Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-03-19
WRITES
Or FRANCE ABUR
Representative Linthicrzn De
plores Congressman France
Cannok Be Recalled
PEOPLE RESENT ACTION

letter written to Or 4. Il. Il.
Dohme. 81 Baltimore. By Representa-
tive j. Charles Linthicum. 81 this
county, nkmber ol the House Conn
inittee on Naval Affairs. has Just been
made public.
Tn THIS letter Congressman LinIhi-
cum depIores the fact that there Is no
mems provided By the state where
by Senator France could be recalled
because of the lsplorahie fiIihuster
which the latter carried on against the
league os nations. according 10 news
paper reports.
The congressman declares that II
she senator were up nov for election
lte would bc defeated Overwhelmingly
ard hopes that .'the people Of Mary
Z nd will HI some manner let aim
know and let the country know that
he does not express the best senti-.
ment og our commonwealth nor the
view of our people.
This letter was written Il response
10 communication from Or Duhme
announcing his support Of the Presi-
dents league os nations plan. In
answer to this letter Mr., LinthienIn
said
It was my extreme pleasure and
advantage to be one of the Invited
guests, as member of the Foreign
Affairs Committee OF the House. At the
dinner and meeting given by the Pres
1dent upon his return to America. !
heard the league constitution, ais ex
planned from the lips OF the Presi-
dent. say without hesltancy that
all the Ills advanced by Messrs. BOrah,
Knox, Lodge and France we're abso-
lutely wiped out BY the explanation
OF the President, and though there
may be some slight amendments to
the constitution as formed Dy Inc best
thinkers 0f fourteen nations. Il Will
certainly. ID the best. os my Judgment.
meet the situation. realize there
may be some amendments, nothing
penned by man is perhaps perfect
Speaking of Senator France and his.
oDstructionist tactics. Mr Llnthicnm
said:
You have we'll said this Is no time
for politics, nor Tor the fillbnster but
for broad vision Of the situation and
condition OF the world ait the present
time. i tleplore the fact that one Of
the men who has done tho most oE the
filibustering and who has not correct
ly represented onr state Is our own
Senator France. ri he were running
today he most assuredly would be de-
feated by an overw heisning majority.
The people Of Maryland should In
some manner Let him know and lot the
country know that he does not ex-
press the best sentiment of our com
monwealth. nor the view 81 our peo-
pie,
Or. Dohnae's comment upon fllibns-
tering at such q time as this is Rs fol-.
lows
The man who can nov feel dis
posed to filibuster for advantage and
spend his time and his country's time
and money upon purity interest Or par
tisan advantage Ii no more IL U sit
In the natlon's legislature than the
Mexican peon. the Chinese coolie Or
the Patagonian This Il time in the
affairs 81 men when mems souls.
should look up and rise above the
mediocritiea Of ordinary things and
conditions and adopt more of the
spirit oe Patrick Henry and less Of
the splgit Of Tweed and Croker Big
hearts and great souls are now need
ed in the AFFAIRS o. men, and con
structiye cooperation. tempered with
hunaanitarianisna, should be their
guiding akaf'