The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-22
Southern Heroes May Yet
 ] Be Honored at Arlington
Madden and Fess of North and Upshaw of South Appar ently Only Men in House Who Do Not Admit
 Civil War Is Over
Dv HUGu w. ROBERTS

rot. so widely known that MT. Baker is a southerner. He was born in west Virginia When, some years ago, a scutherner applied for appointment as assistant secretary of war, MT. Baker rejected his application on the ground l that it would never 70 for the south ] to monopolize the eh.ife department. "For I am a southerner," he said. My father was a Confederate soldier and my mother is still an unrecon- structed rebel"
 It is regarded, therefore, as entirely probable that in somewise MT. Baker and MT. Daniels will exert themselves successfully to the end that southern i heroes might be given credit at Arl- | irgton. It is thought, too, that Presi-
 dent Wilson will remember his south
 ern birth and sanction any etfort ms 1 secretaries might undertake.
 It is believed that Congress is wili- | ing that the south be honored. Sena- ] tol Overman of North Carolina, has a l hili directing the memorial commls- sion to inscribe the names of Lee and Jackson and other southern chieftalns
 or the amphitheatre. Should this plll reach the House it would pass, IL Is believed For during the storm in the House caused Tuesday by Represents | previously expressed charge that Gen. | eral Lee was a traitor, and the hurl- ling by Representative Oliver of Ala bama of the epithet, liar" no repub- | lican indicated a sympathy with the Illinois member. On the contrary. the entire republican side remained quietly | in it's seats. The following day many republicans informed MT. Oliver that they did not approve of Madden course and did not regret that the Ala bamian had called him liar.
 The indications are that the great bulk of the republican membership of Congress is willing to be convinced that the war is over.t While the re- publican party shows no indication that it would reward the southern
 SC ldier for endeavoring to secede from tke union it does display willingness to admit that the southerner though himself right-aS he was right under the constitution-that they made an ex' cellent man of arms that his suffer ing and endurance were without par allel and that Lee. Jackson and John- ston from the standpoint of military genius were second to none other pro- duced in this country or any othel country of the world.
 There are extremists in Congress Madden or Illlno1S, feSS or ono, ano a few others comprise the list It has been demonstrated, however, that Madden and Fess are not animated sc much in their hatred of the south be- cause the south attempted to secede as because of the fact that the south adhered to the system of slavery and thus, in their opinion, mistreated the negro. Fess was a school teacher prior to his coming to Washington, and his pupils were negroes Madden repre- serts a district in which the negroes wleld considerable power, and he has never lost an opportunity to preach a variety of social equality on the floor and in committees.
 The southern extremists are led by Representative Upshaw of Georgia. MT Upshaw 'slops it over" in the vernacu- lar and his fulsome praise of north
 ern heroes is followed by an advocacy
 of pensions for southern heroes. And in consequence as Madden maddens the tsoutherners in Congress, Upshaw irri- tates the republicans.
 And thus the war cannot be brought to conclusion despite the apparent desire of everybody in Congress that