Evening star., 1912-06-30

this country to do to turn its cannon into dinner forks
and to make stckpns out OF its mastheads. When he
says that Hobson takes off his coat rolls up his sleeves
and balancing hand the navieS of Germany and
Great Britain and in the other million regiments
recruited from all the other continents of the world
proves that, if such things were done, we Americans
would have for the forks and no places to put
the sckpns. These the only occasions when Bar
tholdt, who keeps the dove of peace in coop in his
back yard gets real redfaced, raging madad enough
to do battle.
Hobson maintains that in the making Of peace the
sword is the thing the bullet the best He speaks
this, writes this and lectures this He wants
fortifcaons, batteships soldiers and more
gunpowder He advocates the establishment of
Gil of national defense organization that, made up
of army and navy officers and members of Congress-
will anticipate every any invading foe may make
He believes that nothing should be neglected to
vince every other nation that the United States is i'm
pregnabe, impenetrable, and mpervious. When he
conscientously tack those three adectves his
native land he vii sink quiescent on couch of per-
cusslon caps and take rest.
There was only once that he failed to get hearing
for what he had to say the subject of with Japan
That in Denver at the last Democratic National
Convention The great hall crowded to its utmost
capacity. Orators statesmen and politicians had
spoken. Far down the floor, under the banner of
Alabama, sat pale-faced, earnest-looking At
last he caught the eye of the presiding officer, and
recognized. Rising to his feet, he reviewed the
bage silence. Then, stretching his arm he threw
back his head and shouted in stentoran not to say str
"War with Iapan'
That the beginning, the ending, the blowoT and
the grand finale. He got no further. The delegates
and the spectators full of ideas hopes and fears
about politics, and here this slender, earnest
injecting into the meeting something about the Japanese
scaling the Rocky Mountains. All the thousands broke
loose in pandemonlum of noise, sound, and shouts
"War with Japan' 1t the shortest speech made at
the convention That all there was to it. three
words and riot
In the House, however, and the lecture PLATFORM
Hobson always gets good hearing for his doctrine of
increased armament He is thoroughly versed in
the subject than any man in public life today and he is
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ability. He knows how to use his voice and his words
how beg and to urge how to initiate bonbardment
song OF peace how to plead and how to terr1fy
With his gestures he draw picture of charge up
the heights of Popocatepetl section of the
spray that flew in the Battle of Trafalgar Being real
orator. he makes speeches that both entertaining
and instructive His sincerity alone compelling and
when he blows the whistle snaps loose the chains, and
turns out the dogs of for gaop up and down the
aises of the House. the legislators before them
the tented field the bechng gun, the rush of assault
the flow of gore
Bird Of battle? He is that very thing. He flies high
and he never breaks wing
Mr. Hobson comes by his aptitude for military and
naval affairs naturally In his biography in the Con-
gressiona directory he sets forth that he is tenth in
descent from Elder Brewster of the Mayfower.' He
was graduated from the naval academy at Annapolis
and then took finishing in two military schools
in France. After that he special instructor in
naval construction at the academy later crsed round
the world, and finally took part in the bombardment of
Matanzas in the Spanish American War and sent the
Merrimac to the bottom of the while the bullets
skipping the water, did a weird and ghosty dance
around him. Leaving the navy he sprang into politics.
beat Bankhead for Congress- and has been in the House
ever since.
AS is usually the with the advocates of big issues
he has the working capacity of horses and three
mules all rolled into Whenever question affecting
the army navy comes up in Congress, he not only
speaks it, but he goes the Senators and Repre-
senatves confers with the Cabinet members and does
everything in his power to rake out of the legislative fire
money for armament and ammunition. In the
smaller affairs the routine and the matters affecting
his district he displays the of energy and
zeal reminding the observer of fanatic who
find quite enough to tire him out.
His nose is sharp, is his chin and his physique is