Mountain advocate., 1922-01-20
newspapers. He said:

| powerful newspapers are nBnUnB lhe
bonus. We should not forget that
but for the wonderful patriotism,
courage, and sasrifice of these men
we would be paying twenty times as
much bonus to the Huns"
II was after that speech that
Speaker Gillette met Representative
Robsion in the Speakers lobby and,
with reference with Robsion's at
tack on his antagonists, said, ITS
no wonder you have feuds in Ken
lucky"
The first speech that Representa-
tive Robsion ever made in Congress
was in favor of vocational training
for disabled soldiers when that meas
ure was brought out of the Commit
tee on Education. of which he is a
member. He said:
zone of the greatest thoughts Of
the present century is the purpose of
the American people to refrain our
disabled heroes, fit them and inspire
them to become self-sustaining. An
enlightened humanity thruout the
ages must applaud this purpose. It
will be approved by sound economi-
cal policy. The cost and labor
should not be considered. 1t should
be labor of love and gratitude. /
consider myself unusually fortunate
that my first speech on the floor of
the House is in behalf of the dis
abled American soldiers and sailors
of the World War"
Coming from Kentucky, the home
of mountain dew and "moon-
shine" Representative Robsion was
in a peculiar posotion with regard to
the prohibition bill. He told the
House, "No man. woman, or child in
my district has asked me to vote
against prohibition. I am proud of
my district"
: Representative Robsion has had
very strong notions in regard to the
restriction of immigration and has
several times made vigorous speech
on that measure, asking: How long
shall America continue to be the gar
bage can and dumping ground for
the wOrld?We now have millions of
men and women out of employment
/ in our country. Should we 9dd to
this army of idle workers by bring
| ing in millions from foreign lands?
We need stringent immigration laws
and a tariff to protect American la
Dor and American industries"
Discussing the deportation of uu-
desirable aliens, he said: mo for
eigner who attempted to stab our
soldiers in the back during the
World War should be permitted to
enjoy the shelter of the American
Flag"
AS a life long friend of the coal
miners and as a business man as
we'll Representative Robsion has had
an unusual opportunity to study un-
biased, the labor-capital problem.
He has we'll defined views on the sub
ject and says: Disputes between
capital and labor cannot be settled
by force. Labor can do its cause no
greater service than to kick out
every man who is disloyal to our
country and should refuse to take in
any man who does not love our
country and our Flag"
All of which goes to show what
manner of man this good friend of
the soldier is, and how his heart
beats. He has worked hard all his
life and works hard now every day
at the Capitol But when his week S
work is done he still remembers the
/ seventh day. Each Sunday morn
ing he may be found addressing a
large class of men at the Ninth
Street Christian Church in Washing
ton. Hale fellow we'll met" in pol
itical, social and civic life, this Ken
tuckian, big mentally and physically
adds to his popularity every day by
his frankness and his honesty of pur
pose. His armor is invulnerable be.
cause there is no crack or crevice
in which the darts of criticism may
lodge to do him injury. He is jolly
good story teller, quick at repar
tee, and in all a mans man.
Judge Robson made his campeigr
for Congress on the platform of 10y
atty TO Government, good roads, pro
hibition, better pay for the American
soldiers, and increased pensions fol
the veterans of the Civil War and thu
Spanish American War. In the fina
election he carried the district by
$4,000 majority. He was renomin