Iron County register., 1891-02-05
THE TRANSIENT MAJosIv
norfs of the Republicans IL
Congress to RuSh Mo-.

congress to Rush Matters
doesaon that Is now aeitatiac-
DoHSTeSs Is one that is apt tn ar;s.. ana
tIlat generally does arise wbanara-
mouse holding over is TO be soccaa5a7
os one OF different political eomnlex-
loA- when the Senate and the prasi-
1en' are o. the same politics as the ont
gong house there viii be an e+=o-- 70
crowd INTO the session between the
congressional election and the r,ax+
4lh OF March legislation favorable To
IheIr party and correspondinrlv often
slNe 20 the minority about to become y
majority This latter party viii of
course resist such legislation by uSino
al the ezpedients for DELAY with which
Parliamentary law furnishes them.
mat Is 10 say. the last session. Of =
congress under the condemnation Of
lie people VIII necessarily be a fSl5bus-
1eTlng session Il Is perfectly idle for
the members Of the transient and rra
car2ous majority TO complain of this, as
1heS are rather foolishly doing at pres
enl- livery man OF them knows Der
1eetIy well that he would be doing the
same thing If his party were in opDo-
s1uon- and an appeal TO the people :
1ullie when the question at issue has
Just been submitted to the people
and decided against the maiori-
= ID the existing Congress. Yet
ms Is what the Republicans
have been doing in both houses
senator Aldrich read the Democrats
solemn lecture upon their criminal con
duct IN ''hllbustering" to prevent the
passage OF bill intended to put the
control OF elections TO Congress N the
a. r
party, and in the House Ny Mckinley
has been doing the same thing. and has
further been guilty Of the absurdity 81
calling himself and his fellow-EeDut-
Lca0S agents OF the popular will
OF course. this ! nonsense. The Re-
rubGcanS are the agents Of the popular
viii OF November. 1855 when the
people Gid not know what use they
were going to make Of their agency.
Since the people found out. the Eepub-
Ecans n Congress are the discredited
agents Of the popular viii. and they
would oe The discharged agents but for
the curious anomaly in our system by
which discredited Legislature IS al
lowed TO go on for four months exer-
clsln" functions OF which the people
have SHOWN their viii that il should be
deprived
az course. such condition gives rise
To hEbustering- But the anomaly and
the injury OF II do not lie in the danger
% flibuStering. They lie in the danger
that a dis@redited and desperate party
may be able to foist upon the country
legislation that the country has re-
!ected- in spite of all that fibu>tering
can do u prevent IL That i the
real o<Tense against the principles
OF representative government. and i
: that o1Iense that the Repu ublicans in
Congress are trying 70 commit L i as
idle 70 complain Of this a. to complain
OF fi5usterlDC. II the Republicans
were IN the minority they would fill
buster u prevent the passage Of bills
hostile - their party Il the Demo
Gratis were il the IZnajority we have no
reason Tor SupposlnC that they would
not use their power as the Republicans
are using theirs Il Is only fair. how
e-er. 10 say that the Democrats have
not shown in National politics that be-
Lief IN divine right oi their party 70
govern the country. without regard II
what the country may think about il
which Republican leaders have so often
exhibited and acted upon. In gen
eral wax. however. either party viii do
in its own behalf whatever Il Is per
mitted - do. unreSt-ained by any thing
short OF positive law.
The real grievance i the anomaly
that makes Il possible for a defeated
uartv 70 20 on acting as Il I We're the
v5-cg-iou, party Complaint Of this !
not idle and ought not t. be futile. i
J. not altogether clear Just now this
auorual- came about. Il i not en-
bodied N the constitution. and The cas-
ual Circumstance that the early IN
au-urarzgn~ of The Presidents hap
rened u ne fixed for the 4th Of
lIa-ch : probably responsible for
/ A hundred years ago a
Journey from the most remote part Of
the country 70 the capital was ! long
and tedious business and before begin
ming his service Con-re>>ruan-elect
needed tiI1e To put his private affairs
II order. Perhaps four months was
mt too long time for all this. but il !
an absurllly long time now IIauEars.-
ton day can not easily be changed.
since the constitution secures term OF
four years TO the President But there
is nothing TO prevent an amendment OF
the statute by which the Represents
tives shall take Office. as all other Of
fce-holders do. on the first of January
succeeding their election The consti-
tutional provision that Representatives
shall be chosen every second year Is not
q guarantee of term OF two full years.
1t would be easy to provide that mem
bers OF the House legislated out Of Of
fee bv the reform should be paid IN
full The present House would be
cheaply gotten rid of at that rate Such
an amendment would not only do away
with the most serious fibustering by
taking away its motive: II would &c
away with the much more dangerous
and iisgraceful spectacle presented by
:, Legislature voted out Of Office cOntln-
uinc to exercise its functions IN def,
ance OF the popular wil.-N- y Times
THE DEFEAT OF ANARCHY.
Frustration of a Foul Plot to Overtime"
Popular Government.
Bv vote OF s. yeas 10 81 nays tbs
force bill has been put aside The
measure which was fitly denounced as
worse than secession VIII be heard o1
NJ, more. save as il i recalled 10 signal
ize the popular contempt for those dem