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THE ASHE VILLE CITIZEN v THE WEATHER: Parti dondy Friday and Saturday! not much change In temperature. CITIZEN WANT-ADS BliINO RESULTS VOL. XXX YJ, NO. 100. ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1920. PRICE FIVE CENTS SESSION OF DEPUTIES ENDS IV 7 H FREE-FOR-ALL FIGHT ROME. Wednesday.Feb.4 (By I other by the Catholics and the Aseoalatsd Press) Violent scenes marked the session of the cham berpot deputies today and the pro ceedings ended In a free-for-all-fight. The trouble started when Stg nor Murlaldl asserted that the national production of oil was In sufficient. Calabria, which pro duces most of the country's oil, he said, was putting forth scarcely enough for local consumption but "would do Its best." At this point, he was Inter rupted by cries "God help us." From this point the confusion reaohed the climax, amid the deafening Insults hurled at each Socialists. Blgnor Pandelbtano, socialist, gave the signal for the actual fighting by rushing among the Catholics and raining blows upon deputies all about him. For sometime the struggle continued. In the fighting, Deputies Serratl and Barber! distinguished them selves. The last named was dragged away from the fray by three companions. The conser vative deputy, Blgnor Maury, who was surrounded by socialists, let fly blows with his left and right fists with the ability of a prize fighter. Blgnor Orlando, president of the chamber, finally suspended the sitting. Old Ajax By Billy Borne TERRIFIC STORM SWEEPS THE COAST; GREAT DnlGEjSJONE TO PROPERTY Summer Resorts Suffer High Tides ause floods Heavily in the Gale. Along Hudson River. , Streets in Norfolk Flooded. Houses Washed Into ' Sat at Other Places. New York City Faces Fuel Famine Snow Drifts Handicap Traffic. PROHIBITION TAKEN UP BY SPEAKERS AT DEMOCRATIC EVENT Daniels, Cummings, Ed wards and Smith Speak at Dinner. BANQUET GIVEN FOR HOMER S. CUMMINGS Naval Controversy and "Personal Liberty" Is sue Discussed. . Wilson Saw Necessity of Bottling Up U- Boats, Daniels Says. ' SECRETARY ATTACKS RECORD OF CONGRESS NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 5. Ocean View and Wllloughby Beach, sum mer resorts on the Chesapeake bay, about 10 miles from Norfolk, have suffered ..damage that may reach (760.000 from the storm that has wept the Atlantic coast In the past two days. Wllloughby Beach is a continua tion of the Ocean View resort, and Is on a narrow point of land running into Chesapeake bay. A chanel has been ,cut by the waves, separating) a large part of Wllloughby Beach from the mainland. From one end of the beach to the other, concrete and pile bulkheads have been washed away, and cottages have been undermined by the score. Part ft the roof of the amusement pavilion has been torn away by the wind, and the bathhouse and boat house have been wrecked by the wave. The boathouse was washed several hundred yards down the beach.' . , .,' , For several hour today streets' In the ' downtown section i of i Norfolk were flooded. At one point, tempo rary bridges had to be thrown across the street for pedestrians, 'Fully 2, B00 telephones are out of commission on account of flooded cables main. The high tide makes It impossible to pump out the mains in order to get at the trouble. It will be impossible for several days to determine the amount of the damage done by the storm. Houses 'that have been undermined continue to collapse at Ocean View and Wllloughby Beach, and the wa ters had not entirely subsided at a late hour tonight. VESSELS TO LEAVE. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Feb. 6. Three, ships tonight ordered pilots to take them out of the capes tomor row morning and If they succeed in sailing. It will mark the flrst move ment of ships out of the local port in the past three days, all vessels hav ing been held here by the storm which has prevailed Bince Monday. Included in the vessels tied up here la the White Star liner Athenio with 300 New Zealand soldiers aboard which was due to leave for Welling ton, Tuesday night. DAMAGES AT BEACH. WILMINGTON, N. C. Feb. 6. Damages estimated at fSD.000 at Wrightsvllle Beach near this city, oc curred during the past two nights as a result of high tides and heavy winds. Six cottages at the beach were practically demolished by the high winds. Decision was reached today to build Jetties and a break water at the beach to protect It In the future arid to cause an extension of land there. EXTENDING NORTHWARD. WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. The cy clonic disturbances of Wednesday night now covers the western part of the Atlantic from Nantucket to Hatteras with the lowest pressure 29.74 inches at Atlantic City, the weather bureau announced tonight. Its influence Is slowly extending northward and eastward, and high winds were reported tonight from the Maine coast to the Virginia capes with a maximum velocity of 72 miles at Block Island. Stormy weather is predicted for tomorrow in the middle Atlantic