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WATSON’S IDEAS
FIGURE IN APPEAL
OF U. S. PRISONER
Excerpts of a speech alleged to
have been delivered by Thomas E.
Watson at Thomson, Ga., on June 23,
1917, and later said to have been
printed in Watson's Magazine and in
pamphlet form, figure prominently
in a petition for a writ of habeas
corpus soon to be filed in the fed
eral court here by David T. Blodgett,
former candidate for congress in
lowa, now serving twenty years in
the Atlanta federal prison for viola
tion of the espionage act.
Blodgett was found guilty on sev
. .eral counts, one of which charged
him with "attempting to cause in
subordination, disloyalty, mutiny and
refusal of duty in the military forces
of the United States,” by publishing
and mailing an eight-page pamphlet,
seven pages of which were devoted
to quotations of Mr. Watson’s speech
at Thomson, according to the prose
cution.
Blodgett, who is a lawyer and who
defended himself at his trial in lowa,
charges conspiracy, partiality and
rascality in connection with his trial.
Shortly after his transfer to the At
lanta penitentiary on March .8, this
year, he* filed a habeas corpus suit,
but as essential court records were
lacking, it was not considered by
Judge Sibley. His present petition,
accompanied by the necessary docu
ments. has been tendered the clerk
of the United States court here, but
has not been filed or docketed pend
ing payment of the filing fee, which
he states he is ready to pay when
notified of the amount.
Quotations from Mr. Watson’s al
leged speech were used freely by-
Judge Martin P. Wade in his charge
to the jury trying the case, accord
in gto the court records, and the
judge’s expressions of opinion as to
the effect produced by the circulation
of the views therein are cited as
grounds for proving that Blodgett’s
trial was unfair.
The speech, as quoted by Judge
Wade; bitterly assails the adminis
tration’s war policy, denounces the
selective service law and contains
sensational charges as to the conduct
of officials at Washington during the
early part of the war.
Blodgett’s petition raises also the
question of his sanity. He was in
sane in 1916, he attempts to prove by
a former court record, and claims
that he was still of unsound mind
when he printed the pamphlet in
question. He was originally sent to
Leavenworth penitentiary, was later
transferred to a hospital at Wash
ington, D. C., for treatmeht for in
sanity and was declared cured there
in January of this year.
Bedroom furnished
At Cost of $50,000
A rich London lady a year or two
ago spent over $50,000 in furnishing
her bed chamber. The carpet—a
grand hand-tied purple Axminster—
cost $7,500.
The chairs and other furniture are
of solid, carved ivory, with ebony
a/id gold inlay. The toilet fittings are
of Oriental alabaster and cost some
hundreds of pounds.
In the center of the room Is a
Cochin China table, inlaid with
mother-of-pearl and worth $750.
The bedstead is of brass, inlaid with
fine pearls, and at the head is an
artificial landscape of crystal, ivory,
amber, pearls and other stones.
Stephen Marchand, an American of
vast wealth, made up his mind to
have an even more expensively fitted
bed chamber, and with that purpose
in view he spent not less than $190,-
000 on a bedstead alone.
It was constructed or massive
ebony, with elaborate carvings of
solid ivory and inlaid witn gold fili
gree. At the head of the bedstead
was a huge trophy cut ffom one
■piece of ivory.
A special journey was tanen to
Africa to obtain a massive tusk for
the purpose.
Tried for Shooting
Man Full of Salt
CARTAGENA, Spain.—Lieutenant
Enrique Moreena has been placed on
trial before a court-martial here on
a charge of causing the death in
July of last year of Private Nesa by
firing a cartridge filled with table
salt into his body pointblank, appa
rently for the purpose of amusing
himself. The charge passed through
the soldier's body, causing death im
mediately.
The state’s attorney asked that a
sentence of seventeen years’ impris
onment be imposed upon the Lieu
tenant, while for Corporal Hilario
Fuertes, who loaded the rifle under
Lieutenant Moreno’s orders, he urg
ed a sentence of one year.
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THE ATLANTA TRIWEEKLY JOURNAL.
65-Year-Old Wooer Faces Chair for
Killing Girl Who Rejected Him
Georgia Ooten an d W. C. Wysong
DAYTON, Ohio.—“lt’s a good thing
he didn’t shoot my girl in Kentucky!”
declared H. Ooten, * Kentuckian
and father of twenty-year-old Geor
gia Ooten, typist, who who was shot
and killed by amorous “Uncle Bill”
(W. C.) Wysong, aged sixty-five,
while she was at work. Letters ex
changed between the two contained
terms of endearment, though the
Georgia Needs Hoke Smith
In the Senate, Declares
Head of Big Hardware Firm
W. A. Parker, president of the
Beck & Gregg Hardware company,
the largest wholesale hardware com
pany in the south, has written a
strong card, calling upon the busi
ness men of Georgia to support Sen
ator Hoke Smith for re-election. Mr.
