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Were You Misquoted, Senator? ;? If his own iavonte newspaper, and that is Mot The Times, is not mistaken, Senator Arthur Robinson delivered a speech at Pendleton Thursday evening in which he' announced a general proposition with which The Times thoroughly agrees. The Senator is quoted as saying “any int idual who deliberately defames another, and hout cause attempts to ruin his reputation ationg his fellows, deserves the same punishn pnt as that meted out to a thief.” The Times is glad to find something on ii lich it can a#ree with Senator Robinson. We and sagree so often. : The law, as a matter of fact, says the same tiling. Good morals dictates the theory. It is not new. Shakespeare many years ago put into the It rath of one of his characters the same ■gntiment familiar to every school boy and girl wiio repeats with unction: le.who steals my purse stem’s trash., J'Twaß something, nothing. | ’Twas mine, ’tis his and shall be slave to many. he who filches my good name. ,Robs me of that which naught enriches him i ’.And makes me podr indeed. I ‘s’ Having agreed on the general principle, Irarely, Senator, you will take steps at once to ljave corrected any impression that you included this in what the Star said was an attack by you upon the editor of The Times and intended to charge that the editor of this paper h|d deliberately and without cause defamed you and attempted to ruin your reputation. * The Times, as its readers know and you know, does not deliberately defame. It does not • even try to ruin the reputation of any among his fellows, even with cause. It is compelled, often, in the search of truth concerning public matters, to print facts which may make refutations depend upon facts and truth instead upon false impressions and suppressions. : It is committed to the theory of government tlrat the people must have all the facts in order to defend the principle of representative government,. It is dedicated to the purpose of destroying stiver governments and secret control of courts, especially of courts whose integrity is the final bulwark of all liberty and whose freedom from political influence is essential to htymau freedom and justice. .; If, as your friend the Star, prints, you attacked the editor of this paper' and told an audience that he is a deliberate defamer of reputations, engaged in the malicious business of ruining his fellows, you know, best of all, that you did a very terrible thing. ..- Certainly you never intended to tell any o)4e that the editor of The Times had committed such a crime. t;You are probably the victim of overresalous friends. You were probably misquoted. You surely will seek a very early opportunity to tell the people that you were merely announcing a principle as old as the Ten'Commandments and never intended to reflect upon the reputation of the editor of this {newspaper. jT Os course, The Times does not care much rihether you rectify this situation. Its reputatipn for telling the truth is too well established tO;be ruined by one speech or many speeches. |p And, furthermore, it does not care to be Iracted from its purpose to expose the super ;rnment of this State, to tell the people n and how and where their government t from their hands to a super and secret er and how that power has been exercised, ’or super government, Senator, whether you >ect it o-r not will be destroyed in Indiana, those who from fear or ambition or greed s surrendered themselves and their servto its poAver, must leave their high places don the sackcloth and ashes. Isadora Duncan i-To the most of us death comes quietly and unjdmantically. In that way it matches most of our n*es. Probably few of us would have the courage trihandle dramatic, colorful lives, even If the opportunity were presented. Tllsadore Duncan died quickly, tragically, romantically—as she lived. jt Born in the sparkling city of San Francisco, she sari her father, while she was yet a child, go down toiflnancial ruir. and disgrace, when the Pioneer Bank failed. Later she had her heart wrung by hearing that ria had died in a shipwreck. : To help out the family fortunes, Isadora trained herself as a classic dancer. She became famous over the world. She shocked almost everybody with her ideas oi dancing, and of love and marriage. I stalked her. Her two children were killed ih' an automobile accident. Her young Russian poetHUiband mistreated her and hanged himself. It was characteristic of Isadora that despite her ifikny loves, the one man she married should have h9?n a hungry poet. Poet' i appealed to her. Guest of honor at a reception, receiving the homage of the great and near great of New York, she became engrossed in the conversation with a young poet. Suddenly bothered by the hum of voices, she looked up and laughingly remarked, are all people? Take them awayJrrhey annoy me." “ )