states, with high northeast to north winds and gales. The temperature, however, will not be unusually low. The weather on Saturday will prob ably be cloudy without precipitation or Important changes in temperature In that section. The precipitation In the last 24 hours has been In the form of sleet or snow In New England and the middle Atlantic states. Storm warnings are displayed on (Continued On Page Two.) NEW YORK, Feb. o. Huge waves rolled un bv a fifty-mile gale, were still sweeping the north Atlantic coust tonight while 'cities .and townB along the shore were trying with Indifferent success to- dig themselves out of the deepest snow drifts 'of years. Dam ages done by the sea to resorts and summer homes along the New Jersey and Long Island coasts was estimat ed at hundreds of thousands of dol lars. Shipping remained at anchor or moved with, the utmost caution. In the' land-locked waterways around New York huge ice floes menaced navi gation. The steamer Maine or me New England Steamship company was driven ashore on the north end of Long Island and four other sound lin ers were reported creeping along through the fields of ice. The Maine which carries five passengers, and a crew of 70, was reported in no im mediate danger and a tug has been eent to rher, relief.! - . Cold, anow, ice-and high seaa have made IV .iniiv ikuyuanwm w port coal from- the tidewater reser voir at Perth Araboy to New York and the cltv faces a fuel famine which will fore all It transportation lines to suspend operations unless tne weather moderates swiftly. ' While mountainous eas were bat tering the coast; the highest tide .ever recorded in New York harbor caused floods along the Hudson and Harlem river, , Ferry houses on the New York and New Jersey sides of the Hudson were flooded and water from the Erie terminal dripped Into the Hudson tubes at Jersey City, Home ward bound commuters fretted and fumed as they waited for ferry boats to get them to the trains they knew would be far behind schedule in reach ing their destinations. Two score big snow plows were at work today on the New York Central between New York and Buffalo. Snow has drifted from 15 to IS feet deep in some of the big cuts. Through trains from all directions were run ning hours late. Suburban traffic, es pecially on Long Islaffd and Htaten Island, was seriously . Impeded. Seabright. long a target for the waves, suffered more than any Of tne other northern New Jersey coast re sorts. Damages to Bulkheads. It was estimated that the high tide and heavy seas had done $260,000 damage to 'bulkheads, streets and residences there. A recently com pleted bulkhead, saved the main resi dence part of the town. The railroad tracks between Seabright and High lands were flooded to a depth of two feet and traffic was suspended. At ' Rockaway Beach two modern summer hotels, thirty bungalows, a forty suite apartment house, bath houses and dozens of small structures were washed Into the sea. Several bathing pavilions were swept away at Coney Island and thef first floor of the big Shetburne hotel at Brighton Beach was flooded. Traffic in the snow-filled streets in New York dwindled to 15 percent of normal. The street cleaning depart ment asked an emergency appropria tion of 1160.000 to clean the streets, An urgent appeal was made for work ers and it was said 14,000 would be hired If they eould be found but that only 3.000 were editable. Lacking men to form shovelling gangs, 160 motor plows are beUig used to clear tne main arteries of travel. The health department has declared the accumulation of snow a menace In the influenza epidemic. THE RUMANIAN FORCES TO RETIRE TO THE FRONTIER LONDON, Feb. 5. The Ru manian legation here announced today that the Bucharest govern ment had ordered the retreat of the Rumanian troops of occupa tion in Hungary to the frontier fixed by the peace conference. DEMAWD OF ALLIES IMPOSSIBLE 'SAY DECIDE ON CLOSING RALEIGH SCHOOLS Hundreds of Cases of Tlu' Reported in City. Several Hundred New 3 Cases In Altanta-Few ' Deaths Reported. , TEUTON OFFIM LS ODESSA IS OCCUPIED BY THE UKRAINIAN FORCES. BASLE. Feb. 5. Ukrainian regular troops and Ukrainian in surgents of Kherxon province, have attacked Odessa, overcome the resistance and occupied the city, according to advices received here. About 900 Names in "Ex tradition List" Received in Berlin. CABINET UNITED ON POLICY OP COUNTRY Attitude of Von Lersner Is Dftaprovea by Government. 'he OUTLINE PLANS FOR DEBATEONTREATY Party Conference Called By Senator Hitchcock. Numerous Consultations on the G. 0. P. Side of the Senate. RALEIGH, Feb. 6. With 120 new cases of influenza reported today and the estimate that there arc now or have been within the past week 2, 600 or 8,000 cases here, the city com missioners today determined to close the "schools, amusement houses, and to ban all public gatherings and to request the churches to suspend ser vices. The order may not go into effect until Monday. 