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NOTES FROM UNITED STATES SENATE. (Continued from Page One.) Street robbers to.that extent. ■Such an accumulation of idle gold as this Government now possesses, was never dream¬ ed of in the history of the world: there is no precedent for it, there is no Governmental ex¬ cuse for it; its only possible purpose can be, to inflate the dollar, while the man and liis power to labor, his earning capacity, and his property, are deflated to such an extent that he becomes iu fact, if not in name, a serf; and he draws the breath of life, not as the inheri tent, natural right of a God-made man, but as a helpless, galley-slave, toiling at the oar, un¬ der cruel taskmasters, as long as he shall live. . You will remember that a year ago the Republican Party was clamoring for the pas¬ sage through Congress of a Soldiers’ Bonus Bill. It was in July, of last year, that President Harding brought his boiler-iron and riveted smile down to the Senate, and told the Repub¬ lican leaders not to pass the Bill. No such thing had ever before been done by an American President. No King of England had ever dared to do it, since Charles I., in 1640, took that first fatal step toward the scaffold. Bnt President Harding issued Ms orders against the Soldiers’ Bonus, and he was imme¬ diately obeyed. The election being near, the Republicans last week brought in a number of Soldiers’ Bo¬ nus bills. Briefly, the McCuhiber Bill proposes that the soldier of the late great Avar can apply for and obtain a certificate that the Government ovres him a certain sum of money, payable in a certain number of years, the total amount not to exceed six hundred dollars. Not a cent of cash does the Government propose to pay to the ex-soldier. What he secures from the Government is virtually a promissory note, payable a num¬ ber of years hereafter; and the veterans Avho served in the World War, and saved this country, and all other countries—accord¬ ing to the fervid oratory which greeted .the soldier returning from Europe—is given, the privilege of carrying this promissory note to a' bank, and borrowing money upon it, at four tmd one-half per cent., annually compounded. The Government guarantees the payment ©f the loan, hut not a cent of cash is available for that purpose until January, 1926. Thus, the veteran secures nothing for the present, except the privilege of borrowing some money; and only those banks whose re¬ sources will enable them to make three-year loans can profit by the Opportunity to reap compound interest off the helpless veteran who, when he was mustered into the service and sent beyond the seas, to Avin a fight that Avas not his, Avas eulogized in language which exhausted the would lexicon of praise, and was told that nothing be too good for him when he should return home. Senator Smoot, of Utah, offers a substi¬ tute for Senator McGumber’s bill, and this sub¬ stitute is the familiar Sales Tax plan, which will add enormously to the taxes of the people, and will compel the ex-soldier, his kinsmen, and his friends, to pay a large part of the so ealled Bonus. The substitute offered by Senator. McNary, of Oregon, is nothing more than the Bill Avhich has been pending here for several years, the title of which was, The Reclamation of Arid and Overflowed Lands. This bill is a colossal project, committing the Government to the irrigation of the desert ■ lands of the West, and the drainage of the Swamp lands of the South. It seems a mockery to call such a bill a Bonus to the destitute soldier. What would become of a man, and those dependent upon him for support, during the long term of years in which the Government would be building dams, and digging irrigation ditches o\ r er the boundless plains of the Pacifii Coast ? \ What would become of him during the years which would be required for the drain-' ing of the swamps and overflowed lands of the Mississippi, the Missouri, and the scores of streams in Dixie Land! First of all, the soldier may not Avant a farm in the West. He may not want to live in the swamp area of the South. Certainly it is not every veteran who wishes to become a farmer; and God knows, that if there ever was a time when it was next to impossible to keep on the farm, the free people who can get aAvay, this is the time. It is not more,land that the people need, and should have, but it is an easy access to the means by which those farms can be cultivated, and a living made out of them. I Can you, imagine a more helpless and THE COLUMBIA SENTINEL, THOMSON. GEORGIA. hopeless human being than a soldier, perhaps lacking an arm, or a leg, deposited by the Gov¬ ernment on a patch of newly-drained swamp land in Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Ala¬ bama, Georgia, or Florida, without money in his pocket, or the means whereby to get ain from a bank—and told by the suave statesman whose vote passed such a bill, ‘“Here is yoqt bounty: cut down the trees; dig out the stumps; kill the snakes; fight off the mosqui¬ toes and