Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-05-11
FRIDAY MAY IL, 1906
ROOSEVELT rnEAcmES"ANAEcmY

liOOSEN Bill '.NNAsiIih
Ia 1896 the democratic national on
ventioD adopted 4 platform, one Of the
plauks OF which follows: But for this
decision by the supreme court tthe
adverse decision on he income taS)
there would be no deficit i'll the revenue
under the Law pas sed by a democratic
congress in strict pursuance Of the
uniform decisions OF that Court for
yearly one hundred years, that court
having III that decision sustained con.
etitutionai objections to it's enactment
which had previously been overruled by
the ablest judges who had ever sat on
that bench. We declare that it is the
duty OF congress To use I'LL h con.
stitutIonal power which remains after
that decision, or which may come from
it's reversal by the court as It may
hereafter be constituted, so that the
burdens of taxation may be equally and
impartially laid, to the end tina. ", alth
may bear its dua proportion OF the
expenses OF the government
That plank WAS denounced by republi-
can editors and .jpu5lican orators. md
democrats were called -a~uarchists-
because they presumed to "criticIse the
courts
The editorial remarks Of til" New
York Tribune made after the clt c:ion Of
1896 were fairly representative of the
tone employed by republicans generally
in the treatment OF the Chicago plat
form, and particularly that plank above
quoted. The Tribune said that the
democratic movement OF 1896 was ID
malicious conspiracy against the honor
and integrity of the nation" and added:
ats nominal head was worthy OF the
cause. Nominal, because the wrctcbed,
rattle patrd boy, posing in vupid vanity
and mouthing r~CsounCing roitenucss.
was not the real 'tader Of that league of
he'll. He WAS only Il puppct in the
blood-imbrncd hands Of, the anarchist,
and, the rcroIutiuuist, and other dcs-
peradoes Of that strips. Bat he was a
willing puppet, Bryan vas. willing and
eager. Not one OF his masters WIS
more apt than he Mt lies and forgeries
and b,asphemics and all the namc!es;
iniquitles Of that campaign against the
Tenl Commandments. lie goes doq Z
with the cause, and must abide with II
i'll the history OF iuiamy. He had less
proyoca.ion tl.nn Benedict Arnold, less
intellectual for c than Aaron Burr, less
manliuess and courage than Jefferson
Davis. lie was the rival Of them all III
deliberate wickcducss and treason To
the republic. His name belongs with
theira, neither the most brilliant nor
the most hntetul in tho list. Good
radiance to it all, to conspiracy and
conspirGtors, and to the foul mcnac Of
Reputation and anarchy against the
honor and the life OF the republic"
On April IL, 1906, Theodore Roosevelt
elected to the presidency Of the United
States rs Il republican, sent to congress
II special message dealing particularly
with the decision OF Federal Judge j.
Otis Humphrey in the beet trust case.
Mr.. Roosevelt referred to the Judgment
in the beet trust case as "a miscarriage
OF Justice" Mr.. Roosevelt said: "l'hc
danger nowadays il, not that innocent
men will be convicted Of crime, but
TINT the guilty man will go scott free,
Thus is especially the case where the
crime is ono OF greed aud cunning per,
pctratcd 10y man Of wealth ia the
course Of those business operations
where the code Of conduct il NJ vurianc,
not merely with the code Of humanity
and morality, but with the code rs
established in the law uf the land Re
ferrng TO Judge Humphreys decision
Mr.. Roosevelt snid: "Such intcrprCia
ton Of the law mcasurably ncal
making the law a fnrcc.-
The plank IN the democratic u%n'iuna'
platform OF 1896 for the adoption u
which democrats wore denounced ms
anarchists is decidedly tame in com.
parison with the language used 10y tho
president, elected "a Il republican, in
commenting upon the decision IL the
beef trust crsc.
In 1896 democrats pointed in Il miId
way to the fact that The courts decision
IN the income tax case was ont uf har
moDy with the uniform decisions for
nearly one hundred ycars, and expressed
the hope by implication, that the court
M the rcinaftcr constituted might
reverse the decision. But Mr.. Roosevelt
was not nj all mild in his nrraigumcut Of
Judge Humphreys decision. a. miH
carriage OF Justice ne called IL, aud he
added "such Interpretation Of the law
~measufahiy near making the las
u farce
Yet some Of the very republican
editors who IN 1896 denounced "a
"anarcbists' democrats who bni IHduIg.
cd in tho very mild reference 10 the
income tax decision are noE cnlhu ina.
commenting tho presiIcnt 81 The
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