Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-24
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
Special to The Bulletin.)

Washington, D. C., June B.
 Washington is not waiting for the
 fourth of July to see fireworks. There's
 plenty of red fire in congress. If
 things get slow in the senata. Hitch
 cock. as spokesman for tas president
 leading democratic oppocent crosses,
 swords with Borah, Lodge or some leader of the opposition. or still more vigorously assails Senator ReeI of hls own party. Over in the house either Henry Fitz or Jimmie Galliyan both democratic and both representing Boston districts. can be depended on for livening things up at moments notice. Fitzgerald generally his ort at the short coming of food supply measures while Gallivan prefers the wa: or postoffice departments q. tar gets. And both men hit the bulls eye every time. When Gallivan breaks loose he cuts completely away from his moorings and gets into deep water immediately. He talked this week on the malpractice of Postmaster Gene ral Burleson" and when he got through there was not much left unsaid. Gilli- van is a fiery speaker and his rich brogue echoed through the chamber. He shouted his denunciations and glared defiantly at his brother demo- crats who listened in a chilling sil- ence while the republican side of the
 chamber clapped it's hands and cheer ed Justify. He blamed Mfr. Burleson for the recent strikes denounced him
 as menace. urged his removal from the cabinet and added the president ought to come home and have fam fly housekeeping. In closing Galli- van waved his arms and shouted "Ob-
 livion longs for Burleson as it longs for no other man in public life" Then
 he sat down in the midst of great ap- plause from the republicans while his democratic colleagues frown and made nparlimentary comments under their breath.
 Over in the senate the sparks like wise fly. You have stacked the foreign relations committee against | the president like you would stack a pack of cards shouted Senator Williams of Mississippi in a quaver- | ing voice as he shook his fist in the ! face of Senator Moses of New Hamp- shire, member of that committee And when I say you I don't mean | you personally but the whole internal gang of you" added the irate souther- ner. Moses came back with a hot retert and then Senator Mccormick of Illinois took hand, saying in a calm penartrating voice 'In making that
 charge it might be replied that the peace conference at Paris is stacked with democrats ready to bow to the will of the chief American representa-
 tive and that all republicans were ex- cluded." The truth of that shot struck home with such force that it knocked 1 the breath out of the senator from 1 Mississippi and he suddenly changed | the subject. The same fever heat is shown in committee hearings. .especi-
 ally those Investigating Attorney Gen. | eral Palmer's former conduct of the alien custodian sales. The war o1 words got so hot there a day or two tago the Chairman Dillingham; jumped up and adjourned the meeting to pre- vent a worse clash. right in the mid de of an argument by one of the at
 torneys. In fact every one is on edge out here. The democrats are bound hand and foot by orders from the ad ministration and their national com.
 mittee, to support the league of na- tions and treaty as framed by tn, president; the republicans are foo loose to accept or reject it. as thei national chairman has refused to mak, it a party issue It is very evident b, private conversation that a great mum Der of democratic senators are in sym pathy with the Knox resolution t, separate the two and consider eacl OH it's merits, and first of all to secur peace with Germany. But they ar
 not free to express that opinion in tn senate unless, like Senator Reed. the,
 break from party moorings and US l their own judgment on the great is
 sue.
 Someone called attention this weel
 to the fact that the progressives hat just found ut that the old timer
 hadn't horns. The old liners and pro pressives are getting on finely to gether in spite of predictions to tn
 contrary. They have shown themselve
 regular terrors in the way of cuttin;