Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-14
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
Special to The Bulletin.)

runa0rS flying through the air. Rumor | has it that former President Taft is sure | Of the chief justiceship; that the soldier bonus will be passed at the extra session | that the Versailles treaty will be handed back te the senate after being carefully 1 pruned of all reference to the league of nations; that the latter bit of pruning has already been accomplished by ex- perts in the state department that as soon as peace relations are established Secretary of State Hughes will resign from the cabinet and go back to the sue preHe bench either as associate justice or to run neck and neck with Taft for the chief justieeship; that former Sena- tor Burton of Ohio. now a member of congress, will be made chairman of the all important appropriation committee. despite all precedents of seniority. for MT. Burton is not now member of that committee; that the Volstead act will be greatly modified that the Volstead act will be strictly enforced; that Admiral Sims will be recalled and centured or denoted fer his indiscreet London utter aHees. And so the list might run on in definitely. The only sure things are that the tariff bill will soon come from the committee on ways and means and get before congress for action, and that it will be followed by the revenue bill on which committees will begin work as soeR as possible.
 H k Aiassit to get senators who are on the inside of things to make even a passing comment. Your correspondent this week asked Senator Brandegee a nRnaber of questions regarding the pro- posed peace resolution and other matters of which the foreign relations committee have the first handling. How should l know anything about it?" was his only answer.
 sNnatQr Mclean is watching all legis- lations pertaining to banking and curren- ey and taking an active part in senate discussions He is also strongly urging action on his resolution to permit cabinet officers to have seats on the floor of sen ate and house and to make their atten- 1 dance twice. each week compulsory, in order that they may be present to an- swer questions and give information re- | garding matters concerning their respec- | tive departments. This is not a new plan of MT. McLean's; he has introduced it at previous sessions but it has not yet weathered the storms and been accepted i But precedents are being smashed and | the strings of old customs rapidly i looseRed that this session may see it's | passage. Congressman Tilson is com | pletely tied up with schedule work for i the ways and means committee. It is 2 i big compliment to Tison that the two schedules which he framed-metals and i sundries-were accepted by the commit ! tee without change. Some other sched- ] ules have not fared as well and Tilson is 1 now working with the committee to get l them into an acceptable shape
 1 There is nothing new on the census proposition which necessitates reappor- 1 tionment and the matter is likely to go i over to the regular session according to 1 the present outlook. In fact, the army and navy bills are taking up most of the l time, except the Sweet bill, which went through the house with eolors flying, for every member acknowledged the need of consolidation of veteran work, and the name veterans bureau met a popular re- 1 sponse.
 1 In this debate Congressman Merritt | took part. MT. Merritt urged that
 nurses who went into hospitals as stu.
 dent nurses should receive the same
 benefits as army nurses, but the major. ity of the house did not take this view. point and the Merritt amendment wal
 lost.
 The meeting he2e the past week of tn,
 national republican committee showed
 harmony of purpose. Talking with one
 of the committeeman near the close of th&
 week, your correspondent asked: "Wha
 was the most important step taken a
 those meetings?" Without hesitation tht
 committeeman replied Plans to form Z
 republican federation that will include
 both men and women throughout tn,
 country. and so enable women to get in
 formation as to their duties as votinJ
 citizens through republican channels in
 stead of relying on existing so-caIlet
 
 women only. What we need is to teacl women what the republican party stand for. to, teach them side by side witl men, not as separate organizations. An, this is what the national committee ha
 in mind in forming a federation. o course the plan is not yet completed, bu
 it will be in ample time to work effective ly in the next campaign
 , FhS RardsA party that President an Mrs. Harding gave for the wounded sol diers who are in hospitals within eas . reach of Washington was the far nor beautiful than the courtesies they extend [ ed in the previous weeks to compression . al and diplomatic contingents. Ther
 was more music. more eats" more COT , diality and more of the real touch 0
 human interest. But the man or woma
 who stood behind the receiving line an watched those boys file past and wh ! didn't feel choke in the throat or tear in the eye was hard to find. Tw . thousand boys who served in army Q
 the president and Mrs. Harding w = can't truly say they filed past" be l cause hundreds of them were in whe,
 chairs, trundled along by white-cappe
 nurses hundreds of others hobbled pas on crutches; the blind were led by kindl
 hands-and to each one the presideI
 and Mrs Harding had a word of speci;
 good cheer. There was none of the pei |. tunetory T am glad to see you'' in the
 greetings. The worse maimed the bo,
 the cheerier the greeting he got frol them. Here is just one instance of u \ intense human sympathy that both tH - president and Mrs. Harding showed
 Drawn up beside the long row of emp,
 amhulances that stood gray and somb, e against the brilliant setting of the ga t marquee tents, the uniform of the Nj
 rine band and the gay dresses of the l.
 dies assisting Mrs. Harding, was a b 4 open automobile in which sat three bo. from the Walter Reed hospital. The lor N line of crippled soldiers had passed al
 nurses and men able to walk were b
 ing greeted by the president when v Waite House military aid whispered 'f Mrs. Harding; There are three bo
 over in an automobile back of you wi
 are SC badly shot up that they cannot III sSSn carried over here" Mrs. Hardil n turned to the president quickly and sai R- Did you hear that, Warren? We mustl
 keep them waiting minute, Cor
 quick" And Warren" came. But
 had to step lively to keep pace with t '' warm hearted lady of the White Hou. r. who battered across the interveni is lawn and in a moment was smiling in
 the eyes of the three boys, motheri
 them in q way tAat hadn't a touch