Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 20, Number 261, Decatur, Adams County, 6 November 1922 — Page 2

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

The Congress ot the United States! is composed o£ two branches, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Members of both branches receive the same pay—s7,soo a year —i with an allowance ot 20 cents a mile for travel expenses coining to and re-, turning from sessions of congress and various allowances for clerk hire and stationery. The Members of both branches enjoy the privilege of immunity from arrest during their at-! tendance on the sessions of their respective houses, and in going to and returning from the same, in all cases except treason, felony and breach of peace. Another privilege is freedom of speech during debate, the Constitution providing that no member of either house shall be questioned at any other place for any speech or debate made in Congress. ( This has the of : feet of freeing the Members from the) liability of prosecution for slander or, libel for anything said in the legitimate discharge of their legislative duties. Each House is the Judge of the election. returns and qualifications of its Members. Regardless of population, two Senators are elected from each State, making the total number at present 96. The Senatorial term is six years. Under the 17th amendment to the Constitution, which went ito effect in 1913, Senators are ele- ,ed by the di-! rect vote of the pe jle. Formerly

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Employe Partnership a Big Factor in Efficiency IN its issue of Oct. 1, 1622, the Chicago Tribune says, “in this field (industrial peace) .there is much to be hoped for from intelligent effort to induce investment by employes in the industry or business in which they are employed. * * * * If the millions thst have been lost in ill-advised strikes could have been invested in shares in the enterprise, the workers in many cases would have accomplished the benefits they sought.” The acknowledgea efficiency of the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) is aue in no small measure to the fact that every employe of the Company, if he will, may become a partner in the business by taking advantage of the stock-purchase-plar. To the amount of stock subscribed for by the employe, the Company gives one-half, and the employe is allowed to pay in small monthly installments. Thu* he has an excellent investment which he can watch and help make more profitable. The Standard Oil Company (Indiana) employes are insuring, through investment, the present well being and future security of their families, an end which every man is striving to accomplish. These men and women know that the Company is genuinely L.tereeted in furthering their welfare. Their energies, therefore, are released from worry over the future and are turned to increased efficiency that comes with enthusiasm. Whole-hearted co-operation is essential to the conduct of any business The management of the Standard Oil Con any (Indiana) recognizes thir fact and believes th t no . etter way to secure this co-operation can be devised than by giving every employe an opportunity to become a partner in the business. The enthusiastic response which the employes have given to this plan proves conclusively that the Company has solved a problem of importance to the Company, the employe, and the public. There is no idle time nor decreased efficiency due to disputes, discontent, or misunderstandings to be charged into the consumers bills. Every employe of the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) is delivering fulltime and energy to the performance of bis task, and this work is to him a pleasure, not a task. it is submitted that this is another item in that cycle of service which the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) renders the public. Standard Oil Company (Indiana) 910 So. Michigan Ave., Chicago

