Evening journal., 1898-08-02
OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
occsuions When Presidents Unwit-
tingIyA Violated the Law OF
the constitution.
"Tho prosidcn, Is "a lg which has been

"The presidcnl s fi g which has been
designed for Presd ent Mckinley is
not exactly n neg thing" remarked
am ordnance oficcr\of the army TO
Stnr reporter, "thoa gh it is new as
far .0s1he idea of a gss neral flag is con-
cern ed The navy got up a presidents
flag for President Artl lur but he used
it butN once. lie wan ted to take an
ocean "Trip up TO Nes York on the
presidential yacht, the Dispatch, and
the question was raisedA that under the
provisions of the con istitution he
could not Sdo so, for I'M reason that
the constitution forbidi Nthe president
leaving thel United Stat, a. While lhe is
president. IT was urged Non him that
if he flew a presidential nag SON the.
Dispatch helwouh be in Eehe UNITED
states, in q legal sense; hat Is, he
would not violate the cons titutional
provision While sailing unde + II, eve,
IL he did 20 out on the oce an. &c
Arthur, who was q lawyer hin self On
not exactly welded to the dda, bp
he let the opinion Of others pr evai
Md he made one trip, but that " yas nj
he\wouAd make. Since then lie nreo
iden tial fng has never been ,sed nm,
l ana not exactly clear wha has ho
come, of II, am very clear however
in the opinion that no presi dent will
over naloo an ocean trip un der Il nm
less thereliseome change M lde Ia thai
particular provision OF tn constitu.
tion. which ~ not very III fely 10 han.
pen. lWhiloA at Nhewpord President
a 4-II
Ter, them on th q UUifed, sfates~upreme
court, ,and Jeremiah Blnclx. of Penn.
sylvafia, whol was ono Of the leadino
constitntionalpavgA iers of tho countrh
ANey both\told\himsthnt Il matters n y,
what kind OF ia he flew. or VA
made IL, 10 was 4 angerous proces,,ii
ing IN every particu lar, and IL w6uld be
better that It shod Id not be repeated.
That Nsettled tho Il residential flag, fas
far aS ,an ocean. & rip was coiSoerr ed
Ddringl the same evening tereu,ial,
Black told President Arthur /tbot
Andrew Jackson, whenl ho was fprcui.
DENT otice consulted Kim on ~ cues.
ton which ihvoPged the sarno hHincls
PHI. II appears Nthat = PjrcslderftlJohn,
son, during a visit to lNiuRaral Falls.
TOOK va oarrtagel ride, land without
thinRang much where the drlver was
taking him. found himself On the
Canadian aide OF the river. fTe re.
MANNED tiSfr6 but q few mihttas re-.
returning ifhfhNdihbely. TO the As1fe4,
lean side. A paragraph got hnto the
newspapers ofltho IaawnicA lann6Spd
tho piesident 80 mdfdh that, he pH,4
sonally Requested murdberi6f new4-
paper wftters 10 fefrain frUfn men.
| fionfng it. Thohesultlof tlfislwhs that
SnSre via Pat litfle pibliukty evcf
given 90 fho h6Ide1t, thosngh-I r5A
centlS t0nSsssed wish a, no~s5a 3, &
Iahh Mo law f'tOeidedt( (Tohnson on
SdIf&fiHn son. kurwlSo, af7iis solidita,
tion, ,netaS IiQti1 aliac pubifcaaioi "A
TIM Ma5t6r. 4rifh Siaak told pos,
defit 1bhnsoa ~ ltrg aitn 6ifhh hNydla
1 it @Hlttihgiyx 10 had Sloiatad. Ne
I oon4itutioa, ara 9ihs a doparthre ul
I ono f66t fesla. AfieEfdnn Ehofafubtief
o fnk a flotRl& as nfuoA SioE4ien n
\ ten, o. fftF5 ioeRuss sHi 90 tsea''x
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