Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-25
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
Special to The Bulletin.)

1 with the coming conference here. MT.
 Bartlett believes the president of the 1 United States should be surrounded by
 men of his political faith and own
 choosing. He believes civil service
 should apply only to routine work where 1 details and experience count for more l than executive ability and sympathy with 1 the policies of any political party. This 1 has aroused the ire of certain civil ser
 vice reform officials and they have open l ly criticized MT. Bartlett. He came
 back at them by saying he favored civil 1 service so far as it aimed to carry out | the intentions for which the civil ser | vice laws were created, and asked the
 opportunity to address the convention I which is to be held here next Thurs day. Bartlett Is a we'll equipped and experienced public speaker and not afraid to say what he thinks And in
 this instance he believes civil service is a splendid thing up to a certain point,
 and isn't afraid to say where he thinks 1 it should stop.
 Mir. Bartlett knows what lie is talk ing about when 1t comes to post office requirements for he was postmaster of
 the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
 some years ago. He knows what the l public needs also, for not only has he
 his personal experience as a private cit izen to fall back on, but he has been
 governor of New Hampshire and chair man of the United States civil service commission so cannot be driven into a
 corner when it comes to discussing the facts and details of the post office ser
 vice situation.
 | The American custom of handshak-
 ing becomes a somewhat arduous task for the president of the United States
 and Mrs. President at moments when
 Washington is filled with thousands of
 visitors who are granted the privilege of
 being received at the White House. Take
 last week for instance, when the D. A.
 k congress was in session at the same
 time that the Girl Scouts, the League
 of American Pen Women, the Worpan's S
 Auxiliary of the Pan-American scientific
 congress and dozen or more other mo-
 table organizations were holding meet
 lngs here To say that men, women and
 children came to Washington in droves would be putting it mildly The pres fdent received such visitors at the rate of not less than 1900 or I,5O0 a day and
 fully 5000 had the pleasure of meeting
 him during the week. without counting
 the big official reception at the White House to the army and navy at which
 both President and Mrs Harding receiy- ! @fSNN OAAtCAotA uOSlS
 There's quite a slump today" remark l ed one of the secret service men when
 the list of appointments showed only 5 9oo visitors. And as did the president
 so did the mistress of the White House f spend most of her week greeting and
 shaking hands with thousands of 1xor7er visitors to the Capital Citv Perbans
 the best comment on the genuine friend. Hness of Mrs. Harding towards women ana espec1tlly towards little children, was 2 that made by a small girl who was 2 ' member of the Children of the American 3 Revolution. When the little girl eot ort or the line some one asked her how she
 liked the First Lady of the Land "Oh she is just lovely" chirped the kid. "Sbe looked at me just as mother does wher I've been good and done something +hat pleased her" And Hooking just as moth. e CT does" came at the end of a. day wbe1 y Mrs Harding had greeted strangers bJ 0 the thousand.
 : Senator Bert M. FernaId of Meta d has fad, or perhaps it would be bette, - 10 call It business trait, that few o HfenDers Of the senate or house atternnt
 TO keep pace with. It is to have hi, desk cleared of all mail by 4 o'cIocI
 each day and every letter that has beer
 received by him answered within 9l hours Drop into the senator's office 1T F the senate building early in the after S noon ana see his desk free from chute, 2 and as clean as whistle. IT ie r,,1, ' of the office that his staff fI,l1v ,n5ar 4 stand, and which has their full sunnor z, and sympathy. This is an old bushes, . trait of the senator's that has cl71ne
 to him ever since he started in the cs+,
 nlne business years and years ago dovr Q in his little Maine home town and < s now stands him in good stead. for sa1. ~ ator Ferna1d is chairman of one If +b, 9 busiest and most important committee, ]. n he senate member of the eonr-7ittA, F 1 on interstate commerce and on foreier Il commerce also.
 -l The last of official boree-drawr veb, tcles of the state and justice deno r4-,o. 7 eoes with the incoming of tba new r,er II shall of the District of Co11rnhia n x t Shvder The bf1I before con~rees for o1
 nrNprIat!ons providing official tranrnor r tat1on for the marshal ca rr;es an annro e pr1aton for m automobile. and +be 5n r. bate showed that inc reason the o71+-go "a tn7- rarshan had not wanted +ba o1, ! fashioned rhanoe was c7 acon11nt oe 1i . nersona1 affection for tha dobbin +hat +s, N drawn his co rTia ee many a year srvyb,
 IS the chance na6'a now and why wasr, n # made Iono aeo?'' u11eriAd Senator Fir,
 l Uyb S. always wants 10 know the cause an, k effect of all biI1s corning before rdneress
 so he can object if they don't strike hi
 hurnD of economy rieht in the bu11s eve
 The horse is IS wears old and if cnst
 the government $s52 a year" rer,1ia Senator Curtis Why not wait till tb 1T horse comes of ace and can decide fo
 himself?" questioned Senator King wifi
 a broad smile
 $ Representative Codd of Michigan Ina r. taken one step further along reform b lines that have the men in congress vh
 are urging uniform divorce laws through
 out the United States. He wants con 10 eress to pass a law r<gulating mar }" riages and prohibiting marriage untf .r ten days have elapsed between the is
 suance of license and the performar1
 of the marriage ceremony NIT. Cod l. gave the women of the country q goo = word by saying "75 per cent. of divorce IS are caused by the men," and addin P that he thoueht coneress better pass
 law regulating marriages instead of $
 many laws regulating business.
 H. The Congress of the D. A. R.'s wa D. particularly amicable and successful thi S. year, very largely owing to the sp1endi
 management of it's president gen era
 Mrs. George Maynard Minor of Connee as ticut, who has set pace for executSF H. ability amiability and common sens ,4 that will be hard for her successors f Ns follow. The election of vice president
 generals gave two New England wome
 positions on the board of mana gemen III They are Mrs. Buel of Connecticut an ls Miss Annie Wallace of New Hampshir Tt both admirably equipped for their pos