Milford chronicle., 1922-12-29

WHOLLY ASIDE from it's subject matter and it's mer
it's the Ship Subsidy bill is serving good purpose
arousng the public to the of the flibuster.
consideration of the ship subsidy should
suit in change in the rules United States Senate
so that fbuster would longer be possible, that il
itself would be tremendous gain for popular government
Representative government is based upon the theory
that the majority rules 1t is based the theory thai
when party is given control of the legislative branch o
the government it responsibility for the carrying
out of it's platform campaign pledges and the respon
sbty for the passage the defeat of all Un
less representative government this it means
nothings If clear majority elected by the people is
denied the right to rule through obstructive processes then
have denial of the things which this gov
ernment rests
The libuster is denial representative government
denial of the right of the majority to rule It is the
very essence of the rule not of minority, but the
rule of handful haf-dozen of malcontents who
advantage of qurk in Senates legislative
chnery block all legislative procedure to parayze the
legislative branch of the government Such libuster is
being conducted against the ship subsidy
Unless the Senate and does revise its rules
prevent the of the buster, the future holds
hopes any parys proposed becoming actu
atty prospect of any constructive legislation of any
kind if handful of in the Senate fit to block all
progress by the use of the flbuster.
Irrespective of whether is in favor of the ship
subsidy against it, all those who believe in the majority
ruling must condemn the methods being invoked to pre-
vent the from coming to vote If the is
unpopular it's opponents claim it will in
all probability be voted down if vote is taken. If it is
bad and unpopular and Republican majority insists upon
passing it, then is clear that nothing should be de-
srable from Democratic standpoint than hasten the
day the may taken the defeat of
the Republican party may be certain So that from
the standpoint of the sincere enemies of the BILL the fill
buster is hypocritical and ndefensble
If by the of the flibuster haf-dozen men can
prevent the United States from reaching upon
ship subsidy another halfdozen prevent
ate from reaching vote upon any other subject any
ture time.
The House of Representatives has reformed it's legis-
lave procedure to make buster there impossible
This accounts in large for the dispatch with
which the House proceeds The Senate has amended
its legislative procedure Public opinion the dill
atory methods of the Senate irrespective of which party
is in power Public opinion is going to grow critical
of these methods until the Senate reforms them Public
opinion does not stand back of the buster Public opn
ion does not of stretching senatorial courtesy
the point where two three obseperous individuals
spite work other reasons hold up the entire egsla
tive branch of the and leave the country in
uncertainty to what policies going to be enacted
into law what going to be defeated Such
procedure is denial of the very fundamentals of
government and they will not be tolerated much longer