Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-10-12

a-Hungary. President Wilson We
toed the resolution. In his veto mes
sage, he made two especially note
worthy statements:
Il cannot bring myself to become
party to an action which would
place an ineffaceable stain upon the
gaIlantry and honor of the United
States.
Notwithstanding the fact that upon
our entry into the war we PROGRESSED
to be seeking to assist in the main
tenance of common interests, nothing
is said in this resolution about the
freedom of navigation upon the seas.
Freedom of navigation upon the
seasi" What a strange complaint TO
come from the man who, having
pledged himself publicly to obtain
that freedom of the seas, had not once
mentioned it in the long debates OF
Versaillesl There is not word of it
in the treaty of peace. Why should
he suddenly search for it so diligently
in the Knox resolution?
The veto message was sent to the
house of Representatives which had
originated the peace resolution. 1t
was speedily put to a vote. Two
hundred and nineteen members voted
to override the presidents veto, while
1872 voted to uphold it. AS it required
two-thirds majority to make the reso-
luton a law despite the presidential
veto, the resolution was lost Two
hundred and two republicans and
seventeen democrats voted to pass
the resolution over the presidents
veto and thus establish q condition of
peace; one hundred and fifty demo-
Gratis and two republicans voted to
support the president and thus con-
tinue the condition of war
Undaunted by the presidential veto
congress set out to end the war at
least within the limits of the United
States. Mr. Wilson's administration
had kept on the government payrolls
great army of war employees, under
the cover of various war emergency
laws" Under the same laws the adj
ministration had been able to main
tain an autocratic supervision of the
peoples private life and a participa-
ton in American industry.
BY vote of 324 to 8, the house Of
representatives June 3, passed a joint
resolution terminating these wartime
laws, except the Lever food and fuel
control act, the District of Columbia
rent law, the trading with-the-enemy
act and the various Liberty and Vic
tory bond statutes. This overwhelm-
ing majority demonstrated how nearly
both the republicans and
the democrats of the house were in
their demand that these laws should
no longer hamper industry or afford
an excuse for the administrations
universal meddling. The senate
the resolution by adding the
passport law to the list of exemptions
and then passed the resolution with
out a dissenting vote. The house Of
representative accepted the amend
ment and the resolution was sent to
the president for his signature
When President Wilson vetoed the
knox resolution, he said he did so
ecause the United States had not
made a proper settlement of the war
as far as other nations were con
cerned. In the resolution to estab-
lish peace conditions in the United
States. no other nations were CON
cerned or interested Yet he killed
the repeal resolution by a pocket
veto;" that is, he withheld his sigma
ture until the adjournment of con-
gress June 5, automatically invali-
dated the measure. For this course
he was not obliged to give any reason
or excuse, new or old, and he gave
none. He refused to give up his au-
Locratic powers, although the emer-
gency for which he had demanded
them was long gone by. He refused
stubbornly to do anything; that was
all.
(To be continued)