508 NEW CASES. ATLANTA. Ga., Feb. 5. Five hun dred and eight new cases of Influenza were reported In Atlanta today, the largest single days return either this year or last. This makes a total of 950 Influenza cases reported within a week. Few deaths have been reported TWO MORE DEATHS. ROANOKE, Va., Feb. 6. Two more deaths reported to the health department here today, brought the number of dead from the influenza epidemic In Roanoke to 16. The to tal number of patients tonight are 2,042, an additional 213 having been reported today. Sixty-five cases' of pneumonia are on record. Deaths from influenza and pneumonia since January 22 are 25. REPORTS BY WIRELESS. NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 6. Informa tion given out shortlv after mldnls-ht at the local naval communication of fice stated that the coastguard cutter Manning had reported by wireless and (Continued On Page Two.) ASSERTS SOCIALIST PARTY IS DOMINATED BY ALIENS . . ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. I. Peter W. Collins, of Boston, a Knights of Co lumbus worker, was recalled to the stand at today's session of the trial of the five suspended socialist assent btvman before the assembly Judiciary committee, to support a claim by the prosecution that the socialist party was dominated by aliens. This claim was the basis of charge that social ist public officials were controlled by dues-paying aliens through regula tions Iliad with their party organisa tion after they had been nominated. Earlier in the trial. Mayor George R. Luna of Schenectady, had testified that prior to being expelled from the socialist party, he. once had signed such a resignation? . When adjournment was taken until J next Tuesday, the prosecution of the end of the third week had virtually closed its case. Counsel announced that only some odds and ends, "In cluding disposition of a witness In Milwaukee, remained to be Introduc ed. It is expected the defense will open Tuesday i afternoon or Wednes day, at the latest and Its attorneys have announced thsl they expect to finish in a week. Mr. ColUna was the day's only wit ness. In cross-examination the de fense sought to show Collins was em ployed by a "secret society" flchtlnsr sociallsm; that he was prejudiced In xaror or trade unionism aa opposed to socialism and that he lacked know ledge of, socialism and the socialist party. DENY REPORT. COLUMBIA. S. C. Feb. B. lit a statement tonight to a Columbia news paper, .T. R, Miller, chairman of the board of health of Rock 1I4U, entered an official denial to a' statement that there was 1400 cases of influenza there, made in dispatches from Ashe- vllle, Wednesday night. The board ot health ofnrlal said' there are not more than 150 cases of influenza in Rock Hill now and the total number of cases since the epidemic began has not exceeded 600. He declared that while a request for nursing assistance was made to Ashe ville, the statement was not made that there were 1400 cases of Influenza in Rock Hill. REPORT 244 CASES. DANVILLE. Va., Feb. 6. Two hundred and forty-four cases of in fluenza have been reported so far in this city to the health department, with many others unreported. An emergency hospital at the memorial mansion was opened today and has admitted ten patients. Three deaths have been reported up to date. BERLIN. Wednesday. Tcb. 4. Surrender of flic men demand ed by tli allies 1m Impossible, the Associated Iress was Informed by a member of -the government at the conclusion of tonight's cabi net session. Tito cabinet meeting, which -lasted several hours, waa attend ed by Mathiae Erzherger, the vice-premier and minister of finance whose appearance was his ' first at a meeting of the ministry since he was shot in thn shoulder In the recent attempt of a former cadet lo assassinate hint. Harmony In Cabinet. Rumors that a crisis was Impending In the government aro declared by the Lokal Anzciger to be groundless. The cabinet members are In ' complete agreement oh German's policy, the newspaper avers. It Is learned that in addition to the names previously given, the extradi tion list includes the names of Fred erick von Ingenohl, DJemal Pasha, former Turkish minister of war, Rupert von Glpper and Admiral von Schroeder, former commander of the naval corps. These men were de manded unanimously. The IV received In Berlin contains approximately 000 names. Fully 80 por .cent, of the men are unknown even -to the general public of , Ger many. ' Faulty transmission resulted In gross misspellings and the omission of initials and other marks of identl flcation to indicate the respective per sons meant, while names like Mueller and Schmidt recur a score of time. France and Belgium each demand the' surrender of 334 men; England, 97;- Rumania, 41; Serbia four and Italy 2a. There is one worn. an on the list, Frau Elsa Scheiner, who is wanted for alleged mistreatment of . French women at a German concentration camp. t' The annearance of the nama nf Count von Bernstorff. former German ambassador to the United States, is accounted for here by his connection with Bolo Pasha, executed in France In 1918, as a traitor. TO OPEN HOSPITAL. