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ULE SHERMAN COUNTY JQJURNAL. MUKOl OREGON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 0. 1036 ’ Moro on the 1st pf the month un- total number of constitutional law trine of judicial review would seem maximum degree compatible with to be essential, if we are to pre- the interest« and welfare of all cases. having enlisted all ^ie business in It is true that many of the flve serve and protect the contributions groups within the country. tion clerk in the state department *teres1 terests of the city? in his behalf. ” to-four decisions were rendered in to our social interests and nation-I jn accomplishing such an end, points out that the special elec- Lineman who were' dismayed cases involving vital social and eco •1 life which the institution of pri- ft ¡8 essential that necessary social tion act itself provides that “there at the appearance of the wires of nomic problems, such as the in vate property can make. v i legislation designed to protect and shall be submitted to the people the phone and electro pl^nt which come tax, child labor, and inter At the same time, we must not advance human rights be adjusted for their approval or rejection at resembled cables, for four days, state commerce decisions, but in permit politicly dogma to blind us quickly to constitutional demands, the said special election • ♦ • all up tin 11 a. m. Tuesday, became many more instances the court has to the fact that millions of Amer and incidentally, it is paramount measures enacted at said regular beaming with- broad smiles when not been divided even though the icana are economically destitute, that the constitution be adjusted to and special sessions and referred old Sol smiled. issues involved have been just as made so, for the most., part. by changed and changing social real to the voters either directly by From the Observer Dec. 8. 1916. r ' significant. economic and social forces over ities. the legislature or by referendum A. H. Barnum is an exhibitor Thus, the vote ratio proposals which ----- they . have — _ had no control. I In furtherance of such an ideal, petitions completed and filed with this week at the. .Portland Inter would seem to exaggerate the im The maintenance of national sta- the slogan might well be changed the secretary of stated national Livestock Show,, leaving portance of split decisions and ig- , bility depends in a targe measure from “Back to the Constitution” - Sunday with a car Toad Of famous nore the real problem of adjusting Upon a program of. social legisla- to “Forward into an eVer-changing Appointment of Mrs. Helen Hereford cattle. “ ' legislative needs to constitutional ^on whjch advance, protect, future with an expanding consti- Durrell Voorhies of Medford as About eight inches of snow fell »•fenai»». ... and balancetheir interests to the tution. a member of the state capitol re in this vicinity Mohdayjast, much Another proposal is that con construction commission gives to the enjoyment of*the youngsters gress should be impowered to over southern Oregon * representation and the discompurt of the elders. rule a decision of the United States .* on thia board which will super The temperature still remains low supreme court on a constitution vise construction of the new state and the indications are that the al question by a two-thirds vote of house. ; Mrs. Voorhies who is a .white mantle will terry with’ us both houses of congress. member of a pioneer Oregon for some time. This plan strikes at the very family takes the place of Mrs. W. S. Powell. O. G. Sayrs, C. G. vitate of the doctrine of judicial Edith Waldo Johnson, ’ Port Silver and wife left Monday for review and would inaugurate a to all pointa in the United States for land who resigned from the board. Portland, driving io The Dalles by government of legislative suprem Both were appointee« of Gover auto and then byfrain. They vis- acy rather than of judicial suprem nor Martin. J ited ’ the Portland International acy. Livestock Show b^fo ire going on to mente contend that the Absence of Governor Martin ,g as Slegates i reserves legislative and President Corbett from the from Moro local, fhèy attended the powers to the legislative branch.of and state gave Howard - Lateurette, state convention ¡of the Fanners the government and that the court speaker of the House, his big Educational and Cooperative Un often functions as a superlegisla- chance of officiating, as governor ion. - ture when by way of judicial leg of Oregon last week and the ui vicguri »ai, wwk * uu umv । me home nome of oi Mr. and Mrs. R. K. x. The P< islation, it declares acts of con In Coaches, Tourist and Standard Sleeping Cars. Sfceaknr did not lose any tíme Hulse was gladdened December 4th gress unconstitutional. Dec. 12,1935, to Jan. 1,1936, inclusive. taking advantage of the oppor- by the birth of a. boy. Dr. Poley ■ Of course it Is. true that the tunity. Return limit Jan. 31,1936; Stopovers permitted. attending. . court also legislates when it sus Miss Ida Hines was in Moro this tains acts of congress as consti Thousands of dollars in inter week arranging far a mid-winter tutional by interpreting phrases of LOW-PRICED MEALS in Air-conditioned Coaches and est payments are being saved by indoor Chautauqua festival for flexible meaning in a light favor- Tourist Sleeping Cars on the Portland Rose and Pacific Oregon cities and school districts some time the last of January. It aft>le the egMaticti Judicial, Limited. Breakfast 25c, Luncheon 30c, Dinner 35c under the provisions of “a bill win be presented here under super-. legislation in this sense is unavoid passed by the regular session of visionoftheEHison-white Coi who able and under our present form the