Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-19
Constitutional Powers.


The President never loses a chance
to attack the fundamental principle of
the Constitution Of the United States
which is embodied in the Tenth
Amendment Even in his speech at
vicksburg on Oct 81, while he was
counting the southern voters, he could
not refrain from putting in fling at
the doctrine of strict constitution on
which the Democratic party, as we'll as
the Constitution itself. was founded.
He insisted that in the interest of the
people" the Constitution must be in
terpreted, not as a strait Jacket, not
as laying the hand Of death on all de-
velopment" Constituting this accord
ing to the rules of logic, it involves the
implicatio mendax, because it insinu-
ates, contrary to the truth, that some
body having power to interpret the
constitution has interpreted 1t, or
sought to interpret as straitjacket-
laying the hand of death on all deyel-
opment And it also implies, contrary
to the truth, that the Interpretation
placed upon the Constitution by him.
self at st. Louis and Harrisburg tends
to legitimate development At st.
Louis he claimed for the federal gov
eminent the power to incorporate in
terstate railroads and also Industrial
enterprises engaged in interstate and
foreign commerce, Notwithstanding the
two facts, that no such power has been
granted to Congress by the Constitu-
ton, and that Congress is prohibited by
the Tenth Amendment from exercising
powers not granted to it. The Demo
Gratis to whom the President was ap-
pealing at Vicksburg are followers of
Jefferson. Their position may be fair
ly assumed to be in harmony with JEFF
ferson's. That position was well stat
ed by jefferson himself, In a letter to
Dr. Maese, dated Washington, D. c.,
Jan. 10, 1909, In which jefferson said:
1T has always been denied by the
Republicans in this country that the
Constitution had given the power of
Incorporation to Congress. On the es-
Enlistment of the Bank of the United
States this was the great ground on
which that establishment was combat
ted; and the party prevailing support
ed it on the ground of its being Incl
dent to the power of raising money.
On this ground it has been acquiesced
in, and will probably be again acqui-
esced in, as subsequently confirmed by
public opinion. But in no other in
stance have they ever exercised this
power of Incorporation out of this ds-
trict, of which they are the ordinary
legislature" (See Jefferson's works.
Vol. 3, p. 412.)
Andrew Jackson maintained that
Congress had no power to create a ma
tional bank. And there has never been
any argument in favor of such power
except the old sophlstical and abomin-
able doctrine that the end justifies the
means-a doctrine which has unfortu-
nately become the cardinal principle of
President Roosevelt and those great
special interests which contributed so
much to the corruption of his party
In 1900 and 1904. Chief among these
are the banking interests controlled by
the Rockefellers and in particular, the
National City Bank of New York. Ac-
cording to the New York Journal of
Commerce, Of Oct. 10, lit is a matter
of common knowledge that the ambi-
Of hn Nof T. e.,
closer relations with the United States
government, and that for fruition of
the hopes of its officers and directors
dependence is placed in the general ac-
by Congress, which might result in the
establishment Of a great central bank
on the lines of the banks of England
and France" These great banks want
asset currency. They want the power
to issue money based upon stocks and
bonds of railroads and industrial cor
p0ratlons. SO that when these stocks
and bonds decline in value, as they have
done since last January, the holders
of bank notes based upon such values
will be the losers. The railroads and
life insurance companies and Indus
trial monopolies want federal incorpo-
ration, because they are seeking there
by to escape taxation and control by
the several States, counties and NUM-
cipalities. Now, since the end Is held
to justify the means; and since these
seek an unconstitutional end, and are
willing to pay the President and his
partisans for the means necessary to
attain that end; we may well under
stand why the President regards the
Constitution as an odious straitjacket
and death hand on the development
of his peculiar and wonderful policies.
Farmer and Tariff.
Does the tariff protect the farmer?
No. The tariff plumbers every farmer
on all that he buys, and but a few
farmers who raise sheep and a small
number that grow sugar cane and SUI
gar beets and certain brand of wrap
per tobacco are the only ones that re-