Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-21
SHERMAN ON STATE RIGHTS.

of it." This, in effect, is the gist of the reply made by Lieutenant Cover. nor sherman, of Illinois, to the charge that he attacked President Roose- yelts in the very forcible and original address which he delivered in Chicago on Memorial day.
 In denying that he attacked the president, or had any thought of att tacldng him, MT Sherman simply as serts his rights as an American citi- zen to defend the constitution of the United States and the rights of the several states under the constitution without committing 1ese majeste against the chief executive. who has taken oath to defend this same con stitution
 If the shoe fits Mir. Roosevelt, let him wear it, MT. Sherman said on Memorial day. and he repeats now, in published letter, that we have reached the limit of safety in federal regulation in matters that are purely domestic to the states. There are re, served powers of the states which the United States must not invade, and cannot absorb without making in America a government that no free man could live under.
 Since President Roosevelt has ex- pressed q different view. this is cer- tainly divergence. It might almost be called criticism; but tke friends of the president are unwise to resent 1t as an attack.
 Mir Sherman further dissents from the president in holding that the Bey- eridge bill for the regulation of child isbor by congress would carry with it the right of congress to regulate adult labor inside of Illinois and, vest in congress the power to inspect the fac tories, the mines and the domestic industries of Illinois wherever the life health or personal safety of the peo- pie of the state is involved.
 MT. sherman does not approve the tendency of a certain school of thought to obliterate the state. He does not believe that the federal gov ernment should control marriage and iiyorce. He does not believe that it is necessary or expedient for the fed eral government to make the laws gov erning negotiable paper. insurance md many other things which have heretofore been well managed by the states. each in his own way.
 Mir. Roosevelt thinks differently, but that is no reason for him or his friends to cry cut as if Mir. Sherman were throwing bricks at him.
 MT. Roosevelt thinks that inheri- anee taxes should be collected by the government at Washington. Without insulting the president, Mr. Sherman is free to say that these taxes ought to be collected by the state and form part of it's revenue The state, he says with force, regulates the descent If property from ancestor to heir. It makes the law or wills. Why should it not be allowed to keep the tax on inheritsnces, which has already con tributed s5,oOO.oOO to the treasury of Illinois since the law was made?
 If the federal government is allowed to collect taxes on inheritance within the states, how long will it be before the federal government. and not the states, will be making the laws of inheritance and the laws of wills?
 MT sherman is frank to say that the president has many times passed the limits of executive action and ss- sumed the functions of other coordl- nate branches of the government. His saying so need not irritate the presi- dents friends, for they must have heard the same opinion from Sc many sources as to make them used to it.
 MT. sherman has read the constitu- ton of the United States more in the