The Omaha morning bee., 1924-08-10

States senators are elected by the direct
vote Of tho people and 10, term tenn % %
lords is hereditary. and extended throash-
ont The life Of member. A .diffsrenee IN
house. ,ss hqss !. nosIssasis nos only In Enssnd
but In other nations as well which have
the hissmsrsl ys,s ,.r..sst.a. T of ssssf sffss.,
by direct sets
Their. ia also = differencs between tss
way IN which our chief official the
,s rs,ss Ssfs h rss f the
Of tn. United states choose by direct
president: tho prime minister holds that
Of the dominant party 10 the house Of
commons
on. of the ws.est provisiens made IN
the constitution "a the effective manner
IN which the three deparfmsnis act a.
=, sis veto power. ss. presidsut may. ston
or Al least desain for time essr-haso
.onsrs.. in turn. may alter or re-
sset frsstle. and Appointments made BY
the president. and has the power OF In,
pesshmsn. ard rs,ness fs.s,. if@m fnp rsa.n that
action become. rally necessary. Flnaiiy.
the supreme court has the power 20
Department uneons,itutionai II It dsems
This issi statement bring. to mind -h.s ,s.s
ture Of our national government az pro.
sldsd by the constitution. the efficlsns
aud complete system s of Ssaa.' ssa, ne uni,sd
States Most nations OF the worla s,s navs
advanced TO the point Of providing 'heh
psip's ,h,nn. Tnn 'Sor Sow.vsr. @ that may b.
trnthfnilY stated that ours Il the only
alton which is supplied with suprems
IN IN. constltution. inferior courts have
be.n established which care for less
ssrious cases, that the duties OF ne sa-
pfeme Judges may not become too nutner-
ou. This most rarely exercised and unique
power OF The supreme court - .ha, M ~, :
oasd sesvs ne pewnr psyon 20 ..1s ,.~s
hy congress as tho judges believe deserve
that action. -
liens witch can sriss in nation such as
our own--ss controversies between the
states. between a state and the nsticnsi
ste Ths decision Of shts cour, the .su-
prsms q. ., r.. irns' ,,., ~n,ss gass esnsla.r n
stliu,ion. and one which is far from the
least. is closely allied 60 the srsst pS.sr
of the FEDERAL sevsrnmsnt In general even
though II may sssm that the powers q
sime,t 10 ths point ~ Independence. This
provision in the constitution wes made as
a correction Of one Of the weakest points
OF the EfRictet et tobAFa'f . tfesta s". go
proven itseif worthy one indeed. Under
tho articles. each state did more or less
90 u pleased Under the constitution. the
powers forbidden the states are speciftcAl.
lly atsted, ss we'll a. those forbidden ana
granted the national government In this
way the few diaagreoments which have
arisen between the state and national
government have been decided With COM
pafstise ease,
In conclusion, wish 10 say. as this
theme would Indicate. I have chosen 10
interpret the word "distinxuishinE' ss
used IN the subject 10 mean different
from that OF the other krest nations Of
the, world. This may ts the wrong In
ltetpretstion In this case. but l hardly
think "a IL. fer It 10 the one most gen
orally applied 10 the word.
othsr nations u may seem that ! have
used England rather than the other ma
ITEMS In general | believe | am Justified
in detnK this, because the government of
Ensland j. more nearlv like ours than
that Of any other natian fViaontis II 4
feature ef onr government differs from
that 81 England y "a art Ia he equally
dlffereat a. even mefs 80 ftnm that Of
any other neteni
In st,dsfna tho differences between enr
government and that of fertign nations,
nne eannet fall 10 notice thai epon every
peint Of difference. tho United States has
some, II not q great, advantsxe Frepa
this We msy learn the lessap that u need
ed todsy In our country. where the NUM-
her ~ those who declare our constitution
dad issue snt that We need an.
apprectstien Of eur government - pro.
ytded IN the constitution. and reniiss-
ton 81 the fsei that a - lass ana sf
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