The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-26

OF Japanese immigration Men like
Roosevelt may be trusted not to
abuse 1t, but 1t might one day be
a great political weapon in an un-
worthy cause. -
For many years we have tried to
regulate immlgratioa by law, but
never have we dreamed of exclusion
by executive order. This is not
democratic, but monarchial in tend
ency. 1t is full of possibilities of
power for our President, and of
probabilities Of political disaster
for his party.
THE USUAL RUSH AT THE END.
As usual. Congress finds itself at
the end Of the session, with made.
'quate time even to rush through the
mass of remaining business still
pending. The appropriation bills
are in a very backward state. Only
two of the fourteen big supply bills
have yet been sent to the President
for his signature. Seven of The
Others have been passed by the
House, amended by the Senate, and
are now In the hands of conference
committees. The. postofflcc, sundry
civil. and general deficiency appro-
priation bills have yet to be consid-
cred by the Senate, and the latter
has not yet been presented to the
house. gF
Yet there are but seven legislat-
I've days left before CongreEs
reaches the end Of its constitutional
term on March 4 In order to finish
It's work, 1t is not unlikely that the
session Of Saturday. March 9. will
have to be continued during Sunday
without adjournment. Even thc
holding Of night sessions will hard
~ prevent the use OF. the Sabbath
day to dispose of the great volume
|o' work still unfinished. This cer-
tainly Is a pretty state Of affairs.
SOMETHING RADICALLY WRONG
Any old thing is good enough far
the people" is sentiment public
servants seldom express openly
ihey make up for their silence in
this respect, however, by usually
acting what they dare not nreacb
here is this Fifty-ninth Congress
10: instance. They were elected to
serve the people for two years and
yer lhey VIII, when they adjourn
march Z, have given the lesser mart
ot eleven months to the public bus
mess. No one would demand thar
spending more time over ,bo mn
mons affairs than is necessary Bnt
" 'a'e years 1t has been more ana
more evident that the closing dave
W congress are marked by n conpes-
.ioh OF business, great haste incident
70 IL. ana consequent openings left
,or 'hevitaDle Jobs and "jokers"
o. various kinds. For instance
iook at the action of the Senate ,n
.he night session of Wednes,,aw
feofnary 20. in which both The nav
~ ana the river and harbor appro
pliaOion bills were passed in The
oourse OF two hours session Thoso
'wo oiiis carried an aggregate annro
?, iation OF over 5000. .OOO0 ana
'hey We're approved by the senata
a. ~, ,ne rate Of trifle over 81 300, 900
no say the least, something &c
radically wrong with a Congression
al procedure which consumes at 40
negilning OF q session three ont 30
Wv seven weeks the Senate sits in
Useless debate over the trivial
BROWNSVILLE affair, while. at tba
ehd OF the session, 5000 900 600 os
our money is given away in Jess
than two hours with hardly dis
sehting voice. 1t proves that the
sohate can dispose of business If Il
desires TO do so, and that IL does
no. dispose of business. until II has
10 40 so. In short, something Is
radically wrong somewhere.
WOULD A CORPORATION TOLER.
ATE TT?
Is there n corporation that wouId
stand Tor this kind of service rem
dered to the people eby their law
makers! congressman shy at spe-
cial or night sessions like a colt at
an automobile. They sit, as a rule.
four dayssa week, opening proceed
ings al IL noon and closing at 8 p
m.' with time out, .of course, for
iuhcheon. u isi true, some extra time
is spent In the c8mpitteerooms but
the various committees usually sit
while Congress Is In session Briefly
the average working time Of Con-
gressman who attends Congress and
John Wesley Gaines u authority for
the statement that many DO MOTIFS