The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-03

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irrooF 8ncs he naern No nronf IL nre
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tfbttior nv ronutar vote nor ayar hoe,
offered az. on,ortunit,, m rr}ar+ il TbA
prohlhtt5orfstq took care Of that Tha
roItc, vas sdop,sd in the United states
hv the vot. Of the politicians of con.
eress and the forty eight state legie-
3laturcs," This assertion Indicates
either ignorance ar pretuatee or both.
let MS see
The constitution Of the United States
cannot b. amended bv popular vote
The "1-onfleran" from Montreal seeks
60 r~ndpre tb., i4,rrasaior the probi-
bstionfste TOOK care Of that" RE
ought 10 know that che trainers Of the
constitution nearly $50 wears ago
took care 81 that" They were not
willing that the constitution should be
subject to amendment by a popular
vote IN general election. called WHEN
the country might be temporarily
stsrred by 4nus4al incidents The5,
therefore prescribed in the constita-
t.on itself the method for its amend
wert, and that method has been tot-
lowed in the adoption Of the seventeen
other amendments adopted before the
prohibition amendment That Same
method is being followed in connection
with the adoption Of the nineteenth
twomcn's suaragcl amendment. In tha
adoption Of none Of these other amend
meats Is IL claimed that such adoption
does not indicate the VIII Of the great
majority IF the people, but is simply
the resllt of the vote of the politt~
clans Of congress and the forty ei-h.
stat, lerts}aturee" 1t is only in cor
nection with the adoption If the
eighteenth. the prohibition amend
rlent that We arc asked to discredlt
the process by which that amendment
was RI TED Does not Tho fact that
the constitution itself provides the
only m nod hv which II can be r. tined
and that the prescribed method was
followed prove tho gentleman" from
Montreal to be either ignorant or
rrefudfced or both when he declared
"fhe prohibffionists took care" that
the prohibition amendment was not
submitted for general vote
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