New-York tribune., 1921-05-22
Harvey Speech
Made Target Of
House Attack
Stevenson. of South Caro-
lima, Says Ambassador
Admitted HE Family
Had Paid III Substitutes
Other Democrats Join I'm
Military Title of Envoy II
Said to Have Been Com
ferred at a Wet Banquet
Erem TIE rtissae's WasAtHoton Bsreaa

Fsen, TIA Tribaae's Washtaoton Bureau
WASHINGTON. May 21,-Reactioh
ON the London speech of Ambassador
Harvey tonk form in the House to-day
in bitter personal attack on Colonel
Harvey, led by Representative William
S. Stevenson. Democrat, of South Caro-
lima, and joined in by other members.
Mr.. Stevenson opened the discussion
when recognized during consideration
of the deficiency appropriation bill. He
charged that the gentleman who fixes
the foreign policy of this government
boasted in 8 speech, back in 1906, "of
the infamy of his ancestors"
an view of the recent deliverance of
our Ambassador to England, who ap-
pears to be fixing the foreign policy OF
this government. | desire to comment a
little on few remarks which he made
before the 5r, Andrews Society of
Charleston, s. c., in 1905, published in
his book entitled The Power OF
Tolerance and Other Speeches." began
Representative Stevenson. why he
used that term / am unable to deter
mine, as nobody has ever found that he
ever undertook to exercise that power.
he has always been the most intolerant
man that has, ever engaged in news
paper life in the United States"
Eleven Substitutes in Family
Mr. Stevenson then read the speech
into the Record. In it Ambassador
Harvey declared, according to Mr.
Stevenson, that eleven of his ancestors
furnished the Federal government with
sums of money for substitutes, and
another was put in the county Jail for
nearly two years.
He had not, even up to 1906" con-
tinued Mr.. Stevenson, "come to any
conclusion as to whether he would
had q chance on the side of the Union.
That is the gentleman who to-day
is fixing the foreign policy of this gov
ernment to his ideas. He and his an
cestry were so yellow that most of
them hired substitutes, and some of
them were so stingy that they went to
jail rather than spend the money to
hire substitutes"
Mr.. Stevenson then ventured the
opinion that he would use "the same
sort Of an introduction to make hir,
all right with the English people"
Representative Greene, of Vermont,
interrupted to ask if he was called
upon TO defend his state. Representa-
tive Stevenson replied that the Green
Mountain boys did not show the kind
OF spirit he referred to and that none
of them ever came down and claimed
the right to cultivate a frateraal spirit
by boasting of the infamy of their an
cestors'
THE gentleman has read into the
Record exactly my own sentiments"
commented Representative Greene.
Pilgrim Speech Criticized
He says we went into this war" con-
> tinued Representative Stevenson in his
reference to Colonel Harvey, mot for
the matter of the preservation of hu-
manity or the liberties OF the world,
but because we knew we had to fight,
and it was to save our hides that we
went into that controversy instead of
to save the civilization of the world.
The President in one of his campaign
speeches before the election said, 4
propose to give you an association of
nations with teeth in it, Has he dele
gated this gentleman to organize that
association? If so. he is developing in
that direction, because it will be an
association that will have at least a
mouth in it. and mouth is necessary
to put teeth in, because that is what
he has always been--mouth and moth
ing else. g. 80.
We'll, we, were to, have all our for
elgn poilcleS reversed. | guess the re-
versal processes will begin with this
distinguished gentleman, who boasts of
the yellow condition of his ancestors
during the Civil War"
Representative Byrnes, of South Car
oiins, interrupted Mr. Stevenson to
ask
THE gentleman has referred to
Colonel Harvey and to the fact that he
has not been a soldier Where did he
receive the title of colonel? %
Colonel Harvey" Mr.. Stevenson re-
Piled, "at this same meeting of the ST.
Andrews Society where the Governor of
South Carolina was present, after the
wine was presented-and there is no
greater place than Charleston for that
was dubbed across the table by the
Governor of South Carolina with the
salutation that the Governor of South
Carolina is by tradition understood to
have addressed to the Governor of
North Carolina on notable occasion.
He was dubbed Colonel by the Cover
nor of South Carolina, and he has car
rled that sobriquet ever since"