legislature, according to State received a guaranteed from 22 local of government Can be checked by Treasurer Holman. Under the people as to its Suri*« the amending process. terms of this act, sponsored' by However, it is contended that Holman, civil subdivisions of the White—Why is it that you have the amending process is too slow state may fix the interest rate on become so quiet since you got mar and cumbersome and the history of their warrants At a figure lower ried? the income tax and child labor than the legal rate. "Many mu Black—You see I have to be cases is cited in support of the nicipalities are paying as low as careful what I say these days. My argument. three cents on their outstanding wife thinks I’m the smartest man Although it cannot be said that warrants according to reports to in the country and I don’t want such a plan would destroy our constitution, neither does it follow the treasury department. her to find out the truth that such a plan would assure us that the constitution would be No 1936 automobile license more readily adjusted to social plates will be available for use odds and ends, at least not until on cars—new or old—before we have a better trained class ot December 15, according to Secre political servants. tary of State SnelL . The new After all, the doctrine of judicial plates will present an aluminum review has met with a great deal background with black letters and of favor in this country because figures. Although there is probably some we have come to distrust waves of Possibilities that state activities truth in the comment, of critics of hysteria and populism which often will be financed entirely from the United States supreme court control legislative power and pop revenues through income taxes to the effect that the personal phil ular assembly. We have learned also that mi and miscellaneous sources by osophies of the members influence 1938 is seen by the state tax their decisions, still we should not nority rights are easily overridden has by popular opinion and are best commission. Only a few years over look the fact that there__ ago property owners were con been a marked consistancy in the protected by the judiciary. Fur tributing as much as $5,500.000 constitutional decisions of the thermore we must recognize that private property and the rights ot a year toward the support of court. True it is that the flexible slaus- the property class are likely to state government. es of the constitution have been be victimized by an unthinking The city of Salem is preparing stretched so that they now cover public. Undoubtedly the day of a con to make good its offer of Willson many situations which were not park for capital purposes. The contemplated when the court first stitutional interpretation which city council is expected to pass an started to give meaning to them. placed a predominant emphasis up ordinance covering the proposed But for the most part the consti on the rights of private property transfer at an early session. So tutional law decisions, as pronounc often at the expense of human far no objection has been heard ed by the court from time to- time, rights has passed. Nevertheless, from any of the Willson heirs t> show a clear resemblance to parent we are a long way, let us hope, the transfer and city officials du constitutional law precedent and from a repudiation of the rights of not expect any protest. It is not also a sensitivity to new conditions private property. The preservation of the doc- expected that the park will be and changed social eeds. and changed social nqpttei » used for building purposes but will be preserved intact as a part perience of the court, the powerful tradition which swtoiAds it, have of the capital grounds. undoubtedly made it the greatest stabilizer in our national life. I believe that its power to exer cise judicial review has exorted an even greater influence on orderly change than its exerepe of judicial From the Observer Dec. 7, review. The number lof unconsti The first holiday party was giv tutional legislative proposals and en at the home of City Recorder schemes which have not been .ap Wm. Henrichs, the occasion being proved in legislative halls because in honor of his cousin Everett of this known power df judicial re Henrichs. formerly of Sherman view must be Nevertheless, ?i| ta sometimes county, but now a resident of Net Perce, Idaho. Mrs/ Henrichs. as proposed that no act' of congress sisted by Misses Gertrude and should be declared ufi&yfiktitutional Hazel, introduced new and novel by the court except by a unani games, affording much merriment, mous vote, or by soma ratio other 26 lads and lassies participating. that the majority vote rule. Critics Of the majority vote Prize winners were Miss Lillian Stanley and Claire Axtell. Misses rule contend that an issue so im Myrtle Messinger and Lorraine portant as the constitutionality Of Johnson played several pretty in- an act should not bq determined tmimental pieces upon the piano. by a bare majority vote because Collis, the little son of E. H. this practice places too much pow Moore was bitten by a spotted pup, er in the hands of one man. The while at play Sunday, lacerating vote of one man may, and often his legs as he rode down hill on does, decide the fate of important hit sled. Sentence of death has legislation in other branches of the government. ♦ .. y/ been passed upon the pup. The proposal to requhwua six-to- Mr. Buxton started his dray in three or seven-to-two vote, or a .unanimous vote, likewise places a great emphasis upon the vote of one man because under such a plan a Very «mail minority of the court, I 'm not by holding out, can prevent a two- thirds vote, or a unanimous vote, and thus succeed in having de clared constitutional an act which M ” T l_W I T a clear majority of the court be lieve to be unconstitutional. Thus 'Have more than thou 4*^ it seems that such proposals place leu than thou a false emphasis on the mechan DECEMBER isms of judicial review. ¿ i A ev i « - , I ■ . j ' It should be remembered that proposals to change the votes necessary to declare an act uncon stitutional would affect only a' small part of the problem. After j all, the five-to-four decisions on constitutional questions are few in • number when compared with the STATEHOUSE GOSSIP • Continued from page one. 8HEHMAN COUNTY OBSERVER. Established Nov. 2, >888 GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL, Established Oct. 14, 1897 * CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 6, 1931 - WASCO NEWS-ENTERPRISE, Established 1891 CONSOLIDATED MARCH 4. 