The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-26
TO WIpE OFT STATE CONTROL.

- '~4'p1''2e q G~l-tf9ft'fdbtt CUISINES
Yen ~ silence.
TO WIPE OFT STATE CONTROL.
Tin railroad masnate~ Who dsnrl
the President on ta" rate In Jr,
now seeking To DESTROY state reguIt-
ton and secure fun Federal supers =
ion by appealing - tac President
known desire Tor large Federal pow
crs. The New York World compare
President Roosevelt to Nypolcun
whom Ar,cmus Ward SAYS lie at-
tempted to 10 too muca. ana lie diJ
IT," and adds
1T vas no longer ( than Decent
Der Is that Secretary Root. speaking
at the dinner o. the Pennsylvania
society in his city. repeated tho Vi.v~
on the growth Of Federal power
which President Roosevelt had ~
ready uttered IT the dedication ~
the state capitol at Harrisburg
THE true ana onlN WAY t.
preserve state autl. lrity is to be
found in tho awakened con-
science Of the states. their broud-
encd views and higher standards
Of Responsibilities to the general
public. in effective legislation BY
tic states in conformity to the
moral sense Of thc country II ia
the vigorous exercise for public
good Of the State authority which
is TO be preserved.
Then up rose Justice J Hey
Brown. Of PENNSYLVANIA, ana planted
his bodv between tire Administrator
and the CORPORATIONS THANK sod.
there were men s'ili living Nho a.
manned true to TIE teachings Of tie
fathers. II vas i magnificent dctianec
that he sounded AGAINST the usuYptr
- A-g1f,i4 INIT ngt l1-.t 81 ! 4aGtl4H8f It4Efr
Of the Reading. and Charles y re
body. Mr.. Harriman's stock director
atampcd With dc6eht. and J Picrport
Morgan upset his glass 81 champaiF
in his enthusiasm.
That was three months ago. Nor,
Mr.. Morgan. on the exc OF sailing fot
Europe. runs over to til" Wit" HOUSE
t. beg president Roosevelt 20 gram:
audience TO -four railroad presidents
whose nights have been made sicei
les; by the turn OF affairs AZ state
capitals. 4 general conference -
Governors at the White House "a pro
posed t. arrest the wave Of state leg
~islation against the railroads. Tner
has been TOO mucs sarcasm about
growing Federal centralization a'd
too much regret Tor vanishing Ssat,
rights. Federal regulation IS -
thing
It seems froal recent Legislation
tlat the States. long inactive, have
come to IAN awakened conscience
ana that their broader views an,
higher s~tandard- Of cs~ponsibility to
the general pubic are seen in "ene.'
IKE legislation by the states IN con
f~orlnity t. the moral SENSE Of To"
country ana the vigorous exercise fpl
public good of the State authority.
Nnd noty. tecause the several Statos
have shown an awakened conscience
40 what Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr..
Root complained They we're not do
the president u use such power IS
nc has. and 10 usurp such power .
may be necessary to destroY the "ot-
~fectiye legislation" Here is . Wash
ington dispatch showing what the
railroad masnatcs arc planning t.
obtain as the Result or their confer
cnce with the President:
one Of the most rad,e.u and far
reaching movements in American poI-
tics has been opened up IN the pre-
ldent latest addition to his railroad
policy. state governments. - far
railroads. are concerned. are to be
wiped out. state courts and LegiSia-
lures, the administration claims. have
no Jurisdiction to regulate iaiIro1.
rms means that every act Of this
character. bv every Legislature. pas |
ed this winter. or since last June, is
unconstitutional ana void.
These matters are MI to be hul-
ricd Ia the supreme Court and b.
fore Christmas il is expected Tia
control By states Yer railroads VIII
be q thing &c the past. If the paseac
Of Il rate iaW b. the Fedora govern
ment tool fun authority over the rail-
roads. nothing remain for the stat.
The President. in his opinion that
states nave no control over railroad.
Within the States. is backed -
the opinion Of Chief Justice Marshal.
is l. expected that States rights SeHa-
tors viii raise = big howl over tI.,s |
view Of the rate bin"
1T viii be well ~ turn this ug2".-
ton over in the mind ana withho.Ii
comment. hoping tina the President
VIII be wise enough % attempt no
control-direct or iuiirect-over iu-
railroads or their MANAGE
ment. but to see 10 it that ia the inter
state business Of railroads the people |
treated fairly.