the malaria, and amass wealth for yourself and your family”! The Republicans actually tried to rush one of these bills through the Senate, Saturday afternoon. I protested, and therefore, there will b< some debate; but no amount of talking will prevent the Republicans from jamming through one or the other of these Bonus gold-bricks, and then telling the soldier, with shouts of triumph, that they have kept faith with him. Amusing little episodes occur in the Sen¬ ate now and then. Saturday afternoon, Senator Ashurst, oi Arizona—one of the finest representatives oi the Great "West-i-began his speech in favor ol the McNary substitute, Avhich, as I have just said, proposes to give the ex-soldier a nice nf slice of mud iu Missouri, or a brilliant stretch of sand out West. Ashurst had not been speaking long be fore Senator Walsh, of Massachusetts, begged of him to ask a question. With a gracious bow, and sweep of the arm, the Arizona statesman granted the per¬ mission. Senator Walsh has been doing a great deal of fine speaking during the last two oi three Avecks, and the habit is fastening itsel upon him. Therefore, he launched out into what was not a question, but which Avas a speech, a ven good one, which began to extend itself quiff at length. Ashurst stood at his place, patiently Avait ing for Walsh to finish; but as the New Eng land Senator showed no signs of abatement, half whispered to Senator Ashurst, “Whal phase of the Bonus Bill were you discussing when Walsh broke ini” Without hesitation, and with the utmost earnestness, Senator Ashurst answered, ‘‘Why I’ve forgotten myself! I’ll have to start over.” Then he gave a gentle hint to Senator Walsh, Avhich caused that good-natured states man to take his seat, whereupon Ashurst call¬ ed out to the stenographer, “Strike out every¬ thing that I said before. I will start, over, will begin de novo.” This he did, and really made a remarkably eloquent speech, almost convincing me that the three or four million soldiers who are inter¬ ested m the bounty plans would he enraptured if the Government, some years from now, should donate to them, a small piece of earth, rescued from the rainless skies of the West, or from the sleepy Nvaters of some Louisiana bayou. Henry Jford announces that, on account of the coal strike, he will have to close doAvn his plants on September 16. It is estimated that the closure of the Ford plants will throw out of employment more than one hundred thousand men. If such a man as Henry Ford finds himse! 1 helpless to carry on his vast business, when obstructed by Wall Street, the contraction oi the currency, and the failure of the Fovtar. That Be to settle the coal strike, we can form a definite idea of what must be the struggle of the mau of moderate means. The newspapers announce that Hon. Janies Cox, ex-Govemor of Ohio, and ex-candidate for the Presidency of the United States, has been to Europe, and lias returned, burdened with the conviction that this country must en- ter the League of Nations, unci settle the af¬ fairs of Europe. If Mr. James Cox' believes that there is any life left in the issue of the League of Na¬ tion*, he might as well have himself treated for it as a disease. Let anybody read of the* intense enthu¬ siasm shown by the people of California for Senator Hiram Johnson, during his recent cam¬ paign of that great State, to whose people lie denounced the Four PoAver Pact, put upon this country by tlie alleged Peace Conference, which met here in Washington this year, and. which began its labors for peace by striking out from the official prayer the name of the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ. During liis campaign in Missouri, in which Senator James A. Reed won the greatest po¬ litical victory since Andrew Jackson over threw the combined power of Clay, Webster, and Calhoun, thpre Avas no theme upon which he aroused deeper, feeling and ureater siasm than ,, when , , he voiced . . his . . v indignation .. . at the conduct of the Republicans in slipping by the Republican Party since President Hard¬ through the secret channels of the Peace 0 ;on- ing took the oath of office, on the 4th of March, ference the Pour Power Pact, which condones 1921. every crime that Japan has committed against * If Governor Cox, William G. McAdoo, Korea and China; makes us a party to Great Joseph P. Tumulty, and the other, \v ii assume Britain’s seizure of spoil throughout the Ea to speak for the poor, parolyzed, Woodrow Wil¬ torn W orld, and binds us to protect the tervi son, have again sold out to the international torial integrity ot the robber nations, such as bankers and the great trusts, it will not he France, Italy, England, and Japan. long before they discover that the American If the Democratic leaders are wise, they people have not sold out, and ire m din r to be will wage their battle upon the record made bought, duped, nor intimidated. Political Advert I semcrit p.