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Give of ion, to this chain png Opening of the Constitutional Convention ison who noted that sur-stateme- their earliest days as coloiees, the Potomac line i the boundary and Virginia, does not mean that it tssanly a nor that the people of o states shared the use iver amicably. On the they were constantly imputes over whether the re was the highwater mark on the ma shore, since severe miles of valuable ids were involved in the 0 that question. well-defin- low-wat- ; Began in 1661. as 1G61 this matter dispute and it dragged r a century without a nt. Then in 1777 the two wealths, now American r!y isn all ir- - f msL's nstead of English commissioners sider the most proper adjust and confirm the each to the use and m of and jurisdiction Bav of Chesapeake and is Pciomack and Poco-Bu- t no definite agree-n- e out of this move and 't of the question was imfcEi St.k. until after the the question Revolu- - came up again commissioners jointed to settle it. George Mason, ladison, Jr., and id h, Alex-3endtr- represented while Thomas Johnson, Store, Samuel Chase lel of St. Thomas Maryland, t first at Alexandria but lurned to the home of a hed citizen named ed Washington, at Mount where they not only an amicable settlement imediate question of the river boundary but the larger of export and import nd commercial matters si. it time the new nation rating under the Articles deration and the Articles lly forbade treaties or I between the states by congress. Deis fact, when the Mary-islatucame to act on un-iro- :e from the Legislative Journals of Virginia it appears that a vote to apply for a sanction of Congress was followed by a vote against a communication of the Compact to Congress and he also mentioned other similar violations of the laws established under the articles of Confederation. But there was a deeper significance to all of this than appeared on the surface or was indicated by a call for a trade convention. States. The fortunes of the new United States had about reached their lowest ebb. Only 15 members, representing seven states, were attending the sessions of the Continental congress, which was making a futile effort, under the authority given it by the Articles of Confederation, to function as a governing body. Measure after measure was proposed in congress to provide funds for government expenses but most of these failed for lack of the necessary nine votes. Even when the bills were passed the states treated the demands upon them for funds with the greatest indifference. In fact, a more appropriate name for the nation at that time would States have been the of America. The soldiers of the disbanded army which had won the fight for freedom from England were unpaid and in an ugly mood. They wanted their money, long overdue, and large numbers of them camped outside the city and began threatening to stone the building where the congress was meeting unless their demands were met. Presently the situation became so threatening that the congress had to flee from Philadelphia to Princeton, N. J., where it sat for a while, then went on to New York. Moreover, open rebellion had broken out in Massachusetts where Daniel Shays, leader of the common people in their effort to reform conditions which had become intolerable, had given the government of that state and the wealthy merchants of Boston plenty of worry and there was unrest among the common people of other states. Recognizing the desperate condition of .affairs, such men as Madison and Alexander Hamilton of New York saw in this proposed trade conference an opportunity to take the first steps toward strengthening the power of the central government. Believing that any direct proposal for a new organization of the federal government would meet wuth opposition from the people, they used the pretext Dis-unite- d Dis-unit- in Independence flail. May, took no action at all on the matter. Since only five states were represented, the commissioners did not conceive it advisable to proceed on the business of their mission. But they did adopt a report written by Alexander Hamilton, who had played the leading role in the meeting, supported by Madison, who kept himself in the background. This was a report to the legislatures of the states represented at the meeting in which the defects in the federal government at that time were pointed out and which called for a convention of deputies from the different states for the special purpose of entering into .his investigation and digesting a plan for supplying such defects. Philadelphia was suggested as the place of meeting and the time was fixed for the second Monday of May of the next year. Several of the states acted promptly upon this recommendation and in February, 1787, congress passed a resolution authorizing a constitutional convention and calling on the states to send delegates to