Parker is a leading citizen and a.
successful business man of Atlanta,
whose words will carry weight
wherever they are read. His card
follows;
“Editor Journal:
"I am supporting Senator Hoke
Smith for re-election because I be
lieve we need a business man of
the highest ability to represent us
in Washington. The work of Senator
Smith in behalf of the business and
agricultural interests of Georgia and
the south has been of inestimable
value, and, to my mind, it would be
the height of folly to throw away
his services at a time when we need
brains and experienve more than ever
before.
“Senator Smith has made a special
study of the subject of freight rates
and transportation, and is _ probab
lymore familiar with the subject than
any other man in the national house
or senate.
“In 1917 the carriers of the United
States petitioned the interstate com
merce commission for a general rate
increase of 15 per cent. The petition
was based upon the claim that there
was an emergency growing out of the
war. Southern shippers contended
that the earnings of the carriers in
the south did not justify such an
increase, if any at all.
Saved Millions Z*or South
Senator Smith rendered the most
active and influential assistance to
the southern shippers in the pro
tection of their Interests. Their suc
cess in defeating the increase saved
millions of dollars for the business
interest of the south. Subsequent
reports filed with the interstate
commerce commission by the car
riers demonstrated our contention
that 1917 was orfe of the best years
in the history of the carriers of
the south.
“During the early part of the war
Senator Smith put through an
amendment to the act to regulate
commerce whereby the carriers were
required to justify increased in
rates before putting them into ef
fect. Up to that time it had been
customary for the carriers to file
new tariffs on thirty days’ notice
and the increases automatically
went into effect, after which it was
necessary for the shippers to bring
formal proceedings to show that the
Farmer Is Paroled
Until Harvest Ends
COLUMBUS, Ind., July 29.
During- the harvest season, jail Is
no plaice for a good farmer, no mat
ter how poor a citizen he may be,
in the opinion of Governor Good
rich, who paroled Louis Rommes
frm jail here.
Rommes . was sentenced to
thirty days in jail for the theft
of a pair of trousers.
When his crops are harvested
he must return to the Columbus
jail to complete the twenty-nine
remaining days of his sentence.
His Home Too Clean,
He Sues for Divorce
COLUMBUS. Inch, July 29. —There
is such a thing as too perfect a
housekeeper.
At least Herbert Fishel says his
wife would not let him enter the
house with his shoes on and made
him change his work clothes in the
barn. His customers weren’t per
mitted to enter the house because
they might clutter up things.
He had to sleep on the floor every
week-end for eight years, he com
plains.
So Fishel, who is a breeder and
trainer of hunting dogs, left home.
Then he was arrested for wife
desertion. So when he was released
from jail under bond he filed suit
for divorce, reciting his wife’s super
cleanliness as the ground.
Man Wiggses Nose
Like Tapir’s Trunk
PRAGUE, Bohemia. —Skin graft
ing is a. fairly common operation in
surgery, but muscle gratfing has, up
to now, not been successful. Dr.
: Schlosser, of Prague, in grafting
girl before her death said she had
thought “Uncle Bill” was only father
ly. After shooting the girt Wy
song tried to kill himself. He failed
and now faces the electric chair.
Georgia’s home was in Danville, Ky.
The police have learned that Wy
song, before killing her, pleaded that
she marry him, protesting that he
was “not too old” for a girl ot
twenty.
new rates were unreasonable or
discriminatory. Senator Smith’s
amendment prevented many large
increases in rates in the south.
“In June, 1918, the director gen
eral of railroads issued an order
raising all state freight rates to the
highest level of interstate rates and
adding on top of this a general in
crease of 25 per cent. The order
also, abolished all state classifica
tions.
Senator Smith at once organized
among- southern senators a vigorous
protest which resulted in a modifi
cation of the order so as to preserve
state classifications and ratings and
so as to increase state ratings only
25 per cent. Otherwise the increase
in state rates .after being raised to
a higher level and then increased,
would have been as much as 100
per cent or more on many commo
dities and classes. This I regard as
one of the greatest services ever ren
dered the business interests of Geor
gia and the south by any public
man.