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Why We Are Losing Out It was splendid advice which Dr. Eusebio Morales, Panaman delegate to the League of Nations assembly at Geneva, gave the United States. We do not refer to his suggestion that the World Court should decide whose word is law in the Panama Canal Zone. The canal is the key to our national defense and however vaguelj we njay have worded the treaty which gives us control over it, we must he absolute master there. We refer, rather, to his side remarks growing out of the above incident. “America,” he said, “needs to make a real effort to understand the mentality of the Latin American peoples. American business men are going to want big Central and South American markets before long and they can not have markets without permanent good will. The better Americans understand us and our ways, and we theirs, the brighter the outlook will be for our joint prosperity in the future. “I have no intention of saying whether the United States should or should not enter the League of Nations. But I can tell you that if she were here she could assume the leadership of the whole Latin Amercian bloc and would be followed. But she is not here and we must seek elsewhere for leadership and guidance.” Here are some sensible remarks. They can not lightly bo brushed atlde like the question of'who is sovereign In the Canal Zone. Either Uncle Sam or somebody else Is going to have the leadership of Latin America and the day that any non-American power gains the ascendancy over that part of the world that day will mark the beginning of a very real menace to the security of the United States. It will mark the moral, if not the physical, breakdov/n of one of the comer stones of our existence—the Monroe Doctrine, already more and more called into question in Latin America. Nevertheless, we are even now losing out as leader of the western world. At Geneva, where almost all Latin America gathers annually to discuss international problems, we are not present. As Dr. Morales points out, not being there we cannot take the leadership which would naturally fall our way. At the same timO thoroughly mistaken diplomatic methods followed by us throughout the Latin American republics themselves, are bringing us into disrepute and diminishing our prestige slowly but surely toward the vanishing point. Theoretically and In the long run there are but two ways for us to gain and hold the ascendancy in the Americas. Either we can do it by might and conquest or we can do it by cultivating the good will of the peoples. Actually, however, we can do it in only one way, and that is via the good will way.' Force is taboo la the hearts of the American people. The only conquest open to us is the conquest our trade and diplomacy can make for us. Good will Is the only ammunition that can do us any good or permanently advance our cause. Dr. Morales is right. Americans need to make a real effort to understand the mentality of the Latin American peoples and have them understand us in turn. The Government at Washington is going to have to revise its whole conception of diplomatic procedure to the south of us. At present the idea seems to be to pick out a man who will go to Mexico or Central or South America and fight and antagonize the govemnient to which he is accredited. In the future men must be chosen who can, and will, make friends of both governments and peoples. Properly chosen, the latter brand of diplomat will get results where their predecessors have scored 100 per cent failures. Unquestionably the day of the good will diplomat is here, and vast political and economic consequencedepend upon just how quickly the Government at Washington reorientates its policy accordingly. A man eluded thirty policemen in a department store. An argument there for women police. Women 'always were the only ones who could find anything In a department store. The assistant secretary of the navy in charge of aviation Is learning to fly. Maybe that’s what led President Coolldge to say the other day that "our air service is being perfected.” Mayor Thompson of Chicago has undertaken to find the Republican party a nominee for the presidency. Won’t there be trembling in Buckingham palace now! Mussolini has been on the Job several years now, and that old tower at Pisa hasn’t been straightened yet! Sir Arthur Keith estimates a million years passed between ape and man. Sir Arthur, of course, gave the oiftside figure. At a Boston wedding, friends tried to handcuff the groom. Someone Is always going around painting the lily. Many Americans, in France, awaiting divorces, spend their time at the gambling tables of the Riviera. The gambling habit Is hard to break.

Law and Justice By Dexter M. Keezer

A man, after being acquitted of a criminal offense, the man who had caused the charge to be brought, for damages on account of malicious prosecution. He contended that there never had been any basis for the criminal charge, and that it had been brought simply to harass him and cause him suffering. The man who had brought the charge defended himself by stating that he had discussed the case with a reputable attorney, and that the attorney advised him that there was good ground for having the criminal charge made. He contended that his disclosure of the facts tq the attorney and his subsequent action on the attorn ney’s advice constituted a complete defense against a suit for damages on account of malicious prosecution. HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE THIS CASE? The actual decision: The Supreme Court of Oklahoma decided that there was no basis for damages on account of malicious prosecution. The court said that the disclosure of the facts to a reputable attorney who advised prosecution barred a claim for damages on of maliciqus prosecution.

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M. E. TRACY SAYS: Theoretically, We Have - Two Parties, hut Actually We Have Three.

