The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-02-07

| nave heafQ MIN make some of the
most sensational statements In mild
and easy tone, and it was not until
some reporter had gathered in the full
import of the remarks that any one
would realize that the Alabama sena-
tors speech was more than dry re-
view of facts A~"Fs>
Presidential Succession.
Representative jenkins of Wisconsin
is not satisfied with the presidential
succession law, which passes the presi-
dency from the vice president to the
members of the cabinet and has intro.
duced a bill providing that the presi.
dent pro tempore of the senate shall be
next i'll line for president when the vice
president succeeds to the presidency.
When the present law was enacted, a
great many advocated the same view
as conveyed In Mr.. Jenkins bill, but
the cabinet idea was taken because II
was agreed that it often happened that
the president and vice president might
be Of different political faith from that
of the senate and that the political will
Of the people would he defeated by the
succession from the senate. 1t was
agreed that to change the political com
plexion Of an administration through
the death of the president and vice
president would be most unsatisfa ctory
and 1t would be better to depend upon
the succession of cabinet ministers,
whose policies would naturally be sim
liar to the man they succeeded
Takes It Too Seriously.
Members Of congress say that Henry
c. Payne, the new postmaster general,
takes the office altogether too seriously
and that he is working himself thin
in an effort to accomplish great results.
1t is altogether natural that a new
cabinet officer desires to learn all there
is i'll his department and to make a
good showing, but an old stager in pub
lie life thus advised Mr. Payne: What
is the use OF worrying? You couldn't
upset things in the department If you
wanted to. All these clerks and bu.
reau officers have got things running
in such groove that the department
would run along even if there was no
one at the head OF it for months. There
are enough old messengers about the
department to show you where to sign
your name on routine documents, and
that is enough for the present.
Must Not "Hit the Pipe"
Senator Mason is a refoimer, or at
least there are many reform measures
for which he stands sponsor. One of
the latest is Il bill to prohibit the I'M
portation of opium for smoking. He
intends to cut off the "heathen Chi
nee from one of his pleasures and to
prevent the white man from "htting
the pipe" occasionally. Some man who
refuses to take Senator Mason's bill
seriously says that the Illinois senator
has been the victim Of pipe dreams,"
| as some newspaper stories without
much foundation are called and it is
his intention to shut off the supply
A Territorial Experiment.
Some Of the territorial nominations
! have caused considerable discussion in
/ the senate executive sessions The
charges and counter charges brought
| out Il story from Senator Clark of wy
oming. A judge who was Il resident of
New York was sent out TO the territory
and developed some rather peculiar
| notions. He went to one county to
hold court, and as usual in Il new
country, there wera plenty of lawsuits
and criminal cases, but scarcity of
ministers. In fact, the judge could
find no one to open court with prayer.
He held everybody-attorne officers,
clients, Jurors, witnesses and prisoners
for four days until minister could
be obtained from distant town to of
fer the prayer. I'VE didn't object to
the praying" said Senator Clark. but
the delays were expensive, costing the
county about $500. We had no relief,
because we could not get rid of the
| judge, but at the next session Of the
| legislature we rearranged the judicial
districts, giving the New York judge
one county where there was nothing
but few sagebushes and one jack
rabbit. We paid his salary and voted
| the other judges $500 each for extra
work; but it was clear gain to the
territory in thA matter of expense"
Apparently Not Uneasy.
Usually the majority party in con
gress is anxious to push legislation
through rapidly in order that the mem
bers may get home so as to 90 into
their campaigns. and us soon as con
gress meets some one will set up the
claim that an adjournment ought to
be had by the LIST of June. | have seen
a congress hurry business and adjourn
in July, but then there was no such
amount Of business ahead as at this
! session. If the actual necessary legis-
lation, such as the appropriation bills,
were being pushed, | might guess that
it was not the purpose to do much else
and that there would be a lurking in
tention Of sidetracking the Philippine
government bill the canal bill and
some other measures which cause so
much contention, but the delay Of the
appropriation bills leads me to think
that the managers do not care so very
much shouf a sneedv adiournmant a nd