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GEO. S. MAYNARD. Editor
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BY CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED
Every well-read schoolboy knows that the Government
of the United States of America is divided among three au
thorities — executive, legislative and judicial—and that
checks and balances prevent any one of them from becom
ing too powerful for the Nation’s good.
According to the rules, the President of the United Sta
tes is the most powerful potentate in the civilized world.
Congress is authorized by the Constitution to see that he
doesn’t act that way. The Supreme Court keeps a watchful
eye on both, but Congress has power to make a lot of trouble
for the Supreme Court, too.
The remarkable thing about these powers and authori
ties is that they are so rarely used. It is an excellent thing
that they are not. If there ever came a time when the Su
preme Court and Congress fought it out to a finish, for in
stance, on an important issue, there would be little left of
either when the argument was over.
The important and encouraging fact is that Congress
doesn’t do it, and doesn’t dare do it.
Here is another example of tremendous power which is
never used in the practical process of American government.
The President is Commander-inChief of the Army and Navy.
He can declare martial law at two minutes’ notice. He could
have the Army surround the House of Representatives and
allow nobody to get out until his orders were carried out in
to law.
And the President, of course, doesn’t do it.
Nor does Congress exercise the authority allowed by
the Constitution for control of the Executive Department.
It could impeach every high official in turn until it arrived
at somebody satisfactory for a pinch-hitting president. But
it never does so, though sometimes it talks through its hat
about impeaching a president who happens to be unpopular
with the boys.
All these things actually happen in other countries
which call themselves republics. They have constitutions
modeled, for the most part, on that of the United States. But
they are always getting into trouble, including revolutions
and riotings and dizzy shifts and changes of control, by
somebody pushing to the limit the powers allowed by theii
constitutions.
Why doesn’t this sort of thing happen in the United
States ?
Anybody who could answer that question completely
would also explain why this Nation has outlived nearly 159
years and is still young and healthy. The secret lies in no
law or constitutional clause. It is a matter of the mood and
temper of a people, of their character and traditions. The
simplest explanation lies in a familiar phrase. Certain
things are done, or not done, in the government of the Unit
ed States “by consent of the governed.” And those who
do the governing know it.
The “consent of the governed” is much more than a
phrase. It is a power in the land. In the hour of emerg
ency, for example, extraordinary powers were given to the
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President. Wisely and warily, he has used them as little as
possible. He was given them by consent of Congress and
consent of the Constitution, but these are not enough to
make any man a dictator of American destinies.' Only the
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BELIEF KIDNAPED BOY
BE RELEASED SOON IS
VERY STRONG TACOMA
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Ransom Money In 50 Pound Stack Of
Federal Reserve Notes Said Be Ready
(Continued From Page One)
(By The Associated Press)
TACOMA. May 31, — A source close to the Weyerhaeu
ser family revealed that the ransom, in a fifty pound stack
of Federal Reserve Notes in the specified denominations, lay
in a secret hiding place here, awaiting the kidnapers. The
report lent strength to the rumor that there had been contact
made with the kidnapers, and that the parents were assur
ed that their son was alive and safe. The preparation of the j
ransom money for delivery also is believed to indicate that
George is being held nearby and might be freed soon.
Newest Suspect In Kidnaping Is Ed Bentz
As Federal Agents Begin Work in Earnest
TACOMA, May 31, — Ed Bentz, aged 41, one-time asso
cite of A1 Karpis and Machine Gun Kelly, was today reveal
ed to be the newest suspect in the kidnaping, when Federal
Agents remarked this morning “We would like to talk to
Bentz.” Even before the federals dropped the remark, it was
known that local authorties had theorized over Bentz and
his probably connection with the kidnaping here. Some be
lieved that Bentz, the last of the Bates gang, teemed with the
remnants of the Karpis mob to stage the local abduction.
With the Lindbergh’s Law of seven days of grace expir
ing at noon today, Department of Justice agents prepared
to step into the case and act. The agents said that under
the law George was presumed to have been slain or taken
across state lines. If he is still returned after seven days,
the kidnapers then face the gallows or life imprisonment.
Until the seven days expired the federals were inter
ested in the case through the mail fraud act. Bentz was
last known to have been in Tacoma 2 years ago. He was liv
ing with Bates and Kelly at Stillacom Lake, when they were
questioned but not held. Afterward they immediately dis
appeared__1
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