The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-04
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DISABILITY OF THE PRESIDENT
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BOUT the only fact that excuses certain congressional <A gentlemen from the implications of profound mbecity the well known American party system in which Washing ton and which the country has discovered fertile of unreason.
 the influence of party feeling of real inei- ence do and say ridiculous things This conduct is not injurious Washington feared might be, because Americans class take the conditions into consideration and pay little heed to point scoring by politicians and others.
 The gadest fit of nonsense in which partisan feeling oyuy to climax of intoxicated fervor the particular fare ca preense that the president who is engaging in the most important business before the country and in the world is therefore suffering inability to discharge the duties of his office
 All liberty pursuit of happiness. They peace money the freedom of ton War denies these things millions of individuals greatest which brought the greatest denial to the most and is in suspension, because of armstce which eoppal of unhappnes temporary arrangement procured largely by troops by principles and arrangements laid down by the American president
 At the peace table if the matter is badly managed it may well be that may start again. either with the foe who truce with the Allies each other by disagreement pos conditions and what not Also involved is the question of the league of nations of future peace matter of killing mutudes in the times to come trying not to do
 When the president commander in chief of the American forces to Europe the greatest of national business up rises the little senator Knox proclamng the president un- able to do the couns business a unctous to send phlanderng to the of the American people
 this peace business the business of the country? is Are the issues to be determined by treaty? They president concerned with the duty of making treates
 
 dent not do the business of the nation where best do it, using his sound discretion? There is nothing.
 The claim that the president transact business abroad merely amounts claim that distance his work It amounts to claim that the president only dc his work in Washington He cannot do it at his summer home in Boston, in Denver in San Francisco What such claim The president does his work wherever he is Washington managed to do his work when there neither railroads, telegaphs, telephones wireless cables
 The president will transact business easily between Paris and Washington than he transact business between Portland, Oregon and Washington
 Where the law is silent, what may do not do matter of and logic That this thing before been done is scarcely element.
 The peace business is business of the nation; it's i'm poran business for the time Is the executive capacitateC he does the most important work that do the partial complete but temporary ecusion of less import work? The constitution doesn't is Logic says that charged with task ought to do frs things first important things before less important things
 The constitution is guide only far goes govern nothing that leaves When the foreahers made the tuon they dreamed that property in slaves would dis appear that would vOte that there would be dry voters than wet voters They supposed that million American soldiers with weapons they of would Europe and set up institutions