The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-08
Wi,o Is to Rule Our Kansas Roost:

question Also TO the people OF hdnSaS
Their law organizing of visitation was knocks
out last Saturday with the court itself law which
cost much and a court of which much expected 1
was knocked by supreme Of the state of Kan
sas upon showing made by hired railway attorneys The
Eagle Friday, announced what the courts decision
would be- twenty-four before it delivered We
went farther judges would stand
for one thing judge the other They
stood. The decision Of the forecast by cor
poraton attorneys even before BILL which sup
posed law, was signed knocked constitu
tonal bubble. aforesaid attorneys announced
that would majority of the declares I'M
constitutional Having failed find clause in the
state constitution which the conicted they fell
constitution of the United States If they had
nothing constitution Of the United States upon
objection they would have fallen
constitution of efete monarchy
upon common of England This visitation court
having both and fetch prejudged and doomed
before erecting could be authortatvey pub
Hshed Neither of the judges told this, but more
attorney did It's unconstituonality is
said to consist in the confers denti
cal board or commission executive legislative judicial
powers The men composing supreme Of the state
the average citizen they know law than the
average lawyer They simply beat the people by quibble
as did the supreme United States beat the
people in their decision income tax law All this
talk about judicial executive legislative powers but
the eyes of the people but the ink of the cutie
fish that makes the mury Every county Kansas
is governed by board Of commissioners which county
commissioners are clothed with exercise executive
judicial legislative prerogatives minor degree
does every township succincty and iden-
ticaly.
1t was formerly held believed the government
founded by Washington and preserved by Lincoln
was a government for and a government by the people
Later it became to recognized government Of pol
CLANS for people is resolving itself into
by judges of the courts This might work
hardship if the supreme courts would lean less to
the commonaly less to the corporation
and the side of the The will of the people
expressed through legislative congressional en-
actment 50 regularly annuled constitutional quib
people have begun to question the wisdom Of
written constitutions England written constitution
and English found knocking out en-
actment parliament. While is that the people
are superior TO greater constitutions still
courts by by people rise
ior to both the people laws. The
Federal constitution nor any state constitution
able find, empowers courts to annu laws enacted
by the representatives people These courts by
precedents piled high, and by
encroaching usages arrogated authority superior
to she people and superior will of people,
pressed law Congress itself highest legislative
authority in the land has hesang lately
I'll the supreme court could be courts
and Federal having in given satisfactOr-
lily construed constitution matters of sailing
of thwarting the expressed will of the
people very simple things
II not be charged that the knock
particular Pop conception this
tation. It however the only thing
gotten up by authority enforce its own
mandates No railroad commissioners can
amount much a years birds nest unless
vested with authority good their findings. The
locating a only necessary preliminary to the
after probing The cid board railway commission
found of Determinations wrongs and robbees
bat they had power right the wrongs the people
were left feeling more and outraged than if the
wrongs had been exposed The old board made an
order just ana equitable order on and lumber rates
Tor Wichita. United judge notified the re-
oeives Of the Santa Fe to pay TO what the
Kansas board Of railroad commissioners ordered which
of course let the other The state is better off
without railroad commissioners to the extent at least
Of their and salaries such commissioners
empowered right wrongs whenever they find them
and that can be done until We have constitution
which viii knock The fundamental" wind business ont Of
assumptions Of these supreme iu6gas Who have p.
The whole thing.
As 10 National Committeeman