The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-01-26
THE WASHINGTON REBELLION
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Because they dare to assert views
vCbich happen not to agree WIN 'iie
,,iows Of President Roosevelt and
cnool,er Cannon, certain Republican
,,,orobers Of the National Congress are
being dubbed insurgents, the term
in,plving feeling of indignation ana
scorn on the part of the hepupllcan
high-and-mighties who are being SO
outrageously rebelled against. nuI
This. if not exactly an old story Is a'
aeast not new. Nor is the unrepuon-
or and renugnant character OF the
imnlied situation of absolutism toIal-
Nv unfamiliar to the readers Oh inc
Courier-Journal to whom before Ihls'
bava heen pointed out the curious
manifestations and conditions now Cd
sarvable in Washington. Nevertheless
tbe why's and wherefores have not
lost their interest as a study.
Esnecially is this true of the why's
and wherefores" of the insurrectlon u
self For the reasons for the usurpa-
tion by the President of rights that
belong to Congress and by the Speak
or of authority that should rest WIN
the individual members, have been de-
valoning for years and are well I'M
derstood. The personal methods ana
the nature of MI Roosevelt have mad
much TO do in making his administra-
tion particularly notable for executive
dictation: the party training of Mr..
Cannon has caused him to adopt the
same autocratic manners OF his pre-
decessors.
The truth is, the President has been
PLAYING his game a bit too boldly
calling the members of Congress pc
fore him and lecturing them on Their
duties. The New York World has
been cataloguing some of the reasons
for the Presidents diminishing indu
ence. basing its effort upon the charge
of an Administration or gan that the
railroads are trying to dlscredit the
President. Says the World
MIR. Roosevelt's influence has IN
,deniably been weakened; but the
railroads did not do it. The response
bilitv rests I'th Theodore Roosevelt
alone.
THE railroads did no. make nm
tactless; they did not maize MIN re
pulsive; they did not make h!Ei I'M
natient of constitutional restraints
they did not make him Indifferent t.
the rights of coordinate branche
,of the government; they did no
make him rash in action and cor
temptuous Of precedent; they al
not impregnate him with the germ G
Little Fatherism. The sources OF MI
Roosevelt's weakened influence all Il
within himself.
"A sentiment of strong opposite
to the President has been develol
ing in Washington for many months
Some of it is now manifesting ltse
in the hue and cry over the Morr
affair. for which Mr.. Roosevelt Wf
in no sense responsible. 1t has bee
seized upon, however, as a conye
lent pretext for the expression OF crl
iclsm that is inspired by other grie
.ances. Nothing more significant n;
come out of Washington in mar
months than the outburst of feelil
over the treatment accorded to
intractable woman by White Hou
employees. The general tactlessne
shown in dealing with her and Il
strenuous methods employed to pa
ify her are accepted as typical OF &
spirit of the administration
somebody is slow to obey ordel
throw him out.
IF Mr.. Roosevelt's conduct has n
inspired confidence in Congress,
need not go far to find the reason
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