The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-07-06
F" GHOST" TAKES ON
LIFE IN THE SENATE
AFTER SOME CARVING PROTEST
AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN is
REVISED AND PASSED.
NOTHING BUT THE BARK LEFT
Now Committee viii, With Due Cere-
mOny, Forward to the President
What Was Once Protest Against
His Policy Toward Great Britain.

His Policy Toward Great Britain.
ATLANTA.-Ag ghost came to life
in the senate this morning. Twenty
years or more ago the corpse was laid
aside and since that time, according
to the sages of the legislative halls,
not even the rattle of bones has been
heard from the burial ground.
The committee on ''the state of
the republic" has reported.
To be sure it was a mild sensation
in the upper house of the general as
sembly since only when the state is
in imminent danger of attack, invas-
ion of state of war, is the state of
the republic" ever expected to report.
The Andrews British blockade pro-
test resolution caused it. 1t was a
joint resolution, passed by the house
and referred to the senate for act
ion-concurrence, as it is usually
termed and looked for The same
sort of a resolution, it will be remem-
bered, was introduced in the senate,
put through, then considered, and
carved to pieces. The house resolu
ton went through uncarved and
found it's way over to the Estate of
the republic to be sure, it
was a question seriously bearing on
the state of the republic.
Some Carving Is Done.
The legislative burial ground came
to life, held a sort of wake over Mr..
Andrews protest against the way
Great Britain is treating the Georgia
and other American cotton produc-
ers-and then got out it's carving
knife. The instrument may have been
dull from long disuse, but it was
pushed through the word Illegal in
describing the way Great Britain is
restraining American trade under the
famous order in council. Then the
words disregard of the rights of cit
liens of the United States" were carv-
ed out; a similar operation was per-
formed on the contrary to the laws
of the nation" and the words which
put it up to President Wilson to insist
that Great Britain call off and put
stop to her blockade of neutral Euro
pean ports "either through diplomacy
or retaliatory means"-in other
words, the bulldog was left with
nothing but a bark, and when all the
front teeth had been extracted the
thing was found to be about what the
Estate of the republic" needed and 1t
was handed over to the senate, which
passed it by viva yoce vote.
Now a committee of five from the
senate and seven from the house will
take the remains of what was once a
protest, write something to President
Wilson in conformity with what's left
and say something about the way
this country isn't being allowed to
get its commerce through to neutral
ports in Europe.
He Favored Original.
When the amended resolution came
up for the vote Senator ID. c. Pickett,
of the Eleventh, said that he was in
favor of the original resolution and
of the amended one, and that
'The United States has not hesitat-
ed to call Germany at every stage of
of the game, while Great Britain has
shown no consideration towards this
country, and especially towards the
South"
Mr.. Pickett was appointed chair
man of the senate committee to trans
NIT the resolution to the president