Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-19
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
Special to The Bulletin )

poflaace although calls for German can f non and pension helped to swell the mum 2 Der. To hark back a moment to scenes [ during the delivery of the presidents message recalls the fact that appar { ently every one present-wit the I exception of one Georgia member7I ] applauded the entrance of the chief ( executive and showed him the respect due. refardless of party. One man on the democratic side, however, stood with his arms ostentatiousiy folded, to-show he had no part in the cordi- al and respectful welcome accorded
 Mir Harding. Vice President Coolidge and Speaker Coolidge sat side byl side just back of the President and l Mrs. Harding and Mrs Coolidge were
 in the presidents gallery, each
 dressed in simple tailor made suits, but the galleries open to other woman were what society writer would de-
 scribe as "a riot of color" for gay | picture hats, severed with flowers of
 brilliant hue predominated. hear it | whispered that the Coolidges will re- joice when the time comes thai theyl
 can rent a quiet little house here l and settle down to home life, with | their two young sons, who are now | In a. Massachusetts school. Both the 1 are graciously responding to the social | duties required of them, but it is a |
 safe guess the little $32.50 a month l house back in Northampton is far l 1 more to their personal taste than the l glare of the social path they are now compelled to follow. | The addition of the anti -dumpina l clause to the emergency tariff, along l with a. regulation as to the Amer lean standardization of revenues, put the bill through the house at top speed. It will meet with equal favor I in the senate. Many New England men who formerly opposed it now advocate | its quick passage. Unfortunately l there is a marked disposition on the l part of democratic leaders to prevent early organization of senate commits tees, and they also show a decided tendency to hold up, legislation in the house by useless and needless debate, l which they know will result in noth- ing. Senator Underwood, who is holding up Senator Brandegee on every possible occasion, admitted on
 the floor Saturday that he knew the I result would remain the same. ''but," he added, "all the same I shall de-
 bate and argue the matter" "Of course 1t is quite apparent the rea- son is to keep the new administration from quickly making good the promise to- put through emergency legisla-
 ton without delay" said one of the republican senators today. "The pity
 of it is, that the country will not rec
 ognize this fact, and so throw the : blame of delay on the shoulders of the . democratic leaders, where it properly belongs" Some very amusing situ-
 ations have arisen out of these so-
 called debates, in which the keen wit
 and quick repartee of Senator Bran
 degee has forced the laugh on the J other side. Democratic Floor Leader | Underwood was trying to force MT. l lSBrandegee to explain the reason it l fwas necessary to Add a member to a :. certain committee, step the demo- crats were fighting against. MT.
 Brandegee took the figures and went { through the case. To do this clearly | 1t was necessary to name an even { number-naking the case deal with . S6 instead of 37 senators. Why do :. you do that?" sharply inquired Sena- ' tor Underwood. Because with as much talent as I may have as Con c nect1cut Yankee, with great capaci- n ty for invention, I don't yet know how to take one democratic senator ( and split him in se partA." answered b the Connecticut senator placidly. Ar is instance of the determination to delay ' the work of the senate was never be- n ter shown than by the fact the dem. > ocratic side of that body has held UT j. the organization of senate committees
 for more than three days by qufbblin. e over details, asking questions not a ' all pertinent to the case in hand ans ,l then drifting into prolonged debate. Id Senator Mclean has taken a stron, # part in the proceedings of the week r and on the other side of the senat = joint with tn republicans regardin,
 his eminent fitness for the position Q e- chairman of the banking and curren Id cy committee. a position which h t. continues to hold in the s7th congress. t. Not since the days of Platt and Flaw 4 ley have Connecticut senators fare < as well in committee assignments a : at present. MT. Brandegee holds hig rank on foreign relations and othe E. major committees and is in the ton d most rank of senate leaders; as ha y been before mentioned by this cor CT respondent. Mir. Mclean, aithoug se only ten years i1 office, has risen t ', the top of committee assignments an - is ranked as among the most infiuen as tial men in the senate. Over in tn D. house Congressman Tilson has play I'd ed a big part in straightening out th by emergency tariff tangle, and was giy of en the difficult and important task en framing the metal schedule, whicl of great interest to Connecticut il :: dustries. Couple this with the ia, eo that MT. Merritt is on interstate an
 foreign commerce which deals vii
 the transportation and commerci
 affairs of the country, and that oth, he men on the delegation are well pla, be ed, it is easily seen that Connectic,
 will play strong part in the 67t
 congress.
 h. The statement issued by Form St Postmaster General Burleson that no " withstanding the democrats had De,
 been in power eight years, the repul :. licans still held a majority of pos IL masterships is now explained Inve rt- ugation shows that while that stat in ment was true as to quantity it W,
 misleading as to quality. It takes
 good many grains of nut coal to nal ily a piece as big as some of the hul =. chunks of bituminous we sometin sec, and that about the proportion importance between the postmaste
 ships new held by> republicans al
 democrats. It was President Taft wi uc-l brought genuine civil service ru
 q for fourth class post offices. The trv offices are worth but little in poi
 l of salary, some running less ths
 $1oe year, but they serve splendi .,t ly as noble examples" in polite statements. The country has eu means of discriminating betwe ca genuine civil service and civil seryi
 in name only, as is the case in ofic
 of tileS first and second class. The ta- lsh the material for the Burieson stat |. ment, and enabled him to fire th
 parting political shot. Scarcely
 office werth having is now in repu lican hands. The facts are epnciss n set forth in the record of postmast 'rid appointments made by President " ess son in the first six weeks of 1919. Du