The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-04-05
applause" to Be Barred From
Congressional Record.
STUCK IN FOR HOME READERS
Billie for Monuments and Memorials
Are Numerous This Session
Wave Perry's "non't Give Up
the ship" Flag.
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applause" Perhaps the public doea
not know II. but great many OF the
nne speeches which appear IN the
Congressional Record and which FREE
Quentiy are sent out In pamphlet form
20 constituents to admire, never were
delivered. A member gets two min
utes' time. stands on his feet, deiiy-
era himself Of the opening paragraph
OF . speech and then gets leave 70
print" the remainder In the Congress
sional Record. when the Record APP
pears with tho speeches In full II FREE
quentiy has been found that the mem
Der who waa supposed TO have de-
hvered the speech has inserted here
and there In parenthesis the word
Applause" and occasionally he has in
serted great applause" and on other
occasions be may put In long. loud
and continuous applause" and again
great cheering" THIS has been pro
nounced time and again to be petty
sort OF deceit intended for home con.
sumption and the making OF votes.
Congress may take cognizance OF
this applause practice" for Represen-
tative DUpre has introduced this reso.
luton. which II il said may pass:
Resolved. THAT the Congressional
Record shall hereafter contain no ref
erence 70 any applause that may oc-
cur IN connection with anything done
or sold on the floor OF the house OF
representatives, nor shalI any method
OF Indicating approval or disapproval
thereof be employed In said publica-
tion
There IA nothing In this resolution
20 show directly what ID is aimed at,
but every member knows and it Ii
probable that good many men who
have written the word applause
dozen times win vote for the resolu
ton rather than have II appear that
they have been addicted 10 deceit
sui practice and would like TO keep It
up.
Season for Monuments.
This seems 70 be the session for the
Introduction OF bills into congress TOR
The erection of monuments and me-
MORALS OF various kinds. Mr.. Flood
or Virginia has just introduced btu,
To provide for the construction OF
9 memorial highway. archway and
gateway n memory 81 Thomas Jeffer-
son az Monticello. Albemarle county,
Virginia" The Democrats make more
or less OF shrine OF Thomas Jeffer
sons old home, The approaches to
u nre said not 10 bio what they should
be. and there Is d chance that Mr..
Floods bin win pass the house It
will stand a fair chance OF passage
In the senate also, because although
the Republicans there are in ma
Jority, no party men like TO let It APP
pear that they are moved by political
considerations to deny honor to the
memory OF great man OF another
party.
Representative Legare OF South
Carolina. having noted the successful
attempt to secure monument TO
christopher Columbus In tho city OF
Washington. has asked congress to
erect a monument to the memory OF
Queen isabella OF Spain.
Show Perry's old Flag.
The other day In congress an ap-
preparation was asked TO repair. pre-
serve and properly exhibit the trophy
flags now In store in the naval acad-
.emy at Annapolis, Md, In order that
the attempt to secure the appropria.
tion might have plenty of patriotic
sentiment 10 inspire It's passage, one
of the members had secured from
the naval academy several OF the bat.
tle flags which are now in the keeping
OF that institution One OF them was
the flag flown by Commodore Perry
lat the battle OF Lake Erie, II Is a blue
Tag with these words In gold letters
inscribed upon it: Don't Give Up the
ship" These words. of course. will
be recognized as those OF Captain
Lawrence OF the United States navy.
who commanded the trigate Chesa.
peake in It's battle with the British
Irlgate shannon on the Maine coast
IA the war OF 1912,
Lawrence was mortaily wounded In
the action and his last words were
Don't give up the ship" words which
became the motto OF the American
navy. Captain Lawrence lies buried
IN Trinity ehurchyard. New York city.
his grave being within fifteen feet OF
the iron fence which separates the
cemetery from the busiest part OF that
great thoroughfare, Broadway Hun.
dreds Of thousands OF people visit this
grave in the course Of year and II Is
seen through the fence paIings by as
many more thousands. who il they
would stop for moment. could read
from the pavement the inApiriting In
scriptton which the tomb bears.
Marines Are Ever First
The reported request from the
American minister At the City Of
Mexico for marines TO guard the
Legation there in case that the I'D
rising against the president Of Mexico
should endangeF the lives Of Amert.
cans, accentuates the fact that the ma
rfnes Of the United States service al
most always have been the frat Of
the American armed forces TO be cali.
ed on for service in case that iris
country Is threatened with trouble