11 they were elected by the legislatures of the states. At the first session of the Senate in 1789. the membership was divided by lot into three classes. | the seats of the first class being vaca- ' ted at the end of the second year, of the second class at tho emi of the fourth year, and of the third class at the end of the sixth year, thus providing that one-third of the Senate shall come up for election every two years in all succeeding Congresses. Unless there is a death or resignation, only one Senator is elected at a time in any State. The qualifications for Senator are: He must be at least 30 i years old. a resident of the State from which elected, and citizen of the United States of at least nine years I standing. Senators are nominated by direct I primaries or by conventions. The Vice-President of the United 1 States is the presiding officer of the Senate. His salary is $12,000 a year. He does not vote excepting to decide a tie. Representatives are elected every two years, so the entire House comes up for re-election biennially. A Member of the House of Representatives must be at least 25 years old, a eiti- ■ zen of the United States of seven 'years standing, and a resident of the ' State from which elected. Some States have provided that a Representative must be a resident of the district which he represents, but most lawyers , regard this as unconstitutional because it adds a qualification not imposed by the Federal Constitution. However, it is practically unwritten law in all the States that Members ! must be residents of their districts ! excepting in a few big cities where downtown constituencies are often represented by men living in uptown districts. Representatives-at-large are elected when a State is entitled to elect more Representatives that it has Congressional Districts: in such event, the additional members are elected by the vote of the whole State unless the , Legislature can redistrict the State. The Speaker of the House of Repre- ; sentatives, elected by the Members, receives a salary of $12,000 a year. Nominations for the House of ReI presentatives may be made by means

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of district conventions of delegates, representing such units of local gov eminent within the congressional dis trlcts as counties in thinly populated regions and assembly districts, town ships, in the thickly populat ed. However, in many States th* convention has been superseded bj the primary election held by each party. Anyone who wishes to be s candidate must have his name put on i the party primary ballot by petition I and at She primary election tho part) voters are given the opportunity t< select from among the candidates oi the ballot. Representatives-at-larg< are nominated by State convention: or by State primaries. The number of Members of th* House of Representatives is fixed bj Congress, subject to the Constitution al limitations that it shall not ex ceed one for every 30,000 ot the popu lation but that each State must havt at least one Representative. In mak ing the apportionment the populatioi of all the States is taken from th* census reports; the population of al the small States which manifestly wil have but one Representative each i subtracted from this, and the tota population of the remaining States i then divided by the total number o Representatives they are to have an, the quotient is the ratio of represents lion, which in the apportionment o 1911 was 211,877. No apportionmen has been made as yet based on th* 1920 census, and the present repre sentation of the States is as follows Alabama 10 Nebraska f Arizona 1 Nevada 1 Arkansas 7 New Hampshire i California 11 New Jersey ...11 Colorado 4 New Mexico ... 3 Connecticut ... 5 New York 41 Delaware 1 North Carolina 1( Florida 4 Ohio 21 Georgia 12 Oklahoma f Idaho 2 Oregon 7 Illinois 25 Pennsylvania ..31 Indiana 13 Rhode Island .. 1 lowa 11 South Carolina . ' Kansas 8 South Dakota .. 1 Kentucky 11 Tennessee . ...1< Louisiana 8 Texas IS Maine 4 Utah 1 Maryland 6 Vermont 5 Massachusetts .16 Virginia 1* Michigan 13 Washington ... f Minnesota 10 West Virginia .. t Mississippi .... 8 Wisconsin 11 Missouri 16 Wyoming 1 Montana 2 The Philippines and the territorie arc allowed delegates (or Residen Commissioners) in the House of Re presentatives. These have a vole* but no vote. Alaska has 1, Hawaii 1 the Philippine Islands 2, and Port*. Rico 1. Unless the State Constitution re quires a different date, all Represents fives and such Senators as are up so lection, are elected on the first Tues day after the first Monday in Novem ber of every even year. One stat< only holds its Congressional electior in a different day, namely Maine. Annual sessions of Congress are re quired by the Constitution of th* United States, which also provide that it shall begin on the first Mon day in December until Congress shal by law* appoint a different day. Con gress has never appointed a dlfferen* day. Each Congress normally has two sessions, the first, or long ses sion. beginning in December of eacl odd year, and