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Wadsworth Wants People to Pass | Qn Amendments to Constitution | U, 8. Senator Speaks at Third Ward Outing— Bingham Warns Against Overburdening Govt, Demanding in behalf of the people 4 volee on amendments to the federal constitution, Senator James W, Wads. worth Jr., of New York state, deliv. ered an address at the annua! outing | of the Third Ward Republican elub at Lake Compounce Baturday, that found a ready response in the emo tions of the 700 diners present, Lieu. tenant Governor Hiram Bingham, the only other speaker on the program, pleaded with his listeners, as repre- senting a cross section of the Ameri- can people, to assume the ohligations which are their proper part in the conduct of the nation and not place all burdens, real and imaginary, on the shoulders of the president and congress. Lieutenant Governor Bing- Fam also read a message from Presi- dent Calvin Coolidge which is print. ed in another column, Soclally, politically and in every other respect the outing was a success with a capital 8. The attendance was up to expectations and the same may be sald of the dinner and the post- prandial exercises. The crowd was in a buoyant mood and gave cheers for many prominent men present. Other republican outings which have passed into history were dwarfted by com- parison with the outing of 1923, State G, O. P. Leaders Attend 1t was not a New Britain outing, strictly speaking. The celebrities of the Connecticut republican world were seated around the festive board. It was a brilllan political gathering and the spirit of goodfellowship was in evidence. Handshaking, one of the most popular sports of the American people, was indulged in until arms were tired, Bverybody seemed glid to see everybody else and to prove.it everybody shook hands with every- body else. By actual count, more than 300 automobiles were parked on the grounds, giving an idea of the size of the throng. Among those present were ex-gov- ernors, members of the state govern- ment, senators, representatives, poli- tical leaders and dozens of others who cannot be catalogued. The fair sex ‘was well represented and joined in the hearty applause which was accorded the speakers. There was nnanimity on at least two subjects, that the re- publican party is the most dependable party and that roast sheep and fried eorn make a satisfying meal with “Jim"” Wadsworth and “Hi" Bingham ready to speak. At the opening of the dinner grace was said by Rev. John L. Davis, pas- tor of Trinity M. E. church. 3 How They Cheered! U. 8¢ Deputy Marshal A. L. Marsh made a two-minute talk and led three cheers for President Coolidge. Some- one led three cheers for Senator John H. Trumbull of Plainville and said he would be the next lieutenant governor. Then there were three cheers apiece for Congressman E. Hart Fehn, J. Henry Roraback, Frederick M. Holmes, president of the Third Ward club, Judge George W, Klett and Senator Wadsworth. By this time the loyal rooters were showing signs of exhaustion and President Holmes took charge of the proceedings, extending & warm welcome to those present in behalf of the club and expressing the hope that all would gather next year when the club gave the signal. He ecomplimented the committees on their efficlent work and said that they could feel repaid by the response shown. At the suggestion of Mr. Holmes, the assembly rose and spent a minute in prayer for the late Presigent Hard- ing. This was one of the most im- pressive incidents in connection with the affair. ‘Wants G. O. P. Administration Here “I'm proud of the most aggressive republican organization in Connecti- cut, the Third Ward Club" Mr Holmes said. 'New Britain can al- ways be counted upon to give a re- publican majority. At the last state election it gave the largest republican majority in the state. Credit for this and other achievements is due the hustling town committee and the ag- gressive ward clulge. Everyone should assist the party so that at the fext eity election in the spring we can bring about a republican administra- tion.” Mr. Holraes read a letter from Governor Charles A, Templeton, who expressed regret that he could not at- tend, and then introduced Lieutenant Governor Bingham Bingham Compliments Party | “T want to compliment the republi- can party in New Britain,” Lieutenant Bingham said. T wish T came from | a city that had been so consistently | republican. New Britain is not known only locally. This gathering proves what 1 say." President’s Letter To New Britain's Third Ward Club | My Dear Governor Bingham 1 ha heen much pleased to learn | that Senator Wadsworth and yourself | are to be the speakers at the annual outing of the Third Ward Republican Club of New Britain at Lake Com- pounce this week, Partly because 1 have had oceasion to know something about the efficient work of the elub and partly hecause of some little per. sonal prejudice In faver of both the gentlemen who are to address it this year, 1 wish to express my hope that the occasion will justify all of your expectations. The present is a time when all encouragement should be given to the study and serious con- sideration of our national problems, and also to all efforts at organizing in behalf of thelr proper solution, As A