Work for Southern Forts
“I will mention one other. When
the south Atlantic and gulf ports a
year or so ago began their move
ment to build up a great export
trade from the middle west to for
eign markets, they found themselves
blocked by much lower rates from
the middle west to eastern ports.
It was absolutely necessary to secure
an equilization of rates before they
could make headway.
"Senator Smith, by reason of his
great ability and thorough knowledge
of freight rates and transportation,
was selected to present their case
to the railroad administration. His
powerful argument won the case.
“The Esch-Cummings, act under
which the railroads are now operat
ing, is admittedly an experiment. In
th'e final working out of the trans
portation problem, which transcends
all others in our economic life. It
Is of the utmost importance that we
should be represented in the senate
by a man of the towering ability of
Hoke Smith.
“These facts are presented more
particularly from the standpoint of
a shipper who has had impressed
upon him the vital bearing of freight
rates and transportation upon our
whole business operations. They
touch merely a few of the points in
Senator Smith's magnificent record
of constructive service—a record
which makes it inconceivable to my
mind that an intelligent constituency
will hazard any new experiments
in a position of so great import
ance. “W. A. PARKER.”
McKinley Flagpole
Is Sent to Marion
MARION, Ohio, July 29.
Marching clubs that come to
Marion to help Senator Harding’s
front-porch campaign will rally
Tound the same flagpole that
was a center of like demonstra
tions at the McKinley residence
at ‘Canton twenty-four years ago.
The Weatherbeaten shaft, donated
by Harding enthusiasts in Can
ton, was brought here and set up
under the senator’s personal su
pervision on, his front lawn.
Asks Pardon So She
a May Be Deported
Harry Weinberger, counsel for aliens
held at Ellis Island for deportation,
said yesterday that he was circulat
ing a nation-wide petition for grant
ing amnesty to Mollie Stelmer, the
diminutive Russian radical who is
serving a flfteen-year sentence in
the federal penitentiary at Jefferson,
Mo., for distributing circulars in
war time advising American citizens
to resist the draft. Mr. Weinberger
says that he has the* signatures of
some noted Americans to the peti
tion, including Francis B. Sayre, son
in-law of President Wilson; Ray
Stannard Ba,ker, Norman Hapgood
and many college professors, maga
zine and newspaper editors. The pe
tition asks that pardon may he
granted so that Mollie may be de
ported to Russia. Mr. Weinberger
declares that Mollie really is anxious
to return to her native land.
some new skin on a patient's broken
nose recently, added a portion of one
of the smaller muscles of the chest.
The result has been more than sat
isfactory, for the patient now not
only possesses a perfectly good nose,
• but he is able to move it, at will, as
a tapir moves its trunk.
HOKE SMITH STANDS
OH His RECORD AND
PARTY'S-PLATFORM
LAGRANGE, Ga., July 29.—Hew
ing squarely to the line of his recent
statement concerning his motives in
seeking re-election, Senator Hoke
Smith addressed the voters of Troup
county here today. Although he ac
cepted the invitation to speak in La-
Grange prior to his recent announce
ment, the senator's speech was a dis
cussion of the accomplishments of
the Democratic administration, _ an
endorsement of the San Francisco
nominees and platform, a review of
his record as governor of Georgia, his
nine years in the United States sen
ate and an amplification of his hope
for future usefulness to the people
of Georgia as a public servant.
Senator Smith’s speech was marked
by its freedom frcwn personalities and
a whole-souled spirit of cheery con
fidence in the future growth and ma
terial prosperity of the people of the
state, and their social and educa
tional advancement as essentials to
their happiness. .
The senator’s speech was deliv
ered in the courthouse, during the
noon recess of court, and was heard
by a crowd of representative citi
zens gathered from all sections of
Troup county. Many friends from
adjoining counties were present in
the audience, and joined in the gen
erous welcome accorded the senator.
Joined by Judge Adamson
Senator Sriiith arrived at 11
o’clock. At Newnan, he was joined
by W. C. Adamson, of Carrollton,
former congressman from the Fourth
district, who is now a member of
the board of appraisers of New York.
During his membership in congress,
Judge Adamson and Senator Smith
were closely associated, and to
gether contributed valuable aid to
the advancement of much legislation
in which the administration was ex
ceedingly interested. As they rode,
the senator and former congressman
discussed many matters of public
moment, and were agreed that the
San Francisco platform and nomi
ness would help to reunite and so
lidify the militant democracy of the
nation.
