Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-03-24
WASHINGTON LETTER
IS AS SPICY AS EVER
Iileh Handed Senate Proposes to Crush All Admin
istratOR MeaSureS.-.FaCIS About Supreme
BeRCh..-New Roosevelt Job Proposed.
OUR CONSULAR SERVICE AND OTHER COUNTRIES

Special Correspondence.
washington, ID. &, March H.
There ia rcnuinn concern among the
republican leaders in congress over
che approaching election Of members
Of the house. The fear has taken
deep foop that a landslide may re-
nuit In democratic majority OF
representatives In the 00th congress.
There are any number OF republican
mombora who have narrow margins
ln their districts who are now In q
state bordering on panic because OF
che murmurings which come from
black home"
The result OF this airam ~ that the
house Is almost ON ha knees before
tho senate. pleading thai some OF the
administrator measures which
have the support of public opinion be-
enacted into law. It baglna 10 look a.
N the senaae had set out 90 defeat
The entire administration program,
and republicans DO not hesitate io
declare that this would mean q demo-
cratic majority In the next house
So far 40 there is evidence, the
senate has not been greatly agliated
by the appeals. The Overwhelming
Senate" az Il has been termed In a
magazine article by one Of the nbleat
members OF the house, continues TO
ovorahados. Never before since the
government was founded did Il more
closely approach Lulocracy. Il - dis
dainful OF the president, diadainful OF
the house. and dlsdainful OF public
opinion.
In This particular session. the sen
ate has been in a peculiarly advan-
tageouE position n has not iu7elf
been committed 80 the enactment OF
any particular policies. a. the poll
clos to which the Administration was
committed. the house has grabbed as
4 droynlng man grabs life pre-
server The resulting situation has
enabled the senate TO assume this NJ
titude toward the house and the pres
ideht We will take your bills, shape
them up 10 suit ourselves and send
them back 90 you n you accept them,
well and good. II not, well and good.
Tho matter IL not a vital one 70 u.s.
irresponsible 70 People.
There Is partlsanship IN the senate
no less than In the house but senate
partisansh,p has this peculiar fea-
turp Il 10 never allowed TO Interfere
with the prestige OF the senate. sem
ators may be republicans or they may
be democrats. but first OF all they
are senator's They may, and they
do. disagree among themselves, but
let any outside influence attempt TO
clip the scnato's wings, and they are
all one party-the party Of the senate.
Just now II Is President Roosevelt
against whom the senate Is united.
The house doesn't count n great deal.
The senate has grown 30 nccumtomed
90 kicking the house about that u IL
accepted as thing OF course. But
president Roosevelt was q quantity
that had TO be- dealt with specifically.
There are ia the senate, of course,
champions OF the administration
measures. but their championship
arises from belief IN the measure,
rather than loyalty 20 the president
Senator Tillman, floor manager OF the
administrations rate bill, goes out OF
the way 20 throw rocks In the direc-
ton OF the white Honsc And there
u no one TO seriously rebuke him.
Il Is this situation that worries the
house managers whom they think OF
election day next November There
u harborod oven the fear that the
presidents personal popularity may
operate against chances OF republican
success At the polls. The foundation
of this fear a. apprehension lest
voters make up their minds that Mr.
Roosevelt might receive more faithful
support for nis policies from a demo-
cratic congress. Mr.. Roosevelt always
has posed as a straight party man
and there Is no reason for assuming
that ne would vilfuily do anything 10
hurt his party But Il remains true
that he has accepted democratic sup
poH for his policies. and has seemed
glad 90 get u. These things are likely
90 stick IN the minds Of voters,
TAFT and Supreme Court.
Il Secretary OF war Taft goes upon
the supreme bench 20 succeed Justic,
Brown and d made chief justice upon
the retirement OF Chief Justice Fuller
his youth viii make Il probable that
he will exceed the average Of sgrvic'
at chief Justices. Since the supreme
court was established. l7s9, u has had
bat seven chief Justices not counting
RuiledRc whose brief tenure wa,
rendered merely nominal by his ln'
tANANlig,
Chief Justice Marshall, She grcates
of an American iurists, aoyed fol
thirty-f0ur years, and fancy preside,
over the court for twonly-nine years
Chief Justice Fuller. who has s0ml
eighteen years 90 his credit, has exc
ceeded the average by two years
az the associate Justices, Justice Har
Ian has been on the bench for twenty
nine years. aud during that perio'
has greeted as neHcomers fifteen o
the fifiy-thrUC associate Justice
which the bench has known.
Friends OK Secretary TAFT declau
that he prefers the sup; me bench q
the presidency This Is neither im
potable, nor without precedent Jaj
the first chief Justice. chose that 20
aitiOn in preference 10 an other Office
within the Flit of President Washing
ton. declaring ne preferred ID 10 th
presidency itself Othor men have eX
pressed a like view, and have mean
d.
4 seems to bo the accepted yio'
that should Secretary Taft go ON %
bench q would remove him us q pres
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