Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-18
CONGRESS STARTS WITH A ROW

~ UT in the northwestern states there is
II much unrest and disputation. 1t be-
gun in war time. Senator La Toilette
of Wisconsin, was put under fire as pacifist
and for a while it looked as If they would
court him in congress- If not in the courts
of Wisconsin.
But he waded through his difficulties. And
while he was reaching the shore of safety he
began to say things about the way the United
States government run, and how the
big interests had gotten a strange-hold on
the plain folks, etc, and what the common
people could do to preserve civil government
by the people. The louder he talked the
more intently they listened
They had less and less use for foreign wars
when their sons were drafted to carry them
on. The profiteers made big money, etc.
Thus the argument prevailed until Bob
La Toilette grew bigger and more important
| in the estimation of his listeners, and Wis
consin was placed on the map as La Toilette
country. The change crawled over into Min
nesota and Michigan, and a good many new
people appeared in the house of representa-
tives, and few in the senate.
When congress convened last Monday the
votes of Wisconsin blocked the speakership
game. For two days and nights there was
no speaker. La Follette's gang held it off.
1t is apparent that the game be contn-
ued indefinitely. The storm signal will be
kept flying. A worse blockade occurred in
Gratis. The election of speaker was held off
for a month more. Finally, Hon. Howell
Cobb, of Georgia. won the speakership.
1t is not an occurrence of frequent men
ton, but it does happen in perious times.
The Wings lost out, then the War of Seces-
sion destroyed what was left of the old Wing
party.
The schism in the Republican party may
get deeper and wider, and may mark the be-
ginning of the end In the west it looks like
a third party may loom up. And there may
be enough discordant elements in various
states to make a national party pledged
against Catholics, Jews, foreigners ard ne
groes Such a third party cripple and
possibly divide the solid south.
When Mayfeld, the Texas senator's case
comes up in Washington City there will be
something doing on this line. The country
is waiting the denouement with particular
interest
Before the Civil war, when we lived on
our plantation great numbers of mules,
horses, cows and hogs were driven through
Tennessee by Kentuckians and Missourians,
by men mounted on horses. and distributed
throughout middle and lower Georgia.
1t was generally peaceful expedition, and
always an interesting sight to me, in my early
prime. One day 1 saw a big drove of horses
go down the road towards Cartersville-bg,
fine horses-in good order. They had hardly
time to reach Gainesville when the leaders
saw big freight train with a noisy engine
pull into town. 1t was possible this particu
lar drove never had encountered a railroad
before. They began to buck and to back to
turn and to run The drovers told it after
wards that the horses seemed to go crazy
with fright. They whired on the main body
and came back our way,
In the short three miles they became
frantic herd. I could glimpse the road for
nearly mile. Their feet pounded the earth
and made a regular roar as they came in
sight. They passed our house like every one
race horse and going at record speed
The drivers were left far in the rear.
We were told later on that they never
Stacked speed under six miles A good many
horses were "winded." Several died. 1t
took several days to get the drove in good
shape to start over again.