The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-16
Is DECISION OF JUDGES ON DE.
BATE BY CAIRO AND PADU-
Cab HIGH SCHOOLS.
CAIROITES JARED WELL
Made Good Arguments and Were
Cordially Received - Returned
Well Pleased With Trip
Though Defeated.
tPaducah News Democracy

tPaducah eWS-DetnOcfdtl
The honors for the joint debate be
tween representatives of the Padu
cab and Cairo High Schools, held at
1.-THE local High School Auditorium last
might, fell 10 the Paducah High school
The vote Of the three judges was an
lnounced as two for Paducah and ont
for Cairo. The debate was close and
brilliant speeches were made by the
four young orators.
Professor Sugg then announced the
subject of debate Resolved, That the
American Navy Should be Increased. -
land introduced the four speakers,
Edward Mitchell spoke first, after n
yell from the high school rooters. and
gave convincing speech with state
manshiplike ability. He outlined his
debate with three strong points In
favor of a larger navy They We're;
First the commerce of America com.
pared with that of the rest of the
nations; second. the comparison of
the nayies OF each nation; aud third
the Panama canal and the Monroe
Doctrine He said he commerce of
America exceeded that of all othee
ations and that the United States
navy was the smallest in the world.
there being only 50 naval vessels
compared with over 500 for Great
Britain. He said the supremacy of the
United States demanded a larger navy
and it should be increased to at least
800 which would make it rank third.
with France second. He said the
Monroe Doctrine could only be de-
Tended by a larger navy
The second speaker was DIV ght
Ohrum, of Cairo. who defended in
forceful and able manner the mega
tive side OF the question He said
that the size of the navies of all ma,
tons should be goverend according to
the population. He argued thai It
took men TO make a navy instead Of
great number of warships He point.
ed back 10 the past wars of the
United States, showing fits supremacy
with small navy. and said that the
Of the United States navy
were the most accurate in the world
Quality instead of quantity was
strong point in his defense He said
further that the naval expenditures of
the United States had Increased over
600 per cent in the last few years.
while the increase III the population
had been only about 80 per cent.
Why, then" he said, should more
appropriations be made for a larger
navy. The mad race for naval SUI
premacy should be stopped ard a |
large navy is not a great peace pre-.
server More money should be ex-
pended against the onslaughts of in.
ternal enemies. such as the trusts.
criminals and murderers rather than
against supposed foreign enemies.
His speech was very effective and de
ivered in efficient style.
Following the Grafton of Mr.. Ohrum
Mr., Emmett S. Bagby sang Danny
Devers' a bass solo, to the delight Of
he audience. He was called back for
an encore.
Miss Mabel Shelton came next and
sang a sweet soprano solo. receiving
an encore
Marvin Stills. of Paducah came next
In upholding the affirmative side of
he debate. He emphasized the i'm
Dortance of a larger navy and argue
hat if the navies of ascent times
we're large in number there was no
question that the nayies of the pres.
INT day should be increased. He said
he United States interest demanded |
IN increased navy for there will be- |
vars or rumors of wars for ever. n
aid all great powers of the world |