The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1910-08-26
A DIS JUNCTION WITH A DIFFER
ENCE.

A INSTRUCTION. WITH A DIFFER
ERCE.
DARLINGTON, Mn, Aug IL.
THE Eos.
Some ui my friends in
this vicinity appear to be as well please
with your reply to my inquiry OF August
9Th as am.
There cannot be much difference in the
two parties 80 FIR as t+l and thl are
concerned. but as to the balance OF the
article, II 10 doubtful il you would your.
self follow the theory as laid down.
The tendency Of the times is II make
people walk the straight path by nm
enactment of law MARYLAND as Demo.
cratic State Is as prone to passsuch laws
asis Pennsylvania. a Republican State
So In this case there seems to be no
difference.
As to the construction Of delegated or
undelegnted power" you know that in
all man. made laws II Is impossible to so
frame them that II the exact wording
was to be folio wed, the spirit would not
be broken.
President TAFT, who is supposed to hc
good Republican, seems to be taking
your view, Of not reading any
thing into law that is not expressly
mentioned.
As to the tariff, as the voter begins o
think independently of party. he finds
that certain interests are allowed to
charge prices for goods that he as the
consumer must pay, and as n result he
Ia ha,. .,tna, Al. nj oh, In, . L.
tariff Party has nothing to do with
this
After all has been said, are we not
Democrats or Republicans tal because
our fathers were, % because we do not
do our own thinking tc) because we want
to be ALWAYS regular, td) because we do
not have the courag. to vote against a
man as he may strike back, tr1 because
sometime we are In hopes We can get an
office. with its supposed little work and
good pay, and for the power it gives
We stand for men"
Respectfully yours,
IAMEs II. HARLow
In reply to this very courteous,
pertinent communication we say
True, as to (a) criminal jurispru.
dence the parties do not differ except
in treatment OF a class of public reg,
ulations made criminal by law and
known as mala prohibita; but lbD
covers all other statute laws, and
here the wide divergence lies.
For instance, Republican Con.
gress has Just thrown the Postofiice
Department into the Savings Bank
business, but the Democratic party
did not favor it, not believing that
the government should engage il
business. This is the latest and
most forceful illustration of the Re
publican idea of a paternal form o
government and may be followed
during the next session of Congress
by statute prescribing for privat,
citizens, as she now does for soldiers
and sailors, the character and style
of clothing to be worn during the
different seasons of the year lr
doing so she undoubtedly woult
show much more wisdom and econ
omy than is generally practiced il
this line but at the same time woult
take from many an individual hi,
Tor her dearest treasure.
True, the tendency of today is, al
claimed, Ito make people walk thu
straight path by enactment of law.
This all the more forceiully drives
home what we have said on the sub
ject. In the early, the Democratic
history of the country, when tn,
Constitution of the nation and til,
thirteen states were framed. the,
were limited to general provisions
relating to what MIGHT he DONE
but i'll recent years so seriously hav,
such constitutions been STRAINED
under the slogan What does tn
Constitution amount to in the hand
of its friends" that, as the grea
historian, John Fiske, has well point
ed out, nearly all of the recent,
organized states in the west hav
inserted at great length in their con
stitutions what MAY NOT III DONE
This is a precaution born out of tn
evil of reading into law what we a
the moment want to see there.
Again, reasonable Interpretation
of the Conservation law left Mr.
Pinchot proper discretion in selectin,
his Foresters; but it is not nov
generally admitted, as he elaine,
and practiced, that because educate,
foresters are most desirable tina
therefore he was clothed with tn
power to organize foresters schoo
and educate men for the work at tn
expense of the government. Thi
was too much for even Mr.. Ballinge
and such liberality of Interpretation
has so widely cleft the Republican
party that the country is lookin,
for the election of a Democrati
House in November.
Yes, very truly, is every vote
thinking independently of party
that il is time for the consumer t,
get some share of American skill t,
produce him cheaper articles of man
ulacture, and in utter reputation o
former president lIarrison's remarl
(which carried him down to defea
before Grover Cleveland that chea,
coat betokens a cheap man under it
the consumer is turning to the Demo
cratic party for tariff in keeping
with the rights and interests of thu
whole people. Wecannot agree will
the proposition that party ha'
nothing to do with tariff" A pro
tective and revenue tariilar basec
on diametrically opposite theories o