Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-09
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
Especial to The Bulletin.)


 attacks made by. democratic senators against Attorney General Daugherty and to which he is unable to reply with the same degree of force as if he could personally go before the senate, brings to the front the wise action of Senator Mclean in urging congress to give mem bers of the cabinet seats iE congress where they may speak for themselves or their departments and answer questions proponded by senators or members of the house. Senator Mclean has had such bill before congress for several ses. sions but as yet it has not come up for final action. MT. Mclean believes floor privileges should not be limited to the mere presence of members of the cabinet but that they should be on hand at least once week to answer any questions regarding their departments that con gross may want to ask. He believes such S change in congressional rules would result in a get together of congress and the departments and that not only would a better mutual understanding re- suit. but that economy and efficiency would follow such action. Senators have personal immunity for anything uttered on the floor of the senate and Senator CaraWay of Arkansas is taking rather full advantage of it to utter charges and insfnuations that he would hegi- tate to put forward were he and the attorney general face to face or the cab met officer on the ground to State his side of the story, either in the senate of the United States, or elsewhere, Mr. Caraway has consumed much time the past month by tirades on republican men and methods which he poured forth in da iIu ct I'm ertc dofe sideration of the tariff, for under both rules and Senatorial courtesy which was aimed to meet far different situa- tions than those existing at this mo- ment, a gag rule difficult to secure. Notwithstanding the democratic lead. CTS disclaim a flibuster against quick l considera tion of the tariff bill, senators | on that side of the chamber are consum- 1 ing many hours daily in windy, wordy. l and wandering speeches on matters en- tirely irrevalant to the tariff. Thus far l the questions asked by Senators King. Harrison and McKellar, democrats, have | been fired wide of the tariff mark and have covered the Ford automobile fac 1 tory, the league of nations, Indiana poli- | tics, the nomirsa,tion of Beveridge in place of New and a thousand and one l topics to which tariff is a stranger. When | they ask questions on the bill before the l senate 1t is their apparent purpose to l draw long and technical explanations from Chairman McCumber, who is a stickler for senatorial courtesy and does | not resort to the summary tactics of | the late Chairman Penrose, when heckled along similar lines. McCumber gives | elaborate and painstaking answers and | explanations, to the southern senators ! in reply to their broadsides of super | fiuous queries, During these hold-ups 1 scarcely a republican senato5- is in his seat, so Senator Pat Harrison, whose | wit is keen and who is unrelenting in his pursuit of a chance to put the re- publican leaders in a hole, calls fran 1 ticaIly on the republicans to keep a quorum Senator Underwood, demo- l cratic floor leader and a man respected has served notice that if an attempt was 1 made to put aside the tariff for the bonus, he should see to it that bills ir which the democratic senators were in terested, likewise took the right of way over the pending bill He predicted that snow would fly bsfore the tariff became 1 a law if the republicans set the pace oy putting it aside for any purpose what soever To this Chairman McCumbel made no reply except i've shall takt up the bonus when it Is ready" Predic'
 
 pleting the tariff and as to whether or no the bonus bill will be considered at this
 sesion. Nothing definite is known o1 either.
 | The assumption of party leadership bJ
 former President Wilson meets with va ried comments here. It seems to b'
 very generally recognized that all thu
 talk about improved conditions" mus
 be taken with a large grain of salt, fol
 when MT. Wilson came to the iron
 porch of his home to greet the ladie attending the league of women voters h.
 not only leaned heavily on his cane bu
 was assisted to the door by two coloret
 attendants, who led him out carefully ant
 when the ex-president turned round to g
 back into the house, assisted him
 making slow turn-about-face. Ina MT. Wilson feels he is the party leade cannot be questioned and moreover h ) questioned and moreover he is actual, ] the chosen leader of many of that par ) ty no matter how feeble in his physica l condition What with William Jenning Bryan claiming leadership on the on . hand and Gov. Cox of Ohio claimin leadership on the other, the mass o democrats in congress seem inclined t accept the Wilson leadership as the leas [ of the three evils.
 First Assistant Postmaster John H Bartlett has this week declared tha . 1 every boost office building in the cour ] try should be owned by the governmer and that the system of leasing building
 for that purpose should be scrapped. M
 Bartlett referred to the fact that the pos
 office department had recently leased ad
 ditional postals buildings in New Tor city for 20 years at 8 rental of $25,000 ' 000 He believes such leases are waste
 ful and that funds for suitable purchase should be forthcoming.
 They are telling a new story on CUT
 cIe Joe Cannon," who dearly loves
 play pranks with his friends an = colleagues. For many years l. w. Bu' Q by has been his private secretary an
 Man Friday, so Uncle Joe knows all h
 pet hobbies and superstitions. An : Busby likewise knows the same abol - Sam Grey, one of the official reporter f of the White House whose weight
 spoken of in whispers, so heavy does
 tip the scales. Thep say that Whenev'
 Busby spots pin on the sidewalk I e drifts around to an angle that lets hi T pick it up pointWard, for luck, and tn; s Gray goes him one further and not on 1 picks up every pin he sees but each tin
 says over to himself that little rhyme ! See a pin-pick it up, all the day you 1 have good luck' Not long ago Unc Joe walked down the street careful e streWing the sidewalk with nice brigh
 small pins. A block back followed u
 unsuspecting victims Busby and Ora s Busby filled the Iapels of his coat-Sa