The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-08-09
ROKE SMITH Tells
OF WORK IN SENATE
Record OF the Democrats in Last Year
and Haif-Speeeh Before
the Legislature.

Senator Hoke Smiths speech before
the joint session of the Georgia Iegis
lature on July 18th was a very cleaI
statement not only Of his own -~ork IN
The Senate and Of his views on ma
tional and international matters, but
gave an insight into the trend of Dem
ocratic policies.
Senator Smiths first work in the
I Senate was in aiding the passage oil
the bill creating the Children's Bp
reau, the object of which is to study
the problems Of child life and to helL
In developing the highest type of cit
liens. He said he would rather see
the national government raise the
money by income taxes and spend il
for such causes than to leave the PEG
I pie indebted to men for great char
| tiles.
| Arbitration Treaties.
He TOOK an active part in the mod
ihcation of the so-caLled Peace Urea
ties" measure, which was given an at
tractive name, but which had within
itself elements of grave danger. I'm.
der the proposed treaties foreign gov
ernments could have demanded arbi-
tration of questions involving our
purely governmental policies. They
could have demanded arbitration of
our right to hold the Panama canal
zone. of questions affecting the admis.
sion of aliens into the United States,
and the admission Of aliens into the
educational institutions in the several
states, of questions involving the Mon
roe doctrine. and of questions involy-
/ ing the alleged Indebtedness or mon
eyed obligations OF the Southern
states.
Senator Smith said:
TO bring the problem Immediately
| home to ourselves. they could have de-
manded an arbitration of the liability
| OF Georgia for the bonds issued during
reconstruction times, and repudated
by the state. Indeed, my colleague ana
] were advised that pending the consid-
Grafton of the treaty letters with refer
ence to the repudiated bonds had al
ready been presented at the state de-
partment"
Amendments advocated by Senator
Smith were adopted correcting all
these dangers
The Japanese Question.
Senator Smith continued:
| The importance of excluding as O
| question of arbitration the right OF
aliens to enter our country, to enter
the schools of the states and to buy
| land, has recently attracted especial
attention in connection with the deter.
I mined purpose of the white people OF
1 the Pacific coast to protect themselves
against Asiatic immigration. | sym.
Il pathize with them in their determine.
ton to preserve the beautiful slopes
west of the Rocky mountains for the
white men who are now there, and for
those who may grow up to inhabit the
soil of their fathers.
Chinese and Japanese already In
sufficient numbers have landed upon
their coast to teach them the diff
culties which may come from race
problems We may find from their sit
uation at least one source of comfor
From their troubles the whole country
Is realizing the difficulties with which
we have had to contend, and they arc
helping us make converts to the doc
trine that we must be left to handle
our race troubles for ourselves.
In this connection, | wish to ado
| that | voted for two battleships
believe 1t essential to the peace of this
country that war vessels of the United
/ States shall be strong enough to pro
tect our shores and our foreign com
merce from any foe. | believe it es
sential that our men-of-war should be
able to control the ocean west of us
We need fear no trouble on the east
Fight on Big Pension Bill.
| Senator Smith explained fully his
opposition to the big pension bill
which 1t was sought to enact at the
! first session in which he served. The
Sherwood bill which the House haG
passed carried an increase estimated
at as high as eighty-five million dol
lars year. Senator Smith started the
fight by attacking special pension bills
following up with assaults upon the
4 general bill which was passed by 8
substitute which reduced the increase
to about twenty millions.
i The senator gave an account of his
/ fight on the bill known as the work
mems compensation act which was re
ally designed to deprive railroad EN-
ployes of their rights under the En-
ployers' Liability Act The bill was
finally defeated by senator Smith oil
the last day of the session. lie sale
he thought a perfected bill might be-
passed next winter.
The Income Tax.
or the excise tax, Senator Smith
said:
when the excise tax bill came oyel
from the house | was requested by The
| Democrats of the finance committee o
the Senate to take charge of the meas
ure and conduct the debate from tn,
Democratic standpoint, AS the consti
. tutional amendment authorizing an in
come tax has been approved by tn,
necessary number of states. and as oul
new revenue bill provides for an in
come tax. | will not take your time Il
discuss the excise tax. for il was sim
ply intended as substitute for al
income tax pending our lack of consti
tutional authority to pass an incom,
tax.
Il gave my most cordial support Il
the income tax believe that TIL,
great wealth OF the country shoult
bear its full proportion of the burdens
OF government, and l am aware of M
way by which this can be accomplish
ed except through an income tax"
The Parcels Post.
The parcels post was given consider
able attention by Senator Smith, a
he had in the 'postoftice committee tai
en- an active part in formulating tn