Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-15
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
(speoia.I tD T,e Bulletin.)

people here are marking back to the formal sretfhea tfen of the presidential election and the counting of the electoral
 votes at the -joiRk seeSaon of the senate
 and hcuse, and wondering why ahe event
 wNs totally lacking in the dtanhtin ana
 picturesque features which have hereto lore marked 1t. And this, too, in the lace of ., landslide republican victory the
 equal of which was never before known. Was it the "oh. Boys, have a Heart"
 pathOs that crept intp the voice of the
 vice president when he made the perfume
 tory annQunceEnent. The floor and the | galleries will please refrain frcFn slp pause" adding "this is a solemn and
 asgnttied eccaason" h tone of profnud | mesanchely-and it1was solemn to the | vice president himself and nearly fah the | members Of tine house who he'd lost out at the November election. Anyhow the | cause. for the fret time within the mem | cry M old observers the crowd heed | ed the admDaition of the ice preSideat. | or the. slightest evidence of eradication | areRn by the hundreds of republicans l present and even when the vote of Mis- 1 s0Hri, Kentucky and other states that l | went ever to the rezalkiicans in the land l side were announced, the diztinz uished 1 tAilers might as well have been saying ''the n,Densis made of green cheese" for | 41i 1tS Stettl-f51dHf1l A E4Lcu.4 kAASOluIC- l iy indifference seemed to mark the day. | Thoee who were present recalled the | scene when the dennecra tic victory of four years ago was announced. Then the wall l of the great chamber of the house ecllo- ed with caseers, appiaCse and tremendous l enthusiasm. But this time it was duIi I and coleraees There was the customary | formality in receiving the vice president | and senate, the whole louse rising to do | them honor. First came the house Of
 hceals delega ted to escort them from one end of the capitol to the other little
 pages in knicaSbockers sprinted down the ais.es at a lively pace bearing two spien- did mahogany caskets insaid with rose
 wood in wtszch were the precious certid cates from each state showing it's electoral 1 vote. The speaker and the vice presi-
 dent sat side by side on tine raised plat form, and a Lss below sat Senator Lodge
 and tsle other tellers picked, for their Aistin g1iisned records and acknowledged } leadership. There was-plenty of cere- t nrcny and dignity but a new pace was set, in cutting out the noisy de1nonstra- [ tdonS that have inva riab1y marked such . occasions in the past, which ever party was the victor. The only possible near sensation of the day passed by without ! even touching the hem of the congresSion- l al garment That was when Representa- . thve Thkham proposed to challenge the . vote of Alabama as priteSt to the menn-
 o<ls of conducting elections ia some south ! ern states But as it was joint ses- :. saon such a protest must have the 2 sigma ture of both senator and mem h her of congress and Mir Tin41lfam wa: C unable to find senator to make ti1s sensational run with fsirn, so Alabama
 vote won't into the hopper without a singlt
 peep of protest against it.
 When Albert c. Gilbert, representa-, :. the toy nnanufa cturefs of the United e States came before the ways and mean ceHAfattee to urge a. higher tariff os ls imported teys he dSn1nsd lately opened hl Y pack of aaInhsi6s and iaid them in iron !. Of the cos.1littee. Instantly the twenf; IA staid and learned gentlemen waaa com '. pose that most important committee 0 'r tiie house, forgot their cares, perpiexi ,n ties and responsibilities and became g .- aasorsed in the workings of mechanics T. toys, Mttie trains Of cars, dolls. pug
 sl6s and electric toys, that MT. G6Lbei t. remarked to Chairman Fordhey,
 o. guess I would have done better to pr. ,r sent my Afgunknt before presented tf .S toys" and the the twenty gentleane :. laughed and agreed with hin.
 so Mr. Gilbert asked fer 60 per cen he duty on teys as against the s5 per cen
 duty under the present law. He urge 'rt tie uee of American made hoys for chi is dren instead of those from German cd and Japan, not only on the ground h. good business but also from q splhit '. patriotism, urging that children wou = have patrsotisza and love of country i eh stdlled in their minds by such method The dAu re9resentative stated tlt e the va ses here and abroad was the gre F reason a higher protective tariff is neede fly The Jap do1i expert getz 53 cents ds is in Jaraa-tsfe detl expert in New To IT, gets $40 week, said he-=and that to lsr the story in a few words. Like N ,rt Gilbert. he urged higher tariff to pr 'as tect the industfy.
 isI The chief game warden ef tho Un Lh. cd States, shows in his reports that sin <. tine anti-spring shooting laws in VI United States and Canada became. 'aa fectiws, and the Mclean law protect.
 migratory birds went into effect, migl re- tory game birds and fowl have incrs of ed to such an extent that the fnarsf of of the north and south now hold m A.t lions of birds which are erSanies of -. sects that destroy crops. Chief Ward 7 Lawyer states that the vadale of ga, birds to the country cannot 1be reckon one from a standpoint Of the retail val ent If the birds, but must be estimated ur 1kh the crop value saved By them An es yith mate made for the year 1913 show he that approximately S2,6eo. .9e0,eo | ,,s been saved in crops alone by the bi and that the amount is growing Cd ,h year. Mr. Lawyer attributes the sac sd. age of game birds in foeyner years to
 fact that srortsEnen were permitted
 sheet sthe birds twice 8 year, when t4 Isht were going and coming from the sou st no limit being set for the number win
 could be kiMed by hunters. Under
 Mclean law nso ma is permitted to sh
 more than F birds s--dav and then o ah in the fa& and there are other reetu ping tiens which protect the birds. Repc
 from states where th% birds swan et
 year show that in 1919 epproxins4t With $s0,ota,eo0 worth of duck; and ge r it were kHlee 'duFilg tne taH shootiAg . !. ing the value of the birts at IS ce reus The esMnittke having tho matter for eh.tke n4s c0nsenteo 10 permit une m
 to women to be placed in the crypt
 hasemAnH floor Of Hhe captel The s Hlation that it should be presented
 e the name o6 the women O. America aus not in the name of the woman's ps hing and aase that although it might be pls
 in the rctunda of the capitol for
 hoAr of EAe brief nreseFtakien cerem .. it is to be izfMh edia teiy removed to ...S crypt. The wegaen having the matte .ts charke' accepted the conditions and mln' presentation ceremony will come of
 schedule time, February 16. The wom
 party Is said to be much disa pRpoi esn't both by the failure to secure the pl 0 be Inent in the rotlInda or present it in , our name or that orga niaataon put the
 permit either. The fine arts comInis
 has not given it's approval of the st haHf ia fA ha Naaa ir,