Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1923-10-04
LENROOT DEALS
With PROBLEMS
BEFORE NATION

tbs Baraboo Kiwanis club at the
Warren house on Tuesday night, Uni
ted States Senator l. L. Lenroot of
Superior discussed some of the greaI
Problems and conditions which con-
front the American people at this
hour. He spoke of being in Baraboo
a number of times before but never
when there was not a political cam
paign being waged. He was introduced
by the president of the club, E. f.
Dithmar, who referred to the grow
ing influence of the senator and of
his being a devoted Kiwanian. Mr..
Lenroot was greeted with applause
and standing audience.
There never was a time for more
serious thinking than now, the sena>
tor declared There are great ques,
tions and all should be interested in
their solution He said there are
forces in the United States today en-
deavoring to tear down all that has
been builded during the 1876 years of
progress of this republic. The great
est danger is the effort to undermine
and destroy the constitution of the
United States and we ought to fully
realize the need of it's protecting
care today. Should the constitution
be altered or broken down as SONS
Of those opposed to it would do
there would be:
No security.
No protection to our liberties.
No protection of human life.
No right of religious worship.
No free speech.
No free press.
No trial by jury
Fought for These Rights
The senator declared these rights
had been procured on battlefields en-
tending over 500 years or more and
said the people might sometimes be
wrong but not the constitution.
Since the days of John Marshall
the constitution has been the court
of last resort. Sometimes we think
it is wrong and the speaker gave as
an illustration the decision Of the
child labor Law which he fostered
But above ALL the speaker declared,
it is our duty to accept the decisions
of the supreme court based on the
constitution and he did
He did not believe in congress hav-
ing the power to pass a measure by
a two-thirds vote over the decision of
the supreme court and declared if
this were done the constitution would
become a scrap of paper.
The men who framed the consti-
tuition were the most learned, the
most patriotic, and had the most
wisdom of any body ever assembled
In discussing the document he
spoke of some of the changes that
have come about since then the
abolition of slavery the extension of
equal political rights to women, the
popular election of United States
senators, and the. making of the cleo
toral college a thing in name only
ALI wisdom did not die with the franz
ers OF the constitution and at the
same time the speaker plead to hold
fast to the principles embodied in
the precious document
Problem of Agriculture
Ono on the great problems in this
country today is agriculture and why?I
Why are the farmers suffering more
than those in other classes of bust
ness? Some say the government is to
blame but the government is help
less. Some blame the situation on
the trusts and combines but the
trusts and combines were here in
1914. The speaker declared the whole
answer was in the labor cost of
goods manufactured. Hes said that la
Dor was not too high btu farm prices