The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-02
THE RATE CASE DECISION.
Viewed Through Various Eyes -
Considerable Diversity OF View.

III GIlS MlluCSSOtd dtlu ANOItu CdT-
DINA rate cases has been the sub
ject of deeply interested press
comment throughout the c0un-
try. The decisions great im-
portance being almost universal
ly recognized, we find those with
an eye single to States rights
depressed or reSentful and those
with an eye single to property
rights highly gratitied; while
those who wish both interests
carefully preserved intact arc
divided in their feelings. It is
pretty generally recognized on
the part of these last, however,
that many States, by their wild
| legislation, have for some time
been inviting down upon the
head OF State sovereignty as a /,
cause an almost inevitable jt.dg .
ment, the Supreme Courts fal.-
ure to rebuke the tactleSs and !
, precinitate use of the iLjQnC-
, ton included. Upholders OF
, highly centraliz I'd form OF gov
! efnmeut form still another class
: and are fairly exultant. The
O comment by number OF outside
4 newspapers is reproduced in a
part elsewhere in this mornings
a paper, but we shall consider the
@ busy reader and epitomize most
% Of it here.
O THE decision of the United
= States Supreme Court in the
!. Minnesota and North Carolina
!. rate cases." says the Macon Tel,
A. egraph, is truly epoch making
and seems to sweep away what
j. remained of the bulwark Of
e States rights. It is keenly to
d be dep:ored that radical legisla-
at ton on the part of the States
r. gave the court a tair seeming ex-
ar cuse for this revolutionary decis
ty ion Similar regret is express.
he ed by The Charleston News and
Courier. The Norfolk Land mark
thinks State rate fixing practi
Id cally at an end. THAT the Unit
Ai- ed States Supreme Court is il
existence at ALL" remarks The
m Richmond Times-Dispatch, will
IN the right and powers to hear ant
rs determine such profoundly i'm
~ portant and far-reaching ques
IN tons, show what extraordinar.
90 political powers are exercised b.
that bedy and what check it i
q. on i'll considered legislation.
m The Washington Herald think
that "the States are reduced We
NJ nigh to helplessness, so far a
On the railroads are concerned. b
the logical consequences of IN:
", Itice Peckham's decision. d.
Ar. claring that the courts decisio
goes far beyond the merits
p any specific statute, however III
w lust that statute may have beef
mi and is bound to provoke resen
ment. The Herald recalls TIL
or the Nebraska Republican pla
rod form of last year declared fl
Federal legislation, or g
A amendment to the cOnst
avn tuition if needed, forbi
ding all iniunctions against Sta
d officers charged with law e
bb enforcement. The New Yol
World holds that for it's prac
p cal effect the decision should
Me- welcomed; that rights Of t.
J., States are secure, E
rcT, this is, after all, Nation
2aa To the Chicago Record Herald
seems that the significance
,hb the decision lies in the recOgl
T. ton by the courts of the int
\ State nature Of the transpor
e ton business and the necessi
nm of securing efficient and just cC
troll" The Louisville Courie
M Journal declares that IF the {
can parture of the Supreme Court
to be lamented there must be
A plored, also, the low grade
Pre- State legislation which gave
provocation. In The New YC
Mr. Tribune's view the decision re
Viii gates "Calhounism to innocuo
oo. desuetude" and makes shire
gar- of the whole Calhounite arr
J, M. ment OF States rights. i
Washington Post observes T.
n this is no fouF-to-flve decis
NTH, ana IL ouRnO 10 MAKE IL appar
to every one that in all of it's c
W stitutionat funcsions the Uni
Ne States IS a1d Will remain
,s. preme The philadelphia +
p ord sees nothing innova: i
!. q much less revolutionary" in
de,:ision. TT will have a far-rpa