The Irish standard., 1919-11-22

Walsh, declaring his sympathy for the
oppressed people and determination to
do what he could to insure that the
league should do justice to them. He
said it was, as written, league for
maintenance Of the status Quo," and
that, he protested, was wrong to the
subject nations of the world.
The. Notorious Mississippi Senator
Cuts Loose.
Senator Williams took the floor the
instant Senator Walsh had sat down.
Selling upon the words. Il have stood
here as the offspring of subject peo-
ples," he attacked the Massachusetts,
Senator, asserting that the latter ought
to stand in his place in the Senate "as
an American citizen. regardless of all
issues of love or hatred in Europe"
From this he launched into repeti-
tion of the denunciation which two or
three weeks ago he poured forth upon
all Americans of Irish birth or extrac.
tion. Ringing the changes on the
phrase about the Offspring of sub.
ject races" he attacked the Massa-
chusetts Senator with intense bitter
ness.
The two Senators stood only few
feet apart on the Democratic side, and
as Mr.. Walsh poured forth his reply to
the attack the Senators stood almost
toe to toe
Pays the Price Anticipated.
Senator Walsh in his reply said:
1T is unnecessary for me to say
how painful this incident is: 1t has
been coming to me, however, for a
long time, and it might as we'll have
happened today as at any time. Since
my speech month ago it has been ap-
parent that the first opportunity would
be sought to impute improper motives
to me, to lessen my influence in this
body and in other ways to let it be
known that was committing griev-
our offense by differing from my party
associates. 1t did not need words to
convince me how my utterances were
received. The attitude of some men,
! bers on this floor-very few-has dem.
onstrated that sooner or later would
receive their denunciations; and so the
Senator from Mississippi sat at DISK
in front of me today watching for the
words to drop from my lips that might
give him chance to say what was in
his mind toward me.
| Il stand here as descendant Of
subject races. If 1t pleases you better
/ will speak more plainly. stand here
as the son of an Irish immigrant
mother and father. Is that an Ameri-
can? Have we not heard from the lips
of the Senator repeatedly assurance of
the ancestry that he came from and
have we not heard him boast of it?
Has the Right Of Petition and Protest
| Gone From America.
Dare an American come to the
United States Senate and raise his
voice in protest against America
changing its policy toward subject
races? l speak for no European races.
The Irish and English question has no
business in this chamber; but the re-
lations of the American Government
to that question have some business
in this chamber, and when these peo-
pie have believed-mistakenly II you
please-have thought honestly and
sincerely that this covenant and the
League of Nations meant the United
States joining their oppressor, in Cod g
name what is there in American in
stitutions that prevents them the
right Of petition, Of protest? Has the
right Of petition and protest gone
from America? Yes, according to
some, it has. II you are of Irish an
cestry accept this covenant or you are
pro-Irish and un-American. If you are
of Italian ancestry, accept this cove
nant, for If you protest you are pro
Italian and un-American. And so on
That is the argument.
"This same Senator would stand on
this floor and eulogize me in the beau
tiful language he can use and does use
so effectively IL I sat here and said
as a descendant of subject races,
say this covenant will mean the free
dom of every subject race
Cannot an American Senator who
is descendant of a subject race cal
attention to the fact that this compact
may be change in the policy o.
America? protest as an American
citizen and as an American Senator
against America Joining in any com
pact with European Powers which may
change the whole policy of the United
States in its attitude of sympathy ani
aid toward subject peoples"