New-York tribune., 1907-11-22

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70 70 arrange to come to New York Tor the 'banouet
Ine ii. aate Of the banquet to be- at Cleveland TO de-
sure of wbat t mere on the 18th and be
s nave been for months past engaged to deliver an
Journey to New York and speech there pb pbetweea m
ing but 7eit seS, woE!d not only be very fatgu
ne Unh at NJ tne EN- bassy Glad 1 should be TO re-
Chamber whom / had the pleasure Of meeting AT
the the RECEPTION they kindly gave me last March. /
that for the present. and hope that may be able
yours, '''''' ii JAMES 5!s BRYcE. B5fii4!E.'
Mr., sPOONERS SPEECH.
Ex-senator spooner said in the course of his
remarks:
am dissapPoned not to have had the pleasure
the Treasury, have been acquainted With him for
a go9d many years. but ] have not known him
among others the gift Of sencS. which P have sf5s be-
4i, eem 70 mink is very important gift in a public
some 90 not AFFECT to disguise the fact that there
10 my way OF thinking, which have given gwen me pain
tSines thlnk the finest instrument all
1Jt tti oF % GRATED by the hand Of man is the Con-
me to be OF waning 3ea NJ Il has e1G ssemgd to
DeIeW think has seen occasions when IL was
@ nd s. Tsy UPON Is sSar tn bT the sa q
0Nf snip is 70 sail II she keeps in safe waters. and
II IL II may be successfully enlarged save It be done
IN IN the way pointed out by that instrument, we
conduct into realm OF irresponsible government.
Inc men who framed the Constitution of the United
states were admirably adapted in every way
juriss They were ali Of them men u fan3Iiar ifb
the science Of government, and they were. aIi Of
They, brought to work lessons which they and
their families and friends had brought from over
ne ne @ SSas, some lessons or tyranny some lessons OF
"eaKhesS' which their experience enabled them
10 guard against, and they formed a government
scope and in every way far-sieRted There e'' has
nor nor ofea 3, year since It was adopted which has
men who framed It. And during all those years,
found, until within the last few Years. adequate
Tor the proper government OF the people Of the
do not know wherein IT IS now inadequate. but
90 know that If II be inadequate. II Is only 70 he
changed IN the manner pointed out In the instru-
ment by the fathers. They created government
executive the legislative and the judicial Re
memberng how weak and tyrannOus times
for tenure upon the kings pleasure. they put the
federal judiciary beyond the reach OF Congress and
pensation beyond the poMe1 OF EonGTegs 'e e d
ish. although not to Increase
Another thing. they believed that the dual gov
ernment which they created was the perfection Of
human wisdom IN respect OF human government
ana an or the powers possessed by the federal gov
ebLment b , were powers granted by the states and
te people OF the states and all powers not granted
because they were no anted @ m1s tb Gy ResrTsd
pressly reserved to the states and to the people
believed II was the best security of commerce. pro
teGuon t OF property within the Limitation Of the
But within the last few years we have had "a propa-
be no I no me states En- IN the exercise Of
government but reserved to the states and 10 the
did not exercise their reserved powers in a salts
taotory ana compete9t manner construetions Of
OF them. look upon that : revolutionary and de-
Whether the states aud the people of the states
exercise their reserved powers as they should ex,
Z of f'lt %
States TO be determined only by the states and the
Wrongs do not leave Off where they begin nor al-
ways where they end. but breed new conditions in
this Union have enacted laws-acts have passed
hets &c nor enacted iaws-nxing ~ rates Wtn,a may may
merce which have been assailed IN the courts
Fourteenth Amendment which provides that no
state shall DEPRIVE any person Gi IRE nte aned,y or
equal protection Of the laws And when CON com.
the Constitution they have right to go, it being
federal question: how are they metz Ihey are met
under which, on demurrer, admitting the confsca-
no remedy because we nave hHed IT 80 fhat there
are no parties whom you can sue If that should
time in history really successful nuliifcation
by states Of the OF II me re u4fd S'asfs Lbs
made this Constitution, II will not come about for
I thought we Were through with notification
Didn't you? Well there is little excuse for IT,
When IT IS proposed outside of state that If the
state fails to exercise its power In manner which
BInS BBame the q States Tor Ns' little reciprocity
States unanimously destroyed this propaganda by
a decision delivered in the case of Kansas agt
MarshalIs vouminous opinions and which was de-
The Constitution lodged in Congress tho power
to regulate commerce among the several states
and the Indian tribes and foreign nations. Com
merce not the outgrowth OF the consttu-
tion but the Constitution was the outgrowth OF
CONNER and discriminafions which were placed by
the states which sovereign each and sovereign
absolutely as TO the others upon commerce among
would not have been adopted That was one OF
itS prnSPdi sa noT tbat CONGRESS is given the abso
lutte power commerce among the states, that
Il lions 'S On xhIch II may be conducted That was
the purpose of the Constitution and. In my
opinion that IS not the true construction Of the
II has been recommended that the Sherman anti
trust act be amended. Senator Foraker. of Ohio.
introduced bill amending it. 1T ought 10 be
be amended: but II the price of such an amend
is be federal license law, the business in
terests of the United States. from my standpoint.
had better let the Sherman act alone This federal
license law, which was first discovered far
6opGcted his party 10 glorious defeat is predi-
Gated upon the false notion that the Congress has
e in nterstate conmerce that the state has as 10
whether 1t will permit foreign corporations 10 do
the United States ought 10 think long time before
they allow the commerce OF the United States to
be put in a straijacket to be frightened or loosened
as some one at Washington may think best; Let
us keep the channels OF commerce Tree, adiOTlhs no
strant OF trade any power. 70 obstruct the free
state not only nnocuous in their nature, but nee
We have fallen upon rather troublous times.
The transition from prosperity, or apparent pros
perity TO adversely. apparent adversity. was
very sudden 1t was hardly worth while 10 dis dis
cuss the causes Of il. They were many. Cndoubt-
edly the disclosures made in the insurance inYes-
tigaon and other disclosures OF infdelity 10 trus
teeship. a very sacred relation, have had some