theoretically extending to the next December (although ac tually Congress oftep adjourns some time in the spring or summer). The second session begins in December o each year and extends until the fol lowing March 4th. Therefore eacl Congress expires on March 4th of eacl odd year, thus giving a newly elected President a new Congress. The disadvantage of this arrangement is that a Member of the House of Represent atives, who is elected in November of the even-numbered year does not take his seat until more than a year aftei his election, unless a special session is called. This gives a Member de seated for re-election an opportunity to be very negligent in the performance of his duties for the rest of the life of the Congress; that is, during the “short session," following the November election. Special sessions of Congress may be called by the President, as he has power to convene <!ith o r or both houses on extraordinary Wilson called a special session in tho spring of 1919 which lasted until the opening of the regular session in November. Cqpgress has such powers as are delegated to it by the Constitution of of the United States (see sections 8, 9 and 10 of Article I; sections 1 and 3, Article IV; Article V, Article VI. Article VII, and the various amendments) and has also powers necessary and proper • for carrying these powers into execution. (The Constitution also provides certain limitations on the powers of Congress as will be noted in the sections referred to). There are three views taken of the powers of Congress under the CoustiItutlon. One is known as the “strict

which would confine the < powers to the bare letter ot the writ- < en instrument und4he means of car- 4 ryiug out these powers to those abjolutely necessary. The “liberal construction" holds that the clause giving ’’ongress the power to make all laws lecessary to carry into execution the towers expressly given should be In- 1 erpreted to main "highly useful and ■xpodient.” The third construction ?i ias been defined: “Wherever a vrong is found to exist with which the lation can deal more effectively than he State, it is the business of Con;ress to suggest a remedy. j Briefly, the duties of Congress are o provide for the revenue and epenlitures of the Government by laying ( ertain taxes. (Bills for raising revtune must originate in the House of lepresentatives). Congress has the tower to borrow money on the credit [ if the United States; to regulate inerstate and foreign commerce; to es- 1 ablish uniform naturalization and mnkruptcy laws; to coin money and ; ix standards of weights and measires; to establish post offices and >ost roads; to make laws providing 1 or patents and copyrights; to contitute tribulans inferior to the Su- 1 -reme Court; to define and punish dracie« and felonies committed on he high seas and offenses against the iw of nations; to declare war and * rovide for the national defence by aising armies (though no appropriaion can be for more than two years) nd providing and maintaining a avy; to call out the militia for cerain purposes to legislate exclusively or the District of Columbia. (The ’resident, with the advice and. conent of the Senate, have the treatynaking power. Congress is forbidden to; prohibit ■ he importation or migration of per- • ons to the United States prior to 1808' this referred to the slave trade); j uspend the writ of habeas corpus un- j ess required by the public safety: ’ >ass a bill of attainder or ex post! acto law; to lay a direct tax unless n proportion to the census; (a Contitutional amendment provided for an ncome tax); lay a tax or duty on aricles exporte.d from any Sfate; to ;ive preference by any regulation of 1 ommerce or revenue to the ports of! >ne state over those of another, or to ompel vessels bound from one State! o enter, clear, or pay duties in an I ther; to withdraw money from the 'reasury unless in consequence of apropriations made by law, and a regnir statement of the receipts of pubic money and the expenditures must >e made; to confer titles of nobility; , o establish a form a religion, or proibit the free exercise thereof; to bridge the freedom of Speech or of he press, or the right of the people eaceably to essemble and petition he Government for a redress of griev-, nces. But custom, appropriation bills ori- 1 inate in the House of Reprcsentaives. The House works under a code f rules slowly evolved, Hind’s “Preedents of the House of Representsives” is used as an authority. The Senate has also a code of rules, but ias not