Balance of power is talking about the legislative, judicial, and executive branch which were all made to keep each other "balanced out" where they can check other branches and make sure that decisions being made aren't "unconstitutional" so that there wouldn't be one person with total power that could lead to a dictatorship.
The answer id b the equipment, ralla, food, and even water has tour be shipped long distances
Me (Mark Hanna), Mac (William McKinley) and Teddy (Teddy Roosevelt)
Mark Hanna is shown as the bemused brains behind the operation. Mac is shown as a willing patsy. Teddy Roosevelt is shown as an idiot child rushing off to war on a fake horse.