Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-04-07

States may be asked to participate
in foreign war
1--WE simply ask said he, sum
ming up, "that future generations
shall not be chained to the wars of
the world"
81 am contending," the Senator
continued, "for the right of Con-
gress to decide each case upon it's
merits. That is in accord with our
constitution. am contending for
government by the people through
their chosen Representatives"
Won't Prevent War.
Threats of war never has and
never will prevent war;" said the
senator, why the League of Nations
won't prevent war. Here last Sep
tember England and France had
their soldiers drawn up facing each
other in Mesopotamia and ready to
fire In the peace settlement Great
Britain was to get some oil wells and
France some copper mines. When
France woke up England had them
both. France threw her soldiers
around the mines and England's SOL
diers marched up. Had not Great
Britain backed down there would
have been another war"
Again referring to the Lansing
matter, the senator said there had
been no cabinet meeting since Lans-
ing was fired" 'They are afraid
to meet" said he. "They might be
fired, too. No one has seen the
President but Tumulty, Grayson and
Mrs. Wilson, and it is through these
three that, this government has been
run. object to that We need a
cabinet now"
81 am tired of national interfer-
ence with state questions" the sen
ator said later on in his speech.
We've had entirely too much of
that now"
The Race Question.
The senator claimed that some
questions that are purely state ques-
tions would come under the juris-
diction of the League of Nations if
| it were adopted without reservations.
"Why they'd tell US how we should
deal with the negroes down here in
Georgia." he said. And you must
remember that more than half the
members of the league are represen-
tatives from such countries as Siam,
Liberia, Haiaz-black men and yell
low men-more than halt, l say, are
off color-they aren't white. Do you
want them to tell US down here in
Georgia how to handle the negro
question:"
The senator went into detailed
statement of his actions regarding
cotton, during the year 1914, 1915,
1916, 1917, 1918 and 1871 "On
October %, 1914, | introduced a
resolution in the senate declaring cot
ton to be non~contraband, said he
''Three days later Great Britain sent
word that she did not claim cotton
to be contraba1d Very soon after
that declaration three million bales
of cotton were on the ocean and cot
ton had risen from to 10 cents. y
Why Cotton Dropped.
He said that in 1919, it was Bar
ney Baruch's raid on cotton, with
the instructions Of the president, that
caused cotton to break from SO cents
to rs cents. "They are determined
to fix the price of cotton and buy it
at that price tol foreign govern
ments," said he. 81 fought this with
all of my being. ! went to the presi-
dent, but could not change him. The
senator again blamed the president
for placing an embargo on cottcn.
thus breaking the price of the staple.
Just before closing his speech, Sen
ator Smith paid his respects TO that
thing in Atlanta referring to the
/ Constitution, and the Macon Tele-
graph. "They accuse me of being pro-
Germans 7 nave been pro-Georgian
I'll tell you this: There hasn't been
any one yet 20 come to my face and
accuse me o; that-and they won't. "