Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-09-11
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR
WRITES ON The SENATE

Boston, Mass, Sept. 10-Samuel w.
Mccall, after his service of two dee
AIDES as republican in the national
house Of representatives, and as gov
error of Massachusetts for three years
/ has written an article for the Septem-
Der issue Of the Atlantic Monthly un-
/ der the title ga gain the Senate
| The main point made in the article
is that the upper branch of congress
has encroached on the executive func-
tions in one direction, and on the leg
| islative powers of the house in the
,ther. Governor Mccall reaches the
| conclusion that the power to ratify
! Treaties should be transferred from
, the senate, which he regards as an
undemocratic agency in the center of
democratic government, to the
house of representatives. Whether or
not this proposal wins public assent,
| what Governor Mccall has to say re-
garding the senate is attracting wide
spread attention. The Atlantic
Monthly enjoins the public to "read
it, not as republicans. or democrats,
but as Americans ALL
Part of Governor McCall's article
follows:
"While even an enthusiast would be
compelled to admire the present SEN
ate of the United States with some
moderation, it undoubtedly contains
many able and patriotic men. There
have been few better lawyers ever in
that body, or few of greater intel
lectual energy, than Mr.. Knox. In
breadth and fairness OF mind, and in
statesmaniike quality, Mr.. Underwood
would nave been a conspicuous figure
in any senate in our history. The
names associated with genuine tai
ent and public spirit are too many
to be repeated here.
"And yet, during the past genera
ton, an element antagonist to the old
traditions has found it's way into the |
body, and has welded an influence far
out OF proportion to it's numbers. The |
ways of the jobber and the piratical
methods some times associated with |
what is called "big business" have
been in evidence in its management |
Some men shave found their way into |
it who have amassed graf fortunes
in Its service. As a result the sem
ate has stood as the rampant, not in
deed Of property, but of great and
special interests, the weH-being ofd
which was eby no means always COM
patible with the general veal, and
was often antagonistic to the institu-
ton of property itself. From these
and other causes there has been a dis
tIpcte lowering of tone, and it. has
been shorn of much of its ancient
splendor.
= This moral decadence has shown it.
self in the recent notable debate up
on the treaty. There are some who IN
dTfge IN the dream tlEat our time may
inaugurate a new era and may real
iZe the aspirations of the race for a
golden age. They hope that the peo-
Piles of the world may have the wis
dom, after war destructive and
wicked beyond all parallel to take
steps to safeguard the peace Of the
future, and to free mankind fron1d
servitude to q monster that has been
its most deadly and implacable foe.
1t has destroyed hundreds of millions
of the choicest youth; it has devoured
fair, if not checked, to obliterate civ
ilization itself. The hope of making
permanent peace a foremost object Of
the war was held out to the men who
We're sent to the front and in that
faith gave their lives.
off the dreams should happily bel
made to come true, those who follow I
US by few centuries, in looking
back upon the history, of time, may
well regard with wonder the contribu- }
ton to this result made by the senate =,
Of a great people, They would look
there for the elimination of a SYM !,
phony unsurpassed since Bethlehem, +,
and at least for moral enthusiasm
with so noble cause. t
They would indeed read speeches, {
some of real eloauence and of analyt- !;