adopted any of the drastic nethods obtaining in the House. Congressional Records The Congressional Record, the oficial Record, the official journal of. ’ongress, is published daily while 1 Congress is in session. Unless he has already exhausted his imited quota.'a representative, or ienator, can have a constituent placd on the mailing list. If he has ex•austed his quota, one may subscribe or it from the Superintendent of Docnionts, Government Printbig Office, Vashington, D. for $1.50. Remitance must be by money order. The "Searchlight” is a magazine i published by The National Voters *eague, Lynn Haines, Secretary, . VoodWard Building. Washington, D. which keeps readers informed on he work of Congress. Copy of tho Congressional Directory i which contains a complete list of all!; jovernmeat officials and departments | - is well as Senators and Congress-11 men, and much other information 1 xbout the government, may be pur'.based from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Os- < Ice, Washington, D. C. for 60 cents. Remittance must be by money order. ' The record of any individual Representative or Senator, or the roll call howing the votes of all Represents- 1 ■ives or Senators on any particular : measure, or any other compilation involving research in the Congressional Record, can be compiled by the National Voters League. Lynn Haines, Executive Secretary, Woodward Building, Washington, D. C. The * amount of research invovled depends upon how complete a record is *X sired. The League will quote a price < on any particular research job on request. They are thoroughly compe- ( tent, non-partisan, and reliable. < Two good reference books on Con- ; gresj are Bryces “American Com- ( ■ mon wealth" and Charles A. Beard s < . “American Government and Politics.’ I

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ DOINGS IN SOCIETY ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ CLUB CALENDAR Monday Free entertainment for Pythian Sisters at Pythian Home following lodge. Dilta Theta Tau with Leona Boose. S p. m. Tuesday Tri Kappa Sorority—Mrs. James Westveld. Tri Kappa—Mrs. James WdMtveld. C. L. of C. Meeting—K. of C. hall. Psi lota Xi sorority meets with Mrs. Will Schrock, 7::30 p. in. W. M. A. of U. B. church with Mrs. Frank Baker. 7:30 p. in. Auction Bridge—Mildred Niblick. Wednesday Bashelor Maids with Mrs. James Brown, $: 30 p. in. Five Hundred Club with Mrs. Herman Gillig, 8 p. in. Christian Ladies Aid with Mrs. Minnie Daniels, all day. Saturday All day rummage sale at Library by Christian Ladies Aid. Cafeteria Supper—Methodist church from 5 to 7 o'clock. The Tri Kappa sorority will meet Tuesday evening at the regular time at the home of Mrs. James Westveld. 260-2 t. The Indies Aid Society of the Christian church will hold a rummage sale at the Library all day next Saturday. ♦ The Psi lota Xi sorority will meet at the home of Mrs. Will Schrock 245 South Second street, at 7:30 o’clock Tuesday evening. ♦ i The second number of the lyceum I course will be given at the Pleasant I Mills high school on Friday evening, I November 10th. G. E. Weaver, artist i and chalk talk lecturer will provide (the entertainment and the public is invited to attend. ♦ The Colonial Trio will furnish the entertainment for the second number of the lyceum course to be given at the Kirkland township high school on ! Friday evening. November 10th. The [ entertainment promises to be most ntertaining and yon are invited to attend. ♦ The Loyal Workers class of the Evangelical church will meet at the homd of Mrs. William Lux on north Fifth street on Thursday evening, Noi vember 9th. Mrs. Lux will be assisted by Mrs. Raleigh Smithly and Mrs, Chas. Burrel. ♦ \ box social will be given at the ! Bobo school house on Thursday eveluing, November 9th and a most happy time is anticipated. Special features of the evening’s program will be a marshmallow roast, games, contests and lots of eats. The girls are invited to bring boxes, ladies bring baskets and the boys are invited to attend with a pocket full of money. The public is invited. ♦ The Ladies aid society of the Salem M. E. church met at the home of Mrs. ' Frank Lynch on November and elect- * d officers for tho ensuing year. Mrs. I Addie Hahnert was elected president. The other officers are Mrs. Edrie Dellinger, first vice-pr>sident: Mrs. Alice Heyer, second vice-president; Mrs. Emma Feasel, treasurer; Mrs. Victoria Merriman, secretary. A scripture reading was given by Mrs. Frances Lengworthy and a prayer by Mrs. Anna