. tAppiausej co not intend 60 spend
any time in the discussion OF tie tariff
question That debate has been won Gap
plause.l and need not he protracted.
1t might run ON cternaliy upon the theo-
reucai lines. We tad had some experiences,
but they Were historical and remote and
not very instructive To this generation. We
needed an experience Of our own, and We
have had it. uaughter).
's TOUCHES ON TARIFF.
convincing one and everybody was in the
school house when it was given him. A
panic in 1898 OF most extraordinary
character has been succeeded by a gradual
drying up, less and less, until universal
business distraction and anxiety pre-
walls over all our community.
do not believe there has been a time
except, perhaps, IN the very heat or some
active panic when universal business Tear
and anxiety, and watchrulness even to
the point OF desperation, has characterized
this great metropolis as it does today
Applause.)
Aien have been afraid to go away for a
vacation. They have felt that they MUS;
every day in this burning heat come to the
c.Iy ana watch tGeir business That is
the situation. What has brought ii about
tienJIencn who is there To defend the VII |
son tariff bill? Who says it is n good
tariff measure?
A voice; Nobody"
don't believe Il Democrat can be found |
to say that itis Mr. Cleveland repudiated
it. 1t was so bad that he would not at
tach his official signature to il ana 1t be-
came a law without It.
BACK TO DIRECT TAXES.
What has been Tin. result of mat Ineasurec
When, IA few years ago, during The Morton |
campaign in New York tApplause,, l dis
cussed this question, l said: ''DeiEocratic !
doctrine used to be tnat the burden OF our
public expenses should be iaid upon -iin- |
portations; that the tariff should provide |
for the Cost OF running our government, and |
l pointed out then how our Democratic |
friends had left that platform and We're |
now endeavoring TO obtain revenue by in |
ternal taxation, rather than to allow the |
support of the government OF the United |
States to be maintained upCn the inIporta- |
tiOns of foreign goods.
What has been the result? One OF these |
experiments in internal taxation, tie in
come tax was held to be unconstitutional
by the Supreme Court. So eager were our |
Democratic friends to relieve their EN-
barrassment and TO put directly upon our |
people, according 10 the English system. n
tax to support our government that they |
passed an unconstitutional act in order |
to levy internal taxes, and help out tariff |
bill which had reduced the duties upon |
imports.
Now what has been the effect Of that? |
1t has failed to produce revenues enough |
supplemented by our internal taxes to |
maintain the government. There has teen |
an annual deficit approaching $50, COO 900 |
every year, and the national treasury has |
been continually in a state OF embarrass- |
ment.