The Washington times., 1924-11-29

Once More Ancient Feud Of
Legislative and Executive
Is Revived
By WILLIAM HARD.

by WILLIAM HARD
Once more the Washington sea-
son is on.
Once more Congress is about to
convene, and once more humanity
everything is just as it was.
Once more the Senators whose
terms are approaching their end,
and who must seek re election two
years from now, talk about 'loy-
atty to the President"
Once more the Senator'S who
have just been reelected, and who
have six years of secure office
ahead of them, talk ABOUT "the in
dependence of the Legislative from
the executive" and defy the Pres
idential power.
Once more cabinet members
give dinners which include prin-
cipally people in the executive
departments.
Old Feud FIourishes.
Once more Senator's and Represen-
tatives give dinners which include
principally people in the House Of
Congress and in their environs.
Once more the ord rivalry, the
old separation, the old feud, be-
tween legislative people and execu-
tive people revives and flourishes.
Once more, according to the legis-
lative people, the executive people
are swivel-chair tax-eaters and bu-
reaucrats.
Once more, according to the
executive people, the legislative
people are time-servers and towards
and demagogues.
Once more the cave-dwellers who
live here through all administra-
tons and generations open their
large houses and proceed to enter
tain.
Once more they return from Eu-
rope and proceed to revive their
acquaintance with some Of America.
White House Lists.
Once more the White House makes
= lists Of people to be invited to White
House affairs.
Once more people get divided
alphabetically from "A" to H" and
II to NJ and 20 to Z"-or the like
lin order to be not too numerous at
any one affair.
Once more there are legislative at
fair lists and executive affair lists
and judicial affair lists and diplo-
matte affair lists.
Once more people bring out their
Aan1hfaro and aonO11lf HAh1.fo M
lists.
Once more Washington lives on
lists.
Once more the most aged bache-
Tors, in default of sufficient supply
of young bachelors in Washington,
are welcomed to the debutante lists.
Once more they can totter out
from their clubs and dine elsewhere
for months.
Once more the fact that few men
come to Washington till they have
arrived at the senile age of thirty
In deeply deplored by young ladies'
who have come to the middle age
Of twenty
Once More The "SOciaI Bloc"
legged social bloc" begins to exer-
else its supposed destinations upon
politicians.
Once more the new radical taking
office is invited to dinner and is
fascinated, it is believed. from be-
ing radical into being a conserva
tive.
Once more ladies are mentioned
who are said to exercise a profound
influence over legislation through
their charms upon legislators.
Once more the legislators do not
know what the ladies want but
what they themselves want or what
their constituents want.
Once more the radicals go to
dinner parties and then on Capitol
Hill In their votes on legislative
measures are as radical and DEM
agogic as ever.
Once more Washington is itself.
Once more Washington, being it.
SELF, Is not itself but an echo Of
the rest OF the United States and of
Europe.
Once more Washington is talk.
Politics Is All
Once more Washington is the
only national capital in the world
with virtually nothing in It but
politics.
Once more people go to work in
the morning to do politics and
meet at dinner in the evening to
talk politics.
Once more citizens arrive in dele
cations to demand that Congress
do something about something.
Once more Washington Is bored
with these citizens.
Once more Washington would do
the country the favor of letting 1t
alone, II only the country would