Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-04-17
WHEN HOBSOh PUTS IN
THE TABLES ARE TURNED
Man From Mississippi Hits Hero Of
herriinac for Spouting Hot Air
declares IL Makes Him Ho. TN.
der Collar When "a Critic Says He
Has Been Guilty of Telling shab-
Ivy Joke.

Washington, April 17.-Just be.
fore the passage by the house yester
day of the naval appropriation bill.
Representative John Share Williams
got the floor and deliverci Que Of
the wittiest speeches ever heard IN
that chambr. He seemed a.. his
best, and threw the house into a
tNnult Awaiting himself of the
twenty minutes allowed for discuss
ing point of order, Nv Williams
saio it was never out of place to read
lessons upon civic righteousness to
t"c Republican h.r.y. 70 then pro-
c"oocd to declare that pri.. paper
&Hi wood pulp were germane 10 the
bli because il was OF the rev high
est necessity to the maintenance of
the navy to spread intelligence
among the people so that they might
Know how n..Ch OF a navy wss neces-
sary for na.iouol defense.
Mr. Wl!:aIes proceedAl to dis
cuss the nlva, bill. He tra,ed the
history of me naval construction of
the world, eglnning with battles in
canoes an ,a,' ering that From that
day to this The genius of mankind
In warfare. j.. the manag ament OF
ships, has .sn directed to getting
away from re another whsn they
were fleeing or catching on anoth ar
when they we're DESTROYS of fight.
Ing He convulsed the house when
he said that the question WIS wheih-
or an American navy in the present
iay can get away from an enemy as
RAJ IDLY as one could IN the distant
c'y to which he had bean referring.
or whether the American navy 70.
da; could get at an eremy as eff
i'''vely as in thosA remote periods.
Mr.. Williams depicted tie horrors
o. war and said that when human
science and progress hal advanced
TIC civilization of She world and
tfen had degraded it By teaching II
hole effective ways OF III. ing one
az ether, cannon loadc! with vie
saltpetre and with bullets were mt
upon the decks OF the shias AMI fred
broadcast at one another. regardless
OF women to be made widows and
children to be made orrhars while
man, dressed in Il littla brief author
ity, most ignorl'c OF what he was
most proud, was seeking the 5auble
Of reputation IN the camnonJs
mouth
He spoke OF ships Mt one tire bc-
ing built of iron and said 1t would
have been foolish 10 have bliit too
much OF q navy. 'plats' with rail
road IRON for fear n-inprovcment
soon might make the ships obsolete
Therefore, he said, "our wise an
csstors," built only a Few o. .hem
about two at time, so that they
could keep up with the new types
a. the new types arose.
Mr.. Hobson interrupted Mr.. VIZ
liams with the inquiry whethcr H.
fun consideration of al the history
of the navy. the gentleman
from Mississippi. finally ends him
SELF on the side of the Marrmac or
tie Monitor"
Mr.. Williams replied tina. "a lit
tie cheese box upon a raft had won
a great battle. and that once more
the lesson was taught Of M. maxi
ing appropriation for too many bat
tieships at the same time" He was
he said, solomnly declaring upon his
legislative responsibility. my idea
of what is good for the American
navy"
Mr. Williams declared that n IT,.
b'rius should hear that America bad
constructed some OF those 10000
ton ships. Tiberius would construct
some OF $4,000 tons and then the
United states would have to con-
struct some of the same kind. War