The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-13
ANCIENT MANUSCRIPT INTER
ESTS ANTIGUA RAMS.
Discovered In Washington and Entitled
The Constitution OF the United states"

The Constitution OF the United states"
! To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir. A
few days. ago there was dug up IL
/ Washington a reactionary, standpat, 90
solete document entitled The Constitu.
| ton Of tho United States" A perusa
OF this curious relic affords all true up.
filters cause for rejoicing that Il wa,
discarded and forgotten long ago.
In peruslng this ancient parchment
with its old fashioned provisions for
safeguarding the persona, and property
rights which were the cornerstone OF
what al 1est must be described as a
coarse. SNOWY material prosperity. we
cannot but wonder how we ever got
along without Louis Brandeis to disci-
plne wicked railroad men whose insa-
tiate greed demands almost half as high
rates as foreign roads charge and gives
only twice as good service.
How we marvel at our former mis-
guided course In selling goods abroad.
subject to legitimate war risks, before
we had President who could show us
how to impose voluntary, angelic re-
straints on ourselves. to impoverish our
own people aid forego an incidental OPP
portunity to assist those IL is to our
advantage to hep.
How fortunate we are when American
statesmen OF the model OF 1915 .gener-
ously take the time needed for framing
arbitration treaties that tie our hands
while what we want slips away, or in
helping Mexlcans plumber Americans,
or in the outright robbery OF men whose
property was guaranteed to them by
law in the constitutional dark ages, IL
they happen to be engaged in the lquor
business
Let US be thankful for our new crop
Of superconstitutional leaders. Persons
with mere book learning ridicule the eff
forts OF these patriots to connect prohi-
billion with Christianity. and declare
that both the Hebrew and the Greek in
which the Scriptures came to us have
separate and distinct words for fer
mented and unfermented wine, and that
the word for the fermented beverage
is the one used IN nearly every instance
In which ITS use is theoretically ap-
proved in the Bible; but let us rally to
our statesmen, even II they are not suf-
ficiently educated to know this. After
all, what is sense worth i'm public ar
fairs? A State needs for its guidance
impulse, instinct and intuition.
Let us turn also to the narrowing
details Of this discredited Constitution.
and see what we have escaped "All
legislative powers herein granted sha.,
lie vested in a Congress" instead of in an
Executive with "A patronage mill. THE
House of Representatives shall . "
have the sole power Of Impeachment
now vested In the yellow press. THE
Congress shall assemble al least once in
every year" now manlfestly impossible.
so far rs initial assemblage is concerned,
since II is in session every day and is
getting so far behind that il will coon
have to sit through every night or ahan-
don cherished amateur schemes If re-
form. There Is more, blk this will suf-
flee for illustration.
No wonder that We are told by an
eminent statesman that the Republican
tariff has been a science OF selfish
ness! Selfish indeed are the grasping
manufacturers who sock to make.
profit from their business for them
selves and their employees. True. the
new dispensation has caused dearth
Of such vulgar commodities as pork and
beans and bread, but think of the am
brosia and mama II has promised in the
future II. W. PAUL.
WASHINGTON. d. C.. January IL.