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OP LINCOLN.
No Bonds, no Stocks, no Wall St. Securities.
Agents "Wanted
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CREAM SEPARATOR CDEC
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PEOPLES SUPPLY CO.
Dept. 177 Kansas City, Mo
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A Lincoln Residence
It you tfantto tnoOc to Lincoln to Edit'
cate your children or to enjoy the com
torts and advantages of a city of schools
and churches I Mill sell my nice, nine room
all modern residence cheap. It is located
in the Very best residence part of the city
and if you desire a home or an Investment
it tfHI pay you to investigate this offer at
once. Address,
W. C, car The Commoner,
Lincoln, Nebraska.
SISHHHI
Manlovc Self-Opening Gate
ALWAYS IN ORDER
This gate can be placed at any driveway en
trance, attached to ordinary -posts and soon
pays for itself in time saved. It is opened or
closed without assistance or stopping. Having
full control of reins and team, accidents are
avoided.
It adds to the beauty, value, safety and con
venience of any home.
ManloveQat&Co., 272 E. Huron St., Chicago, 111
ARE YOU FROM KENTUCKY?'
ThcBo nro tho first words which appear upon a very
attractive invitation sent out from Louisvlllo to
Kontncklaus In all parts of tho United Slates.
From June 13th to 17th, 1000, there is to be In
Louisville, Ky.. a "Home Coming" for all Ken
tucldans who have wandered to other lands or
foreign shores. The Louisville Commercial
Club is sending out the invitations as fast as
lists are received with the names and address
es of Kentucltians in different sections of the
country,
There will be greatdolngs" in Louisville. Mr.
Henry Watterson has been invited to deliver
the chief address of welcome, and f orraerGov
ernor David R. Francis of Missouri, the re
sponse. Amoug the others invited to appear
on tho program are former U. S. Senators
Wm. Lindsay and John Q. Carlisle, of New
York City. Associate Justice John M. Harlan,
of the U. S. Supreme-Court, former Governor
Thomas T. Crittenden, of Missouri, jand former
"Vice-President AdlaiE. Stevenson, of Illinois.
This list "will be enlarged with the names of
other Kentucltians who, in adopted homes,
have marked their names high on tho roll of
fame in the law, the ministry, 4nd commercial
pui suits.
While Louisville will bo tho host-city, all Ken
tucky will join in tho welcomo to its returning sons
and daughters. Xho railroads will at once bo asked
to uaroo low rates to Louisvlllo, and in addition to
tnis.it is proposed to have sldo trip tickets from
Louisvlllo to any part of Kentucky, so that tho re
turning Kcntucklans may visltany part of the Rtato.
So as to insure no discomforts lu tho way of lack
of railroad accomodations, Mr William 1'lannelly,
Traveling Passenger Agent of tho SOUTHERN
RAILWAY, located In thoBoard of Trado Build
ing. Kansas City. Wo., has already begun to arrange
tho details for tho optirtitlon of special trains over
his lino from St. Louiu to Louisville, and oven at
this early date, ho is receiving a great many in
quiries tit to reservations, etc.
GRITIGISM OF THE COURTS
Arthur McEwen writing for Hearst's
New York American, makes a force
ful reply to those who contend that
the judges are above criticism. Mr.
McEvven says that respect for courts
"is a praiseworthy dutiful sentiment
provided the courts deserve it"
but he adds "the judge is entitled to
only the degree of reverence that his
qualities as a man and his abilities
as a lawyer earn for him. Reverence
which goes beyond that is dangerous
and unAmerican." Mr. McEwen cites
a number of instances in which courts
have been criticised by men who
hold high rank in the public estima
tion. On one occasion Charles Sum
ner said:
"I hold judges, and especially the
supreme court of the country in much
respect, but, I am too familiar with
the history- of judicial proceedings to
regard them with any superstitious
reverence. Judges are but men, and
in all ages have shown a fair share
of frailty. AJas! alas! the worst
crimes of history have been perpe
trated under their sanction. The
blood of martyrs and of patriots, cry
ing from the ground, summons them
to judgment."
