Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-28
SENATOR MCLEAN HOLDS
 LONG DAFEY SESSIONS
Especial to. The Bulletin.)


 Washington, D. C.. July 27.-The. Capital city has just ended one of the; nlcst turbulent weeks in it's list ory Nitst siitea the Etvjl war have race. riots taken place lers until lstsa Week W sen they :Jlbed f6uF 6ays ard nights with unaLsted fury: And evti now troops guarG the city strssas at night and d constant watch is kept for further outbreaks. The conditions nere are peculiar. More than 15o,- ooo colored and 250.000 whites make up the populat tion. Just across the Potomac river the old Jim Crow laws arg still in force wns reby the negro aS art, segregated both IeSi- ien-slI sections and street and stea m cafs. Here the northern sys-,,tn pre- footing so far as common privileges are concerned. But the race feeling is acute in this combination Of north and south. In the riots it was the whites against the whites. each fighting with equal fury and there is denying but what the immediate trouble was started py white men in the uniform of the army and navy. The astensi- ble reason was a recent cass of aS- Sault by a negro on a white woman, but no effort was made by the mob to locate and punish the guilty man. It was simply 2 iot against the whole negro race: The white men now sax
  the negroes. but if .s5> it failed of it's purposes and instead reused them to a state of frenzy. White mobs. at- tackled innocent negroes wherever street cars, sidewalks and private ve- hicles and pounded to pulp: then the negroes formed mobs and run amucA shooting at random at white men. Af- the troops were called out to auel1 it and in their ranks were some of the men who had ;ncited the upristng. It was a tragic mix.lo during w;l.cA hundreds of innocent msn were wounded, many xilied and the entire terror f.zsd.
 Congressman Walsh of Massac1lu- setts has secured from congress fa- vora5le action on his bill to have joint commission of that body con- fer with Masss chusetta acthcritie s relative to the 30eth anniversary of which takes place next year. The commission of senators and went to Massachusetts over the weekend. It is the belief of Mir. 3 great celebration but that it should be particiDa ted in by all the states in the Union and that lasting meEnor- al of great beauty and dignity should { be erected at Plymouth.
 The new policy regarding internal revenue collection districts will give New England six coEectorships in stead of three as at present. Each 1 state will have it's own collector and inc of deputies. This will make as important federal democrat tic appoint | nents. collectors for Rhode Island, | Maine and Vermont. which have here I ofore been the seats of deputies only. | These anpOin tmentS are presidential | Ind rated as good political plums- In ;tates or districts where there is no lemocraJic representation in congress he democratic national committee i nan usually acts as adviser in mak- 1 ng the selection. !
 At least three of. the Connections | ielega tion are putting in long hours )f daily work during the excessive | leat of the summer. Senator Brande- zee as member of the foreign relations [ committee is filling 8 most exacting ! position. and filling it so well that he ] $ winning new 1aurels. When Bran [ urn him from his purpose and he is 1 lot only recognized by the commit [ ee as a valued advisor but also as a | earless and clear-headed spokesman | # the majority. Senator Mclean as 'hairrnan of the banking and currency | has held long daily ses- | ions before which the case of John | Skelton Williams as comptroller of he treasury has furnished exciting Incidents: Merritt of the Fourth dis l rict is sitting daily with the inter | tate commerce committee.
 With the prohibition daylight sav- ngs and all appropriation bills out of l he way congress. or at least the leu1e, feels that it has accomplished l. he work for which it was called in l peciai session. A prolonged recess s likely to follow and during that . ine the senate will discuss the peace reaty and committees will hear wit 1 lesses on the railroad bill, banking ! nd currency and other important l committees will be in session.