Show AND til amans position upset by a a supreme court decision washington D C april 8 governor r tillmans reported statements that tha t news Is not commerce and that intel state commerce hns has nothing to do with it has directed attention to lo a del decision slon rendered by a majority ot dr the supreme court in 2877 erectly on this subject at that time chief justice walte the opinion of octha ahli court held that since the case of gib bons vs va oglan it has stever never been doubted that commercial intercourse ta is an element ot of nimey com co mcce which cornea comes within the regulation power ot of con bno tile the quest question lAn at issue arose in unease ct 0 of f the T telegraph ele graph company VEI va the western U union 11 ion aph company the iho former which w hat had the exclusive right to estabi 1 mi h and maintain telegraph teler raph lines alln in certain counties in florida boug sought hl to enjoin the latter company from using the right of or of the pensacola louisville railway hallway company which had been granted it to erect lines on account of the exclusive right of the pensacola telegraph company under its charter charier A decree was waa passed i assed dissolving the bill and un an appeal taken to the supreme court the chief jantlee in the course of f his opinion hot held as fell aws bogli the commercial and the p postal ice are placed within the powers of congress because belne being national in their operation thy they should bo be under the protecting care cat c of the national government the powers thus granted are not ot confined to tho the instrumentals uca ties of oe commerce or the postal pori to ICK known or in use when the constitution waa vita adopted but they kept pace with the program proE riess of nf the country and adapted themselves to the new developments of time and circumstances they extend from hie file horse with its iti rider to the stage staffe coach and the steamboat to 0 o the railroad and from the railroad to the telegraph ns as the new agencies are or successively all ces brought into use to meet the demands of population and wealth they were intended for tho government of business to which they relate and under it all cli circumstances as 13 they were entrusted to the government for the good of the AN nation atlon it li 19 not only the right but the duty ditty of congress ConR resa lo do see gee to it that intercourse among the states and the transmission of intelligence are pot not obstructed 0 or r unnecessarily I by state stale legi Islat loni J i 1 I 1 |