The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-31
SWARMING
The Whirling Round and
Round of Excited Null
tltudes, Mingled
With the Cry
of COntrO-
VerSy.
lFROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE

farmer or 2lanter, standing in the
corridors of the CAPITOL today would
ccnclude that Congress was about to
swarm He would see the whirriug
round and round of excited multtudes,
and hear the stridulous cry Of contro-
versy, and h, would think that some
thing extraordinary in the way of an
exodus WAS about to take place. But
:.e would probably be deceived by the
Il emendOus buzz and ulu,atiOn. The
real swarming will be put oti from
day to day and may not take place for
Il month tr more Better so. A swarm
that comes in May is worth lead of
hay, you know; and Il late adjournment
would shorten the hullabaloo OF the
campaign. The prevalent turbulance
is something uncC mmon and n good
many OF the workers are neelec Ing
horey-making and have their suugs
out. This is because the hive was re-
Gently stirred up by "A sharp stick in
the haads of BriStow. 1t was not his
stick, but was the one the President
advised his friends to carry and walk
softly. Some say that the stick be-
Ionged to Wynne, First Assistant
Postmaster Cencral. But Mr. Payne
says he has no idea who it belonged to
or who fashioned it; he never saw it
before. 1t was probably bonght i'm by
the inspectors, who proved to be pros
pectors of "iriioonce" without being
respecters Of persons. At any rate,
the pCstoflice scandal proves to be one
of tie SpeCters that will not down
/ The Republicans have strived to lay it
by a special committee but the appar-
alton comes every day and points a
menacinG tiager. around the House.
All this should haye one good result;
it should draw a fixed line of ,,para
ton between the legislative and exc
cutiAe departments. 1t should stop
the executive from using undue in
| tnenoes to got laws passed and RpprO-
! prSations anade, and skt should stop
Cnngrss from demanding favors OF the
executive The two branches of gov
ernment should be absolutely sepata-
bcr declares confiden' n'ially that the
President h mse!f projected this re
port Of Congressional improp, i. ties !;
the correctness Of This col .ctUre viii
probably hH so.ved 10y the inves,iga-
| ton.
The same ques Ion ari Ses in the pro-
7 nf hn
Commissioner of Pensions hereby all
veterans over siXty-two are put on the
list of "disabled." Senator .Jarmack
is by no means alODe in insisting that
SIch decree is ieg islation and belong,
exclusively to Congress. \ score of
Republican Senators hold exactly the
same view. but whether they will as
.crt ii and make 4 direct issue with the
| President wheI it comes to vote is
douh ful. MIR. Carmack said yestrr-
day 10 your cores puudent "1f the
I Commissioner of Prnsioas can make
laws, why are we her.: think the
| lhion veterans ought TO be properly
cared Tor b 1t il the presidents under
hundred thousand men by executive
order, what Is il but legisla in of the
most definite sort? III such things
can be, why do We not adjourn and 20
home and have ali the neces ,ary stat
utrs issued by the decree from the
white HJusvl In o.den times, the Ro-
nan Senate met simply to register aAd