Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-03-25
OTHERS VIEWS
BRITISH ROYALTY AND
AMERICAN WEALTH.
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
In the Congressional Record of jan
| uary 21st I read that the House OF
| Representatives on that day adjourn
ed as a mark of respect to the
memory of King George of England.
The resolution which caused the
house to do this was introduced by
Sam d. McReynolds a representative
| from the third district of Tennessee.
He is Democrat and has the same
name and comes from the same state
as does James G.. McReynOlds who as
one of the judges of the Supreme
Court, put there by Woodrow Wilson,
a few days ago voted to stop the far
mers of our country from getting the
few crumbs the New Deal had been
scattering among them. So on the mo-
ton of this Sam d. McReynolds the
House adjourned after being in ses-
sion only ii minutes. They lost a day
because an English king had died. Re-
preventative Sweeney of Ohio, DEM
ocrat, was the only man or woman
to raise their voice against being so
respectful to a country that many
| times has tried to crush this Republic.
Congressman Sweeney said the losing
of that day in Congress cost the tax
payers of our country Fifty thousand
dollars. So North Carolina Congress-
men were more interested in paying
their respects to John Bull than saw
ing something for the farmers and
workers of our country who pay all
! the taxes.
1t is a great pity Mr.. Sweeneys
speech cannot be read by every voter
in our country. No ordinary man is
going to vote and speak against the
whole House of representatives as
this great friend of American work
ing people did on this occasion. 1 just
| want to give you one short paragraph
from his speech, Mr.. Sweeney said
"Mr. Speaker, nothing is more
nauseating to me, an American-born
citizen and a member of the Congress
of the United States, than to witness
the supine debasement of patriotism
on the part of many officials in this
country, and especially in the Nations
Capital The atmosphere of official
Washington, generally charged with
the aroma of pro-British influence,
suddenly became surcharged with the
passing of King George V. One would
have thought from the lavish exter-
nal manifestations of lamentation and
| grief that we were still a part of the
British Empire" Now to be perfectly
frank; I care nothing about the pass
ing of the king Of England. I feel
about his going as I would about the
demise Of ]. P. Morgan, Rockefeller
or any other Dives at whose gates
had lain the unfortunate brothers of
Jesus Christ, while dogs licked their
sores and they subsisted on the
crumbs, only the crumbs, of their rich
bounty. To me the passing of those
who live in luxury upon the good
things produced by the sweat and
blood of their less lucky, fellow be-
ings is good ridance. They belong to
an age I hope is rapidly passing from
| the world never to return. These
money lords and kings have always
been the leaders in wrong doing, and
have ever trampled beneath their sin
full feet the Holy doctrine that Jesus
| Christ taught" 49,
Who will say we do not need more
men, in our country like Mr. Sweeney
and none like Mr. McReynolds and the
other members of the u S. House of
| Representatives who voted to adjourn
| the House, at great cost to the
American tax payers, in order that
King should re shown respect. The
very word King should be offensive
to every true American.
We are told by the prO-British that
this George was a good man, and
good King. The former is not true
The latter I know nothing about and
care less. No good man ever held
! from others what they needed while
he revelled in an abundance. George
did that He had millions of dollars at
| his disposal all his life. eYt, of the
four hundred million people, over
whom he ruled, half of them at least.
are and have always been in needy
circumstances. 1t is wrong for us to
speak of one as being good only be-
cause they. are rich or influential The
| accumulation of riches is as wrong
|. today as it was when the Galilean So
cialist went about doing good
When John D. Rockefeller dies, if
he ever does, I can now see in nv
imagination the many pages of news
papers and magazines that will be
telling Of his greatness and goodness
TO the mind of every honest person
his goodness consists in being a slick
trader; his greatness in being one of
Americas biggest robbers. He robbed
according to law maybe, but he had
the laws made to his order.
JAS. H. WRIGHT.
Henderson NJ c.