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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SALINA, UTAH dent He is commander in chief of the federal army and navy, and of state militia In the service of the United States; he grants reprieves or pardons, except in Impeachment cases; with the advice s and consent of of the senate he makes treaties and appoints ambassadors and other public ministers, consuls, judges of the Supreme court, and other officers not otherwise provided for by the Constitution, or, In the case of minor officials, by act of congress; he has the veto power he gives already described; of the congress Information state of the Union a method of initiating legislation by the Presidential message ; he may convene congress for extraordinary sessions; he receives foreign ministers ; and he takes care that the laws be besides fulthfully executed, commissioning all federal officers. Sect. 4 provides that the President, vice president, and all civil officers (not including members of congress, as the Constitution has been Interpreted) may be removed by impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. ARTICLE III Is devoted to the judicial department, which, It provides, shall be vested In one Supreme court and In Inferior courts ordnlned and established by congress. Federal judges, appointed by the President with the approval of the sennte, hold office during good behavior. Sect. 2 states that in all cases affecting public ministers, and those In which a state shall be party, the Supreme court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all other cases It shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as td law and fact, with such exceptions ns congress shall make. Sect. 3 provides that "treason against the United States shall consist only In levying war, or In adhering to Its enemies, giving them aid and comfort; that no person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses. . . . or on confession In open court; and that congress shall have power to declare punishment of treason; but no attainder of treason shall extend beyond the life of the person attainted. ARTICLE IT deals with Interstate and territorial relations. Among its provisions are; those for the guarantee by the United States of a republican form of government to every state, thus giving congress some check on the constitutions of would-b- e states; for repelling invasion of the states by federal power, and for their protection against domestic violence upon application by the state legislature, or, If It be not In session, of the state executive. ARTICLE V provides for the adoption of amendments to the Constitution. Amendments are to be vote of both houses proposed either by a of congress, or by a convention culled on the apof the plication of the legislatures of states. Proposed amendments must then be ratiof the fied by the legislatures of three-fourth- s states, or by conventions in three-fourthARTICLE VI provides that the Constitution, and the laws and treaties made thereunder, shall be the supreme law of the land. ARTICLE VII provided that the ratification of the conventions of nine states shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution. AMENDMENTS two-third- Ennd Reading1 far Bond AttiEHcans " duhj 4, iy4 By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN HE ambitious Fourth of July orator In search of a theme worthy of the day other than the Declaration of A Independence need go no farther than the Constitution of the United States of America. But only the able and eloquent and impassioned should attempt to do justice to this most remarkable document in all the world. There were giant3 in the days when it was written. They accomplished great works, but none greater than the tll i Constitution. But a document, you say? Not so. The Constitution is the very substance of our freedom. Between its lines are to be read all the romance and history and aspirations of the Republic. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have fought and died to maintain its principles. The success of representative government in the world depends upon its maintenance in all its integrity. Freedom hangs upon It, for its great purpose is to safeguard the rights of the individual citizen. The Constitution is n human document that bears directly upon the life, liberty and pursuit of happiness of every American. Various circumstances have combined of late to bring home this truth to us. In consequence there is a nation-widcampaign to promote understanding of the Constitution Twenty-eigh- t states by the coming generation. have now passed a law requiring definite courses of instruction in all the public schools. More than 100,000 public school teachers are now required by law to teach the Constitution to more than 3,000,-00. dry-as-du- st e 0 public school children. The campaign will continue until all the states shall have passed this law. The English settlers In the American colonies brought with them the English principles of and elaborated and practiced them to an extent unknown in the mother country.. This is shown by the representative chamber in Virginia in 1619; the Mayflower Pact of 1620; the written constitution of the Connecticut towns in 1639. The first official draft of a plan for the formation of a central 'government was the Articles of Confederation adopted by the Second Continental Congress of 1775. By 1781 It had been ratified by all the states. The government thus established consisted of a legislative department only. To remedy this and other defects congress recommended the Constitutional Convention which met May 29 to September 17, 1787, at Philadelphia. Fifty-fivdelegates attended, all the states except Rhode Island being represented. Washington presided. Among the leaders in the convention were Hamilton, Morris, Wilson, King, Madison, Franklin, Sherman, Pinckney, Ellsworth, Randolph, Mason, Gerry, Lansing, Fatterson, Dickinson and Yates. Congress approved the Constitution drawn by them. Eleven of the states ratified the Constitution in 1788. North Carolina ratified e In 1789 and Rhode Island in 1790. The original document, like the Declaration of Independence, has leen In many hands and many places. At last It has found a permanent and appropriate home, with the Declaration. In a specially designed repository, recently dedicuted by President Coolldge, In the Library of Congress. The Constitution of the United States consists of a Preamble and Seven Articles, supplemented by nineteen amendments Articles In addition to, and It begins; amendment of, the Constitution. PREAMBLE We, the people of the United States. In order to form a more perfect