Evening star., 1928-05-22

When Q Federal 0mclal Is derellct IN
performing the duty or his ONCE as pre-
scribed by the Constitution and the
statutes. impeachment proceedings may
be begun by the House OF Representa-.
tives and tried In the Senate. But IL
the majority of the House itself under
takes to violate the Constitution. who Is
authorized to begin impeachment?
Now. the Constitution prescribes that
there must be a census taken every 10
years. and that then congressional dis
tricts must be reapportioned TO main
tain representation in proportion to
population.
pure English Of the Constitution. but
some Of the lawyers avoid the manda-
tory clause. 50 far as reapportionment
goes, and hold that 1t means merely
that IL and when a new reapportion-
ment Is made at some indefinite future.
then, and In that event. there or there
abouts. that reapportionment. 30 called.
must be based. so far as practicable.
upon the aforesaid last census taken, It
being provided, nevertheless. that in
case that last census heretofore men,
toned had been taken when prices were
high and when Winter covered the earth
and made the roads unpleasant for
travel, and when farmers were not re-
ouired to work their fields. but had gone
to the cities for high wages in industry,
and so lost their McNary- -Haugen doEni-
ciliary influence and votes. and also
when a World War had not been ended
more than year and q quarter, and
1000 900 soldiers who had gone over
seas 10 make the world safe for democ-
racy and It's party had returned In
1919. but had not yet found them
selves in their proper and habitual en-
vironment. then, and in that event. and
under those conditions, by act OF Con-
aress. then and there assembled. the
Constitution was suspended and ceased
to BE- the fundamental law OF the land.
the gerrymandering of the political
manipulation, whose country this Is. and
always shall be. amen. took Its place,
instead Of the so-called Constitution.
So there was no reapportionment In
1921. which might have lost certain
Congressmen their high seats.
Representation In Congress continu-
ed on the basis OF the 1910 population
of ai,s72,266, although in 1890 We had
los. .7i0.620. and IA per cent OF our
citizens we're robbed of their right to
participate In THE government OF the
people. for the people and by the
people"
We spilled tea because George III
and his privy Council taxed us with
out representation in Parliament--at
time when all British coloniStS In Amer
lea numbered less than third or the
mere increase OF people here arrived,
naturalized or grown up between 1910
and 1870.
How often have teachers OF morality
pointed out that IL Is the very firSt
wicked deed, however small in itself,
which leads 10 the next and the next.
increasing In naughtiness. until the
pilferer OF pennies becomes the high
way robber. So the robbing of the
voters OF the District of Columbia. done
with naivete and timidity has led to
lobbing the franchise OF millions and
millions of honest and worthy Ameri-
cans. and the crime spreads from the
bleak pines OF Maine to the tropie
orange groves of California. and from
Miami, Fla, To "54 40" Have not We
victims OF 1929 suffered as much as
did sil our rorefatherS under George IIIp
They spilled tea: who now WIN spill
the beans in revolt and havoc?
II Is ofiielNlly estimated by the Cen
sus Bureau that the census of 1880
will show total exceeding l2S, 900 600.
yet our Republican form of Govern.
ment Is based upon the representation
OF only 9i,a7a,366, and IS per cent
OF the population Is now refused repre-
sentatlon In the House of Representa-
lives. BY tomorrow perhaps 100 per
cent OF us SerIs will he denied the
franchise, and all members OF to0ay's
House VIII claim vested rights. Behold
now their vests are already swellingl
This new bill. presented by the
committee OH the census last week,
provided that "aS soon as practicable
after the itfteenth census ,i9SO, and
each subsequent deeennial census, the
Secretary OF Commerce shall transmit
Ia the Congress q statement showing
the whole number Of perSonS in each
state, excluding Indians not taxed, as
asoertalneu under such census. and the
number OF Representatives to which
each state would he entitled under
an apportionment of ass Representa-
tlves, etc.
section q II the Congress to which
the statement required hy xectian / IL
transmitted fails to enact q law ap-
pnrtionlng the Representatives among
the several states, then each State
shall he entitled. In the second she.
eeedtng Congress, and In each Cnn-
greSs thereafter. until the takina ei.