« J. J. BROWN’S DIRTY CAMPAIGN METHODS EXPOSED BY L 0. BLALOCK. J. J. Brown is distributing by handbills, circulated by llis employees, and by advertisements In certain newspapers, an affidavit by J. R, Adams, a farmer of Fayette County, where I reside, which charges in ef¬ fect that cotton put up by Adams a3 collateral for a loan from the Bank of Fayetteville, of which 1 am president, was sold without Adams’ knowledge or con¬ sent. This affidavit was procured and prepared in Brown's office in the State Capitol and was witnessed by his chief clerk, a notary public. It was procured in the State Capitoi after repeated unsuccessful efforts had been made to procure it in Fayette County. This affidavit was given initial publication in the "Savannah Hawk Eye," a disreputable organ of slander and character assassination, whose editor sought me previous to its publication and gave me an opportunity to offer him overtures not to publish it, which I did not do. While it is not necessary to defend my character before people who know me, there arp many people in Georgia not personally acquainted with me, and for their information I make this statement of tho facts of the Adams case. In November, 1920, Adams came to the Bank of Fayetteville to solicit a loan of tH'e thousand dollars or thereabouts, with the statement that he was obliged to have the money to prevent the foreclosure of a lien on his farm. lie offered as collateral one hundred hales of cotton. Money at that time was hard to secure, and Adams was not a regular customer of our hank, but to save his farm we agreed to make the loan. His collateral was accepted with the distinct agree¬ ment. that the cotton should be subject to our sale and shipment at any time we sew fit: that if we sold the cotton we must retain samples of each hale and a re¬ cord of the wolght'of each hale tor his protection; that he should have the right to demand r settlement on any day he saw fit, requiring us to pay him for the cotton at the. market price on that day. A short time later we sold and shipped the cotton, retaining the samples and weights as per agreement. In April, 1921, about five months after the loan was mad<x Adams, renewed the loan by making a new note covering principal and interest, and continued to stand on his right to settle at a future date. In May, 1921, Adams docided to settle. He came to the bank and got his samples, went out among the buyers and ascertained the price, and returned to the bank. The bank offered to settle on the price of that day as per agreement, but ho refused a settlement and demanded the return of his identical cotton, al¬ though he well knew that his cotton had been sold and shipped. Cotton, in the meantime, had dropped from twen¬ ty-eight and odd cents In November, 1920, to eleven and odd cents on the day Adams demanded settlement. Evidently he had followed the disastrous advice of J. J. Brown and held off his settlement on the expectation of a future rise, as thousands of other farmers did, all over Georgia, to their everlasting sorrow, and their permanent disgust with J. J. Brown. Not one dollar of profit was made by the bank on the sale of Adams’ cotton, which was sold along with other cotton. The bank at all times throughout the entire period of this transaction kept on hand the full amount of cotton put up by Adams and other borrowers on cotton collateral. This was necessary to protect the bank and the borrowers against fluctuations in the market. On the day Adams decided to settle, we offered him either the value of his cotton at the then prevail¬ ing price, or one hundred bales oi cotton of the same weight and corresponding grades, He refused to accept either and brought suit, which twelve jurors of Fayette County will pass upon. Brown's desperation, with defea't staring him in the face, has driven him to resort to this cowardly at¬ tack upon my character, in the outset of my cam¬ paign I announced that I would deal with him on the basis of his official conduct as Commissioner of Agri¬ culture. I have held my campaign to that line strictly, and will not deviate from It. His scandalous extrava¬ gance and inefficiency, in time when the people are in the midst of severe financial distress, abundantly justi¬ fy his removal from office. Brown Is beaten today and will he beaten even worse on election day. Respectfully submitted, A. O. BEAUX'K. HINES AND FISH BROTHEHS-1N-I.AW, “Probably it is not known by the people of Georgia that Chief Justice William H. Fish and Justice James K. Hines are brothers-in-law. And both are members of the same division of the Supreme Court. So, as it now stands, one family controls one division of this court. AVe doubt the wisdom of such a state of af¬ fairs. In fact we are opposed to it. It doesn't make any difference how high-toned and honest men are, it is an unwise procedure for one family to control the functions of a court. "We understand that Judge Hines is very active in supporting Judge Fish, his brother-in-law, for re-elec¬ tion. This Is to bo expected, ot course, but we feel sure that the p; ople will think a long time before they turn one division of their highest tribunal over to one family. “Judge Hines is running, but has no opposition, and hence will be re-elected, if Judge Fish is re-elect¬ ed, this condition will have to last for six years longer, whether it suits the people of Georgia or not. "Judge Richard B. Russell is an exalted jurist, thoroughly qualified to fill tho position of Chief Jus-, tice of the Supreme Court, and we believe tlmi ought to be elected. ’Plain Dick’ Russell made a splendid record as Judge of Court of Appeals. Ho has n0 * u P erlor as a judicial officer in the state, and we believe, the people are going to place him on the Su nxeme bench."