Word: upshaw
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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William D. Upshaw, Congressman from Georgia, Baptist, author of Earnest Willie, or Echoes from a Recluse, formerly a Vice President of the Anti-Saloon League, last Winter caused an Upshaw uproar. He protested against drinking of spirituous refreshments, even in the Capitol, by members of Congress. Indications are that he will renew his efforts in the next Congress, for, addressing the W. C. T. U. last week, he reiterated his opinions and laid out a program...
Representative Upshaw is an evangelist by profession. During the Summer it is his custom to conduct "revivals" in one or more of the Washington churches. He believes that "common sense should be a big part in religion" and has been known to adjure the male members of his audience to "take off your coat if there are no holes in your shirt. So long as the weather remains warm I intend that no one shall suffer...
William D. Upshaw, Congressman from Georgia: " In a speech at a Baptist Church in Manhattan, I denounced ' wet Democrats of New York who shake hands like Herod and Pilate over the crucifixion of the 18th Amendment...
...South, the Civil War showed the people that states rights are not supreme," said Mr. Upshaw, "and, although a whole generation passed before the rancor completely died out of their minds, the secessionists there learned their bitter lesson well and are now standing firmly behind the Federal Government and the Constitution of the United States. If the were not so foolish it would appear highly amusing to see Massachusetts, one of the leaders both in the establishing and the holding together of the Union, now by an act of her legislature, and with the approval of her public officials...
...some people," Mr. Upshaw declared in commenting upon his accusations concerning law-breaking among public officials in the national capital, "my words were interpreted as an indictment of the entire staff of municipal and federal officers in Washington. I believe, however, that the large majority of my colleagues steadfastly practice the prohibition which their votes and public actions profess...