New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 6, 1924, Page 11

COOLIDGE RESENTS RADIGALS' ATTACK - ONSUPREME COUR (Continued from First Page) \ —_— “should be . broken down and i powers lodged with the aongress, every, Minority body that may be weak in ‘resources or unpopular in the public estimation, also nearly every .race and religlous bellet would' find themeelves practically withiout ‘protection “The time for Americans to range themaslves firmly, lflllllflklll un« . compromisiugly behind Amerfcans ideals 18 now,” he ~asserted. “The great body of our people have an abiding falth in their own country, The time has come when they should supplemgnt the falth with action, x x x x In this contest there is but one place for a real Ameri- can to stand.* , Assault Upon Constitution, The president mentioned. no names in connection with the attack he described against the supreme court.. He characterized it as an assault upon the. constitution’ with its purpose the donfiscation of prop- erty and the destruction of liberty." “Very little danger exists of an open and avowed assault upoa the principle of individual freedom,” he said, “It is more likely to be in peril indirectly, perhaps with the avowed intention of nm-au\: it or enlarging it.” In his discussion of foreign affairs, Mr. Coolldge said: “To be independent, to my mind, does not mean to be fsolated. x x x there is no real independence save only as we secure it through the law of service.” ‘While avoiding entanglements, he pointed out that the United States had pursued that policy in contribu- tions to foreign charities; In counsel at the ‘arbitration tables in Latin- Ameri®d;" in adjustment of ‘war problems in Europe; in the Wash- ington armament conference and in the settlement of the reparations problem. : “The ‘effect these will have in averting war and promoting peace,” he added, “cannot possibly be over- estimated, They appear to me pro- perly to mark the end of the old order, and the beginning of a new era. We hopa they are the end of aggressive war and the beglnning of permanent peace.” Refering to the European situa- tion, the president, declared, “If we want France and the other allles paid, we can best work towards that end by assisting in the restoration of the German people, now . shorn of militarism, to:their full place in the family of peaceful mankind.” Speaking again of the supreme court as well as of the entire system of independent judictary, Mr. Cool- idge said its establishment through the constitution was “one of the great contributions which America made to the sciénce of government.” Supreme Court Guarantor of Liberty “That tribunal,” continued in speaking specifically of tHe supreme court, “has been made as indepen- dent and impartial as human nature could devise. This action was taken with the sole purpose of protecting the freedom of the individual, of guarding his earnings, his home, his lite. “It {8 frequently charged that this tribunal is tyrannical. If the consti- tution of the United States be tyran- ny; if the rule that no one shall.be convicted of crime save by a jury\of his peers; that no orders of nobility shall be granted; that slavery shall not be permitted to exist in any state or territory; that no one shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law; if these and many other provisions made by the people be tyranny, then the sup- reme court when it makes decissions in accordance with these principles of our fundamental law is tyranni- cal. Otherwise it is exercising the power of government for the preser- vation of liberty. The fact is that the constitution is the source of our freedom, Maintainingit, interpreting it, and declaring it, are the only methods by which the constitution can be preserved and our libertis guaranteed. “Somewhere must be lodged the power to declare the constitution, It it be taken away from the court, it must go either to the executive or the legislative branch of the govern- ment. No one, 50 far. as I know, has thought that it should go to the exe- cutive. All those who advocate changes. propose, I believe, that it should be transferred in whole or in part to the congress. I have a very high regard for legislative assem- blies. We have put a very great em- phasis upon representative govern- ment, . It {8 the only method by which due deliberation can be secured, That is & great safeguard of liberty, But the legislature is not Judicaly " Partisan ‘Along with what are gdmitted to be the merits of the question, al- #0 what is supposed to be the pop- ular démand and the greatest par- tisan advantage weigh very heavily in making legislative decisions, It is well known that when the house of representatives sits as a judiclal body, to determine contested elec- tions, it has a tendency to decide in a partisan way. It is to be re- membered also that under recent political gtr-:tlcl there is a strong tendency for legislators to be very much informed by the executive. Whether we like this practice or not, there is no use denying that it exits, With a dominant execu- tive and a aubservient legislature, the opportunity would be very in- viting to aggrangizement and very dangerous to liberty. That way leads toward imperialism. “Some people do not seem to un- derstand fully the purpose of our constitutional restraints, They are not for protecting the majority, either dn or out of the congress. They can protect themselves with their votes. We have adopted = written constitution in order that the minority, even down to the most insignificant individual, might have thelr rights protected. So long as our constitution remains in forcs, no majority, no matter how large, can deprive’ the individual 