New Britain herald., 1917-03-05
FEW. SENATORS HE
 PRESIDENTS HAM
Wilson May Not Be Able to Il
 Necessary Measures

Washinston, March 5.-The lowing statement. was issued night for the president:
 ''The termination of the last sion of the Sixty-fourth congresss constitutional limitation disclosed situation unparalleled in the hisk@ or the country. perhaps unparallo in the history of any modern goveI mont. In the immediate presence crisis fraught with more subtle . far-reaching possibilities of natio1 danger than any other the goveJ ment has known within the wh) history of it's international relatiu the congress has been: unable to either to safeguard the country or vindicate the elementary rights of citizens. More than 500 of the q members of the two houses M ready to act; the house of reprA attves had acted. by an overwhtlI ing majority: but in the senate unable to act because a little, ktS of eleven senators had deternal that it should not
 The senate has no rules by Wl debate can be limited or brought an end. no rules by which dilate tactics of any kind can be prevenfj A single member can stand in
 way of action, if he have but the pl sical endurance. The result in N case IS a complete paralysis alilxA the legislative and of the execut1 branches of the government. sss
 This inability of the senate tosa mas rendered some of the most nexs sary legislation of the session
 possible at . time when the need
 It was most pressing and most O dent. The bill which would have " mitted such combinations of cont and or organization in the export 2 import trade of the country as thGs
 cumstances of international cod
 tition have made imperative-a
 which the business Judgment 6SS
 whole country approved and
 manded, has failed. The oppo
 Of one or two senators has ma{<
 impossible to increase the memb b6G
 of the interstate commerce cosn
 sion to give 1t the altered organiaiI
 necessary for its efilciency. ThGSx
 servation bill, which should hayS
 leased for immediate use, the min1
 resources which arc still locked p0
 the public lands, now that their 2
 lease Is moro imperatively neoea
 than ever. and tho bill which waaI|
 have made the unueed water p0v|
 of the country immediately avaala3
 for industry have both failed, thon
 they have been under oonGtdo4N1s
 throughout the sessions of two 061
 gresses and have been tw1ce po1
 by the house of representativoa. appropriations for the army la2
 failed. along with the Appropriax11
 for the civil establishment of
 government, the appropriations
 the military academy at Wet q
 and the general deficiency bill. II
 proved impossible to exten4
 powers of the shipping board t6 1
 the special needs of the new Aa9
 ti0ns into which our commerce
 been forced or to increase the 2ty reserve of our national bAnkt1 system to meet the unusual circn1 stances of the existing financial stu ton. N g Ut would not cure the dificultys sl call the Sixty-fifth congress in extfe ordinary session. The paralysis | the senate would remain. The pun pose and the spirit of action are no lacking now. The congress is m01 definitely united in thought and pm pose at this moment, I venture ' say. than 1t has been within the mem ory of any men now in its membeS ship. There Is not only the me- united patriotic purpose, but the oh jects members have in view are per fectly clear and definite. But tat senate cannot act unless it's leadS4 can obtain unanimous consent. It majority Is powerless. helpless. II the midst of crisis of extraordin&x! peril. when only definite and decidel action can make the nation safe c shield 1t from war itself by the ~ gression of others action is impoG sible.
 Although as matter of fact. tn nation and the representatives Qf th nation stand back of the execntig, with unprecedented unanimity anl spirit: the impression made abrnal will, of course. be that 1t Is not z md that other governments may ac ls they please without fear that thi can do. anything at all We cannot explain. The expianattoI g incredible. The senate of the Unite, States is the only legislative body il he world which cannot act when 1t, is ready for action. A Httls .roup of wilful men. representing ns opinion but their own, have rendered he great government of the Unitet States helpless and contemptible.
 "The remedy? There Is but ont The only remedy is that tho ules of the senate shall be so altered hat 1t can act. The country can be elied upon to draw the moral. be- leve that the senate can be relied on o supply the means of action and ave the country from disaster"
 At the same time the president 4ns horized the further statement tAAd what rendered the situation evd aore grave than 1t had been sui 'osed that it was. was the discoyG hat, while the president under &l