The Magnolia gazette., 1890-04-26


E object beipe iopr,yent ih- change
! Ri poliical administration b. the
7 term for which thc executive was
( chosen II the Vice-Picsrlent
die- Or fls the Office IL pre3i.
dent the President pro tom re-
y !caiyee 7n addition to is salary
Ieanaitn he difference between BIZ
/ compensation as Senator and
tist &C lho SIcc-Pre.idcnt. which
s- .aa9 Jho senator who Is
. esrn Pres. leEt pro lclr 'elslas
NE nqht to vote and debate oo all
lestun-, and has ~ cssang vote
a ase.nf 4 te Ele can name ID
apen >ensto, o. in wiring q SCI,
alof toperforn tho duIe. of the
, char, but for 10 logger pedod
tian oae daly session, except bY
unanimous consent
Tho President of The Senate is
The custodian 81 tic electoral
votes f9r President ana Nice-
President al ihe United States,
and opens thc reriicates, d BE-
counted, 10 the presence oi bolh
iiouse- ID The February pfocs ding
tne expiration Of the term.
The Senate has exclusive pow-
Ior q try impeaehments winch
arc proceedings io remove iho
President, Vice President ana al
Iclv.l officers 3t the Jated States.
.ll proven guilty B. ireasou, bilbefy
Iar other Eiah crimes aud mis-
dcmcanors When the President i,
tried the Chief Justice Of the
Supreme Count prosides over The
Senate, aa tho Nlcc-P President
could not be disintercstcd, Al. (
thougI he might be impartial,
Executive Sessions d Che ScYate
are hcli lor The consideration Of
business connected with tho Exec-
ntiYe Department q the goyefa
ment consisting Principally II
nomination for ofice and treaties
wltb iorelga powers These ses-
alons are usually he'd 9lth closed
doors Tia galleries being cleared
81 Visitors and ell PERSONS exclu.
drd, except senators aud such
clerks an other officials as aro
requisite, these being previously
sworn 20 secrecy
There + no other parliamentary !
body That hahitually holds secret
5essiong, The reason being that tie 1
senate L the only legislative as- {
-em5'y that possesses executive ,
functions, aud shares with the j
President, or head of the nation.
n the exercise of executive pow i
'fs. These sessions IRE continue /
.io1 Of the dehbcratlon begun by .
hc President and hls Cabinet. Or d
ly be diplomatic representatives. d
y cur own and other govern '
ueuts, which are confidential in II
hen nature, and for prudential 4
easons are not made public until s.
ho transactions are concluded. q,
When nomlnations arc cnnfilmcl q
Y rejected and treaties ratified .
he result ia announced through d
le press or by proclamation Of ii
ne President, but the votes.
ncochcs and uthoy proceedings IN (,
be Cabinet aud ID the Senate are !,
ct disclosed After sufficient ];
lterfal has elapsed the iournais :, =
| The executive sessions are :,
rinted, the publication al this i
me comng down to the year II
S69. =
The alleged wits of tho nows- N
7pers, whom tunes ale dull, and &c
her sources Of recreation Gail. 1t
e accustomed to dlsparago the N
'nato bp describing /. as a "club Ii,
mlll2nnaires' and the "Ameri- OF
% House oI Lords, intimatlnr M
eieby that wealth is 4 conaltion Al
'ecedent 70 admission, and that In,
"a supcilluous and unnecessary III,
IT Of our political system. Upon
casions Of public excitement
q discomfort no appeal is more az, a.,
eotivc from the stump, or III ~
g resolutions of Jacobius aud ~
larchsts than the demand for ~ ~
abolition. w
These denunciaiions proceed 4,
'm Misrepresentation of IT'S re- M;
lon 70 eur government, which III
$ been defined as "an :ndlssolu- 4
unlon pfindcstructible States. laE
&c Senate represents the States ;na
their corporate capacity, rs rr,
from tho nation, the 80
eat body Of tho people, whose of
wers are expressed in the House
Representatives,. 1t Is per-
nent and en- luring factor in
compleX system, SO far MS II