The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-02

tionwide cry for preparation was one raised by the minions of Morgan in that the money masters might add more cer- tificates to their already immeasurable sum. It happened that Davis was rep resenting Texas district. Now Texas, suffering as a result of repeated raids of Mexican bandits favored the plan of the President to prepare to such an extent that the United States might drive back invaders and punish robbers and mur- derers There was necessarily, as a re- suit, a conflict between the people of Texas and the representative of one of the Texas districts. Several of the news papers of the Lone Star state grew criti- ical and finally Upshur Vincent, Texas correspondent wrote an article that got right up under Cyclones" new collar. From what is judged, the Vincent article was based on the declaration of Cyclone that Gen. Nelson A. Miles was patriot when he testified that this nation was in better condition to repel an attack than the tjingoes'' would have the people be- lieve. Davis reached the conclusion that Vincent could not have published that ar- ticle unless he had been inspired by the 'liquor interests" angered, according to the Texans belief, on account of certain speeches which he had made in the inter- est of prohibition.
 The speech of Cyclone was a wonder .. It was not the language of a backwoods orator or the eloquence and ininnitable hu- mor of a Crockett It was literary clas- sic of well rounded and alliterative pe- riods, of carefully chosen words-and dy- mamie in it's driving power And it was so bitter so remorseless in it's expressions of hatred. so ribald in it's language, so unforgiving in it's tone and tenor, and in the opinion of many members, so vulgar
 in it's description of poor Vincent that it must have been written--as it was spoken by one well versed in prohibition cam paign literature.
 It was a speech. but of course Davis did not speak it. He secured the right to extend his remarks in the record. It is probable that Davis planned to send copies of the speech throughout Texas for the purpose of proving to the brethren that he had crucified and quartered an- other of those who did not believe as he The copy of the record containing the attack was circulated on the morning of it's publication. MT. Madden of Illinois moved that a committee be appointed to investigate the language used The com mittee was appointed. Davis desired to know of the speaker what his rights were. He was informed that he could appear either in person or by attorney be- fore the committee: It is thought prob- able that the committee will vote to ex- punge the offensive language from the permanent record.
 Poor Davis In rereading his "extended., remarks, 1t is noticed that after Having the press of Texas, especially the Houston Post and Chronicle, he thanked God that there was one sweet source of publicity which did not come under the head of kept press'-a remark which proves that he is akin to the Alabama prohibition party. But he may very soon withdraw that kindly reference to the Congressional Record. For the best opinion is that Con- gress will expunge his remarks and prove that in any ''press''-kept or peripatetic -an author to secure the publication of his thoughts must clothe them in words that are clean and in part, at least, re- spectable.