Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-07

Washington. Dec. 6.-(By The 4. P.) Unless Presiuent Wilson changes his plans at thu last moment. he will not address congress personally tomorrow, but will send message in written form It will be read to house and senate sit- ting in separate session as was done with the presidents message last De- cember and as was the custom until NIT. Wilson began the habit Of addressing congress personally.
 The president did not make known his intention to a joint committee of the lenate and house which called today at the White House to formally notify him l that congress was in session. but" mem bers of the delegation left him with the | impression that he would not appear before congress in person. The presi- dents statement to the committee was that he would communicate with" con- gress tomorrow | Mir Wilson received his congressional visitors in the blue room Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, the republican leadei | in the senate was the spokesman and
 io and the president thus met face to ] face for the first time since the league of nations covenant and the peace trea- " were defeated in the senate under Senator Lodges leadership.
 The president did not shake hands with his visitors. They were ushered into the blue room by White House at- tendants and then MT. Wilson appeared from an adjoining room He wore a blue sack sut and used a cane On en- tering the door he smiled and pointing to his cane, said:
 You see, gentlemen, I cannot yet dis pense with my third leg"
 L The committee was at the White House only a few minutes and the pres ident remained standing at the door ol the room during the interview. Som' of the visitors said that in walking his left leg evidenced his afliction and thai
 he kept his left hand up across hii chest. t
 Besides Mir. Lodge, the White Hous, callers were Senator Underwod of Ala
 bama, the democratic senate leader. anS Representative Mondell, the republican house leader, Chairman Fordney of thu
 house ways and means committee, an'
 former Speaker Champ Clark. Some O
 them said the president still gave yisi
 ble evidence of his long illness, but tha
 considering the character and duration
 of his sickness, he appeared in unus
 ually good condition. He was describe
 as having put on much weight
 There was a difference of opinion a
 to the presidents voice. One. of tn
 callers described. 1t as hollow and low
 and said that it was with difficulty tha he heard what the president had to say l while others said that while not as TO
 bust as before his illness, Mir. Wilson } voice was good and that the executiv
 spoke clearly, with only slight dificul ty in enunciation. Washington has been alive for the las two weeks with positive" informatio that the president would personall show himself before congress tomorrow
 taking the opportunity to appear in pub
 lie for the first time since he returne a very sick man" from his league q nations speaking trip in September. One set of reports had it that the pre- l ident would appear in an invalid chai
 while another was to the effect that would walk to the speakers dais g usual and demonstrate the repeate 3 statement of his friends that his heal; 5 had been sufficiently regained to enab ! him to get about without an assistant
 Some of the presidents friends wei
 strongly of the view that he would ( y well to take the opportunity to make h n last annual communication to congrea l. the occasion for a dramatic appearan' n in person, revealing his actual physic l. and mental condition to congress ar
 the country. after fourteen months '- partial seclusion during which he h: | been seen by few.
 e President Wilson, 1t is said, was som e what inclined to take the opportunity d appear in person. but other counsel pr
 vailed. It was urged upon the presidei
 that no real occasion existed for nal | ing a personal journey to the capitol ar = that he ought not to possibly endang s his progress toward health by the f tigue and strain that such a recon
 breaking appearance would entail.
 There is nothing to prevent the pre- l. dent from changing his mind before no, E. tomorrow, but the probabilities are e will not go. His message has been cor : pleted and is ready for transmission
 messenger. There has been no intim
 ton as to its contents, but there ha .. been various reports that in 1t the pre- II ident discusses taxation. the agricultur = situation and many other subjects.