Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-02

-,, Cabot Lodge. Of Massachusetts, repuo- tran leader of the senate, in an auoress ir Foot Guard hall tonight. attacked lns leadership of President Wilson ueclareu the conduct Of the war was marNeu sy ..,,-,,d extrayarance and reckless expenoi- ...-. ,s r,on.v" denounced the covenant of Inc league of nations, and urged the ,o.sr. of Connecticut to re-elect Senator Prank B. Brandegee. ne sneaker quoted from records oi thn war department showing mat ihoLe man billion dollars was spent on arui- ,ierv bv the United states in the war ana ] more than million on aircraft Senator Lodrc referred to the first sem trnce of Article x Of the league Of na- tionss covenant as a 'rat hole" He said it would bind the United States to an ohiiration which could not be avoided except by breach of the treaty.
 In a tribute to Senator Brandegee, the sneaker said that failure to re-elect senator Brandegse would be great loss 10 the republican party, to the united states and to the country"
 Tle said a hostile senate" did not help any administration. and that he felt sure thst Harding anE Coolidge would be elected and that they should be given "a larger working majority in the senate, much abused and on the whole rather powerful body"
 The rally. Ter Ihe direction of the wornan's advisor committee of the re- phbHoin state central committee, at tracietl a large crowd and many were unable to gain admittance. Senator Lodge said in part:
 One of the leading demands of the republican platform and one of the issues which Senator Harding has most strongly ensphasizcd Is that we should bring the government back to the system and the forms of the Constitution which we have Always followed thus far throughout our history We all know in a general way. what this means and I believe the peo- pic of the United States thoroughly appre- cisf- the dangers of the system which Mfr ison has endeavored to substitute for tr.. Eiethods of the constitution.
 The Constitution of the United States creates a representative democracy and divides the government into three great branches. the executive. the legislative, and the judicial It was the intention of the franers of the Constitution that none of these branches should attempt to tres pass upon or usuTp the powers granted to the other two. Afr. Wilson through his administration has steadily sought to ab- sorb the powers of the legislative branch and Co make our government a one-man government He has underRken to ig- nore the great principle laid down in the Constitution of Massachusetts that this IS a be a government of laws and not of ufn He has tried to make it govern msnt by one man. Of this attempt be- iisve the country in a general way is fully cnnscious and also intends to bring it to an cod and 10 return to the principles of the ffamers of the Constitution, and to those of Washington and Lincoln, and of Roosevelt. Mr. Wilson's conception of government Is shown by passages in his books I will quote one of them.-
 The President" Mir. Wilson wrote, "has really no voice at all in the conclu- sions of the Senate with reference to his diplomatic transactions His only power nf compelling compliance on the part of the senate lies in his initiative in nego- tiation. which affords him a chance to get tho country into such scrapes, so pledged in the view of the world, that the eenste hcsitates 10 bring about the ap- Fesrance of dishonor which would follow itt refusal to ratisfy rash promises"
 By his acts also is his conception shown to be that of the third Napoleon on autocrat elected by a plebiscite un- uncontrolled by any intertening legisla- tive or judicial authority It seems to me that it may not be amiss to Illustrate this proposition.
 We are an fairly familiar with one
 
 theory which is explained in the passage from his book Ut quoted Under tho constitution the president conducts oui foreign relations and has the sole right tC enter upon negotiations and to draft ana tubmit treaties. but no treaty can be fin ally ratified or become the law of tn, land unless two-thirds of the senate ad vss and consent 10 it. This gives tn, senate a very great ower, which was in all hn raar of ft1a frn n ths Constitution and makes them equall. responsible with the president in th' adoption Of any treaty. It was impossible for Mr. Wilson to secure League of Ma lions without this assent of the senate lut he endeavored to evade and practic ally nullify the rightful power of the sen nte by attaching to the treaty of peac trith Germany. which everybody desire:l Che covenant of the league of natio 1 which ought to have been separately c < Eidcred because 10 bound the country IL nn indenfiite future and required the u' most care on the part of all concerns tn It's formation and ratification. Ii plan was simple. He aimed to ccmpe the senate to ratfy .he covenant of tn league of nations by forcing uon them tn affirmative of holding up the treaty c peace with Germany which all men desii d to have disposed of at once. Colons House has recently stated publicly tha q we had followed the course advocate h the senate before the negotiations be fran and made the treaty of peace wit tsermany at once, immediately after tf i.rmistlce. it. would have been complei and ready for raticafition by Christina By attaching the league of nations to |. the treaty was delayed in Paris unt June 2S and did not reach the senate unt Fuly 10. 1sfs The covenant of the leagt Uf nations proved on examination dangerous and so unpalat4ble to Il American people that the treaty of peat with Germany failed of ratification a though majority of the senate tried ratify it with reservations and has n ret been accepted.
 This was an attempt on Mfr. Wilson part by Indirect but effective methods nsurp the Constitutional powers of ol rreat branch of the government Instes rf consulting with his constitutional al risers-and many presidents have col Eulted he senate about negotiations D Iorehand as we'll as after treaty h; haen negotated-Nr. Wilson underto, To nuiify the powers of the senate al forc9 them to ratify treaty containir lh1 league of nations of which they d ~ approve. as it was submitted to thel