Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1926, Page 14

_1 LECTION MEASURE WEAKNESS IS SEEN Putting Presicential Choice Up to House in Deadlock Held Danjerous. o series of articles on v Constiation ! the ring the terms o Con Nidont and Viee President Uappear in The Star o ariend BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Until the House chooses a Presi- <1~ let us see wither and to what » proposed provision in the pending onstitutiona] amendment leads. tion 3 of the joint resvlution pro- | <1t the House ¢ chos a President ght of choice devolves | n them, before the time fixed for nning of his term. then the Vice esident chosen for the same term as President until the ‘{nur’o ‘hooses @ seen chosen before i for beginning of his ring what officer shall then | President, and such officer | until the House woses a Presi- te chooses | 1 be noted that if the House of | when the duty de- falls to choose a Presi : fixed for begin- . then the Vice Presi- o Senate elects one) shall President—until the House hootes . President. No time limit is pinced upon the House in this matter. ~ intended by this proposal to e the ambiguity in the present I amendment to the Constitu- . s 10 whether the old or the new ! Vice President is meant, and in order 1o do this, the committee undertakes to set up a new disability, saying that he “constitutional dis: President” in case of the failure of the House to elect is merely that the “disability.” Meanwhile there in the White House an ephemeral mt, a pro tempore Executive, an President. ine the becomigz sit House ma promptly even to organize it- ¢ when organized to elect a nt before the beginning of the be aole Long Deadlock Possible. A situatlon might easily be precipi- tated in the House | eal divisions of the whe: a prolonzed deadlock ensue. Such a spectacle was clearly foreseen growing out of the election of 1924, when there were three presi- dential d the House of Representati ided in such man- ner as to make impossible an election Of the 48 State delegation: were | 21 Pro- atter would not have partici- | unless an individual of one| went over to the other party:! 5 ority of all of the pated is contingency was avoided only election by the people in the usual manner. At any time, however, with three or more candidates in the | field, especially under the bloc such a case alwa President” is neeption of that office. vas contemplated that th Natton should have as its Chief Execu- | fve ona who would occupy the office v sufferance except in the case of dent rm the duties of the office; and stitutes such disability never | heen defermined. 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Then the Vice President would give way and become presid- ing officer of the Senate, During his incumbency presidency. whether for four vears, he would be nothin but a figurehead, bereft of those *c | tain policies. certain tendencies, cer- i tain opinions on great public ques- tions which the country has an { Interest.” which Senator Hoar point {ed out should “prev \scendency in an g that great office. While the country waited for the House of Representatives in its own time to elect a President, is it to be President in ninistration” Rtepresenti- | gp0ged that the whilom nvv\lrl:luliwuldl(inus her of the White House would be e n? n ould ) With " he might enunciate Vho “policy forHigh The easy fitting Single or Double Breasted Coat, Vest and Two Pairs Long Pants =~ weaves, with boys of 10 did value. .. $12.75 serge; double-breasted double breasted coats Boys’ 4-Pe. boys from 8 to 17 years. English manner. For lads from 4 to 16 blunt vest—and a pair of As serviceable BOYS would :ome and did hecome, in the case of e of the House| should be | House m the | exclusion the for one day or 1 and haye thely of four y she’ll THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1926. resignation or removal there|what scant attention would his “rec- | sions, that in such a contingency that the Vice | ommendations” on the state of the|the House of Representatives at any P'resident, upon whom the duties and | Union be received by Congress and [ | the pople. und his * office be sneered at by the Senate. Practical rnment would T a sta ting upon the produce a sure-enough ominations” to Congress Impasse Looms. Leglslation would take a | seat—in fact, Congress would be at |an im . ‘For the balloting in the &0 on, day by day. to the 1y other business. What an opportunity for intrigue | and for combination.” *And worse | than all, and the thought cannot be | better 3 of S ams of Colorado, in the eighth Cor when he said: e House tepresent having fai'ed to elect a President, the Vice President going in as Presi- i dei s substituted, s subjeet | <on and during the only to two years vears, not only in that Congr {but in the next Congress, to the |of the House of Representatives | electing a President. Would not that place the Executive under those under the dominance of the House of Representatives? | “Iam in favor of the proposed plan | of the constitutional amendment; but !it seems to me, as I read its provi- | ldouse of Representatives chooses a | tor | in this series of articles Senator Nor- whole | time can step in and set aside the Vice President by proceeding to elect a President, and that may be done not | only by the House of Representatives that canvasses the result, but also by the ensuing Congress, as the proposed amendment really sa ‘Until the President.” " " Norris Backs Adams. hator E of proposition Norris, in charge the said he agreed with Sena- Adams, and that personally he would ag to an amendment chang- | Ing the phraseology so that the Vice | President would become President in | fact as well as in name, as in the case of the death of the President. It will be remembered that | | earlier ris’ statement before the House com- mittee was quoted, in which he op: posed giving the House power to con tinue to vote for President after arci that the gpm on the judiciary rather | ted him to the other iden. In all events, notwithstanding the | struck out the provision in | . it found its way again in s resolution of the Sixty- ninth Congress, and nothing was said | about it on the floor of the Senate | when it came up in that body on Feb- ruary 17. 1926, except that Senator Norris did say: (The Constitutional amendment) “has passed the Senate twice, once in the last Congress and once in the preceding Congress, both times in practically the same form in which it now appears, and the last time in exactly the same form." Whether this statement is “practl- cally” or “exactly” accurate and ac- cording to the facts can be determin- ed by reading the proceedings and the several points of the joint resolution. This also would determine whether there was justification in the use of the word “tergiversation” in the ear- lier part of this series. Ordered to Take Training. . Harry S. Kimberly, Chempical are Service, of this city has been ordered to report to the chief of Chemical Warfare Service, War Department, for duty in training, in his office. MADDEN HEADS ALUMNI. ‘Washington College Body Elects Officers at Meeting. James L. Maddén was elected presi- dent of the Washington College Alumni Assocfation of Chestertown, Md., at the annual luncheon meeting of the organization in the Burlington Hotel. G. Stuart Reeder was chosen treasurer and Jefferson L. Ford, jr., secretary. Dr. Paul E. Titsworth, president of ZINC-O-LITH Highest Grade \Outside White $3.00 gal. 85c qt. Fries, Beall & Sharp Co. 732-736 10th St. N.W. Main 1964 OUR ENTIRE BUSINESS Now Loented In_Our Own Bldg. 4th St. Opposite. 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