The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-08-05
STATE RICHTS AND FEDERAL ENCROACHMEN1S.

Such decided stand against further Federal entertainment
upon the sacred rights Of states has been caused in Southern
and the attacks upon by Democratic Congressman and the
press generally that had vel night given all hope of ever'
commendable generousness of thought.
We had been led to feel that almost impossible for
and neghbos the right conception of the in
hand read the following editorial which recently appeared
in the Dallas Morning News under caption of: Federal En-
We have been hearing much Of late about Federal
mens encroachen the provinces of the States And we
shall doubtless hear Of this amenaton during the next u
mar month But as is OF discussions te
truth much distorted for the lack Of the discrimination
One must infer from what the candidates have been telling
tires in its ffors either to undermine scale
the wall of authority which the Of the States have
reared about them Even if is should be granted which it could
not be in justice that instance cited constitutes case OF
Federal usuaon State authority it could be protested that
in many instances not in most OF them the Federal Govern
ment has been animated by spirit radically different from that
imputed to by these who denounce it for acts which they re-
gard of encroachen coming into the States with its
great power the Federal Government has probably often
the invitation of the States in despite Of their protests And
it response to their invitation it has fire.
quen under the rovocaon of their refusal to discharge
the duties that are enaed by the rights that are ad 70 be 1c
ed IT. for example the Federal should undertake to
put the nchn habit under repression it will not be moved by
lust OF but by the conviction that the States can not be
relied on to safeguard the right OF trial by jury which probably
the most precious of political bequeahments Whether that
ustyng motive or not may present something OF question
etousness of if it should do that must everywhere be adj
mtted for its long liberation of this memacng evil eses to its
reluctance to act
during his speech the other day before the members of the
Dallas Kwans Club Zone reason he said or what peo
pie consider the steady ncrachment of Federal authority
State authority is that the States have been slow to the pow
which theirs in their interest and their proec
ono that endeavog hem they have used them but
half effectively This reliance upon others for aid that could
be dispensed with if sought to aid ourselves should be stop
ped That exenuaes rather than makes full defense again the
charge of Federal encroachmen Mr. Summers stopped much
short of saying all that could justly be said But that he said
that much being under the restrain which the popularity of the
charge puts public what encouraging It
rants the hope that this matter will receive candid
sderaon during the two that the voice of the politicians
will be stled If it does shall to that just
complaint against the Federal Government much smaller than
have been utored to believe and larger part of seac
cusing.
Certainly it that in regard ynchng the American
arch evil the states with but few exceptions have been
to the power vested in them and the challenges
the attention of ALL
The News has stated the altogether savey and mildly
The states whose sentiment has been nodded by those who
thought of individual grandeur than of public good have
done nothing but acquese in the preparation Of these crimes
and that the sentiment against the actions which they
allowed begins to e them and steps taken at their
troll they dodge the But they face later
Lynch law must be destroyed or America will be.
Sooner later they must choose either themselves or
allow the government of which they part to act.
That day is not far distant.
What will Texas do?