The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-10-07
FREEDOM FROM AuTOCRAT IS
SOUGHT BY CONGRESS

Washington, Sept. II Cooperation
and not dictation will be establish
ed In the conduct of the federal
government If Warren G.. Harding
is elected President OF the United
States.
This ia the view taken By mem
bers OF both House and Senate who
have called on the Republican can
didate at Marion since his 'nomina-
ton at Chicago as the party stan
dard bearer.
AS many Of them have returned
! here they have compared notes and
| have come to the conclusion that he
is the best man who could have
been named to put an end to the
one man domination Of Woodrow
| Wilson and restore the executive
and legislative branches TO the prop
er jurisdiction for which = they
verc intended nnder the consti-
tuition
They have recounied the fact tina.
over and over again since his nomi
nation Senator Harding has reiter-
ated his desire to return TO the OLD
methods which proved so satisfac,
tory before the present Democratic
| administration was ushered into
| power. Just as Mckinley served II
the House for many years as chair
| man of the Committee on Ways
and Means, SO Harding has served
| conspicuously In the Senate and Is
| thoroughly conservant with the
point of view OF the general mem
bership of both bodies Of Con
gress. He has let IL be known to
them that he intends when elected
10 see to IL that Congress be per
mitted to discuss and enact all i'm
portant legislation without dicta
tion.
| Being a plain man without the
conceit of his own opinion. in the
view of his colleagues. he will first
| gather the general trend of opinion
in Congress and the general need
before putting forward specific
recommendation lie will thus he
assured Of their acceptance in ad-
vance because they will really be
the best expression OF the party. In
his relations with the Senate he
viii see to IL that its constitutional
power in making treaties is not in
| terfered with. This will be in
strnage contrast with the attitude
of President Wilson in denying the
right, plainly expressed in the Con
stitution, to give advice and consent
in the making OF treaties. And it
is taken for granted in Congress
that he would not designate as
''pigmy minded those senators
who might take a view differing
from his own.
Under the present administration
the power of the executive has
been constantly augmented by the
President with the connivance OF
the advisors in his cabinet. Post
master General Burleson is one OF
the worst offenders with rules and
regulations outside of the authority
for Congress. Labor is well ac-
quainted with the methods OF At
torney General Palmer in going be-
yond the wording of the Clayton
act, which modified the use of the
injunction, and utilizing the Lever
war act for the regulation OF food
and fuel, long after the war had
ended, to bring an Injunction
against the coal miners The Re
publican members OF Congress
mean to end such methods and TO
the Fourth OF next March rather
than anoint him.
Governor Cox who has declared
that what President Wilson prom
iled he win fulfill has expressed
the opinion that the Senate should
not exercise the slightest discretion
in the making OF treaties, but ac-
cept them in toto from the eSecu-
tive, he being much more competent
because directly in touch with diplc'
matte affairs. This IL wisconsin
10 the letter. with Cox in the
White House members of Congress
feel assured of one result; contin'
ued attempts at executive dictation
With Harding there they fell as
sured OF harmony and cooperation
and mutual observance of the Law
and tho Constitution