The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-02
BRYCE IS WELL
VERSED ON j. s.
RECENT PUBLICATION OF NEW
AMBASSADOR Is BEING READ
WITH INTEREST.
PRA SES GOVERNMENT
And Says Bold Use of the Veto Power
BY the President in Certain
Times Wins Favor From
the Masses.

Washington D. G.. Jan Nov that
James Bryce is certainly slated to be
King Edwards Ambassador his boo1;
on America Commonwealth" Is under
the eye of critics The book is in a
class of its own and exce!s, even as
Boswels Life of johnson" excels all
others Of that pecies Of writing The
work II every chapter gives evidence
Of profound study and wide research
on the part of the author.
In its preparation Mr.. Bryce called
10 his assistance many distinguish
Americans, more than a score d.
whom he mentions by name in his pre-
face and acknowledge his indebted
ness to them. Aomns those thu
mentioned are Theodore Roosevelt,
Thomas NJ Cooley. then Chairman Of
the interstate commerce commission,
John Hay, Seth Low, Associate jus.
lice Holmes Senator Willard +. l..
Gudlin and Andrew p. White But
while acknowledging their valuable as
distance Mr., Bryce expressly absolyos
them from responsibility for amy Of
the facts stated or views expressed
IN the booa
The Speaker all Powerful
In one ofits chapters he writes.
I'm quiet times the power Of he
president is net great lie has less
influence on leeisltaion--t that Is to
say. his individual yolltion makes less
difference to the course legislation
takes-than the speaker of he house
Of representatives,
THE senate, through it can keen
the president from settling anything.
eaano keen asm com unaetlina
every. He. ot rather his secretary oi
state retains an unfettered Initiative,
by means Of which he may embroil the
country abroad or excite passion at
home.
Bribery exists in congress, but is
confined 10 a few members-say 5 per
cent Of the whole number II IS more
common in the legislatures of few
though only a few-states practically
absent from the higher walks of the
federal Civil Service. rate among the
lower officials, unknown among the
federal judges and rare among state
judges"
On the subject of the veto power
which is just now in the minds CT the
people. because of a statement which
President Roosevelt is alleged to have
made regarding a pc. .sible passage
over his veto of a b.ll restoring o the
army the recently dismissed colorei
soldiers, THE American Common
wealth" says
so far from existing the displeas-
uFe of the people by resisting the will
Of their representatives, a president
gains popularity by a bold
use Of the veto power Il conveys the
of firmness; il shows that
he has a view and does not fear to
give effect to it. The nation, which
has often good grounds for distrust
ing congre s. body liable to be NOV
ed by sinister private Influences. or
TO defer to the clamor OF some nervy
section outside looks to the man Of its
choice TO keep congress in order
Andrew Johnson. he declares was
the only President who exercised tn"
veto power in a reckless way.
a Groundless Fear
Bryce thought that The American
fear that a president frequently re.
elected would become dangerous toI
Republican institutions was a grornG-
ess one. "One must suppose condi-
ion bordering on civil war" he says,
and the president putting the re-
of the executive at the service
IF one of the intending belligerants in
order to conceive # a ca e in which h.
will be formidable 10 freedom. If there
be any danger. it would seem to lie in
mother direction. The larger a com
nunity becomes. the less does it seem
o respect an assembly. the more il Is +
by an individual man.
A bold president who knew him 1
self 10 be supported by a majority in I.
he country might be tempted to over 1
-'de the law and deprive the minority /
If the protection which the law af- /.
'ords it. He might be a tyrant not .
against the masses. but vi b the mars /
IS. But nothing in the present state I
Il American politics gives weight to /
uch apprehension
After enumerating the qualifications +
Ieemed necessary in presidential can
lidates. and stating some di. quilifi- +.
.ations. he says. "A r oman Catholic
II an avowed disbelieyer In Christian
ry. would be an undesirable candi-
.afe. Since the close of the Civil War
ms one who fought especially # hs
ought with distinction in the North