The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-11-01
SHALL THE WHEELS BE BLOCKED
81. Louis Glo6e-Democrat.


The present Congress goes out of existence
March Attn next. The Congress to be elected
November 4th comes into existence in four
months. If reasons should develop why the
new Congress should be called in extra session
next spring it is, of course, desirable that both
houses should be able to work together. The
Senate will remain Republican for an indefinite
number of years, but if a Democratic House is
elected this fall Congress will be deadlocked
against President Roosevelt for the last two
years of his term. Voters In opposition parties
should ask themselves if stopping legislation in
Congress for two years is a wise step. National
issues are of unusual Importance to the people
at the present time. There is a general demand
for protection against the demands of monopo-
lies operating in the necessities of life, but
neither the President nor Congress can accom-
plish anything if a Democratic House bars the
way after March 4th next. Common sense die
tates that the administration be given the power
to act and be held responsible for results. When
Congress is divided, and especially when Presi-
Dental campaign is near the invariable outcome
is prolonged game of politics, clash of con-
ficting measures that never mature. Such con-
ditions will be anything but sensible and bust
nesslike during the next two years.
This is no time for stopping national legisla-
ton. The short session of Congress ahead covers
barely three months and the large questions on
hand can not be fully discussed and settled in so
short period. Clearly the thing to do is to con-
fer power to act with full accountability to the
people. A deadlocked Congress will be as I'M
satisfactory to Democrats as to Republicans,
and more dangerous in party sense, for mere
obstruction is almost certain to disgust active
and progressive population like that of the
United States. Several of the most experienced
Democratic leaders have pointed out this diff
Guilty and been frank enough to say that the
election of Democratic House would not be a
party advantage. In that event Congress would
become two hostile camps, with the House I'M
able to please the Senate or vice versa. No bill
supposed to involve party advantage, no mat
ter how slight, could get through. Roadway
with any large proposition would be next to i'm
possible. When the people call halt obstruc-
tion is the inevitable weapon of the party newly
given control of one branch of the legislative
department of the government.
There are special reasons why Congress should
not be tied up after March 4th next The Presi-
dent is expected to deal in a comprehensive and
decisive way with oppressive combinations
against the people. He could do little with a
divided Congress. Democratic House1would
NC largely cOupOSeu VI IHc DOubHeTu 0lclucHts
which is always against any exercise of Fedora
control. Important matters touching the West
Indies and South America are unsettled. New
laws are needed in relation to the banking sys-
! tenn. The peaceful and benevolent course of
events in the Philippines should not be dis
turbed. The isthmian canal problems are to be
solved. Congress should be in shape to act in
judicous harmony with the President. 1t should
| Ho inf q n m nj e0QiafV
with the duties of legislation practically sus-
pended. vote for Democrat for Congress
| this year is unquestionably business mistake.