Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-08
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
Especial to The Bulletih.)

WaShfngton, ID. C, March I.-AH eyes turned towards New England when Vice President and Mrs Coolidge came ints the official world as second only in pres tige and importance to the president and Mrs. Harding. The vice president made 8 splendid impression an the senate and crowd of visitors in the gallery, when he ! took his cath, administered by the out going vice president He bore himselr with quiet dienity and freedom from ehn- i bRassment that appealed to all. His ad- dress was pronounced admirable by all who heard it and the poise with which ] he opened the session of the senate whcih 1 marks the beginning of the S1th con- 1 gress showed that he is well equipped | to be its permanent presiding officer Mrs. l Coolidge has made a great success dur l ing the few days she has been at the l capital People here are charmed with 1 her cordiality and the frank manner in i which she enjoys the social and official l part she is to play in the new admir- i istfation. She sat in the front row 0t the kallery during the inauguration of the 1 vice president, just across the narrow i aisle from the so-called vice presidents pew, which was then occupied by Mrs. | Marshall and a party of friends. At her side were the two young Coolidge boys
 and next in line the vice presidents fath- eP The boys leaned over the railing and watched intently all the proceedings I which were part of the ceremony 1A l fact there is every evidence that Washing ton will have new view of official life, combined with domestic life, in the meth
 ods adopted by Mrs Harding and Mrs. Coolidge. They frankly show their families
 come first, althought they both will a. tend with cordial readiness, to the formal
 and official functions which fall to the lot of the wife of president and vice
 president
 | Scarcely had the new congress come into being than there was g very gener- al moving day in the ranks of senators. So large is the republican ajerity over on the democratic side of the chamber
 in what is known as Cherokee strip.
 Outgoing members on the republican side left some, ,desidable seats vacant aad long
 ago provident senators staked their , claims to them and insdiately after 12 5 noon March fourth, me yed their belong insB from desk to desk, so no eauatter ] elsfnent-if such a thing can exist in the i staid and iignified senate-wouil mad . vertently attempt possession. Perhaps no one incident of the day was more pitiful than the. vain attempt of Woodrow VII , son to stand up and bo counted among 5 the leading lights of the occasion. De 1 spite the insistance of Mrs. Wilson and
 others interested in his welfare MT. Will
 son was determined to go to the capi- 1 tol and take part in the ceremoHiss. He 1 rode up the avenue 8 shrunkal and slouching figure, beside the stalWaft form I of Mr Harding When MT Wilson en- a tered the capitol it was necessary to r walk up a half dozen steps-this WAS done only by having his feet carefully placed on each step by an attendant, : for he is physically unable to fit them from the floor. He then snuffled few steps to the wheel chair which has been n used for Senator Penrose since his ill., :r ness. and in that was wheeled to the g nearby elevator. Reaching the senate if floor Mir Wilson walked about twenty . feet to the presidents room. dragging '+ his paralysed foot, and leaning heaviis '' towards the left. for he no longer stands | upright. The same assistance of vince It chair and lifting of his feet by attend . ants was followed when he left the sen l. ate half hour later and before Mir Ie Harding took his cath of sAaee.
 le Fhe public appearanee sf MT. WiIssi E. in this condition, within an hour afte n his physician, Dr. Gfayseh. had givel s- out g bulletin to the press that "Mr. Will n- son is in fine shap today, and bette T. than at any time since his illness be
 gan" was perfect illustration of tn manner in which the former president
 condition has been hulletined to the pub lR lie all through the past i've years, whe le the press and Senator Moses of Net H. Hampshire were attempting to tell tn i'll country the facts of the case. On tfa ut day of the inauguration of Mir. Hardin - Mr Wilson came into public view i :. such manner ss to show the\ publi ss his true condition.
 n Cppnesticpt diA net send as large !. delegation to the inauguration as di [. mest of the other New England state he New Hampshire and Massachusetts ha sh the largest official delegations in the nd governors, members of the staff and O v- ficia1s of the state legislatures. A fe y Connecticut men of political preninent h. were here but not in official capacity. be During the recess seaaters Brandex, ne and Mclean vii. remain in WasAingte he most of the time as the senate will be h. special session. The members of tt VI heTaes for a breat hing spell before u Ht session of the house conveHes, the da Ws being tentatively fixed for April 4th. \. "0h. yes," lauehted Miss Alice Re (. ertsen the new congresswoman fro II Oklahoma. "I have always been Mi lu- Alice and I expect it will follow n h. here. That's all right. I Ike Mi
 Alice - I don't object to even Meth,
 Alice, but when it comes to Aunt Alice
 draw the deadline. Its all very we'd f h. Former Speaker Cannon to be Uncle J 's to his friends and constituents, but nur As as I admire and esteen him. don't b
 lieve either he or I want to go dov
 through the annals ot cohgressien leh refnihieienee hand iH hand as Aunt Ali .rd and Uncle Jee."
 Miss Rebertsen, whe is the seee,
 woman to be electet a member of co his kress, came te Washington this week CT. take part in the republican caucus ca
 ed for March 1.
 Miss Robertsoa eestes of sterling ( s.~ New England stock. Her great-gran father was the Rev Samuel A. Worcesi .he uf Worcester, Massachusetts and l. Mg great-grandmother was Ann Orr of Bt
 ford, New Hampshire, near Manchest
 where the old homestead overlooked t out Merrimac river. But Ann Orr went the the far west as a bride and reared | the family in the Wilds of the Indian Ter
 tory, where the Wercesters suffered t
 haFdshiPs of mission life while miaisteri
 to the Indians. Miss Robertson is pro 'S' of her New England ancestry. WI uh would America be today without N lich England bleed, New England back be
 and New England courage" she ask
 when someone in her presence spoke " yer sarcasm of the prominence and prest Ia New England now has in congress