The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-29
Daifu~ Eagle
M. M. MURDOCH. Editor.
DOMESTIC UNITED STATES: FOREIGN UNITED



STATES
It win taxa about five readings for ordinary mortal
70 understand what the supreme court means in its two
great decisions IN the constitution and the flag. and three
readings for positively brilliant genius General Rich
ards asked for an interview dead what has
bappeped The great lawyer Coudert puts the large
brilliant generality that q think say this is his
torv making decision" No doubt Another great lawyer,
Charles Frederick Adams declares heavily: IF the court
saws that the Foraker act is right the constitutional
question is against US This is all right but that T is
big as barn One the parties commercially concerned
claims everything sight Bryan when asked about it.
after one reading concluded would have wait
while before expressing an opinion Which prudent
eminenty so.
In misty sort Of way the public understands that
I've judges decided insuar possessions are in
tegraI parts the United staes and secondly the prvi
eges vouchsafed by constitution extend to the
inhabitants of those possessions Of themselves but must
be extended by act Of congress.
For instance in the first case shipped goods from
Porto Rico to the United just after the signing Of
the Paris treaty in which Spain transferred Porto Rico to
the United States The custom house officers held this
man up for duty The court holds didn't have it.
that Porto Rico that moment much part Of the
United states in its enjoyment of every privilege granted
by the constitution as any territory; and this in the abb
sence Of action by congress This knocks the colonial idea
sky high Luzon colony under this ruling. 1t is
part Of the United States In the second case, man
shipped goods as the first man. after the Foraker law
had been passed imposing tarin Porto Rcan goods
The court holds that must pay because congress
put the iupost on congress had the right to do
so under the constitution.
AND this is where the trouble begins with the reader
Right at this point thousand telegraph ed
itors fell under their several tables in fits.
The supreme court sets out to why congress has
the right to levy an impot between integral parts of the
United States States are Territories states
IN foreign treaties Alaska which isn't territory,
is a state the minute England should make motion
toward claiming part Of it The Indian Territory is
state Porto Rico is state But in the mat
domestic affairs states except those states
and territories Union which congress has
tended constitution taxable purposes other
words the constitution which created congress- may be
extended by congress And it is to this extent and for
polcys sake the constitutional provision requiring
that duties iposs excuses shall be uniform through
the United States those states which congress
has favored either with the privilege Of making
their own laws by giving them statehood.
IN brief the supreme court holds that there are two
United States one United States that an imperial fab
rc consisting OF states organized territories and morgan
territories the citizenship the states and
organized territories has privileges which may may
extend unorganzed portions; another
nestle United composed simply of form
ing this Union before the spanish-American war The
holds that the constitutional provision tariff
formity effect only respect to the second United
States.
Of the tariff contest involved is merely Incl
greater questions which are to follow as citi
zenship suffrage trial by jury forth which viii
be affected by this decision That interests the
American people And the supreme court holds that none
Of these privileges viii be extended to the people Of these
possessions until congress extends them the same as con
gess extended them Colorado to Oklahoma or in
tine extend them to the citizens of the Indian Terri
tory But in the supreme court the promise of this extern
sion unmistaRable and when they have developed as
former territories have developed the people Of the United
States viii see that congress follows the suggestion OF the
court and extends them There viii be no colonies.
The decision may be wonderful one But the average
American never tackled more arduous job than trying to
understand or ever felt guiuer his life than when
claiming confidently to his equally guilty fellow citizen
that he understands it fully.
BOTTLED DISEASE GERMS.
Legislators who enact 20 prohibit things that might
be DANGEROUS TO community have strangely neglected the