Chief Justice Clark of the supreme
court of North Carolina advocated
the election by the people of fedoral
judges of all courts. In taking this
position, Justice Clark said:
"In this country alone, the people,
speaking through their congress and
with the approval of the executive,
cannot put in force a single measure
of any nature whatever with assur
ance that it shall meet with the ap
proval of the court; and its failure
iu xeueive such approval is laiai, ior,
unlike the veto of the executive, the
unanimous vote of congress cannot
avail against it. Such vast power
cannot safely be deposited in the
hands of any body of men without su
pervision or control by any other
authority whatever. If the president
errs, his mandate expires in four
years, and his party, as well as him
self, Is accountable to the people at
the" ballot box for his stewardship.
If members of congress err, they too
must account to their constituents.
But the judiciary hold for life, and,
though popular sentiment should
change the entire personnel of the
other two great departments of -government,
a whole generation must
pass away before the people can get
control of the judiciary, which pos
sesses an irresponsible and unre
stricted veto upon the action of the
other departments irresponsible be
cause impeachment has become im
possible, and if it were possible it
could not be invoked as to erroneous
decisions, unless corruption were
shown."
Roscoe Conkling is quoted as say
ing: "Why, sir, the infallibility ascribed
to the supreme court makes the con
stitution, the institutions of the coun
try, nothing but wax 4 in the hands of
the judges."
Professor Russell of, the New York
university law school used these
words:
"The judiciary holds a higher rank
in America than it does in England
or anywhere else in the world. It
also has a wider range of power.
The deliberate setting aside of a stat
ute by judicial authority for uncon
stitutionality is a practice wholly for
eign to European ideas, and is rec
ognized only in the United States."
Asserting that criticism of the su
preme court is an "American priv
ilege" Mr. McEwen points out that
none Jiave been freer with, these crlt
icisms tnan minority. juuges or the
court .itself. For example, Justice
Harlan expresses this frank opinion of
the supremo court in the income tax
judgment.
"The practical effect of tho decision
today Is to give to certain kinds of
property a position of favoritism and
advantage inconsistent with tho fun
damental principles of our social or
ganization, and to invest them with
power and influence that may bo
perilous to that portion of the Amer
ican people upon whom roBls the
larger part of the burdens of govern
ment, and who ought not to bo sub
jected to the dominion of aggregated
wealth any more than the property
of the country should be at the mercy
of the lawless."
And Justice Brown was even more
candid: ,
"Tho decision involves nothing less
than a surrender to the moneyed
class. I hope it may not
prpve the first step toward the sub
mergence of the liberties of the peo
ple in a sordid despotism of wealth.
As I cannot escape the conviction
that the decision of the court in this
great case Is fraught with immeas
urable danger - to the future of the
country, and that it approaches the
proportions of a national calamity, I
feel it my duty to enter my protest
against it."
Mr. McEwen indulges in a little
criticism on his own account, saying:
"But be it said in all reverence, the
supreme xcourt is not infallible. It has
repeatedly reversed itself, and then
again reversed its reversals. It de
rives its members, not by celestial
selection, but by appointment of presi
dents, who are not conspicuously
exempt from political motives. One
of the present nine before he received
the robe was chiefly notable for his
servility to a railroad corporation
which holds despotic sway in'his sec
tion of the country, and many mem
bers of the bar protested formally
against his elevation on the ground
that he had neither the brains nor
acquirements requisite for the post.
"The court has been packed by a
president on occasion when its deci
sions were not satisfactory to the
party in power for example, the
Greenback cases. In 1869 the Green
back act was declared unconstitu
tional so far as it made the green
backs legal tender for debts con
tracted prior to its passage. In 1870
Strong and Bradley were added to
the court, and the decision was re
versed. "There are only two ways of
changing the law when it has been
laid down by the omnipotent nine
by making new judges, as the BrltlBh
premier makes new peers, ana by
amendment of the constitution. The
eleventh amendment was adopted to
overturn the decision that a sovereign
state coulrl be sued in a federal court
by any citizen;
"It does ndt deepen veneration for
the supreme court to recall its per
formances in connection with the in
come tax. Unanimously that tax was
upheld in 1868, and again unanimous
ly in 1880. But in 1895, by a vote of
five to four, trie tax was pronounced
unconstitutional. And Justice Shiras
changed his mind within a few days.
Had he not changed his mind the in
come tax would now be in operation
here, as in England, where one-third
of the revenue is derived from it."
"The same system," remarks Chief
Justice Clark, of North Carolina, "is
in force in all other civilized countries.
In not one of them would the heredi
tary monarch venture to .veto or de
clare null and void such a .tax."
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