South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-13
AND ROME FELL
That Government
by the Senate,
Of the Senate,
md for the
Senate, Might
Perish from the
Earth.
BY JOHN HENRY zUvER.


a Harding Of Ohio, and Gov.
ACaivin Coolidge Of C-assachu-
sets, who are TO lead the c.. o. p,
TO its ignominious defeat, in this
republican year"-fit product
of the Chicago convention.-in its
fight TO wrest the republic from
the people, subjecting its govern
ment 10 bureaucratic aristo-
cracy; government by the senate.
Of the senate, and for the senate.
The cards have been stacked
for such transformation, 10 these
many months. They began deal
ing them out from the bottom OF
the deck from the moment that
the national committee met 10
concoct rules and hear the woe
ful tales of contested delegations.
Anything to make the candidates
and platform satisfactory TO the
senate!
Sen. Lodge was made temper
airy, and then permanent chair
man of the convention.
Sen. Watson was given charge
Of the vital platform committee,
with an open telephone wire con-
Meeting him directly with Sen.
Boise Penrose's sick bed.
Sen. Wadsworth took the hum
bic position of New York dele
gate, and down on the floor.
moved the adjournment and fixed
the hours of reassembling Wads-
worth and Sen. Mccormick, the
latter from Illinois.
Senator's, senators. senator's,
everywhere. You could hear but
very little If any one save senators
in Chicago.
Even Sens. Johnson and Borah
are senators; likewise Sen. Hard
ing,-the Ohioan, however. in
better grace with this up-start OF
a governmental aristocracy, than
are the gentlemen from Idaho
and California.
Johnson has been the only hope
present, in the entire convention,
of a man from the republican
party for the white house, strong
enough in himself-or for him
self,-not TO pledge surrender OF
his office in advance, 10 that
wouldbe self-instaling bureaucracy
of senatorial high FLINDERS. And
even Johnson seemed willing 10
be Of the bureaucracy IL he could
not be the president.
20 TO the source OF the con-
" spiracy-and that is what it
rueans,-and you have exhibited
before you in full the basic super
egOtism, prevalent on the major
side OF the upper house OF con-
gress. that has made them so re-
sentful OF every presidential move
on which they have not been con-
suited; or, worse still. have not
been permitted to dictate.
Their four complaints against
the socalled lone man rule" OF VIII
son is the mere outgrOwth OF the
occasional inability OF the would
be bureaucratic senate to play
politics with him and play 1t sue
cessfully. They have wanted TO
put their connivances over on the
president, making Of the executive
branch OF the government their
tool. instead OF acting with such
branch in a spirit Of coordination,
and in this they have failed.
The constitution OF the United
States DEGREES that 1T shall be
the duty Of the president to ad-
wise the congress from time TO
time" but II you please. that Is
getting to be an insult to those
senatorial gentlemen at present
in the saddle. and they propose
to reverse the order. not by con-
stitutlonal amendment OF course,
but by way Of party conventions.
IL possible, so that instead OF the
president advising the congress,
the senate shall dictate TO the
president The lower house seems
10 be OF no account.
MUCH has been hearG In Chica-
WI go about "Autocrat" Wilson
and "one-man-rule." All the can
didates have taken a fling at IL,
all the participants in oratorical
flights, and even, one might guess.
all the delegates. A fourth OF the
platform is given to damnation Of.
Wilson for his ''autocratic one
man-rule." the next fourth 10
commentator OF the senate for
its dictatorial bureaucratic resent
ment, and the next fourth 20 apol-
ogizing for the failure Of the pres
ident and senate TO get together;
OF course with the president the
sole offender.
The old "autocrat' in the white
house was stubborn and wouldn't
surrender TO the bureaucratic
babies on capitol hill and there
fore the republican national con
Vention. under the thumb OF that
senatorial Bureaucracy. has given
10 the party a platform by the
senate three-fourths Of it about
the senate and for the senate. nd
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