Show I Mason aso Amuses us Capital Humorously Raps Wilson S Special D. D C C. Mar 1 Corn Com Com Comment WASHINGTON V V ment mont and merriment are arc rampant rampant ram ram- pant hero here over the resolution In Introduced introduced In- In In the tho House 1 Uy tive tivo William E E. Mason dason of Chicago o. The measure appertains to Secretary LanI Lansing's Lansing's Lan Lan- I sings sing's s smashing of the constitution as President Wilson charges chare and aside from indicating an alert appreciation j of the national calamity Involved Involve In la Mr Ur Lansing's action I la is flavored with I humorous sarcasm The Tho resolution was referred to tho the committee on foreign affairs anti and ordered printed Tho text of ot tho the document follows The TIne people have hae h heard ard with fear tear and trembling the startling I news that on one Robert Lansing late secretary of oC state has willfully an and I wantonly and with malice ht aforethought broken tho the constitution of the United States b by calling Informally together members or of the cabinet and talking over oyer Interdepartmental affairs Whereas The same people arc shocked and cha chagrined beyond measure meas meas- uro ure and view with alarm the tho fact that other members of or the cabinet have h been present at such unconstitutional gatherings and have o conspired together with Robert Lansing to break destroy and utterly demolish the constitution of oC tho the United States so that the tho aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid afore afore- said people will be obliged to live livo on their laws by-laws until a new tion Lion be adopted or the old one be re re- re paired Henri of or World Whereas The heart of oC the tho world worl is broken and nil all are waiting to s see e whether tic the United States of oC America can continue to exist on a broken corn con Whereas It I la is char charged e In defense of the late secretary oJ ot state that lie he did not usurp the powers of the dent but hut that he attempted to usurp Inn thi powers of ono one Joseph Tumult at ono one time and still It secretary to tho tine President of or tIne the I t States It la is niso charcel that this thin difference of opinion between the late I secretary of or state and the now not President Prest- Prest I dent started upon the trifling question as ns to whether we should turn urn over the government of the United States to a to be bo controlled b by Great Britain and that this difference with so insignificant a starting has finally broken forth upon the tho most solemn question as to whether a n cabinet minIster minIster min min- Ister shall be permitted to destroy the life Iffe of his nation by speaking to his colleagues In the cabinet without the thc presence or written consent of oC the Ire President sl dent Clandestine tlDe Meeting r Whereas Whereas It has also been reported that Secretary Josephus Daniels now secretary of tho tIne na navy and Newton Baker now v secretary of oC war snot met clan clan- In th the hallway in the building build build- ing known as the tho state war and navy building an and conversed upon the tho subject subject sub sub- of the thc evidence of one ono Roar Rear Admiral Ad- Ad miral Sims which evidence e Involved ol Interdepartmental matters Whereas It is further d that one Albert Burleson still postmaster general has rep repeatedly cracked th the constitution of or the Untied States State by seeking tho the advice of tho the department of Justice as to ho how he could possibly destroy unfriendly neW newspapers papers and al niso nl ni- so how he could coul the cl ney of the postal postil service b by reducIng ing Ina- tho the pa pay of the of or the postal pos pos- tal department and It Is further charged cd that the aforesaid meetings have o b been en held without the of f thc h. h nf tt h. h T U presence 1 c. c u 1 and anti without his his his' consent In writing Tem t In t Whereas It Is 11 rumored that our constitution has not b been cn broken but that on the contrary this tempest In n a teapot between the tho secretary ox-secretary of and the tho President of oC the United Slates States began bOGan Immediate immediately after the saul ex secretary rV ot of f state stated to toone toone to William one ono C C. an of of tho American dele delegation to the p peace acc conC conference renee that if IC the tho American people peo neo pIe ever er read this league of or nations In the peace treat treaty the the will heat beat It If Whereas The Tho American people peoble still In fear and anti trembling as al to whether tho the constitution was broken beyond repair or whether cr the correspondence correspondence- between bet th the now President anti and the ex- ex secretary of state Is what is known In the French Im language ua e as ns camouflage eo and in the tho En English language as ns bun lI Therefore be bo It Re Resolved ol ed That the committee on foreign affairs bo be directed to Invest Invest- gate wate at once and report forthwith forthwith- First t whether th the constitution has beers beon broken and de destroyed an and second sec see ond whether same la Is broken beyond repair and third t to tS recommend whether er or WI we should a adept t dJ a new tion tien or r par the al old one ono and fourth as to how tim tho American n people could best beat live livo on their la bY-la laws by-laws ws wh while the tine new constitution to is being belne- a adopted opted or tho the old one repaire I Resolved further That the shall report particularly what article of the tho constitution was broken by the said RaId I late secretary of or tate and andi whether other members o of 01 the were Vero equally guilty of oC breaking me constitution by attending an in al Informal gathering called b bv by me late Into s secretary of ante tato atc anti and If It any of lh the members of or tho th tJ ne 7 r cabinet who have hL so 50 broken brokon tho the con con- have been asked to 10 re resign and if u not why net act |