The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-04-05
TO CUT OUT DECEIT
Applause" to Be Barred From
Congressional Record.
STUCK IN FOR HOME READERS
Bills for Monuments and Memorials
Are Numerous This Session.
Wave Perry's "Don't Give UP
the Ship" Flag.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

BY GEORGE CLINTON.
Observation-Disclosures intends to
shut down on "deceitful illusions to
applause" Perhaps the public does
not know 1t, but great many OF the
fine speeches which appear in the
Congressional Record and which fro
quently are sent out in pamphlet form
to constituents to admire, never were
delivered. A member gets two min
utes' time, stands on his feet, deliv-
ers himself of the opening paragraph
of a speech and then gets leave to
print" the remainder in the Congress
sional Record. When the Record ap-
pears with the speeches in full it fire.
quently has been found that the men,
Der who was supposed to have de-
livered the speech has inserted here
and there in parenthesis the word
applause" and occasionally he has in
serted great applause" and on other
occasions he may put in long, loud
and continuous applause and again
great cheering" This has been pro-
nounced time and again to be a 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 it Is said may pass:
Resolved, That the Congressional
Record shall hereafter contain no ref.
erence to any applause that may oc-
cur in connection with anything done
or said on the floor of the house OF
representatives, nor shall any method
Of indicating approval or disapproval
thereof be employed in said publica-
tion."
There is nothing in this resolution
to show directly what it Is aimed at,
but every member knows and 1t is
probable that a good many men who
have written the word applause a
dozen times will vote for the resolu-
tiOn rather than have it appear that
they have been addicted to deceit
full practice and would like to keep 1t
up.
Season for Monuments.
This seems to be the session for the
introduction OF bills into congress for
the erection of monuments and me-
MORALS of various kinds. Mr.. Flood
Of Virginia has just introduced bill,
ITO provide for the construction OF
memorial highway, archway and
gateway in memory of Thomas Jeffer.
son at Monticello, Albemarle county,
Virginia" The Democrats make more
or less of q shrine of Thomas Jefer
sons old home. The approaches to
1t are said not to be what they should
be. and there Is a chance that MIR
Floods bill will pass the house. II
will stand fair chance Of passage
in the senate also, because although
the Republicans there are in a ma
jority, no party men like to let 1t ap
pear that they are moved by political
considerations to deny honor to the
memory of great man of another
party.
Representative Legare OF Soutt
Carolina. having noted the successful
attempt to secure monument t
Christopher Columbus in the city O.
Washington, has asked congress Il
erect a monument to the memory O
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 troph!
flags now in store in the naval acad
envy at Annapolis, Md. In order tina
the attempt to secure the approprla
ton might have plenty Of patriotic
sentiment to inspire its passage. ont
of the members had secured from
the naval academy several of the bat
tie flags which are now in the keeping
of that institution. One of them wa!
the flag flown by Commodore PER-!
at the battle OF Lake Erie. 1t is a blu,
flag with these words in gold letter!
inscribed upon it: Don't Give Up th'
Ship" These words, Of course, vii
be recognized as those OF Captain
Lawrence of the United States navy
who commanded the frigate Chesa
peake in it's battle with the British
frigate Shannon off the Maine coas
in the war of 1912.
Lawrence was mortally wounded II
the action and his last words wer,
Don't give up the ship" words which
became the motto of the American
navy. Captain Lawrence lies buriet
in Trinity churchyard. New York city
his grave being within fifteen feet O
the iron fence which separates th'
cemetery from the busiest part OF tina
great thoroughfare, Broadway. Hun
dreds OF thousands Of people visit Thu
grave in the course Of year and it 1.
seen through the fence palings by al
many more thousands, who II the!
would stop for moment, could reat
from the pavement the inspiriting in
scription which the tomb bears.