Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-22
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
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 l Washington. D. C.. July 21.-Sena- | tor B-andegee recently described the | address of the president to congress l as "a soap bubble of oratory,' but that l phrase will not apply to the debate a1- ready underway in the senate. There 1 is real substance to the remarks that are fired back and forth across the aisle which separates the republican and democratic sides of the chamber 1 Senator Fall of New Mexico reminded Senator Hitchcock that not long ago paid for by the Carnegie Peace foundation" and offered to submit to the senate proof that MT. Hitchcock made that statement. In a minute MT. Hitchcock was on his feet shouting that the foundation had not spent a dollar in promoting the league. Then each senator dared the other to come
 on and produce his proof, but the vice president called time and another matter took the place of the disrupt ed question. Over in the house Gal fivan of Boston accused members who had voted for prohibition hay ing previously stocked their cellars with liouor. Name the men," came from all corners of the house. but Gal livan did not name them The blood of the men was up, however, and it was impossible to enforce order. A near riot looked imminent and a quick adjournment was made to prevent se- rious trouble. In the senate commit | tee on banking and currency, Comp troller of the Treasury Williams sits day after day and hears himself de- nounced in painfully frank terms as having committed many breaches Of trust. He in turn has accused his ac- cusers and the pot is at the boiling point pretty much all the time. Will jams has shown great excitement un- der the strain and several times has jumped to his feet white with rage IA1 n1f v-nfv ofj If the statements submitted to the com mittee but the tide turned against
 him and he was compelled to resume
 his seat Senator Mclean of Con
 netcicut is chairman of the banking
 and currency and Senator Walsh of.
 Massachusetts is one of it's members
 as is also Senator Reyes of New
 Hampshire. who is taking strong hand in the examination of witness
 es. So New England is well repre- sented the committee.
 Conuressnan an John e. TiIson of the third district this week spoke in fla vor of an enforcement act of the con- stitutional amendment for prohibition it with war tme prohibition as has been done in the pending bill. Col. Tilson denounced as faratica1 some of the proposed conditions imposed by the bill and expressed the belief that 1t would lead to law breaking rather than enforcement Said he, "The state of Connecticut in the proper exercise of it's rights did not ratify this amend r1ent, but now it has been ratified in the iproner and orderly way the peo pie of Connecticut are just as ready and jealous as the people of other states, for the proper enforcement of it's provisions" Col. Tilson said that war time prohibition was from the beginning one third fraud and two thirds fake" and that to couple it with the constitutional amendment in the pending bill is a great mistake and one which he believes will hinder the en- forcernent of the amendment. Why attach the so-ca1led war time pro- hibition and the constitutional amend ment together like the Siamese twins Is it not because war time prohibition failed to stand on it's own merits?" Col. Tilson believes the bill will lose much support on account of the doubling up process of the two measures.
 The committee on post offices in the house has before it resolution to restore the old R. F. D. routes as they existed before the changes made in 1917. Complaints come from all over the countryf that the new rout ing has resulted in public incon Senator Moses appeared before the committee urging restoration of such routes as were found to be less desira ble than the old. and presented d strong statement as to now the new routes had affected New Hampshire in many instances. The committee has been assured by the post office depart ment that it will make immediate in vestigation with a view of restoring old routes without congressional ac- ton, if on investigation just cause for complaint is found. The commit tee is not likely to take action pend ing the investigation made by the de- partment.
 
 plunged deep into the work of con sidering the treaty. Senator Brande gee said today the work was progress ing satisfactorily. There is, however, no doubt but what it will occupy many weeks In the meantime the house will probably either take a long recess by consent of the senate or a series of three day recesses for "a ment that no important legislation be introduced The senate wants it's time to consider the treaty undis- turbed and not be interrupted by forced consideration of routine work sent over from the house. Senators Brandegee. Moses, of New Hampshire, together with the chairmanship of Senator Lodge, gives New England an important place in the consideration of the treaty. The very general opinion here is that the treaty cannot be rati- fled in it's present form, many demo- | erats Joining the republicans in op- posing several sections believed to in terfere with the independence and in terest of the United States. The Irish Catholic element in the senate will unquestionably oppose it, and there is every indication that reservation will be made in such a way that the rati- fication is made dependent on their ac- ceptance by other powers. Otherwise 1 it cannot pass.
 The dark hued gentlemen from Abys- sinia have been cordially greeted here though some of the~stunts they have performed have set their diplomatic hosts on tiptoe-for instance when ] they went to the great zoo the duke of Abyssinia seemed to recognize IS a l friend the enormous boa constructor l which is the king of snakes in the zoo 1 The duke insisted that the keeper 1 open the door of the cage, whereupon | he showed to be a snake charmer, for l the great reptile permitted him to pat it's head and stroke it while the duke