The sun., 1902-10-06
The President and His Duty Under
the Constitution.

Believing in the Democracy Of THOMAS
JEFFERSON rather than in that of WILL
LlAMJENNINGs BRYAN and the PopuliSts.
THE SrN has watched with regret the
rising Of the question Of the President :
relation to the coal strike in Penn
svlvania Mr. ROOSEVELT. however.
by voluntarily interfering in a manner
cOnfessedly xtra-Constitutional has
driven such consideration to the rear.
and it bchooves us to consider his power
in the affair in it, fullest aspect
II has been maintained by those who
favored the Presidents inviting Mr.
JOHN MITCHELL to the White House
instead Of making known to him that his
warfare on men and property AT the
mines was atrOCious and Insuffcrable,
that the Executive WAS powerlcSS 10
do more The United States, SAYS
Article " Of the Constitution. shall
protect every State in the Union against
domestic violence on application Of the
Legislature. or of the Executive when
and the friends of the conference in qucS-
tion point 10 the State Governors apph-
cation for Federal troo,.s as a condition
precedent 10 Presidential action. Gov
ernor STONE has not asked President
ROOSEVELT To interfere conseuIen,lv il
is arrled. the latter can do nothing to
slppress lawlcssncss But the Constitu-
tion is not limited to Article ".
When the Fathers of the Renublic
framed the Federal Constitutinn ,hev
understood and proceeded upon the
theory that all others would understand
that the traditional rights of Americans
20 tho nursui, Of l;Co I;bor,v md Lo,,;
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"Hi''' "'''i''"" VI 'l'ii'' hd'ei II was
lhodSht oeH' 10 speak oI lhehl' ana the
speclhc provisions Tor popular rights
added TO the original art cles ClIlmi-
mated in this portion of the Epurt eenth
Amendment.
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The Fourteenth Amendment was pro-
claimed on July 2S, 1865 Less than
three wears later Congress- nrovided fnr
its enforcement nv imnosinp on tho
president tho brood noworo ard yi,oI
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passed in ApriloflS7l.
aS.c 900 v,,.,,,o, ,o.r.,o,,,o, ,,u,..,,. ,,.
rc,cc p,I,,t t,I continuation, or co,,r,,,o,.. ,,
any state so obs,ruc,, or hinder, the execution
Of the laws thereof and OF the United States as TO
deprive any portion or class of the people OF such
state OF any Of the rights privileges, or lmmunitrs,
OF protection named IN the Constitution and Sc
,u'' % '"' Jaws 'o' 'ne p'''ec''on o' Su'n rsh"'
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from sny cause ,,n IN ., ,er,,. p,o,,c,or =, ,no
people in such rights. such facts shah b.. deemed
denial by such State Of tho equal protection Of the
laws TO which they are entitled under the Consti,u
ton of the United States, and In all such cases. or
whenever ans such n'urrrc'lon, violence, unlaw.
''' ro"''n',.o" OF conspiracy opposes or oos'ruct'
- W. I"''u ',a''>' o' 'ne que execution
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pro.,.,, and II ,h,u ,o 49,. ,,,.,.
measures BY the enp,oyncn, ot Inc mini, or IN.
land and naval forces Of the rnl,cs STATES y, a,
either. or by other means. as hc may deem ncc.,
s,ry. for the suppression OF such In,urrection.
domestic violence, or combinations
II would appear from this that the
Presidents own Judgment must finally
determine whether domestic violence
and the denial Of Justice exist in any
State in manner calling for his inter
ference under the law. regardless of tho
Governor.
or the Presidents indcncndonc, Of n
Governor in league with anarchy tboro
can be no question. The preceding sec
tion Of the law ius, o,ot cd descrihes n