The farmer who may be heavily in debt is protected for himself and his family by having exempted to him a team of horses, harness and wagon, machinery, farm utensils, and food and clothing for the family.
I have not time to relate all that has been done by America in sympathetic aid of the poor and the unfortunate. No other country in the world has given such consideration to the poor as has America.
We hear much talk of social injustice, that the poor man has no chance. The truth is that more has been done in [pg 135] America during the past twenty-five years to provide justice for the poor and unfortunate and for those who toil, than was done in any other country of the world during the last one thousand years. The spirit of America is right. The people have the power. They are right at heart. The only weakness in America is the failure of many thousands of our men and women to take an active interest in the affairs of government. Hundreds of thousands, yes millions, of our voters fail to go to the polls on election day to vote. They do not seem to feel any gratitude for the privilege of living in a free country where liberty is guarded by written guaranties of a Constitution which cannot be changed, except by the will of the people themselves.
ELEMENTARY QUESTIONS
1. After a person is arrested where is he generally taken by the officer?
2. If the hearing is postponed, what is generally done with him in the meantime?
3. What is bail?
4. What offenses are not bailable?
5. What is the constitutional guaranty as to bail?
6. Why should excessive bail be prohibited? What would be the injustice of this practice?