natlon, we should not greatly gain, even by the most earnest study and investigation of these problems, unless that effort be supplemented by ag- gressive organization to make our conclusions effective The serious and broad-minded political elub which brings men and women together and encourages the fullest consideration of publie questions Is one of the power- ful and indispensable factors in our system. No matter how earnestly we may devote ourselves to the contem- plation of our great social concerns, we will not get fa rtoward a crys- tallization of theories into policles and administration unless we have or ganization, Convinced of this, I feel that such organizations as this, which you are to address, are deserving of the fullest appreciation and encour- agement. Most sincerely yours, | CALVIN COOLIDGE | Hon, Hiram. Bingham, | New Haven, Conn, with both hands full of assistance.” He continued as follows: “We are all interested in having America go steadily forward. We be- lieve in our country, we believe in her ideals. We all want her to progress. We differ as to the way in which that progress should be made. Some of our'younger advisers whose voices ring out clear and strong are impa- tient at the slow speed which the car of progress is making. They are anxious for it tp take short cuts and proceed at a rapid rate. As a mat- ter of fact, the car of progress is not so much like the latest high-powered touring car as it is like an enormous | slow-moving truck. / It has to carry a terrifically heavy weight. Tt cannot take short cuts without getting stuck. Tt cannot use country lanes which | have been hastily cut through the woods or patched up hy hauling a little gravel out of the roadside ditch, and it cannot go at racing speed. The car of progress must| move slowly and must stick to well- huilt highwaye, using only those roads which have been most carefully built and which have a solid foundation intended especially for very heavy traffic. We all know that such roads require careful surveys, which have to be made long before the truck arrives on the scene. “We know that grading has to be done in painstaking manner and the whole construction has to be of the most expensive and elaborate kind. All this takes time and skill and pa- tience. If the loaded truck arrives| before the road is finished & will gain nothing by trying to go out| through the fields and make a wide detour. Tt must wait for the road- way to be finished. Even when it is built, the speed of this heavy truck is limited. There is a demand for| frequent stops, hoth for gas and lu-| brication. The car of progress is a discouragingly slow-moving vehicle, but if the roadway is fundamentally | ound it can and does move. Not More Laws, More Religion ““There seems to he a general im- | pressionn. among a great many people | that progress depends on our having ; Unele Sam' | of each one to do his bit as a citizen. poor caddy, whe is attempting to carry all their clubs Bach player i asking different question: ‘What elub shall 1 use on the next hele ‘Why don't you waiech my ball® ‘Come on, what are you waliting for?®' ‘Did you see where my last shot went®, eto, ete The caddy labellea 't 8. Presidency. husky players are labeled ‘Labor,’ ‘'Politics,’ 'Farme gress' ‘Consumer,' ‘Business,’ and The poor ecaddy i struggling under a staggering load of elubs carried in bags labeled "Politi- cal Leadership,' ‘Economic leader. ship,' ‘Seelal Leadership,’' ‘Foreign Problems,’ ‘Railroad Problems' ete, ete. Ding h labeled it ‘Some of those boys will have to learn to earry their ewn clubs’ and he has got it right "Calvin Coolidge says, ‘Individual initiative is a firmer reliance than bureaueratic supervision,' The hard truth is that each of us must work out our own salvation, There is no royal road ready made for the car of progre There is no highway of salvation paved with roses raised and picked by someone else's efforts, The slogan ‘'Let George do it never won a battle or secured lasting ‘happi- ness. The surest progress Is made when each individual does his utmost to carry his own burden, when each family takes pride in its own achieve. ments, when each community looks after its own unfortunate ecitizens, when each state educates its own children as a good, self-rellant citi- zen preferring to mind his own buse iness, to pay his own debts and to live and let live, asking only for jus- tice and a square deal, “Associations of nations may sug- gest how individual nations shall con- duct themselves, hut world peace and world progress depend on each na- tlon sdetermining of its own free will and accord to live on good terms with its neighbors and to follow the golden rule, The Capital, Con- Sanctity of Family Life, “The progress of civilization de- pends on maintaining the sanctity of family life and of the home—the noblest institution which man ever invented, No one has been able to invent ang successful substitutes for such old-fashioned virtues as self- respect, family pride, civic pride, and patriotism. True progress does not depend on new-fangled legislation or new governmental policies, It de- pends, rather, on the determination 1t means doing as you would be done by. It means respect for God and man, regard for the rights of others. It means practicing