The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-11

Nee sary in tho constitution was meant am
meana calculated 10 proauNe the end, bat y
Any means wasteyer Which 10 tact eonduee'
80 the exercise Of the express powets srant'
biighs
A.ter this decision the Federal roycrnmcn'
a. ased 20 be government OF knitted an.
&c eSaiod powers and became lin effccu
government OF general nowers. vita Ncri
tcw practical limitations on iss authority
Tor II is always possible TO 40 orgaAiss
and frame = governmental measure a. {,
make " In very considerable dcgree con
du i've OF Instrumental to the exercise OF
some OF the powers expressly granted
At the present time tn Federal constitution
Is but mere fragmentary nucleus 10 she
vast body % cons itutttNul doctrine VII -
as teen created from t. Men OF DIS ern-
mcnt not on.y in America. but In Flu one
who have studied our last tutiuns nav
ccasei to regard the Federal government a.
cue Of iimiScd sovoreignty. There Is very
littlo. which the Eng sh goNernment gah
which ours can not do. Most neople q Intel
igence thoruughly understand this az
though occasionally even yet n gooi con
stItuticnal argument " heedc In ConSrc q
II "a ususliv done "a disblay mans letrntN
and MOI With aay rc, hope that II Will have
any real wegat in shaping the measures o.
government, The States -sneanur'o cNctc
Ing a crippled and curtailad col sovMcgniy
have sunk 10 that point OF inefncienoy anN
contempt that they are unnhc In oontro
moes and preserve public crder' ana pro pro
ders They are scarcrvly governments, but
centers OF ineffc cnt popular local admins
tratlon.
AZ the present time the Federal constitution
in lis practical and living parts consist
manly OF number OF STRINGENT ana wei
enforced restr ions upon the autonomy OF
tho sta es. which ontrol the Stntes mo- oniv
IN much imnrovltcnt aud hasty lesis'nton
but also prevent she States from regulating
and contrr ling the great carpoTauons.
half dozen OF these Ia ter are more powerful
than any one OF the States, and are so rec
oEnized by the people; and have repeatedly
treated the authority ani power o. the state
governments with contempt We pirate o.
liberty. but when DOM SO know that cnt
real and valuable rights arc not as well
protected as they would be m artsiocratic
and monarchieal England.
That par: OF the Federal constitution whicl
might place limitations on the action of TIE
Fe dera government amounts to next TO notl-
ing; thai government tiSeit while popular
form. has FOR many years been no more thap
an agency OF the favored property Interests
OF the country.
Those who consider The creation OF m7teria
" aith he first object Of a State mus loo
win sati fattou ut the DEVELOPMENT Of tho
great centralized government over us-hut |
confess | look forward to the future with
some apprehension, The Fcfern' government
could be costly converted into such despoi
ism as Is Mevico: on the other hand. lackiur
any real and valid checks nran It's authou'v
IL can be used as an mnlcmcnt for tho most
radical revolution under the fern OF law
Let me rive an instance: Vt ~ only few
years when pra IDEALLY AZ the railway srsr
TENS Of the United States VII be under the
con'rrl Of some one rgln'7aton-'h's ! an.
prchond viii be followed ny governmental
ownership: md this lus' e. fear 'he omen
Ing wedge witch VII commence the revolt.
tionlgipg mt ONLY OF the government, hnt Of
the very society ~ which We live. To tha-c
rhanPes the Federal const'tut on viii oT>r
n serious obstaoe u the old United States
hRrt WIS AZ "'uslrunent conduciV" 10 tNr
nscal ends ~ the government V can WV
ecual ,rourie'v b. SAID that tAe aovernnonia
owner hin Of rai'roads IL nl'ars TOWARD
ccrrv'ng "the mails an 'fius'rumrut to I've
regulation of commerce anncng tho Stios -
or means OF putting down "lnsurroctlnn'
O.
wa therefore perceive that with some ~ inc
uueouMeH advantage W, have IL an unlim.
uet e1vorrneut we take also tie risks and
Is disadvantage