The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
Senator Rayner Taunts Roose'
velt With Being One.
as BE OMNIpOEaNNIT's
Asks the Maryland S:nator, and Charges
the Pr s!deut With Nusifying the
Constitution, and Suggests That
He Be Given More Power.
That Over Death.


States Sensle, addressing hinseif rn
his resolution that tcs Federal CIV
ernneas has no power SO iacs-fsre
with toe cooSuct by a SSsse OF =
system OF pubic e6ucsttoa. nsos* :
powerful spssca Tha-s5sy, 10 wNc.l
he maintained tcst the Pissloshs'
threat in his message 80 use q! sll'
forces, civil and military, OF shs Onl.
ted Sssses'' IL Cslifornis, WAS 5aseS5
TO do oreahirg soscics51y ooSs,ae
the Constitutional po1srs OF Sae Ez'
ecutivs.
SENATOR Rsyner was ss TINES hu.
rnorous, 81 others fsceriops; s. Still
orhers be was les,nsd and profound;
at ali times be vas followed With
olose attention by ths Senate and the
wsll-flled galleries. His p.essnsssioa
OF the case OF the people OF San Fran,
cisco and California was conceded to
be highly Ill. minasing snd Effective.
and he wSs consraaulssed earnestly o.
his statement OF tina case.
WANTS POWER OF ALL DEFINED.
ut Is Important said tas S7nssoc
in opening, "shsd We know, ana Sas
President understand, whether Ae hss
sny power in the premises st al. os'
cause Ii is quite serious matter, IL
view Of the great calamity lsse-y De-
fallen the city Of San Francisco. for
the President to contemplate BON.
harding the city at this time, aco 70
decIars war against ths various boa1os
Of county scnool coDnissicnsrS OF
Caltrornis, II there IS 10 Justification
or pre.ext upon Which sDca feroclous
proceedings csn be undertaken.
Tns P.e-lu5ra Is exercising great
many iu1c.iola-s1sculVs, iegislss-
tive, anu j-a!c:sl. laeiul and un.sw
ful. cons ususionsl and uncolSsstus
tionsi.
Il ne is possessed Of the idea thst hs
is the supervisor 0: sll Of the public
schools OF the various States OF the
Union. and he seems TO be impressed
with this idea, because IN the very
last paragraph OF his message be re-
o-nmends TO Congress Gne esraolisa-
nent OF snoosing galleries il ali OF
the large puolc scnoo.s OF 5ne coun'
try, We must either diszbuse hiS niaa
Of this fancy or We muss Leu him kooa
that We agree witt him as to sh5 ON
impotence OF his Jurisdiction.
If he can take possession OF ths
pubuc SCHOOLS G. Csiitoc0ls And CON.
psl the State to aanla 90 5n5n Jap.I-
mesa students contrary 90 TIE laws OF
Californis he couAd with QIAl pc.-
prsety SENDS Us an anando 4au 20 she
Saoto Domingo treaty and demand che
aimiesiol OF the negro cni-d.7n of
Ssnlo Domingo into Ine white schools
OF South CArolins. CT OF any other
State Of the Union.
''Oi cou: Sc, If the people have CONS
to the conclusion that every thing tai.s
the President recommends Is clsn0:
then there is hardly any use In con.
testing any OF his propositions, and il.
stead OF confsrring upon him the pow
Or to give Congress information OF the
state Of the Union, We might confer
upon him the function OF furnishing
bis own peculiar views upon the snti:e
state Of une universe and rs3on mend
ing any improg; ~ ents CT c1angeS In
the general plan OF cIsstto1 tOat be
may deem expedisns, fcom the cradle
TO the grave, In fact the PreSioans
upon page twenty-ntDe OF bis message
anticipates the cradle and makes re-
comnsndsGion upon the state Of the
Union that tends 70 plscs in mis- hands
the establishment OF the birth rate OF
the country, Now, II We can only sup
plement this function by giving him
complete Jurisdiction ever The death
rate we viii thea nave ruler whose
ueQuiry is uaci-c1nscribed and whose
unnntEea possibilities are beyond the
reach OF human contsmplStton,"
D1sSECTs JAPANESE TREATY.
Hr. Rsyner proposed, he SAID, tc
discuss the present question enSiIeiy
outside the particular circumstances,
and plant himself on these swv pru
positions:
Il. That there Is no provision what
ever In the treaty with Japan uaSt
confers the right that the Pres oel t
speaks OF, or gives to Japan the prisi-
leges that 1t Gains In connection with
the public school system st Calirorrla
OF OF any other State.
q, II there was such provision
the treaty woal6 be void sao wlunou.
sny authority upon the part Of tbs
United States 30 make 1t, and IN vio-
lStton Of the Constitution and the
treSsy-naSi0g power OF the Govern
nent."
The precise point involved, be Ssi6,
was the tenth article Of the Ccns5itu-
tion, that powers not delegated to
the United Ssstss by the Constitu-
ticn, nor prohibited by It to the
States, are reserved to the States. re-
spectiVely, OF to the psople." Cen.
ttnuing, MI. Rayner said:
The power Of s State to requisite
its pubic school system is clearly
sneng Its reserved powers. Esve We,
Therefore, 3 right to provide in q
t,ss.y that the citiz5ns Of foreign
laoos shall possess privileges in the
puohc schools Of the States that IRE
prohibited estaass11 Sy the Constitution
Or oy the laws Of the State in which
sney axe olsined? Il We can, in def.
snce OF the Laws and constitution OF
= soate, incorporate any such oro-
s1sion IN q treaty SO IS to bind
state, then we can undoubt-
suy oeprive the State cf every re-
sessso t'gat that it possesses, and re.
scno and annul it's laws and lis
ns...osloo whenever they come in
coanlcs with the treasy-maksng
power.
tranp.a upon this appalling
doctrine. Il ever such q deforr1ity as