8ix U. 8. army aviators are back again in the homeland, landing yesterday In Malne after four of them successfully flew around the world. ‘Two others were in a smash but have rejoined their com« rades for the last leg of the flight. They left Beattlo, April 6, (By Pacific & Atlantic.) LIEUT. LEIGH WADE LIEUT. L. P. ARNOLD seérvice done us by Lafaybtte, but we hu\'fl long ago ceased Lo boar an enniity toward Grbat Britain by rea- son of two'wars that were fought Qut betwen us. We want Europe to compose its difficulties and lguldate its hatreds. Wquld it not be well if we set the example and lquidate jome of our own? The war ls over, he militarism of central Burope which menaced the security of the world has been overthrown, In its place have sprung up peaceful re- publics. Already we haye assisted In refinancing Austria, We are about to assist In refinancing Germany. We belleve that such action wjil be helpful to France, but we can give further and perhaps even more val- | uable assistance both to ourselves and to Europe by bringlng to an end our own hatreds. The best way for us who wish all our inhabitants to be single-minded in their American- ism {s for us to bestow upon each group of our inhabitants that eon- fidence and fellowship which s due to all Amerlcans. If we want to get the hyphen out of our country, we can best begin by taking it out of our own minds, If we want France and the other allies paid, we can best work towards that end by assisting in the restoration of the German pegple, now shorn of militarism, to thelr full place in the famlly of peaceful mankind, *I want to sce America set™the example to the world both in our domestic and forelgn relations of magnanimity, “We cannot make over the people of Europe. We must help them as they are, if we are to help them at all. T believe that we should help, not at the sacrifice of our independ- ence, not for the support of imper- falism, but to restore to those great peoples a peaceful civilization.- In that course lies the best guarantee of freedom. In that course lles the greatest honor which we can bestow upon the memory of Lafayette.” . Large Statue Unveiled. An equestrian statue of Marquis De Lafayette, alde to General Wash- ington, and a hero of the Revolu- tionary war, was unveiled in Mount .Vernon Place about one hundred feet south of the Washington monu- ment, with elaborate ceremonies, the chief feature of which was the ad- dress by President Coolidge. A stand for the speakers, equip- ped with ampiifiers to carry their words to every one of the thousands who attended the unveili had | been constructed about th¥ base of the Washington monument. Addresses by Mayor Howard W. Jackson, former Mayor James H. Preston, Dr. John H. Finley of New “York, and M. Andrew Le Laboulaye, charge d'affaires of France, preceded that of the president. The statue etands upon a lofty LIEUT. ERIK H. NELSON of the right of life, liberty or pro- perty, or prohibit the frec exercis of religion or the freedom of speech or of the press. If the authority now vested in the supreme court were transferred to the congress, any majority no 'matter what their motive could vote away any of these most precious (ights. Ma- jorities are. notoriously\ irresponsi- ble. After irreparable damage had been done the only remedy that the people would -have would be the privilege of trying to defeat such a majority at the next election. Kvery minority body that may be weak in resources or unpopular in the pub- lic estimation, also nearly every race and neligious belief would find themselves practically without pro- tection, if the authority or The su- ‘preme court should be‘ broken down and its powers lodged with the congress. B State Rights vs. Federal Rights “The same reasoning that plies to the individual persen plies to the individual state. A very broad twilight zone exists in which it is difficult to ¢istinguish where state right ends and federal right begins. Deprived of the privi- lege of its day in court, each state would be compelled to submit to the exactions of the congress resorty to resistance by force. the dther hand, the legislators states, and sometimes the people, ap- ap or On ¢ of dum, may pass laws Which are very injurious to the minority residents of the state, by attempting to take away the privileges which the holq under the federal comstitu- tion. Except for the courts, such a minority would have no remedy for wrong done them.” Their ultifate refuge iIs the supreme court of the United States, - “At a time when all the world is seeking for the adjudication of dif ferences between nations, not by war, but by reason, the suggestion that we should limit the jurisdics tion of our domestic courts is re- actionary in the highest degree,” Tt would cast aside the progress of generations to begin again the con- test for supremacy betwe tive and legislative, Whiche has won in that struggle, ple have always lost Dangor of Fasy Amendments “Our ‘éonstitution. has. raised cer- tain barriers against too hasty change, en execu- ver side th peo- through the initiative and referen- | | ieg | 1 believe such provision is | ple. wise. T doubt if there has be any change that has ever rea | been desired by the people, whit | they have not been able to secur: Stability of government is a ver, |important asset. If amendment be made both revolution and re- action, as well as orderly pregrems, ulso becom asy, - The nation has lost little, but has gained much, through the necessity of due de- |liberation. The pressing feed of |the present day is not to change | our constitutional rights, but to ob- |gerve our constitutional rights, “"A deliberate and determined et- | fort is being made to break down | the guarantees of our fundamental laws. It has for its purpose the | confiscation of property and the destruction of liberty, at the prps. 