Abstract

The Degeneracy of the Senate

The article focuses on issues related to the degeneracy of the U.S. Senate. The recklessness with which the Senate is adding the most indefensible jobs to the River and Harbor Bill challenges the attention and, provokes the indignation of the whole country. The Commerce Committee began by adding about $3,000,000 to the already indefensibly large amount appropriated by the log-rolling measure. The theory of the Constitution was that the Senate would stand as a breakwater against extravagant schemes which demagogues in the House might be inclined to favor. Yet a few weeks ago it was found the Senate passing by a very large majority a pension bill which proposed to put on the roll every soldier who served in the army three months.