Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-10
STATE RIGHTS
ARE NOT IMPAIRED

NEW YORK, January 10.-Ridiculing
tne idea that a national prohibition or
"omans national suffrage amendment
10 the Constitution would be a blow at
states rights or any cherished tradi-
11on Of the south. Senator Sheppard of
Texas delivered an address last night
IN st. PauTs Methodist Episcopal
Church before an audience which in
Guided many members of the Southern
society and the various state societies
or southerners in New York.
senator Sheppard declared emphat-
'eaIiS Tor AN adequate and modern
seif-defense policy. a policy sufficient
u project American rights as neutrals
ana American rights as a great export
ing nation to the freedom of the seas"
put gave a dramatic narrative of the
famous on the boundary be-
.Ween Chile and Argentina. known as
me Cnrlst of the Andes and said
That this typifed the ideal method of
preserving the peace of the nations.
State Rights Not Violated.
Nothing. in my opinion" declared
Senator Sheppard, could be more in
accurate than the contention that the
"hN SuiIdsc amendment u
TO the federal Constitution INVOLVE a
VOCATION of state rights. The states
reserved to themselves the right to
amend the Constitution by a vote OF
three-fourths of their number In re.
serving his eight they retained in
themselves ultimate sovereignty over
the FEDERAL government. The prohibi-
tlon ana suffrage amendments merely
enable the states to exercise this right
therefore, the supporters of the amend
ments are the real friends of state
rights. while the opponents of the
are in reality standing be-
tween the states and one of the most
fundamental rights they possess.
these amendments should be SUBJ
states may say whether prohibition and
SURFACE are subjects of national OF
local jurisdiction, and whether the
should be embodied in the
FEDERAL Constitution. If 1 were opposed
on principle o to prohibition and
woman suffrage, l would nevertheless
vote for both these amendments.
"Iheir passage by Congress merely
means the submission to the states OF
questions belonging properly to them
under the Constitution itself. No sim
gle state has the right to block the will
or three-fourths of the States, except
as TO the one question of equal repre-
sentation in the United States Senate.
Discusses Universal Peace.
Discussing the means of bringing
about that permanent and universal
peace which should follow the great
war in Europe. Senator Sheppard said:
1T has remained for two of the les
ser nations of the earth to give man.
kind the most beautiful example of all
time. In 1900 the adjoining republics
OF Chile and Argentina, were on the
brink of war. In the endeavor to calm
the passions of the hour, and to arrest
the crimson tide, Bishop Benavente of
Argentina, In a memorable appeal on
Piles to the example of the Gallilean
and urged the erection of a statue of
Christ on the frontier uniting the two
countries. The appeal was not in vain.
1t was agreed to submit the dispute
to arbitration and Edward of England
was requested to oficiate as arbiter.
Both countries accepted the decision
without complaint. The effect of this
peaceful solution of a question which
would ordinarily have plunged the dis
putting nations into bloody conflict
was magical. Both republics began to
disarm, Chile converting her arsenals
commonly expended for battleships to
the construction of roads and bridges
and other monuments of peaceful prog
ress. In celebration of the happy
event.. both countries Joined in the
of a colossal statue. of Christ
on the loftiest summit of the mutual
boundary line that traverses the crest
of the Andes. The statue was made
of bronze n melted