The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-02-17

ted, and it was necessary FOR some
enc to look after the Government;
second, the mental expert that was
employed Mt the White House was
discharged too SOON
Senator kellogg, Minnesota 1T is
utterly ridiculous to think or say that
members Of the Cabinet cannct get to
gether and discuss affairs of the ma;
ton when the President is laid up for
Eve months"
Senator King of Utah: II think
Lansing ought to have been dismiss.
ed long ago. l don't think he meas
Iured up to the position. Had the
President put his dismissal on any
other ground than the one given I
would be inclined to support it and
approve it. However, / do not be
lieve Mr.. Lansing merited the sting
ing rebuke he got. His action in cal
ing the Cabinet together was at
mos. an indiscretion, in my opinion
Senator Thomas, Colorado: "As
view it, if Secretary Lansing had
failed to cal the Cabinet together in
the circumstances that existed, he
would have been far more blamewor-
thy than the Presiden. considers him
ter doing it,
Senator Borah, Idaho: 81 appre-
bend that neither the President nor
Mr.. Lansing, If they were free to
speak, wou d deny that 1t was Mr..
Lansings dissatisfac ion with the
treaty and his pronounced condemna-
ton OF it which had most to do with
bringing about his res gnation."
Senator Cummins, Iowa: THE
statement about usurpation- comes
wi very poor grace from President
Wilson, who. in the past, has not had
a noticeable regard for fine distinc-
tons as to usurpation, so long as he
was doing the usurpine"
Senator New, Indiana: "The tone
Of the Presidents letter shows tina
he wants another puppet in the Cabi-
net"
Senator Cronna. North Dakota:
THE resignation of such q high class
man as Secretary Lansing was very
unfortuna g."
Senator Curtis, Kansas: THE let
ters revealed the true physical and
mental condition of the President
Senator Moses. New Hampshire:
THE schoolmaster, though moi
abroad again. is at leas abe to
WELD the pen aud the birch rod"
Senator Sherman, Illinois: This
i- tho fi,,,a I hovo hard fba
President mention the Constitution
since he has been in Office"
Senator Watson, Indiana: Il is
none of my business IL the President
wants to divorce himself from mem
bers of his Official family"
Senator Mccormick, Illinois; Mr.
Wilson'S treatment Of Mr.. Lansing is
on level with his signing o. tho
Peace reaty and his attempts 10
eoerce the Senate into ratifying It,"
/ Comment by members of the
House was as follows:
Representative Fes8, Oh!o-If the
executive heads cannot consult while
the disability OF the President per-
sists, 1t at cnce raises the question Of
whether the executive department is
funo Joining and what the remedy for
lsuch situation under the Constitu-
ton should be.
Representative Anthony, Kansas
Instead OF asking Lansing's resigna
ton the President should haze given
him a letter of thanks for aking ac-
ton to hold the Government together
in some coherent form during the
Representative Galliyan, Massachu
settBz-It all the facts in the letter
are true, al. those who participated
In the Cabinet meetings should have
resigned If the President was dis
appointed and only learned OF the
meeting now 1t seems to me that
those who participated are at fault.
Representative Longworth, Ohio
The Government has not had re-
sponsible head for the last four or
i've months This only proves what
we have thought all along 1t is
documentary-evid OF the fact.
Representa- i've B'anton, Texas--A
Secretary Of State when he takes
charge of the portfolio must be will
ing to carry out all the policies of the
Executive or else he ought not tc
take it.
Representative Mott, Now York
When you read the correspondence
it is enough to~convince you that the
oft-repeated charge that the Presi-
dent on y wan ed clerks as Cabinet
officers is we'll founded,
Representative Porter, Pennsylvan-
la regarded Mr. Lansing as an ex-
tremely capable Secretary, and his
removal from office in this summary
way is a great wrong both to himself
and to the nation especially at this
critical time,
Representative Kitchin, North Caro-
linar.I am not surprised.
Representative Tlnkham, Massa
chusetts-Whom the gods wond de
stroy they first make mad
Representative Rodenburg, Illinois
"The studied Indifference of the
President to Mr.. Lansing while at
tending the Peace Conference and
since the Presidents return to the
United States was such that it was
a surprise to me that Mr.. Lansing
had not resigned before"
Representative Madden, Illinois.
"The President admits he was not