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A SCRAP OF PAPER
By a vote of 58 to 22 the United States Senate re
jected as a member William Vare of Pennsylvania on
the grounds that his election was secured by fraud.
Section 3, Article 1 of the Constitution says;
“The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two
senators from each state, chosen by the Legislature thereof- (Amend
ed and the primary substituted for the Legislature.)’’
No matter how elected, it appears that the State
of Pennsylvania, through a proper tribunal, should
have determined if Vare’s election was fraudulent, and
chosen another in his stead. Section 3, Art. 1 does not
give this power to the Senate.
Section 3, Article 1, further states:
“No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained the
age of 30 years and have been nine years a citizen of the United
States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that
State for which he shall be chosen.”
• • •
Paragraph 7, Section 3, Article 1, says:
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“Judgement in cases of impeachment shall not extend further
than removal from office.”
• * *
Vare was not a member of the Senate when it im
peached him, not having been sworn in.
Section 4, Article 1, says:
“The times, places and manner of holding elections.shall
be prescribed in each scate by the legislature thereof; but Congress
may at any by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the
place of choosing Senators.”
Nothing here about corruption.
Section 5, Article 1, says:
“Each House (Senate of House of Representatives) shall be the
judge of the elctions, returns and qualifications of its own mem
bers . . .
If Section 3, Article 1 is valid then the above sec
tion is in conflict and nullifies state’s rights as appar
ently interpreted by the framers of the Constitution.
If Section 3 is wrong, then the Congress of the United
States, and not the people of the state from which the
senator is elected, has the right to select its own mem
bers, or reject those chosen by the people of that par
ticular state.
Section 3, Article XIV, says:
• • •
"No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress .
who having previously taken an oath as a member of Congress . .. ..
who shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the
same.”
• • •
This is the only section that defines a cause for re
jection as a member of Congress.
It is also provided that both houses of Congress
have the right to formulate and impose rules govern
ing the conduct of its members.
Mr. Vare was not a member and was apparently
outside the jurisdiction of the Senate.
From year to year one witnesses these stealthy en
croachments upon the Constitution by Congress.
If the Constitution is to be interpreted as Senators
see fit, then the late wartime expression was right: I
“What is a mere scrap of paper?”
President Hoover and Premier MacDonald sat on
a log and decided the naval reduction question. If they
had filled the remainder of the log with Sourdoughs j
every problem in the universe would have been settled.
And we don't mean maybe! i
jUOUOH VIOLUTORS
SENTENCES RRE GUT
HI LIFE, 15 YE’HS
LANSING, Mic., Jan., 16, (/P)—
Governor Green wrote the final
chapter in Michigan’s “Life for
liquor violations” when he com
muted the life sentences of
five prohibition violators- the
commutations bring the sentences
to terms of seven and one-half
years to 15 years, complying with
the new amendment to the
stat criminal code.
MSI COIE FILES
■IHf, MU
; JUNEAU, Jan., 16, (A’)-~Cash
I Cole, Territorial auditor since
the office was created by the
Alaska legislature last year, filed
his candidacy for the same of
fice subject to the April primary
j on the republican tiket.
Co’e was a member of two
’ Alaska legislatures and also
served as clerk in the house and
secretary in the senate- He is
i the only candidate so far filing
for the auditor’s office.
MORE 01 THEATRE
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a whisper to deafening volume with
junusual fidelity to the crighal.
“Ir was our desire to be able to
make ouncement thru the I* ud
speakers and also to have different
;local people speak, or sing, or play
i thru the device, and so the best
I broadcasting microphone, with its
own amolifying unit was secured.
In speaking or singing in the mic
rophone, the current first goes into
the microphone amplifying, then
into the main three stage amplifier
and then to the loud sneaker. The
microphone is so sensitive that the
merest whisper can be made to fill
the hall.
j “It is my intention to g<*t as much
fun as possible out of this outfit as
pleasure from the music and to
that end I will get local people to
sing and talk over it, sometimes
telling the audience who they are
and sometimes letting them guess.
In playing phonighaph records I
shall announce the name and
where the record can be obtained
before playing each record.
“There are many people in town
who would attempt speaking to an
audience if thev could be out of
sight, and this will be their oppor
tunity to be heard.
“Altho many theatres in the
states are using this device to play
for the pictures, I do not intend to
| do so here, but only use it for music ,
before the show and during the
News reels possibly.
“Because of the metal lined walls
and ceiling of the theatre we cap
only use a small part of the possible
volume, but it will be found that
the part is plenty.
"There is also a large horn with
powerful dymatic speaker for ex
terior use and this will be mounted
on the second story of the building
pointing up-street so that either!
speaking or music may be sent out
on the open air. The outfit is now
being installed and the intention is
to give the first concert next Sun
day”.
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LIBERTY THEATER
ONE OF THE TWO GREATEST PICTURES
EVER MADE, EQUALED ONLY BY “BEN
HUR”, IS THE STUPENDOUS PICTURE
in 12 reels
After many years of research and obtaining photographs
of all the famous paintings, the
GREATEST HISTORICAL DRAMA I
THE LIFE AND PRINCIPAL ACTS OF JESUS CHRIST
was very carefully and reverently put into picture play
form and photographed. The scenes are
HISTORICALLY CORRECT
in every detail so far as it was possible to make them.
To give full power to this marvelous drama the
Greatest Cast Eever Assembled
H. B. WARNER — JACQUELINE LOGAN
ERNEST TORRENCE — W M. BOYD
ROBT. EDESON — THEODORE KOSLOFF
RUDOPLH SCHILAKRA UT — JULIA
FAYE — JOSEPH SCHILAKRAUT — VlC
TOR VARCONI — MONTAGU LOVE
GEORGE SIEGMAN AND OTHERS
The play is by Jeanie MacPherson and it was edited by
Cecil B. DeMille
THERE WILL BE A FOX NEWS, ALSO
NOTE:—A large extra fee for this fea
ture necessitates raising the admiss
ion to 75c for adults, 50c for youths
and 25c for children.
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