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Feb. 5. The local Red Cross chapter this afternoon decided to open an emer gency hospital in this city Saturday morning to take care of influenza pa tients. Fifty-two new cases of In' fluenaa were reported here today in official reports to the department of health with 10 new cases of pneu monia and six deaths. (Special to The Citizen.) WINSTON-SALEM. Feb. . The city health board today at noon or dered all theaters In the city to close after tonight's performance. The same order also applies to all lodge and club meetings. The schools were or dered closed with today's session. The dosing order is for an indefinite per iod, as the number of influenza cases being reported Increases each day. The board also requested that ' all churches either suspend or curtail their services until the epedlmio sub sides. Dr. R. I. Carlton, city health officer, reports 231 new cases up to noon today, with Are cases of pneu monia. The biggest problem In the oity at this Urns la the lack of nurse BAUER'S STATEMENT. LONDON." Feb. 6. The German chancellv, Gustav Bauer, Is a state ment to the press, said, according to a Berlin wireless message here:- "Our standpoint w.as explained in the note of January 25, and we again emphasize It. But we shall strictly avoid any provocation. For this reason the government re- grets that Baron von Lersner refused to forward the entente note. 'In any Buch action the interests of the whole nation must be decisive, and not the honor of a single individual." WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. Plans of the party leaders for resumption of the peace treaty deba's began to take form today, although It was said there probably would be no definite decision as to exact procedure on either side until the treaty actually , is called up for consideration Monday. . Senator Hitchcock, the acting demo cratic leader', returning to Washing ton after a week's absenoa, called a party conference for Saturday to con sider some of the points likely to be raised when the treaty comes back to 1 the senate floor. On the republican side there were numerous consulta lions among Oe leaders, but it "was said no final plan was adopted. The- White House took notice dur ing the day of the recently published letter of Viscount Grey, former Brit ish ambassador to the United States, in regard to reservations, officials close to the President Indicating un officially that they felt the ordinary diplomatic courtesies would have sug gested that this government be con sulted before such a document was made public. . While taking the posi tion that they did hot care to specifi cally deny them. White House off! clals said there was no foundation for reports -that the President knew of the Grey letter prior to its publica tion. - ' - Among senators the Grey letter con tinued a subject of widespread dis cussion, apparently forecasting that It would play a prominent part In next week's debate. Although there has been no formal agreement between republican and democratic leaders regarding the me chanical process of getting the treaty baok before the senate. It is expected on both sides that when it Is called up it will be referred to the foreign relations committee, which imme diately will report it without any at tempt to frame reservations. This step, it was explanlefl, wTTl be merely a technical one in order to get the treaty out from under the cloture attached to it Just before it failed of ratification in November. jC , - WILL NOT ADJOURN BECAUSE OF "FLU" The Oerman note of January 25 begged the allies to renounce execu tion of article 221 pf the peace treaty, requesting the surrender Df persons accused of acts la violation - of the laws and customs of war. The note affirmed that the execu tion of article fif. would Infallibly cause political and economic troubles, which would have a serious effect on the production of the nation. The German government proposed that the trial of such persons be held in Oermany with the participation of allied representatives. TO LEAVE FOR PARIS., PARIS. Feb. I. Dr. Wllhelm Mayer, German charge d'affaires at Paris, will leave Berlin for Paris this evening. .. He has received formal in- y Continues On Page Two.) COLUMBIA. S. C Feb. J In re sponse to a request from the house ot : representatives of the South Car olina general assembly as to the ne cessity for a recess of the general as sembly on account of the situation Incident to the presence of the Influ enza, Dr. C. V. Akin, United Btatea public services, appeared this after noon, before the legislators and gave It as his opinion that there is no ne cessity for adjournment NEW YORK, Feb. I. Prohibition and the Elms. Daniels controversy were Injected tonight into the testi monial dinner given here to Homer g. Cummings, chairman of the demo cratic national committee, at which Secretary Daniois was the principal speaker. . One thousand Invitations