The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-30
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i5@, Then came. the further tactical rea-
son. Nothing was so likely to unite
{ the entire body of republicans in the
senate upon the adoption and the ma.
ture of court review clause as this
bcstowal of sponsorship upon the
democrats. IF the bill should fail, the
democrats having introduced it, could
bear the responsibility. If it should
pass, the republicans would get the
credit, or, at any rate, q sufficient
share of it.
Relations Between the President and
,-.. Senators.
What are the relations between the
president and the senator? That qucs-
ton is bcs answered by the events
OF the past eight days. On the 9th
"f March the president received the
scnatc's answer to his statehood pro-
grannc. Since Monday morning last
. lie has been daily receiving. through
the open debates of the senate. re-
plies I" his railroad bill programme,
which show him., if he did not credit
the fact before, that there is ycnu-
inc interest in the constitutional as
poets Of the question. and that the
constitutional aspects are more I'M
p0rtant than those of mere rxpcd-
iency.
In other words, the senators are
shnu-inp inI nIn,,n,.lnb.o ,,T SNbiJn
House control whicl, is refreshing af-
ter the DEPRESSING subscrvicncy Of
the house.
Change of Sentiment in Regard to the
President.
Tllc. relations between the senators
and the president have, up to the mo-
mcnt when this is written, not out
wardly altered. The courtesy due to
the presidential office is of course. al
ways observed by senators in their in
tercoursr with the head Of the state.
Conferences, of course. continue. for
there are many matters besides rail
road Legislation upon which senators
have occasion to call upon the presi-
dent. or the president to send for SEN
atorS.
But in conversing with senator's it
is easy to see that among the most
experienced of them, the men whose
Judgment really counts. as we'll as
among the lesser lights, there is
steadily lesscning regard for the pres
ident's Judgment. No matter how
strong he may be, or may appear to
be, with the country, President Roose-
velt undoubtedly has remarkable
faculty for depriving himself OF
friends. There must be some reason
for this beyond those commonly as
eribed to the shifts and changes of
political life.
It. is possible that upon some qucs-
tion the president may be entirely
right, and the majority of his oppo-
nents. perhaps all of his opponents,
may be wrony, entirely wrong. But
this cNtraordinaiy fortune cannot al
ways prevail. Even the most ardent,
the most devoted admirers Of the
president 5 (whums"ever. and where
socvcr they may br--thry certainly
do not appear to be in Wa>hin.ton)
can hardly claim for him monopoly OF
integrity and wisdom. There must be
something more than "grced.
graft' and Especial intcrosts' to
account for some of the differences
of opinion that arise between the
president and the senate.
But about the relations between the
senators and the PRESIDENT: !: these re-
lations arc in some very notablc III
stances, less critical than they were.
And the reasons for this ore not
'Grccd,' or "graft,' or patronage,
Especial interests There are three
reasons mainly operating to this re-
suit:
Diminishing faith IN the president :
judgment.
An increasing conviction that he
plays too much for popularity.
a growing conviction that he is less
sincere than he is popularity believed
TO be.
It has been stated that conflicting
reports have been given out by sena-
!. tors regarding their conferences with
the president on the railroad rate bill,
that cases have occurred in which
4 two or more senators, comforting with
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