such a meeting in Philadelphia to take into consideration the situation of the United States, to revise the Articles of Confederation and to devise such further provisions as should appear to them necessary to render the Constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union. Each state could send as many delegates as it pleased, since each was to have but one collective vote. Little Rhody Holds Out. Of all the states only Rhode Island, which had been at odds with the federal government almost from the beginning, refused to send any delegates at all and, consistent with its attitude, it was the last to ratify the Constitution after one was finally adopted. New Hampshire was in favor of the meeting but because of lack of funds its delegates did not arrive until the convention was well under way. Altogether 72 of the leading citizens of the 13 states were accredited as delegates although some of them failed or refused to go. Outstanding among the latter was Patrick Henry, the fiery orator of the Revolution, who was suspicious of the purposes of the convention. Or, as he phrased it, I smelt a rati Of the 72 accredited delegates, 5 took part in the deliberations of the convention at one time or another but only 39 stayed on the job until the end. They were the following: CONNECTICUT Roger Sherman and William S. Johnson. DELAWARE Richard Bassett, Jr., Jacob Gunning Bedford, John Dickinson and Broom, George Read. GEORGIA Abraham Baldwin and William Few. MARYLAND Daniel Carroll, Daniel Jenifer and James McHenry. Nathaniel MASSACHUSETTS Gorman and Rufus King. Nicholas NEW HAMPSHIRE Gilman and John Langdon. NEW JERSEY David Breas-ley- , Jonathan Dayton, William Livingston and William Patterson. NEW YORK Alexander Hamilton. NORTH CAROLINA William Blount, Richard D. Spaight and Hugh Williamson. PENNSYLVANIA George 1787. didnt one at Oxford under Blackstone and two in Scottish universities. Half of the delegates were graduates of American or European colleges, three w'ere professors and one, Dr. William S. Johnson, was president of Columbia college, on leave of absence to act as delegate from Connecti- cut. A Youth Movement. Moreover it was a convention of young men. The patriarch Franklin was then eighty-onyears old, but 20 of the 55 were under forty years of age. Jonathan Dayton of New Jersey was the baby of the Benjamin e convention only twenty-seveyears old. Charles Pinckney, who submitted the first draft of the Constitution, was only two n his years Hamilton of elder. Alexander New des- York, tined to play a leading role in the convention but a more important one in securing the ratification of the Constitution, was barely thirty, and James who would become Madison, known as the Father of the Constitution, was thirty-six- . Although the second Monday in May had been set as the date for the opening of the convention, the roads of that time were sc poor and travel so slow and expensive that it was not until two w'eeks later that the first session ,5S...'vcV TV: - I4 '. s Independence Hall. proposed that Penn-ir,- J of bettering trade conditions, Delaware be invit-- i which the people would favor, as n w,th Maryland and an indirect approach to their real a common objective. c.cii rol.cy. Virginia went Only Five States Respond She invited a11 Oth--'1L They were correct in their sur'! t'erd commissioners mise and on September 11, 1786, A,rai trade convention and commissioners from Virginia, Prd Annapolis as the Delaware, Pennsylvania, New TL meeting. September, Jersey and New York assembled as the time for at Annapolis. Delegates had been . rh by North Carolina, llw '0! v,as c,early an il- - appointed Rhode Island, Massachusetts and 'ment upon the New Hampshire but they did not ' frrn and was rec- - appear and Georgia, South Carosu,h by James Mad- - lina, Maryland and Connecticut r tfI I, - one-quart- as statesmen, three were farmers, landowners or planters, three were merchants, two bankers or financiers, one an educator, two physicians and one a soldier. Most of them were well educated. Nine of them had studied in the Inner Temple or the Middle Temple in England, Dealing With Snakes. A CONNECTICUT congressman is pushing an act to prohibit importation of venomous serpents from other countries for exhibition purposes. His fear is that an earthquake or something might shake the zoo liberate a lot of deadly reptiles that would start multiplying and constitute a new menace to the lives of such of the populace apart and as have thus far escaped being killed by automobiles. Without presuming to assume that the gentleman is a bit of an alarmist, Id like to point out that he can obtain millions of adherents for this measure among old fashioned Americans by tacking in an amendment to his bill providing that the bars likewise shall be put up against foreign born communists. How Times Change. I once knew for myself but had