The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23

4brO17oh th#e cOHIIOI OI the currency
r,biob ie NJ bw enjoyed by these banks
privileges?
nrr lew Sis states in his platform
.bo+ bo 5ol rs not approve of millions
80 dollars being paid as a subsidy to
shin owner S that we may build up a
800 moro shant marine; but his po-.
st+tor on II be subject of subsidies be-
H. bic W. BIRDS. His record on this
e,,bioc+ ie decidedly at variance with
~ co,+in,ol nts contained in his plat
-. for ~ Then bill was before the
rJo,,so ontbcI rizing subsidy of S142.-
1oo7E - lie paid to the Southern
pai1road on erated by J. P Morgan,
- wou stFeet, and something like
cox nm 70 ! ONE other road out here
Il Tho West. Mr.. Lewis is recorded as
-,o+ina tbat fhis subsidy be paid.
For eight consecutive times he has
,,o+od for this subsidy, amounting as
it does to nea d nllillon and half
do1Iars to be paid to J. Pierpont Nor
oon "the world, the flesh and the
dovi1, when that money could have
hoon better expended by creating
moro FREQ delivery routes throughout
tbo nistrict How can he reconcile
ris noet NOS 10 upon this subject
with the stat8Ae1.&s-SS.oS4llta lned IL his
platform? ~-~r
Mr. Lewis trther states that he be-
ueyes in TIL, maintenance and i'm
movement of'he Agricultural Depart
ment and the broadening, correcting
and purifying Of the same by a disrE
charge of the Unworthy and dishonest
clerical official. But last Year, when
Holmes, Hyde and Mrs. Burch were
robbing the rQpke Of the South of
millions of dollars by false reports
upon the acreate and condition Of the
growing crop, What did Mr.. Lewis ever
do to correct his evil? 1t was an
open secret that these reports we're
being manipulated and used to depress
the price of cbtton: yet Mr. Lewis
did absolutely nothing to investigate
these charges, land bring about a
reformation of affairs. Mr.. Richard
Cheatham, of the Southern Cotton AS
ISOLATION, deserves the credit Of the
people of the South, for unearthing
this scandal, and Mr.. Lewis state
ments upon this matter at this late
day, when the guilty officials have
long since been dismissed from the
public service, and criminal suits are
now pending in the courts for their
punishment, are entirely for political
/ purposes, and nothing else.
He further states that he is opposed
to the railroads living free passes to
public officials; ySt, Mr. Lewis travels
about the country with pocket full
of passes, and uses them upon every
/ occasion. If he is so much opposed
to the railroads giving the passes, why
! isn't he opposed t6 using them? And
when bill to stbp their use in the
State of Georgia W las before the Legis-
sature last summer, which bill upon
vote only required one more vote to-
/ insure its passagel why was it that
Mr.. Lewis thought so little of the
measure at that tin ne as not to solicit
/ chat one vote?
! Mr.. Lewis also STD ties that he favorS
an income tax, so Ahat the large for
/ tunes of great COMPUTATIONS and hold
ers Of Accumulated wealth may pay
their just proportion OF the necessary
| expenses Of the government. Is it
possible that Mr.. Lewis has been
asleep for the last tbn years? Doesn't
4 he know that this very bill was passed.
/ by Congress and approved by the.
/ President, ordered ldvied, and in some
/ instances collected, but WIS declared.
unconstitutional by the Supreme Court
4 Of the United States? Such utter
ances of Mr.. Lewis lupon impossible
issues shows the desp4 erateness 9f his
present race, and are lntroduced( solely
/ by him at this time tb catch the vote
Of parties who are lot po@sd upon
this subject, and adj soluteiy for no
other reason. This FAX ca b only be
collected when authorized BY a reyis
ion Of our present Fonsti5ution; but
if Mr.. Lewis is so n luch n favor Of
this measure, why isl IL That he has
never introduced al RESOLUTION tt
amend the Constitutions $50 as to al
low this tax to be d objected? Why
gentlemen, his platfor n from one emf
TO the other is unWort nv Of 3onsidera
ton 1t is a tissue d f vain promises
unsupported by facts ina the past, or b,
any effort of MIR. Lewi Y while in Cor
gress. In justice to r. Lewis, I dc
sire to state that durir. g the ten year
of his service in Cong ress he has il
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