The Jersey City news., 1906-04-04
AwnDasnsDAK. APRIL A. 1906

Dc ID announced Psesidsat Roosevelt
h wiAing % assent to Qaah4ied re-
Miew By The courts sf rates to be tn-
posed lby Oenersas upon Carrying esane
Ep&nias. HIS consent to any review power
NsA&tsver is by some treated as signif-
Isaas, says the Broskiya Daily nssls."
f1he right 10 50 70 law is really consti-
lentssnAi, net Roassvei1san. AGr. Aooss-
spata rscognikion Of that risht Is credika-
lkaes 10 > sense. to him, but it Is mot es-
ssenAial % ligisants or to any one else.
EZhs right Is both natural and constitu-
IStonal. Being natural it falls under the
Ieoaaxnpn law rights af frsemen. Being
fsensttsut1eual it depends neither upon
sfAe President nor upon the Congress.
easissnship, with aA courtesy, can am
sssar sAEz. Roosevelt: .sSir, we thank you
ssx nptaiag. The right was ours, with.
lsr wstAesx yoar eonsent"
u IL naesasary 70 state matters thus
csraiy. 0nseiaas from the highest to the
iseweet can confer, can forbid and can
'NnaEt ncuae Of the natural, inalienable
ana esnssitstional rights of American
spersoMsr whether human or incorporate.
sWAsrsyer there is wrong there is
resnsay. Wherever there is a belief that
"a wrong exists, there is 3 right to submit
that belisf TO judicial consideration in a
complaint or law quit. We know that
coaiEts Of review only deal with appel
late esses. But any man or interest can
ind a trial court in which he can make
Iauy- oae of whom he complains de-
ffendaat.
JoInder Of issue makes case Trial
sof case leads 70 decision. The fact
'ef deeision makes matter for appeal
Appeals to the court of last resort on a
question Of liberty are unconditional.
Appeals to those courts on questions Of
sptopeTfy, lDyo.ving no constitutional is
kaa whatever, can be limited as to the
xalne of property that can be held to
ljnstifr an appeal That is because the
tamouat involved should be such as to
ljas.ffy lie attn. on Of appellate tritun-
tais. The apaealable amount IN cur state
Fconrts Is. we believe. $500 or over. That
Huffices fer Substantial justice, when no
Seppattuiional question or no question Of
lperseual liberty Is involved. Liberty
Fand constitutional rights are not measur-
lah.e IN money and cannot be restricted
lGreal appeal, where the Issues involved
hss nos already been coaclusively ad-
,sadsenssd.
We ore not concerned with the offer
tcf the President in the matter under
.eonsideration. It may have the effect
l,af redncing friction among those who
Iaxs nov frying 70 agree on BILL" Re-
,Aaefien Of friction y desirable, but ne
.axrssznenf can Do array with what we
lnsy eail the appesete rights Of elf
Izens "a os the other ciass of persons
Is&slss corporations. Corporations arc
apes1ous The hw calls them artificial
spsrsonn. Tbs Supreme Court Of the
sUhstea states In she Missouri traffic case
Nsciardd saen. anfer the Fourteenth
lAnenhulerr- n ~ legal persons as com.
esst4ly aHsatl@s. under that amendment
ia properly eghfs es<t. srzstitntional
Egsstscsisae, - are persons naturally be-
estsen
pakyszs Ca anof exnlp an artificial
psFson, :he Intestats Commerce. Com
mission, foss sinsrarce, With power g ssasy
ysssl snd sonstituriansl rigats y ~
lsthsr ARTIFICIAL psrson ~ asrpasasisn. Or,
yIar sAs lpssser ek thss. % soy auDsn per.
Son : wbatsssr sns Horse d Heprssen-
kativss - shst osaersss co'ald. @Ae