Taking it for granted that President Coolldge meant “I refuse” when he .‘said “I choose,” who will the\ Republicans nominate? Longwo:th, Lowden, Hughes and Hoover seem the most likely candidates. Outside of being conspicuous in Republican politics for twenty years and more, Longworth’s chief asset consists in the fact that his wife v/ould make a splendid chief executive. Lowden Is making quite a stir among the farmers as a progressive, but is too much of a millionaire to play the part to its logical conclusion. This harrows the race down to Hughes and Hcover. ;

Foes of Hoover Secretary Mellon denies that he has launched a boom for Hughes, and Hughes “chooses” to remain silent on the question of whether he wants a boom launched. Meanwhile, it is perfectly evident that some scheme is being hatched in Administration circles to sidetrack Hoover. Just why Administration circles look with such little favor on Hoover’s candidacy is something of a puzzle. To all outward appearances, he Is regarded highly by President Coolidge and other party leaders. They are praising constantly his virtues and proclaiming his achievements. When it comes to the question of a presidential nominee, however, one finds them stubbornly toying with other names. Always on Job Hoovers fault is too much imaginatiop. He is not a routine man in any sense of the word, not a conservative, not a stand-patter, not scared to rock the boat. It would be hard to find two mgre opposite types than he and IhreJdent Coolidge. Since Hoover entered public life he has made himself conspicuous wherever trouble was to be found. He has followed flood, famine, disease and suffering as a duck follows water. He has initiated one relief scheme after another and has induced the American people to contribute millions by way of support. 'The world has hardly experienced a disaster during the last ten years without Hoover being mixed up in it Amewhere, and always on the side of helping those in need. Fear Jazzing Up Hoover is essentially of that type which likes to be doing things—extravagant, venturesome, but generally making a fair job of it. One finds it difficult to picture him as President of the United States without a good deal of activity at Washington. The chances are that he would jazz things up quite a bit, that he would demand action, rather than economy, and that he might inaugurate projects that could be described as conservative. What Hoover might do presents too much of a contrast to the kind of administrations they have known and enjoyed for Republican leaders to view it with equinimity. Hughes' Position Mr. Hughes is a much respected citizen. He is remembered as an efficient Governor of New York, as an able Justice of the Supreme Court and as a fair Secretary of State. He is also regarded as an able lawyer who has rendered good service to the public on occasion. But, and this is rather important, he is not a type that inspires enthusiasm, or that is associated in the public mind with any outstanding policy or program.. Besides, his defeat at the hands of Woodrow Wilson in 1916, when he appeared to have every advantage, is a handicap which would be hard to overcome. So far as the Democrats are concerned, Mr. Hughes would be about the best candidate the Republicans could nominate. Progressive Faction The situation would be easier to size Up if it were not for t,he part the “progressives” are likely to play. This part is revealed partially by Senator Nye’s statement which appeared in Thursday’s papers, and which is not to be taken lightly. He calls on the “progressives” to rally ’round a definite program, the outstanding feature of which is opposition to any tax cut in order that the Government may use its cash to relieve farmers and flood sufferers. He says he can count on at least twelve * Senators to stand by this program, but even if that number were reduced by one-half, it would still be insufficient to hold a balance of power In the Senate. The Senate consists of fortyeight Republicans, forty-seven Democrats and one Farmer-Laborite. This means that a group of only three or four stubborn men could spoil any party measure. Three Parties Present ■ The “progressives” Are in a position to bother the Coolidge Administration considerably, and to spoil the pet Democratic issue which is a larger tax cut than the Coolidge Administration would like to grant. Theoretically, we have two parties, but actually we have three. We have three, because the two old parties persist in playing with unimportant issues. To put it bluntly, the Republicans want to stand pat, and the Democrats are content to do little more than oppose them. How many times did Gene Tunney fightjfhe late Harry Greb? Five times.

