It may be that the defeat which Congress suffered in 1918 in the first decision of the Supreme Court respecting Child Labor was the cause of its classing in the Revenue Act of 1919 the compensation of the judges as income subject to taxation and thereby reducing their compensation, which the Constitution forbids. The way to cure the weakness is by requiring the schools, colleges, and universities to make everyone graduating a sound constitutional scholar. About forty of our States have laws requiring the teaching of the Constitution of the United States in public and private schools, but in not one State is our Great Charter thoroughly taught as a separate study to the youth who are to govern the land and hold the destinies of the Republic. There had recently been much in print 90 about crookedness in baseball and other sports. It is an indictment of schools, colleges, and universities that members of Congress should introduce such bills.
Felonies fall within the police power of the States.
When the States take back their Union they should tolerate no more weak Congresses. General and thorough constitutional education only hope They should require that every man and woman appearing to register as a voter present a card showing membership in One Great Union, a certificate from the County Superintendent of Schools that the bearer has passed a thorough examination in writing on both the History and the Constitution of the United States. The requirement of an examination in writing would disqualify, properly, the 91 illiterates who control the great cities which drag down the States. The rescue of the Union by the States and the preservation of it perpetually is that easy. An Act for the Promotion of the Welfare and Hygiene of Maternity and Infancy, and for Other Purposes.