Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-17
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS

Washington, D. C.. May 16.-The so- called emergency tariff bill split party ranks into smthereens both in senate and house and though the bill is now in conference a hot fight is expected on the floor before it becomes a law. Dis cussion of the measure brought to the front some of the most amusing incidents fthe 67th congress. For instance, Senator Moses of New Hampshire, rep
 resenting an enormous textile commu- nity, charged the Knox amendment as
 being backed by one of the most vic ious, highly paid and powerful Hobbies ever in Washington"
 All the while Senator Moses was talk ing Senator Knox, small of stature, but | keen of wit, sat nearby twiddling his | thumbs and apparently indifferent to the attack MT. Moses was making on his pet amendment of an embargo on dye l stuffs But when the New Hampshire man took his seat, up rose the Penn 1 sylvanan and retorted that when he | | framed that amendment he did not have | | "in mind the interests of a little Dolly | 1 Warden calico mill up in New England" referring very pointedly to the great | Amoskeag Manufacturing Corporation at l Manchester, where moro than 15,000 per- | l sons are employed in one coQcern. Sen | ator Moses quickly got back at Mir Knox | by quoting very apt couplet from Walt | Masons famous newspaper screed, and | moment later another senator made a | poin4 by quoting Abe Martin from the comic page of another newspaper. The | galleries Uttered but were quickly l | brought to order by sharp rap of the vice presidents gavel and sassing each other across the senate chamber came to an end. The Knox amendment passed | the senate but the house is reported to be much peeved that the so-called gen. IL fS should be added was broken, and it may have rough road ahead when it gets back to the house for vote.
 The Sweet veteran bureau bill will
 come up before, the interstate and for
 eign commerce committee for hearings
 as soon as the cable licensing bill is out of the way. The Rogers bill for the
 same purpose as the Sweet bill cannot
 have the right of way, before the com
 mittee. even though MT. Rogers made great progress with his bill at the last
 session where it found tremendous
 support in both congress and among the
 American Legion members. It is an un-
 written law that a so-called committee
 bill shall have the right of way, in it's
 own committee, and the Sweet bill was
 drawn by one of the ranking members
 of the interstate and foreign commerce committee, so comes first on the list. There seems to be no doubt put what some bill consolidating the work of the
 war risk, the public health service, so far as it relates to veterans, and the vo- cational training will be assembled under one bureau, and if the terms of the
 Sweet bill are followed, it will also em-
 brace pensions and all other matters per
 taining to veteran welfare. Whether or
 not the Rogers bill for the same purpose
 is the one which finally gets before the house to Mir Rogers must be given ur- , stinted credit for taking foremost action
 in bringing the matter to the attention
 of congress and eloquently setting forth the needs of better service and more generous treatment of veterans and their families.
 There is no foundation for the state 7 ments sent out by Irresponsible persons I to the effect that there is big rift be- I tween the senate and house and presi-
 dent over the Knox peace resolution,
 now hanging in the house foreign af-
 fairs committee. The truth is that none
 of them believe this is the proper time to complete the matter and officially de- clare the war at an end. Such acton = might easily be misrepresented in Flu I rope, and as the senate has overwhelm- n ingIy passed the measure, and it prac- fl ticallv meets the desires of the house, . it could be passed in the latter body at - a moments notice, and undoubtedly will II be so acted upon in the near future. In '- the meantime it is apparent to those e nearby, that the president the senate l. and the house are entirey in accord on l. the policy of letting it remain in com
 mittee while longer.
 $ Some of the Connecticut members of n congress have had to trim their sails h pretty carefully this week in order tc | of .s Take Tilson of the Third district, fol ;t instance. Col. Tilson was assigned by ~ the ways and means committee to frame u two of the most important schedules l. of the whole bill, from a New Englant ol standpoint. One was the metal sched d ule which touches all the great indus D. tries of that section, and the other th' at sundry schedule, known as schedule \ ia and which embodies all matters not spe "a cifcally touched on in any other sched N ule of the bill It includes watch crys :. tals. toys, laces and dozen other Con ga necticut specialties. In the midst of thi H. big job Speaker Gillett called Col. Tflsol
 to the chair to sit as chairman durin or the final discussion of the army bill k- Tilson was formerly a leading membe se of the military committee and is als k regarded as the best presiding officer 0 u the whole house. when debate waXes ho
 and the house IS III q luIDulGIlL lliOuS- o re Tilson presided all day and worked lat ch at night perfecting his ways and mean to task. Now both are ended for the arm
 bill passed and the two great schedule
 are completed and now in the hands
 1.-the printer. No one knows just what t1
 tariff will be nor can information h as obtained until the whole bill is coT n- pleted and properly made public.
 Congressman Merritt Is another Cor -, necticut member who has his hand 91 more than full these days. He is he member of the powerful interstate an
 foreign commerce committee which
 now considering the so-called cable ith cense bill. which is the outgrowth 5al the big fight between telephone and c;
 ble lines, into which the United Statt
 has been drawn, especially concernir lar South American cables. At the hearint La jali the great cable companies of u ~ world have been heard, as have the gre; ae' telephone and telegraph companies. thu
 bringing to the capitol long list gre distinguished witnesses.
 at. Senator Mclean has offered an amen
 ment to the naval appropriation b
 whereby he proposes to protect u |, manufacture of torpedo boats in Co % %'iA necticut. Referring to the Lake To let pedo Boat Company of Bridgeport M len Mclean said Tt is a very important l
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