Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-10-14
WAR MEASURES

President Wilson and COnpress in con-
nentior x,,i+b ~ ,,,. ~, -. y,
clared that bills nrenared hp Tho war
department. the navv donortnopt etc
and backed by the president were literal
,v forcod ~, ca .s,aa
through as war measures convress could
not do otherwise than mss those meas
ures. because IL could not afford tn be
accused OF not supnort;,y tho President
during the war.
But. instead OF presontino the measures
personally. as other presidents had done,
Mr.. Wilson hardly came noar Congress
during the entire war neriod "He sat
isolated In tho yt,h,.. ~ aro,,,,n, hi.
creams declared Senator Dillingham;
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senator Dillingham; declared that Will
son mad one strong man in his cabinet
NJ the beginning. Garrison secretary OF
war And Garrison had 10 resign because
ne could not get along with the Presi-
uent.
our government has been as bureau
cratic In its actions as the government OF
'.uSsia was before its DOWNFALL, declared
tne senator.
Describing how Lincoln. in the time
OF stress looked around for a strong
man Tor secretary of war found Stanton,
man or blood and iron, man of the
opposing party whom he placed In the
rnice because he recognized his ability,
'ho speaker declared that President Will
son oio not follow that course. He gath
e'eu IN ms CABINET only mis- political
iriends.
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and In the year 1919, the government spent
two billion. seven hundred millions Of dol
lars. The whole EXPENSE of the govern
ment during the last year before the
war was only one billion dollars.
MONEY was spent by the way depart
ment," declared Senator Dillingham;. "as
1t is said to be spent by drunken sailors
when they come ashore
The senator took up the case Of the
Or"rman bill. which the President sue
ceeded in getting through Congress dele
gazing to himself dictatorial power to do
anything he saw fit, thus practically d.
ing away with all law. 20 far as the gov
eminent was concerned
Il want you to understand said SEN
ator billinghanl, that I did not vote
for that Dill as a war measure" He told
or BENG summoned to the White House
oy the PRESIDENT and asked to support
/ the Dill. senator Dillingham; said he asked
the President why he wanted that meas
ure passed and the President said that
he waited to do away with some Of tho
dupncation 81 effort In the departments
ana thought he could do it that way.
lhe real reason why the President wanted
mat b'li passed SAID the speaker was
10 shleld the war department and Mr..
baker from criticism
WAR EXPENDITURES
Tho ser.tor o,,ot.d f,ruros 20 chou. tho,
our nop,hlv exnense In th. v., u,a.
three tin,es .s gro.t nc +hat ~ rr.ro.
and nearly twice tha, ~ creat Rritai,
even though ue did NOT h.,o ca NAV,
mon inyo,,,od W. .,o,, ,ha,,, m ,i,Iio,s
RI do,,.rs dur;,r ~ 800 -, ,n,
vo we're in rho war Er,rco T., w. Won,
for forr vo.r. ui,b 90 ,,i,,io, NO., u,
..oJved snent +vo hi,,,on ,oss ,b,n ~,
did Our trni,inJ ca,,,,. h,,i,+ ~. ,h,
cost Mus basis werc nractica1l,. , ,os.
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