The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-05-04
WASHINGTON LETTER
BY J. E. Jones.
A MANDATE
TANNANY PRESENTS

tlSltOES 10 Tie mousse VI nepEeSeI-
tatives Committee on Judiciary might
be excused if they suspected that
Conan Doyle, in his spectacular. de-
monstrations concerning the return
to earth of departed spirits, had sue
ceeded in bringing back the influences
Of Thomas Jefferson and Patrick
Henry, since the theories and doc
trines of Government which those
great patriots preached in the first
days of the American Republic We're
voiced in the same old way-and al
most in the same oldwords-at q
recent hearing to limit the jurisdic-
ton Of United States District and
Circuit Courts in certain cases. There
was under consideration bill in
troducted by Congressman Bacharach
of New Jersey, proposing to amend
the laws relating to the judiciary, SO
as to take from the Federal courts
the right to interfere with the or
ders of an administrative board or
commission of any State. This
phantom theory that it is dangerous
to the public to permit the Federal
Government to enact and carry on
successful governing methods was
nearly wrecked in the first days of
the American Government. A civil
war divided the North and the South
when the same principle was at
stake. Countless battles have been
fought in Congress and in every
State legislature to determine the
rights that were finally accorded to
the Federal Government to "regu-
late" the railroads and many other
public utilities.
Some eighteen hundred years ago
Marcus Aurelius discovered that "the
past is gone, the future yet unseen
The best intellect of two centuries
Of American civilization has agreed
that the future yet unseen" can be
trusted in its common government of
all the people. And therefore, why
not suspect Conan Doyle and his &C.
cult agencies, when we find appear
ing before q powerful committee of
Congress the hallowed political des-
cendant of Jefferson in the fest of
Tammany's distinguished mayor.
Mayor Hylan purported to tell the
committee that he brought to them
mandate from the people," and he
explained the mandate to be that
the Federal Government should turn
back the hands of the clock and re-
turn to the judiciary processes of
estate rights as paramount to the
Federal judiciary. Instances were
cited ythe proponents of the scheme
to reform" the judiciary to show
that the Federal courts were accus-
toned to refuse the common rights
claimed by the common people.
Mayor Hylan's mandate was rather
ruthlessly dissected before his own
eyes, and the Congressman must
have persuaded him that his cleo
ton was due to many political cir
cumstances, none of which could be
dignified as a mandate" that affect
ed principles of Government involved
in practices in our Federal and
State courts.
There does not seem to be the least
likelihood that Congress will dis
turb existing conditinos of jurisdic-
ton in the Federal and State courts;
and there isnot the slightest ikeli-
hood that the proposals of the Bac-
charGch bill will be accepted. The
matter is interesting principally be-
cause the agitation of Estates rights
seems to be a good deal like coal
strikes that show up every year. It
does, however, strengthen ones re-
spect for our government when Con-
gress refuses to be stampeded on
these measures. In the case of the
Bacharach bill, Mayor Hylan and the
politicians who accompanied him,
were politely and firmly given to un-
derstand that they might go along
with their affairs and roll their
hoops.
THE WONDERFUL LADY ASTOR
Lady Astor told an audience the
other night that she was a Virginia
patriot, and very ardent one." 1t
Is true that she has returned to her
native American to speak as British
member Of the House Of Commons.
But it is doubtful whether England
has the deep admiration for this
wonderful woman that is being shown
here by her former countrynen who
are SO proud of the fact that an
American woman was the first of her
sex to secure election to the great
English lawmaking body. The
wholesome PHILOSOPHERS of life voic-
ed by this remarkable woman are
perhaps responsible more than aught