Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-07
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
Especial to The Bulletin.)

Especial to The Bulletin.)
 Washington, April 6.-The question | of democratic floor leadership in the senate is still hanging in the balance. Neither Senator Hitchcock nor Sena- tor Underwood has made an open move since the treaty went down to defeat. It was tacitly understood while the treaty was pending that MT. Hitchcock, who was leading the fight | for the president, should not be dis turbed. Now that is over, the matter will be taken up at an searly date, and the outlook is good for Underwood winning out. Probably no caucus will be called until about April 10th. for | MT. Underwood wants to be out of | town the early part of this month, and | l Mr. Hitchcock is still away enjoying | l the first vacation he has had since the l I treaty came up for debate months ago. The. vote for leadership will be close, | and just how it will be affected by the | l entrance of Senator Hoke Smith of | l Georgia into the presidential pri- l i maries ;s not clear. Smith was the 1 lone and only senator who proclaimed neutrality in the leadership fight and i declined to vote in the caucus. which resulted in tie, several months ago.
 He is understood to favor, Underwood 1 lat heart and it is well known that he stood with Underwood as against i Hitchcock on the treaty, as both his l voice and his vote showed. He was l for the treaty with the best reserva- l l tions that could be obtained, while Hitchcock stood by the president for
 Inc change. Two new democratic sen
 I ators have been seated since the last I cadcus-Glass of Virginia, supposed to stand for Underwood, and Conner of I Alabama, supposed to stand for any
 I thing the president desires. Whether
 or not the president will continue to back up Hitchcock after the lost treaty fight is still another phase of the situation that keeps congress
 guessing With Newberry absent until are cleared up. the republicans have
 the slender majority of one vote in the senate-so floor leadership on. the , democratic side means careful man agement and political sagacity, else democrats may stray from the fold and eke out republican victory on close
 votes. IA full dinner pail for me-" says the t Honorable Percy Quin. There is at t least one congressman who practices n what he breaches in the way of econ : omy. And he is millionaire, accord I ing to report, and that's Percy Quin : member of congress from Mississippi. 7 7 With a good sized lunch pail tucked T snugly under his arm, MT. Quip comes [ to the capitol every day. and when the e noon hour arrives he sits down in the 5. cloak room, opens the pail and enjoys
 a home cooked lunch. When that is
 l finished he takes out corncob pipe :, 1 and smokes it with the same ca SC and abandon as if sitting on the doorstep e way down home on the banks of the d Mississippi Quin buys his tobacco e by the wholesale-it is cheaper-and If that old corncob pipe is often worked s overtime, so price counts, if Quin is to # be an economy pace-setter. He is :, proud of the fact that he is self edu- Il cated and self made. He was a poor '- boy and worked his way through " school. He didn't have money enough = to send his linen to a laundry, so he to washed and ironed his own collars and If cuffs. Now he is a lawyer, and owns IT. a laundry big enough to bring him 1T an income that makes his congres,
 sional salary of $7,500 year merely .e drop in the bucket, so it is said. "Bui K. my early hardships showed me thu oe foolishness of wasting none. Besides l. this tastes better than anything I cal E. buy at the restaurant And Quii
 grinned, then took a generous bit a from homemade sandwich, ant
 glanced into the box, where pie, cak and other things put up by the mil e. lionaire's cook beat the lunch room eni handout to frazzle.
 =. Whether or not the Rogers bill fo o honest merchandise is passed by con we gress, it has already been effective i IT. stirring up campaign here in Wash to ington against false advertising. Tn ed Rogers bill puts heavy penalty O ut. such practices as well as on dishones he and misleading statements regardin - merchandise. A club has been organ o ized here called the better bushes eh bureau and one of it's main purpose n- is campaign against misleading ad gre vertisements. Already Secretary wes Agriculture Meredith, who was for on merly president of the Associated Ad 1lv vertising Clubs of the World, hs he taken part in the meetings and paid ,nt high tribute to the club and it's aim ith Although the weather for the pa, he week has been balrny and full of sur .ad shine, the president has not taken at
 vantage of it to leave the White Hou: 7iS even for a short ride. This has give rai rise to the rumor that he did not fir to those few short automobile rides ber ler et1c1al and is again restricted to h be wheel chair and an occasional hour (
 is the sheltered porch. Washington be trees are in leaf; it's shrubs in bloor
 lawns have had their first cutting ar 7H this week the mercury touched clo
 to the 80 degree mark.
 Senator Mclean has served noti on the senate that he shall call up h ie banking and currency amendment f yer early consideration, in order that f,
 United States may profit by whatev
 benefits that may result from ir rse proved opportunities for foreign ira of under the terms of the bill which
 believes will tend strongly to stabili
 trade.