The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-12
C. H. FAUNTLER0Y
TURNS TO BRYAN.
Young Attorney Resigns From
Merchants League and Offers
His Services to Democrats.
CLEARLY EXPLAINS HIS STEP.
Prefers Principles of Washington
to Those of Hanna and Nc
Kinley-His Brother Is
Still Republican.
CLEARLY EXPLAINS HIS STEP.

Cornelius H. FauntIeroy. one Of the fore
| most OF the younger lawyers of the city
| and lifelong Republican. yesterday re-
nounced his allegiance to that party. and.
after sending in his resignation from the
Merchants League Club. in which organi-
zation he was a prominent member. he
| offered his services at the Democratic head
| quarters at the Laclede Hotel.
Mr. Fauntleroy Is the junior member Of
the firm Of Fauntleroy. Howe & Fauntle-
roy. The senior partner IS Thomas L.
Fauntleroy. a thorough Republican. d.
rector in the Merchants League Club and a
brother Of Cornelius Fauntieroy. The lat
ter's change of politics leaves the firm, so
far as the political faiths of the senior and
Junior members are concerned, literally a
''house divided against itself"
The offer on the part of Mr.. Fauntleroy
! to actively espouse the cause of Bryan was
accepted at the Democratic headquarters.
and in the coming month he will make
number of speeches In and around ST
Louis. No plan of campaign was arranged
for him. but 1t is admitted that he will take
the stump.
Mr.. Fauntleroy was seen last night at his
home. No 1876 West Pine boulevard, by
Republic reporter. He stated his reasons
for the step taken.
al will vote for and support Mr.. Bryan,
he said. because i prefer to be governed
by the principles laid down by Washington
and jefferson rather than by those laid
down by Hanna and Mckinley; because
am in favor OF the Constitution and the
Declaration of Independence; because 1
think the Porto Rican tariff bill CRIME
and the war in the Philippines crime; De-
cause / think that Congress has no powers
outside the Constitution. and because
think the election of Mr.. Bryan necessary
for the preservation of all the prihcipies
that go to make the American Republic the
great State that it Is.
81 am in favor OF the income tax. and
think Mr. Bryan the greatest man that the
country has produced in the last decade
am opposed to miltarism-the levyins ar
bitrarily by Congress Of troops to tight out
side the United States: i am opposed to
imperialism, and l am opposed TO Mr. Nc
Kinley who l think is but the tool of
Hanna and the trusts
"Tha famous Dred Scott decision by the
Supreme Court bears directly on the ques-
ton as to whether the Constitution ad-
mits the establishment Of colonies by our
Federal Government: 1 am in perfect ac-
cord with II. A portion of the opinion rem
dered by Chief Justice Taney in this i'm
portant case read as follows:
There is certainly no power given by
the Constitution TO the Federal Govern
ment to establish or maintain colonies bor-
dering on the United States, or at dis
tance to be ruled and governed at its own
pleasure, nor to enlarge its limits in any
way save by the admission of new States.
Gould anything be clearer? Yes. though
/ have voted the straight Republican ticket
all NV life | now believe il time to change,
and my vote and my influence will be used
I'm MIR. BryanS behalf