Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-18
HAYDEN PLEASES
CROWD WITH HIS
ADDRESS FRIDAY

"The constitution requires every per-
to study and obey the constitution as
an individual rather than by groups"
was the outstanding declaration of the
Honorable Carl Hayden, who addressed
large and representative audience of
Douglas people at the Constitution Day
program held in the Majestic theatre
Friday night. The program was inter-
esting throughout and the large at
tendance indicates that Douglas peo-
pie are keenly interested in the history
and purposes of the constitution.
Practically all the civic and military
organizations of the city were repre-
sented at the meeting. Representatives
of the Spanish War Veterans, American
legion, Veterans of Foregn Wars, the
Grand Army, the Kiwanis club, League
Of Women Voters, Women's club, Busi-
ness and Professional Women's club,
Order of the Eastern STAR the Ameri-
can legion auxiliary, the Y. w. c. A.,
and the Y. M. G. A., occupied chairs on
the stage. A large delegation of stu
dents and children from the various
schools were also present.
The program opened with the song
America" led by the Rev. o. L. En-
yeart, and sung by the audience. This
was followed by very appropriate in
vocation by the Rev. Tolbert F. Weaver
of the Christian church. Following the
invocation, the high school quartet,
] composed of Edwin Park, Glenn Pratt,
! James Mcclure and Milton Brabbin,
t6a of
Driscoll, sang Southern Memories" "
: The quartet number was followed by the
singing of America, the Beautiful by
the audience, very capably led by Rev
erend Enyeart, after which Mayor A.
e. Hinton, who presided at the meet
ing, introduced the Horonable Carl
Hayden, the principal speaker.
Hayden opened his address by re-
ferring to the men who drew up the
constitution; their profound meditation
and the careful thought they must have
| given to a document the greatness and
: clearness of which becomes more ap-
parent with each passing year. He re-
ferred particularly to the fact that
those men, with clear vision of their
duty before them, allowed nothing to
interfere with their work.
| Hayden compared the government to
an automobile, in which congress, the
Legislative body, may be likened to the
engine that furnishes the power of the
law; the executive body as the trans
mission, which uses the power, and the
! courts, or judiciary body, as the brakes
that serve as a check on the other two
bodies. He spoke at length on the re-
lationship of the citizen to the govern
ment, under which the citizen has a
right to call upon the government for
protection and aid, and the government
| in turn has the right to call upon the
citizens for aid, their property If nee
essary and even their lives. Hayden's
address was both eloquent and clear,
one of the best patriotic addresses ever
heard in Douglas.
The success of the Constitution Day
program was largely due to the excel
lent cooperation given by the teachers
and pupils of the schools, the civic and
military organizations public officials
/ and the people in general. Carl Hay
den came from Phoenix on Friday for
the special purpose of delivering pa
triotic address; a committee of citizens,
fheaded by Mayor A. e. Hinton, worked
! several days to raise funds for holding
the meeting and preparing suitable
program, and the officials and students
! of the schools devoted time and effort
i to furnish entertainment.