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1EIiEE THE DECISION
.,osF The y. S. SUPREME COURT


49," ,,,stration of the state Oh N"
pa ,ln'hs a startling public address
8, P' ene bristling with severe - tho
tdsl' ON me recent decision OF .ne
en- I" ,.a,ea supreme court In 'ne
ta's' maximum freight-ra'e ease'
yss'assa ,s particularly signihcuh'
De 'au cav. Leedy has already taken ,
T. i,A nrsllmlnary to the calling Oh ,nS
atps P,a,o,ure in special session,
aaie iesasmscial purpose OF ehactns
With ns w frsight-rate law. Whiie
nlA adSrsss is given out over o, .ne h s.s
u, .n - Of GOV. Leedy, it had ,lrs, 49, ~
na'ufe a nv chief Justice Doste t,, az
approved Uicunreme court ana otigr
the siAW pan,,lists. In giving tne az
ppmineht charters. GOV. Leedy shlu.
drsss 70 llS 40 you suppose "a man GhIl
How ohs Nv like this without gettihs
write u W yo,i may put my signature
into jan make II a signed statement;
TO Y H., II anybody goes TO jan ~ WIN
he me" heelns his address with
Ihss,o,,ent that for a year the p,'
the sa .sas have said that tne op
dsl,b he Nebraska case wou.u pe
10 u T., "" me state. Then he says -
yti., " oninlon has been handeu uoMn,
ins .h wy Associated Press ulsIu.c,iss
Sha Nat II Is Il clean victory ~,
sa5 I. 's on the contrary II IN
i iai%s1 victory in every aspe,a how
iss showing that, no niha fnId,
a. assh,ily the robes OF justice e es' 80
y. y sbont the personnel o, tne uancaai
y ~ tbe robes can no lonse anroa
eoufI, Wv boof OF official malfeasance
the cv,r '-nation. As this decision was
ana u, ,.nar ago. and as there was no
que !,ason for the delay, ana us
inowh i.Is,nn ms rendered confirms the
me 's made by the Associated
iisnatnhes from time TO TIME
TIE noior is given to the suspicion
sivhs nress dispatches emanated
nav Wv .,e nerson In touch with the
iIeul Ia were for the purpose OF
.olI a. ,hs MUSE Of the public and pre-
ieslus !, fnr the decision, which goes
plSIs Surther In the direction OF
n l..-rine mower than any that has yet
0 u, ai Governor then declares that the
.i,n,tor az Nebraska gives the
,,,isiature the power TO establish max,
- charges for transportation, and
I''srss thet the Supreme court mas
y abrornte il. He challenges
IA 40 uarlan's declaration that cor
..a,Ior Is a person under the four
.,h amendment to the Federal Con-
,an,,nn and says: II deny 1t, and
q viii everybody but a corporation
aver or a subservlent judicial tool
d corporate interests"
Cav Ieeiy then quotes the FOUR
taen,h amendment and says: How IN
tho name Of God can this apply to cor
rorations? Corporations are not born
they are created-made by law. They
cannot he naturalized; they can take
no oath Of allegiance, only human be-
ings horn elsewhere can do that
After more in the same strain, the
governor, still referring to the four
tenth amendment says: VINO are
the provisions, be deprived of life.
lrsrty or property nor be denied equal
LEGAL protection? Everybody outside
the asylum and off the Federal judi
dial bench knows them TO he-and to
only be-natural persons. They are
those who besides the capacity to hold
property and enjoy legal protection,
also have life and can enjoy liberty,
and that means human beings"
The governor quotes Hare on Con-
stliutOnal Law and decision by JUS
tee Woods Of the United States cir
cut court, afterward n Supreme court
Justice, to prove that the fourteenth
amendment does not refer to corpora
tons, and declares that the Woods de-
csOn has been followed in California.
Rhode Island and other states. from
$50 to 1852. when Justice Field and
mother Federal justice of the peace
Hamed Sawyer decided the other way,
and since then. whenever n corporation
Starts out to commit highway robbery,
PICK mans pocket or loot q public
treasury, It DISCUSSES itself as per
son and goes out on its mission of
hander. Nobody but a slave or a
khave will yield assent to the hideous
distortion OF meaning which Judge
Harlan gives to the word person as
used in the fourteenth amendment, and
lpoch which he bases his infamous de-
eislon, and which shows TO what depths
:, lnlquity the Supreme court of the
United states has descended.
I desire" the governor said, 'to
quote some Of the decisions of the SUI
IRENE court of the United states be-
pe y went Into partnership with Nor
rn Vanderbilt, Gould q Co. i'm oppo-
N Nnon to the opinion they hold In the
sso'aska case" Long decisions by
quoted, VIZ"
IN conclusion. Gov. Leedy states
va, hls maximum-rate bill viii he pre-
Snted to the Kansas legislature in
zen shape that to decide against 1t the
VT must reverse its decision in the
nMsueska case, and he states that eff
80, :. @urt stu pursues the corrupt and
,Nn practice that 1t has heretofore,
hanging Its decisions to suit the
, ,auung interests of the railroad cor
,nIaAuons,' the remedy will be with
~ people In their dealings with the