The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-10
H;ar Association
Resents Attacks
On Constitution

VII OOllSIICuLlO
Nashville, Tenn, July 10.--Now, at
ne very apogee Of the achievements
Of the Constitution of the United
ates, when its blessings are appar
at to the most casual observer, it is
being most bitterly attacked from
mihy quarters, condemned and even
ecrated as an instrument Of OPP
pression and injustice, r. f.. l.. San
cr, of Dallas, Tex, Chairman of the
tizenship Committee of the Amer
can Bar association today told the
Tennessee Bar association meeting
hore.
1.-The Constitution that is being at
;acked is the one under which this
government has endured for 1873
ears, has grown in wealth, power,
oStent Of territory and intelligence
of it's people beyond the widest
dreams Of it's founders" Mr.. Saner
aid "No other people since the
lawn of time has been as happy. I'm
der this constitution we have sur
lived the greatest civil war in his
DRY, we have fought four great for
ign wars and carried them to tri-
umph and just and victorious
peace, we have become the admira-
ion and envy of the whole civilized
world.
But from many quarters it is being
lnl .n.s
various classes. From below, the an
archists, who would tear down all
government, assail it with open VIC
lence- This is the last of our danger,
however. We can cope with the an
archists.
"rhere is another element, the par
lor-socialists, who combine with half
baked educators in a more insiduous
propaganda. Many of them are peo-
pie of wealth and position, some of
them with humanitarian ideas, some
with simply lunatic notions, but they
have the power to invade our schools
and in our schools, all the way from
the first grade up to the highest
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and there a half baked professor who
insidiously instills int othe minds of
our youth these socialistic ideas.
''They would infuse into the mind
Of America the same ideals of gov
eminent that prevail in Russia.
They are filling our schools with text
books that contain this propaganda.
1t is SO elusive, so skillful, that it is
hard to reach.
"But above all, the chief danger
lies in men highly placed, men in the
Senate and House, lawyers who
should know their constitution and
its fruits. These demand that the
safeguards of the Constitution, the
Interpretation by the Supreme Court,
should be withdrawn; that the legisla-
tive branch should be sole judge of
the c0nstitutionality of it's acts and
their conformity to the Constitution.
The moment this is done the judici-
airy and the executive would be
PROSTATE at the foot of the ma
Jority in congress. But they even
go farther than that. They demand
that the decisions Of the court shall
be submitted to q vote of the people
upon constitutional questions.
~These two proposals, urged by a
minority bloc in congress would as
effectively destroy this Constitution
as anything that the anarchists or
secret socialists could do; and still
if these two proposals were submit
ted to the people today they would
find thousands of advocates.
".The truth is we have SO long en-
joyed the blessings of freedom, that
we have grown indifferent to them.
The founders carefully protected the
rights of the minority by this writ
ten. constitution. 1t was the first
time in the history of the world that
certain fundamental rights Of the in
diviiuaI and minority were guaran-
teed them by written instrument
superior to the legislative power or
the. will of the majority. 1t is an
astonishing thing that intelligent
people should deliberately attempt to
teax down these safeguards and turn
the country over to mob rule.
'The American Bar Association has
started q work of education, realiz-
ing, these dangers. A committee is
working through every organization
that will assist, through the great
fraternsl and beneficial organize
tioiis, through women's clubs and the
League 4 of Women Voters, through
paf5iotic societies and above all,
through the American Legion.
~ close scrutiny will be made Of
the text books used in our schools
andeolleges to eliminate this danger
Gus and treasonous matter. In this
way We hope to check the propa-
ganda. It is the duty Of every one
81 q to. repeal by every means with
in orr power these assaults upon our
Eovatn4ent."
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