The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-16

from those states would never consent
70 such an amendment, and would re-
SYST It's passage 70 the bitter end The
insertion OF such provision In the bin
was deliberate and cunning piece ~
political trtekery, nothing more nor less
IL was done to prevent the passage ~
sHen a law. No measure could be more
aohorrent TO Republican managers who
depend most upon golden sinews for no
htical victories. than a law comoellinv
detailed and accurate statement az ths
AMOUNT and source Of campaign contri-
buttons and the methods of expendItnte
over and over Democrats In both Eonss.
cnahenged the Republican majority 10
take up and pass a publicity bin nurs
ana simple. pledsing unanimous Demo-
were only laughed at Tor our ns,,n.
MARX my word. in due time ID viii ali
come out again, as Ii did before that
among contributors to the Republican
ha aa1 h tund none will be found to
bankers. Mr.. Roosevelt was the re-
ciplent or such favors from banks in.
surance companies, and other eornora-
, uons when he ran for vice-President in
GATE for the Presidency In 1904. After
MS eiection ne walled like a yeritable
Jeremiah In warning protest against ths
i ssi,Inpa OF the electorate by the A.
erection he personally sent for Hartman
ana others to come to him at the Whita
rouse, and there he personally invoLsJ
.near aIu IN raising money. and on one
leaving the august executive presence
MI. Hartman produced 100000 and
turned II over to Chairman Corte,va.s
ROOSEVELT took the goods. and then, with
nounced the method through which he
had obtained his office as a crime ana
MS participating pals as criminals. on
course, when the President signed the
Gh.N Ind a.
made 1t law, not even a dream fitted
across the horizon OF his virtuous mind
that possibly the banks out of gratitude
70 MIN might remember Taft. This
whole performance would be comicai. IL
II did not border so closely upon tragedy.
FEDERAL AGGRESSION.
The question of the constitutional rain
tion between the state and federal gov
ernments. involving the powers and juris.
uietion OF each. although an old question.
H i,o WIN tne foundation of the repub-
nc, mas; py the circumstances of recent
years, been forced acutely TO the front
again. In the beginning there were two
great DIVERGENT lines OF thought, the one
mo e0hhspi S represented by Hamil-
.on, ana the other by Jefferson. These
men and their ideas clashed when the
,atners came to organize the republic.
Hamilton had little faith In the capacity
on men tor selfIgovemment; Jefferson had
- ll-
ION Fought to establish a government
fashioned largely after the British an.
tonomy Jefferson fought for a represent
.atve democracy, Hamilton desired a
government; Jefferson desired a central
government or limited and delegated pow
ers, with all other powers reserved To the
stntes ana the people, Jefferson and his
of the United States was framed for The
most part along the lines of their con-
tention; This provision has been incor-
porated In the constitution:
Powers not delegated to the United
States by the constitution. nor pro-
hibited by it to the states, are re-
served 10 the states, respectively, or
That Is the theory upon which our gov.
eminent was organized. And that means
that II one wishes to know what bower
OF jurisdiction the federal government
h ton Al p ne must look to the constitu-
ny mat instrument to the federal gov
eminent, or necessarily implied by grants
eApressiy made, were reserved to the
stares, separately Thn and to the people
me government feared the half-irrespon-
siDle and over-reaching dominance Of n
Instant central government, and so they
wisely determined to grant to that gov
sential to 1t, and to retain all other pow-
ers in the hands of the people. In gen.
eral terms, the federal government was
organized to regulate and conduct those
simultaneously to, all the people of all
the states. In matters affecting our re-
iatlons with foreign countries affecting
and the people thereof, AFFECTING inter-
the navy S1 OF RE , niscding the army and
clsely, I'm practically ali matters OF pure-
~ national concern, the constitution CON
as.s supreme power upon the federal gov-
ef f n pds n matters Of local concern.
, uI,ns ior the most part matters in
which the individual man is most often
a enSa,, and Immediately interested, the
was preserved. But from the dav Of the
organization Of the government tn this
DAY there has been a constant struggle.
sometimes openly and sometimes covert
~, by those who believe I'm a more in
tense federalism. to curtail the reserved
powers OF the State and to augment the
powers or the general government This
tendency toward more assertve feder-
a S,hi ana me consequent dminution of
all-dozen years, become holder, more
aggressive and acute than at any time
since JEFFERSON surrendered his vigil and
PASSED passIo from the stage of action. If the
feopie are not indifferent to the trend of
events, and If they are to maintain the
integrity of our Institutions as we in
herited Them. 1t behooves them to he
a. alef 1,,a ana s ylgiiant If they permit power
IN distant places, 1t will be hard to re-
cover. The preachment of Mr. Roosevelt
and his followers Is for Capitalization
and in the direction of imperialism. This
fascinating, albeit to me inexplicable.
mold the man Roosevelt has upon the
of the people. His ablest.
mos adj oft and dangerous coadjutor in
In 90
Elihu Root, the Secretary of State. In
ms movement / think the President fol-
ows the Secretary, rather than the re-
nevertheless, the President exerts
promote the doctrine both espouse. On
december L. 1906, at notable dinner
siven by the Pennsylvania Society at the
Waldorf Astoria in New York. Mr.. Root
yave utterance to the sentiment / mote
Among other things, he said:
by the side of this strong and
growing loyalty to the nation, senti-
ment for the separate states has be-
come dim and faint in comparison.
Our whole life has swung away
from the old state centers and is
In the wide range Of daily ac ACTIVITY
and interest the old lines between the
states and the old barriers which
Kept the states as separate communi-
ties are re-. completely lost from sight
people can not fail to produce corre-
spending political changes. Some of
these changes can be plainly seen now
in progress The end is not vet The
instinct for. self-government among
the people of the United States is too
strong to permit them to respect any
ones right to exercise a power which
he. falls to exercise. The government
tai control which they deem Just and
necessary they will have. The
people will have the control they need
either from the states or from the
national government, and IL the
states fail to furnish 1t in due meas
ure, sooner or later constructions Of
the constitution UiH be found to fr
the pot1er tchere Il tcill be exercised,
In the national government"
President Roosevelt gave expression to
lmilar sentiments at Harrisburg when
e declared. In substance. that such
over as the government Of the United
tates might need to promote its policies
would have by amending the constitu-
on II possible. and II not possible then
trough executive action and judicial