Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1940 LJ AVING drifted around from the 1 starting spring camps of Cali fornia to the closing spring camps of Florida, some poltroon has asked me to work out the surer spots and the big guesses of baseball’s two big league shows. My guess would be there are three clubs in each league which can be removed from the guessing division. They are the Yan kees, Red Sox and Browns in the American league— the Reds, Cardinals and Phillies in the National league. The Yankees and Red Sox should car ry the pace alone in the American. The Reds or Cardinals— the Cardinals or Reds—should have the main jump in the National. I’ll let you guess where the Browns and Phillies will probably wind up in the long pa rade. Grantland Rice This leaves us twelve clubs under both big tents for the main guess ing act. They are the Dodgers, Pi rates, Cubs, Giants and Bees in the National—the Indians, Tigers, White Sox, Athletics and Senators in the American. I don’t believe any of these clubs can run 1-2 and I don’t believe any one of them will finish last. The First Division Clubs Starting with the American league, as the Yankees are still on top after four years, we have the Yankees and the Red Sox almost certain to run 1-2, granting the fact there is nothing certain in sport. Cleveland with Bob Feller is un doubtedly the best bet for the next first division berth. After Mr. Vitt’s In dians we have the battle for fourth place left among the Tigers, White Sox and Athletics, unless Bucky Har ris can pull off a miracle. The scramble, tangle, or general upheaval is much more pronounced in the National league. After the Reds and Cardinals we have the MacPhail- Durocher Dodgers, Cubs, Pirates and Giants battling for the two open spots. This is where the guessing begins to steam and emit smoke. With two places open, I like Dodg ers, Cubs and Pirates as the best bets for these upper berth loca tions. Both the Cubs and Dodgers might just as well keep an eye on i the team Frank Frisch is bringing to Pittsburgh from the coast. It will be the hardest-hustling Pitts burgh team the Pirates have known in a decade. Bob Feller The Biggest Guess The Giants are a. still bigger guess. As usual a large part of it all depends on how the pitching works out, how many vet erans cave in, how many rookies blow. Bill Terry says his Giants can bag around 90 victories this season. Bill also announced in ringing tones last April that his Giants would finish 1-2-3. Bill remains an op timist. He will need all the luck that Dame Fortune, that cock-eyed wench, can dish out to finish as good as fifth. In my hazy winter book the battle for fifth place will be between the Pirates and Giants, with the Pirates having the better chance to displace the Cubs in the upper set. You’ll usually find the manager with the better team trying to pick someone else. For example, Head-man Blades of the Cardinals asked me rather sharply why so many were picking his Cardinals to beat out the Reds. BiU Terry An Odd Angle l “The Reds beat us last year,” he says. “The Reds have improved. We haven’t. The Reds are all set. We are not.” Here is one answer—the Cardi nals, being a young team in many ways last season, should improve. There is still no substitute for ex perience. In a season loaded with fate, luck, chance and the rest of it, my guess at this spot would be New York, Boston, Cleveland and Detroit for the top division in the A. L. There are many more kinks when it comes to acting as a National league soothsayer. You can name St. Louis, Cincinnati and Brooklyn. Then you pause abruptly as you stumble over Chicago, Pittsburgh and New York for the next notch below. From this unchartered med ley I’ll take a chance on Gabby Hartnett’s Cubs. Frank Frisch is building for the future. Frisch is looking more to 1941 than he is to 1940, although Frisch, like any oth er scrappy manager, wants to win every game in sight. The Pirates will win their share. Our Founding Fathers Found The Baby on Their Doorsteps Kept Uncle Samuel in Stew 153 Years—Hamilton Wanted Presidents ‘During Good Behavior’—One-Term Bills Pop Up Frequently. EDlfOR’S NOTE: Between now and the tummer day when the Democratic party nominates its candidate for Presi dent, the third term issue will be one of the most discussed questions of the 1940 campaign. That discussion may continue until November 4, increasing in intensity as election day draws near. To help our readers judge for themselves the merits of the arguments for or against a Presi dential third term, this newspaper pre sents herewith the first in a series of three articles which give some of the historical background of that issue. It is neither FOR nor AG41NST a third term; it simply scans the past and gives an im partial report of its findings. I. THE FOUNDING FATHERS AND CONGRESS S HALL the President of these United States be elected for a certain term of years and thereafter be ineligible? What shall that term be? Six years? Seven years? Twenty years? Or shall he be permitted to serve “during good