had been Issued to the banquet, which was attended by prominent democrats from all parts of the coun try. The prohibition Issue Was brought Into the proceedings 4jV Governor Kd- wards, of New Jersey, and Smith, of New York, and was greeted with ob viously mingiefl rwertnas by the diners. Governor Edwards was not on the of ficial list of speakers and was called upon unexpectedly after Secretary Daniels had concluded his address. Earlier In the evening, the New Jer sey executive had been given a atrlk Ing ovation when ho entered the din ing hall and there was an even greater demonstration when he arose to speak. Governor Edwards declared that a great Issue had emerged from the past "the issue of state rights and personal liberty." He asserted that this issue must be decided by the peo ple next rtovemoer. Theory Destroyed "If the federal government," he continued, "may subvert the doctrines of state rights and without a. commis sion or mandate from ths people, en ter 'upon our firesides and into our homes with the bureaucratic system of officeholders and over-lordshlp, the theory of our constitutional gov ernment and all rights Incident . to home rule and local state government are destroyed. Under such a system tne lnaeetruouoie union of destructi ble states becomes , a, myth and we have the .necessary alternative -of a great,-, super-power .at Washington,. Imposing its will upon tn the dlr notion of our habits. ' our manners' our tastes' and oi local customs, un tilmothlng Is left of the Independent staie or our ratiwrs but the name. " "To me this situation is a polltlnat sacrilege and I purpose to carry , the ngnt to an f-ranciseo regardless of wnat any-man or set or man may nar sonally think, so as to bring about a popular restatement of' tne doctrine of state rights and' popular home rule upon wmcn our fathers founded this government.' Governor Smith's contribution tn the prohibition issue was contained In a telegram expressing his regret that Illness prevented his being present In his telegram the New York exsou- 5-e said: -, - Most Effective "Do not . forget the time-honored mocratlo doctrine that the govem nt Is most effective which governs the least This precept of democratic faith In - the recent past has been grievously and wilfully Binned against wnen, in tne name of democracy, there was imposed 'upon 100.000,000 free people, without asking their di rect consent a restriction to their personal liberty which Prussia in her palmiest days never-dreamed of.' Thn name of Admlrsl Sims was In troduced by John M. Rlehle, the toastmaster. at the conclusion of Secretary Daniel's address. The sec retary dwelt unon the Brent nr. vice performed by the North Sea mine barrage in putting an end to the Ger man submarine menace and, Inci dentally, credited President Wilson with being the. first high American official to conceive the Idea, - Mr. Rlehle. before calling upon Governor Edwards as the next speaker, said: "Secretary Daniels spoke of the rreat barrage laid across the North Sea. I have Just received a memo randum which shows that the only American officer who onnosed th laying of that barrage was Admiral Sim's. The mentioning of the admiral's name was the stsnal for considerable hissing and booltur from various parts of the dining ball. Among the prominent democrats who were seated at the speaker's taoie werei Charles B. Alexander, vloe-nrenl- dent of the national democratio club: Assistant secretary of the Navy r ranxun u. rtooseveit: Mrs. Eliza. beth Rase, chairman of the women's bureau of the national democratic committee; William W. Farley, chair man of the democratio state commit tee: Mayor John F. Hylan, and Mon slgnor Mtohael J. Lavelle. Cummings Assails O.O. P. Program For Dealing With Treaty. . I INTRA STATE BATES PROPOSAL OPPOSED COLUMBIA. 8. C, Feb. S. The South Carolina railroad commission this afternoon addressed letters to members of the South Carolina dele gallon In congress protesting against "an effort on the part of certain railroad interests" to put Into hands of the interstate commerce sommis slon. the power of adjusting Intra state rates when such rates are con trary to interstate rates. NEW YORK. Feb. 8. , President Wilson was given credit her tonight by Secretary Daniels, speaking at the . democratic club dinner ;' to National . Chairman Homer S. Cummings, for having seen the necessity' of shutting German submarines off the seas as the only effective method of combat ting them before naval staffs "on either side of the water" moved to that end. , ,-. .' . C - "You must shut up the hornets in their nest," the President was quoted by Mr. Daniels as having said In quarterdock speech to "vffjeera of the , y. battleship Pennsylvania, early In the . war, "for you can never end the sub- : marina peril If you let them out and then have to devote yourselves to ' chasing them all over the ocean." ' "The barrage Anally built across the -North Sea," Mr Daniels said, "was the American navy's answer to the President's counsel. It was proposed by Admiral Earle (chief of ordnance) , In April, 1917. approved by Admiral Benson and 'Admiral Mayo, by the general board, by the secretary of the navy and by the President. Jt was :i the greatest naw constructive naval . s measure of effectiveness In the -whole war. It was a factor both In destroy- and in its deadly destruction of sub majrlnes." - Suggested Convoys . . . . President Wilson had also pointed ; out before naval staffs - had reached. that conclusion, Mr. ' Daniels said. 