Arriving at LaGrange, Senator
Smith went directly to the of
fices of his old frend, J. G. Truitt.
Here he awaited the noon recess of
court, and in the interval renewed
his acquaintance with many well
knOwn citizens of LaGrange and
Troup county. Among them were S.
G. Wooddall, editor of the LaGrange
Graphic, C. D. Hudson, S. H. Truitt,
Cason Callaway, Hatton Lovejoy,
Judge S. M. Longley, and many
others.
Before court adjourned, Senator
Smith visited the courthouse and
spent some time mingling with the
citizens who were gathered under the
shade of the trees on the grounds.
Hatton Lovejoy presented Senator
Smith to his audience.
Militantly Behind. Nominees
Mr. Smith preached the doctrine
of boosting as against knocking in
every community in Georgia. He
urged that the duty of good citizen
ship requires that the people scat
ter seeds of sunshine; help, not
hinder, that there is nothing in life
so sweet, he said, as the conscious
ness of service to another.
The senator launched into his for
mal address with the applause pro
voking declaration that he had come
to LaGrange and Troup county seek
ing a Democrat with a big D, stand
ing squarely on the San Francisco
platform and militantly behind Gov
ernor Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt
as the nominees of the Democratic
party, which, he said, has rendered
service of inestimable value to the
people of the south and to the peo
ple of Georgia. .
'“Since I obtained my majority,
said he, "I have fought under the
banner of the Democratic party, and
I stand before you now as a Demo
crat who is loyal to the traditions
of his party and proud of its record.
When twenty-one years old, as chair
man of the Democracy of Fulton
county, I joined with other loyal
Democrats in resisting and repelling
Republican carpet bag rule and negro
domination.”
After felicitating his audience
upon the marked development of
Troup county and the wonderful
growth of LaGrange, Senator Smith,
without alluding to his candidacy for
re-election, began a discussion of the
achievements of the Democratic ad
ministration. He presented a com
prehensive review of the outstanding
work of the legislative and executive
branches of the federal government
during the period of Democratic con
trol. In this connection, he spoke
at length of America’s participation
in the world war, and illuminatingly
remarked upon the war legislation of
congress and the efficacious work of
the executive departments as agen
cies that contributed to the victory
of the American arms. His personal
and public record and whole-hearted
support of essential war legislation,
including the arming of American
merchant ships, the declaration of
war against Germany, the selective
service act, the shiping bill and other
measures of equal importance, was
discussed in frankness by the sen
ator.
Bitted to Meet Issues
The big issues confronting the
country in the period of reconstruc
tion commanded a large share of the
senator’s attention, and he moved
the audience to applause with the
observation that, "one reason I sub
mit my name as a candidate is my
belief that my experience and length
of service in the senate fits me espe
cially to meet these issues as they
Senator Smith had been discuss
ing southern congressional represen
tation. He had told of the pending
Moses resolution in the senate to
investigate southern election laws
and the conduct of elections in south
ern states.
"Coupled with this resolution, he
said, “is a motion to change the
rules of the senate so that a ma
jority of those present and voting
may at any time bring debate to a
close and enforce its will regardless
of results.”
The senator remarked that it
scarcely seemed necessary to remark
upon the evident purpose and deter
mination of the Republicans to med
dle with the negro question in the
south. „
“With the completion of the new
census,’ 'he ’said, “will come the new
apportionment of our congressional
districts. It is evident from returns
already announced that many Repub
lican states’ representation in the
lower house of congress will have to
be reduced unless the house mem
bership is greatly increased. This
is unlikely in the circumstances, and
it is apparent that the new appqr
tionment law will serve as a vehicle
for Republican states to attempt to
mainatin their present congressional
representation at the expense of
southern Democratic states, on ac
count of their claim that our suf
frage laws disfranchise many ne
groes.
"I regard this as one of the prob
lems immediately affecting our local
government and our white civilization
that will come before congress in the
near future. We must be prepared
to meet these questions and to defend
our rights upon the floor of con
gress.” _
It was in this connection that Sen
ator Smith remarked that a reason
for submitting his name , for re-elec
tion was the belief that his experi
ence and length of service fits him
to render service to the people of
Georgia. He added that if re-elected
he would “go the limit” to protect the
interests of the people, and contin
ued:
“Our constitutional amendment
upon the subject of suffrage was
passed during my administration as
governor, and with my support. I
do not doubt its constitutionality and
■ I am prepared to defend it.”
