Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-10
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The late and existing contests be-
tween Congress and the Executive
suggest . very interesting parallel.
The United States 10 . Republic.
Great Britain II . limited mon.
nrehy. The latter has the monarch.
ioal and aslstocratlc appanages Of a
King or Queen, Lords and Com
nens. Yet the President Of the
United States, during his term Of
of|ics, whether II be four years or
eiGht. has great deal more power
than the sovereign OF the Kingdom
Of Great Britain and Ireland and
the Imperial Ruler Of India. An.
other curioustg>rcumstance Is that,
while the Queen and the House Of
Lords are powerless against the
House Of Commo Ms, the President
and Senate Of the United States
have arrogAted to themselves an
ascendancy over the House Of Rep.
rosontativee-the American equiv
alont Of the British House Of Com
mons.
1T u Z singular circumstance. In
the whole history Of parliamentary
slruggles In England, how abso-
Iutsly the body which directly rep.
rsesnts the people has ruled the
.policy OF the English govern ment.
1Aking the battle which ended in
the Long Parliament, resuming 1t
10 the days Of Charles II. and
James II. and continuing it down
to the present day, we find an un-
Interrupted succession Of triumphs
rsgistersd by the tribunes Of the
psopls against both crown and
mInlstry.
In the English system the SOW
srsigns has nominally the power Of
declaring peace or war. In effect,
the House Of Commons, by accord
Ing or refusing supplies, has al
ways cosrcsd the royal will. In
dscorous seeming the sovereign Of
Great Britain has the right to name
the mlnisters Of the crown. In
truth the House Of Commons
names thsm absolutely. No man
haa lived In Great Britain within
the past two hundred years strong
/ enough. rsposing on the personal
Iponadence Of his royal master, to
Disregard the Inn mperious will Of the
yHouse Of Commons. 6trafford
Who denied, outright, the power
Sof that body, lest his head. Sir
Robert WAlpole, who acted ON the
maxim that "svsry man has his
Price, 2 Just barely escaped with bis
head, although he founded bis
power on the free use Of money and
net on psrsonal arrogance as
against the power Of the Commons.
No premier, backed by the Queen,
though Il were Dlsraeli himseIf,
weuld dare to hold ON to his place,
aftsr one dissolution of Parliament,
n the face Of . hostile majority Of
The House Of Commons.
In the respects outlined by this
contrast the United States II really
nush less Of ; Republic than Great
Britain. The President must, it Is
true, appoiut his Cabinet by and
With the advice and consent Of the
senate; but, once appointed, they
are removable by no process short
Of impeachment for high crimes
and misdsmsanors. When the
President Of the United States sends
In his veto no such storm hurtles
about his ears - would salute that
Of her gracious majesty Victoria
were she, for . moment, to with
stand the demands of her loyal
Commons. The President Of the
United States can say II forbid"
far more imprsssively and effect.
lively than the Queen Of England
and Empress Of India can. To over
ride his veto requires two-thirds of
both the Senate and House Of Rep
rsssatativss. while q majority Of
one in the House OF Comme Ems,
after . dissolution, would make the
Queen quail, and sufiice to turn out
the hsughtisst and strongest min
istry that ever sat in
Englsad, from the days Of the
elder and younger Pitt down to
Bsaconsnsld.
The fact IL that the modest and
unobtrusIve President Of the United
states Il invested with absolutely
impsrial powers. In his veto Of
the anti Chinese bill Mr.. Hayes
had no hesitation in disregarding q
dscisivive majority in both branch
es Of Congrsss. In his veto Of the
bill which stipulates that the army
shall have no hand in the elections
held In the several States, Mr..
Hayes has not only shown his con-
tempt for Congress but for the ira
ditlons Of free government as well.
In England no detail of her Msjes-
ty's troops darss to be within five
miles Of = polling place on election
day. In this country we have
chosen to be far less fastidious In
the interest Of free elections; and,
10 the old carpet-bag days OF the
South, the gIeam Of the bayoneti
Of United states troops was often
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