Show i SUPREME COURT DODGING i 11 0 i the peculiar character of the present united states supreme court ni as illustrated by its late f anz in the case ofA snow is still further exemplified by its tuluiga io in other cases tho the 2 or mon press rass is not alone in in its ariti clams and denunciations of the eu on preme tribunal of or the land the pv york herald hald of a recent date flotye x whether tho the power pf a R sta elate teto to tat corporation property t is res idt ed by the e fou fourteenth r ie tah amendment 0 Q he federal constitution on is is a question far ar rea chrag aag import ance and difficulty Ai thatah that lh supreme boutt 0 ot the united states st a tea is it evidently badre disposed 0 o avoid than to meet it it was first in the call cali arn forma 1 I 1 a railroad tas bases cases which were decided by all the united states I 1 circuit court in 1882 elaborate opinions were then rendered by justice field and julge S sawyer ovy rr who held fiela chata state stafe tax law ma 10 I 1 mg g a a between bet railroad hod individual property was will a violation of tho fourteenth fourte eath amendment mani and therefore unconstitutional tio nal had thu this decision been sustained sustained an appeal aphea fit it aou would id have biven 1 to the amendment a greater grater sweep thad ever dver before knoian it would cave have imposed a fi new I 1 limitation M is di upon state sovereignty go A y in io dealing e a with corporations of every igind except municipal muni ciral the issue wae was first brought be fore the supreme court two or I 1 three years ilg ago f bu W i its consid erx tinn aoa v th thon nod ou an tha ground that other cases cabes involving 1 similar questions were to be heard tho court has lias at last fast rendered its decision but against the protest of justice bield it lim dodged the maid question it yesterday dl decided the th cases on some ioma minor point wl without abde undertaking artall ing to solve tho the great problem judge field spoke within bouane i when be he declared the question lobe to be ono one of transcendent importance and ana ho he I 1 ys a doubtless righton right in aging saying will come to this court all aud d continue to come until it is author decided I 1 1 |