'that the. only way to . most surely eafeguard merchant ships was to send them In convoys protected by arma hlpe.' ,su; '-i W'v.v- ' -4'-v. ' ' The secretary,, attaeked the record -of cqngress since 1911. whsn "dishon est appeal to hyphenated politics en-- . , abled the republicans to elect a ma- , Jorlty of this congress'! and declared ' the people had "already, found they got yol4t brick." Thai record, he characterUed'as certain to defeat the reaublloan ' party next November "as Jt is certain that, ye democrats will nave tne wisaom to go lorwara arm nominate a great leader who is him self a platform of constructive legis lation." - .v ', ,-: ;-.. v w. ! Mr. Daniels' said he believed that a league of nations such as that pro posed In the treaty would enable the . world to maintain peace without com- -petltive naval building, but that with- . out such a league, American duty was "as plain as a pikestaff." He quoted President Wilson's statement in liiv that the navy should be ."lncompara- , bly the most adequate navy in the world" and 'added that none of the present American building program would be delayed or abandoned, One or the Other ; - -'We are to have a league, of na tions with America making as large a contribution as any other country to the mobile police force afloat,? ha said, "or we are to. have a navy 'in- comparably the most adequate navy -in the world. Which Is It to be? It . must be one or the other." Reviewing the history of the mer- chant -.marine through "forty years of republican neglect and indiffer ence," the naval secretary declared it - was not until President Wilson's first -inauguration, when a shipping bill was Introduced In, 1914 by Represen tative. Alexander, now secretary of -commerce, that a ' "constructive measure to give America a merchant ' marine with administrative backing" had been presented. ,'.'. v - . "This new merchant marine Is In Jeopardy again" he said. "Unless the people register their high resolve never again to let America be depend-' ent upon foreign bottoms, this repub lican congress will start the merchant marine down the toboggan slide out of which Woodrow Wilson pulled It against republican opposition and hostility." - , HAVE YOU BEEN ENUMERATED? If not or if you havi any doubt, fill out the coupon be low and mail to Philip C. Cocke, Assistant Supervisor of the Census, 3 Library Building, Afiheville, N. C. "On January 1st, 1920, 1 was living at the address given below but to the best of my knowledge and belief I have not been enumerated there or anywhere else. ' . Name . . Street and Number C ' :'.. ' . City ......i........ (In mailing mark the envelope ."official business", pos tage not required). . DISCT8SES TREATY. NEW YORK, Feb. 6. Democrat! leadership In the senate hae stood flir unqualified ratification of the treaty of peace. Homer 8. Cummings, chair- man of the democratic national com mittee, declared In an address tonight at the testimonial dinner given him by the national democratic club. Whn that "became Impossible," be added. it nas stood for such reservations as would preserve tne spirit of the document and make its resubmission unnecessary." If republican leadership" he con. tlnued "blind to overwhelming nor. essity for an honorable and speedy peace, drives this issue ultimately Into the arena of politics, the democratio party will unfalteringly take un the guage of battle. Upon that issue we shall have the support of the moral . and spiritual forces of the nation. We shall have support of the churches of the land. We shall have the support of the; business interests which ere now suffering from the delay in the rmorauon or tne peace or tne world. We shall have the support of the laboring men of America who do net want to be driven again into war, and we shall hare the support of the women of the United States, Alluding to the committee' of lit, appointed by Chairman Hays, of the republican national committee. Chair, man Cummings said If the committee ever meets, "it wUl be necessary to call out the militia to preserve order." ' He characterised the sixty-sixth congress as "the most melancholy failure In legislative history. - "As for holding the Wilson admin. istratioa to an account for Its steward ship," Chairman Cummings said, '' "ninety-two investigations set en foot at enormous cost have produced noth ing that was worth the expenditure of a dollar, except to demonstrate that -this war has been fought out to . a successful conclusion, without can- - dal, or fraud, or graft." , y