Deseret Evening News | 1907-08-21 | Page 4 | This Country's Constitution

THIS CONSTITUTION St Bt Louis LOllis One Ono of at tho the why the tho United States Constitution has lies with a few ow extensions mot met all tho the demands of at an expansion which nobody could havo foreseen tt at tho the time It was waR framed and also aillo met tho he demands of ot foreign and civil war var Is III that th Its framers dealt with broad general principles only They did 1 not attempt to legislate for tor particular situations That work was waa left len for tor Congress The Tho men who were assembled In that little Philadelphia conclave of 0 1878 were wise enough to foresee that many things could hap hall happen pen pan between that time and 1887 or 1907 which were not dreamed of ot In their lr philosophy These The a things they prudently relegated to the tho people who should ho bo confronted with them In Inlaying Inlaying laying down broad general principles they lucy lot Congress have hare the tho opportunity ity Iti II to apply ripply thorn thom to the tho Issues as they arose For Jor that hint reason tho the Constitution rained framed a n century and a n fifth ago with I less RH than him half a dozen ox ex extensions tensions anti and modIfIcations modification has stood mood all alt tho the strain which has hall beep been placed upon It