The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-26

Unity.
to give them a monopoly. No assault
upon the authority or contraction OF
. tue sphere OF the State can be jusu-
ned on the ground that 1t is necessary
Tor the overthrow OF monopolics Fed
ernl remedies should supplement stata
remedies; they should not be substi-
tuted for State renedies.',
National Unity.
While he specifically excerpts earnest
anu honest advocates of the States
rights theory, of whom Mr.. Bryan stands
ut the head. Senator Beveridge finds the
heart OF the present battle against the
peoples instructive effort toward ma
tional unity to be tho unrighteous
pocketbook which finds itself threatened
by nationality He does not mince words
In his Indictment of this new cry for
States rights. Every corporation so
great that Its business Is nationwide is
| chnmploning States rights he declares.
Every railroad that has felt the reg,l-
lating hand Of the naton's government
is earnestly for States rights. Every
trust attorney is decalming about tho
dangers of Capitalization. Do you know
one who IL not? Indeed. this present
conflict largely grew out OF the asscr-t
! ton OF nationality In the rate bill and
/ other acts which extended tic control
| OF the peoples government over thu
| railroads and In the activity Of the ma
| ton In investigating certain mammoth
| businesses. l do not say that all ad.
| vocates OF States rights arc trust at
| torneys. but that all trust attorneys ara
| advocates of States rights.
Does anybody doubt that the real
| reason OF these mighty financial inter.
| ests for engineering this twentieth
| century crusade for Statass rights is
| heJ hat ~ r,r b.,
| power of the American people, eS-
| pressed through the peoples Congress-
| they can better protect their plans
| for financial gain2"
Senator Bevcridge recalls how theaa
! same interests gave hearty endorse
! ment to that Capitalization which waa
| represented by President CIereland'a
action in sending troops into Chicago
| at the time of the railroad strikes, In
! tho face of the opposition OF Governor
| Altgcld and the other officials of the
/ government OF the State of Illinois.
| THE great financial Interests Were at
4 that time all for Northumberland
against States rights Yet when, dur
Ing the last five years, the nations
/ Congress passed laws requiring that
| simple justice OF these same interests
| which is required between man and
i man; and when President Roosevelt
i dared execute these laws. they imme-
diately about-faced and are az much
! against nationality and for States
/ rights now as they were against States
4 rights and for nationality then
l Senator Beveridgc shows that the
same cry was raised by those whose
4 pocket books were affected in the lot
i terry cases. against p,re-food and meat
inspection legislation against the laws
prohibiting the carving of obscene
literature through the mails. and In
Interstate commerce; and that the de-
i gree of resistance in these several
cases was measured exactly by tho
4 extent or financial interests involved.
4 You will OBSERVE, he adds, ''thut
states rights Is a very polite cren-
A turc. and seldom becomes excited for
4 |Iibcrty,' except when some financial
interest is endangered by the assertion
d OF nationality. States rights is nor
4 |oftcn heard of unless financial inter-
lcsts arc threatened; and not even then
. wl,nn the people happen to be sultl-
cienily aroused against an evil which
I! nationality will cnd'--for illustration,
4 the national quarantine laws
/ Federal Government for People
The Indiana Senator's contention is
THAT the Federal government Is just rs
In,ch the government of the Anneri-
lean people rs are the State govern
,ncnts, and that the line of demarcation
which so many OF the advocates OF
states rights attempt to draw Is pure
4 ny fictitious. Fills doctrine Is embodied
Il In these words: 1T Is clear that where
an evil is general, States acting sep
arately cannot uniformly attack 1T:
n and III is a fact that in the case of
& every general evil the States. acting
separntely. never have uniformly at
Il tackled it, The American people alone,
acting in cominon-that is, acting rs
a nation-can destroy evils which al
foct them in common-that Is, affect
them as nation NntionalitY means
merely the American people acting in
, common against evils which attest
. them In common
senator Iseverldge defines the dvid-
, inp line between the legitimate develop
ment of nationality and the proper ex-
orcise of honest States rights to be:
"When an evil or q benefit is so wide-
! spread that It affects SO much of the
! country as to be called national, the
( | nations power should be equal to end
b ! that evil or secure that benefit to tho
!. | American people.
"When an evil or benefit is purely
local nclsaffects none of tho American
Z people except that part OF them who
live In tho State where the evil exists or
the benefit can be applied, ana nowhere
I else. the State should end that evil. o.
secure that benefit"
/ or the many problems which face tho
!, country on account of its rand growth
: and the development OF new conditions
, which could not have been contemplated
by tho eXpounders Of tho old theory OF
States rights in their day, Senator
i Beverldge says: "'These new problems
J. must be solved, Each day makes It
Q clearer that only the nation can do THIS
9 That Is why the nation Is doing II, Is
= the state could do that work better,
$ nothing could prevent them from doing
!. It., 1t Is because tho nation Is the only
t force equal to tho daily developing needs
t of tho people that nationality Is devel-
4 oping and for 40 other reason. IN al
!. of this there is no harm, but only mo