El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-10
TROUBLE AHEAD
FOR PRESIDENT
Washington Looks for Bit
ter Fight Between Viii
son and Republicans.

Washington. D. c., June 1Q.-Presi-
dent Wilson must soon deal with Re
publican majorittes IL Goth senate ard
harse. He viii have an opportunity
20 show that he is the pres-ler- CT
all the American people and TO dis
prove the charges by Republicans
taat he is the president OF the Dem
ocratic party.
Not since The last two years II
+ Grover Cleveland's second admins
tration has there been a chief execu-
tive in the white house OF one political
faith with a congress controlled by
the opposing political party AND
only on one other occasion since me
formation Of the Republican party
and the election OF Abraham Lincoln
70 the presidency has a similar situa-
ton existed. Rutherford B. Hayes Re-
publican president, was in the white
house and the Democrats controlled
both senate and house in the final
congress Of his administration An
drew Johnson. who succeeded TO the
presidency when Lincoln was assas-
sinated may be considered as having
occupied the same trying sea John
ron. was a Tennessee Democrat but
remained loyal to the union and was
nominated on the Republican ticket
in 1864 with Lincoln
mere nave AeHlA a 4AA4AAAIEA "a -e-aAa
where the president was Of one po-
litical party while either the senate or
the house was controlled BY the op-
posing party. The most recent was
that Of president Ta1t, the Democrats
having control OF the house during the
last congress OF his administration
The senate was Republican during the
entire four years OF Cleveland's frs
administration; in fact, his party con-
trolled both houses Of congress only
DURING nM the nfnmN M1En
Cleveland served in the white house
The house was controlled BY the DEM
ocrats during the last two years OF
Grants second term and during the
first congress In Hayes adminlstra-
ton Arthur had a Democratic house
on his hands during the last two years
he was chief executive. and president
Benjamin Harrison found himself in
the same position after the elections
IN the past struggles OF exceeding
bitterness have been Waged when
president Of one political party occu-
pied the white house and congress was
controlled by the opposing party.
Predict Lively Fight.
Predictions have been made ire
quently since the elections last fan
that the Republican congress and
President Wilson would engage in
tween the executive and congress in
the past would fade into insigniti-
canoe. Much viii depend upon the at
titude which the president assumes
toward the Republicans. II the past
Il has been his custom 70 consult only
with the Democratic leaders and. [
when occasion demanded. with the
Democratic rank and file in congress I
on legislative matters. Rarely has
he called in Republicans.
No more bitter struggle between the 4
executive and the legislative branch OF
congress has ever been waged than I
that between Andrew johnson and the
29th and 10th congress-ls65 TO 1853 /
re ident Johnson succeeded Lincoln /
at the outset OF the recOnstructlon ]
period, following the civil war. Pres /
ident Wilson also has many recon /
struction or readjustment problems on 4
his hands, though they are hardly I
-amDarable to those which confronted I
the nation in 1855. President John I
son determined that he would do the I
reconstructing Of government IN the ]