Evening star., 1924-09-07

Ihe star, in its issue of September
). 1874, quotes from an exchange to
w the effect that as a
washington result of a tour of
Now Val inspection the Sem
would recommend that the yards at
Washington and New London should
be discontinued, the latter on the
ground that it was badly located and
unapproachable by vessels of any
considerable draft. The Star con-
tinues: IF the result hinted at above
should come about and the Washing
ton yard be discontinued, it will be
solely because the Capital City has
no voting influence in Congress. 1t
is not true that our navy yard is
badly located or is unapproachable
by vessels of any considerable draft
On the contrary. there is good
channel up to the very Wharves and
that channel has been maintained
almost without expense, while mill
lions upon millions have been squan-
dered under log-rolling appropri-
ations, in keeping up navy yards in
other parts of the country. where
the amount OF water scarcely
amounts to a heavy dew. AS a mat
ter of pride, If not security, any
other nation on the face of the globe
having fine natural channel from a
large navigable river at its capital
would protect and improve that
channel to its utmost and plant upon
it suitable yards, docks and arsenals.
But, under the log rolling system of
voting appropriations above alluded
to. by which a vote of couple of
million of dollars for the improve
ment of the Squeedunk Flats is
swapped off for one for like millions
for the League Island quickSands of
the Memphis drydocks, the Capital
City has had no show because it
has had no log-rolling vote in Con-
gresS to swap off. And so it has
happened that when any modest ap-
preparation has been proposed for
the Washington Navy Yard or Wash
ington Arsenal, it has been stricken
out in the spirit of economy and
to make room for the appropriation
for some dry-land navy yard in some
bodys congressional district. We
do not suppose, however, that the
report of the Senate naval committee
will have very enormous weight. 1t
has been well enough understood that
the committee Is simply out on one
Of those Summer -junketing excursions
that congressional committees have
a way of voting themselves, and, as
usual, the committee will go through
result of their tour of inspection
but nobody is expected to read 1t or
pay any attention to 1T, though in
this case some of the League Island
log-rollers are industriously trying
to give out the idea, as in the above
clipping, that the New London and
Washington yards are to be discon-
tinued in behalf of the pet morass
K =
A series of outrages, murders and
other disturbances by bodies OF
armed men in the South
Southern 50 years ago, somewhat
n;,.ra.r in the nature of re-
uiSo1ueA' vival of the Khan ac-
tivities that had been suppressed in
1869. caused the Government to act.
The Star, in its issue of September 4,
1874, said:
"The President has come to the
conclusion that it is time, in his own
words, to give protection to the
South and though he has hesitated
to take active measures hitherto,
doubtless from a desire to give the
local authorities full opportunity to
test their ability to suppress disor-
ders and punish crime. he now signi-
fies purpose to exercise the Govern
ment authority firmly and vigorously
IN Oehalf or law anu OTQeT. ~ lA's
end United States troops are to De
stationed at different points in the
States where anarchy prevails to CO.
operate with the civil authorities in
enforcing the law and executing the
processes of the courts. The Attor-
ney General Is of the opinion that the
several acts of Congress for the en-
forcement Of the Fourteenth and FIT
teenth Amendments cover the class OF
crimes recently perpetrated in Louisi-
ana and other Southern States named
1t is to be deplored that the thought
full class of the Southern people have
not been able to repress the mad
acts of bloodshed and disorder COM
mitted by the fanatics who failed to
see the mischief they are doing to
their section and their friends py
making it necessary for Government
to intervene. That interference,
though not so intended. serves to
keep the onerous carpet-bag element
afoat in the South, and nothing de-
lights these birds of prey more than
to hear Of these devilish atrocities in
Tennessee and Louisiana, which afford
them an opportunity of creeping into
position under the cover Of the mill
tary arm"