Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-13

Just UtlIe ne3r1 TO neart talK TO
new members of Congress. taken from
the record of his own experiences.
when. as a fledgling legislator. he
sought to take the famous Oscar I'm
derwood To task and was curtain lee
tured in inimitable style by Champ
Clark. was voiced in the House last
week by Repre- Otis Wingo,
Democrat, of Arkansas
With each new Congress some
FESTIVE new members tread on the net
Corns Of older members or otherwise
get on their nerves, just is irrepre ssihle
children annoy their more sedate
elders. 1t was Representative Robert
Alexis Green, Democrat, of Starke.
Fla. who drew Wingo's verbal fire.
Mr.. Green had served as messenger,
assistant clerk and chief clerk of the
! Florida Legislature, then as member
and speaker pro tempore Of the Florida
| House of Representatives. Since
1920 he has been a county Judge.
Then he defeated the veteran Frank
Clark for Congress after Mr.. Clark
had served continuously for 20 years.
So Mr.. Green naturally felt-well. the
way MIR. Wingo didn't approve of.
He Champions Florida.
Naturally. also. he jumped at an
was under discussion and he thought
he saw an attack by A. States aimed
ut his home State for abolishinS the
inheritance tax to make votes back
home by championing Florida and in
dulging in "A Colorful eulogy on its
charms and advantages. He said, In
part:
is II equitable and just that YOU
should force this upon the people OF
iNh jS n
portions. having $4,000 square miles
as large as New York. Massachusetts.
and Rhode Island together: a State
which produces enough vegetables and
enough other eatahle products to feed
the City of New York. There where
the watermelon and the strawberry
transform the midnight dew into lus-
cious red juice: there where the springs
gush forth that transparent and Cod
given fluid. sparkling with purity and
virtue, the only proper drink for an
American citizen, but If there be those
of a grosser appetite who want u
violate the Constitution of America.
there is Bimini, only an hour or two
away"
According to the Record there was
applause.
RbapsOdies Of Florida.
Il know that of old when Cecilia
and Seraphs were fascinated and men
We're enraptured. | know Timothus
with magic strain led rocks, trees. and
beasts TO follow him; l know that the
notes of Orpheus entranced men and
enthralled the underworld and cause
the gods to gaze thereon with envy,
and l know that David drew from his
harp a chord which swept the gloom
from the brow Of Saul and flooded
Israels palaces with music and laugh
ter. but If all these were mingled in A
single Rhapsody too great for the hand
of mortal man that II would not equal
the majesty and the splendor Of the
Old Suwanee River played on the
ukulele and hummed by the bright
eyed Florida maidens underneath the
sweet magnolia trees. with the sOoth
ing odor gushing forth in q blazing
November moonlight and
Il would tell you more of the ma gic
charms of Florida il time permitted.
But this is serious ma tier, to be
passed upon by serious minds. When
your citizenship are bent with years
and desire a new lease of life. they
pledge their fortunes and head their
minds and intentions southwark and
Florida is their destina ton: and peo-
pie are sounding their warning notes
from the States where the snow lies
deep, complaining that your citizenry
have taken their wealth and gone to
my State and are living there in pea &c
and happiness and splendor, and will
welcome you there to visit them. Be
careful when you enact legislation
here which will jeopardize their for
tunes. You know they have aban-
doned their homes and have invested
in Florida.
DO you realize that s. 900, 900 there
is our annual income. only a portion
of which is derived from the tourist
trade? MAY | come to you. as child
comes to its mother. for protection,
and ask you not to. imposed upon my
sovereign State this most dangerous
feature of this bill, which is a viola
ton of State rights and which even