The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-12-29
THAT LAMAR
WILLIAMS AFFAIR.
How II Appears to Leading NewspA-
peFs Of Other States.

pers Of Other States.
Mr.. Lamar came out of his encounter
with John Sharpe Williams a crushed
statesman. Scranton Tribune.
Report that John Sharpe Williams
has divided the minority grows from
the fact that he cut kicker out of the
herd and hobbled him. Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
Mr.. Lamar Of Florida impresses US as
something superfiuous. BE ought to.
subside. Rochester Herald.
We hope that Lamar, Shackelford
and Williams are not deceiving them
selves into thinking that the people are
applauding them instead of laughing at
their vaudeville buffoonery. Mr.. Viii
liams, at leaat, was conscious of the
fact that the three were justifying the
choice of donkey as symbol of that
sort Of democracy. Columbia State.
Considering the Lamar-less condition
OF the committee on interstate and for
eign commerce, 1t is to weep, Charles
ton News and Courier.
The time of the House was taken I'D
principally yesterday by quarrelling
democrats, who want to put Leader
Williams into pickle. 1t was amusing:
Jul NuC pSOplS pay lOT the ClTCuS. 49,
BufaloSC ommercial.
Two eminent Southern gentle m en-
were able to call each other hard names
in the House of Repr esentatives
Wednesday without any implication of
any bloodshed. When the gentleman
from Florida charges the gentleman
from Mississippi with being only "the
image of a shriveled ape" and the
gentleman from Mississippi intimates
that the gentlsman from Florida is a
vain sorehead, and also a corpse that
does not know enough to keep its mouth
shut, and nothing whatever is doing in
the line Of pistols and coffee, it is plain
that a great change has come over the
sunny South. New York Mail.
II the present Congress keeps on as
1t has begun 1t is not likely to get
through a great deal of business before
the end of the session. The House of
Representatives has wasted hours of its
working time this week over the grew
ances of a couple of Democratic repre-
sentatives against the Democratic lead
err. Representatives Lamar, of Florida,
and Shackelford, of Missouri, didn't
get committee assignments they want
ed. They attribute this, probably cor
rectly, to the refusal of Representative
Williams to recommend them to these
appointments. They consider that Rep
resentative Williams. was almighty
mean about It, They have been giving
the House of Representatives their
opinion Of Representative Williams
most Of the time this week. Mean
while the public business has been seri-
ously delayed There is nothing in the
squabble Of the slightest national inn
portance. There may be something Of
Importance TO the Democratic party.
But the House Of Representative does
not sit to attend to the business of the
Democratic party. That is what the
Democratic caucus is for Why would
sentatives rent for the use of the hall
of Congress for the airing of their per-
sOnal grievances, besides docking their
salaries for the time thus taken from
their work ? New York Democrat and
Chronicle.
Representative Lamar has made a
serious charge against Representative
Williams that calls for immediate ex-
Pianation' Hes dog, that's what
he is" says Mr.. Lamar. "I'll show
him with his swelled head and his Held
elberg jokes, that he cannot charge me
ate" No gentleman should ever make
and Representative Lamar should has
ten to tell = curious world about this
dreadful Heidelburg joke. What is it,
Can II possibly be as bad as some Of
Chauncy Depew's jokes II it is Mr..
Lamar should be made to prove his
horrible charge or apologize. -NebrSs-
ka Indanpndant