Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-02
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
{Special to The Bulletin.1

of who is to determine when presiden-
 tial disability exists is uppermost in. |
 the mind of c6ngress today. The vice
 president automatically assumes the duties of the office when such inabili- |
 ty on the part of the president is de- |
 clared, but who shall determine. when l r it exists is a yexed question as old |
 as the constitution itself. !. Four bills are now pending in con gross, and the judiciary committee is l holding hearings during which, the ! merits and objections are pretty 1 considerably in detail, but all aim to ,, I,prevent, in the future, the country Efrom' being without a chief executive 1 performing the functions of his high office, Probably none of the pending I bills will be found entirely satisfac- tory, but the committee is very much | in earnest to have the. matter come before the present congress, and may | frame a bill of it's own, after exhaus- | tive study of the constitution and the opinions formally. expressed by. great
 lawyers of the past. The gentlemen 1 presenting the bi1ls+make it clear they l-were not striking at President Will
 son, but it is of course recognized that his long absence abroad. the, five months illness. with it's complete se-a
 clusion and the mystery which still | 1 incident, brought the matter to :. the Foreground. Some of. the bills fix I time, to become effective beyond the Eterm' of Mr. Wilson, The measures in [troduced are by Rogers, of Massachu- setts, Fess of Ohio. McArthur of Ore SIJEs Esg6h and Madden Of 1llihois. All agree sEthat there. is. .great: need of an interpfe- I tation of the inability clause of the T Tconstitution on which, as MT. Rogers aa- -eoxy;c S1f I1o fPnation may sometime rest.'
 | The treaty got some pretty hard !. .raps from both sides of the. senate T chamber when it was up for discus ,i sion Saturday. Senator Brandegee> ) promptu, which was bubbling over T with keen, wit, scathing sarcasm and rf an '''interpretationp ~ which brought shouts of laughter from the senators and made the. gafleriesehard to. hold :, in check under the mo laugh-no ap- II plause" rule. He riddIed the argu- l ments put forth by Senator Hitch | cock, and his reference to the cores pendence recently made public be-
 ftween the president and the allied rul- CTS, as showing a little difference of :, opinion" was followed by a keen a1al- ! ysis of the situation and the posi- ' ton the United States would now find Titself in, had it entered the league of ] nations on the terms. demauded of f the" senate by the president. Referring Q to the president and his threat te Fl withdraw from the league even before , the entered it, Mir. Brahdegee said: ri l he cant have his own. way about 2
 lispot of red ink on the map of Europe
 land at the very first :. difference ot | opinion" was followed by a keen anal.
 hang for all of him, although he lla! : told us the heart of the world will bc 9 I broken if we don't jump right in g Senator Shields democrat, interrupt 6 ed MT. Brandegee, by, questions whicl ] fsustained the. Brandegee attitude; a l-Senator Thomas, .democrat remarked :. to MT. Brandegee.. during his. speech e that if the Adriatic. tangle- is to F. b . taken as an Illustration of the oper + ation of the league, ''harmony will b f obtained at the expenses. of .Amefical f rtpopularity." Apparently the sentirnen Il lagainst ratifying the treaty is. .growin | f. stronger each: day, unless the Lodg : reservations are adopted, and eve ls with that precautiot1. the sentiment i If Fdecidedly lukewarm in many men wh l. at first were iii it's favor. A reso1utio .sl to declare the war with Germany a e an end looms clear on the horizon
 just as previously predicted in thi ICoII0oEJOn0HllCts w lue dpdTI as. ar ]. l the four measures already presenteC II they have but one atnl-the pro~or S7 and authoritative settlement of ho' m bnEesidepfial inability to act shall b 1t Undetermined and the country safe a l4guarded in the future. In case of deatl ia removal from office or resignation ( "a the president the fact is self evident but how the question Of inability i . ace shall be detertf1ined is apDarentl T. left for the Seth congress to decide. l- Congressman Tiison struck hinl @@ note. in the minds of the interstat is l-commerce committee. when he gather 1e ed the facts regarding the rapid riS o- in the price of cotton yarn, which ha ly resulted in an equal rise in the pric C. of cotton hosiery and underwear. ri Inf Ecommittee gave a special hearing | , MT. Tilson day Or two ago, on u :: bill he has introduced asking that u .e' federal trade commission be irlstrtic ne ed to make an official investigation Id the profiteering which he has reasc es to believe exists. The facts gatheft 1y by MT: Tilsoh were so startling tn; of the committee immediately made a f; = vorable report on his request, ar = moreover thanked him for bringii < the matter before them in such con Il plete form. Congressman Sims, den ne ocrat. and former chairman of u an committee, remarked that Mir Tilst = had rendered great service to u
 country in making and reportin % his personal investigation.'' MT. ri
 son found that in some instances | be price of cotton yarns has risen mo 'tot than. one hundred per cent in. s months-7and that the southern co
 ton yarn mills are reaping. a harve a of high dividends almost beyond b
 lief. MT. Tilsen stated unless tF el- profteering could be stopped the te = Of hosiery and underwear would '>- tremendously i11cSsased by winter; a en cording to statements of experts in t a7s trade.
 Congress is calling for economy, a ' it is the slosau of it1ie party in DO
 CT. but on the heels of that ware ecu comes. q demand for soldier bon the which if the republicans are to Ii it's up to- their promise to reduce fede
 appropriations is a puzzle. %Dol
 ask me" said a member of the wa roy, and means committee to whom f
 of question was put today.
 4Ss The nomination of Bainbrid4e C. = by a secretary of state caused - political conniotion here. second. ol
 .. to the dismissal of Secretary Lar1si > 'EHe is neither one thing nor t'eth .ete is the way one democrat angriiy the1 pressed his opinion of MT. Colby's.
 1iticaL5 affiliations. First a republic
 second a bull moose and last a de E, ocrat, is not pleasing to the rank 2 rks file of the old time. democrats 2 use they do not hesitate to denounce ! rsh appointment. It, will probably
 some time before the matter of c,
 f1rmation is taken up in the sen: and .-in fFa rnaar4f417a Hf,. oto1l.1,