The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-24
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day was yesterday, expressed thanks
that there were two secretaries in the
Cabinet who would save the country
from bloody war
In lauding Mr.. Daniels, Representative
John H. Small of North Carolina said
that Mr.. Daniels would always stand
by what he believed to be right, wheth-
er, all were in favor or not"
Representative Ben johnson Of Ken
lucky chairman of the District Commit
tee of the House, said that the nation
was proud OF Mr.. Daniels because ne
was the g''protege of one Of whom the
nation has always been proud He
is always on the side Of the people"
continued Mr.. Johnson. Later Mr.. John-
son referred 10 his own work. for the
District, ana said that probably the Dis
trict did not think very highly OF him
at present, but that they would find
later that he was working in their in
teresS, and that they would. he hoped
think better of him before he left Con-
gress.
Lobbyist for Common Good.
In introducing Perry Belmont, Senator
James spoke of him as a lobbyist for
the common good.
Mr.. Belmont said, in part: Some years
d
then / have been a resident OF Wash
ington. All of my agreeable recollec-
lions are conferred in this CITY,. AFTER
mentioning his advocation Of an army
leag que, Mr. belmont continued:
The subject of the navy interests me
at present, although / cannot say 1t did
at the time I was in Congress. / was
then AGAINST the construction OF any
canal across the isthmus. At present,
the great work seems to me to involve
a complete change of the relations of the
United states to the rest of the world.
1t may be necessary to pay greater at
tention to the army and navy, not ag-
gressively. but preparedly.
Ira Z. Bennett. of the Washington Post.
Ielaimed that Mr.. Daniels, as a news
peoer man. had the faculty of retaining
sec,ets The safest man to whom to
tell Secrets was Mr.. Bennett continued,
newspaper man. Mr.. Bennett said that
he was Mad to see that there were mer
in the Cabinet who purposed TO maintain
peace as lofy as possible.
Representative Pugh Of North Carolina
expressed his selief in peace, but con-
we must fight In ne interest of justice
We should have the means to strike and
win" In referring to the statement
of a Roman that a boal on which Caesar
was a passenger. "coulI not sink be-
cause it held Caesar" Mr.. 9ugh stad that
the ship of state could not sink as long
as it had Mr.. Bryan aboart
Arcoplane for ollie Jaue..
Secretary Daniels claimed that he
was going to order the cong ruction
of a monster aeroplane capable Of car
rying Admiral James to the skies"
There have been. in my opinion"
continued Mr.. Daniels, only two CHEAT
Presidents. They were Abraham LII
coin. and Woodrow Wilson" That thu
only need of a Secretary of the Navy
was to know where something would
break next and have a ship there" was
the way Mr. Daniels summed up his
duties. He referred TO North Carolina
as "a great State, simple in its great
ness
THE only use of a navy, continued
Mr. Daniels, lis to occupy the position
of a policeman-not to be strong and big
as a MANAGE. I would blush for shame
if | thought that our navy would be
used for conquest or to conquer ana TO
colonize people without their consent
The only menace TO our national peace
is the monumental crime perpetrated in
bringing into our control without their
colonies not of our race and
not in sympathy with us We must have
A navy for defense and protection, but
never for conquest"
The following were present: Hon. Jo-
sephus Daniels, Hon. William ]. Bryan,
Hon. w. c. Redfeld. Senator Ollie James.
Senator Lee 8. Overman. Hon. Robert n
Page, Hon. Edwin Y. Webb. Hon. John II.
Small. Hon Ben johnson. Senator F. NJ.
Simmons. Milton E. Allies, r. p. Andrews.
II. E. c. Bryant. Howard A. Banks, Ira
f. Bennett, Perry Belmont. Gen. John'H.
CowIes. A. G. Chaplain, ]. II. Crawford.
H. Bradley Davidson, John Dolph, r.
Golden Donaldson. George E. Fleming.
James A. Gray, jr.. P. H. Hanes, jr.- LIE
roy Heron, John W. Hunter, Robert N.
Harper. Michael Hester, o. III. p. john
son, William c. Johnson, Gardner F.
Johnson, Clarence P. King, S. Dana Lin
coin, Hon. John A. Mills, F. P. Milburn,
Walter Murphy, DR.. w. P. Malone, Will
lam J. Oliver, Col W. H. Osborn, Frank
S. Ouerbacker, E. Southland Parker.
Thomas Pence, John Poole, Joseph E.
Ralph. DIR. George Ruff1n, James Sharp,
Jerry South, Walter Stabler, South Trim
BILE. C. W. Warden. George W. White,