The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-19

70 tramnle on an human laws; So0 peT
cent and there is not a crime at which
4. will scruple or a risk II win not
run. even to the chance OF its owner
being hanged II turbulence and
strife will bring It profit 1t viii freely
encourage both" Smuggling, boot
Logging and the slave trade have am.
ply proved al that Is here stated
Why should we abandon control r.
abandon an impregnabe fertilization?
Would the wise captain OF a sea-going
vessel anchored In some safe harbor,
upon the approach OF hurricane lit
anchor and set sail for the open sea
to expose his ship. cargo. and passen.
gers to the mercy of the Storm?
Would he seek TO he lsshed by the
fury OF the elements, or remain In
safety? The people have piloted the
Oklahoma ship OF state and safely an
chored II In port. Let the fury of
monopoly rage on the outside and
lash the banks OF the Outlawed Ocean
OF privileged trusts, granted by other
states and the federal government
but let the oklahoma remain In the
harbor. Let the "fiunkeyism" Of favor
and the "monkeyism" OF monopoly
continue their growl.
Upholding States Power and Laws
Right is IN the embracing march OF
Oklahoma's destiny.
Every state OF the Republic. citi'
aens Of al nations, clinging with fond
hopes to democratic Institutions and
principles OF Jefferson, have their
eyes turned toward Oklahoma. They
feel that here Is planted the purest OF
popular institutions anywhere to be
found in the civilized world II we
shall succeed others will follow our
example. Whether we succeed de-
pends largely, in my opinion, upon
the courage, the Intelligence, the
foresight of the chief executive dur
ing the next four years. Well do |
remember when Secretary Taft, now
President OF the United States, came
among US and plead with US to vote
against the constitution and deny our
selves local self-goves lment. refusing
by an Overwhelming majority at the
polls, he stigmatized lis a geological
garden of cranks," and now seeks
through all the powers OF the repub
lican machinery; through all the pre-
datory wealth Of the east; through the
power OF executive administration and
federal courts, to destroy these re-
forms, by dragging into the courts six
provisions OF our law and constitu.
tion. He has lately been heard to
say: 1--WE must get Oklahoma at all
COSTS Now is the time to checkmate
him and his monopollstic allies
Wisely does he foresee that unless he
and his associates yield, or destroy
these provisions. they will be swept
from the political field; an dthe states
and the federal Republic will return to
the halcyOn days OF wholesome re-
form. Already has his federal judge
imported for the purpose Judge
Hook-eniolned the two cent fare and
the freight tariff fixed by the corpora
! tlon commission, Notwithstanding that
provision OF the constitution was cop.
led from the Virginia constitution,
I which had been to the Supreme Court
OF the United States and upheld,
Hook, In his opinion, acknowledged
that such was true and that under
the law foreign corporation must
exhaust It's power In the state courts,
Notwithstanding the constitution OF
the United States provides that all
questions wherein the state is a party
the Supreme Court of the United
States shall have original Jurisdiction
yet an inferior federal court, without
authority OF the constitution or the
law. has paralyzed the strongest arm
OF the state government has assault
ed the fundamental law ratified by
by the people al the polls by a sub
terfuge. claiming that this Is merely a
case between the railway companies
and the Corporation Commission. II
an assault upon the fundamental law
OF sovereign state, enacted by the
viii OF the people, enforced by the
officers elected by them, does not
make the state a party, then when can
the state be made party? During
the four next years we are going TO
witness a repetition of more Hooks
and crooks In the name OF federal ju.
dietary ever Witnessed before In a
state government. repetition or tho
injunctions OF 1907 against me as
president OF the constitutional con.
vntlon from calling an election TO rat.
lfy that instrument an injunction
that dIsobeyed and forced them to
retract the decision they had thirty
days before rendered against me. The
doctrine Of state rights has never YET
been settled The doctrine OF NULL
ficaton OF the federal law--the doc
trne OF secesson---is settled and
rightly settled The doctrine that q
state might legally secede or that q
Federal law might be nullfled wai
never sound doctrine The doc
trine OF upholdlng the federal Law
with all the power OF the federal gov
ernment, assisted by all the power o
the states Is sound; to do otherwise
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