Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-18
Why the Treaties are Considered in
Secret.

of a beteaved public.
Why the Treaties are Considered in
Secret.
A Senator is reported to have said a
day or two ago that he would gladly
agree to consider the treaties in open
Senate if it were not for the fact that very
few Of the Senators know anything about
the queations which the treaties involve.
If some Of the speeches which have been
made on the treaties in secret session
were published, respect for the Senate, he
said, would be lowered both at home and
abroad. This Senator was in favor OF
considering the treaties in open session
before he heard some Of the speeches in
secret session.
1t is not to be wondered at that many
Senators know little Of the issues in
volyed in the treaties. They haven't had
time to study them, and it would take
them weeks, perhaps months, to get a
thorough understanding of them, even if
they had nothing else to do.
As matter Of fact, however, their time
is pretty fully occupied with other meas
ures which come before the Senate every
day, and of which they are expected to
know something. The time they have for
study is very limited. They spend good
part of the day at the capitol, and a social
engagement generally occupy the greater
part of the evening.
Comparatively few of the Senators are
students. About d half dozen on either
side of the chamber MAKE it a point to
acqua.nt themselves thoroughly with the
important matters that come before the
Senate. They furnish the law and the
facts, and not unfrequently the opinions,
for their respective sides. The unin-
formed, i: they venture to say anything
at all, keep pretty close to shore until
they gather enough from the debate to
justify them in yenturing into deeper
water.
If the treaties were discussed with
open doors it is probable there would be
no cause to feel ashamed Of The speeches
that would be made. The uniformed
would keep silence until they were able
to talk with a reasonable amount Of intel
hgence. They would show much greater
discretion when in the presence Of the
whole world. as it were, than when in
the presence of half a hundred or more
Of their sleepy associates.
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Il has long been believed by lawyers
that the fundamental idea Of justice with
majority OF American D. rs demands
that Judgment should always be entered
up against the party to a SUIT "hol able
TO pay the costs. Americans are great
stIcklers for consistency, and besides our
statute law provides no rule by winch
party may gain his case, and yet be pri-
marily condemned to pay the lees Oh the
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