Arizona republican., 1920-09-17
COMM| TEE SAYS HARDING IS- NUT
 BOOKED TO VISIT WESTERN STATES
Senator Harding Says Con stitution Is Warp and Woof of National Exis- tence"
HARDING NOT COMING WEST
 [Republican A. P. Leased Wirel

MARION, O., Sept 16-OfficiaI ad- rice was received from the Chicago headquarters today that Senator Hard : Hig's proposed western trip will not take him as far west as Denver. Dates and cities in which the senator will speak were not announced. It also w2s stated that there will be two oth- CT short trips
 MARION, Sept. I6-Intended 10 usher in the observance of "Constitu- ton day" in his home state, Senator Harding tonight issued q statement in which he asserted that eff by some tragic dispensation of fate this con stitution should cease to be, the door would no longer be closed against the stealthily appropriation of aUtocrdtic power and the gradual absorption Of the peoples sovereignty
 Tomorrow Senator Harding will de- liver front porch address on con stitutional government to a delegation of central Ohioans.
 Beginning his statement, the sen ator declored: There is abroad in the land spirit which seeks to weaken the adherence of the people to their constitution and which recklessly chal- lenges it's worth"
 After discussing the necessity for respect of the basic law of the nation, he asserted that so long as it endures the people will never have a master, but will rule themselves, according to no compelling force but their own authority and the will of God" His statement follows:
 There is abroad in the land a spirit which seeks to weaken the adherence of theapeople to their constitution and which recklessly challenges it's worth. It is well. therefore. to have one day in tho year set apart for tho clear ing of our vision and the regeneration of our faith.
 Should Protect Constitution
 ITO assaiI or belittle the flag is to invite and incur the just and passion ate resentment of all country loving men, but the constitution may be at tackled or disparaged with impunity, and. all too often, with approval. And yet the one is but a symbol while the other is the very warp and wool of our national existence.
 Tt has sometimes been asserted that the constitution was imposed upon the many for the benefit of the few. On the contrary it is the one thing above all other things in our polity with which both in origin and expression is universal in it's democracy. A stat ute rests upon the delegated authority of small official group. but the con stitution is the direct fiat of all the people. It is their mandate, expressing not their wishes, but their will, fixing the immoVable boundaries of power beyond which their servants who ad- minister their government are forbid den to go. It is declared to be the "su preme law of the land" with which every other law and every official act must coincide or fall.
 "It is an ever standing proclamation of the right of the people to speak as the sovereign power of the nation whose body and soul they are. If by some tragic dispensation of fate this constitution should cease to be the door would not longer be closed against the stealthy appropriation of autocrat- ic power and the gradual absorption of the peoples sovereignty.
 Electors to Determine Future
 "So long as it endures the people will never have a master. but will rule themselves subject to no compelling force but their own authority and the will of God"