friendship, moral- ity, and brotherly love. These things are the very essence of Americanism. Warren Harding had these traits, We loved him for them. They do not glitter and sparkle. They are as re- actionary as the multiplication table, They are the fundamental truths which make it possible for the car of progress to go forward. The lieutenant governor was ap- plauded vigorously when he resumed his seat. Sees Wadsworth in White House Introducing Senator Wadsworth, President Holmes referred to the number of notable men who have addressed Third Ward gatherings, paying special emphasis to the late President Harding who was the ora- tor of the day at a club outing sev- eral years ago. ‘“And I believe that the man I am about to introduce will some day* be president of the United States,” he said, presenting the New York senator. Speaking in a facetious vein, Sen- ator Wadsworth said: “I wish there could be more gatherings of this type. It's a whole lot more fun to sing in chorus than to try to sing a solo with 199 others who are trying to do the same thing. “There is close harmony in Con- necticut. I wish we had more of it in the senate. I'm mighty glad to sit down in the same circle with Hiram Bingham’s friends.” Senator Wadsworth related an in- cident which occurred while he was making a tour of France. He and a friend became lost. They wandered around for what' seemed like ,hours, becoming more hungry every minute, “Finally we found ourselves in a lit- tle place and asked for_ the com- manding officer. A sentry pointed out a modest shack and sald we would find him shere. We decided to ask the commanding officer for| something to eat. We entered the more Jaws and more government shack. Can you imagine my delight | our president, |80 much of the central { that frail human nature cannot stand | pesause I'm going to Consequently it is a great comfort to |\when I faced the commandi | C ng officer find that President Coolidge has sald: [ and found him to he no nthir n‘rar'\ ‘We do not need more government. |my old friend Hiram Bingham? We need more culture. We do not “I'm going to be unconventional| need v'nmfi laws., We need more e land not talk interminably, If T were liglon' 1t seems to me that this is|orthodox, T would take my watch out sound common serise and is based on | ot my packet and lay it on the table a careful study of history. ; |in front of me—and then forget it Intentionally or not, we have, a8|ywqag there. Tmlike many of my col. a country, been steadily getting to a|isagues I have not ‘just returned point where we expect 80 much of | ¢rom Burope’ to tell you how things | so much of f’{“!"’x‘-“-_ran be fixed ‘up over there. Again 1| movement, | say I'm going to be unconventional discuss t - the strain President Harding's | sitution—and I'm not ar,,,:“,hf P duties were &0 heavy and so multi-| It is jneumbent on everyoney par fqunnst the strain put npon him was ticularly republicans, to give r;\rszml so terrific, that he died, worn out| attention to some of the tendencies of before the end of his first. term nf“hn day. On September 17 we had office. Everybody criticizes congress|our first annual observance of the After reading the letter from Presi- dent Coolidge, the lirutenant governor | said that the club was to be con-| gratulated on receiving such an en- comtum from the president, adding | ““We're proud of his Yankee horse gense.”” He paid tribute to Messre | Klett, Alling, Christ, Covert and Hall for their work in the legislature and said that the last general ascembly had good reason to recall the men | who came from New Britain because | of the manner in which they die charged their duty. He =aid he wanted Senator Wadsworth to know that New Britain republicans were | seif-rellant and self-supporting “and | they don't come begging for help but —DRINK — AYERS’ SODA WATER Take home a bottle of cream soda | ~8omething you will like—it's deli- | ious. Three size bottles—3c¢, 10c, 15c. We Clean Everything Under the Sun General Housecleaning A Specialty | NEW BRITAIN WINDOW CLEANING CO. 338 Main St.—Tel. 888 | for failing to satisfy the general de- completion of the constitution. That mand that the government cure all was the first annual observance, mind ills, Congress is overburdened and| yoff® 1t is high time fthat se dig swamped with the conslderation of | celebrate it annnally and think about matters which the makers of otir|it daily. We could not gather here| constitution never intended ehould be ! today in freedom, safety and eo settled by a central government tentment unless eertain princ|p‘ar:; A recent cartoon by J. N. Ding were built into the constitution i gives a graphic idea of the present | Living in Restless Age. state of affairs The scene is on a| “We are living in a restless z;ze and golf linke. A dozen more or less the United States is not free from husky men are calling out to one|the restlessness with the consequence| Moon Sport Roadster Now on Display | (hat men are proposing short culs to Utopia, saying that old ideas muld‘ be cast aside and that the example of old timers should not be followed At the last session of congwess we recelved 90 proposed amendments to the constitution. At the next sessbon | there will probably he more, than 100, Regardiess of whether they