The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-06-23
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
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utterances of the impetuous Harvey.
Norman Haywood, formerly editor of
Golfers Magazine and a prominent
publicist, publishes a story in which
he says that the president made the
remark, upon reading the ambassa-
doris speech, that Harvey has spilled
the beans already"
Republican factions have subdued
their differences rather well, but it
is observed that the political gunners
are already aiming at Secretary Of
State Hughes. The story goes that
the foreign relations committee, head
ed by Senator Lodge is seeking to
take over control of international
affairs. Senator Penrose in his post
election statement, declared that this
policy would hereafter be carried out
by the United States senate. If Sec
rotary Hughes heard the warning it
is plain that he did not heed it, and
work in scoring n point Of triumph
after another in international matters,
has filled the press and the public with
enthusiasm. The indications are that
he and the president stand shoulder
to shoulder and will be found unflinch-
ing should a new Senate Oligarchy"
arise to plague them.
Destroying the cabinet officials is an
old game. Bryan was one of the casu-
alities of this cruel sport; and ridicule
would have put Secretaries Daniels
and Baker out Of business had not
President Wilson stood stubbornly by
them. Now there are rumor that
mysterious campaigns are beng
|, planned with Hughes and Hoover as
the intended victims. Just what OBJ
lection can be raised against Mr..
Hoover has not yet appeared as clear
ly as in the case against the secre-
tary of state, whose ~unpopularity with
the senate is likely to increase. These
two cabinet ministers have made a
p~rofund impression upon Washington,
and the old-timers about the capital
are not at all backward in prophesying
that those who seek their scalps are
apt to lose their own cranial decora-
tons.
Self-constituted guardians of the
public interest in Washington are al
ways pointing out instances in which
they seek to prove that the president
Is e%ncroaching upon the rights of con-
fering with the rights of the execu-
tive. Quite recently the senate unani.
mously asked the president to invite
the governments Of Great Britain and
Japan to confer with us upon disarm-
ament. According to Senator Borah
disarmament rests largely with the
decisions Of these three governments,
because all of the rest of the world
has been put out of business by the
World war. The race is now on be-
tween Great Britain, Japan and the
United States to see who can build
the greatest navy. Certain newspa.
pers interpret the senate resolution as
encroaching upon the rights of the
executive. Undoubtedly President
Harding will be very glad to have
this expression from the senate, de-
spite the croaking ones who purport
to find in the resolution a desire OF
tatorship with regard to foreign af.
fairs. Nevertheless, n great admin.
istration paper has resented the reso-
luton as something not unlike an i'm
~pertinence, and 1t places far more I'm.
p%ortance upon the alleged attempt 70
usurp the executives powers than it
attaches to the spending Of the peo-
pies millions in building superfluous
ships.
1t must be apparent to everyone that
this ~phantomlike creation known as
reconstruction" has visualized itself
and become quite a distinct and dis.
cernible part of our national life dur
ing the last few months. Economic
laws have been operated to make
prices cheaper throughout. the coun.
try. and rs this has struck manufac-
turers. farmers. railroads and working
people. each in their turn have ap-
pealed to Washington ito protect
them against the injustices inflicted
upon them" And as the national cap
ftal has Witnessed this great human
struggle the fact has impressed itself
upon the administrative ana legislative
branches Of the government that its
laws and regulations are pysmean
things and chat in getting back to
~normalcy" II must be evident to all
that God moves in . mysterious way
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