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Show more ofJthe "s'vrvrs's right:. STUFF" Onl a short (U-o ago swo or tho wlso diMintcrij fii;uio,i i. o i Hint prohlMtlon was n nmttor whlh should be irliled by tho ntnies and It waa only u Httlo whllo later that tho same vl&jrdiu arcumont of state's rights wan put forwuid with regatd to women nuffrage. Vlih.n tho past week oi Ivro stutt'o rlg'iii havo again bepn brpnght -o Hio foroground bv tho atclon of a ii't-.i-bor of s:atc'j cwjUiag to upsot th.- oparntlou of tho transportation net within thsji brr.'.cn Thee" ?'atci have .ivivid their Intontlon lo protect pro-tect tl.e'r I'sUrats nd fjlvo then advant'pen ever thoso of oilier states. S'-te oplcjals havo put that theory Into praetleo ovpr tho head of the Intrraiulq Commcico Conimls- fflori,, buf congress has given tho ",' ' , .commission thd pd'.vcr to aosert It' I ' V f ' " ' 'Judcrntm?rbo4 commission In uiak; log its decision lntho Illinois Intm state rate cases, held that lower passenger faros for Intraotato travd In Illinois than charged for Inter stato travel, subjects Intorsiato tn-volera tn-volera and points outnldo of Illinois tejjndiio picJtfuTco'd dlsadvanl-e ""J cpnstltutcBi'ahrinJuBt dlficrlfjjfln Wpalnnt ,lnterirjo commojCo Tho caVllcrs havo been ordered to tncreaso their pasacnger fares In iho atato of Illinois tii Alnj ?hem ip to theAlevjl Jf'-yy'i farce. t" samo methods ar htriK aprdfol to other, atat,carlrljtl&v.fn .p'toceenlnKs-thJstMes .p'toceenlnKs-thJstMes llko?Newhi'o- 0 ptecnt enforcing thev Into st o fie wlli result In tho question of authority' being taken Jnto th'higlAr conrlR. Tho conteiUlons aro not now and congress dealt jvjth this phase, of J matters In framing nn donoctfng tho transportation act. Way back In tho days when tho constitution of the' United Stated was being enacted the ( question of rtato'e rlchts was determined deter-mined and tho Constitution mado It Impossible for ono stnto to levy dls-' criminating laws against another stnto or to collect duties In tho name of tho state. I , After n dozen years debate on ttwl rallrond qucaslon congress dccidul that fedoral administration thnt would treat all otaliis and all parties altko, should govern; nnd the af-l fairs of tho ralroads wero takon up ' on that basis. Tho present dissent of tho stato Ib Interesting Just as all attempts aro -that Book to n forco "state's rights" in opposition to tho federal government. But history his-tory does not discloso that the gov-enrment gov-enrment has as yot had to baek up when it has run against a conflict 'of this kind. i i mm m a. |