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mTFir-iwtr " r. TOKra.j, 1811 The Commoner. etatuto sm congress may, in Its dis cretion, deem proper. This court ought not now disturb what has been bo widely accepted and acted upon by the courts as having been decided in that case A contrary course would cause Infinite uncertainty, if not mis chief, in the administration of the law in the federal courts.' "It is quite true that what was said in that case concerned only the lives and limbs of railroad employes and passengers. However important the law may be, we will not consider the question as to whether this for mer construction is right, because, If we are wrong, go to congress and get the legislation. "That is one case. While this happens to be the case of an over shadowing combination of such vast wealth and enormous pow.er that it may fairly be deemed a1 menace to the general business interests of the country, but this difference ought not to induce us to depart from a settled, wholesome rule, which, being faith fully observed, will guard the in tegrity and secure the safety of the nation and of its institutions against the attacks of those who would un dermine all law, and who would, for the sake of present advantages and ends, be willing to undo the work of the fathers." It was no demagogue who rose above all considerations of petty precedent and conventional courtesy to utter that great opinion that is tantamount almost to a new bill of rights. John Marshall 'Harlan has no selfish ambition, not an atom of political interest. More than a gene ration has passed since he so moved -in his daily contact with men and affairs that he might be infected with "new-fangled, destructive notions" so detested by toryism and special privilege. That leonine protest was a re newal of. faith in the fathers of the nation, and a warning that the crea tion of their heart and soul and brain was endangered. That crowning proof of the great ness and purity of the scholar, states man, jurist and patriot was the voic ing of the prophetic vision of one who knows that the basic principles are unchangeable without ruin of the superstructure, and who knows that no people can be free under a govern ment that grants to individuals any measure of monopoly which endows them with the unexpressed but actual power to tax. THE MEXICAN SITUATION (Continued from Page 12.) they stood on the stairways, in the parlors and lined the corridors. Almost at the beginning of the demonstration the American ambas sador Henry Lane Wilson, entered the palace. His visit was to pay his respects to the president. He chatted for some time with Madam Diaz, the latter expressing her re grets that the president was too sick to receive any visitors. The call lasted twenty minutes. When the ambassador emerged he found troops lined up in front of the palace and mounted police at both ends of the block. The troops which did the shoot ing reinforced the police later. The shouts of the mob crying, "Viva Ma dero," and "Death to Diaz," could plainly bo heard by the ambassador, although they did not penetrate so far as the president's bed chamber, save when some careless servant al lowed the door to remain open for a moment. The ambassador's motor car moved with difficulty. During its progress at different times grimy hands were thrust inside and the diplomat was saluted with, "Viva el embassador," (live the ambassador). A mob gathered in front of the office of El Imparcial, a government newspaper. Windows were broken with stones and one shot was fired. The crowd disappeared upon the ap proach of a squad of mounted police. General Porflrio Diaz resigned the presidency of Mexico on Thursday, May 25th. He was succeeded tem porarily by Senor De La Barra who will serve until a president is elected. On May 26th, at 2 o'clock in the morning General Diaz secretly left the City of Mexico on a special train. Report said that he was bound for Spain. Francisco I. Madero, jr., resigned as provisional president of the insur gents. Mexico dispatches say that Madero will undoubtedly be elected to the office of president at the elec tion soon to be held. bo subject to chango at tho will of tho interstate commorco commission Instead of state railroad commis sions. Tho lattor will bo reduced in dignity to a moro clerical piano; they may be left with powers to regulate conditions of railroad ser vice, tho operation of trains, the ordering of switching facilities, otc, but they will bo without power to make and to enforco a new rato or a new classification. Tho decision obviously Is far reaching in its consequences. It upsets tho theory of constitutional right upon which each of the forty six states which has assumed to speak with commanding voice has proceeded in tho government of rail roads within Its confines. Jt cen tralizes power In tho national govern-) ment to a dogreo never boforo at tempted and certainly never 'in-i tonded, nor oven dreamed ofr by-con-l gross. Tho decision of Judgo San born is clearly a usurpation of. tho legislative function of government It ought not to bo for a judge to say that a state has no right to dctcrmlno rates within Its bprders, but for tho statcB themselves, by amendment of tho federal constitution, If they want to say it. Tho decision Is suggestivo of tho extreme lengths to which govern ment by tho judiciary is being car ried. Dubuquo (Iowa) Telegraph-Horald. Subscribers' Jftlwrtiiitifl Bept. This department la for the benefit of Commoner subscribers, and n. special rato of six cents a word per Insertion tho lowest rato has been made for them. Address all communications to The Commoner. Lincoln. Nebraska. DOOIC OP 500 FARMS, ETC., EVERY 1J whero, for exchange. Send descrip tion; deal direct. Graham Bros., Eldo rado, Kan. MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEY EGGS, $3.50 for 11. E." W. Ringwood, Oxford, Ohio. WANTEDWALNUT AND CHERRY lumber, green or dry. Cash paid. C. J. Frank, Logansport, Ind. THE TOUR OF A SMILE My pap smiled this morning when Ho came downstairs, you see, At mamma; and when ho smiled then She turned and smiled at me; And when she smiled at me, I went And smiled at Mary Ann Out in the kitchen, and she lent It to a hired man. So then he smiled at some one whom He saw when going by, Who also smiled and ere he knew Had twinkles in his eye, So ho went to his office then And smiled right at his clerk, Who put some more Ink on the pen, And smiled back from his work. So when his clerk Went home he smiled Right at his wife, and sho Smiled over at their little child As happy as could be; And then their little child she took The smile to school, and when She smiled at teacher from her book Teacher smiled back again. And then the teacher passed on one To little James McBride, Who couldn't get his lesson done No matter how he tried; And Jamesy took it home and told How teacher smiled at him When he was tired, and didn't scold But said, "Don't worry, Jim." And when I happened to be there That very night at play, His mother had a smile to spare Which came across my way; And then I took it after awhile Back home and mamma Bald: "Here is that very self-same smile Come back with us to bed." Natipnal Electrical Contractor. THE TWILIGHT ZONE If the supreme court of the United States shall sustain the decision of Judge Sanborn, handed down re cently at St. Paul, the twilight zone between the rights of the states and the rights of the national government will be wiped out and with It the zone of the states. For Judge San born in effect holds that if the federal government Is to regulate rates between tho states it must regulate them also within the states, and be the ono supreme authority In rate-making. 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