Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-01-26
OUR CANDIDATE IN 1900
Was Governor Andrew an Anarchist

W 90 0OSCAAoI ohu1OW uA Aud1Culol:
1t is amusing to hear men of the
calibre of Governor Tanner of Him
ois alluding to men who criticise
the Supreme court as Anarchists.
During the heat and excitement of a
political campaign, small politicians
though perhaps good men in other
respects-are expected to rant and al
Jude to criticisms upon the courts of
the land as destructive of lawful au-
thority aud peril to good govern
ment. There is an ineXhaustible mine
of republican, criticism and denunca-
ton Of the supreme court of the Unit
ed States which can be opened up if
need be to show the smallness of Gov.
Tanner and of the school of small pol
iticians who are inspired with so
much awe over these illusions to the
supreme court.
In the early days of the party of
which Mr.. Tanner is small member,
it held that the people had right to
interpret the constitution and to put
sACL AhbSl lillO law. L vi
years it was the open boast of the re
publican party that the people had
reversed the bred Scott decision. In
1860, Gov. John A. Andrew, of Massa-
chusetts, and a leading republican,
said:
The constitution of the United
States is no hidden thing; its script
ure is of no hidded Interpretation. 1t
was made by the people, fer the PEG.
pie; it was adopted by themselves,
and upon it they established their
government. Will any one dare to
say that the people do not and can
not comprehend that Instrument
No, sir. From that decision appeal
From that decision the people ap.
peal; have appealed.
Mr.. Lincoln, chosen to the presi.
dency in 1860, was equally emphatic
in denunciation of the decision dis
cussed by Governor Andrew in such
vigorous terms. AT his joint debate
with Judge Douglas at Quincy, Octo
Der, 1853, in speaking of the attitude
OF the republican party said:
We oppose the bred Scott decision
IN q certain way upon which I ought
to address you few words. We dc
not propose that when bred Scott
has been declared to be slave by
the court, we, as q mob, will decide
him to be free. We propose so resist.
Ing 1T as to have it reversed if we can
and new judicial rule upon this
subject.
The position of the democratic par
ty toward the obnoxious income taa
decision goes no farther in opposi
ton to that measure that these emf
nent republicans went in opposition
to the decision they sought to have
reversed. And all that any democrat
sought was to have that decision re
versed in Il lawful way.
Justice Harlan, republican anC
one of the ablest members of the SUI
preme bench. aud a trial judge in The
income tax case denounced that de
cision as "a judicial revolution tina
may SOW the seeds of hate and dis
trust among the people of the differ
ent sections of the country" and de
clared that lit strikes at the very
foundation of national authority
We now have the full dissentiaa
opinion of Justice Harlan, which we
shall give Jc our readers ere long
showing as IL does, the dangerou'
tendency Of Il decision which exempti
accumulated wealth from sharing the
cost OF the government, which shield;
and protects rhat wealth
The men vino would scarcely Oh
serve the light of the glorious orb OF
day and yet 20 wild over the light Of
q tallow candle are just the class to
ignore the craftsmanship and pro
found wisdom of Justice Harlan,
Gor- John A Andrew aud Abraham
Lincoln and yet 90 wild over the ig-
Ess2i Tsgar1=s ri common Place
remArEs Of Gsr. Tanner.