The Richmond Art Association Loans Thirty Fine Paintings to the John Herron Art Institute Here

Thirty paintings, lent by the Richmond Art Association, have been hung in Gallery XI, at the John Herron Art Institute. Richmond has a wide reputation as a center of art appreciation, its Art Association having gathered together as a permanent possession an excellent and valuable collection of paintings and sculpture. From this collection the present exhibition in our museum was selected. Distinguished names and important canvases are included in the group. The self-portrait by William M. Chase is a brilliant example of the best in Chase portraiture. A composition filled to the very edges of the frame with a fascinating* miscellany of studio equipment, is still, with all its accumulation of distractions, triumphantly dominated by the of the artist, the sharply modeled head, the “living quality” of the glance. f The painter, with his palette resting on his arm stands before a fresh gray canvas and a table with a yellow cover and containing a bowl and bottles, brushes and a crumple of white “paint rag" flanks the easel in the foreground. Behind the easel a stream of sunlight pours through a window with a partly drawn green shade, and falls on wall and floor and on a bright mass of studio properties. The wall behind the figure is dark and the detail of the furnishings is blurred by shadow, but the coloring here is scarcely less interesting thah the high-keyed corner where the light falls. William Chase was bom in Indiana. and though he lived in the East during the years of his artistic achievement, and died there, his native State still claims him, not however in quite the same genial spirit of affection as has been felt toward Steele and Forsyth, Bundy and J. Ottis Adams, and those others who have built up their reputations here at home, satisfied to be classed as Hoosier painters. Several of these are represented in this exhibition. There are two large landscapes by J. E. Bundy, one by T. C. Steele, a self portrait by William Forsyth, a landscape by Francis F. Brown, a small study of a nude by Randolph Coats, a still life by S. P. Baus, and one by Winifred Adams and a charming little landscape by J. Ottis Adams. “Taos from the Hilltop,” is a harmoniously toned, cleverly handled landscape by Victor Higgins, who also was born a Hoosier but who makes his home in Chicago and In the southwest. “Blue Springs,” by J. E. Bundy depicts a landscape typical of the Indiana countryside. A wooded tract of rolling land cut by a winding strip of road and shrouded in the mists of early spring stretchi . back to distant blueness and ;?a.e sky. A nice feeling for values and a restrained use of color add to its poetic appeal. A -sail canvas of distinctive sprightliness is “Forest Friends,” by F. Luis Mora. Child visitors to the galery have been charmed by it—doubltess because of the graceful doc that leaps on slender legs. Buc also more discriminating critics have paused to enjoy the “Forest Friends”—the delightful itaovement of the two, the doe and the lithe-limbed child, and the shady forest where' they gambol. NEW SHOW OPENS SATURDAY AT INDIANA Second of the New Idea Publix shows starts at the Indiana tomorrow with Jack Partington’s stage presentation, “Banjomania;” Charlie Davis and his stage band and Lew Cody and Aileen Pringle on the screen in “Adam and Evil.” “Banjomania” is a fast moving production, the first Publix unit staged by Partington to come here. It employs the services of twenty specially artists and a choral background. White and Manning, vihose dance impressions were the hit of the “Ziegfeld Follies” some seasons ago, have recently returned from European triumphs at London and Paris. The Thompson Sisters, banjolsts, and Morgan and Stone, also a banjo duo, form an excellent banjo quartet. Jerry and Dorcy Byron are the famous ‘Sunshine Girls” of WEAF.

A Taste of His Own Medicine

BY WALTER D. HICKMAN The premier dancer is Margaret Ball, featured for a year with the Duncan Sisters in “Topsy and Eva;” Charlie Davis, with his enlarged stage band, has new and novel surprises. In “Adam and Evil” Lew Cody is given a double role, in that he plays twin brothers. Aileen Pringle is cast as his wife, who is drawn into numerous complications with the other brother, and through the machinations of a good natured gold digger, Gwen.

Constitution Preamble Provides Safe Test of Laws

An analysis the purpose and plan of the Constitution Is contained In this article, the fifth of a series of twelve stories In keeping with Constitution Week. Tomorrow: The Costitutloi's Vesting of Powers. BY HARRY ATWOOD President Constitution Anniversary Association For the successful accomplishment of a desired project, it is important to know as nearly as possible what is to be achieved. History records no finer illustration of a clear concept of the aims sought and of the results desired from an undertaking than this remarkable pronouncement of the purposes set forth in the preamble to the Constitution of the United States. “We, the people of the United States, In order to form a mem perfect Union, establish justlc insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessing of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do or-

