The Kusko times., 1926-05-15

tSpeeCH olt. I1DH'r " iiIldfu U! -.O pT shaw, of Georgia, in the House of Representatives, March 4, , 1926, in support of prohibition.)
 Mr Upshaw.. MT. Chairman and gentlemen, on the 22d day of Febru- ary a day that. should always be given over to the contemplation. of everything that makes for the en- nobling of our youth and the building of American citizenship, the Nation s Capital witnessed on one hand a city wide celebration of Washington's S birthday by patriotic and civic organ izations and even in, tempes, of wor ship, calling attention to everything that was wholesome and inspiring in Washington's life and achievements while oin the other hand the friends of liquor hnd the enemies of constitu tional prohibition held their conven- tion for the express purpose of nour= ing outlawed beer and liquor all over the American flag.
 And on the following morning the front pages of both Washington pa- pers carried over against each other the great speech of President Coolidge before the national. convention of ed ucators, portraying Washington as a great, patriotic, moral, and spiritual force in founding and building this Nation-and then that traVesty and tragedy in one, the stor yof the cee= bration of the "wets," who were ad- dressed by Senator Edge, of ;. New Jersey. as Fellow Nulliticationists, and who, under the leadership of Hon. John Philip Hill, listened in gloating glee to Westinghouse recipe for mak- ing beer, written away back in 1757, before the realization of his future responsible leadership had daWned upon him.
 Such a miserable performance was in keeping with the recent efforts of a certain literary cormorant who tried to prove Washington habitually profane, in face of his deeply reli- gious Farewell Address, which we reyerently heard read in this. Hall on his birthday, and his whitening re- buke of profanity in the army. which had the honor of reading here at the close of that .eventful day. Such efforts to throw mud on the polished shaft of . Westinghouse immortal name and imperishable fame make us think of that big, black vulture that hoyers over an unclean carcass in pre- ference to food. that is clean. and pure.
 And behold the eclimax of,f this shameful procedure by the publica- ton on the front page of the Wash ington Post. on Tuesday, of a .4 fac simile of this recipe in Washington's own hand. Such a. publication, backed by the prestige of Washington's name, appearing on the front page of the supposed mouthpiece of the Adminis- tration, as read at that wet banquet by the gentleman. from Maryland. MT. HiIl), can have. nothing, but a hurtful effect. upon the. homes and the youth of America. I agree with MT. Blan- ton, of Texas, that, regardless of it's authorship, this publication is clear violation of the law, and the offend ing paper ought, to be prosecuted.
 Let, me say this sto the: 'Nnullfica- tionists" who are trying to use the name of Washington to boost their unholy cause, when Washington wrote that beer recipe it was not against the law. But we know enough about this heroic and immortal man, as re- uealed by his glorious achievements and enjolned in his Farewell Address concerning obedience to law, that if he. were living now he would not vic late the amended Constitution of the Nation he helped to establish. The