The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-15
BILL NYE AND THE PRESIDENCY.
The Term Should Be Eight Years and
With no Second Crack at It.
From the chicago Inter Oce


have not hitupon any desirable change
to be made in the constitution, and 1
could not suggest any improvement in the
manner of choosing United States sena-
tors otherwise than to demand lower
rates on members of the legislature, es-
pecially where they made a large or long
haul
The presidential term is not long enough.
That is perfectly clear. Six or eigh
years should be the term, with no mort
gage on second term. II the unem-
ployed would demand the amount
squandered on national and local cleo
tions To be hereafter used for bread I
would join that movement
The question put to me regarding the
initiative or referendum methods of
Legislation l shall pass over, as | cannot
answer it intelligently without knowing
the meaning of the word referendum.
Civil service reform, | believe, will
grow as the years go by until an applicant
will be ashamed to appear who is unfit
for the position he desires 1t is impossi-
BILE TO even guess what will be the great
questions to divide the people in the fu-
ture Religion might do it were it not
for the growth of the intelligence at the
same time. The more people know the
more liberal they are on that subject, and
the less they know the more they thirst
for the blood of those who do not be
lieve in the same angry, jealous and vindic-
tive God they worship.
do not know whether our expensive
government will become more so or not,
but am willing to be one of IS, coo, 900 peo-
pie to make the expenses as light as pos
sible. Already pay the government for
q good deal more liberty than get.
/ trust that the government will be-
come more paternalistic, and take two or
three statesmen I know of across its
knee about twice a day TILL they do bet.
ter
fear that the government will have to
take hold of some of the railroads and
run them, whether it wants to or not
The present telegraph service is growing
better, and very likely will remain foi
centuries in private hands. But there
are railroads stolen from the farmers by
means of the legislatures as to right Of
way and large concessions of land. They
should have been in government
hands years ago, to say nothing of those
roads that have owed the United State.
for years and failed even to pay the in
terest
America has been constructed too rap
idly TO take first place among the govern
ments of the earth so long as a lot of fresi
| journeymen statesmen take the helm
every TOUR years OF OLJeuer.
Capital and labor know too well the
necessity for their mutual friendship tC
make trouble unless it be the work Of
ignorant and vicious Importation.
In twenty-five years the literature anC
art of our country must surely be greatly
advanced in merit and value Our art /,
more patient, and therefore gaining. i
seems 70 me, on our literature Our liter
allure seems to be too anxious to secure ar
! equilibrium at the bank inside of ter
/ years
| Our financial question will never b,
/ fully settled till l get more time to at
! tend TO it,
| We can never be safe from money anC
1 labor troubles so long as the entire ma
/ chinery of government may be ripped out
/ and a new gearing put in every four years
/ Make the presidential term eight wear.
4 and no second crack at it. Settle Tho
national policy for eight years at least.
Here we are with nearly half of a presi
Dental term gone by, and at this writing
we DO not yet know what our policy is.
/ Such cuttings up are death to the interest,
/ of the republic and the party responsible
for them.
/ Goodbye, you bombastic, blowing brag
/ CART Of reform, with your ruined banks
/ your hollow promises, your Wilson bill
/ that has gradually become a Mckinley
! bill, your statesmen who have 'paired'
/ not wisely, but too well and spent theil
| valuable time at home defending theil
/ personal characters in the courts-good
/ bye!