The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-09-23
CORPORATIONS AND MONOPOLY
Behind the State Rights lssue-OppOses
Principles Advocated by RoOSe-
welt and Bryan

among the most important issues be-
fore the country. Then the rights OF
the states were insisted upon because
those rights meant the preservation OF
slavery. Now states rights has become
important because the rights OF the
states are invoked to prevent property
control and regulation; to prevent the
spread of the new nationalism" which
received such impetus as a result OF
the Roosevelt speech at Osawatomie.
When about 80 years ago monopoly
was attacked in different states, and
railroads were made subjects OF re-
strictive granger" legislation, monop-
oily and the railroads fled to the shelter
of the federal government and found
refuge under the interstate commerce
clause Of the constitution. But the
people pursued the fugitives, and con-
gress enacted an interstate commerce
law in 1887. 1t was helpful, but mad
equate, and in subsequent years has
been made more and more stringent.
But it has been found that under
the interstate commerce clause of the
constitution, by legislation and liberal
judicial construction, there is almost
unlimited power over everything en-
tering interstate commerce. This is
the new nationalism. Hence the mo-
nopolies are flying to the states and
insisting that congress must not invade
the states sacred powers. 1t makes
an interesting issue, and on the side
of the new nationalism is arrayed a
large part, if not all. of the radical ele-
ment in America.
Since Roosevelt's latest utterance,
nationalism has assumed new import
ance. More alarm is apparent now
than when he said the same things as
president. Perhaps reason for this
exists in the possibility that if Roose-
welt should again be elected president
it would mean that the country in
dorsed his views, and the congress
would be forced to put them into law.
In both political parties there is strong
opposition to the new movement. The
old conservative element in the demo-
cratic party has always refused to stand
for Bryan when the test came, because
of his tendency toward national cen
tralization, which is considered anti
democratic. In the south there is yet
quite a strong element among the lead
ers against federal Capitalization. In
the north the money element and bus
mess interests generally will oppose
the new nationalism, and conservatives
of both parties will be found standing
together against Roosevelt and Bryan.
Call for NOn-Partisan Judiciary Convention
To the People of the State of Washing
ton:
The surest safeguards of republican
institutions are courts composed OF
judges who derive their authority di-
rectly from the people. who are I'M
swayed by party prejudice, and who,
free from the baneful influence of priv
ilege, do not subordinate the rights OF
the many to the exactions of the ia
vored few. To secure such judges
there rests upon every citizen an obi
CATION of such weight and solemnity
that it dwarfs all other considerations.
The Non-Partisan Judiciary League
of Washington has been formed to has
ten in every honorable and practicable
way the effective discharge of this OBJ
legation, and, for the moment disregard
ing party affiliations, we call upon
those in sympathy with it to at once
form local leagues in their several
counties and send representatives to a
conference to be held at Tacoma, at
Q o'clock in the afternoon of Monday,
September %, 1910. The basis of
representation will be one delegate for
each 1000 votes or fraction thereof
cast by all parties for president in each
county at the general election of 1908.
The objects OF this conference will be:
First-To discuss and take all nee
essary measures to secure the nomina-
ton Of non-partisan candidates for the
supreme court of the state, selected
with sole regard for their knowledge of
law and courage to discharge with in
tegrity and impartial justice the duties