The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-18
Mr.. DOOLEYsEXPOUNDS =
The SUPREME COURTS LAW

4 SEE" said Mr.. Dooley, 9TH Supreme
Court has decided tn Constitution
don't follow tn flag"
'Who said it did?' asked Mr. Hennes-
sy.
Some wan.'' said Mr.. Dooley. "It hap
pened a long time ago an I don't ray
mimber clearly how it came up, but
some fellow said that anywhere tn
constitution whit, tn flag was sure to
| go. L don't believe wan wurrud iv it,
| says tn other fellow. 'Ye can't make
me think tn, Constitution is goin' tthra-
pezin around anywhere a young lift
nant in tn ARMY takes it into his head
to stick a flag pole. It's too old. It's a
| home-stayin Constitution with a blue
1 coat and brass buttons onto it, an 1t
| walks with a goold-headed cane. It's old
an feeble an it prefers to set on tn
front stoop an amuse tn childher. 1t
wudden't last a minyit in thin thropical
clmes. 'Twud get a pain in tn four
teenth amindmint an die befure tn doc
| tors cud get ar-round to cut it out. No,
sir, We'll keep it with us, and threat it
tenderly without too much hard wurruk,
an whn it plays out entirely We'll give
| it dacnt buryal an incorp' rate Ourselves
undher tn laws if Moo Jarsey. That's
what Wen do, says he. But, says tn
other, if it wants to thravel, why not
lave it?' But it don't want to- say
it does How'll we find out?' Wen
ask tn Supreme Coort. They'll know
what's good f'r it.
80 it whit up to tn Supreme Coort.
/ Theyse Wen thing about tn Supreme
| Coort, if We lave anything to thin, we
| lave it to tim. Ye don't get a check
| that entities we to call FIR it in an hour.
TIL Supreme Coort iv tn United States
amt in amy hurry about catchin' tn
mails. 1t don't have to make tn las
car I'd book tn Aujitoroom again 1t
amy day FIR a foot race. If yere lookin'
FIR a game iv quick decisions an base
thits, we've got to hire another Empire.
has dispersed an tn players have pack
ed their bats in tn bags an started FIR
home.
FIR awhile ivrybody watched to see
what tn Supreme Coort wud do. i know
mesilf 1 felt I cuddenl make another
| move in tn game till / heerd firm thin.
Buildin' operations was SUSPENDED an we
| sthud wringin' our hands outside tn
dure waitin' fr information firm tn
bedside. 'What're they doin' now?' They
| just put tn argymfnts iv larned counsel
| in tn ice-box an tn chief justice Is in
a corner writin', pome. Brown J. an
Harlan j. is discussin' tn condition Nv
| tn Roman Umpire befure tn fire. Iii
| r-rest Nv tn coort is conSidherin' tn
/ question whether they ought or ought
not to wear ruchin' on their skirts an
hopin crinoline won't come in again. Nc
decision today? An so it wint I'r days
| an weeks an months. TIL men thai
had argyied that tn Constitution ought
| to shadow tn flag to all tn tough re-
| sorts on tn Passyfc Coast an tn men
| that argyied that tn flag was SO lively
| that no Constitution cud fouow 1t an
survive, they died or lost their jobs OF
whit back to Salem an were f'rgotten
Expansionists contracted an anti-expan-
sionists blew up an little childher was
born into tn wurruld an grew to man.
hood an niver heerd Nv Porther Ricky
except whin some wan got job there
I'd about made up me mind to thry an
put tn thing out Nv me thoughts an &c
back to wurruk whin 1 woke up war
mornin' an see be tn pa-aper that tn
Supreme Coort had warned tn Constitu.
ton to leave tn flag alone an tind tt
it's own business.
That's what tn pa-aper says, but I've
Tread over tn decision an 1 don't ses
amy thing iv tn kind there. They'se mo-
a wurrud about tn flag an not enough
to tire We about TIL Constitution. 'Tis
a matter iv Unions, Hinnissy, that tn
Supreme Coort has been settin' on fl
this gineration-a cargo iv Unions SIM
firm Porther Ricky to some Eyetalian IL
Philadelphy. TIL decision was r-read be-
Brown j., him bein' tn las justice tt
make up his mind, an ex-officio, as Ho
gan says, tn first to speak, afther croo
an bitther contest. Says Brown j.
| TIL question here is wan Nv such gr-reat
Importance that we've been sthrugglin
over 1T liver since We see US las an ony
come to a decision F'uller c. J., Gray
j., Harlan j., Shiras> J., McKenna J.
White j.. Brewer j., an Peckham J. dis
sentin' firm me an each other) because
iv tn hot weather comm on. Wash'n-
ton is dhreadful place in summer. (Ful-
Ter c. j., dissentin) The whole fabric
Nv our Government is threatened, tn
| lives iv our people an tn progress Nv
civilization put to tn bad Men ARE ex-
cited. But why? We ARE not. (Harlan
j., 4 am. Fuller c. j., dissentin' but
not FIR tn same reason) This thing
must be settled wan way or tn other
undher that dear OF Constitution be var
chue iv which we are here an ye ARE
| there an Congress is out West practicin'
law. Now what does tn Constitution
say? Wen look it up thoroughly whin
we get through with this case. 9Th rest
Nv TIN coort dissentin') In tn manetime
we must be governed be tn ordinances
| iy tn Khan iv Beloochistan. tn laws
Nv Hinery tn Eighth, tn opinyon iv Jus
tice Nv tn Peace Oscar Larson in tn case
iv tn township iv Red Wing varsus Pc
tersen, an IN Dhred Scott decision.
What do they say about Unions? Nav
thin a all. Again we take TIL bred
Scott decision. This is wan iv tn worst
liver r-read. If I cudden't write a bet
Their wan with blindhers on, I'd leap off
tn bench. his horrible fuke iv a deci-
sion throws a great, an almost blindin'
light on TIL case. I Will turn 1t off. (Mc-
kenna ]. concurs but thinks it ought to
be blowed out) But where was L? I
must put on me specs. Oh, about TIL
Unions. Well, tn decision iv tn Coort
9TH others dissentin0 is as follows: First,
that TIN DISTRICT iv Columbya Is a
State; second, that 1t Is not; third, that
New York is State; fourth, that it is
a crown colony; fifth, that all States
ARE States an all Territories ARE Ter
ritories In tn eyes Nv other powers, but
n yyH Ern yIo&