New-York tribune., 1922-07-05
Senator Stanley. Of KY, and
Congressman From Solid
South Use Ruling Party as
Targetfor Oratorical Blasts
Wilson Shows Reticencc
Wigwam in l4th St. Packed
to Hear Guns of Eloquence
Attack a Wicked Congress

Headed by Senator Augustus 0. Stan
ley, Of Kentucky they cxhortcd the
brethren Of the Wigwam to put on the
armor and march to glory against the
satanic influences in control at Wash
ngton.
Senator Stanley was scheduled for
the "long talk" Representatives George
Huddleston and Henry B. Steagall, of
Alabama, and Representative Ewin L.
Davis, o. Tennessee, were announced
for the "short talks" but there were
no short talks. The Southern gentle
men warmed to their themes to such
length as to preclude Northern repre-
sentatives from speaking. John R.
Voorhis, the ninety -three-year-o old
had to ask James F. Donnelly and Ben
jamin Franklin, of New York. because
of the lateness of the hour, to defer
their speeches until more opportune
time.
GAP Smith Late, Hearst Men Absent
Former Governor Alfred e. Smith
came in very late. chair was pro-
vided for him close to Charles F. Muir
ply. The Tammany chief greeted the
former Governor cordially and seemed
relieved that he had finally showed up.
There were no Hearst representatives
| wondered why GAL" had delayed mis-
| coming so long. The audience broke
into applause when Mr. Smith appeared.
| There were calls from the floor for
speech, but the former Governor did
| not respond except to smile and wave
his hand.
The celebration began at 10 o'clock
with Ridgely's e9th Regiment Band
playing "Tammany" and "The Gangs
All Here" The Tammany Glee Club
sang "Rally Round the Flag" followed
| by q recitation of an americans
Creed" with the pledge of allegiance
and salute to the flag Thomas F.
Smith, secretary Of Tammany Hall,
read regrets from distinguished Demo
Gratis, and Sheriff Edward j. Flynn, of
| the Bronx, read the Declaration Of
| Independence.
Wilson Silent on Public Affairs
Ex-President Woodrow Wilson,
through his secretary, John Randolph
| Boiling, sent his regrets to Secretary
Smith
"Mr, Wilson requests me to say"
wrote Mr.. Boiling, Gin reply to the
kind invitation extended to him by the
Society of Tammany or Columbian
Order for the Fourth of July next,
that he greatly respects the fidelity
and assiduity with which the society
observes the great day of our inde-
pendence. He regrets that he cannot
send q message to be read on the
this is an opportune time for him to
express any views upon public affairs"
Other letters of regret were re-
ceived and read from Senator Oscar
w. Underwood Of Alabama; Governor
Edwards, of New Jersey; Governor
Thomas C. McRae, of Arkansas; Gov.
ernor Emmet D. Boyle, of Nevada;
Governor J. M. Parker, of Louisiana;
Governor Thomas w. Hardwick, of
| Georgia, and Peter G. Gerry, Of New
port.
Stanley's Oratorical "Shimmy''
Grand Sachem Voorhis was conspcu-
Gus on the platform with his high silk
hat which he wore throughout the
ceremonies-a custom and privilege
accorded the Grand Sachem.
Senator Stanley shot off all his most
brilliant bombs and glittering set
pieces, throwing light on the specta-
Gle of a misguided. bungling Republi-
can majority now in control of Con-
gress and the Federal government. In
true Southern camp meeting style the
Kentuckian denounced the "opposition,"
rising to "clarion calls" sounded with
such vehemence that they might we'll
have been heard across the Potomac.
At points in his address Senator STAN
ley emphasized a climax with verita-
BILE shimmy-shake of his entire body,
executed, however, with Southern
grace and dignity
After verbally slashing and quarter
ing the Republican Administration and
Congress in general, Senator Stanley
turned his guns on the progressive
wing" of the Republican party. He
declared that the so-called progressive
ventor Of new ways and means of in
vading the vested rights of the states
and the liberties Of the citizen" This
group, he said, was like legislative
ghoul exhuming the dead and buried
despotsm of the past, unmindful of
the wise aphorism of Edmund Burke
that "all innovation is not progress"
Progressive Reform Ridiculed
"The great trouble with these vo-
ciferous progressives is that they are
forever moving in the wrong direc-
tion. Weddings are to be supervised
by hygienic expert and marital rights
| uctSIIuiNSO ny oOMc eASculC lOoI
Babies are to be born by Federal aid
and sucked under Federal supervision.
"You cannot milk COW without
| Federal inspector at your heels. The
factory, the mill, the counting house,
| the Office and the home literally swarm
| with horde Of petty and pestiferous
| representatives Of this paternalistic
| regime"
! The Kentucky Senator attacked Rep
resentative Mondell. majority leader of
the House, declaring that the latter
| had proudly stated that the present
| Congress had passed 398 separate laws,
| Or an average Of one and one-third
laws per legislative session day.
An Ambitious Program
"They glory not in the character, but
| in the amazing amount Of grist turned
out by the legislative MILL" the Sena-
tor shouted. "And the worst is
yet to come, for notwithstanding
this furious and indiscriminating grind,
bills are now pending in the Fed
eral Congress to regulate. super
press, public utilities, the sale of Sc
! curities, the mining Of coal and min
| erals and the weaving of cloth, horse
racing, football, baseball, moving pic
lures. Sunday everything,
| in fact. from the birth of the baby to
| the burial of the corpse. and from the
operation Of railroad to the setting of
hen.
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