New Acts Booked on Keith Time

The Keith-Albee vaudeville circuit today announced many of their headline attractions for the new season. Many of these acts will appear at the local theater during the season. The announcement of the acts booked includes the following: Beatrice Lillie, courtesy of C. B. Dillingbim, and Andre Chariot in “After Dinner Music,” by Noel Coward. Clothild Doressi with Joe Basso, Joe Rollo, Duke Nelson, Bobby Starr in “Four Kings and a Queen,” by William Horlick. Ken Howell’s Collegians in “Surprises in Musical Antics-” Williams and Haynes as "Two Black Buds.” “Oh Stop!” A farce in one act, by Brian Jay Byrne. S. Miller Kent and Miss Cecil Spooner in “Who?” anew mystery comedy by O. H. Stochen and Morenick Terrol. Murray and Fayne in “Dances of Late Productions.” Rosamond Russell and Tony Moreno. Flores Girls in “An Athletic Novelty.” Miguel Galvan as the “Spanish Banjo Boy ” Isa Kremer, “The Supreme Interpreter of Ballads and Folk Songs.” Morton and Sally in “Hats, Hats, Hats,” by Howard Johnson. Sexton and Dunbar in “Unpreferred Blondes.” Aljo, in “Episodes.” Billy Link & Cos., assisted by Martha Leslia and Jimmie Lewis in “The Girl Who Didn’t Belong,” by John P. Mulgrew. “Dante’s Follies,” a comedy jazzy revue full of Are, with George Chapman, Miss Affio Martyn and Jack Franny. Johnny Philiber and Charlotte Grauert in “Monkey Business,” an up-to-date satire on flaming youth in five cycles and three scenes, assisted by John Edward Curtis, Edna Lorraine, Harry Gorman and Flrpo, the monkey, written and produced by Yorke and Leßoy. Jimmy, “A Musical Prevarication,” with Jimmy Sargent and Ada Howard, Paddy Cliff and Garber’s Play Boys in “A Riot of Melody.” I. B. Hamp and Gertrude Beck in their fun carnival. “Ro nd the Town.” Johnnie and Jane Baker present “You Nevr Can Tell.” Charles Deland and company in a om-act farce, “Tom and Jerry.”

There is a novelty reel in colors. The Indiana News and Maurice at the Barton playing “Are You With Us or Against Us?” make up the bill. Indianapolis theaters today offer: “The Unkissed Bride,” at English’s; Charlie Davis at the Indiana; “Camille,” at the Circle; “War Paint,’ at the Isis; “The Gingham Girl,” at the Ohio; “The Bugle Call,” at the Apollo; movies at the Rivoli, and “Dimpled Darlings” at the Mutual.

dain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” This preamble is a sublime, a comprehensive, and an accurate statement of the purposes of governmental activity can be classified under one or more of the six great purposes set forth in it. For some unaccountable reason there has been a disposition not to attach to the preamble the significance which It possesses. It is highly important, because the Constitution was dedicated to the six purposes set forth in the preamble and to no other purposes. It is proper to assume that, In the making or interpreting or enforcing of laws, public officials should ask themselves: Is this law being made or interprqjpd or enforced In accordance with one or more of the six purposes sqf forth In the preamble? ,Such a test adhered to would greatly Improve the functioning of our Government.

Sidney Stone in “Songs and Sayings A La Carte.” Johnny Marvin, Victor artist. Quixy and Deßal in "Tinkle Tunes” Three Gibson Girls as “Personality Misses.” * Capt. Bluster and company in “An Original Miniature Operetta.” Sherman and Kay in “A Deep Sea Romance.” Senorita Delirio and company in a Broadway fantasy entitled “In Valencia,” a melody of Spanish songs and dances. Brown and Lahart In “Whirlwinds of Thrills.” Marvelle, “The Wonder of the Wire.” “Revels of 1927,” miniature musical comedy, featuring Rose and Roberts. “Sons of Syncopation,” Happy, Snappy Anderson boys. Walter and Betty Reddick in “Ann’s Ancestors,” by William KWells, with Marie Hunt and Virginia Cole. Murray Gordon and Jimmy Walker in “Afloat on a Raft of* Nonsense.” Hope Minor and Edward Root In “Dance, Color and Speed.” Jimmy Allard and company In “A Southern Romance.” Miller, Grace and Murray In a miniature singing and dancing revue entitled “Detail.” Odette and company as “The Little French Spitfire.” “Bohemian Life,” featuring Julio Roig and company. “Up in the Clouds,” “A musical melange.” The Hearst Brothers, Byron and Sam. Harry Eldridge In “Vaudeville a la Carte,” with Billy Sisters, Fisher and 1 King and Carlo and Carlettc. What American aviators brought down the most enemy planes during the world war? Edward V. Rickenbacker, 25; Frank Luke, 18; George A. Vaughn, 13; Field E. Kindley, 12, and Elliott W. Springs, 12. Who holds the record for the 100 and 220-yard dash? Charles W. Paddock holds the record for the 100-yard dash with a mark of 9.5 seconds made at Los Angeles, Cal., May 15, 1926. Roland A. Locke holds the record for the 220 yards, his time being 20.5 seconds, at Lincoln, Neb., May 1, 1926. ' * 1 ' -. 4 V ’ 'v‘ r >; ’* "*•

