The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-05
NATIONAL HxIsrEsoE.
one Thing Made Plain by Corre-
spondent Hessfan.


To the Editor Of the Globe.
In your editorial of TODAY eutitied ..ThA
commanding Issue, / am pleased to note
that you are ready to abandon the drht IN
the silver issue as hopeless and to train your
guns on the issue embraced in the plank OF
the Democratic platform, which declares as
Ioitows. against the invasion of a state by
.eoeral troops: We denounce arbitrary In
terierence by federal authorities in local
anairs as violation Of the constitution Of
the United States as q crime against free
INSTITUTIONS. This Is protest, not against
lawful, but arbitrary federal interference
The protest becomes an issue only because
the political opponents OF those who voiced
1t deny the right of any body Of citizens to
to exercise unlawful, despotic or arbitrary
power. Then, indeed. it becomes command
Ing issue.
Every student Of political history knows
that the original states were separate indie
pendent sovereign states before the federal
government existed: that they were not the
creatures OF any power, but that the fed
eral government is the creation Of those SOW
ereign states; that 1t has no power other than
the powers granted or delegated to II by the
states; and that all other powers reside in
and are reserved to the states. except the
right to secede
Section 4, article 4, Of the constitution. pro-
vides that the United States shall protect
each OF the states from Qoreign) invasion
"and, on the application of the legislature
or OF the executive when the legislature can
not be conyened), against domestic violence
1t follows then that each state has the ex-
elusive, inalienable right to make and exc
cute the laws necessary for its own internal
government; and IL 1t administers its laws
badly, or not at all, 1t is none of the business
OF the federal authorities. When the presi-
dent sent United States troops info Chfcaoo
In 1894 to quell the riot there he did go not at
the request OF the legislature or executive of
the state Of Illinois, but against the protest
OF the executive Of the state. and therefore in
violation OF article Of the the constitution
or the United States 1t cannot be defended
on any pretext. In the Chicago strike both
the railroads and the government had other
and lawful remedies at their command The
carrying Of the mails would not have been
1nterfered with IL the Pullman cars had been
detached from trains carrying the mails The
railway companies were under contract. Sc
on time.
II the government had threatened enforce
ment OF its contracts, and forfeiture Of the
bonds, the railway companies would have
been obliged to run the mail trains without
the Pu!lmans. and they would have met no
opposition. When the attorneys of a rail-
way company applied to a federal Judge In
INDIANA for an Injunction, he replied: IAN
Injunction is an extraordinary remedy to
De De granted with great caution, only in ex-
traordinary cases; when there is no other
remedy: You have another remedy; detach
the Pullman cars. 1 refuse to grant an in
Junction. Il there were any pretext strong
ar 'Han anotner which would seem to justify
Ine invasion OF state by federal authority
IN the absence of rebellion, it would seem
70 De IN time of a national election when
iIeemen may be prevented from exercising
s1e right or franchise in the election of pres
IIIenuai electors and members Of congress
Yet, while 1t has been claimed that such
ABUSE has prevailed in the Southern states
no president has ever dared to send troons
OF marshals into any state to stand guard
over the ballot box. When it was purposed
unoer the force bill, to grant such AUTHORITY
10 the president, some of the newspapers that
are now denouncing the Democratic Mat
iorm as a menace to the Union then smoke
IN thunder tones against the force bill as
an infringement on the rights of soyerei ON
states ana the bill deservedy failed to be-
cuIne law II our present chief executive
snould take 1t into his head to send United
states troops or marshals into any state on
the Sd of November next to prevent nnIaw
Iui interference with the election of federal
omcers, 1t may be surmised that he would
not wait for the doubtful authority Of even
Iorce DILL and yet such act would he M
more Migrant violation of the Constitution
tnan the act of 1894. John e Hesstan
Duluth, Mimi, Sept. 80.
CWhen Mr.. Hessian talks about our "aban-
coming the fight on the silver issue as hone
!ess, ne is simply silly, and we do not care
70 answer MIN according to his folly. His
argument In favor of the rioters we publish
wIliingiy, because out of their own mouths
Ssnan tnose who support the Chicago platform
Dc judged. OF course the relative rirhte of
STATE ana nation have nothing to do with n
lhey were adjusted long ago The issue Ia
as 10 the right Of the nations executive to en-
t torce tne nations laws when interfered with
Dy laWless persons 1t Is a question Of ma
I iIonai existence. We are obliged to Mr..
1lessian TOT making this so plain.-Ed)