Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-06
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
Special to The Bulletih.l )

WaSQlQSEOL. 1, Ss, Ccl4As " -~SAAs@S@S | starts out on it's mid-winter session ! with a constructive programme of | great size on it's hands. The fact that
 if is a presidential election year may sneed up the work and an adjourn | ment by early summer be made pos
 sible. but even then, it is by no means | certain that congress would take ad- vantage of it. Unless the health or the president is far better than at
 present it is quite doubtful II con- gress would feel 1t wise to adjourn leaving the country without possible ! action from the legislative branch for period covering a number of months. Congress can adjourn on its own ln- iatiye but cannot assemble without a formal cummons by the president ex- cept on the date fixed by the Con stitution which is the first Monday in December of each year. Once in two years that session ends. automatically on March 4th; the other year the ses- sion continues until congress, through its vote, orders an adjournment. The present session is the indeterminate one and until reconstruction meas ures are passed and the country Is on safe basis it is more than likely congress will sit tight and so keep strong hold on its law making power. During session any bill parsed by
  days unless vetoed by the president so emergencies can be quickly met; moreover a two thirds vote passes a bill over the presidents veto. And | things are likely to be pretty well ad- iusted. or congress will not adjourn early, but will content itself with the so- called gentlemans agreement nor to transact business but hold brier ! sessions every three days. under Con- I ZkE -1,% Nl,of te the running if emergencies arise, yet 1 leaves members and senators free to go home But whatever the date of adjournment, it is safe guess that no routine business will be transacted i after early summer, and that the Ma 1 tional conventions will sweep Wash | ington clean.
 "The coast guard performed great 1 work for the country and there is no
 reason they should not be put on par with the officers and men of the navy said Senator Nelson Of Mime sota, in urging equal pay for the i guard. The senator spoke with force 1 and emphasis as he glared across the
 aisle at Senator King, democrat of Utah, who was bitterly opposing the pending measure of equal pay to the | navy and coast guard. The Hon. | Knute Nelson, senior senator from Minnesota is splendid type of an AmeTicanized Norseman. Born in Nor
 way back in 1S43. he came to the Unit ed States while just a little fellow: went west and grew up with the
 country. When the civil war broke
 out Nelson enlisted as a private and
 was with the Butler expedition at New
 Orleans in 'e2. He was wounded and at the close of the war studied law
 and Harmed it'' out in Minnesota.
 With grey hair brushed back from a
 strong face: with keen eyes twink ling from behind spectacles, Nelson faces the senate in defiant opposition to anything he believes wrong or un- } wise. He lays down the law in a way that puts tr-mmers to shame, for he stands his ground and peppers his ad-
 versaries with facts tinged with en-
 thusiasm or sarcasm as the case may , be, and can be counted on as last : ditcher on anything he undertakes. And moreover Senator Nelson always knows what he is talking about. or he doesn't talk Coming over to this } country as kid of five or six years old, Nelson has made wonderful rec.
 ord. What rank did you hold in the
 civil war?' was asked him today "Of . just a high private" answered the sen, ator with a smile and as much pride as if he had won a generals stars
 And that's a Nelson characteristic Fl. e does things for what they mean to tn : i country and not what they mean tC Q himself. He came to congress in 1SSl I and has been here ever since, in the z senate or house exceDt those year: alor~ about 1922 when he was govern ! er Of Minnesota for q couple of terms When they ware over. the state : nromptlv sent him back 10 Washing. l ton as senator. Its ? curious hanDpn. 2 stance that two Of tho three senator! l Of h'@heet seniority rank were borr
 in New Fn~land and two of them ST, , civil war veterans. SenatGr I odeA ! who stands at the ton o4 tie Est i. . Massachusetts born. raised and edu- cated. Next in line come senator. = Nelson of Minnesota and Warren 0 t Wyoming. who share seniority eecl n entering the senate in 1895. Potll ar. e veterans Of the civil war. 1Toreove r Warren-who is father in Jaw o Q Gen. Pershing-was born at Hinsdal Massachusetts, enlisted in the 18th in z fantry of that state, and later move . to Wyoming. Senator Nelson is great , 1 ly interested in New England hayinj ' served in the Butler expedition a q New Orleans in '62. Newspaper mel
 who made the recent across -the-con I tinent trip with the president said ol
 their return. that when they were il e Minnesota, they asked anybody wha = they thought about National u,ies H lions, the invariabIe reply was "Cj
 you had better ask Senator NelseI
 about that. He'll know, and whateye
 he does will be right
 - Congressman Tilson Of the 3r V Connecticut district and Capt. T. +
 kertz. United States Navy have p1ac
 ed before the secretary of the nav e an urgent appeal that Ensign Hunt = lngton English of New Haven shall b
 awarded a decoration for the indiv
 Idual bravery he showed when tn
 Finland was torpedoed in 1917. The $ have asked the secretary of the nav l. ] to look into the case and award Eng c fish navy Cross. Kertz took lip tb
 matter some time ago but the boar
 Jailed to present the name of Englis k for such an honor.
 Huntington English was on the Wa 6 klva Which was engaged in picking u
 survivors of the Finland which ha
 just been torpedoed by a German sub l. marine when man was sighted float II ing on the water apparently uncen 1t sctous. It was in the Bay Of Biscay an
 the water was cold and rough. Youn
 English didn't hesitate a minute whe . he saw the man, but jumped over ,e board and swan to him. He was un - able to get the man back, so swan [ Il the ship got a rope, then swan bac
 to he%lnconscioRs man, secured tn
 line to him and lowed him back to ft l. ship, where both were pulled aboart " The captain refers to it as a grea '- Ieat which a man of less power tha