Hutchinson gazette., 1899-01-12

Europe, and the American Republic
would today be simply an oligarchy,
stretching In small settlements from the
mississippi To the Atlantic. Hamilton
was member Of the Constitutional Con-
Vention, apd succeeded In establishing
that arlstocratlc branch OF our govern
ment known as the Federal judiciary,
unrepubllcan and undemocratic; II In not
chosen by the people and is not account
able TO them IN fact, for practical pur-
poses is not accountable TO anybody.
Jefferson opposed this manner Of creating
judiciary with all his might, and he
pointed out that here would ultimately
be found the tomb OF American liberty.
How prophetic was that vislon2 During
It's whole career this branch OF the gov
ernment has never been on the side OF
the weak but always on the side OF
power, First II stood for federalism and
usurpatlon,
Relies OF Hamilton.
When General Jackson tried TO protect
tho American people from the clutches
OF the great rotten bank the federal
judiciary used all Its power TO help that
institution. After the bank went down
this same judiciary did the bidding Of
the mighty slave power and after this
went down these courts took the corr
porations under their wings and many
OF them seemed to become mere side
door convenences for concentrated and
even corrupt capital. For the last thirty
years the corporations have fed to the
Federal courts like the ancient murderers
fled to cities OF refuge-.there they felt
safe. Recognizing that the construction
or the laws Is more important than maxi
Ing laws, these powerful influences have
allowed no man to be appointed Judge
whom they did not believe friendly to
them. They do not buy Federal jadges
because II is not necessary. In their
eagerness to serve the corporations these
judges have In recent years established
government by inJunctlons In this coun-
try under which Judge becomes legis-
lator court and executloner. They brush
free speech-the liberty OF the Citizen
and trial by jury away with contemptu-
Gus sneer.
A Truthful Judge
The Anglo-SaXon race has shed It's blood
to maintain these bulwarks of liberty.
and our Constitution guarantees them 10
every citizen. But they have already
been stabbed TO the vltals For several
years we have beheld the spectacle of
some Supreme Court and other Federal
judges dragging their ermine around over
tho land to act the part OF advocates for
those interests which are destroying re-
publicanism In this country. What are
the liberties OF America worth when COM
mitted to the guardianship OF such men?
During the recent campaign Mr. Depew
came to Chicago under the auspices of
the Hamilton Club to deliver a partisan
anHrnQq M iha AnHltnpl,na
Peter s. Groscup mounted the rostrum
for the purpose OF introducing the orator
and told the audience, among other
things, that the light OF Jefferson was
waning-that on the dial plate of our
nations history this hour was Hamil-
toms, that Hamllton's great name ex-
actly fitted these times, etc.
Hanna, Quay ~ CO., Are IInmIltonIans.
My friends. must we admit that Judee
Groscup was right? Let us look around
again. The Senate OF the great state Of
Ohio has just indicted HamiltonIan
Senator for bribery and debauchery I'm
securing high office. A grand Jury in
Pennsylvania has just indicted another
Hamiltonlan Senator for robbing the
treasury Of the state Almost every great
trust appears to have one or more Ham
iltonian Senators as standing conven-
lences. In the House of Representatives
where the voice Of the people was sun
posed to be heard, We find pensloned
ring-master OF monopoly sitting the
voice OF the peoples representatives and
reducing Republican Congressman to q
condition Of pity and CONTEMPT, Two
years ago horde Of Hamiltonlan states
men went to the capital OF InInols and
not only sold out the people but robbed
the state Of everything In sight. Wber-
ever you find dirty finger marks I'm tho
temple Of justice or a foul odor in the
balls OF legislation there you will and
Hamlltonlsm Verify, the spirit OF Ham
ilton fits these times but what shall we
say OF a judiciary that openly reioioes
over the fact that an era OF corruption
has enveloped the land, that the BETRAYAL
of the people has become a science ond
that the robbing OF the people has be-
come fine art? And now we are to
widen the sphere OF this class OF states.
men by giving them a chance to rob the
PHILIPPINES! Heaven pity those poor peo-
pie. The Spaniard took what was in
sight but the Hamiltonite, with his bond
jobbery, enters the womb of the future
and plasters his mortgage on remote gem
eratlons.
The Tongue OF Treason Is Wildly Wag-
cling.
During the political and partisan Peace
Jubilee, recently held in Chicago. the
President OF the United States went to
the Chicago University for the purpose
of being dubbed Doctor of Laws. In
handing him the parchment, Prof. A. X
Parker who made the presentation
speech, said among other things: THE
doctrine OF sovereignty OF the people leads
a precarlous existence In the mouths OF
men who love long sounding words and
have not stopped to consider that It 10
only specious form Of the ancient bias
phemy that might makes right" Stop
here a moment and reflect. The Presl-
dent Of the United States, standing under
the wing OF the Standard Oil Company,
accepts proffered honor which Is
coupled with the declaration that the
doctrine of popular sovereignty is q spe-
cious form of blasphemy, and he utters
not one word of protest but by his 81
lence and by his acceptance mods his ap-
proval.
Giorles In the Spectacle OF Lincoln at
Gettysburg.
Come now to another scene. on Mo-
vember 10, 1868. Abraham Lincoln stood
on the battlefield Of Gettysburg, and with
tears In his eyes asked the American
people to dedicate themselves anew to
that cause for which the heroes living
and dead had fought on that field, so
'tnat government Of the people, for the |
people, and by the people should not
perish from this earth" Consider these
words; they embody the most complete
form OF popular sovereignty, yet only