The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-09-17
one MAN RULE IS
FLAYED BY LODGE
Wilson's Idea OF Govern
ment That of Third
Napoleon.

government. Inc ITesluent cOncep-
tion Of government, he said, is that
of the third Napoleon. He charged
that the President has established
such a reign of terror over many rep
resentatives and senator's of his own
party that the legislative powers Of
the constitution granted to Congress
alone were impaired and distorted.
Senator Lodge, who was addressing
an outing of the Lynn Republican
Club here, said that President VIII
sons autocratic administration af-
fected every part of the government.
The Navy and War Departments, he
said. we're marked by "a favoritism
in appointment on one hand, and on
the other a vindictive spirit toward
officers not liked by the secretaries"
As instances he gave the removal of
General Barnett, who was command
ant of marines during the war; re-
fusal OF President Wilson and Secre-
tary Baker to permit Theodore Roose-
Ntll " IdiSt a uiNlolOI VI NOAhhtNtia -
after Congress gave the necessary au-
thority; the treatment of General
Wood" and the fact that General Ed
wards, senior brigadier general when
war was declared, after leading the
26th Division in ac'iun overseas Is
still the senior brigaGier general and
recently has beer deprived of his
command Of the Northeast Depart
ment.
zone of the leading demands of the
Republican platform and one of the
issues which Senator Harding hes
most strongly emphasized is that We
should 6-ing the goSernme1t back
to the system aGd the forms uf the
constitution which we have always
followed thus far ihruout ou~ histor'
Senator Lodge SAID. eve all know
ina general wav what thts means and
I believe the reople Of the United
States thoroly appreciate the dangers
of the ,ystem which Mr.. Wilson has
endeavored to substitute for the
methods of the constitution.
"Mr. Wilson thru his administra-
tion has steadily sought to absorb the
powers of the legislative branch and
to make our government a one-man
government. He has undertaken to
ignore the great principle laid down
I'm the constitution of Massachusetts
that this is to be a government of
laws and not of men. He has tried
TO make It government by one
man."
The senator quoted from passage
in one of President Wilson's BOOKS
as illustrating his conception of gov
eminent. and. continued:
.By his acts also is his conception
shown to be that of the third Napo-
leon. an autocrat elected by a plebis-
cite uncontrolled by any intervening
legislative or judicial authority IL
seems to me that it may not be amiss
TO illustrate this proposition.
Evasion Attempted.
eft was impossible for Mr.. Wilson
IN secure a League of Nations with
ont assent Of the Senate, but he en-
deayored to evade and practically
nullify the rightful power of the SEN
ate by attaching to the treaty OF
peace with Germany, which every
body desired, the covenant of the
League of Nations. which ought to
have been separately considered be-
cause II bound the country for an IN
definite future and required the ut
most care on the part of all concern
ed in its formation and ratification
His plan was simple. He aimed 10
compel the Senate to ratify the cove
nant of the League of Nations by fore
ing upon them the alternative OF
holding up the treaty of peace with
Germany, which all men desired 10
have disposed Of at once Colone.
House has recently stated puDhcly
that IL we had followed the course ad
vocated in the Senate before the ne
eotiations began and made the treaty
of neace with Germany at once I'M
mediately after the armistice' II
would have been complete and ready
for ratification by Christmas
rBy attaching the League OF Ma
tions TO il the treaty was delayed in
par,s until June 2S and did not
reach the Senate until July TO- 1919
The covenant of the League OF Ma
t,ons proved on examination SO dan
rerous and so unpalatabie to the
American people that the treaty Oh
peace with Germany filed OF ratifi-
cation, altho a majority of the senate
tried to ratify it with reservations
and has not yet been accepted
"Mr. Wilson has also adopted the
autocratic method in another direc-
ton He has carried on his reia-