'nt time the chief ‘obstacle besides | the people to this effort is the su- preme court of the United States. |In this contest there is but one | place for a r ican to stand. That is on the of ordered lib- {erty under constitutional govern- |ment. This is not the struggle of the rich and powerful. They will be able to survive. It is the strug- gle of the common run of peopla. Unless we can maintain our insti- tutions of liberly unimpaired, they | will see their savings swept away, homes devastated, and their b for want and hun- eas; | > constitution of the United | States has ‘for its almost sole pur- pose the protection of the treedom |of the people. We must combat | every attempt to bgeak it down or |to m: it casy, under the pretend- ed. guise of legal procedure, to throw open the way tq reaction of revolutien. "To adopt any other cogrse is to put in jeopardy the red fright to life, liberty, prop- érty and the pursuit of happiness.” Liquidation of Hatreds Again discussing foreign affairs, Mr. Coolidge concluded: “American citizens, with the full sympathy of our gdvernment, have cess to restore stricken Europe. We 1 in the name of world dof humanity. Always the ountered have on and hatred. has been to allay and remove sentiments, T be- live that American eah assist the world in this direction by her exam- We have ver forgotten the distrust, suspict at _effort marble pedestal for which Marshal Joftve of rance hroke, ground Muy 14, 1017, M. Reng Viviani, former premior of Frince, and Marquiy De Chambrun, a great grandson of la- tayette, were also presént on thal occasion, The pedestal bears In weriptions suggested by Woodrow Wilson und former Premier Poin- care, The bronze itacll was executed by Andrew O'Connor of Paxton, Mass. mensuring nine feet six ine hoof to rump with a total of 12 and one-half feet, From ils nose to the tp of its flowing tull the churger measures 16 feet, nine fnches, 103 TAKES AR ON SECOND TRIP Big Dirigible, Built for U, §., Tours Southern Germany from By The Assoclated Pross. Fredrichshaten, Sept, 6.~The glant dirlgible ZR-8, built by Ger- many for the Americain navy, set out preparatory 10 {ts departure soon on the trans-Atlantic flight to Lake- hurst, N, J Carrying a number of guests and the regulur German crew, the mas- sive airship took the air from near its hangar and started on a trial flight over southern Germany, which, it was expected, would last from 8 to 10 hours if the motors worked in a satisfactory fashion. The weather was cloudy. Dr, Hugo Eckener, director of the Zeppelin company, planned to show his guests the Black I7orest, the Ba- varian mountains and other interest- ing parts of southern Germany. Be- fore the ZR-3 started on its trip, Dr. Eckener said he probably would take the ship over Heidelberg. The date of departure of the ZR-3 for the voyage to America, when the dirigible will be delivered to the U. 8. navy authorities, has not yet been fixed. Company Offers $1,000 For Gunman’s Capture New Haven, Sept. 6.—Officlals of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. have offered a reward of $1,000 for cap- ture of the holdup man who shot and dangerously wounded Martin Anderson, manager of the company’s store here last Saturday night, after- ward robbing the cash drawer. An- derson is in a critical condition at a hospital here. It s of considerably size, the horse | early today on its second triat tlight | “How coge?” inquired boat offi- claly when pretty Pduline Blair boarded the ship bound for Europe attired in this neat but not gaudy costume. She explained she had promised to respond to farewells of friends by dolng a toe dance on the anchor instead of the more conven- tional Chautauqua salute and tears. The commander of the ship called off the dance and Miss Blair retired to her cabin and donned civilian attire. An English knight owns a quar- ter repeater watch, sold to Marie Antoinette in the Temple Prison in 1792, Here is John W. Davis, democratic presidential nominee, arriving in Chicago, the first stop on his midwestern and west- ern swing. He is seen entering his car at the Baltimore & Ohio depot. The men in the rear seat are detectives assigned to remain with him during his stay in the city, Store Owner Held for Embezzlement of Cloth New London, Sept. 6.—Probable | cause was found in the case of Abra- ham Hirsch, one of the proprictors of the A. and M. Haberdas 377 Bank street, when presented be- fore Deputy Judge Lewie Crandall in police court this morning charged | with embezzlement of cloth valued at $400, the property of the Canton | Clothing Co. sf Boston, and of this city. Hirsch was bound over to the | next term of the superior court un- | ery store, der bend of $1,000, | Sweetser Leading in Race for Gold Mashie Newport, ® I, Sept: 6.~Jess Sweetser was leader in ‘a’ fleld of seven golf stars today in the first * round of 72 hole medal play for the old* mashie offered by T. Suffern ler. His score was 73. D, E, Clark Corkran was second with a 74, Max Marston made the round in 77 and other scores were: Fred Wright, 79; Chris Dunphy, 79; Jesse Guilford, 81; R. A. Jones, Jr, 86, Francis Ouimet who also entered was prevented by illness from com-< peting. i Al Monday, September 8th - “Dollar Bill” Will Shop With Greatest Economy | {been attempting with spparent suc- | HARTFORD IN THE HISTORY OF THIS STORE—A DAY OF TREMENDOUS VALUES—OF REMARKABLE SAVINGS ‘No Mail or Telephone Orders Bage-Allen & Co. 2-7171 (Inc). 2-7171 at Sage-Allen’s MONDAY WILL BE ONE OF THE GREATEST DOLLAR DAYS | Come and Share in Them!