The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-02

Mr. Ben Hancock former Postmaster at Pensacola and
now live wire as candidate for Congress- returned
the city after week throughout West Florida where he
he has been selling groceries and talking
politics. Mr. Hancock has too much pep to permit
grass grow under his feet and he has been doing
very efectua campaigning since the last primary he
states his platform will be ready in short time and that
he will discuss the from the stump throughout the
District Mr. Hancock said that Mr. Smithwck's silence
in the halls of Congress and elsewhere concerning the
Muscle Shoals proposition and his attitude to Fords offer
has caused the people throughout the District to
if Mr. Smithwick the victim of any "entanglng ALI
ances" which would embarass him in coming out in the
open advocate of the Ford offer and the Muscle Shoals
proposition. Continuing Mr.. Hancock said that it would
be necessary for him to be invited to visit Muscle
Shoals in order to make up his mind whether not it
would be advantageous to the South and especially to
West Florida for the Government to permit Mr. Ford to
develop Muscle Shoals he sad IL want the people know
that elected to Congress that hands will not be tied
will be embarrassed by any connection with the Fer
zer Trust have nlaws whose interest would be
adversely affected by the development of Muscle Shoals
Public men in and out of Congress- including exGov-
ernor Emmett ONeil of Alabama, Mayor James Key of
Atlanta, Quinn of Mississippi Wright of Georgia, Senator
Tom Hehin of Alabama and others who actively
and earnestly working to the acceptance of Mr.
For offer pick up any of the Metropolitan the
Congressional Record you will where their voices
and efforts being used to this end, but have been
unable to see until this week. where friend Smthwck
gone record has done anything towards the de-
veopment of Muscle Shoals this week in good many
papers throughout the District his picture appears together
with long article assuring the public that he is ZEN
Enthusiastically for Muscle Shoals 1t is only declaration
enthusiasm appearing only this and week
the week following will appear his and
peal for reelection in the press few days since
where Mr. Smithwick had to decline the visit to Muscle
Shoals because necessary for him to stay in Wash
ngton the rivers and harbors Bill and while dis
c1ssing this rivers and harbors BILL would like to call the
peoples attention to conflict between the Congressional
Record of March the 9th and article appearing in the
Pensacola Journal Of March 9th written by George H.
Manning, Smithwick's Press Agent at Washington. On
the rd column of the Pensacola Journal of March 9th
Page One the caption Of the article in large type Was
By Geo. H Manning This article went say that the
appropriation for rivers and harbors had been increased
from Twenty-Seven Million Dollars to FortyThree Million,
and that ThiryEght Thousand of this for improving
LAGRANGE Bayou dredging East Pass in Choctawhahee
Bay and several other items adopted through the efforts of
Congressman Smithwick The same article further says
Congressman Smithwck introduced bill in the House
today authorizing improvements of Bayou Chico"
The Congressional Record of March 9th in printed
document consisting of seventy of printed matter
and Mr. Smithwks doesn't appear anywhere in that
document far the records of that days business is
concerned, HE MAY HAVE BEEN SNOW-BOUND IN A
MOVING PICTURE SHOW, but there is nothing in the
record that would indicate that he in the city of
Washington and he certainly offered amendment did
anything else in behalf of the rivers and harbors BILL if
he had the official reporters of Congress who paid
handsome salaries to report everything that is done in
session. failed to note his and far he
having introduced bill to authorize improvements
Bayou Chico the Congressional Record fails to show and
in the abundance Of caution examined the Congressional
Record of March 28th the following day, and again fail
to find his name anywhere the records of Congress
1t is true that on motion of Representative Dempsey
of New York. the appropriation for rivers and harbor
increased from Twenty three Million Dollars to Forythree
Million Dollars, but this is understand, lump
appropriation something that the Southern Congressman
have fought continuously Where lump appropria
ton made the engineers direct when and where the
amount to be expended and the experience of the people
have been when the republicans in power that lump
appropriations appropriated for rivers and har
bors spent almost exclusively in Boston, New York.
Baltimore and other Northern Eastern cities the
Southern section of the country including this part of Flor
ida may get little none of that appropriation.