The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-11-08

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tile Effort TO Stem the Tide 81
Fierce Yituperation.
Washington, Nov. enhancement
and CONSERVATION have been cauecd
among Democrats in Congress by :
bitter attack upon the Irish by SEN
ator John Sharp Williams Of Missis-
sippi who for years has been tho
chief spokesman of the Adniinistra-
ton in the floor of the Senate. SEN
ator Williams not only speaks the
Administration view on all occasions
but he is peculiarly close TO the
White House and is the real Admin
istration chief in the treaty and cove
nant fight although Senator Hitch
cock of Nebraska is given the title
to the leadership.
Senator Williams made his attack
upon the Irish in the couTe of the
discussion of the Shantung amend
ment His utterances caused near
panic among some of the Northern
Democratic Senators who foresaw mo-
.end of embarrassment from them
Senator Hitchcock vainly endeavured
to call him off but the only effect
was to make Senator Williams ad-
Jectives even more denuciary. Sena-
totr Phelan of California and Sena-
tor Gerry of Rhode Isltnd, prominent
Democratic Senators, made angry re-
torts to Senator Williams but were
too late to repair the damage
Senator Williams began by -four
ishing copy of the resolution re-
Gently adopted by the Confederate
veterans endorsing the league Of ma
tons. He then delivered a glowing
4 eulogy upon the Confederate Vete-
rams and assailed the Johnson amend
ment giving the United States as
many votes in the league as The
British Empire.
After that Senator Williams made n
verbal drive, a lengthy and intensively
rancorous one, against the Irish. He
recalled that some one had recently
given the Irish credit for defeating
the South In the civil war.
AS matter of fact" shouted Sem
ator Williams, "the Irish never whip-
ped the South at all. They could
not whip the South in one county.
1t is a part Of the braggart nature OF
the Irish. i am tired of this vanity
many Irishmen vote the Democratic
ticket"
Senator Hitchcock who had been
ylsibly growing more and more ner-
Vous at this jnucture moved over to
seat near the Mississippi Senator
and tried to persuade him to de6ist-
HIS efforts were useless. Senator
Williams went on with his invectives.
liam tired of the whole Irish pre-
tense he declared" They never won
the War Of the Revolution as they
pretend they did. / am tired Of this
eternal lie"
he alleged that he had been get
ting intimidating letters for several
months, most of them signed with :
INC" or an co.. He defied these
ters of letters. Senator Hitch
COCK tried again to get him to xii
down but gave it up and moved bach
to his own place.
Il do not think the gentlemen have
measured up the consequences" SeDa-
tor Williams who is of Welsh des-
cent, went on. Suppose that once
we English and Welsh and Seoach
Americans who have never hyphenat-
ed ourselves but have just called our
selves Americans dare to mite SIN
a single party and announce to the
American Republic that every man
America who is Scotch or En-
gllsn or Welsh or a son of the dea-
cendants of one of these races shalI
FORM one single party, where would
these Others OF whom l sneak be1"
AT one stage in his speech Sena-
tor Williams compared the course
OF Robert E. Lee to that of the irish
He said: INN
IF they had been Irishmen IN
southern Ireland fighting for some
thlng unobtainable they would bavn
lert TO the history of the United
states different page, but they had
common sense enough to know when
they had to quit. They also had
common sense and altruistic sense
enough 10 know not when they had
TO quit, but when they wanted 10
quit.
Robert Il. Lee never advocates
leading a force shooting behind trees
at the Yankee army When he sur
rendered his armed forces in the
held he surrendered them and came
BACK into the American union as well
as he could, reconciled to the situa-
ton. These ,Irishmen might learn
a little bit of something from us We
are nearly all glad today that there
are no custom houses along the
Ohio and the Potomac TO divide the
American people.
The Irish might at least learn
that while they are seeking Irish
freedom they ought to seek human
freedom. They might at least learn
II they have sense-and 1 doubt
whether they have or not-that while
they are seeking the freedom of q
part OF Ireland they might at least
allow Ulster her freedom"
Senator Williams was educated al
Heidelberg.
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