The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-02-07
Fight on President Kept Up
in the Senate
The British Embargo is Attacked
League of Nations Still Opposed
Serious Charge Against l. w. w
Textile Mills are Closed.


Congress is in a turmoil, between
the wild talk of dissatisfied Demo-
Gratis and the party logrolling of the
Republicans, it is defficult to tell just
what they are doing, or what they are
going to do, except that it may be
assumed, with safety, that they will
keep on talking. Whether any real
business is transacted in the interest
of the people, concerns them not, II
they can just air their own personal
views, and gain any personal or poll
teal advantage otherwise. Charges
and determinations are being freely
made on all sides, and the real bust
ness is almost lost in the shuttle.
The British embargo is getting a
lot of attention in the senate at TINS
time. and not only the usual DIRECTORS
are paving up the air, but such re-
gulars as Jim Ham Lewis, and Ash
hurst of Arizona, are warning Bril-
tain that it is not a good policy to
stir up again the spirit of 1912.
The fight against the League OF
Nations plan continues bitterly.
"Today at Paris" Senator Reed de-
clared, 'we are dreaming the old
dream of a supernation, a brother
hood of man, common control OF
all the races of the world"
Senator Frelinghusen, of New Jer-
sew. whose name sounds rather Ger
man to us, has this nice bouquet to
throw at President Wilson,:
at is all very we'll for the president
to break the presidents of a century
that he may head triumphal process
sions in foreign capitals, sleep in the
chamber of royalty, dine off of gold
plates in the palaces of the modern
Caesars and have his photographs
taken with kings and
queens and princesses. But wnat OF
the American private who returns TO
bic native shores dis
missed without dollar in his pocket. "
Senator Kirby, of Arkansas, demo-
crat, replied briefly to Senator Ere
linghuvsen. He charged that incl
dents had been unduly enlarged upon
and said criticisms had been made for
partisan purposes and with little and
often no foundation in fact. The
ratio of complaints to the number OF
men involved has been exceedingly
small, Senator Kirby said.
Also opposition to three or hve-
year program of holding the railroads
to try out certain theories was Sc
verelv criticized as experimenting
with the railroads. This matter, as
MANY others, remains up in the air
and settlement far away.
The textile mills in the Lawrence,
Mass, section have been closed by
strikers, and Passaic, New Jersey,
mills are also shut down. In Georgia,
the Columbus mills are all closed, ex-
cept two of the smaller ones. The
feeling manifested by some OF the
leaders is very bitter and opposed 10
any arbitration, even if the mill own
ers should agree to it, so this re-
mains one of the little or big problems
which the country must solve.
In the Senate this week Senator
Thomas, of Colorado, who, by the
wav. was born in Americas, Ca, made
the open charge that the l. W. w. and
associated Bolsheviki interests, were
secretly at work in this country for
the overthrow of our government,
and further charged that certain
member of congress was in attend
ance, in sympathy with public meet
ing of this character, in which it was
openly urged that "Red" America
should supersede our present govern
ment. cred" is the short and Eng
lish name for Bolsheviki, and has
stood for Anarchy in this country.
Congressman Mason, of Illinois,
and Dillon, of South Dakota, were
both said to have attended the meet
ing, although their names were not
called in Senator Thomas charge.
The Senate authorized an investl-
cation into lawless propaganda be-
ing circulated in this country.
On the floor of the House on the
following day, Mr.. Dillon, amid ap-
plause, said he did not attend the
meeting, was not invited and knew
nothing about it.
Mr.. Mason vigorously denied that
cred American" was urged at the