The Washington herald., 1913-02-15
PROTEST AGAINST
ISSTATUE
Mr.. Focht Says Pennsylvanians
Don't Want One on Bridge
to Arlington.
CALLS HIM TRAITOR
Senator Wesley L. Jones Says There
Is Tendency to Believe Pub
lie Men Dishonest.
CALLS HIM TRAITOF

| Protest against the suggestion that a
| statue OF the late jefferson Davis, Pres
| ident of the Confederate States. be placed
| on the proposed memorial bridge con-
Meeting Washington and Arlington, was
made at the annual banquet OF the Sons
of Veterans Club at the New Ebbftt
last night by Representative B. X.
FoCht.
Representative Focht declared that the
people of Pennsylvania had been silent
! when a statue of Gen. Robert f. Lee.
commander-in-chief of the Confederate
states army, was placed in Statuary
Hall. in the Capitol. Lee. Mr.. Focht
stated. was a soldier and a gentleman.
But Mr.. Focht called Jefferson Davis
that arch traitor and conspirator." and
asserted that there isn't living man
in Pennsylvania who can believe that II
is possible for anybody to suggest that
statue Gf Davis be placed on the
bridge
He also alluded to the agitation to call
the civil war a war between the States" "
He opposed the proposed change. and
said the seat of the conspiracy which
resulted in the civil war had neither
been in Virginia, kentucky. nor in Ten
nessee. all of which had furnished the
Union army with hundreds Of thousands
OF soldiers. but in South Carolina,
Georgia, and Mississippi. The Union
army marched into the Southland 20
Expects to Come Back.
Referring to the statuts of the Re-
publican party and its defeat at the
polls last November. Representative
Focht said he himself had been de-
feated. but confidently expected TO be
returned again to Congress before long.
He spoke in favor Of reuniting the Re
publican party, but not OF destroying
il. and said that all the trouble at
the national convention in Chicago had
been due to the dishonest and uncon-
s1itutiona1 representation at the con-
vention of the Southern States. Mr..
Focht said that either the colored man
down South must vote or the Southern
representation must be reduced. He
stigmatized the talk about the recall
of judges. initiative and referendum
as 'moonshine" and declared that even
though defeated he stood pat
F. T. F. johnson. president OF the club
made the address of welcome and IN
troduced Mai. +. r. Campbell past COM
mander-in-c chief. Sons of Veterans, ".
s. A.. as toastmaster. Letters OF regret
were read from Charles d. Hilles. sec
President Taft conveyed his best wishes;
Senator McCumber. Senator Curtis.
Postmaster General Hitchcock. and
others.
senator Jones Speaks.
SENATOR Wesley l.. Jones of Washing
ton deplOred that there was a tendency
abroad to regard every man who occu-
pied a public position as being corrupt.
Sometimes We think" said Senator
Jones, that our public men are not
what they ought TO be. There is an opin-
hrs
corrupt. which is the result to very
great extent of the last political cam
paign. Sometimes it looks as II people
want the man who talks the loudest and
does the least
when man honestly tries to do |
his best and honestly differs with other !
people he is regarded with suspicion !
There is little induCement for a man TO |
hold a public Office. Lincoln was ma
liGned. his patriotism was denounced and |
certain people accused him of going too |
fast. while others said he was not going |
fast enough. There are those who are
to-day in a similar manner but |
who can take consolation from Lincoln's |
experiences
Others on the speaking programme
We're Rev. ". II. Holmes. Capt. Thomas
II. Mckee, senior vice department COM
mander: II. V. Speelman. past COM
Itoiioei -H-'HVi vi tllc OIuer' fSdlpn VI.
Grant. commander-ln-chief of the or
and others. Irwin Coserove,
accompanied on the piano by Miss Grace
Rallies. entertained with comic songs.
The guests included Ralph NJ Grant,
Senator Wesley l.. Jones, W. e. Dustin
H. V. Speelman, Representative Focht.
Col. b. F. Bingham. Col. o. H. Oldroyd,
Col John McElroy. Capt Thomas II. |
Mckee. Irwin Cosgrove, and Rev. n. H.
Holmes