union, establish Justice, Insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. This Preamble clearly shows that the Constitution is much more than a compact of states like the Articles of Confederation which It replaced. These said that the slates hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other. The Constitution is plainly the establishment by the people of a federal system of government the uniting of the states into one nation under one national government without extinguishing their separate administrations, legislatures and lo cal patriotisms. The Constitution divides the powers of government Into the legislative, executive and Judicial departments. It may be thus summarized : ARTICLE I deals with the legislative department or congress. Sect. 1 divides congress into the house and senate. Sect. 2 provides for the election of representatives every second year; for the qualifications of representatives; for their apportionment among the states according to population ; the right of the house to choose Its own speaker Sec. and have the sole power of impeachment. 8 provides for the election of two senators from each state by the legislatures (by the Seventeenth amendment in effect May 31, 1913, direct vote by the people is substituted) and for their qualiflca- tions. The vice president presides and has no vote except In case of tie. The senate tries all cases of Impeachment. Sect. 4 leaves times, places, and manner of holding elections for both houses to the state legislatures, but gives congress power to alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators ; makes mandatory at least one meeting of congress each year. Sect. 5 gives each house the power to decide on elections, returns, and qualifications of its own met;, hers, to determine its rules, to punish mems bers for disorder, and, by a vote, to exmember. pel Sic;. G has members of both houses paid by the Uniti States, and privileged from arrest except for tr. i son, felony, or breach of the peace ; and forbids cny person holding office under the United States t o be a member of congress, or any member of congress to be appointed to federal office created or with salary increased during his term In congress. Sect. 7 provides that revenue bills must originate in the lower house; the veto of the President may s or more be overcome only by a vote of of each house; and if the President fall to return to congress any bill within ten days It shall be law, unles3 congress adjourn within the ten days, when It shall not be law. Sect. S defines the powers granted to congress: to tax, but uniformly throughout the country; to borrow money ; to regulate commerce ; to make uniform laws on naturalization and on bankruptcy; to coin money, and to fix standards of weights and measures; to. establish post offices and post roads; to grant patents and copyrights; to constitute the lower courts ; to define and to punish piracies and the like; to declare war; to raise, maintain, and control army and navy; to call out, to organize, and to arm the state militias; to govern a federal district, the seat of government; and the elastic clause, on the Interpretation of which there has been constant disagreement to make laws necessary and proper for execution of these powers, and of all other powers vested In the government, or In any of Its departments or officers. Sect 9 enumerates the powers denied to the United States government: the prohibition of the slave trade before 1808; suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, except for public safety In rehell Ion or invasion; the passage of any bill of attainder, or ex post facto law ; the levying of a direct tax not based on population, or of any export tax ; commercial preference for one port over another, or levying duties on vessels sailing from one state to another ; the draft of money except by legal appropriation ; and the granting of any title of nobility, or permitting the receipt, without consent of congress, of any present or title from a foreign state by persons holding office under the government. Sect. 10 enumerates the powers denied te the states. Some of these, In the nature of a bill of rights e.g. that there be no bill of attainder or ex post facto law are repeated from the list of powers denied to the federal government; others deny to the states what has been granted in the preceding selections to the federal government. ARTICLE II deals with the executive pow er, vested in a President, who, with a vice president, Is elected for four years by electors chosen by the states, the number of electors for each being equal to the total number of senators and representatives from the states. to the Con(The Twelfth amendment 1803-4- ) stitution makes the choice of President and vice president separate; provides that no elector vote for candidates for both offices from the same state; and stipulates that If there is no choice by a majority of the electors, the house of representatives, voting by states, shall choose by majority a President front the three highest candidates for the office, and the senate choose by majority a vice president from the two highest candidates.) Sects. 2 and 8 detail the powers of the Presi two-third- two-third- ' two-thir- two-thir- s. ARTICLE I declares that congress shall make no law respecting the establishment or the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech or the press, or the right of petition. militia ARTICLE II holds that, a being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not he Infringed. ARTICLE IV affirms the right of the people to be secure in their person and property against unreasonable seizure and search, and that no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause and .under oath. ARTICLE V decrees that no person shall be held to answer for a serious crime' except on Indictment of a grand Jury, nor be twice put In Jeopardy of life for the same offence, nor compelled to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or happiness without due process of law, and that private property shall not be taken for public use without Just compensation. ARTICLE VI provides that in criminal prosecutions the accused shall have a speedy public trial in the district where the alleged crime was committed, shall be Informed of the nature of the accusation, and shall have the assistance of counsel and of witnesses In his favor. ARTICLE VIII says : Excessive ball shall not be required, nor excessive fines Imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment Inflicted. ARTICLE X reads; The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. From 1803 to the Civil war no amendments were added. Three were then adopted