— winder News. 3 KOU SENATOR 15th DISTRICT. To the People of Telfair. Lieu Hill and 1 d:: Counties*. 1 am a candidate tor the Senate from the Forty fifth Senatorial District. 1 will appreciate your careful consideration of the issues in this camp uAn. If I am elected, 1 will try to prove worthy of you confidence. Your friend, EUGENE talmadge. FOR STATE SENATOR 28rd DISTRICT. I have decided to enter the race for Senator of the 23rd district, subject to the approaching primary. If elected I pledge to all a fair and conscientious discharge of my duties as a Senator, with due regard for the best interest, and the wishes of the people. This August 15th, 1922. HOMER BEELAXD. SAFFOLD ANNOTATES FOR JUDGE. 1 hereby announce myself a candidate for Judge of the Superior Courts of the Middle Judicial Circuit, subject to the approaching primary. F. H. SAFFOLD. P G i s K3B kOL . ap r- V'4j|j Sp »■ 9 ■ Hg ISiMr G n. c. bei.,1,1 .H UGE OF COURT OF THE APPRAI-S Candidate to Succeed Himself Atlanta, (la., August 22, 1922. To the Voters of Georgia: Being a candidate in the approaching primary to succeed myself as'Vudge of the. Court of Appeals, to which office 1 was on July 25, 1922, appointed by the Governor to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Benjamin H. Hill, 1 respectfully ask your atten¬ tion to the following facts: Judge Hill’s term would have expired at the end of this year. Under the Constitution of this State, my commission does not Include the remainder of Judge Hill's term, but only holds until the person chosen in the November general election Is qualified, that Is, for about four months,—leaving the remainder of the year, (a period of about six weeks, known us the short term), as well as the full term of 6 years, beginning on the first of next year, to be filled by election in November. The person to till both terms, however, will he named in the Primary of September 13 th. The period of my present commission even with the short term added—July 25 to January 1—is only 5 months and 6 days. While I am unopposed for the short term of six weeks, my opponent seeking only tho full term of six years, yet, the Primary will come off before I shall have had an opportunity to demonstrate my fitness for the office by work done in it. The candidacy of my op¬ ponent is, therefore, virtually to ask that I be voted out before I am tried out. 1 am trusting that no considerable number of Georgians will adopt such a course. To accept this position, 1 resigned the Judgeship of the Albany Judicial Circuit, the term of which would not have expired for more than two years, through an earnest desire to enlarge the setupo of 1 the service which I might render in the administration of justice. I will deeply appreciate your approval of this ambition in such way as to grant me somo reasonable opportunity to realize the sincere purposes which actuated me in accepting this work; and I respectfully Bubmlt my candidacy for the full term, for your thoughtful con¬ sideration. I am in the prime of life, physically strong, wil¬ ling to work, and accustomed to nothing else. My re¬ cord as a lawyer, solicitor general and Superior Court Judge Is shown, In part, In the law reports of Georgia. 1 invite a careful investigation of my official record and qualifications. As to my general fitness and my per¬ sonal character, 1 refer you to any of those who know me. If I may continue as Judge of the Court of Ap¬ peals, I shall realize at all times that a court for the correction of errors should he itself without error, and shall strive without stint of labor to shape my judg¬ ments truo to the law. You will find that my name will appear on tho ticket twice: It appears first, ns a candidate unopposed. This is merely ,for tho abort term about six weeks between the General Election in November and Janu¬ ary 1st., as above referred to, in order to finish (Jt e re mainder of Judge Hill’s term., In the next place, my name and that of mother candidate will appear for tho full term beginning January 1st. next. It is for 'this that my candidacy is presented. Please beat this in mind when voting and also explain to your friends. r shall be always deeply grateful for the vote ot every man and woman who may so honor mo on Sep¬ tember I3tij. Stncerely yours, K. 0. BELL. Address: State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga. i (Home Address: Cairo, Ga.J
