The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-04-25
SAYS JAPAN WOULD
GET OUTSIDE HELP
Illinois Senator Speaks of Pros
poets of War-Mexico and Central
America Would Aid.

Springfield, ILL.,, April 24.-The
united States is in prospect of war
with Japan" it has disturbance"
with England over the Panama ca
nal treaty, and Mexico and Central
America are enemies of this coun-
try, according TO the views of Uni
ted states Senator James Hamilton
Lewis, as expressed by him last
night in an address before a Joint
session of the Illinois legislature.
Senator Lewis declared that
Mexico, Central and South America
were making combinations and
alliances against the United States
as revenge" and he added
WOULD AID JAPAN.
Cali Of these are biding their
time to aid Japan or any Oriental or
European army in ali assault upon
us and in the destruction OF the
Panama canal" He said it was the
result of "our late course of un-
necessarily meddling at the direction
of stock spectators into the private
and financial affairs of foreign
| lands"
Referring to the United States
senate in the days of Douglass,
Trumbull. Webster and Clay, com
pared with the present day estimate,
Senator Lewis said: "In those days
the United States senate, in the in
fluencing of opinion of the Ameri-
can citizen, was the most powerful
legislative body in the world; but
in affecting the market rate of stock
speculation it was of little consid-
GRAFTON, as it should have been. The
reverse is seen in the present day.
In matters of finance and stock mar
ket gambling the United States SEN
ate is the most potent, in its least
expression of legislation, of all trib-
unals. But such has been it's course
in later days that in the influencing
of the political opinions of the cit
izen the United States senate of to-
day is the least potent of any legis-
lative body in the world.
DOUGLASS LIFE THEME.
Senator Douglass had as his po-
litical life theme establishment OF
home rule or self-government in
each state or political division, and
this is TO be sovereign in all matters
of purely local concern-when not
conflicting with the constitution of
the United States. If this creed
had been adhered to through this
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have been beclouding the United
states courts as now exists. This
dark reflection upon these hereto
fore eminent tribunals has been
caused by the assumption on the
part of these federal agencies to in
trude upon all state goernment, and
to the end that they might accom-
modate financial contentious they
inconsiderately declare state legis-
lation and municipal regulation in
valid whenever the same assumed
to control the rates of public ser
vice corporations.
Then, in the stead of these local
regulations prescribed by the peo-
pie for their protection and the Just
government Of these public fran
chises enjoying institutions, the fed
eral courts would substitute the dis
cretionary rates of the bondholders
and watered stock dividend gather
ers. 1t was such instances, multi.
piled throughout the different states
OF the Union, which caused the citi
zen to regard the federal courts the
enemy of the people and the proper
guardian Of the privileges of thos,
who oppressed citizenship. While
these instances to which l allud,
were the prominent instances which
attracted the resentment of the peo
pie and therefore the exception, We
1t was such that prevented the du,
credit being given to the conduct o.
law-abidiag and constitutional fed
eral courts in this country.
NEED MORE OF HOME RULE.
I'VE need more of home rule
state regulation OF state institution:
and these organizations conduct
ed within the state which prof
from the citizens-and less of gov
ernment with a distance and by
Presidential discretion, Congress
sional intrusion and federal cour,
invasion. This will do much tC
bring democracy back to republican
government and re-establish the
federal courts in the confidence OF
the citizens and the respect OF the
nation"
| JAPAN DESIRES NO WAR