Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-22
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
Special to The Bulletin.

urged, is feather in their caps, and the
delegation is openly rejoicing that con-
eress has taken At last a step to pro
vide better salaries for patent experts
and In other ways increase the facili-
ties Of that office and its necessary force.
AS a member of the patent committee
the passage of the bill at this time is
very largely due to the untiring efforts
and able management of Senator Brade-
gee. The report just issued by the com
missioner of patents shows Connecticut
to be the banner state In the entire
country, in number of patents issued
in proportion to population. During the
past year s46 patents were issued to
residents of Connecticut or l to every
1854 of It's population. This is far in
| excess of the pro rata issue to any other
state in the entire country.
The report called attention to the
need Of funds and increased force. which
the bill above referred to has since pro-
vided. There were "s1 900 patent appli-
cations waiting actin on December a."
| says the report, thus swapping the Of
| fce and holding back new industries"
The commissioner referred tothe lead
Connecticut and New England had all
ways held regarding patents issued but
said that this year. although New Eng
land had held its own, the states of New
| York and Pennsylvania had fallen be-
| hind the extreme western states and CAL
| iforna now held a record second only
to that of Connecticut. The commits
| soner pointed out that this indicated a
move of industries to the west, as he
added, Inventions Always go hand in
| hand"
Connecticut. during the past year, re-
| ceived 946 patents. issued to residents
| of that state. or / to every 1854 of its
population Massachusetts stood next in
| the New England line with 2,056 pa
| tents, or l to every 1874 population
Maine 122 patents or l to every 6,2s5
population, and New Hampshire 129 or
/ to every 5,435 population.
The entire Conn ecticut delegation were
active In securing the passage of the
new patent bill, Congressman Glynn hav-
| ing formerly been a member of the pa
tent committee, which Senator Mclean.
Congressman Freeman, Merritt, Fem,
and Tison did all in their power to brins
about nearly and favorable vote.
The question of the bonus bill is still
up in the air. So many protests are be-
ing received by congressman that even
men who last session stood fast for
the bill are now hesitating. A big dele
CATION of wounded soldiers from the
Walter Reed Military hospital came in
to the city few days ago to register
their protests against a general bonus
until the needy and sick soldiers were
amply provided for.
At the same moment the Legion lobby
was actively appealing to congress to
put the bonus bill through without de-
lay. The presidents insistence that none
of the means proposed by the ways and
means committee shall prevail in supply
| ing funds has also given the belief thai
"the house will never pass a sales tag
Il bill" So if congress connot pass pas!
| the only plan the president endorses, i
takes pretty optimistic mind to fore
case a quick massage Of the bonus bill il
any form The concensus of unbiased
opinion seems to be that in spite o
Chairman ForAney's prediction that
bonus bill viii pass Immediately, is i
scarcely fifty-fiftv chance that one viii
: get through congress this session. Blu
, it is purely matter of guesswork a
this moment so conflicting are the ap
peals from constituents to their con
gressrnen.
One of the recent visitors to Wash
ineton was Governor Lake of Connect
n cut. who a governor has the floor priv
i iieses of senate and house. He was sit
g ting in the house lobby chatting VT
: several of the Connecticut deleeGtio
when Congressman rockingham
Massa chusetts sauntered in. 1t was har
y to tell which of the two men was mos
0 surprised and pleased. 1t is years sine
they met, but back in their college day
: Lake was half back on the Harvar
e football team and rockingham was hi
Substitute. While they were talking owe
/, old times, In came Congressman Mic
Lonswortfl, who msrried Alice Roosevelt
and he was also college mate of LAX
F" and rockingham. The other Connecticl
n men present were Yale men and some
= body suggested they get up a scrub gan
le then and there.
s. few evenings ago, some one va
IL reading from New York newsnaner A
nj account of 2 woman in that city WI
81 held IN another woman on the stree
and demanded she surrender the DIRE.
she wore, woman number enc CLAIM
ing it as one that had been stolen fro
l. her That reminds rue" said some or
1t present. "of little incident that occu
e red here in Washington at a card part
ID where the prizes run short. It was SCI
A eral years ago, and the host was Colon
~ s.. whose wife did not play cards, b,
. who circulated among the guests fro
- time to time.
Is When the moment for distributing IL
D. prizes came, the colonel found to h
n. dlsmay, that he was one prize shor
it Flushing up stairs to MS wifes room Il
nj colonel seized very beautiful comb TIL
or was on the bureal. and rushing back
n. the drawing room, presented it to the la
lady to whom a prize fell The lac
knew nothing of the circumstances 81
smiled and acclaimed on the beauty
the comb and quickly placed it in h
"a hair. Just at thmat moment "Frier
ho wife" came along and recognized t
20 comb. but she likewise knew nothing
how it came into the possession of Il
guest. That is my cornb-give it ba,
ct to me-" she demanded. The bewilder
on guest complied while the colonne: tr
lamely to explain. The guests took
hasty departure leaving the comb on t
NJ table and the colonel to his fate"
81 Tine woma4 suffrage statue In t
~ crypt of the capital has again "mov
on" 1t has been placed In the mdt
of the long corridor which stretches u
brokenly from one end Of the capitol
IT. the other, and is said to be the longe
ny corridor in the world.
to The placing Of the statue In the &c
ter, under. the rome of the capitol, sh
out the extraordinary vista and ma
complaints were made to capitol offici;
~ on that account. Persons passi
ny through the corridor on business We
lat forced to turn from their path and C
Gle around 1t, and tourists, who had re
much Of the longest corridor in I
- world" were disappointed to find t
view INSTRUCTED. SO the statue has be
moved aside and now stands just o.
'ed side the great circle of granite pill;
that mark the center OF the capitol
the minds Of many II Is a far bet
.Av position than the one It formerly
| cgJr,ieA aithnuGh the ladies' who we