, 1923-06-28
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"The present annual federal expenditure of sew
enty TO eighty millions for public roads was I'M
dreamed of. Some years were to pass before we
undertook the reclamation of our arid LANDS
through federal agencies. Rural free delivery had
not even entered upon the period of academic dis
cussiOn. Federal land banks were unthought or
except in the minds of a few students OF Foreign
agricultural credits. Women voted in general
elections nowhere in the Union save in my State
of Wyoming and the Eighteenth amendment had
not been thought of"
Independence day this year will have a new
feature in Its celebration: the honoring of James
Monroe, fifth president Of the United States and
author of the Monroe Doctrine. Senate joint res
olution PA in the last congress, to provide for the
participation of the United States in the observ-
ance of the one hundredth anniversary of the
enunciation of the Monroe Doctrine and of the
ninety-second anniversary of the death of James
Monroe, is substantially as follows:
Resolved. etc, That there Is hereby established
the Monroe Doctrine Centennial commission.
There Is hereby authorized to be appropriated the
sum of Sl22,5OO, to be expended by the congress
siOnal commission. The sum Of $67.50O may be
expended in cooperation with the James Monroe
Memorial Association and Foundation, for the
purpose of contributing to the purchase and res
torntiun of the former home Of James Monroe In
the city of New York, as a permanent memorial,
and the creation of a memorial foundation, the
income from which shall be used for purposes Of
furthering progress, amlty, and good will among
the peoples of the P~an-Amerlcan republics. Fifty
five thousand dollars may be expended i'm coop
GRAFTON with the National Committee of Celebra-
ton for the purpose Of participating in a general
program of public celebration Of the one hundredth
anniversary Of the enunciation Of the Monroe
Doctrine to be held in New York and Washington.
and in the places of the birth and Of the burial
Of james Monroe and participating in memorial
services To he held in New York, on July 4, 1923,
the ninety-second anniversary of his death. No
expenditures shall be made until the James Mon
roe Memorial Association and Foundation has ex-
pended or contracted to expend ut least the sum
OF g 1900 for the same purposes.
When Clemcnceau was here he put In his itin-
erary two must" things: To place a wreath Mt
Lincoln's tomb and to touch the Liberty Bell. lie
did both. And in this connection, Representative
+. Il. Geruerd Of PENNSYLVANIA was moved In the
last congress 10 retel the story Of the famous
journey Of the Liberty Bell TO Allentown. Pa, dur
ing tho Revolution. He said In part:
at was after the battle of B~randywlne. Sept. II,
1777. that General Washington ordered the trans
fer IT all military stores TO Bethlehem, Pa. Even
before that critical hour had arrived. the Pennsyl-
vauia assembly awoke to the gravity of the situa-
tlon and passed a resolution on the sixteenth day
Of June authorizing the removal OF all bells, as
well as all the copper and brass, In the city Of
Philadelphia to some place Of safety the Liberty
Bell was not taken from independence Hall until
ufter General Wnshlngton's order hnd been given.
II constituted "A part OF the military train of 700
wagons, which carried the whole of the heavy
baggage Of the army, which was escorted by 200
Virginia and North Carolina soldiers under the
command Of Col. Willnm Polk OF North Carolina.
That famous caravan proceeded along the banks
OF the Delaware river to Trenton, and from there
travelled through , I and rugged country to Beth.
lehem, arriving there on the twenty-fourth day Of
September. 1TTT. After the military train had
reached bethlehem the wagon upon which the Lib
erty Bell was loaded broke down In the street.
1.-THE next day the bell was placed on the wagon
OF Frederick Leaser, who. together with John
Jacob Mickey, escorted by a small guard Of sol.
oilers. brought II and the chimes Of Christ church.
eight In number. to Allentown. where they were
placed In the basement " the German Zions Re
formed church where It was kept In hiding until
the following spring. when the British army eync-