Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-26
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
Especial to The Bulletin )

HNL 10 InoSe DenlnQ the scenes IL IS one of the questions of the day which point to conservative or radical control of that body in the next two years. The iR- coming of the 6sth congress will mark an influx of radical representation of a number of states; if pending legisla- tion can be deferred till after the 4th of March, when the s7th congress aute- matiealy ends, new bills must be in tFoduced to cover the pending measures, fer every measure introduced in one congress dies at its termination, un- less previously passed or finally rejected, before the stroke. of 12 noon on March 9th of every second year. And the radi- cal element of both senate and house are deteEnined to defeat pending legislation and put before the next congress bills that are framed according to their own views. It's a tug of war between the two factions regardless of political affilia- ton, for although the democrats are less outspoken, when viewing the situ- atien from aa experienced and more con- servatiye standpoint, there are many of them who are in close sympathy with the leaders of the party in power. Whether or not they will cast their votes towards bringing about 8 quick settle ment of the existing controversy, is quite another question, Only the roll calls
 
 farm bloc measures are the main stun- bling blocks, but there are numerous "loaE-winded" gentlemen on both sides of the main aisle who can turn on the taps that lets loose a food of f1libua- ter, at a Haoment's notice and on any topic. The radicals m the senate rather ever reached last week, when they pressed the Norris resolution to the breaking point. They took such long strides that their democratic friends dropped by the way-side and at this moment it looks as though they had lost the support they had so confidently expected. Five or six democrats refused to swallow the state socialism embodied in the Nor Fis agricultural bill and seemed to pre- fer the shipping biii, which they do not endorse. to the bill submitted in its latest form, by Senator Norris and his adheEents as the ground on which they should conduct fiilibusteT. It was the speeches made on the bill, rather than the bill itself that turned it's democratic supporters against it. The pill was toe bitter for them to swallow. This was owing to the maiden speech of Brook hart of Iowa, whose talk about "the vel low flag flying over Wall street above the stars and stripes was not to the taste of many of the seastors, who up tc that moment had been inclined to let tht Norris bill fight it's own battles or per hans support it. The Broekhhart snescf sayored of the old days when Sock less Jerry Simpson sounded the netes ot popIlaFis.
 / Apparently the matter of opposing the seating of Senator Lodge in the estt congress has gone over to the next ses sion and the men who tried to bring fl to the foreground at this time have dis covered their error. MT. Ledge will bt seated on the credentials already filed and the new nFntest if one is made, vii not Hecai7e consideration until after tha step has been taken, aeosFdiag to tht best advieeA new obtsinahie. The ere deatiaIs have been filed according to l&W and cannot be intsrfeFFed with, is thu word given cut by men who have studiet the constitution and know seAateria
 The little tin ssldler has seen his bes days, if various pAaee societies have their way. Give your little boys fair! tales to read, not stories of war heroes Give little boys alnaest about the stars don't give them stories that tell of war No toy seldieFs, no war steries, nt books that tell of the intaxicatIan Q viatoFy" is the slogan set forth in { statement isped by the. Wenan's Inter national League for Peaes. Stories 0 Washington and Grant are not for child ish minds to admire. Little Boy Blue must be banished from shelves,
 Though the little toy soldier is red wit dust
 And the musket naeulds in his hands"
 Those marvellous child poems o EuguAne Field must hereafter be forbid den fruit for he tells how
 with big tin trumpet and little re drum
 Marching like soldiers the childrsl come"
 DisaFm the nursery is the first ste urged by these ladies, and h this nov Mrs. Huclk, the weman member of con Eress from Illinois is said to be prim mover.
 "Do away with toys decorated in tn bright coloFs of a military uniform; o which show glittering arms. Refuse t l let your children play witiA toy weapon!
 let pretty peaceful pictures take thei place when you make gifts to your lii tie boy. '4The last straw is added tc wards making life drag for those stuFd
 younsstef when the statement says, ID not let your little boys wear ciothe that in any way suggest q military un
 form" That means no more little sail Tor boys str4tting 'Yound-no more pocl
 ct edition soldier boys with sma
 swords dangling from their side; T
 more kids in buckstin and feathers lei
 ting out war-whsops and Indian yells but in thAir place we shall sec sma
 boys reading books about the stars, an fairy tales that tell only of Gee l Fairies" No Jack the Giant Xii 1 boys singing Onward Christian Soldier ! What next? We'll, maybe 1t will be ths I the constitution will come under tn I ban and be scrapheaped becauae it give
 congress the right to declare war.
 The speeding up pFeseks instltutsd ' the last minute made havoc of the hon l going plans of half of congress. Tn New Englandess for the most part, hay ] gone for, the holidays, but the doin
 away with the customary ten days II cess, made men from other sections { | tho, country keep close to the capitol
 The Christmas mails are crowded the hursting point. Over in the cit post ofkic6 more than 1.e0e, ,0o0, 900 letter were mailed in single day, and ths Twas before the big rush of the da
 betere'' begun. Long lines of peep \ staAd waiting before the parcels pe' Il and special delivery windows, shoulde
 deep in packages gay with red rit bens and Christmas seals. Standing bi
 side the liaes are special officers read to jack up any conscience that seen
 about to sag to degree that 1t COT ttemplztAs cut-in for a point of val itage. Keep-in-line is the slogan. and E Ney(as fvsAS kA efieeF gives a gentle hint of the ul
 written law first ceme- -,6Tst serve. iand the eulprit goes back to the ia lend of the Inc.
 Il csagFessMea Merritt $ very StFaae epposSd to the passage of the so-cails TcWsr-steRlsAe bill, which he believ, InziH tnfA saoaaar fnaua atatAs nsInis.