as part of the federal government's reconstruction policy. Article XIII prohibits slavery. Article XIV denies to the states the power to abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens or to deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law. Article XV denies to the states the power to abridge on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude the right of citizens to vote. In 1913 the Sixteenth snd Seventeenth amendments were adopted. They provide for the levying of an Income tax and the direct election of senators. well-regulat- The Eighteenth amendment, providing for national prohibition, became effective by ratification Jan. 16, 1919. The Nineteenth amendment, providing for woman suffrage, became effective by ratification August 26, 1920. Many movements looking to the further amendment of the Constitution are under way. For example, one provides for the prohibition of child labor; It has Just been passed by congress and must now be ratified by the states. A second, fostered h.v the National Womans party, would put women on an equal footing with men before if law. A third would allow congress to otvrrlde so opinion of unconstitutionality by the fcuprema court by repassing the act In question. News Notes f Sure Relief From All Parts of FOR INDIGESTION i UTAH iI ! $ When arraigned before Midvale, Silas Brown justice of the peace at Midvale, Elmer H. Blackburn and Charles Rotter, charged with involin connection untary manslaughter with the death of Elizabeth. Williams, 7, in an automobile accident on June 12, pleaded not guilty to the charge. Ogden, liiiseher of George A. Murray was elected president of the Fharmaoeutical association at the close of the twenty-fourtannual convention held at the Hermitage hotel in Ogden canyon. Mr. lluscher was elevated from the vice presidency which position he had held (luring the last year. Salt Lake, Judge Fred W. Crockett of the city court lias submitted his resignation from the city bench to Mayor C. Clarence Neslen, effective September 1. TIiq letter of resignation was received by the mayor Thursday. Judge Crockett will leave the bench after having served within seven days of a full term. of BountiBountiful, Application ful city for authority to decrease its light rates from 12j centa a kilowat four-yea- r hour to 10 cents, with a minimum charge of $1.11 a month and a 10 per cent reduction fur prompt payment, wa3 granted by the' state public utilities commission. The new rates will he retroactive from June 1. Fillmore, Despondent over continued ill health, Howard B. Hadley, 61, journalist and financier, committed suicide In hla room at the Fillmore hotel here. Hotel employes going about their morning work heard the report as Hadley sent one bullet from a .38 caliber revolver crashing into his skull. He 'died Instantly. Ogden, Abraham Aljiert, clothier at 270 Twenty-fiftstreet, was found guilty of slapping the face of Uncle Joe Eller pawnshop proprietor and neighbor, by City Judge I). R. Roberts and fined $10. Eller, the complain, ing witness, and Alpert kept the court In an uproar by their humorous nar. ratives of the clash. Salt Lake, Early admonition to stores not to attempt to handle Fourth of July fireworks and to the public not to encourage the stores to stock h them, is issued from the sheriffs office by Captain W. T. Aylanil, chief deputy, who has instructed a number of deputies to be on tlio lookout for their appearance. Price, Mangled and bruised almost beyond leeognition the body of Itas Pulley, well known anchor on the Strawberry river, was fund 300 feet down a steep embankment above the 12 per cent grade in Indian canyon, where a heavy truck loaded with elaterite had precipitated him in its plunge from the road over the steep dugway, according to a report brought to Price by Mail Driver Theodore Thomas. Mt. Pleasant, The first shipment of registered Itambouillet sheep tio move from this locality to China went forward when John K. Madsen consigned four rams and forty-eigewes to II. Komatsu, , South churia railway, Ilungchuling cultural station, Ilungchuling, churia. ht ManagriMan- Ogden, like Salt Lake, Is threatened with a water famine, according to Mayor P. F. Kirkendail, who has issued a statement calling upon the citizens of Ogden to cooperate in observing sprinkling regulations of the city. Unless care i3 taken to avoid the waste of water the city waterworks department will restrict the watering of lawns to two days a week, the mayor said. Ogden, Cedar City, Grading for the spur track being built to the Milner iron properties at Desert Mound has begun in earnest and it is expected that the four mile branch line will he completed before the middle of Jul.p The line is being built by the Utah Iron Ore corporation, which hai leased the Milner property and al ready has contracts to furnish iroi ore for fluxing purposes to several smelting companies. Salt Lake City. Captain II. II. George of the 104th division, aerial service, stationed in Salt Lake has been granted permission to move an airplane hangar from Fort Douglas to Woodward field. The hangar has been in service at Fort Douglas for some time. Ogden, Registration agents to serve for the coming election have been apoinpted by the county commissioners for every district in Weber county, with the exception of three districts in Ogden city, which will be supplied later. Salt Lake, Owing to lack of funds the Sugarhouse branch of the free public library will cease giving out books on July 1 and on August 1 will be closed temporarily. Salt Lake, Women who conduct beauty parlors and bob hair are not barbers, under a decision rendered by which freed Judge Noel S. Pratt, Edna Iloutz of a charge of practicing barbering without a license. 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In these times, too, architects, civil engineers and contractors hail to settle with tiie collector of Internal revenue. Before the war ended, lawyers, physicians and dentists had been added to the list and about every one else, Including all manufacturers. Noise That Annoys Not Liege Is, at this time of the year, the center of a sport which has no followers elsewhere. g Attending competitions Is one of the ways In which the Belgian artisan spends part of his leisure. Special roosters are bred for these contests, and that which outcrows his fellows Is adjudged the winner. The roosters are placed in cages, each of which Is set an Inch or so from Its neighbors. This proximity, It seems, produces that spirit of rivalry without which the affair would fall fiat. A marker is appointed for each bird, bis job being to note the number of crows made. 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