1932 Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon, By : GILES L. FRENCH Managing Edi M 1 M M * Entered as second-class matter at the Posiotfice, at Moro, Oregon, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879- . _ SUBSCRIPTION RATES—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. : One Year ........... ,................. DECEMBER 6, 19*5 SEPTEMBER VOTING Voters of Oregon will decide in January on the future date of primary elections. One of the measures to be voted on wjuld change the nominating election from the third Friday in May to early in September. Arguments for this proposal is that it shortens the period of political worry for the voter and the candidate alike and yet gives the voter sufficient time to decide which of the candidates he prefers. Those opposed to the amend ment argue that the shorter time handicaps a candidate who has little money with which to make a campaign The voters will be guided by their judgment between these two contentions. If people are fond enough of political arguments to wish to have them on the radio, in the papers and on the platforms from April to November they will, of course, vote to retain the present law. If, however, they would like to shorten the period of stump speeches, personal and politi cal charges, and the other things that go to make up a modern campaign they will vote to make September the primary date instead of May. From the standpoint of efficiency in government there does not appear to be any serious difference between the two dates. At best it is a minor change which will aid the candidates by cutting the time for them to blink in the spotlight. TUT, TUT, TUT Another one of the scientists who were present at the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamen has died and again the story is revived about some fatal curse attached to the tomb of that departed monarch. - The statement was that swift death should take those who touched the tomb. It has not been so for Mr. Breast ed, who died but this week, has lived several years since the day he, with others, found the burial place of Tutank hamen. Anyone will agree with the statement that all who enV er King Tut’s, or any one elses’ tomb, will die. Such a fate is the end of all of us whether we break into tombs or stay religously or fearfully away from them. Many of the mem bers of that party are still alive and as far as we hear are as healthy as those of us who were never even interested in Egyptian kings, dead or alive. We like a bit of superstition in our daily diet of news and it has been provided plen'ifully in this case. We like to ponder over strange things that might have happened; of strange ‘ifs’, of supernatural matters about which we know nothing because, oftentimes, they are figments of A lot of the complication of this would be removed if it were possible to get something for nothing. This having to pay, in one way or another, for what we get cramps the style of public as well as our personal affairs. Maybe some day it will be arranged so that everyone can have all the good things of life without undergoing any of the hard ships or paying any of the taxes. We may be able to work without eating and eat without working for we can already get tired without working and work without gett ing tired. A news item from LaGrande states that Union county is the second wheat county in Oregon. We instantly rise to object No doubt there is a smattering of wheat grown in Union county; the federal census gives the total as 1,014, 614 bushels which is something of a wheat crop perhaps and a matter of local pride and all that, But as a well known national figure was fond of saying, “Let’s look at the record”. From the same census we learn that Sherman county produced the same year 1,517,884 bushels which, any mathmetician will admit is larger than the Union . county crop. Quite a bit larger. No, No we can’t have our reputation filched by any and every boastful scribe who takes his typewriter in hand to inform the public on matters of record. No, indeed. If the capitol building committee waits until it geta complete information from the planning commiaairn we will be without a capitol for a long time. The Oregonian in announcing its 85th birthday states that it is reaching for a piece of cake. Well that's better than grabbing for a piece of pie., Now the next spectacle of the century will be the cardinals trying to handle the mustangs in the Rose Bowl. Jim Farley says Roosevelt will win the next election* It is going to look bad when Jim says otherwise. EXCURSION Rii.’l Forss CHRISTMAS NEW YEARS UNION PACIF Supreme Court Fairness Praised By Dean Morse An h Sanie Old Stand Doing Business Every Day. Highest Quality Merchandise : . Famous IHC Brand Tried and True. Well Spoken on Every Hand Buy What Others Are Satisfied With. 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