behavior”? Those were some of the questions which the Founding Fathers, meet ing in Philadelphia 153 years ago, tried to answer as they struggled with their gigantic task of devising a frame of government for the new republic. Considered Seven-Year Term. On May 29 Gov. Edmund Ran dolph of Virginia and Charles Pinck ney of South Carolina both present ed resolutions providing for an exec utive “to be chosen by the national legislature for a term of . . . years and to be ineligible a second time.” Three days later a vote was taken on a seven-year term for this exec utive. Five states voted for it and four against it. The next day a motion to make the executive ineligible after seven years also was carried, by a vote of 7 to 2. Apparently that matter was settled. But two weeks later it was brought up again and Alexander Hamilton proposed that the supreme executive authority be vested in a “Governour” to be elected to serve during good behavior. The delegates turned thumbs down on this idea and on June 19 voted for a seven-year term for the President who should be ineligible for re-election. A month later, how ever, they changed their minds and struck out the ineligibility clause. Then followed a long debate. ‘During Good Behavior.’ Once more the “during good be havior” clause bobbed up but again it failed to pass. There was a sug gestion that the Chief Executive be elected for 20 years and another that he be chosen by the legislature with the provision that no person be el igible for more than six years in any 12 years. Both of these plans were rejected and eventually they went back to the seven-year term with its ineligibility-a-second-time proviso. This was in July and for the next two months the presidential term was repeatedly debated. On Sep tember 4 it was brought up again with the suggestion that the Presi dent’s term be made four years. A motion to change this back to sev en years and another to six years were defeated and on September 15 it was finally agreed that the Presi dent should be chosen by an elec toral college for four years, no limit to his re-eligibility being fixed. Problem Bobbed up Again. Although the adoption of the Con stitution on September 17, 1787, ap parently settled this question of presidential tenure satisfactorily, it was a question that was destined to come up again and again in future years—especially in the legislative branch of our government. After the contested election of 1800, a resolution was presented in the senate “that no person who has been twice successively elected President shall be eligible as Presi dent until four years elapse, when he may be eligible to office for four years and no longer.” But the senate rejected this by a vote of 25 to 4. Twenty years later, however, the senate passed a joint resolution by a vote of 36 to 3, providing that no man should be chosen President for more than two terms. But the house failed to act on this resolution so nothing more was done about presi dential tenure until the contested election of 1824 brought it up again. Then no less than 10 amendments to the Constitution, intended to limit the President to one term were de bated in congress. Many Resolutions Offered. During Jackson’s administration 21 joint resolution^ dealing with a limitation of the presidential term, were introduced in congress but none was acted upon. Some of these recommended a single term of four or six years, others prohibited a third term and still others were agaipst more than two consecutive terms. In Van Buren’s administra tion 10 one-term joint resolutions were introduced but failed to pass. For the next 30 years the third- term issue was dormant, mainly be cause there was a succession of one- term Presidents. But during the administration of Andrew Johnson there were 12 joint resolutions rec ommending single presidential terms without any action being tak en upon them. But in 1875, when it seemed likely that Grant would be a candidate for a third term,- William M. Springer of Illinois introduced a resolution in the house. That in the opinion of this House, the precedent established by Washington and other Presi dents of the United States, in re tiring from the presidential of fice after their second term has become, by universal concur rence, a part of our republican system of government, and that any departure from this time- honored custom would be un wise, unpatriotic and fraught with peril to our free institu tions. This resolution was adopted by a vote of 234 to 18, with 38 not voting. Two years later, after President Hayes in his inaugural address had recommended a constitutional amendment limiting the President to a single term of six years, Spring er offered another resolution em bodying Hayes’ recommendation and other reforms. But no action was taken on the resolution. The third-term issue remained in the background until 1892, when Grover Cleveland, who had been first elected in 1884 and de feated in 1888, was again elected. Then no less than 13 amendments were introduced in congress to limit the presidential term in