Bight for Reserve Bank
“You will remember, my friends,”
• Senator Smith continued, "that we
had a fight, even under a Democratic
administration, to obtain our proper
■ proportion of reserve banks in the
i south. A Republican administration,
no doubt, would seek to reduce the
number of banks, and to take ours
from us.
“It may be confidently expected,
also, that the Republicans, if they
win, will seek to repeal some of the
valuable provisions of the federal re
serve act, while we, on the other
hand. should seek to enlarge and
1 broaden them. The Republicans are
directed from Wall street, which has
been deprived of its power to curtail
the money supply when our cotton
and other crops are upon the mar
kets. Their banks have never been
satisfied; and they will fight
when the opportunity is presented.”
The senator struck a responsive
chord with a timely reference to the
enlarged usefulness of the federal
reserve system with his declaration
that the powers of the regional
banks should be broadened, instead of
lessened.
“Today,” he said, “there are in
dustries in the south lacking addi
tional currency, and I shall do all in
my power to aid them in securing the
relief they require.”
Again in referring to the attack
that has been made against the rural
credits act—another great Democratic
achievement —Senator Smith’s re
marks carried a ready appeal.
“Financial interests desiring a re
turn of high interest rates on farm
loans have assailed the constitution
ality of the act. I believe this at
tack will fail, but if the Repupblicans
are returned to power the rural cred
its act will be either emasculated or
repealed. It is my wish to see its
usefulness and value extended.”
South and Good Roads
Sentor Smith declared that the in
terests of Georgia and the south
demand that the federal appropria
tions for good roads be carefully
watched, to guarantee that there
shall be no discrimination against
southern states. He told of the effort
that was made in congress, during
the consideration of this legislation,
to prevent the use of the appropria
tion in those states wherein convicts
are worked on the public roads.
“We must insist upon the legisla
tion remaining in such shape as will
enable Georgia to continue receiving
her proportionate part of the national
appropriation and at the same time to
continue working our convicts on the
public rbads,” said he.
Senator Smith paused here to re
count the unsuccessful effort that
was made to amend the Smith-Lever
bill for farm demonstrators and
teachers of domestic and household
economics by providing that negroes
should be used in connection with
this work. His assertion that his
efforts had contributed to the defeat
of the amendment, provoked applause.
He continued:
“There constantly is occasion to
guard your interest in Washington.
The appropriations for the agricul
tural department each year, are dis
tributed according to the views of
the members constituting the agri
cultural committees of the two
houses. I am a member of the agri
cultural committee of the senate,
where I have served since my en
trance to that body. I am now next
to the top among the Democrats and
feel that my length of service quali
fies me peculiarly for service.”
In beginning his speech, Senator
Smith alluded to the early seven
ties, when the white men of Georgia
were called upon to rid the state of
carpetbag and negro rule.
“I glory in the fact that our very
civilization was preserved under the
Democratic banner,” said he. “I am
old enough to remember, when United
States marshals, armed with revolv
ers, acting under directions of a Re
publican officer, sought to intimidate
the white voters at the polls, .and
keep the black yoke upon our necks."
Administration’s Achievements
The senator then turned his atten
tion to the record of the Democratic
party, and declared that not within
fifty years had there been sd many
accomplishments to the credit of-any
administration accost plishments
that give . a broader opportunity to
the masses of the people. He told,
first, of the repeal of the Payne-
Aldrich tariff law and the enactment
of the Underwood-Simmons tariff act,
which relieved the people of many
unjust burdens and helped equalize
taxation. From this, he turned to a
discussion of the currency legisla
tion, and declared that the rigid bank
ing system was in no way responsive
to the demands of the country.
“Our great cotton crop came upon
the market in the fall, after our
banks had been strained to carry the
farmers through the period of cul
tivation,” said he. “The cotton was
sold at a sacrifice, largely because it
was necessary to pay up at once bor
rowed money. Our banks, under the
circumstances, were unable to ex
tend further credit because the cur
rency was not available. Our busi
ness was dependent largely upon the
willingness of Wall street to extend
credits and Wall street was in a posi
tions to precipitate currency panics
at will.
“The Democratic party has given
to the country a great banking and
currency system, by which expansion
and contraction of the currency can
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Here >a Martha Washington, Cal
ifornia’s champion egg producer,
who hasn’t buried her head in the
sand for some time. The thirteen
eggs at Martha’s feet have a total
net weight of sixty-one pounds.
take place from time to time as the
necessity of business requires. Under
this system it has been easy to ex
pand the currency in our cotton
growing States during the fall, en
abling us to market our cotton slow
ly, and the price at which cotton now
sells, has been substantially in
creased by the facilities furnished by
the Federal Reserve banks.
