Bisbee daily review., 1911-01-06
ATTACK ON THE CONSTITUTION.

society. Government grew accord ing as the needs of society demand ed protection rom internal troubles or attack from the outside. ani eb- yond this experience there is no oth- CT information to be- had.
 But because physical science no longer depends on experience and has devoted itself with great sue cess and profit to originai investi- gation, political theorists have sought to apply this Investigating and in ductive method to the study of poll tics with a view to discovering and developing new principles of govern ment. The result so far has been an incongruous mass of impractical le theories, says the Picaynue.
 Not to deal too much in general ities. these theories seek to discard all written constitutions and try to place all government in the hands of the people in mass, when not on- ly are the wisest councillors, whose wisdom is based on experience ne cessary, but they must be guided by established charts and constitutional mandates
 There have been times whea the enacting of laws, the enfJrcing of them and the deciding of con troversies between eontending inter ests-that is to say, the legislative. executive and judicial functions were all centered in one and the same person. This state of affairs even in the most primitive tribes was found to be most ineffective. and. moreover, it too often placed arbitrary powers in the hands of the despot.
 The remedy was to form a coun- cil of the old men, tae men with ex- perfence. to advise and instruct the chiefs, and such councils were found in all the tribes of the American In- dians. Such council was the Wit ten-Gemot the assembly of the wise of the Anglo-Saxons. The Roman Senate was of that sort, and all the later European nations had and have some sort of public body more or less direct from the people to assist in the government.
 When the fathers of the American Republic met to form a national gov ernment they thought a mere gen eral statement. without any limita- ton of powers and stipulation of dut- les, was necessary, and SO they on ly adopted the indefinite articles of confederation
 But the disposition of people cloth ed with power to overstep all bounds and usurp the functions of govern ment so soon manifested itself that a written constitution fixing rights and powers was found necessary. and it is under that Constitution. added to from time to time, that the re- public has s1bsisted to this day.
 This Constitution establishes e gov ernment of three cosxistent branches l-namely, the Legislative, the Ex. ecutive and the Judiciary-each vest cd with an almost supreme power fin the exercise Of it's functions and each protected against usurpations by the others, but all required 10 work together for the public vel fare.
 IL was due to the Constitution that Congress did not hurI President An drew Johnson from the executive ot- ice and confscating the lands and property of the Southern whites give them to the freed slaves at the close of the sectional war of 1861 1865. Tn fact. the Constitution has prevented many revolutionary move ments which would have overturn- ed the government before this.
 But this does not please the mod. ern theorists. who want all political