n The Commoner PJEBRUAHY, 1914 ii J ':. ' -;y - ": - --- lEZlBMBBBBBBFBBY BBBBW !v-- . ItSHHH bbbt HkBA 111)! BH fa BP Brw bV v NetTo , - MLiij .,., J Mfc,,'-.'' - . ,v'."''. -."-'.. - ' , . . 9J ship of Woodrow Wilson, tho coun try' Would hdt liavo a now curroncy law or any other legislation worthy of tho name. WANTS BANK FOR RICHMOND He paid a high tribute to tho abil ity of John Skelton Williams, ex pressing the belief In this connection that Richmond would sorvo tho region better with a regional bank than Richmond would bo served by a branch regional bank. Mr. Glass said ho could readily un derstand why Vanderllp would at by . tho officers of . tho. People' N tional bank. "Telegrams of regret wore re4 tonight from President Wilson an A Governor Mann over their Inability to bo prooent. At tho mooting were prominent bankers from central and southwest Virginia, sqmo of these oc cupying seats on tho platform." COIj. GOETIIALS AS GOVKRNOJl Tl o appointment of Col. Gocthals aa civil, govornor of tho Panama canal zone will bo welcomed by everyone tempt to frighten foreign financiers , who believes in honoring faithful about tho new law, because it would)'' " ivo service. It Is the well be tho means of taking millions from I nri'vi rownrd of a man who has tho bank reserves In New York, but given the best that was in him to hjd for Senator Root to declare the cur-' l s as a soldier and a servant of a rency established by tho now bill pront romibl'c, and who has acliloved was fiat money was little short of wonderful success, America delights treason, because Senator Root knew t- "ir R""h a man as Goethdls arid it would not bo fiat money. Ho said would bo glad to bestow much greater the law jrpvidds for no inflation buj, honor than this. ''-. an expansion of curroncy. The staid " tho appointment -of Col. the south the whole country want Gocthals moans oven ' nfdro lhan to expand, and nothing has kept thorn tnv fnithful sorvit'e. from expanding but an obsolete cur- In making him tho first civil fcover- , if 3J$T COME HOME TO POPPER zml'mJaiL?M 1 s K- ' 7, Ohio State Journal. i t i Glass Honored by His Fellow! Townsmen rency Bystom. "Mr. Glass declared tho American people are indebted to Secretary Mc Adoo, who taught the people ho could help them m6vo their crops withoilL going to Wall street. It was a pleasure as well as a duty, ho said, foi; him icr follow the leadership of such men "as President Wilson and Secretary McAdoo. Ho declarod President Wilson has a passion for service for tho people; that there is no. cowardice in him, and that his patriotism, putpnso and desire is to serve tho American people "Referring to the preliminary work leading up to the preparation of tho bill, Mr. Glass told of being sum moned to Princeton Inftt. Dnn.mnhor for a conference with Mr. Wilson and nf flirt Irlrwllv ilirtsin n wl mlmnnlltnn ho received -therer NEVER LOST HIS TEMPER nor of tho d'strict, President Wilsdn sets the precedent of basing the office on proved efficiency, of making it wholly free from politics. Her gives nMMnrann to this country, to the other American republics and t6 1 onean nations whose ships will uso tho canal that the d'strict Is to be governed on tho basis of high ability. It is a happy opportunity that al lows him thus to honor a faithful servant and at the same time to raiso the whole standard of public service h ?nnWnr? 'nnsp'cuouB merit tne basis of appointment. Milwaukee Journal. 1 The following special dispatch, dated Lynchburg, Va., January 17, . appeared in the Richmond Times- i Dispatch: ; "Carter Glass, . representative in congress from this, the Sixth Virginia 1 district, tonight rendered an account ' of his connection with the recent cur . rency legislation the fight for which - was led by him in the house, When .' he addressed an audience of, 1,500 'people at the academy of music. Probably never before did Mr. Glass ,haye.,a more sympathetic audience, ' for during the hour and a half he was speaking not a person left the t theatre, -and at all times the people gave .him strict attention. When he had been speaTcing an hour he atr , tempted, to stop, but the crowd called ! for liim to go on. j GOVERNOR-ELECT PRESENT The' public appearance of Mr. When the congressman .arose he was given arf( extended oyatiqn. Mr. Glass was visibly affected by tho tribute. He struggled to retain his composure but he had. not been speaking long be fore he '.was overcome. His voice broke and tears came to his" eyes. He talked brokenly for a moment, then regained his composure and for an hour and a Iialf in a conversational way told his fellow townsmen what his conpectbn with tho currency legislation had been., A ieature of the address was . the prediction ,jthat the country would never, suffer a panic under tbe operation of the bill, and that the country "would progress as much in the next ten years under, jt as it nas m tjie past century. TOUCHED BY RECEPTION ''Mr. Glass said he could not ex plain the keen appreciation of thel high 'honor that was "being done him; Otai tonSSS a LnauetsTven'm Ms ''i!.,0. ;." honor at the Virginia hotel by the . commercial bodies of the city, Ernest ; Williams, president of the chamber of commerce, presiding. Governor . Elect Henry Stuart, a-snest of honor ,, at the banquet, sat upon the stage ) and he was presented by Mr. Wil- v liams. He was given a hearty recep-J tion. The governor-elect said he was ? grateful for the opportunity to ,join in v honoring Lynchburg's distinguished, . citizen? He declared Mr, Glass a liv zing contradiction of the statement that the south no longer produces I statesmen, declaring that Mr. Glass ;had written more constructive legis lation -Upon the Statute nooks of this country than any other man from the south since the civil war. ?'N. C, Manson, jr.. a life-long ' friend of Mr. Glass, and a college mate of President Wilson, presented VMr. Glass, in a brief' introduction. SECRETARY BRYAN Citizens of all parties as well as of all creeds welcome, to Kansas City the distinguished cabinet officer who is to address tho Student Volunteer II X Irt.... .. ...(11 1.-.11.. U-'1t.. - i.. i nuuw yjx hiii lltwu'J UtJJlUVU UUJ1 VUI1L1UJ1. it,' he asserted, 'but I sat at the head As secretary of state Mr. Bryan is of that long committee table for three more than a great democrat. He is weoks without once losing my tern- a great American. His loyal service per,' and the audience joined Mr to tho progressive policies of tho Glass in a hearty laugh. He referred present administration, his readiness to his experiences in the caucus fight to lose himself in his devotion to a as a 'fine time,' declaring the bill was common cause, his lofty conception not changed In a single fundamental of the duties nd obligat'ons of his principle from the time it was draft- office in promoting international ed until it was signed. friendship and the world's peace, "Following the theatre meeting, have impressed tho nation with a Mr. Glass was a guest of honor at a new sense of tho bigness of the man, banquet at tho Piedmont club, given j avuuhus City Star. honored by the presli of the country and by many people. whom he d'd not know, but, Ho said, "I beg to as sure you ,that nothing, on earth has so keenly touched me arid nothing J so gratified me as' this reception to- night from my own people. Here 1 1 was born. 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