Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
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goes on The men of republican faith |
who secured seats on their own side OF /
the chamber have much to endure but |
the hardest knocks come to those who |
were elected or appointed to Ill vacan- |
cies and on their arrival found all re-
publican chairs filled and were forced
to CROSS the middle aisle that separates
the sheep from the goats and occupy
what is known as the Cherokee strip. |
This is a section OF chairs far back on
the democratic side and the senators
who must sit there not only hear the
outspoken criticisms Of their party but
must also catch the whispered comments
as we'll It's a good deal like sitting
on the wrong side of a college ball game
and having to face the cheer leader ana
try to look pleasant when your own side
Is getting walloped.
Senator Pepper, who has just won out
with flying colors in Pennsylvania, Is q
Cherokee strip man, so Is Senator Short
ridge Of California, who Is probably the
tallest man in the senate. The only
known instance where senator has
voluntarily fed to the Cherokee strip,
was this session, when Senator Brande-
gee abandoned his desirable and promi-
nent location on the republican side and
slid round to dark corner, In the Cher
okee strip to give Senator Smoot ''Tnore
elbow room as Mr.. Brandegee expressed
| It, when that Utah senator was IN the
midst Of a sweeping argument, punctuat
ing It with many violent gestures.
| The recent three-rfng circus here had
nothing over the senate in the way OF
| furnishing an entertaining afternoon,
when the factions get on their war
paint and feathers. OF course many Of
the sessions are tedious during the tariff
| debate, but others are often livened UP
by a cross fire Of argument and quick
| wit that wakes up the galleries. Dur
| ing the debate the floor attendance els
pretty shin" as one New England sena-
| tor expressed It, hut when a vote is to
be taken senators pour into the cham
Der from the adjoining cloak rooms and
| there is no trouble securing a quorum.
| They don't want to listen to the f1libus-
ter and 50 keep out of ear shot till the
| bell calls them back. Senator McCuIn-
| Der chairman Of the finance committee,
Is always on hand; so is Senator Snoot,
who knows the tariff bill by heart. Bo-
rah is always within hailing distance
and often stirs up debate by interjec-
tons of his own. He raised a big laugh
one day this week and saved the day in
the midst Of violent attack from the
democratic side, where personalities
threatened to reach beyond the limit of
parliamentary rules. Borah got some
one to yield for a question, and then
said something about Tong tail cotton"
} instead OF long staple cotton. That lit
tie slip broke the high tension and ev-
erybody laughed including the CALLER
les. But the twinkle in Mr.. Borah's eyes
made it seem quite possible he had pur-
posely used the wrong word.
The two parties have been ripped fore
and aft by dissension in their ranks
over the proposed duty on commodities
with local importance. Graphite, pea.
nuts and calonel held the stage foI
) hours while the senators from various
sections of the country fought for OF
against an increase of lessening Of the
proposed tariff. When graphite was VI
Senator Tom Helm of Alabama forsool
5 his democratic tariff for revenue only
: principles and shouted long and loud
for an increase Of duty over the sun
, agreed upon by the finance committee
! stating with perfect frankness that HI
desired it to protect an Alabama indus
try. WELCOME to our ranks" jeered Sen
ator Borah from the republican side o
t the chamber, rising and bowling with as
stunned difference to the big Alaibam:
n man who grinned back. There SEEM
. to be no party difference on the tariff O.
anything else" continued Borah, shak
ing back his long black hair cts nov
merely some are in and some are out
Retorting to the jibes of Borah Sena
DdCl
: across the broad middle aisle, "Well
a anyhow, republicans are all wrong al
: the time and it's only some democrat
q are wrong only some of the time and
:, love them all in spite of a few faults.
Next Hefiin and Stanley sought to pic
ture how dear little children woult
suffer If graphite mines in this countr
were put out Of commission and thei
+ school pencils raised IN price, whereupo
Il ~
a black hair and remarked. "The senate
q from Alabama, Mr.. Helm, Is fine protec
4 zionist in spots-and that spot is Ala
:. bama." And so the hours went by wit
. nothing accomplished towards the pass
9 age of the BILL "At this rate the hi
) won't be passed till 1885," warne
e Chairman McCumber. whereupon Robin
" son Of Arkansas, democrat, shoute
r. THE republicans are showing an impa
. thence bordering on violence" and the
talked an hour trying to prove HI
: charge-then the hour Of adjournmer
u was reached and the weary, nerve-racE
hour session and the passage of one
q the 1000 amendments.
e Until Senator Bert NJ. Fernald ,
ie Maine came to the senate it was Sens
ID tor Page Of Vermont who held the re-
70 ord for senatorial early rising and ca
10 ried off the honors without heavy con
NJ petition. Page, as boy up on the We
= mont farm, quickly learned that II
children of the family who were late
breakfast got only the pickings Of VIII;
had been hot griddle cakes with plent
Of syrup, and good old fashioned ha
20 and eggs. That lesson Of promptnei
has never forsaken him and he kept l
the pace Of 6 o'clock rising after
came to tho senate. But Fernald
t. Maine did not forsake his early Mali
III experience as a farmer and he pops o,
Of bed at the stroke Of 8, eats hear
breakfast prepared In a near MAR
~ fashion as Washington hotels offer, al
III by o'clock Mr.. Fernald is at his de.
re hammering away at a grist of ma
Fernald is doing a man-sized Job
chairman of one of the most importa
es committees in the senate as we'll az d
"a Ing his round of routine work and he a
tributes It to his fondness for count
hours. II don't want to get city-brol
In that respect" says he.
~ Down at the White House they a
telling good story on Senator Hale
ey Maine, who Is one Of the PRESIDENT
foresome when President Harding fin
time for run out to the links of a nea
er by country club. One morning the no
a. was fixed for a. m, and the preside
and two senators were there on the d.
~ Where's Hale?" queried the preside1
''he usually is here waiting for us?'' Jr
then Mr.. Hale rounded the corn,
ed whereupon It is said the president stru
w. tup "Hale-Hale-the gangs all her,
III ETC., in which he was Joined by the wa
Ing senator's, with more zest than m
ody and the foresome was begun.
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