Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-02
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
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 1 WAsh shineton, Sept. 1.-Pandorl's box didn't have a bigger assortment of surprises than the administration has l let loose and sprung on congress as things ]. ot to be accomplished until the peace treaty is signed. According to fthe tig St ok held over it's head, there can be no peace. no lower cost of liv- ing, no letup in labor troubles, no wet zone" no adjournment of con- the senate swallows the league of na- tions with the is dotted and the ts crossed. The administration said it didn't know we were trading with Ger | many at the present time. although the department of commerce shows | that a lively trade amounting to many million dollars a month has lorg been going by explicit direction of the United States and Germany. Just what effect such statements will have on the people of the country is prob
 lemaical. but congress, is too near the base of news source. and federal rec ords to be hoodwinked into giving credence to propaganda statements coming in from organizations which , use fancies for facts and which use the presidents utterances as basis for their own advancement. Out here we hear many things about Tabor un- rest" as the recent strikes are politely called by men who want labor union
 
 of congress has been taken up the past week By committee hearings in which men of prominence from all parts of the country have taken part. The foreign relations committee gave much time to hearing representatives of Irish freedom, who made impassioned speeches. Bourke Cochran. with rich brogue and voice so powerful that the glittering cut glass endants of the chandelier overhead fairly danced, de- nounced the league as a death blow to the freedom of small nations; and when Frank F. Walsh. former member of the war labor board. designated the league in it's present form as per version of justice the crowd that fill surged far out into the marble corri- ders was reused to the white heat of enthusiasm and cheered. applauded and shouted their approval to his e1o- quent plea for Irish freedom. Seated at the long committee table were Senators Lodge. Brandegee and Moses. representing New England. and Sena- tor Walsh, Irish democrat and senator from Massachusetts. was in constant attendance. Senators Brandegee and Moses took an active part in question: ing the speakers and both asked per tinent questions to the details of the vain attempt of Irish representa- tives to gain a hearing at the Paris conference. Senator Brandegee was outspoken in urging the Irish repre- sentatives be given ample time to set
 
 all nations which failed to get what they believed proper opportunity to appear at the Paris conference should be given a fair show by the United States senate, and the time for the Irish hearing was extended. 4 The hearing was dramatic in the extreme.
 Perhaps the testimony of Col. Will liam Jennings Bryan before the inter state commerce committee of the house came next in interest Bryan has a new theory on the railroad sit uation. He wants sort of 16 to 1 order of things along that line, where by each state has one great trunk line owned and operated by the govern ment. and all other railroads shall be cut up and parceled out for control to the states through which they pass. He urged complete government own ership for railroads. as soon as it could be brought about. and further sus- gested that if the government didn't find roads that suited it. it could build it's own The fact that such a move would cost the taxpayers five or six billion dollars didn't phase the Ne braskan in the least. He also decried lobbying as a whole. but said in the case of high moral causes" like suf- frase and prohibition he favored it. which raised a big laugh.
 Speaking of foreign trade, the United States commerce report states that The F'inska Rasockerfa briks Aktiebolaget, He1singfors. has nearly completed it's new sugar beet factory at Salo. on the Apo Helsingfors rail- way line. All Of which goes to show that if we enter into internationalism it won't do to let our tongues get twisted.
 One of the innovations proposed for the 1920 campaign are canned speech es by orators of note who will shout eleeuently into photographs and later on their political speeches will be reeled off to enthusiastic audiences by means of records. This may go hand in hand with the revival of the 1916 whereby the activities of a congress- man in his daily routine were thrown on screens to show how faithfully the man up for re- election had served his phonogra phic patriotism and movie arguments may play leading roles in the 1920 campaign.
 Congress is not very well pleased with the attitude of the president in halting their proposed recess, and then calmly taking a month off right in the midst of the session to swing around the circle in behalf of measures tors and mem bers both democrats and republicans. feel that the president l should remain It his post during the trying days of reconstruction and be i out the problems of the Gay. A num- | Der of bills and resolutions have been 1 introduced which, if made law, would i prevent any future president from b. l sentins himself from the country or 1 the seat of government. and so pro l tect the nation from the many ills and i dangers likely to follow absence of it's 1 chief executive.
 Indications still point to either a re- lection or stiff amendments of the 1 league of nations. Every now and then democratic sena tor permits a faint jingle of his color on the ques- tion to be seen. even though he does not join openly the ranks of opponents. l The attitude of Senator Walsh of MasSa chusetts, Senator Shields of Tennessee, Senator Thomas of Colo | rado and one or two others on that | side of the senate shows plainly that there will De no solid support by dem ocrats, and of course Reed. democrat, l is one of the stoutest defenders off keeping America out of European en- i tanglements.- It is pretty well under ] stood here now that so few republicans | will support the treaty with more res 1 erva tions that would not stand fire un- l n a11Pnoo that de- |