forgotten in the rush and bustle of these ljtler days. I JUST read what Some time after 1900 in fact, as it was about 1910 a prominent lady was asked to leave one of the smartest hotels in New York city because she dared to light a cigarette in the public lounge. As for women drinking at a bar well, not even the most forward-lookin- g liberal could conceive of so incredible a sight as that. And now just look at the darned things! I remember, JAMES MADISON The Father of the Constitution. was held. The convention met formally for the first time on Friday, May 25, although only a few more than half the delegates had arrived by that time. Seven states were represented at this meeting, according to one authority; according to another, there were nine. Whatever the number, those present got down to business at once by electing a presiding officer. Benjamin Franklin, because of his age and the fact that this was his home city, wras the logical choice for this position but he graciously waived that honor and suggested the choice of George Washington. 1 fied like. At the exclusive establishment were many guests who seemed to be suffering from severe attacks of nervous culture, being fearful. Id say, that, if ever they behaved naturally, they'd give themselves away. Mainly they were dull. Waxworks, even when animated, usually are dull. But stopping at a $25 a day hotel has one advantage, I find. Afterward, you can go around bragging that once you stopped at a $25 hotel. This should be a great help socially. ter. So the late commander in the struggle for liberty, the man who was destined to become the first President under the Constitution which would be adopted after several weary weeks of struggle in this convention hall, took his in place on the raised platform Monon and hall Independence enday, May 28 the convention for tered upon the business which it had been called. At the first session, a rule enjoining secrecy on the part of the delegates as to their deliberaNearly all tions was adopted rule and that observed Fitzsimmons, Thomas of them Clymer, Inger-soldied without revealing any of the Benjamin Franklin, Jared Thomas Mifflin, Gouvern-neu- r inner details of the di afting of the Morris, Robert Morris and Constitution. Fortunately for posJames Wilson. terity, however, James Madison, Pierce who had devised a system of SOUTH CAROLINA Butler, C h a r e s Pinckney, shorthand of his own, took extenCharles C. Pinckney and John sive notes on the proceedings and to him we owe the fullest acRudledge. VIRGINIA John Blair, James counts of the eventful sessions Madison and George Washington. Of this number more than half, 21, were lawyers. Six are classi- Dust-Proofin- It related to tlie attitude winch America, considerably less than half a century ago, held toward unescorted woman. For instance, os lecently as 1390 not many respectable hotels would purmit one of them to regis- l, ort; it One cupful of Angel Cake white of eggs, one and cupfuls of granulated sugar. One cupful of flour. One-hal- f teaspoon cream of tartar A pinch of salt added to whites before whipping; flavor to taste. Cook in a very slow oven. Yolks of tlie eggs may be used for mayonnaise. ak-m- g asci f de are put in water containing a little Season with salt, pepper and fine grating of nutmeg. If a yellow sauce is desired, remove sauce from range and add the beaten yolks of two eggs diluted with cup warm cream. Do not allow sauce to boil after adding egg yolks. few minutes before SANTA MONICA, CALIF. lemon juice a will cooking, they the sake of comkeep their color. two of us, out lately parison, on a little trip, stayed one A Oiling Household Machinery httle oil applied when needed nn;ht at a wayside motor w ill keep houceho!d machinery camp and the next night at w ui king longer and always ready the most expensive tourist fur woik. You can use cooking or hotel in three states, rates salad oil to lubricate small cooking equipment. v C5 per day per sucker. importance Potomac river in which followed. Thus it was that 190 years ago this month Act 1 in tne drama of making the Ameran theMagna backCharta opened And in a is the story dram of tins ground of another of those tremendous trifles of history a dispute over a river as a boundary line which, n of events, through a long cl a led at last to th.s great moment! t Western New'-M-'- Pictures g one-quart- When Washing Paint Add a little tui pontine to the hot soapy water. It greatly simplifies the job and makes much less elbow necessary, especially grease when the paint has that rather greasy film caused by the fumes from fires or gas stoves. A Cleaning Ilecd Furniture stiff brush dipped in furniture polish is good for cleaning reed and rattan furniture. Has the Garbage as a Compost Gar dust got into your picture frame? and vegetable matter of ail bage It should be examined periodical- sorts buried will in ly and new