Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-09-14

would be exceedingly unpopular.
l presume it is waste of time for
me to call the attention OF the wage.
workers to the fact that it is absolutely
necessary for their interests to vote for
such laws as will enable the rich to get
more in order that they can get a Job,
for that is what they have been doing
for many years.
Respectfully submitted,
&c. Coo.
How Federal Courts Are Used by Monopolies.
YELM, Wash, Sept. s, 1906.
Ed. STANDARDS:
After careful consideration and in.
vestigation 1 have come to the conclu.
sion that most OF the cussedness under
which we labor is directly traceable to
our Federal Judiciary. At an early
day, the clairvoyant eye of Jefferson
forecasted the aggressions of the Fed.
eral Courts. He called them the
"miners and sappers" Of the Consti.
tuition, and predicted that they would
undermine the republic, il not held in
restraint. Congress has repeatedly
broken through the constitutional
bonds. It has fostered monopoly; it
has curtailed personal liberty. 1t
helped to seize the Philippine Islands.
1t made Porto Rico a crown Deepen.
deney, and patterned its subjections
after the laws that ruled the American
colonies prior to '76. These are but
sporadic assaults upon the principles
of liberty, while the Federal Courts,
for more than . hundred years, have
necessarily and silently deposited
about the foundation of liberty the
bloody soil of monarchy. Ever since
the Philippine conquest, the very bold.
ness OF which Supplied constitutional
thinkers, the patrons of the Federal
Courts have openly avowed their pur-
pose and have boasted of the steady
progress of their work through the
past hundred years. The literature OF
the day 10 full of chuckles over the
perfect Capitalization which has been
effected in the republic. Every man
knows what liberty is, and he wants il.
Freedom to do, to achieve, to enjoy life
are ideas OF obvious value to all men.
The intent of the trainers of the
Constitution was to circumscribe the
agents of Government with strong
limitations. so that the people could
have and retain their liberty. They
worked to Establish justice" "pro.
mote the general welfare" secure the
blessings OF liberty, affect equally be.
fore the law and prevent monopoly.
The Constitution is document Of in.
The authors knew that
the tendency Of government is toward
tyranny; they dimly understood that
the tendency was inspired by the
economic principle; they recognized
the historic battle between the rich
and poor, they had the lessons of an.
Gent Rome before them; of France
under the old regime; of the German
States and England under the Stuarts.
The active principle Of monarchy is
greed, and great centralized wealth
leads toward imperialism. Monopoly
must establish itself through law, or
protect itself by law after it is estsb |
lished, and it is hedged in by law TO
day established by the Federal Courts,
in violation Of the Constitution. Mo.
nopoly and justice cannot co-exist
Special privilege cannot be promoted
contemporaneously with the general
welfare. The blessings Of liberty
and monopoly are repugnant princi-
pies. Monopoly cannot thrive where
the people retain control OF public Of.
fairs. Hence had the Constitution
been observed, the problems OF to-day
would not confront us. From the be-.
ginning OF the Government, q party
has existed which has grown more and
moro self.conscious in its pursuit OF
wealth, for power, and which, accord
ing to an ancient system employed
the government for it's ends. It's plans
could not thrive under the Constitu.
ton, therefore the Constitution had 10
be overthrown. Il could not get pow.
er without curbing popular sovereign.
ty, hence the people were frowned
upon as the mob, the States were put
aside as interfering with the develop.
ing of the nation.
This party found An appointive judi.
ciary sufficient for its ends. This
party, this system, used legislatures
and governors to get privileges. used
State courts to mold reversible juris.
prudence, used Congresses and Presi.
dents to advance its interest; but
nothing has served its purposes like
Federal Courts. With all our ideas OF
liberty and constitutions, We have
been cursed from tho beginning by
judge-made Law. AS the Federal
Judges are appointed by the President,
with the advice and consent of the
Senate. the people have never had any
will in their selection. Indeed the
people do not choose the Senators,
they do not directly choose the Presi.
dent. The result 10 that those who
want something from the Government
are those who bring about the appoint.
ment OF Federal Judges. Men invested
with the supreme power Of making
the law, making and unmaking the
Federal and State Constitutions. can.
not be allowed to pass out of the con-
troll OF those who want to rule the
economy of the country. So it was
that plutocracy seized the Federal
Courts at the beginning of the Govern.
ment and through them has estab.
lished its power. Through these
courts. plutOcracy has invested itself
with the national sovereignty; it has
made a system Of government no whit
different from any constitutional mon.