The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-18
The Senate's Challenge to the States
tNcr, York Eyeninp Po6tl

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Hitherto the sena.: has contentcd itself with refusing
admi.tance 70 . senator -elect whose nomination or cleo
wouic doubtless have spurned with indignation the sug-
gess:on that some day they would 90 80 far as to attempt
to bar q person from the sacred chamber In advance Of
his appointment Or election. But THU Is exactly what
Senator Carsway now does. In discussing the report OF
his committee on the lobbying activities Of Joseph r.
Grundy Of Pennsylvania. the senator from Arkansas
says that Il Mr.. orundy is named for the seat left vacant
BY the rejection Of Mr.. Ware the appointment vii! be
made by the people who bought and paid for the office
the governor Of Pennsylvania now occupies"
Euch q statement can have only one meaning. It is
a threat. Our Washington correspondent said yesterday
that the Caraway report was being interpreted Is serving
formal notice upon Pennsylvania that II It sends Grumpy
70 the senate his name will be held up, for . time at least.
On what grounds would this unprecedented action be
taken? On two. apparcntly-that orundy Is not SUI
ficientiy public.spirtted TO deserve admittancc to the
hand already occupying seats in the cenate
and that he was appointed By . governor whose office
people o, the various states must ask the senate whom
they may choosc rs governor. on pain II having q sena-
torial appointee halted IT the threshold Of the senate.
II this second ground Of senatorial opposition to
Grrndy Is fantastic, the first Is . hardly less outrageous
usurpa.ion Il authority. NJ. 0rundy Is fr from our
ideal q : senator-but . are several senators. The
report. b Suspicious. sincs be seems 70 favor duties on
articles IN which he = personally interested but evinces
. highly rsprehensihls attitude, but since when has It
constituted . ground Tor barring Z man from the senate
e any other public sodyi Y : governor desres 70 sp-
the tne. y that any Of the seaaass b-usdnessi
New York sent Tom" Fiat to the senate. Owing TO
. lack q the 6ealtty which now Is rampant In that
body-or p9haps 70 . richer senss Of humor than is
evident there It tAs m~oment-nobody questioned his RICH:
u a6mtttance a the ground that the purity Of his
faith N nepunlSean policies va not altogether disin-
teEeeeed. Yet ~ one ever accused the Easy Boss" q
being unduly aetuated b public spirit.
r 4 deeply touching % see thu ssnats . keenly con.
eegned ovf the intoFests q the states g 70 b willing.
amid IL many seaponajbdttlee. 70 assume the burden Of
saying wno mall mt oe ch0son 70 IT. membeFship. In .
lev mare yoaSs - nay expoot this beueyolence q reach
IL paint = mgtng Who shall = chosen. When !
vocanev - tn representation Of any state occurs ~
death @ resignofion, tn 0uvlvtug anatog from thai
stote uul name hi eolleague and hjs fellow senators viii
ratify his choice. This VIII b ths new senatorial cour-
toGv.s
No DOUBT the senate could choose much better senator's
than The states Wtl elect - tn goveSnogs will appoint
although every 60 a. the member Of the senate owes
his presence u that body to such electtou q appointment.
ut It happens that The constitution gives the right Of
doettoo - 0ppo1ntmeut not - the senate but to the
states. II thsootening to veto such a appointment the
senate WIN BE- guilty Of gross usurp1tion. II will be
Issuing : challenge which the states should b: quick
to acespt IL : NY that viii show the senate its place
n ow eoveTnmentai UseR