Evening journal., 1921-04-27
A REPltRLIC 0NcE NONE.

s. recent Incident at the White House affords one more
N impressive and encouraging demonstration OF the
restoration OF constitutional government asserts the Re-
publican Publicity Association in statement issued
through the president OF that organization Hon Jonathan
Bourne The statement then recies that Senator Nc
Cormck and Representative Good recently engaged in
friendly dispute to whether the budget bureau to be
provided for by Congress should be directly under the
President or located in the Treasury Department
Thinking avoid general controversy when their
bills before Congress- they decided to put the ques
on up to Mr. Harding But President Harding courteous
" declined arter and requested the two solons
to reach agreement between themselves, which they
proceeded to do and the Indications that the new bill
will provide that budget bureau shall be located In the
Treasury Department both its director and assistant di-
rector to be appointed by the President and confirmed
by the Senate Secretary OF the Treasury will have
little connection with The work OF the budget bureau ac-
cording to the present plan
The incident shows Mr. Harding's adherence to the
policy OF hands on the legislative branch Of the
Government concerned There TO be coercion OF
the legislative by the executive, is the legislative
branch dragoon the executive protesting acqmes
cence in its demands That gently but forcefully
ntmaed by Mr. Harding his FIRST address to Congress-
when he said in suggesting resolution which shoud I'M
derske to do than thus to declare the state Of
peace"
1T woud be mwise to undertake to make statement
OF future pocy with respect European affairs such
declaration OF state Of peace. In correcting the failure
OF the executive negotiating the important treaty
in the history Of the nation recognize the constitutional
powers Of the Senate would go TO the other extreme
equally Objectionable Congress the senate should
assume the function OF the executive highest duty
is the preservation OF the constituted powers OF each and
the promotion OF the spirit OF cooperation essential to
welfare"
To the younger generation OF Deawaresns and other
Americans such language may strange, such at
tude constrained. Within the period Of their political
they unable to recall anything like these
manifestations OF regard fos OF the basic prn-
cipes underlying American Constitutional Government
namely, the separation Of It's three branches executive
legislative and Judicial trinity OF function with
Of purposethe liberty OF the individual Yet that prn-
cpe has been conlended for since organized government
marked the rst step civilizations since that day
over 100 years ago, when the ryran bowed the
bsrons OF Runnymede and guaranteed the principle in
Magma Chara Il has found IFS highest development the
governmental evolution OF the Anglo-Saxon race The
three branches have frequently contended supremacy
but the principle has never been forgotten.
In recent years America the struggle for supremacy
has been waged between the legislative the executive
with the vast powers Of patronage Of the latter
weakesng the hhre OF the former until by 1915
Congress but the sinking costr OF the Dictator Al
mis- Is 10 be changed not by reaction but by restor
alton to each branch OF It's constitutional dignity
We are Republic