SEPT. 16,1927

Why the Weather?

By Ch&rM Fltzhugo Talman Authority on Meteorology

WEATHER FORECASTING The burden of responsibility tnat rests nowadays upon the shoulders of the weather forecaster is stupendous. Hundreds of lives and millions of dollars’ worth of property may be lost because of an unissued storm warning. The season’s orange crop may be curtailed because of the failure to Issue a frost warning or, on the other hand, the orangegrowers may be put to heavy expense for fuel when a warning is issued without justification. Year by year the official prognosticators acquire new duties involving new opportunities for calamitous mistakes. The blame for a forest fire is now laid at their door if a timely “fire-weather” warning was not issued before it happened, and the wreck of an airship a mile above the earth is as likely to be ascribed bj the public to defects of the forecasting service as any weather disastei on terra flrma. A parallel has often been drawn between the art of weather prediction and the art of medicine. Both are notoriously fallible, yet both, are indispensable. Few people have absolute faith in either the weathei man or the doctor, but experience shows that, in the long run, It is wise to defer to their judgment. Their existence in the scheme of things is justified by the fact that they are much more often right than wrong. ; (All rights reserved by Science Service, Inc.) BURY BYRUM SATURDAY War Veteran Killed Himself Because of 111 Health. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10 a. m. at the J. W. Patterson Funeral Parlors, 1324 N. Illinois St., for Armon Byrum, 30, of 511 N. Illinois St., World War veteran, who ended his life Wednesday night by shooting himself. Despondency over ill health is blamed. % Armon Byrum is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Byrum and his two brothers.

Do You Know — That 750 tired mothers and their children found relief from the confines of the city at the fresh air camp conducted by the Salvation Army, an agency of the Community Fund?

Prior to the writing of this preamble, there cannot be found a good, brief, clear, comprehensive statement of the purposes of government, though one may have access to all that was said by- Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, or Montesquieu and all that was ever said by any individual or group individuals in any country, including our own, before that time. This fact is a striking illustration of what a vague science government had been before the Constitution was written. Not even a good statement of the purposes of government had been made, to say nothing of providing a good plan for setting up a government. Some very interesting questions for contemplation are suggested in this connection. To what extent is the dedication of our government to the purposes set forth in the preamble responsible for our having become a peaceminded nation? Would it tend to make other nations peace-minded if they were to dedicate their governments to the purposes set forth in the preamble? The Plan Preamble 1. A statement of purposes. Article I 2. Provision for setting up a legislative department and vesting it with functioning powers and restraints. 3. Restraints upon the national government. 4. Restraints upon the States. Article II 5. Provision for setting up an executive department and vesting it with functioning powers and restraints. Article 111 6. Provisions for setting up a judicial department and vesting it with functioning powers and restraints. 7. Definition of treason and provision for punishment therefor. Article TV 9. Relation of the States to each other. 9. Relation of the Federal government to States and territories. Article V 10. Provision for amending the Constitution whenever necessary. Article VI 11. Provision for national debts. 12. Provision for the supremacy of the Federal Constitution, national laws, and treaties. 13. Provision to pledge all national and State officers to uphold the Constitution of the United States. 14. Ban on religious test as qualification to public office. Article VII 15. Method for ratification. This is a brief analysis of the plan of the Constitution and a skeleton outline of its contents! One can readily see that it is not merely a statement of right or principles, but is a plan for setting up a mechanism to administer a government. The right mental condition for a real understanding and just appreciation of the purpose and plan of the Constitution is to regard each one of the fifteen elements set forth in this outline as a part of an excellent plan for government, just as each letter in the alphabet, each one of the ten digits, and each note in the scale of music is a part of an excellent plan.