The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-10-11
The Gentleman From Georgia Sings
to Congress- the Praises of Atlanta
By GENE BYRNES

CSince the fargOne day when
Proctor Knott Of Kentucky, in the
lower house of congress, sang the
praises of Duluth, Wis, no speech
has been uttered in that hail which
deserves to be laureled alongside
the illustrious Kentuckian's save
one. That one was delivered the
other day by Mr.. Upshaw of At
lanta, Ga, and is reproduced here
verbatim from the Congressional
Record of oct. >. Read it and for
get your troubles.-Editor).
Mr.. KITCHIN. | yield to the gen
tleman from Georgia (Mr. Upshawl 10
minutes. NpplauseD.
Mr.. UPSHAW. Mr.. Chairman and
gentlemen of the House, hidden by
that impulse of hospitality which is
proveibial among the people Of my
state and section, ! have come to ask
each and every one of my colleagues
| in Congress to pay us Il neighborly
visit. October 40 the great Confeder-
ate Reunion will meet in Atlanta,
Ga. Some have thought that it may
be the last meeting ever held because
of the fact that the veterans are grow
ing 50 old and feeble, and that the
remnant of the "fast-thinning lines of
gray" grows smaller with every setting
sun. Speaking for my whole state,
and especially for my own great cap
| ital city-an invitation in which all
| e my Georgia colleagues heartily join
- lay at the feet-may | say at the
door of the heart-of every Congress
man a cordial invitation to attend this
reunion and find out personally, if you
are so poor as not to know. just what
an old.time southern welcome is like.
| One Of our honored colleagues, Mr..
! Collier of Mississippi, is to respond to
| the address of welcome for the Sons
Of Confederate Veterans; for the gal
| liant sons are to meet and mingle dur
ing this festival week amid the inspir
ing fellowship of their gallant sires.
We want you to come because we
want you to come. Uaughter). We
want YOU to come for our sakes IN
order that we may have the blessing
and inspiration that would come from
your splendid presence; and then, very
frankly. we want you to come for youl
own sakes. for we want you to kno"
what it means to look at the heroic
forms and tottering steps of our hero
fathers who never trembled when car
rying burdens and facing hardships fol-
the states that they honored and the
people that they loved; we want yot
to look into the faceS-before they sc
soon pass away; faces that are 'BrlZ
zled, grand and gray and dearer ever
than when they dashed like the charge
of the Light Brigade, into the battle
blazing bell. We find ourselves won
dering with what a shower of deVotlor
the South will throw its clinging arms
of love about the last survivor OF th'
cause for which Robert f.. Lee tough
and Stonewall Jackson fell-the las
Confederate soldier whose wrinkle'
brow. famed by the breeZes OF Beulai
Land. waits for the summons to eros
over the river and rest under the shad'
of the trees" But before they all hea
the call to the ternal camping groun'
we want YOU to see eye to eye ant
face TO face these brave old patriots
but Yesterday the knightly soldiers o
the Stripes and Bars, game losers II
n tournament nobler far than eve
shattered lance at Camelot or Stirling
and now, thank God, soldiers in spirl
and defenders in fact of all the riT
pling beauty and glory of the stars ant
Stripes. Applause). We want you l
see these patriots and patrlarchs Wh
we're true enough to stand for conVlC
tions of government dearer than HE
and who were brave enough ana WIS
enough in the aftermath of prov
DENTAL defeat to teach their son
around their family altars to love TN
flag of their reunited country. (Al
plause).
Mr. BLANTON. Will the gentlema
yield right there?
Mr.. UPSHAW. 1 yield to the ger
tleman.
Mr.. BLANTON. If by going to A
lanta we could sidetrack some of thes
tungsten ore bills, chemical, glass, an
surgical instrument bills, pearlbutto
bills. magnesite bills, and other bill
the sidetrackng of which would be
benefit to the people Of the Unite
States, 1t would pay Congress to tax
a recess of n week and go down ther
to your city. Uaughter).
Mr.. UPSHAW. May I say to tn
gentleman from Texas that, apprecia
ing the very keen. pertlnen>. suggestlo
he has made. I have come to bring