| Show t nGum r 1 We trope e tho ot of the News have taken the yams to peruse carefully the speech deity tired creel by lion C E of oC the Question ot of the constitutional pow JOw nI ot of Congress It is II not only II a logical and ICI legal UI argument demonstrating the tho proposItion that the house of apro has no authority to In add to tire sire In the Constitution of oC the tho United States for tor torI fora I a member ot of that body but It is a com oom complete refutation or of everything rN pro settled In the majority report or of the tho 1 commUtes on the du Roberta os as n a plea for tor the unprecedented course which It r recommended the House to pursue ll It has not nol been really replied to In Indeed t deed dood It It ii unanswerable logically and andI I rationally from a It regal standpoint The Thet t brilliant rhetorical retort of oC Mr lAn Landis ls w was l not nn an argument It was flU an liS as assault sault It carried away 8 his as 48 flights of Oratory orator frequently affect nn an L audience but It did not touch the clear r lucid and ana learned supported by undoubted Authorities presented r r by bytho bythe the tho member r from Maine Nor did any o other ler r on that occasion make any ony teal real attempt to answer Mr rr Lit essay sa Every I point c In ft t was dl direct ct and wa 81 securely I clinched It will eland oe CUI a splendid tr 1 and ana defence ot of the Power iwer ot of Congress that will ire e do after years ean wb when n further at atI r I J iA tacks are made UJ upon In the Supreme law lawor or of r rIt t tIt It la Is In this light It Is ot of Inter t en t and value lu to the majority ot of the people I of Utah The Constitution Of r t e United States Statu to lc them Is nn an inspired document They re It ns as tag Ini Sr m InstrUments In the hand blind or of Deily who guided 1 them In their labors labon for tor liberty by the ot of truth Tho believe belee It to b be art qt Of ther their to pr serve that snared l intact In t with all its III and ot of the powers flOwers ot of this government Any An departure from It its und the tho lines it II draws around the several Heral depart department mints ment of nation national III authority th they r view with regret It If not nol with Ith alarm The of the stop taken by br the of at n tsen In the case calO of at the member from Utah matters very er little so aD tar as al It af t toots i that Jutt otIl r or III as the ot of his hie tote It Is the r that I le ot of moment to us and ond to this nil nation That which was ru done dolie vas In violation ot of drat thal authority which should hould be is ft by ever every American patriot ns as paramount It Is above oil all Judges and ad It regulates them ell all and under our B of re rc organization it II is III supreme I Mr his x the cOn n powers pors or of th the house ot of Rep Representatives beyond fair dispute the absolute lack ot of authority on the part or of that bod to odd add to the ot of IL a member provided for forUr Ur hi Ule Constitution It It be granted that thu the entire Congress has such power I even that being one cne branch of the national lawfully that AddItion It mutt be by law duly en enacted enacted acted or n IL t don done 11 at t nil all The idea Iden that when n a duly ele elected ted member whose hose election I is not contested and anel who all the qualifications prescribed h by constitutional law pre presents himself lt to take the oath of ho con can be thrust aside on an excuse Is not founded upon nn nay existing It legal l provision but simply lImply to satisfy the prejudices of a t ot of the house or of the masses of the tho populace Is so 80 utterly antagonistic to the spirit and letter leUer of the or of our lib liberties that It le la startling to every clear thinker r who I is by public pub lie lic sentiment or prIvate animosity It Is on Oh this account that the subject Is III one orre of at vital Interest to majority of oC citizens of vastly greater Import to the tho nation than nOw appears appearson on the surface The rhe speech of at AIr Mr Lit Littlefield should be pre preserved by tho those o who value and desire to maintain the tho principles which enter into the very ery life lite of our Republic It will prove or of great worth as 88 n a work wOth of reference In time to come The rhe thanks thank of at the ot of Utah are due to the gentleman from Maine who nt at one step lieI has placed cM him himself self lr In the position of a loader leader In nation nallon III 01 and II a prominent figure amon among the great groat men of oC the United Slates |
