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The decisions of the supreme court
in the insular cases aro bewildering;
Tlie new possessions are declared, to
be parts of the United States for some
purposes, not for others. They aro do
mestic in some senses, not In others;
The line is drawn at the tariff. The
trusts win out.
The decisions turn on the tariff is
sue, for that was the essential subject
in dispute. Justice White, a demo
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agreed with Chief Justice Fuller and
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with Justices Harlan and Brewer, both
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levied on Porto Rican goods In the
Downes case, would have been held,
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Porto Rico a possession and part of
this country, it was necessary to re
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decision had stood unquestioned down
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stand unquestioned if Justice White
had not accepted the administration or
sugar view of the case.
Whether accidentally or not, this
great court always in great cases takes
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in the Dred Scott case, which, as Jus
tico Brown states, was overruled by
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side of capital in the greenback case.
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it is. now supporting by a majority of
one the trusts and the tariff.
The essence of these cases, aa So
licitor General Richards truthfully
states, is the tariff. Ho should have
added, through it tho trusts, and
through tho trusts, tho campaign sub
scribers. By a majority of one these
hava won. Tho Dlngley tariff at home
on the mainland is preserved even to
tho crossing of a "t" and the dotting
of an "i," and tho trusts and campaign
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are told by Justice Brown that they
have some rights in common with the
mainland under tho constitution, but
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the sugar trusts and other trusts could
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is practically established. This phrase
is all that is indorsed In Chief Justice
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