The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-07

| pCaiS, together with other questions
! which might be raised during the pro-
gress of the trial.
Cases fop Federal Courts.
! at is not my purpose at this time
| to enter into d further discussion as
| to the extent of the jurisdiction of the
Federal courts but / now desire TO
call your attention to certain questions
of public interest which owing TO their
nature can only be adjudicated IN
these courts.
| LAS a nation we have made wonderful
progress from commercial, industrial
and manufacturing standpoint. We
| have extended our railways into every
| section of the country, erected manu-
| featuring plants of all kinds, built
| beautiful cities, made our rivers ana
| harbors naVigable, and established a
| financial system which is without a RI
val in the civilized world. The CON
| sentative people of North Carolina for
| quite a while after the war were slow
| to take advantage of the splendid OPP
| portunitics for manufacturing and in
| duStrial development with which they
| were blessed, but the great develop
| ment in these lines which is now being
| made within our borders should be a
source of pride and qualification to
| every true North Carolinian.
|
would be a physical impossibility for
| an individual to own and operate any
| one of these great enterprises. These
| inStrumentalitieS are essential to our
| progress as Il nation and their organ
| ization and perpctuation blessing t.
| mankind: but while this is true We
must not lose sight of the fact that
| the formation of these stupendous un-
| dcrtakings renders it possible for Ger
| fr,;t, nh tn 10 nj
| to exist and which would be correct
| ed, not in a spirit of antagonism anC
with view to determination, but sucl
| questions should be considered in 1;
/ pa triOtic spirit and laws enacted which
| will protect the individual in the en-
| joyment of his rights and at the SAINT
! time accord to such enterprises every
| possible right to which the individual
| citizen is entitled and thereby afforC
encoura gment to those public spirited
men whose efforts have resulted IL
making this the most aggressive anC
| progressive country on the race OF the
| earth. The business of these cOmbina
| tons in most instances is Interstate II
| its character and therefore cannot b.
| reached through the medium of tho
| state courts. 1t is folly to talk abou.
| the state courts undertaking TO regr
| late the affairs of the Standard Oi
|
| into many states, and this is true witt
| respect to the great transportation
| lines as well as other combinations t.
| which so many objections have beer
| raised i'm recent years. These exam
| Piles forccfully illustrate the condition
with which we are confronted at this
! time. and justify the assertion that il
| order to protect and properly safe.
| guard the rights of the whole people
| the existence of tho federal judiciar.
| is absolutely Indispensable.
Frvors Federal Divorce Law.
That the jurisdiction of the fedora
courts will be extended in the nea
future is reasonably certain. Owini
to the multiplicity of status in tn,
various states relating to the subjcc
! of divorce, intcrminabic confusion ant
| In some instances scandal and Il per
version of the law obtain. This sub
| ject is one which affects the moral
| of our people and reaches all classes O,
! society. Marital relations are sacred
and should be preserved and enforce
| in the Christian spirit in which tn.
authority for the same is granted.
owing to the enactment of statute
| in some of the states it is possible 70,
those seeking dissolution of the mar
! riage tie to cvade the laws of then
own states by taking up temporars
| abodes in such states where such laws
| prevail to secure a dissolution OF the
| bonds of matrimony by doing tina
| which is not only a fraud on the juris
dicton of the courts of those states
but a defiance of all rules of decenc!
and an utter disregard of the laws o.
| God and man. This is an evil which
| if allowed to grow will sooner or late
undermine our social institutions !
careful study of ancient as well az
modern history discloses the fact tina
Nations and governments have ad
| Vanced or declined in proportion t
! the enforcement or the failure to Ell
force the laws bearing on this subject
I If nation is TO be strong and endur
! ing its laws must be enacted and en-
! forced upon the theory that no law
| can be potent which does not receive
! The sanction of The Code of Morals,
upon which all laws should be found
ed. While it is desirable that salutaly
| laws should be enacted, experience
teaches us that no human law can be
/ enforced that does not have tn
moral support of the noble Christian
men and women of the land. From
! the nature of things it IS well nigf
! impossible to secure anything like un
| iformity of our divorce laws through
the legislatures. While | am not il
favor of the federal government en-
croaching upon the rights of the state
! at the same time / am thoroughly con
vinced that the only effective way by
| which we can deal with this subjec
! is to secure the enactment of a ma
| tional divorce law. which | thinl
might be properly classed among the
subjects. contemplated by the genera
welfare clause of the Constitution OF
| the United States.
If it should be determined that the
| power Of congress to enact a law OF
| this character is not implied by the
provision of the Constitution to which
refer, 1t would be an easy matter tc
secure an amendment to the Constitu
! ton which would fix this subject be-
yond cavil, but which, of course would
| have to be submitted to the severa!
! states for their adoption.
divorces arc granted in many
states for the most trivial causes. and,
in my opinion, the time has come
when Christian people of all denomi-
nations should demand the enactment
of national divorce law. These and
many other matters will, no doubt be
considered by congress in the near flu
ture.
some have sought to create the i'm
preston that faHpral courts 70