The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-03-16
LAW INSTITUTIONAL, SAYS
VERMONT LAWYER IN
BRIEF.
ONE CORPORATION SUPPORTS 1T
Statehood Bill to be Reported in Man.
ner to Make New States Repub-
Iican.-Other Congressional
News.
Washington, March 12.-"'For talk

Washington, March 12.-"' For talk.
ing away our charters was one of the
grievances of the American colonies
against the king of Great Britain. AT
the time the declaration Containing
those very words) was written the peo-
pie of Vermont had already rendered
conspicuous service in the war of in
dependence. 1t would be an astonish-
ing result, if years after that independ-
ence had been won it should be found
that the government established by
the colonies themselves had become
an instrument for taking away our
charters"
That is the climax in the brief of
Maxwell Evarets and Henry S. Ward
ner, counsel for Stella P. Flint, of
Windsor VT, just filed in the supreme
court of the United States in opposi-
ton to the constitutionality of the cor
poration tax law. Their main point is
that the law, so far, as it affects the
Stone Tracy company is constitution
of the state of Vermont Next, it is al
so claimed that the company would be
deprived of it's property without due
process of law, that the law takes pri-
vate property for public use without
just compensation and that the tax is
direct one on the franchise, and,
therefore unconstitutional because not
apportioned.
Mr.. Evarets started the litigation
over the constitutionality of the tax,
and he is relied upon largely to pre-
sent the biews of the corporations to
the court in the oral arguments of the
$50 cases next week.
Corporation Would Have Law Upheld.
The novel spectacle of corporation
pleading with the supreme court of
the United States to be allowed to be
taxed was presented when counsel for
the Coney Island and Brooklyn Rail
road company asked the court to up
hold the constitutionality of the corpo-
ration tax. A brief on behalf of the
company was filed by William N. Dyk-
man and Arthur e. Goddard.
Three hours after petition from
the Red Lake band of Chippewas for
the reconstruction of a bridge across
Clear Water river on the Red Lake
agency road arrived in Washington an
appropriation of $1,000 for this pur-
pose was in the Indian bill.
The petition, which was sent to Rep
resentative STEVENSON, is a remark
able document. Most of the signatures
consist of finger marks of the petit
TONERS. AS soon as he received the
petition Mr.. STEVENSON went to the
senate, which was considering the In
dian appropriation bill with an amend.
ment to take care of the expense of
rebuilding the bridge. Although it was
out of order, Senator Clapp introduced
the amendment and it was passed.
The senate committee on territories
voted to report favorably the Arizona
and New Mexico statehood bill, after
adopting an amendment against dis.
fran chising Mexican voters All of the
Democrats opposed the amendment ex-
cept Clarke (Ark.). If defeated, it
would have made the new states Dem
Ccra,ic.
Believing that the records of Com
mander Peary. in so far as they relate
to tidal observations and soundings
taken on his trip to the North pole,
properly belong to the public, Repre-
sentative Hughes of New Jersey intro
duced resolution directing the secre-
tary of the department of commerce
end labor to transmit to congress such
reports as the department may have in
it's possession.