Some years ago a United States Senator (mr. Cullom) was reported as saying that in the United States there is no constitution but public opinion. We should also remember the unconscious humor which made Congressman Timothy Campbell fa mous. He was urging President Cleveland to sign a bill which had passed Congress and the latter ob jected because he believed the bill to be violative of the organic law. Our ingenious statesman broke in with this earnest plea: What's the Constitution as between friends? General Trumbull once said.