Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
Especial to The Bulletin.)

necessary steps" said Secretary Dan- iels to The Bulletin correspondent to-
 day.
 The Secretary did not give details 1 as to the proposed method but made it 1 clear that the navy would immediately 1 to ali in it's power to isroect the lives l and property of coast fishermen from | submarine attacks The terror of at- 1 tack and consequent loss of fishing | craft had resulted in many fishermen i refusing to put out for their usual 1 catch. especially on the coast of | Maine, with the result that shortage | of fresh fish was imminent which 1 would materially affect the food mar l ket
 The attempt to bring the senate in- to line for consideration of the ad- | ministration change of age limit bill 1 before the fixed date fell through | mostly on account of democratic ab- i sentees. The Sergeant at Arms sent out notifications but not a quorum was present when the roll was called, al- l though the number of republicans who 1 responded was noticeably large. When ] the recess was taken four weeks ago it was on agreement that no business re- quiring quorum would be brought before the Senate until August 26Ih but the insiGtence of the war de-
 
 routine work a week earlier resulted in a call for full attendance. Another attempt to get the senate i'll working order will be made next Monday. Probably the fact that neither the ad- ministration nor the war department made an effort to put insa bigger army bill" before the recess, although there was ample opportunity to do so, had 1 it's effect on lessening the enthusiasm loR tfaA h rnf4f f-, T l temperature of 114 degrees in the 1 shade.
 l The present program of Congress seems to be to take up in turn the revenue bill the war bill increasing the age of draft from IS to 45 and the water power bill. Nothing else is in sight at this moment although the packers Of suffrage and prohibition still shout from the house tops that these two measures will be acted pon
 in the senate without delay.
 Among the few senators who have remained at the capitol all through the recess is Senator Brandegee, who has I not taken even day off, so pressing have been the needs of his constitu ents on account of war conditions Men reported missing in action, men reported wounded. degree unknown, the Nherea bouts Of prisoners. the
 workings Of the war risk insurance and thousand and one other matters
 concerning Connecticut families have been referred to MT. Brandegee for
 solution and he has devoted practic-
 ally the entire month of recess to that ,i work. He was in his seat each day the senate was holding it's short mo ! quorum" sessions and shows no signs
 Of the strain Of the great heat which l jnSc KEa Sh:nOfna a inferno the past few weeks. On two successive days the official weather bureau down town station showed the mercury at
 i14 degrees in the shade with hu-
 nidity so high that the heat became
 almost unbearabie. Up at the Capitol official thermometers ran up to 121 3 degrees in reflected heat, and the } broad avenues and streets of concrete 3 were soft as putty in the glare of the sun.
 Connecticut corset manufacturers 7 gained a point when the war indus , tries board this week agreed to let z them have the same allowance o! steel for the remainder of the year as they have had in the past. There was g considerable doubt whether or not Q this could be brought about, and sew { eral months ago a hearing was held ] before the industries board at whick
 Col. l. NJ. Ullnan of New Haven
 chairman of the National Corset
 Makers association. urged that the in dustrY was an essential one and asked to have it placed on the preferred list = No answer was given to the reaues' 1 until this week, when Senator Bran. n degee and MT. Ullman again appear e ed before the Committee and secur. = ed a compromiser agreement whereby :, the full supply will be continued til :, the end of the current year wher " another conference will be held ana the future course marked out. Th' ? corset manufacturers use about ffteeI e tons of steel each year, and it was al !. open question in the mind of the wa }. 1 industries, If that amount could b' h spared by he government for such ; purpose.
 Again the flags on the Capitol fly a . half mast, and this time it is for thu . death of Senator Gallinge
 Of New Hampshire, who was the Deal < of the Senate and whose death il y tinct loss to the nation" was the com It ment of republicans and democrat e alike, and yet in the next breath wa Q asked Who will succeed him? = There is a tremendous interest jus
 now on all pending elections and eyel
 death cannot hush the thought no
 lalI the anxiety of each of the tW
 major parties as to the outcome il
 November. Senator GalIinger' s health had been such for more than
 year. that he was floor leader in nam is only, being unable to stand the strai 1T of detailed work. Senator Srnoot 0
 Utah, acting as minority watch do .a the greater part of the time. Tn " death of Senator Galiinger moves Sen y ator Lodge up to republican leadershi g. as the senior Massachusetts senate d was only two years behind the Ne7 @ Hampshire senator in term of servic d and ranked second in the senate. Sena
 tor Lodge, now automatically become .s republican floor leader if he will ac cept the arduous duties. So New Eng p land will keep the leadership Sena 'f tor Gailinger was S1 years old an
 was senior member of the senate nc n only in length of service but also il age.
 y Connecticut furnished more than il
 quota of jailed suffragettes in the re V. cent raids. Mrs. Helena Weed an ,s Elsie Hill, daughters of the late Cor ,r gressman Ebenezer Hill were anon
 ti1ose sent to the District of Columbi workhouse to serve fifteen day ser II tences. Both Mrs. Weed and Miss Hi ry have from the first been ardent mil be tants and have participated in tf Is. White House picketing and other mi g. itant demonstrations, which ha' ii marked the suffrage campaign for tf ad past year. The suffrasists r :, ioicing over the disfavor which Il y recent outbursts on the part of mil
 tants have aroused against the mAai r. ure. There is no gainsaying the ia re that the cause has been hurt by u q demonstrations and that several sens