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iyjMSON’SWEE/Qyl In 1 ' JEFFERSONIAN 1 bR * EDITED BY Bp THOS. E. WATSON 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 Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, October 24, 1907. Jife -1 ' .a W > w sSiis r *US -• wHI aWIIHSIh IWpw : MHp >-r < iBL Oso ... HON. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. 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,