The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-31
TO RESIST PRESIDENT
SENATE WOULD CHECK GROWTH
 OF E ECUTIVE POWER.
The Dangers of One-Man RuIc-Presi- deRt 0verawes Congress and In- ferferes in the Affairs of
 state Legislatures.

ceHatpF Spooner IS not alone In ue- ploring condition of public sentiment which tolerates the encroachment of on ebranch of Government upon an- other The sentiments and the appre- henslon on this subject, which he ex- pressed in his recent speech, are en- tertained throughout the Senate, and their influence is likely to b felt dur Ing the present Congress more than at any time for a number of years.
 The ''hostility"in Congress toward the administration. which is being much talked about at this time, Is not properly the sort of sentiment which is usually implied in the term "hostil- ity.' In both Houses of Congress there are men who are bitterly hostile to MT. Roosevelt because of disappointments for which he is held responsible or on account of alleged interference on his part in affairs which the regard as their own. But all this is individual, being not unusual during any admins tration, and counts for little. It is of less consequence than the fact that a number of men in Congress are ready to go to the White House at any lime to take instructions as to what they shall do in their representative capa- cities.
 Independence is Growing.
 The thing which is of real impor- tance, frequently described as an anti administration sentiment, is q growing independence in the Senate, which rec ognizes and tolerates opinions differ ing from those held by the President. Senators who count themselves among the friends of the administration and who would resent being catalogued as anti-administration men are among those who do not feel bound to accept without question everything MT. Roose- welt does and to do all thSt he requires of them. They do not feel that they should be classified with his enemies because they may at times doubt his wisdom. nor do they regard it as an act or hostility to the administration to insist upon the preservation of the in tesrity of the Senate and of Congress- Attempts to extend the executive DOW CT are disapproved and there is prom lse of more general resistance of en- coachments than there has been before TOT several Congresses. ."-. :: |. Te existence of such conditions as now appear to be developing between the President and the Senators would hardly nave been commented on a few congresses ago as an evidence of hos tllity. But developments during two or three Congresses have been such as to make servility to the will of the Exc cutive a thing expected of Senators
 --'SeAAOSA 9 OA liIS I1OuSe DelOnRlnR to the Presidents party. Now that the senate Is trying to regain it's old pres tlge the self-assertion essential to this IS commented upon as display of hos tility' toward the President. Persits- ehcy in so regarding 1t might convert 1t into actual hostility, but that is not no wtheproper designation of the sem timent which promises to become domi- nant Tn the Senate, If not in the House AiEnnotfinVa promise of much greater effectiveness than could be expected from a display Of mere hostility. It smacks more of the Senatorial dignity that used to be.
 Growth of Executive Power.
 me senate has become alert to the growing. steadily both in the states ana Tn the national government during the last few years. at first stealthily and then more boldly encroaching upon reasons this has been tolerated as to congress until the example at Wash lngton has given certain character of right to execute dictation in State acted upon national affairs until pub Dc sentiment has become habituated .to such interference. coming to expect executive attempting to influence State affairs or the national govern neht attempting to exercise powers lul STdHlPu DY the constitution.
 Every encroachment upon the inde- pendent powers of the State weakens he character of the aggregation of state representatives, which compose 'ient to the national executive, whose influence may he such as to advance ,r inture the interests at home of each Senator or Representative. Men in congress arc becoming aroused to 1 ealization of the qualification to them | which results from the tendency to- ward centralizItion. It is to the sys- l em, that opposition has been awak- ned.
 President Roosevelt, while q smasher 'f political machines. is the very soul | 'f a system. the tendency of which is l a obliterate the distinction between | he reserved rights Of the States and | he granted powers of the nation, and | O concentrate the dominating power | 'f the national Government in the Ex- .cutive and the judiciary, which is of Executive appointment.
 FOrgets RiEht of States
 It IS recognized that Mr. Roosevelt makes light oS the distinction between what may be done by State J.egisla- ures and what may be done by Con Iress. and also between the leglsIa- i've power to make laws and the ex- cutive duty to execute the laws. The 'enate is disposed to be more exact. n this matter than it has been of late nd while the temper of the House is lot so clearly defined. the disposition oward independence is stronger than has been since the Fiftieth Con 'ress. the present Speaker himself be- ng jealous of the Congressional prero- -atives.
 The attitude of Congress Is defensive ather than offensive. There Is some isposition to attack, but the general urpose in the Senate is to quietly re- Ist rather than to attack the President, 1e resistance being aplied to every hing which sems to be an encroach- lent upon Senatorial rights. Senators eprecate the tendency to cry out