are/| good, bad or indifferent, their intre. | duetion indicates. a lendency to change the eonstitution Lattie thought is given to the effect | ‘I am prompted to apeak of this| because of certain extraordinary in. eidents in eonneetion with the adep tion of the eighteenth and nineteenth amendments 7 People Gagged on Amendment- “The constitution says that amend- ments can be ratified either at a state convention or by the legislatures of the respective states, But of the nineteen already ratified, not one was submitted tn a convention.. However 1 have noticed that there is a grow- ing tendency for the people taking & direet part in such affairs. The con- stitution of every state says that amendments must be ratified by the people. The people in Ohlo amended their constitution requiring the legis- lature to submit amendments to the federal constitution to them. The legislature in Ohio ratified the eigh- teenth amendment whereupon enough people got together and had it sub. mitted to the electors and it re- jectad, The highest court in the state sustained the people, But the United States supreme court reversed the de. cision of the state court and said that the people hud no right to pass on amendments to the federal constitu- tlon. Now we know that the declsions of the supreme court being the law of the land, the people cannot pass on federal amendments, “Understand, please, that In this Aiscussion of the eighteenth and nine- teenth Amendments to the constitution T am not referring to the merits of those amendments, although 1 have my personal opinion, Inconsistency of Legislatures “When the 18th amendment reach- ed Maryland, the people had reject- ed prohibition by popular vote, But the legislature ratified the amend- ment. The. people of Texas rejected | the 19th amendment, but the legisla- ture ratified it. The people of Cali- fornia rejected prohibition, but the legislature ratified the amendment. In Towa the people rejected state pro- hibition,. but the legislature ratified national prohibition. The people of Missouri rejected woman suffrage, and the legislature promptly ratified the‘ 19th amendment.. In Ohio the peo- ple rejected suffrage, and the legisla- ture ratified the amendment giving the vote to women. The auestion oc- curs: ‘Where do the people come in?’ and deponent sayeth not. Legislatures Violate Oath of Office “Thirty-eight state ratified the 19th amendment, the legislatures in 30 cases having been elected before the subject was submitted for their con- | sideration. In five of those 30 states. thelr constitutions forbade ‘holdover’ legislatures to ratify amendments, In those five states, the members of the | legislature ‘deiiberately violated their oaths of office. “Take Tennessee for example. By the constitution of that state, mem- bers of the legislature, to qualify for action on a federal amendment, must be elected subsequent to its submis- sion. The legislature was convened in 1920. Politics was hot in those days. Thirty-five states had already ratified the 19th amendment. One more was needed. The governor reminded the legislature that it could not take ac- tion, It made no difference. By the state constitution, a quorum in the lower house is two-thirds of its total membership. There were 99 in the house so a quorum would be 66. In order to block action on the amend- ment, the minority moved out of the state and when the legislature opened | its session there were only 59 present | in the house. It made no difference. The amendment was ratified by a vote of 60 to 9. 5 | “The legislators ignored their own constitution twice, by voting on an amendment when they were not qual- | ified to do so and by ratitying it “‘lth} less than a quorum present. “The news was sent to ‘Washington that the Tennessee legislature had; ratified the amendment and the sec-| retary of state proclaimed that the| 19 th amendment had been adopted. Then the Tennessee legislature recon- | vened and passed a resolution resclnv‘l-: ing its former action. The news was cent to Washington, but the secretafy of state sald the people in Tennessee were too late, the amendment had been adopted. | “Things of that sort, if repeated on | a large scale, present many harmful possihilities. Propaganda. Senator Wadsworth dwelt to some | extent on propaganda, saying that this form of influencing opinion has not reached its full strength by one-| third | “Men become professionals at {t." | he said. “They are well supplied with | funds, become skillful politically and | then learn how to influence legislative | bodies and convince them that the| people are overwhelmingly. in favor| of their projects. | “In one day 1 received 410 tele-| grams on a single proposal. The first might have made an impression on me if the 409 others had not heen couched in identical language. “Some propaganda is. good and| some propagandists are sincere,” Sen- ator Wadsworth said, "but some is being econducted to undermine the government. The propagandist who is| trying to do this works 365 days in| the year. He works from within to substitute a soclalistic state for our present form of government He | hopes and believes that he can get his ideas into the constitution while the people are not looking. 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