The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-25
WHERE DWELLS JiCKSONIAN
DEMOCRACY NOW?

to revise rates and regulations. the revised
rate TO 60 az once into effect and to stay in
effect until the court Of review revises IT,. =
throw side light on existing party di-
visions that amazes the listener who Is not
a Democrat Of the very modern school.
If Democratic Congressman now ap-
proved the interstate commerce legislation
Of 1887 as an expedlent measure for col
Letting information in order that Congress
could wisely frame and enforce proper
interstate regulations, their conduct would
not be so astonishing; but they insist that
the President espoused and proclaimed
principle and doctrine long held by the
Democratic organization when he recon-
mended Congress 10 empower the Inter
state Commerce Commission to prescribe
railway freight sheets They chuckle be-
cause. as they say. the President has fallen
into line behind Mr.. Bryan "a disciple
of his.
The Democratic platform OF 1898, its suo-
cessor four years later. and also the one
Of 1904, did demand, II is true, an enlarge
ment Of the powers Of the commission, but
mono Of them demanded that it have the
tremendous prerogatve Of fixing rates. to
go at once into effect.
pose to spring on Congress that which the
President propos,d in his annual message,
then he whipped the cream of the Demo-
cratic pan and left only SKINNED milk.
In isi5 Disraeli said Of Peel that the latter
caught the Wings bathing and walked
away with their clothes Substitute Roose-
welt for Peel Democrats for Wings. and
the anecdote has amusing pertinency.
The late Mr., Buell. dedicated his recently
published study OF Andrew jackson to
President Roosevelt as the best living ex-
emplar Of the Hero Of New Orleans. Moved
thereby, it may be, the illusions TO odd
Hickory made by the President at Phila-
delphia on the last anniversary Of Wash
ington's birthday can indicate that he
intends to capture the whole outfit OF the
jackson Democracy
One would think that in presence Of the
percentage of the popular vote cast last
November for President. the smallest which
the Democracy has cast in eighty years IL
was less than rs per cent. as against 421s
per cent. for Cass in ls4s, and 43 $40 for
Greeley in 1872 -the Democrats in Congress
would abstain from such illusions as they
make to Roosevelt and Bryan. lest inf
deity to Parker by the Bryan leaders, in
the interest of Roosevelt, be assigned in
explanation OF result, the specific cause
for which is battling the wits Of the most
expert politicians.
How small a percentage Of the popular vote
cast by a party organization will indicate
II TO be so discredited that it must disband
and retire from the feld2 The old Wing
party cast in 1852 for Scott "a Ito per cent
httt hot Ia ra in
1855 had 80 per cent; Lincoln had In 1890
less than 20 per cent. OF the popular vote. but
so A-I00 Of the electoral vote. In 1854 in the
dark days of the civil war, and with all the
plumbers Of the Democracy on his shout |
ders. Mcclellan had nearly As per cent. Of !
the popular vote, as against less than 3s |
per cent. for Parker in 1904.
And one also thinks the Congressional |
Democracy would flight shy Of the inter-
state commerce laws which have been the |
grave Of those reserved rights Of the States |
which Jackson and the Justices OF the Su-
prene Court appointed by him never failed |
10 vindicate and which have given 20 the |
Democracy it's winning issues ever since |
the end Of the war Of secession,
II would I've profitable to the Democratic |
lawyers In the Senate and House if they were |
TO mediate OH the evolution OF the commerce |
clause OF the Constitution. from Marshalls |
In 1924 Of commerce" as includ- !
Ing navigation, down to the recent report !
by President Rooeevelt's Commissioner Of |
Corporations, Mr. Garfield, who urges a
Federal law Of corporations having these |
principal features
I. The creation By Congress OF corporations with |
q On In
?. The prohibition upon all other corporation 1
from engaging In such oommeros.
8. The granting to such Federal corporations OF |
The night TO manufacture and produce within the |
several States
1t will be edifying for old fashioned Demo |
Gratis TO see the rights Of the States which |
those learned Democratic legists in Con- |
gress will describe as remaining, under |
the Tenth Amendment. when II has been |
as President Roosevelt's Com
of Corporations proposes. This
IS his language:
II Congress itself creates corporation as an
Instrument expressly 10 carry on Interstate COM
nerce the power OF Congress over such corporation,
nasmuch IS Il Is strictly an Instrument OF inter-
tate commerce.. is unlimited. and the powers Of
uch corporation must be plcnsry 10 carry out tho
constitutional object OF It's creation. And pro-
uerce. then such corporate powers must include
The statement of Chief Justice Marshall, so often
Iuoted, re rs 10 cover completely the power TO
produce and the night 70 grant franchise for that
purpose. tSee Wheaton, 40
Even II It be granted that the power to produce
not an absolutely essential Incidental 70 the
,ower 10 engage In interstate commerce. is It not
lear. however. that this power 10 produce comes
asliy and plainly within the Appropriate and un.
rohibited means described In the said quotation,
he end" the regulation OF Interstate commerce,
legitimate" and within the scope OF the Con-
iltution." The means a corporate franchise TO
roduce Is appropriate. plainly adapted TO tina,
nd" In no way prohibited" bu, consistent with
he letter and spirit Of the consutu ton"
Is there not for Democrats instructive
warming in the thirty-second verse Of the
ighth chapter Of the Gospel according 10
It. Matthew QUERIsr.
New YORK, Feb. "a.
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