Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-24
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tanglements. In 1916. after this re- cord, he was reelected on the ground that he had succeeded in keeping us out of the war and within few weeks after his inauguration. he ap- peared before congress and reeom- nenced that we should get into the war. When member of congress at tempted to make any preparation, the president appeared before us and stated that we were getting nervous and excited. Of course under this kind of leadership, there was and there could be no effective prepara- ton. The result was that when the president, finally compelled by the IT. opinion, reversed his attitude, it took five dollars to accomplish what one dollar would adequately have ac- complished if spent under peace con ditions.
 In my address to the convention of 1914 and again in 1916, I referred to the course fthe administration in l its handling of the Mexican problem as one not reserving the designation of policy an ddeclared that it had been "an impotent and imbecile drift. a "mischievous meddling' and except for that "a do nothing policy. This l 'twatchful waiting" has now extend ed over a period of six years ane conditions in Mexico are worst thar ever. American eonsuls. American soldiers in their uniforms, American aviators and American travellers, ars daily kidnapped by bandits and hele ! for ransom. Some are murdered others are imprisoned and others art never heard of. After each outrage, {
 note is sent demanding immediaA disavewal and reparatien. The usua incident is closed. No more dis
 graceful eharta~ env ever disgraees the pages of our history.
 The mes O. ..4e a~-.c department ar
 filled with evidence of crimes and out
 rages oe every know variety perpe
 trated Dy Mexieans against the per
 sons and property of Americans bu
 no effective protection is afforded an
 no punishment is inflicted upon eith
 CT the perpetrators of the crime or tn
 Mexican officials whose duty it is t protect the peaceable citizens of thi
 country in their rights in Mexico The situation is simply appalling bu
 the American people have apparent
 abandoned all hope of any relief a long as the present administration
 in power.
 I have called attention to the incl ficieney of the various department ments of the government. It is a . nose unnecessary to enter into u : details of what the people alread know from their daily reading
 events These departments hay been expanded and their expense he
 increased almost fh direct proportie s to their ineffciency. Meetings of u
 cabinet are few and far between. III post office department perhaps com . as close to the people in their dai a life as any one of the gerat depar
 ments. The utter demoralization , the service in this department wou . be huge national joke if it were n a tragedy and a scandal. The sta n department is a mere shell. It
 said that there are more than a dog duly accredited representatives e l foreign governments who have be | waiting in Washington for mont 1, but have never been able to secu n reception by the president. There , almost a complete lack of commur s cation of coordination between t
 president and the congress.
 s Shortly before the November ele r tions in 1918, the president appealed
 the country to elect a congress, dem 4 ! III DOlH DTdIlCu6S. I1G SLdL , that no republican should be elect n because while that party had be V loyal and patriotic during the war, 5 did not support his policies. He sta ,t ed that unity of command in ci
 action was just as necessary as it "
 on the field of battle and he appeal to the country to endorse his admi
 istration by giving him democra
 congress in order that he might -f their unembarrassed spokesm ! abroad. The idea that party co
 prising more than half of the elect,
 of the country must be disfranchis
 and placed under disabilities so
 as representation in congress v to ident's administration so ute
 shocked and outraged the electer
 ! that it l1astened to the polls and
 turned a congress republican in b.
 branches. One of the defects of
 forme of government is that althor e- the country may have utterly lost e ecs fidence in the administration of O. president and may have elected ag congress of opposing political ia
 as an expression of lack of confidel SC it cannot get rid of the administrat n which has been thus repudiated nns fore the expiration of its eonstituti, Id al term of office. It can to cert as extent by such an election, impos m. check upon the executive and con Lal the purse strings of the nation, He the executive, in whom the coun ,ct has lost faith, still has his appoint at at the head of all the executive ch partments, makes all appointments he high office of his own political pa ny continues to manage the foreign GU lations of the country to suit h at self, through his ambassadors and nd control of the state department, .en enabled to formulate in the first cid stance, at least, all foreign poi
 s and continues to be the command Yer in- chief of the army and navy. he Iouffleacfhw
 .ch Wilson usurps Power