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Vol. 11. No. 39.
LAMAR DECLARES WILLIAMS’
RECORD WILL DEFEAT HIM.
Florida Congressman Arraigns Mi
nority Leader on Past Record.
Hon. W. B. Lamar, member of con
gress from the Third congressional
district of Florida, by
his wife, arrived Atlanta Wednes
day evening and will spend several
days at the Piedmont Hotel. Con
gressman Lamar and his wife spent
the month of August at Saratoga
Springs and since September 1 have
been visiting in New York.
Congressman Larhar is a nephew
of the famous L. Q. C. Lamar, who
represented his state in congress for
many years. He is an able politi
cian and is thoroughly familiar with
the issues of the day. When asked
his opinion of what will be done in
congress during the winter, he said*
“The Republican majority will
seek to do as little as possible polit
ically. They will pass all necessary
appropriation measures and then
will want to adjourn.”
Mr. Lamar was then asked if Rep
resentative John Sharp Williams 'will
be elected leader of the Democratic
minority again, and in reply he said:
“I sincerely hope not. The Dem
ocratic people in every state would
make it a congressional issue that
their representatives do not vote for
Mr. Williams as minority leader if
they knew his record upon railroad
rate legislation.
“Two years ago Mr Williams called
a Democratic caucus, stating that it
was bis intention to resign his minor
ity leadership. Instead of doing so,
he ignored that purpose and proposed
a railroad rate bill called the ‘Daw
bill,’ and had the Democratic caucus
to adopt it. I stated in the caucus
that it was an insufficient measure,
and so did several others. This cau
cus was called two or three weeks
prior to the conclusion of hearings
of railroad men and shippers then
being taken before the intei-state and
foreign commerce committee, of
which I was a member.
“The caucus bill contained not
one line to help the Georgia peach
growers from the extortionate icing
charges of the ‘private car line com
panies? It did not contain one line,
not a single provision, enabling the
cotton men of Georgia, or lumber
men or * peach-growers to com
pel the railroads to furnish them cars
to transport their products to mar
ket.
“President Roosevelt in his mes
sage to congress prior to this Demo
cratic caucus had specifically recom
mended that the private car lines be
placed under the authority of law
that their extortionate icing chargee
could be veduewL
“If it a»y weaker that President
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Roosevelt is popular with Democratic
shippers and producers? And is it
any wondei that the position of the
Democratic party in the house of rep
resentatives under Mr. Williams’
leadership is ridiculous upon the great
question of national regulation of
interstate railroads? I say ridicu
lous because if such an insufficient
measure were pot ascribed to ignor
ance it would fall under the designa
tion of party treacheiy.
“And a year ago the Democratic
position on the Hepburn rate bill, in
my opinion, was lamentably deficient
in both a public and a party sense.
The Democratic members joined in
with the Republicans and unanimous
ly reported the Hepburn bill. It con
tained no provision against free pass
es. It did put express companies
under control of law.
“I offered four amendments to the
Hepburn bill and they were voted
down under the leadership of Mr.
Williams by a union of Democrats
and Republicans. These amendments
were taken by me from the rate reg
ulation bill then pending in congress,
introduced by William Randolph
Hsarst of Naw York, and ware as fol
lows:
u ‘First, Tluut the interstate sem-
mercC commission should have the
same power as Georgia's commission,
viz.: to change a rate at will and not
wait for a complaint.
“ ‘Second, That the commission
should have power over the classifi
cation of freight, the same power as
the Georgia commission has.
“ ‘Third, That the shippers should
have a speedy remedy to compel rail
road companies to furnish cars on de
mand and fixing the remedy.
“ ‘Fourth, That no railroad should
increase an existing rate without the
consent of the interstate commerce
commission. ’
“All of these amendments were
voted down.
“Had this last amendment been
adopted a year ago the lumber men
of the West would not today be call
ing on an eminent attorney of your
city, Mr. W. A. Wimbish, to come to
their assistance and fight down the
recent increase in lumber rates bv
western railroads. And this
amendment, if it were law, would
be a shield and defense to every lum
berman, peach-grower and cotton
planter in the state of Georgia.
“Can the representatives of De
»owey swerywihew support Mr. AVil
liavs ter leaiarehip agai* whea hu
Price Five Cents.
past leadership has put Democracy
behind the Republicans on one of the
greatest of national questions, regu
lation of rates on interstate lines of
railroads? I am satisfied one or two
Democratic members of the commit
tee must have yielded their judgment
to Mr. Williams on the Hepburn
bill.”
In reply to a question as to who
will be the probable opponent of Mr.
Williams in the race for minority
leader-ship, Congressman Lamar said:
“Judge DeArmand, of Missouri.
He has been in the house of repre
sentatives fourteen years. He is a
fine lawyer and a grand man and ar
dent friend and follower of Democ
racy’s great champion, and I hope,
our next president, William J. Bry
an.” *
Turning from the topic of national
politics, Congressman Lamar spoke
of the prosperous condition of Flori
da, his native state.
“We are getting along finely down
there,” said he. “South and east
Florida are prosperous in their lum
ber and phosphate output and in their
oranges, early vegetables, celery and
berry crops The Third congressional
district, which I have the honor to
represent, is also prospering with its
lumber, cotton, cattle and tobacco in
dustries.”—The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES GOES
NORTH.
This well known Georgian has been
called to the chief editorship of the
New York American. The state will
learn with sincere regret of his de
parture from the South.
Col. Graves and The American are
both to be congratulated. He has
made a brilliant and useful career in
Southern journalism. He has aimed
at things and he has done them.
TRADING AT HOME.
Local reciprocity among business
men, tradesmen, professional men
and in fact all lines of endeavor, is
what makes a town prosperous. We
have as good stores in Orangeburg as
are to "be found anywhere and all are
stocked with up-to-date goods as is
quite generally well known.
In the face of these facts it is then
strange why some people will send
their good money away to the big
mail order houses in the cities who
have absolutely no interest in the
welfare of Orangeburg otherwise
than to extract money from well
meaning but misguided citizens. Such
money spent does Orangeburg no
good whatever, while if expended with
our own merchants at home it is
kept in local circulation and the tax
payers receive the benefit therefrom.
Patronize home industry and in- |
duatry will patronize you.—-Orangw
burf Nows,