The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-20
The Supreme Court Has
Decided Both Ways
is IT A COMPROMISE
~sH~~g s.AnsAlrr~ -ttrAi fu~ GanAr~o
ia Trasxarp ManaE-@z~rsss AMI

IN CERTAIN &susa~vu STATES Gsgux tho
rriatse gu~s ~ tAr STATE ari To
Fes~Tet caart y a~n}a~4as1. bf So
HaAnas some -attea;saa
Tne tA~s pyestSo tHas ~hsn a rxts-
read transfers a $50 Ffam = atatr fs
a F~5S ~ suFf See aeeHao 81 ta tsgs
nrs 80 the state Is tbe~ @xt 0~~,A~A
W3tatn a fes eceAA tie sDf8FeaFaeut
~ 81 lma ~ th5a a Aae
clash ~ >artA CAfatlaa. Alabama sd
ARKANSAS
Ia the North tAe -erton~oas iusl,se@
sion seems ta DC hetd thai these A@H
furhia tAr railroads a. h8psa- 81 tn~a
Federal courts Nwthfn~ asa4a 10
further from ttte truth What tf~r
states condemn ana tightly ls thr 600
tegious and unfair tAettca ~ railroad
corporations y trausgvrftus esv5t ca=o@
10 the federal courts An this HTnt No
stance Without sa4une Tor 2 as1aSu
from a state court Aside f~sn ne
d~iecuuTfsNy 20 The state applied ~ Jt-S
practice the proper course under -
lassH and directed hy both state AMI
Federal utatutva - T. cAfy9 Ihr eA@a
nrst through the state court appeal
lnK from the lower T. the htzher and
then ia the last Instance "a take g to
the United states supreme Foaft hat
court remains tho court % last r~~aft
It's dignity. tta a4t3 ltn fua
ttce are questioned by ~ one II 10
open - Any ltEart Sho hsAh carried
hls ease thfouEh the subordinate tr-
ts,,.l. ma. y.1y.sam v..,lt abts~
~ ne fnif au,i ,rnf.r uYast4ro there
womb l., ua tr.tth.r I4ta Federal
courts ere merely appeliats ia nature
nDa nnfv. after Ia ar,t-tan NV tho high
e.t Stntr rourta .au tne Fea.raI satsrta
~. tr,.4.8 n. .an- t.t.,., thp t~att.s
inyoIvr8 TnI. Is ,ho la,y ara ri IL
rufIo. unfair and Impolltie TOR ANY
railroad 10 attempt 81 cya1o ~ by a
resort 10 the Federal courts ID Tho
nrst irAtancc.
+" '""''
III" rEht or "A stat" 70 revoke a
license or a corporation lhht Ignores
tbc state ourts and appeals tu ihr
first instance - the Federal courts
has been parsed upon four times bt
the United states FuIfru4" court
True. That Distinguish trituha4 Wtih
consistent inconsiRtruCN has f"F~tr'1
Itself twice on thin subject Il" y ""
versed Itself ono" an the iuFpui" iHRs
and as IN IL long tmJt"t II has TO-
Versed 3tself on almost cN'N fuh3"'i
submitted 10 It's learned adjudication
IN the carly seventies Wis "hslU csc
acted u Law requiring foreign '"F
agaInsl men =. thc F.frr.l ,..urt.
That wap Wisconsin Just nuH states
IN that Immediate nctghborh1ud fsnh
upon the action ri the southern States
az RtA4 ~ 't f'+ 't
relic OF qualification and ~, oa0l"H Hut
the Supreme Court declared tHtt law
unconstitutional Tn" sovereign stat"
Of Wisconsin thereuTou passed sAnuIne
er law providing license Tor foreign
cornoratiuus with a forfeiture Of fbg
license iu the event that the corpora
lion remove c'yll eases - rs" Federal
courts. THIS wus upheld b. the su-
preme Court
In HUrn 1887 The supreme court
sfbly too drastic act paxaed by tho
Iowa Iag4alature uucouatvtuf8unI tie
latest decision in NAV OF last year up-
held n Kentucky law of IKE tenure On
the ground that IA a state hnH power
Ia refuse pcrmikai0n 10 i foreign c1r-
r.nra.fan to do buHlne~n a. all within
ifs ,oufnss and a. il has power 80
thdr4 that uprfnIanl0n when 8ua.
given vitbout stating any f-suaun for
a. ar,L,r the fact That IL fna. ef.u
h come mas think a poor reason,
~ none. for valid act. H. lmmatarial "
That is the law C4lrounly enough
that law was built u. ag much by ths
action ~ Northern states az by That
~ the southern states now aptralIug
to ~
Nimi NcH- Dld Wall street oct
After Mr. Root. long time attorney
TOT, !22dnas RyIn ana 49,
secretaTv OF 81 IL. but long time
partner OF J. Ferpont Morgan. aud
Mr. Taft. whosr brother controls tho
ppbNc service corporations 81 Gin
~cinnati and 4 fe,. other mon ~ IIEo
type and ike interests had visited tho
President al oyster gay. wall street
cheered up and prices went uu. What
docs II an mean Dr Hp1t ana NJ
Bacon have denied s~treuupuhIy that
they visited Wall street We must
take their denial "a pxprewaing tho
t-tsA n.+ a, a. r.tht~ ssrur9.- Fg-v
,ybcn Am "yaturs" ~ wall strrst we're
going a.,,u the mere fact that Root
ana Hason-fha sorporatlan lawyer
and ne banking purtner. were risscted
with the President. made values 20
nm. And r~urioupJy CROUCH the ue4a
came ont cofrr4tsntly attn their Welt
10 oyster Raw tfat the useful ard ssT~
vic Co-tefyou Qyas about ~ come 10