Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-06-17
POOR EXCUSES FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE


swing and I will tell you another
story
"Hmrah!o yelled Jack as he hurried
down the steps.
wait for me- Wait for me-" called
Ruth, scampering after her brother.
'I'm going to tell you about some
thing that happened some time ago,
but which is both interesting and i'm
portRnt for. you to know" began I'm
Gle. Ted, after they were all settled in
the big swing. "On the 9th day OF
last month two importan things hap?
pened in the Capital of our country
Washington. President Wilson sent
the Joint resolution of Congress,
passed in order to make peace be-
tween the United States and Germa-
ny. back to the House of Representa-
tives WITHOUT his signature which
is Necessary in order to make it work,
unless passed over his head With
this he sent message giving HIS
reasons for not signing this plain and
proper resolution passed by the SEN
ate and House. His stubborn action
in refusing to sign this resolution
keeps us technically at war with Ger
many"
"Why wouldn't he sign it," asked
JackA ~
.sWait d minute Jack, and I'll tell
you. The second important thing that
happened on May 9th was he action
of the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee in refusing to grant Mr.. Will
sons request for mandate for
Armenia, The majority of the Sen
ators on this committee believe we
have enough troubles of our own
without going to Armenia for more.
Now to get back to President Will
son and his message vetoing the
Peace resolution"
what does veto mean?" asked
Ruth.
1910 veto means to turn down. The
President vetoes bill when he re-
fusese to sign it. When this happens
it goes back to where it started, eth
err the House of Representatives or
the Senate and in order to become a
law aatwo-thirds of both Houses of
Congress must vote for it. If they
do ;thea.bill or resolution becomes a
law without the Presidents sigma
| ture. When the Peace resolution went
| back to Congress there were not
enough votes to pass it over Mr.. Will
sons head so it is dead and there still
is no Peace. But the action of Wood
row Wilson stands just the same, and
his weak and insufficient reasons
should be studded say studied be-
cause he has laid the blame for the de-
lay of peace at the door of the SEN
ate when the blame rests upon his
own shoulders-simply because he
| places his intelligence and reasoning
power above the majority of those
men elected to sit in the highest law
making body in the world.
"The one thing about these two ev-
ents fer which / am thankful is that
the people will have to pass upon
the whole problem. And when it IS
left to the people the result will be
to uphold the Constitution of the Uni
ted States and the teachings of the
fathers of his country. In Mr.. Will
sons message he said he could not
sign this. resolution because he would
MT have anything to do with AN ac-
ton which would place ineffaceable
stain upon the gallantry and honor
of the United States All of which
sounds nasty but means nothing. He
made no new arguments nor did he
say anything which could be used in
favor of the world club plan. He sim
I ply doesn't like the resolution idea
because it would not bring peace IN
THE WAY HE WANTS 1T, not be-
cause it wouldn't bring peace. He
did not say anything about the righ
of Congress to make peace in this
way He knows Congress has that
right under the Constitution. Because
the resolution did not consider or
make mention of the now dead four
teen points he thinks it would place
the United States in the position of
turning its back on Europe. But how
| seas
where either in the treaty or the
world club plan, of freedom of the
Paris. There is no mention any
about the treaty iself? 1t certainly
leaves out many of those points which
Mr. Wilson so CALAMITY carried to
Paris. There is no mention anywhere,
either in the treaty or the world club
plan of freedom of the seas.
"When the resolution was returned
Congress was not very much excited
to pass it over his head because the
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