The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-26
THE PEOPLES SAY
MISS LIFE VISITS

I said in a recent letter that ,,".sIs IL was on account of the two Rep9ne iI'G in Stamford" Perhaps they would De
 urprised to hear this, bluff they l hao kept any of the oaths they made W!td Wte they were sworn into the Un1tea States Senate the bill for the heirs of Adam and Noah Brown would nave passed for 1910, and l should ,iIe5 nas been living in mine own hlreu house. nous AS it is I have more to thank al, them for than they can realize depLy F. Ashurst, when a boy, lay on M ms back in the grass, took a piece oa ,,.pfe p Henry F. Ashurse, United states Senator from Arizona and the O OIlIt ed States have long enjoyed his pelns ''our Senator from Arizona tio.- .a- vious years I have been prepared 10. Congress and am now hoping TOT a scat in the House of Repfesehea'i'oS on the 4th of March, 1923
 had thought last March of changing my state, because neither or the Senators have ever troubled tnein- selves about my bill. Senator .4bra Brara dcgee was frank enough to say tner9 w:ts nothing for him in it" then | took it to Senator Mclean and be, cause he never says anything ne a1,f al1 net say he was not lnte,ee'eI +oiS '.that goes without saying: t tolo Senator Morris Shepard Of Texas siias was going to change my state ana ile said Come to Texas.
 Merritt ''Very Nice''
 have been fully represented in the House of Representatives by MT. Mera ritt MT. Merritt is a very nl.e iiI<l I and whenever have said so' a.i a,,,,se auoae the capitol agree with me. or courSe anyone who has gentle bbood Viii know their own kind. UnbeknoWh to MT. Merritt, when he first went to congress l wrote to MT. R. w. Austln of Tennessee to speak to MT Merfi5t and give him a welcome, which ne olo. This is always pleasant for newcomers: CTS: I have known the Rlshard AuseIIis. .l+ ho years and never but once In all tnaI tir1e have I sent him my card tnat 3le has not come to see me lmmeolatelS' On the occasion I speak of he sent He word that he was going to make dii address on the Philippines where ne had been for some time and bnat ne would see me when 1t was enoen.
 was within a few feet or une sa.Ierly' When I entered it MT. Austin was anak- Ing his speech. During the holldays Of 1919 I went to Washington ana when the Congressmen returned rom recess 1 wrote to MT. Merritt ana asked how my bill was getting along. He replied that he had seen MT. Shell, chairman of sub-comm1ttee NC. i who told him that the conIn1et95e b!35s had decided not to consider any pll!s previous to the Spanish American War The Adam and Noah BroWn Bill grew out of the war of lolz- would put on my hat and return to Connecticut but put on my hat and went to the capitol and called upon MT. Clyde Kelly. a good pronlp1tlon pro a,,t
 Watches Night Session.
 Some persons do not approve Of publicity. I do- I told his helpers in the office what I had heard from the War Claims Committee, and ask ed them them to tell him when he came to his room. Then went out to see MT. Phil Campbell, chairman of the Rules committee. asked nm Tai right to make such a. rule. He said they had. told him the bill had pass ed the Snate in 1919 and was on the calendar in the House, that had taken a lady from New Orleans to see Champ Clark and he had promis- ed to suspend the rules the night Of the 3rd, for both of our btlls
 The galleries as usual, were packed on that well remembered evening MT. Clark really could not help it. but there was such a demand Tor the floor from the Irish people de- manding that Congress pass a reso- lution of sympathy for their people that by filibustering they held the floor. Till a. m. when the resolution passed I sat with friends in the gall lery until o'clock in the morning, having left it not more than or times since 10 o'clock the previous morning. During the evening of the 3rd friends kept my seat while l went down to see MT. Austin. l said to him ''Supposing MT. Merritt should go home tonight?"
 MT Austin said, ''He will not. have just taken him out to supper and now I will sit behind him all the evening"" Little did MT. Merritt dream that I had one eye on him in the gallery and MT. Austin had two eyes on him behind his back. When left the gallery at o'clock MT. Aus tin was the last person I saw from the gallery. ! regret to say l never saw him again. l left Washington Ha ind at a st a m
 Suspend Rule On Bill.
 MT. Phil Campbell remembered the night that I spoke about MT. Clark's Inability to suspend the rules and he you.'' Then I went to see MT Mon dell, majority leader of the House. I had repeated what I said in Mr. Campbelrs office. MT. MondeH was also said he would do what he could for me. l went to the ladies' recep- ton rooms and sent my card to MT Kelly. He come directly and with out giving me a chance to say one word to him, Send your card to MT. Focht, chairman of the War Claims Commtttee.'' I said, But I never have seen MT. F1ocht and do not know him.
 He said, 'tHe knows you send him your card"
 outstretched hand This :s Miss Lee sn the interest of the bill for Adam and Noah Brown and I want to say to you, Miss Lee, that our committee has decided to suspend the rule and will consider the bill" I thanked him and left the Capitol having been gone from my boarding house on that cold day just one hour.
 MT. Merritt had a hearing; later they gave me a hearing The com ,mittee had five fights over that bill. My friends on the committee out numbered the enemies. who were led by the chairman of committee No. ] and certainly would have passed the House in that first session except for the eagerness on the part .of Congress to get home to their fences.
 I went to see MT. Merritt before I left. He looked as though he expect ed to hear me speak about the bill, but T simply went to thank him for his kindness. which I shall always