Arizona republican., 1922-05-12
S5,000,00O LOAN
To LIBERIA IS
VOTED BY HOUSE

WASHINGTON. May 11--Loan by
the United States of $4,000, 900 to the
republic of Liberia was authorized in
a resolution passed last night by the
house. The vote was taken after the
house had defeated a motion to re-
commit the resolution to the ways
and means committee with instruc-
tions to report it forthwith with an
amendment providing that no part of
the amount loaned should be used in
paying the indebtedness of Liberia
incurred prior to August 1, 1914.
The resolution was passed 14S to
139 with six members voting present.
The motion to recommit was defeated
16S to 123. About 40 Republicans
voted against the bill although many
Republicans in and around the cham
Der did not vote. The Democrats op-
posed it solidly.
In the all-day wrangle. character
lied by Representative Tincher, Re-
publican, Kansas "as the most dia-
bolica1 political fight in the house in
the last two years. there was what
some members described as the re-
markable spectacle Of Republican
leaders insisting that an agreement
of the Wilson administration should
be carried out, with Democratic lead
was authorized in 1918 "in defiance of
law
Reference to former President Will
son by Chairman Fordney OF the
ways and means committee in charge
OF the resolution which Democrats
declared was insulting" started a
bitter partisan fight which eclipsed
for the moment the Republican claim
that the government was morally
legally bound to help Liberia.
The statement by Mr.. Fordney
which aroused Democratic wrath was
made during sharp passage bearing
on the political make up of Michigan.
I'VE are intelligent people UP there
and we know how to vote" said
Chairman Fordney at which the
chairman was asked il YOU have any
school teacher up there?"
"None who obtained their education
in Virginia" Mr.. Fordney shouted.
THE gentleman says that school
teacher is not much of a man outside
Of his own job" said Representative
Lowery. Democrat, Mississippi and
Mr.. Fordney instantly broke in:
mot unless he has considerable
training in some other line" the
chairman declared.
Take him direct from school to the
White House and he is a glorious mis-
fit. But as political boss he worked
well for while but he finally over
stepped himself. Let me say that in
that connection in 1920, made this
statement-that the then president
house on the Fourth day of March,
and he did. I said we would say to
him what I have heard sung at the
close of a school | attended down in
the backwoods:
" Good d-bye school teacher, goodbye
school:
Goodbye teacher, you darned old
fool"
The Republican side rocked with
laughter.
Declaring that he resented" the in
suit to Mr.. Wilson, Representative
Connally, Democrat. Texas. who re-
piled to the attack told the house Mr..
Fordney would eliminate his state
ment from the Congressional Record.
''The gentleman from Michigan as
is usually the case. when he addresses
the house." said Mr.. Connally EN-
braced the first opportunity he had to
indulge in the same kind of coarse,
livery y-stable conversation about the
ex-president of the United States.
Mr.. Woodrow Wilson.
"Of course it does not take any
school teacher to understand that the
gentleman from Michigan intended by
his language nasty fling at the great
ex-president who is not able to come
here on this floor and defend him
self against the coarse insults that
are from time to time heaped upon
his head. That great man is i'll. He
lies stricken. think it is unseem-
ingly and unbecoming in the chair
man of a. great committee to regale
the galleries and his partisan audience
here, with these low. mean, nasty
filings at former president Of the
United States.
There was a time when the now
president was able to take care of
himself in his own proper way, and
during that time theI gentleman from
Michigan and others who have seen
fit form time to time to hurl at him
insinuations and insults would not
have dared to use such language.
There are those now who gather
about him to view his misfortune
with satisfaction to hurl their de-
nunciations and insinuations at him
in his defenseless condition"
Chairman Fordney said the reso-
luton which goes now to the senate
would be passed speedily and sent to
the president