Merriman. Ten members of the nccicty were present. New member taken in was Mrs. Longworthy. Mrs. Rc.se Fairchild resigned from membership on account of moving away. The society will meet on December 6 at the home of Mrs. Addie Hahnert. * The ladies of the Christian church are requested to meet at the home of ■ ‘rs. M. Daniels on Wednesday for an all-day meeting. A pet-luck dinner will be served. All ladies are asked to bring their fruit for the Missionary barrel. + The W M. A. of tho United Brethern church will meet at the home of Mrs. Frank Baker at (7:30 ofclock Tuesday evening. ♦ The Women's society of the Baptist church will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. S. E. Shamp. —•—— Even Money Offered On Ralston-Beveridge Race Muncie, Ind., .Nov. 6. —Even money was offered here today on the outcome of the RaJSjton-Beveridgo senatorial light but comparatively few bets were offered by cither side. Party leaders predicted a light vote tomorow, the campaign having proved one of the quietest iti Delaware cqun- j ty history. Both the Ku Klux Klan; and labor leaders endorsed various! candidates and added color to the' lights. |

The Cort T-H-E-A-T-R-E —TONIGHT—“DON’T DOUBT YOUR WIFE” A big Pathe Production in 6 reels featuring an ALL-STAR CAST “Broadcasting” A Good Two Reel Pathe Comedy Breels 10cand25t Coming Wednesday and Thursday Richard Barthlemess in “Tol'able David" Your Money The money put in this bank is your money. It is not the Bank’s money. You control it. It is safe. In fact the money in the bank is more truly your money than other money you have. Because nobody but you can get it. Come in and start a Savings Account today. We pay 4'< interest on Savings. . The Peoples Loan & Trust Co. BANK OF SERVICE I Public Sale! OS As I am going to quit farming. I will sell at public auc- I tion, on what is known as the Davis Dailey farm, on the I’iqta K Road, three miles east of Decatur, and two miles west of Hobo. ■ | Tuesday, bv. 14,1922 1 Sale to begin at 10 o'clock sharp. The following prop* rty, to wit: Horses and Mules Ml One roan mare, 6 years old. weighs 1,700 pounds: 1 roan nQ mare, 8 years old, weighs 1,700 pounds; 1 sorrel gelding, 9 years old, weighs 1,300 pounds; 1 five-year-old mule, weighs M 1,400 pounds. 17 Head of Cattle One spotted cow, 5 years old; 1 roan cow, 7 years old; 1 M red cow. 6 years old; 1 red cow. 8 years old; 1 blaik jersey cow, 7 years old; 1 spotted cow, 7 years old; 1 blue roan cow, 8 years old: 1 black jersey, 5 years old; 3 spring cows; 1 black cow, 5 years old; 1 blue roan heifer. 2 years old, will be fresh Uq in spring; 1 red heifer, coming 2 years old: 1 red heifer, 14 years old; 1 red bull, coming 2 years ol*|; 1 spring heifer calf. These cows arc fine dairy tows. K Hogs Two brood sowws with pigs by side; 12 head of shoats, M ranging from 80 to 125 pounds. Poultry Kjn Two hundred head of chickens and four geese. Machinery One Crestline wagon; 1 Turnbull wagon; Bft. cut Deering ■I binder, good as new; 1 Flying Dutchman hay loader, good *s new; 1 ten-disk Buckeye grain drill; Ideal Manure spreader. * sj,ji Milwaukee mowing machine, good as new; 1 John Deer cnee* M row corn planter; 1 riding breaking plow; two walking b reaK ’ B ing plaws; two Oliver riding cultivators; two double-shovel plows; one single shovel plow; one single disk harrow: on-. 60-tooth harrow; 1 hay ladder; beet rack, or grain bid, one Hi new set of dump boards; one 11*4 horse International t-" 1301 sH engine and pump jack; one pulverizer or land float; one tan IS heater. Harness B Two doubl esets breeching hearness; 1 set single harness, B four horse collars; log chains; cow chains; forks; shovels, cross-cut saw, and mud boat; 1 large rabbit house. Hay and Grain j® Ten-ton clover hay; two hundred bushel oats; aoou hundred shocks of corn in field. Household Goods One instant gas oil burner. Two heating stoves. One South Bend malleable range; ore large oak s:*l one cluiia closet with mirror top; one dresser; one con ■ one oak stand; one hall mirror; one oak bed; one iron b ■ gg one set springs; one washing machine; one wringer; on- . U Incubator, 125-egg size; one 850-chick size hard coal orc SP many other things too numerous to mention. Pl Apple butter. ; Terms jf Sale Sums of $5.00 and under, cash. AH over that M credit of 12 months will be given, purchaser giving a L - lor able note, bearing 8 per cent last 6 months; 4 per ceu cash. LUNCH WILL BE SERVED ON THE GROUNDS. I Frank P. Smith Dairyman. Auctioneer—HAßßY DANIELS. Clerk—W. A; LOWER.