Show He Republican Herald Complimented me By the Literary Digest N a lengthy article in the current issue the Literary Lit Lit- IN I the Digest comments upon what it terms terms uprising of the governors the action of the governors governors' governors governors' gov gov- conference in protesting against the dec decision sion of Judge Sanborn in the tho Minnesota rate ease case andin and andin andin in appointing a committee to file briefs with the United States supreme court against the decision In the course of its comments the Lit Literary era Q Digest easily casily the foremost literary journal of the day dar gives briefly the comments of the leading leuling newspapers of the United States in which hieb list of oC the foremost journals of the country it includes The Re Herald I publican Amon Among other things the Digest sa says s 's Tho The critics of our federal courts have now been joined by the governors of nearly half the states a a. situation that is probably unprecedented in our history and and that may result in moro power for the governors or more for the courts as as one or the other emerges victorious When the of Governors by a 3 a. a vote of 21 2 to 1 appointed a committee to represent represent represent rep rep- resent it in the tho Minnesota rate case now pending before the United States supreme court and to file briefs with that court as a protest against Justice Sanborn's decision the press of the country was at t first startled by the unusual nature of this nove It meant in fact the carrying before the supreme court of a protest in the name of the states against federal usurpation of state powers and while the issue of states rights can claim nothing of novelty novelty nov nov- novelty elty this particular method of putting it before the country was VIas apparently as unexpected as it is unprecedented un un- un- un pr 1 mI 1 I The ine tue U l ew OrK the New York World and the Washington Post and nd then says The Sl Salt t Lake Republican Herald can see seo in the whole matter nothing but the useless reopening of a 3 question settled once for all by the Civil W war Says the Utah paper When cn tho conference of governors governor of or the I Tl rf various states of oC the tho union criticised 1 Judge o San- San of or the United States State circuit court for Cor his decision in or favor of oC the railroads In tho the Minnesota Min nD n- n D rate case It opened a que- que question which was half hair a century ago go o by h- the expenditure of much blo blood d anti and the the question of oC whether tho rJ rights of oC th the states or of or the tho federal federal fed fed- eral government should be bo paramount The Tho Chicago Ocean Inter the Now New York Times the Springfield Republican perhaps more widely quoted than any other American newspaper tho the St St. Louis Republic the Charleston Post the Philadelphia Philadel Philadel- phia phin Record and the New v York Evening ening Mail are also quoted b by the Digest which considers this matter one of the most important found in the current current current cur cur- rent news in some years ears The Digest finds that most of the Democratic newspapers approve of the action of the time conference of governors and that words of praise from Republican editors for this action are hard to find The Democratic leaning I towards states state's rights is also touched upon |