“It is hard to estimate the value
of this great piece of legislation.
It gave financial freedom to the
country and especially to our sec
tion.”
Senator Smith next took up the
rural credits act, which he declared
will prove of increasing value as
the years roll by. He told of how
the interest rates on farm loans have
been reduced through the operation
of this law and expressed regret
that its constitutionality had been
made the subject of litigation that
has temporarily interfered with its
efficacy.
The parcel post system was per
fected under the Democratic admin
istration, he said, and national aid
to good roads is an achievement to
the Democratic party.
"With the Democrats in control of
both houses, we passed the act for
regulating the cotton exchange, pre
venting the use of low grades to
break the market price of cotton,”
he said.
“It is with pardonable pride that
I mention my contribution to the
perfection by amendments of the
federal reserve banking act and to
the perfection of the legislation ex
tending government aid to public
roads.
Work for farmers
“The Democratic party has given
to the country legislation which
carries to the home of the farmer
all that research and experimentation
can furnish, from the colleges of
agriculture and agricultural experi-
SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1920.
15 JUDGES WILL
SIT PERMANENTLY
IN WORLD COURT
BOSTON. July 29. —Details of the
method whereby members of the
proposed world court of justice are
to be selected, - based upon private
advices received from The Hague,
were made' public by the world
peace foundation tonight. This
method was decided upon by the
commission of jurists, of whieh
Elihu Root was a member, which met
recently at The Hague under ap
pointment by the council of the
League of Nations.
The court is to consist at the out
set of eleven judges and four alter
nate judges, serving for a term of
nine years. It will sit permanently
at The Hague to decide all cases of
a purely legal nature arising be
tween nations, and will form a com
plement to the existing Hague court,
which will retain its competence to
deal with all cases of arbitration
between nations.
Under the plan as outlined in the
foundation’s advices, the four jurists
of each nation represented on the
permanent Hague court will be ask
ed to form a national group to se
lect not more than six candidates
for the new court, of whom not more
than two may be of one nationality.
Thea© groups will be asked to make
their' selections in consultation with
the lighest judicial authorities in
their respctive countries.
The list thus obtained will be sub
mitted to the council and the assem
bly of the League of Nations. Each
body, by a majority vote, will choose
the necessary number of judges.
Those receiving a majority vote in
both bodies will be declared elected.
If the required number is n*t reach
in this way the council and the as
sembly will take second ballots.
Fire Chief Quits Over
Who Should Pray
TORONTO, July 26. —(By the As
sociated Press.) —Chief John hen
ion. of the New York fire depart
ment, resigned as president of the
International Association of Fire En
gineers at the annual convention
here today as a result of a differ
ence between him and Chief Russell,
of the Toronto fire department, over
selection of a clergyman to deliver
the opening prayer.
Chief Kenion, as president of the
association, had invited Archbishop
McNeil, of the Roman Catholic dio
cese of Toronto, to officiate, but
Chief Russell, as head of the local
reception committee, had asked the
Rev. H. J. Codv. of the Anglican
church, of this city.
Chief Kenion said that the ques
tion was “solely and absolutely an
Irish question.”
ment stations, and very soon farm
demonstrators will be found in every
county in the United States and
teachers of household economics will
carry knowledge into the homes of
our people. This legislation is known
as the Smith-Lever act.”
Senator Smith declared that the
Democratic administration pointed
with pride to the creation of a bu
reau of markets in the department
of agriculture—a bureau established
in accordance with ideas originating
with the Georgia branch of the
Farmers’ Union. The bill passed the
senate twice before it was possible
to secure its passage in the house,
but now. he said, the government is
appropriating over $1,000,000 a year
to support the bureau, which co
operates with organizations of farm
ers and market divisions of various
states in bringing aid to the farmers
in marketing their products.
Senator Smith aroused the atten
tion of his hearers with his discus
sion of his work in the interest of
vocational education and the rehabil
itation of crippled and maimed vet
erans of the world war. Chiefly
through his efforts, he made it pos
sible for veterans to attend schools
throughout the country, fitting them
for occupations which would earn
them a hardy livelihood, paying them
full pay during the time they at
tended schools.
It was through his work that oth
er soldiers, partly disabled through
service in the world war, have been
paid a compensation since thetr dis
charge from the army. In fact, the
senior Georgia senator has done
more for the disabled soldiers than
any other one man in congress. His
record amply verifies that simple
fact.
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