The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-12-31
WASHINGTON LETTER
Washington City,
December goth, 191


Congressman Samuel j. Tribble ia
the course of his eloquent remarks
when introducing Judge CIements~t r
the Georgia society, said that Geor-
gla was as ably represen ted in the
.. S. Congress as an other state in
the Union, and that this h ad always
been the case. He referred to the
Collquits, the Johnsons, the Cobbs
to ToombS as the greatest intellect
the United States ever produced, and
to Benjamin Harvey Hill as the
greatest orator. To Thomas M. Nor
wood, Joseph +. Brown, A. S. Clay,
A. o. Bacon and HOke Smith as great
statesmen upon which Georgia S
claim to imperishable fame could
well afford to rest
Mr.. Tribble was too modest in any
particular to refer to himself, but i
will take the liberty of saying that
as an orator he receives the closest
attention when addressing the House.
BY the way, it will not be amiss to
remark just here that the first speech
Mr.. Tribble ever delivered in the
House was sent broadcast over the
country by the Democra tic cam
paign committee in a national cleo
ton as campaign literature. This
was ont only a compliment to Mr..
Tribble, but to Georgia.
The other day | ran across the
memorial addresses upon the life and
service Of Alexander S. Clay, and in
reading the able and splendid ad-
dress of the late Senator Bacon |
came across a very interesting in
cident.
Mr. Clay's father was upon the
bordering roadside while the fifteen
year old farmer boy was down In the
field blowing, the father called him
from his pillow and presented him to
one who was passing by, and VINO
was to him unknown
The distinguished party proved to
be General John B. Gordon, the bat
tied SCARED veteran who at 80
years of age had by Lees personal
selection commanded the right wing
of his dauntleSs army. Gen eral Cor
don took the WiGe-eyed boy by the
hand, cOmplimented his industry and
forecasted for him a prosperous flu
ture. With swelling heart young
Clay returned to his plow which he
had left in the furrow. TWEEN
ty eight years after this meeting
when General Gordon closed his last
term of service in the U. S. Senate.
met as his successor the fifteen year
old farmer boy who had been called
from the pillow to be introduced to
him.
Boys launching their boats would
do well to study the life of this
Statesman brought up between the
plOwhandles OF Cobb County farm.
That erudite and versatile writer
who always has something worth
reading in his column like the most
of noted writers permits the storm
OF prejudice to occasionally drive him
far away from the theme of his dis
course. | refer to Mr. James Cali
away of the Macon Telegraph. All
that the trenchant writer seems to
be able to discover in Sena tor Hoke
Smiths great speech on information
al law the other day is "prO-Teuton-
ic propaganda"
No enc, so far as | know is opposed
to an extended Investigation into our
foreign relations, and this is not the
first time, not on your tintype, that
the President has been ask ed by Con-
gress for his diplomatic correspon-
dence.
know of no organized movement
TO involve this country in war, al
though the blowing up of the Lust
tania was wicked foul blot upon
the escutcheOn of civilization. Must
piracy be continued upon the high
seas, robbery and ee-bootery go I'M
challenged until we flog that MUIR
derer Germany? Why not attend
to both the thief and the murderec
Challenging in the majesty of our
rights the high handed course of
both. Does the able Correspondent