brown paper backings time rot intounderground excellent compost should be stuck on to make it for use on lawn, garden or field. dust-proo- f. Bechamel Sauce Melt a quarter cup butter m saucepan, add cup flour, stir until smooth. Add gradually one and a half cups of highly seasoned chicken stock while stirring constantly. Add cup of hot cream one-quart- one-ha- lf m Ask Me Another A General Quiz O Bell Syndicate. Stuffed Celery Prepare inner stalks of celery. Fill them with equal parts of creamed Rocque-foand cream cheese, mashed till smooth with paprika, and serve side by side on a boatshaped dish, or diced, in place of celery and cheese. Or if preferred use creamed cream cheese for the filling after flavoring it to taste with pepper, salt, paprika, chopped chives or shallots and pimiento. A touch of tomato catsup can also be added. rt WNU Service. WNU Service. mauM&::nuuHaMi 1. Glacier National park? what invention is the name of Gutenberg connected? 3. Did Article III of the Constitution, which set up the Supreme court, bestow on the court the power to define constitutionality? 4. What famous chief justice is said to have established such power? 5. Was tlie story of Romeo and Juliet originated by Shakespeare? 6. What is meant by buying on in 2. With margin? 7. Is thefe a woman member of the United States senate? 8. Is the heart of a person on the left side or in the middle of the body? 9. When I Consider How many glaciers are there Where was the smithy 17 HEN I ponder on my realm of thought, Embracing all that sage and prophet taught, Gems of the poets, speech of minted gold 'Tis then I know my wealth can ne'er be told. CO, I consider Im a man of wealth, With books, with friends, with happiness and health, And, owning not a single foot of A earth, millionaire in all the tilings of worth. men- tioned in Longfellows poem? 10. What film actress was tlie first to be known as the platinum blond? 11. 12. What is a provost marshal? What nationality was Izaak Walton? Answers There are eighty, ranging in area from a few acres to about five square miles. 2. That of printing from movable types. 1. 3. 4. 5. No. !i, Coleman G Kl ThftColmnanf Hagen- - I R umalatUal LigbUftf Iroa. AM you hava to do ! turn a valve atrika a matrh You don t have to truMtrt am) it lights Instantly ttta match Inside tha Iron no burned Angara. In a jiffy; la quickly made Tha Ce!7nan foruae hntira Ironing aurfaca la heatrd with point tha hottmt Miiintalna ita heat even for tha fast worker. Fntirely aelf hcatu g Operate for hf ma hour You do your ironing with less lesa tima He aura yoor neat effort, in John Marshall. No. The story was popular in Italy before Shakespeare wrote hta the famous tragedy. 6. a is on margin Buying transaction in stocks whereby the iron ia tha ganuina Instant I ighling Coleman. purchaser makes a partial payIta tha iron every woman wants it s a sonib-ful tima and labor aavar nothing lika iU Iha ment to his broker, who advances Coleman ia tha aaey vay to iron cnp roaTcafto fr rate rwr the remainder of the purchase ra Duna. THE COLIMAN LAMA AND STOVE CO. Hardships de I.uxc. money at a rate of interest, re(ieot a Wichita, Hans t Onoa. Um Aalaa, Laid. 6114 W) Philadelphia, fa.1 clas'cs taining the stock certificates as WilEN ourto plutocratic go simple, they go security until the purchaser orStop at Impertinence simple, regardless of what it costs ders sale or the margin is used A wise man is not inquisitive up by depreciation of the market. 'cm. 7. Yes. She is Mrs. Hattie W. about tilings impertinent. A rich couple have just completed a trip out here, following the ancient Caraway of Jonesboro, Ark. She Broome. trails of the early pathfinders. Like was elected in January, 1932, to true pioneer slock, they roughed it fill the vacancy caused by tlie death of her husband, Thaddpus in specially built twin trailers, each about the size of a pullman but II. Caraway, and was much more complete, and were in November, 1932, for the term ... r m4 HI towed by a couple of Tlie servants, only six in number, had to put up with two much cheaper cars. During the entire trip there was no dressing fur dinner and thus, with true democratic spirit, was the primitive plan of the expedition earned out. Every hardship encountered enroute suth as the champagne getting all jolted up and the caviar coming unglued m the was cheerfully endured An can armed guard was maintained a t night to repel ktdnapeis and hostile Indian tribes. I wonder how Jim Bridgcr and Kit CjrMm ever stood it with no butler along in fact, not even a second man. Rolls-Royce- IT S. COBB. I It I WNU bcivne How r ending in 1939. 8. Normally the heart of a perd on right son is about side of the middle of the chest, s on the left. and 9. On Brattle St., Cambridge, Mass. 10. Jean Harlow. 11. A military officer exercising police power. 12. 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