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<br />P08sihly SC1;nlors wight get a lIttle nnarCl" tbnn tbey now arE> to
<br />Uw l)(xljlJe It they were elf!cted by them, but I bn ve some doubt
<br />llUOlll that. I belie\'e, however, there wonld be Jess danger of
<br />get1 ill;; mell into jhi~ hody who ought. 1I0t to come 1101'1'..
<br />But tbere fire those ,,,ho think we have not power enougb and
<br />thlll we ~llUuld hnvc I\I(11'e pO\V(!l', I Imve not beard anybody
<br />dCmllll(lin~ 1lI00'e !lower here III tbis bOdy. I recollect no occa-
<br />SiOll wilen tll('l'(> hm~ !lee-II an attempt to amend the COJlstitutiou
<br />of tlw Ullitl:'<1 Stlltes to gi't"e more power to the legislative de-
<br />Illl1'llllClll. J lI11den,tRnd tbe executive department wallts more
<br />pOWCI'. I understand the executive dep:ll'tmellt hILS sometimes
<br />saW l!Jnt COll~l'eSS ougl1l to IHt\'c 11101'e power.
<br />'Jile l'residellt of tlJe United States made a speech at Harris-
<br />h(]\'~ Oil October 4, H'I06, In wlitcll he said:
<br />In Sllll1t' CllFlC'K lhe go\'el'omeutlll nctloll must be exet'r.[I:(>d hy the sev-
<br />eml Slnl<.!s Indlvl(lllllll,v. (n yet othm.s It hilS become lnCl'ellllIIlgl~' evl-
<br />cI~1l1 lllllt no CUlcICI1t. ~;fntc nctlon Is possIble, and f./wt tV(' 'tee!l, through
<br />E,tt'r.lJti,;r- act WI/., tllro/tfllL lCflislatiot~, tmd thf'ou{jh judiCial intm'pretn-
<br />tltll~ (/I/ll C011_,~trllcaon of lf/fO, to incnJasr; thc po-wer of the Ji'edoral Gov..
<br />crU/Il!:n', If 11.:0 fnil Ihll8 fo incrCtl80 it, WO 811014) 0111' impotence.
<br />'l'JPll if:'. the most l'Cmnl'kllble declaration that e\'er came from
<br />11 Prt'.::;illcnt of the United Stutes. 1 wIsh and intend to treat
<br />wil h proper cou1'tesy the President of tbe United Stotcs, nml I
<br />thin];: Senators will fill belll' HIe witnes~ that 1 have uever as-
<br />sailed !lim, r hltV0 bep.11 cnreful, because I hlH"e kept in mlnd
<br />tll() s('l"irl:ul'l\l inJullction, ., SIlE!nk not evil of your mlers." But
<br />Whl~l1 tlle President of the Uuited States asks that byexecuth'e.
<br />legisIHli\'e, nnd jUdicilll conslruc!.1011 thet'e sunil be a chaug-e
<br />ill Ull' COllStitU(lOIl of t1.w United Stntes, it is.Hot bel'eRV to con-
<br />dlmlll l.hnt liS n dCclnrntlon thnt alight not to be made. If the
<br />pcopll' of the United States wlUlt to change thelr Constitution,
<br />the.v lILl1:'1t trtke the steps provided ill the Constitlltion to make
<br />such a clu11lge; :1]1(1 until they do that, the Executive of the
<br />United Stntes ollght to ClSSUllle that at least it Is s:atisfactory to
<br />tlH~Ill, wl\l~ther it is snti::;fncto1'Y to hIm 01' not.
<br />011. I he sa me occasion the President saId:
<br />. I ellll noL do hctlet" than base my tbeol'y or govel'DlDentlll nctIon
<br />ll(IOIl tltl' words find deeds of one or Pennsylvania's grealest ~Ollll, .Jus-
<br />tlce ,fnllH'S WlhlOlI, lIe de>eloped, even \)efoL'c Marshall, the doctrine-
<br />abf.lolllh.ly cssentlnl !lot merely to the effidcncy, Imt to the existence
<br />or this Ull L1on-t.hnt an Inherent power I'c!ltcd In thc natlou onlFllde ot
<br />tlm ClllllJ1eL'f1.ted ]lowel'S courelTcd upon it by the Constitution, In all
<br />cases Whcl'e Ih(' olljcct IlIvolved was lleyond the pllwel' ot th~ Boveral
<br />Slate!; aud wus a pOWCl' ol'dlnarIly exercised by 80vcreJgn nntions.
<br />Mr. President, Iwtther Mnl'sbRIl nor Wilson ever enunciated
<br />t11at doct1'lno llllywhel'e. I have tal{en thc pains to eXflInine the
<br />. Ill/Iller llnd done e\.el'ythtng I could to find whether Wilson ever
<br />ll1lu]e !'illcl1 a dee)al'fltioll, and I aver here that he never did, I
<br />know Ule doctrinc of Jnhel'ent power Is un old doctrine. It was
<br />)Jl'ctty rHe until Marshall decided the cuse of McCulloch v.
<br />.Muryland, flod 11180 tIle case from wbtch I have been reading;
<br />Hnd ~'et, from what the President said, one would suppose that
<br />MilJ'shalJ had declfll'cd in favor of the doctrine ot Inherent
<br />powel'. I do not belIeve the President intended to say that, but
<br />cel'tain1.v. If he did say it, he mnde a mistake.
<br />1\11', BACON. Will the Senator pnrdon Ole for just one
<br />moment'!
<br />'l'Ile VICE-PRESIDENT.. Does the Senator from Colorado
<br />yIeld. to, the Senator from Georgia? .
<br />Mr. TELLER. CertaInly.
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