The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-17
REVIEW OF WEEKS
 WORK AT CAPITAL

Washington, May 16.-(Speclal)- Ire past week in Congress added to the orgy of words and the meagerness Of achievement which has character izee Congress since the republicans acquired control more than year ago.
 The Senate discussed the peace reso- luiion offered by Senator Knox but that discussion would not have been excessive but for the opportunity fur
 rished by the President when, in ad- essing the Oregon democrats, he ex-
 pressed desire for tbe League of Ma tions in as near it's original form as it CoHld be ratified. On these topics, made twins for the sake of convenience, the Senate talked
 at length. Thursday there was agree ment reached between Senators Under
 weed and Lodge, leaders of the parties in the Senate, that vote should be had on the Knox resolution Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock.
 As result the Senate sustained the csolution-which is another form had
 previously passed the House-and thus
 Eut this Congress OH record as favor ing a separate peace with Gerrany
 The resolution in the knowledge of
 every senator, will he vetoed by the President and the Senate subsequently
 will make futile effort to pass it de-
 spite the veto notwithstanding. And thus, Senator Underwood
 predicted, the League of Nations and
 the entire question of peace will be
 thrown into the conventions of the
 pGrties.
 The President Thursday vetoed the legisla tive, judicial and executive ap-
 pi opriation bill because of it's provi-
 sion that all printing by the various
 departments should bs done under the
 supervision of Congress. In his mes-
 sage of veto the President rebuked
 Congress for it's attempt to exercise a censorship over the executive de-
 partments. And thus 1t came to pass
 tfat the President zealously defended his own prerogatives. which gave the republicans an opportunity of which
 they will take advantage. of repeat ing their timeworn charges that MT. Wilson has never hesitated 10 usurp tGe functions of Con gress
 Sensational testimony piled up dnr- ing the week before the Senate com r'ittee on naval affairs inquirinE into Admiral sims charges of inefficieney or the part of Secretary Daniels and assistants during tha war. Admiral Penson, chairman of the shipping beard, tentatively admitted the pos sibility that he had told Admiral sims itt to itL lHF fbTIllSn pull the wool over your eyes and hat i've had just as soon fight England as Germany" brt explained that he had been ani- hated not through a hatred of Eng land but by a desire that the United States conduct itself scrupulously as neutral, and by the general knowledge that Admiral Sims was admittedly pro-, British. Secretary Daniels on inc stand. created nation wide sensation b. declaring, and apparently proving that cablegram which Sims had read and declared to be signed 'Daniels, was not signed Daniels" at all Ii is understood that the hearings will con clude next week Secretary Daniels t0timates that measures of punishment only after the committee finds it's yer Gict.
 The House Friday accepted the con ference report on the officers pay bill bill under the terms Of which pav fer officers will be materially in- creased and pay for private soldiers slightly increased When this bill was in the Senate. Senator Trammen of Florida and others attempted to make the increase provided for men as great as that provided for officers The ef fcrt failed principally because the government keeps it's men and requires officers to feed and clothe them selves.
 The republicans of the ways and means committee during the week were. because of the clamor of popular diss pproval forced to abandon their scheme to give the soldiers a bonus cc lected from tax on consumption. The republicans first announced that there would be no bonus legislation Aeain there went up clamor. and again the republicans got busy. It Is sa;d, now, that bill will be reported next week featuring paid-up insur ance and farms redeemed from desert. p' afrie. cutoyer and swamp lands.
 II is announced that the executive con mittee of the American Legion win come to Washington in the immedi- ate future to force. bonus Legislation through Congress prior 10 the con imrossi bility.
 Louis Post. assistant secretary of