Milford chronicle., 1920-06-25
TRAINED LEGISLATOR
FOR THE WHITE HOUSE


FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington. June 25-The Republi
ican Publicity Association, through il
president, Hon. Jonathan Bourne. Jr.
today gave out the following state
ment from its Washington headquar
ters:
with the election of Warren G
Harding to the Presidency. government
by theory and intuition viii give place
20 government by experienced ex
nerts, based ON proved principles OF
sound national management. Instead
Of professor from an institution OF
learning seeking to apply to the Fed
eral government the dogmaS of col
lege curriculum we shall have a train
ed legislator and executive who will
conform his administration to the les
sons he has learned during a term in
the United States Senate preceded by
two years as lieutenant governor of
his State and four years as member
of the ohio Senate.
when Senator Harding enters the
White House on March 4th next he
will have completed six years service
as Senator from his State-SiX years
of apprenticeship for the work of Fed
eral administrator. As never before i'm
the history of the country. the past
seven years have demonstrated how
necessary it is that the Chief EXecu-
tive shall have had that previous ac-
quaintance with the legislative branch
of the Government indispensable to Il
proper appreciation of his relations to
comprehend the point of view of Con-
it, Mr.. Wilson's complete failure to
srpSS. and his refusal to cOncede to
the duly elected representatives of
the people the part the Constitution
decreed that they shall play in ma
tioual affairs. have been responsible
for the almost constant friction that
has existed between them. The cost TO
the people Of that lack Of coordination
can never he expressed in dollars and
cents. but it has been enormous; and.
I'm addition, national prestige has suf-
fered a setback that will require the
most careful attention from a Repub-
lican administration to repair.
Not only has Senator Harding
learned in the school of experience of
the relations between the Executive
and legislative branches that must be
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continue TO express the popular will
as our forefathers provided in the
but he has learned to re-
Spect the opinions of his fellow Sena-
tors and of others chosen by the peO-
pie to represent their views. 1t is .
here. again. that the Wilson admins
tration has Signally failed TO perform
its allotted part in our scheme of
government 1t has been totally impOs-
sible for the Wilson type Of mind 10
conceive that it is not infallible, and
10 realize that the views of the people
an he more nearly expressed through
he composite expression Of their
eaders than through the utterances of
single individual. His has been a
'ne-man government. unintiuenced by ]
he opinions of accepted authorities.
Every act Of the Senate. and of
congress, necessarily is a compromise
composite of the thought
II the members who compose the ma
ori1y of that body. 1t is not too much
o say tnat an act of Importance new
p pI>SeS the Senate that is entirely
acceptable to any Senator. Every SEN
tOc has surrendered some of his Her
onai preferences in order that the act f
nav become a law. AMI in that SJr /
auder be has admitted his own fal T,
lbiity end recognized that the voice
f the many is more likely correct !
pan his own individual opinion. :
THAT is the school in which Senator 7
iarGing'S conception Of popular gov .
rnIr ent has been formed. and to those :
antS he viii hold the executive dC-
t iMCt once IA LG. taken col-yJl. -
lis Cabinet wiz be composed of men
f recognized authority in the prob q
ms Of their particular department.
elected to act as real aids to the pres
lent IN tho performance of his duties \
lther than to furnish plausible sup J.
lrt for executive opinions already
ade known President Harding viii
,rSOuify the policies adopted by the q
epublican party as whole and en- -
)tied in its national platform. AMI il i
10 carrying ont IF those policies the
,untry will witness the closest coop ~,
his official advisers and =,
ian his party associates in Congress r.,