The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-08-08
HOKE SMITH TELLS
Of WORK IN SENATE
record OF the Democrats in Last Year
and Haif-Speech Before
the Legislature.

| Senator Hoke Smiths speech before
.he JOINT session of the Georgia legis-
| lature on July 18th was a very clear
statement not only of his own work in
The Senate and of his views on ma
tional and international matters. hut
gave an insight into the trend of Dem
ocratic policies.
| Senator Smiths first work in the
senate was in aiding the passage of
the bill creating the Children's Blu
reau, the object Of which is to study
the problems of child life and to help
In developing the highest type of cit.
| lZens. He said he would rather see
the national government raise the
money by income taxes and spend it
Ior such causes than to leave the peo-
pie indebted to men for great char
| tiles.
Arbitration Treaties.
he took an active part in the mod
lhcatfon OF the so-called Peace Trea-
ties measure, which was given an at.
tractlVe name, but which had within
ltself elements Of grave danger. I'm
DER the proposed treaties foreign gov
ernments could have demanded arbi-
tratlon 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 involv-
ing the alleged Indebtedness or mon
eyed obligations Of the Southern
states.
Senator Smith said:
70 bring the problem immediately
nome to ourselves, they could have de-
manoed an arbitration of the liability
or Georgia for the bonds. issued during
reconstruction times, and ~repudfateSf
Dy the state. Indeed, my colleague and
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 a
question of arbitration the right of
aliens to enter our country, to enter
the schools of the states and to Duv
land. has recently attracted especial
attention in connection with the deter
mined purpose of the white people of
the Pacific coast to protect themselves
against Asiatic immigration. SYM
path1ze 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 are
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 add
that l voted for two battleships. |
believe it essential to the peace of this
States shall be strong enough to pro.
tect our shores and our foreign COM
merce from any foe. ! believe it es-
sental 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
h Ch ~
, first session in which he served. The
Sherwood bill which the House had
passed carried an increase estimated
at as high as eighty-1ve million dol
lars year. Senator Smith started the
fight by attacking special pension bills,
following up with assaults upon the
general bill which was passed by a
substitute which reduced the increase
to about twenty millions.
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 on
the last day of the session. He said
he thought perfected bill might be
passed next winter.
The Income Tax.
OF the excise tax, Senator Smith
said:
When the excise tax bill came over
from the house l was requested by the
Democrats Of the finance committee of
the Senate to take charge Of the meas
ure and conduct the debate from the
Democratic standpoint. AS the consti-
tutional amendment authorizing an in
| come tax has been approved by the
necessary number OF states, and as our
new revenue bill provides for an in
come tax, will not take your time to
discuss the excise tax, for il was sim.
ply intended as a substitute for an
income tax pending our lack of consti-,
tutional authority to pass an income
tax.
Il gave my most cordial support to
the income tax ] believe that the
great wealth of the country should
bear its full proportion Of the burdens
of government, and i am aware of no.
way by which this can be accomUlish.
ed except through an income tax"
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