The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-21
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IspeeIal waahington Letter.1

tcpeclal washington Letter.
- HERE is growing sentiment in
/ Che country in favor Of law
requiring the president Of the
| Halted States to stay on the
White House grounds during his
term Of Office, and If is not an unreal
sOnable sentiment The reasons for
that growing sentiment are not far to
seek. 10 matter who the president is,
his death, especially by violence, plunges
| the entire people into grief. Little
more than 4 year ago every man and
woman in America fit to be citizen
Of the republic was mourning for Pres
ident Mckinley. 4 few weeks ago.
when President Roosevelt ran sach a
nairow risk Of losing his life, shud-
Ger ran through the land from sea to
sea. The death of a president disturbs
business to very large extent. That
is another reason why he should not
! take the chances Of getting Killed
which the average citizen may feel at
liberty to take Because of these facts
anu others which might be stated it
would be wen If our presidents reduced
the chances Of dying IN Office TO the
minimum by staying on the White
House grounds.
A Needed Reform.
Amending the constitution Of the
United States is a very slow and tedl-
Gus business-well nigh an impossible
! task The first eleven amendments
were practically part and parcel Of the
original constitution. The twelfth was
an absolute necessity The thirteenth,
fourteenth and fifteenth grew out Of
4 the civil war Scores have been pro
/ posed and only fifteen adopted IN the
4 1l3 years OF the life Of the govern
kmcnt Most people however are IN
favor Of a sixteenth amendment In
creaslng the presidential term 10 six
years and rendering the incumbent for
eyer Ineligible for another term. OF
course. IL that were done. the congress
eionai term would be heightened to
three years, which would also be
good thing, for representative does
not much more Than get bis seat
warmed before some aspiring states
man IS hot foot after his place, which
I Ii Tar lable performance regarded
from the Individual standpoint, but
NOT good for the puhlic service
Il Is really q pity that a congress
cannot he dissolved aud new election
4ordared WHOM The administration Is de.
tented on any administration measure.
ms the Briitsb parliament is dissolved
and a new election ordered when the
/ administration IS defeated In that
respect at least tho British govern
metit Is more representative than ours.
There never has been but one presi-
dent who did not use his first term as
q stepping stone 70 second ana that
was George washington. Hayes does
not count. MS he was never elected IN
the iirst place Some presidents have
used the patronage Of their great Of
fee III n most ruthless manner. Those
who did not secure second terms al
ways deemed themselves badly treat
cd. notably the two Adamses and Mar.
tin Van Buren, At least one aspired
to q third term SO on the whole the
public good demands one term aud
one term only and rs a compromise
between a fonr year term and two
terms of four years each one six year
term is about right
Cum crano.
Sensible people win take Senator
Marcus 4 EIanna's proclamation Of re-
firing from politics with q grain OF
salt Ia fact. with d whole barrel Of
the Saline article They viii remem-
Der that the divine Patti has made
several farewell tours-yes. several
and Mark win have TO reaiilrm and
swear to his declaration that he has
retired before the sagacious win take
linn seriously am aware that to
compare Hanna to Patti Is a strange
and oatre performance, but the cir
cumstances justify it. Good judges
believe that Senator Hanna has the
best chance Of any living man to Sc
cure the Republican nomination for
president. and SO believing they win
not grow enthusiastic at the prospect
OF his quitting the field 1t may be
that the rcdouhtable senator sees the
handwritipg .on the wall and has con
eluded that his great rIval Tom john
son. Is the coming man fer president
and that he is making virtue out of
necessity aud getting under shelter be
fore the storm breaks.
Eniamasioal
No matter what the American people
may finally conclude to do as to the
trusts. ono man has placed himself
in a position to say, y told you sog''
That IS Senator Jonathan P. DoIliver
Of Iowa. He made speech on that
subject or more properly speaking,
he said il was on that subject which
! defy any living nan to tell heads Or
tails Of may mean one thing or
nothing. Here IS a sample extract:
Our peopie recogpixe the value OF a
large capital FER the transaction Of a
great business and especially for the COM
merciai eonquests upon which we are now
entering But they recognize also the
danger Of abuses both in the organization
and maragenaent Of great Industrial en-
terprises. and would have the government
/ Of the United States stand between the
community and the reckless perversion OF
the heneilcent law Of corporate property