Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-14
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
Especial to The Bulletin )

Washington. D. C., Dec. 13.-When | Senator Harding talked to the press gall | iery men, a few minutes after his brier address to the senate, he greeted them ! as "ene of the craft and placed on them the ban of making what hes said confidential It is a pity the splendid talk he gave them and the spirit pf comradship and goodfellowship he ex- pressed with a quiet eloquence that reached the heart of every man presSj ealt, cannot even be outlined, for it showed in a way rarely equalled, the personal character of the man who will be the next president of the United States.
 Put yourself in my place, boys said he and you will see why I can't be quoted in what I want to say to you, as comrades and fellow craftsmen. And the boys saw, and thus buried the best interview the president-eieet has ever given out It's enough to say thar when Mir. Harding becomes president he will have the confidence of every Wash ingten correspondent with whom he talks They may differ with him; they may denounce some of his decisions, but they will never distrust him as man. In that hour talk with the boys" as he call ed them, he showed them his true self !; the great desire he has to administer the affairs of the nation with justice and impartiality; his determination to re- spect the rights of the executive and he made plain that he has a full sense of the great responsibility which he will as sume when he enters the, White House,
 MT. Harding sat at the head of the long writing table in the house gallery as he talked with a couple of hundred correspondents grouped around him.
 Toying with the stub of an old pencil, which some man had laid down with his "copy" as he jumped to his feet to cheer the president-elect when he entered the press gallery, Mir Harding told the men good deal about what he believed con- stituted honorable journalism. He gave many intimate personal experiences of his own as newspaper man and edi- tor, he showed them the very cookies of his heart-then put on the ban of confidence and clapped down the lid. But it's a pretty safe guess after he be- comes president, Warren G. Harding will see that every citizen of the United States gets a square deal so far as it is in his power to help obtain 1t, re- gardless of class political faith.
 There was the usual crowd on the opening day of congress, but a thrill wIas l lacking when it became known that Pres l ident Wilson would not be well enough | to appear before joint session and read l his address. No one really expected he would be able to do so, but whispered in- 1 timations that floated throughout Wash l ington to the effect that his health woulo after all permit; could not be entirely dis
 counted by the general public, so the
 crowd gathered. So far as can be as
 certained the president is still very sicl man, although he has gained somewhat 1 In strength and the use of his paralyzet l limbs. But his voice is still low and h, | Is said to speak with some hesitancy ana l, indistinctness. Although he can walk :
 few steps by using a cane. he uses thl
 wheel chair most of the time. One O. | the pleasantest features of the Hardin, visit here was the informal call Mrs Harding made on Mrs. Wilson, where tn, two women exchanged cordial courtesiei 1 and behaved just as two well bret | American women of high social and DO litieal station should behave, and whel l they Hooked over the White House" to gether, in a simple domestic fashion.
 Commenting on the possibility of tn II Wilson league of nations being agaI l presented to congress, Senator Brande
 gee today said: If it is sent back by tn president it will merely stay in the hand of the committee on foreign relations til | lHI5 GOaSfESS CApllSS lH6 4ln OI A1dICL
 It will not be considered or acted, o by the committee nor will it be presente
 to the senate for consideration Nh | Brandegee believes that unquestionabl
 MT. Harding will present suggestion ro foreign cooperation that will be satis
 factory to this county and to the other countries, after he becomes president an has the opportunity to confer with rel resentatives of foreign countries, and $ gain clear insight into condition which will exist at that time. There l apparently not the slightest basis fc a rumors that the so-ealled bitter endel
 will embarrass MT. Harding. It is yer
 evident tfla the republicans are all worl
 ing in harmony to bring about a stat of peace with Germany and frame negt 2 tiations which will continue peace wit other countries, and go far towards pr I venting world wars, without taking ava
 the independence of the United State
 It is all bosh to say that the party
 split" The party may differ as to at 2 vance details but the November electic . shows uninin.ity of sentiment t,
 wards peace that will not dishonor v compromise this country and moreovl
 that the country fully trusts MT. Hardin , Ito bring about such peace.
 I The "new committee on appropriation, Y turns out to be the old committee el : 1 larged to S5 notwithstanding the effor . of the leaders to give the rule quite al ' other interpretation. The effort to o : ganize an entirely new committee fe g to the ground under a variety of inte
 pretations, each of which seemed to ha'
 some good ground to stand on. Nor
 over much time will be saved by utili
 ing the old committee, already familii s with methods of procedure, so the anti tFlot tsna 1rtta
 been suppressed, and all is moving alol
 in complete harmony in republican ranl .- Such members of the committee as ha
 been added from. other major comm
 tees will be returned to their present st Il tions, if they so desire at the end Of [
 short session, without losing rank. T
 house rule prohibits member ire T holding a position on more than one Lt the so-ealled major committees of whi s- the committee on appropriations is oI
 So whoever accepts the new honor, mt
 temporarily relinquish the honor of ran .s ing member, chairman or whatsoever
 may now hold on one of the others. T r flat refusal of Floor Leader Mann se permit any use of his name as an C
 ponent of the re election of Speaker G
 lett or as floor leader in place of \ se Mondell has had soothing influence m agitators, and has done ml%h to soc ,e the path for the incoming congress w
 the loss of Champ Clark and the serie
 illness from which Ciaud Kitchen, rar
 ing member of the ways and means l. Fe suffered, the democrats are pretty " te torn up. Just who they will select of guide the little group of aefnoerats whi as will show up in March on that side of {
 house.. is not yet decided. But the I,
 of Champ Clark to congress is regard m here as national calamity, regardless st his nnlifinal faitk El1rar,r ,,n.r a.