various ways. Brought up in 1912. Again there was a lull of 20 years until 1912 when the house commit tee on the judiciary submitted a favorable report on a resolution pro posing a constitutional amendment limiting the President to a single six-year term but no further action was taken. During this year some 21 such amendments were intro duced in the house and in 1913 the senate passed a joint resolution, by a vote of 47 to 23, proposing a simi lar amendment but the house re fused to act upon it. In 1927 when talk was started about the possibility of Calvin Coo- lidge seeking re-election, the anti- third term resolutions began to come thick and fast. The first one, of fered by Rep. Beck of Wisconsin, a Republican, was practically the same as the Springer resolution of 1875, suggesting a constitutional amendment against a third term. Then Senator LaFollette introduced a similar resolution in the senate. Resolutions Not Acted Upon. In the meantime. Representative Fairchild of New York, a Republi can, had offered a constitutional amendment that “No perjon shall be eligible to the. office of President who has previously served two terms, whether by election or by succession due to the removal, death, resignation or inability of the President where the term by suc cession shall have continued for a period of twt> years or more.” No action was taken on any of these proposals by the Sixty-ninth congress but they came up again in the Seventieth culminating in La- Follette’s resolution being reintro duced on January 27, 1928, amend ed and passed by the senate on Feb ruary 10 by a vote of 56 to 26. It said: “Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the precedent estab lished by Washington and other Presidents of the United States in retiring from the presidential office after their second term has become by universal concurrence, a part of our republican system of govern ment, and that any departure from this time-honored custom would be unwise, unpatriotic and fraught with peril to our free institutions.” (Kele&oed by Western Newspaper Union.) HOME, SWEET HOME “There’s the doorbell.” "What! Again?” “You’d better answer it.” “Why?” “It might be somebody who ISN’T looking for any information.” “Optimist! You answer the bell. I answered it last time.” “No, you didn’t.” “Yes, I did. I remember distinct ly. It Wets one of those Gallup poll fellers.” “Well, I answered the Gallup poll before that one. It was the one where he wanted to know whether I favored public officers with or with out whiskers.” • • • “He’s still ringing. Are you go ing to sit there and let him ring forever?” “I’m standing on my rights.” “What rights?” “Fifteen minutes between rings.” • • • “After all, why so obstinate?” “I’m sick of answering questions. A man’s house is his castle, not a quiz program.” “Suppose it’s the letter man?” “Let him leave the mail and go away. I’m taking no chances on him asking me any questions, ei ther. I answered a knock on the door from the milkman yesterday. And what do you think he wanted?” “What?” “He wanted to know the height of Mount McKinley and the name of the inventor of the buttonhook. It seems he was going on a radio pro gram.” • • • “There’s the bell again. Please an swer. It might be somebody WITH NO QUESTIONS TO ASK.” “WANNA BET?” • • • VOICE IN THE DARKNESS I am a lost cause . . . I am a forgotten virtue . . . I am an abandoned tradition And a forsaken leader. I once ruled all civilized nations . . , I held the respect of savages And was not completely ignored By the lowest of the barbarians. Men held to me in moments of Mad impulses. I ruled warfare . . . Even on the battlefield Among friend and foe; and in The fearful heat of carnage I was not forgotten. Sorely pressed soldiers. Grim and bleeding fighters, Swe ed by their patriotisms And prejudices, paid me tribute . . . Generals planning campaigns Admitted me to their council ta bles . . . “This far we shall go,” they said, “And no farther!” At their side when swords were drawn I took their word . . . I knew it would never be broken. Rulers respected me . . . War lords took my hand and Gave me their firm pledges Before the first cry of “Forward!” Before the first killing, And until the last black death. I saved the innocent millions . . . I spared the toiling womenfolks . . . I protected the little children . . . I saved the unoffending home From the raider and the torch . . , From the unspeakable horror of High explosive bomb. I saved the infant from poison gas . . . I kept the family from The pitiful refugee camps . . . I made the bombing of orphan asy lum, Hospital, kindergarten and cottage Impossible and unthinkable In the heart and mind of Man. Now I am betrayed and forsaken .., I am excluded from the councils, The battle plans and The fields of warfare. At the side of the warriors Stand Barbarism, Paganism, Besti ality, Hatred. I am in the outer darkness . . . But I shall one day rule, emerge . . . I shall one day rule again . . . For it is not in the heart of The world to exclude me forever .., I am Chivalry. • • • The final was played in a down pour and the putting was sloppy.”