The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-01-27

Another is that the party organization while
held together by caucus arrangement makes no
provision for general party programme and sup
plies no method of discipline for the guidance of
individual Senator's
Still another is that in the absence of a rec
ognized leader the majority of the Senators resent
what they describe white House interference
on the part of members of the Cabinet whose
legitimate missions render it necessary for them
to approach Congress-
To the Republican members of the Upper House
the conditions on the Democratic side are source
of unaloyed entertainment. 1t is but natural that
they should withhold their good offices in straight
enng out the situation. The Republican pro-
gramme is extremely simple and has been very
effective The two chief features of it appear to
be batting the President and hecklng the Demo-
cratic majority.
You will note that the World points out
that the "only bill that appears to find favor
IN either House is the annual pork barrel
measure, approprlatlng money Of the nation
for the benefit of local communities
same bill that we referred to recently as the
form of legislative graft wherein our little
representatives trade around and give the big
representatives a few millions of our tax
money in return for few thousands to the
little fellows.
One of the big champions of the "pork
barrel'' is Hon. Frank Clark, of Florida, and,
according to the Hon. Frank himself, he may
that line provided, the expenditure of money
in that line does not interfere with out inter-
nal progress and Development"
The Hon. Frank is Chairman of the Com
mittee on Public Buildings-which, with the
Committee on Rivers and Harbors, is the prn-
cipal pork dispenser, and, SO long as the Hon.
Frank is able to bare his breast to the storm,
he will stand on the rock of "pork barrel and
more pork barrel"
And strange as it may sound, this speech
of the little representative, who openly
espoused this system of graft, was greeted
with hearty applause by both Democratic and
Republican members.
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In fact, so serious has become the outlook
that the President has announced speaking
tour in defense of his policies
But if Mr.. Wilson begins his tour of the
country, appealing to the people to support
his program Of preparedness it is dead shot
that the Hon. William Jennings Bryan will
follow very closely behind trying to "knock
into a cooked hat'' all of the Wilson argu-
ments in favor compromise between the
Roosevelt plan and the Bryan peace-at-any-
price plan.
Not that Mr.. Bryan will oppose the Presi-
dent-not that he is making fight to prevent
the next Democratic nomination going to
Woodrow Wilson-Mr. Bryan is simply going
along after the President to enlighten the
people whom Mr.. Wilson will address, and
show them the error of Mr.. Wilson's way
No, no; Mr. Bryan would not do anything
to lessen the chances for Democratic success
in the election next fall-his spirit in follow
ing the President around is the same Chris
tan spirit that prompted him to bid the
President farewell, with God bless YOU
while he stuck knife in the Presidents back
in about the same spot that Hon Champ
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