— From an account of a golf tourna ment. V Maybe the boys were using the slogan, “Any old putt in a storm.” • • • Wallace Cox reports that Ima Dodo bought a copy of Erskine Cald well’s “Trouble in July” because she wanted to get all the news on the Democratic convention in ad vance. R ATTERN AAA iAAAAAAAAAt Dei PARTM ENT AN EXTREMELY smart and simple frock, this has triangu lar pockets, which make it news. Buttoned down the front like a coat, it’s so easy to slip into, and has attractive belt detailing. The skirt seams extend into the bodice, so that you get fullness over the bust, where you want it. The waist is finished with a nar- AsV Me Another 0 A General Quiz The Questions row roll collar, and three darts at the tops of the sleeves broaden the shoulders becomingly. A style equally becoming to both misses and women, this de sign (8654) makes up smartly in wool crepe, flat crepe or silk print, and will be nice for street cottons later on. It is easy to make, and includes a step-by-step sew chart with complete directions. Pattern No. 8654 is designed for sizes 14, 16, 18, 20; 40, 42 and 44. Size 16 requires, with short sleeves, 4% yards of 39-inch material; with long sleeves, 4% yards without nap; % yard con trasting material for collar, if de sired. Send order to: SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. Room 1324 2U W. Wacker Dr. Cbicafo Enclose 15 cents in coins for Pattern No Size Name Address Decision Was Quite Just, Considering the Evidence The magistrate was deaf, but certainly not deafer than the two men before him.' The first man leaned forward earnestly. “Sir,” he exclaimed, “this man owes me a grocery bill amounting to no less than $20, and refuses to pay it!” The second man sprang up. “That’s a lie!” he cried, indig nantly. “My dog didn’t bite him.” There was a pause while the magistrate reviewed the situation, then he announced his decision. “Gentlemen,” he said, “I fully appreciate your feelings, but I can see no reason why you should not combine to support your mother.” Chinese Act Scenery Chinese theaters use little scen ery and properties, making the audience visualize them by the gestures of the players. When an actor is supposed to enter a room, he steps over an imaginary threshold; to close the door, he turns around and brings together his outstretched arms; and when he takes his girl for a boat ride, she walks in front of him, while he follows, pretending to row with an oar.—Collier’s. O-Cedar itl Clean away the muggy film and leave a silken lustre Mother, add O-Cedar Polish to your damp ened cleaning cloth and apply that to dull and listless furniture (woodwork or floors) just like you'd wash them. Soon the ugly film of winter dirt is gone and your lovely wood smiles back at you with a clean and warm, soft silken lustre. Ask for genuine: MOPS, WAX, DUSTERS, CLEANERS AND O-CEDAR FLY AND MOTH SPRAY Sign of Spring Love knows no winter; no, no! It is, and remains, the sign of spring.—Ludwig Tieck. Worth a Second Thought First thoughts are not always the best.—Alfieri. QUALITY AT A PRICE KENT CUPPLKS COMPANY, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI The Outstanding; Blade Value of 4 Finest Swedish Chrome Stool 11 if" 7 single or lO double edge Blades lUU Relieving Distress To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike. VESPER TEA PURE ORANGE PEKOE 50 Cups for lO Cents H'nte fur " lea Fact* ~ Hot* to I rj " \ LEVERING COFFEE CO . Baltimore. Md W 1940 WORLD S FAIR t —stop at this modern and | convenient hotel between i ' Riverside & Central Parks I PA Family Hotel with Family Rates* Rooms from $1.50 Hotel BELLECLAIRE Broadway at 77th Street New York City Write NOW/or World’s Fair Booilat I 1. How does a wedding in the Samoan islands differ from our ceremony? 2. A word or group of words that reads the same backward or forward, as “Able was I ere I saw Elba,” is called what? 3. Which is written, libel or slander? 4. What is a popinjay? 5. Which are the three largest countries in the Western hemi sphere? 6. What are water chickens? 7. How long did Benjamin Franklin attend school? 8. Can one’s front teeth be re ferred to as molars? The Answers 1. There the wedding ceremony consists merely of eating cake to gether. 2. A palindrome. 3. Libel. 4. A dude. 5. Canada, Brazil and the Unit ed States, in size according to the order named. 6. Water chickens (Florida gal- linules) are birds about the size of a chicken, squawk like hens, swim, but rarely fly. They are of the rail family. 7. Two years, between the ages of eight and ten. 8. MoPrs are back teeth. Front teeth are incisors. MADE BY KELLOGGS IN BATTLE CREEK I LIKE ALL THE MILDNESS I CAN IN A/IY CIGARETTE. CAMELS BURN SLOWER AND SMOKE SO MUCH In recent laboratory tests, CAMELS bunted 25% slower than the average of the 15 other of the largest-selling brands tested — slower than any of them. That means, on the average, a smoking plus equal to ’extra smokes ter pack/ EXTRA COOLNESS, EXTRA FLAVOR- CAMELS SLOW-BURNING COSTUER TOBACCOS