The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-02-22
Judas Adamson.

OhC VI tht hiOSt iItcEtSlluk tADtFl-
ences in congress Is to note the growth
of members up and down, for. strange
as II may seem, they grow in both di-
rections. Georgia has strong delega-
tion in both houses Of congress. as she
ought TO have. being great state--in
fact, from the very beginning she has
furnished her full quota OF worthless to
the federal government.
One of my old college professors
Charles Louis I.oos, was always say
ing to his students, ''Carpe diem.'--
seize the day. This may be fairly
translated into utilize the opportu-
nifty" That's precisely what Judge W,
G. AdamsOn Of Georgia did on the rail
road rate legislation. He stands sec
ond on the list Of Democrats on the
interstate ahd foreign commerce COM
mittee. Judge Davey. the ranking
Democrat of the COMMITTEES. on account
of bad health. turned the floor manage
ment or that great measure, so far as
the Democrats were concerned, to
Judge Adamson, and he managed II so
as to elicit the commendatiOn OF all his
| lcllOM Tic ulu " W ltu SUCH
grace, tact and good humor that all
friction was avoided. 1t is "A difficult
| task to divide out time on a great meas
IRE on which nearly everybody wants
| TO speak in such way as to satisfy
135 men, especially when there Is not
half time enough to go around. Yet the
| judge accomplished this feat in such
/ 4. To q, al
ready great, and his standing. already
high. He not only delivered an ad-
mirable speech himself, but for two
/ weeks was at his post OF duty every
minute looking to it that the Democrats
had an absolutely square deal in the
! discussion. 1t WAS an onerous duty
| well performed,
The Test.
First and last in platform, from the
hustings and in the public press Re
publicans have voiced many severe de
nunciations of the trusts. There had
always been much suspicion as to theil
sincerity, for everybody knows thai
Republican legislation produced til,
trusts. In fact, before the Republican
party came into power there was NJ
such mOnstrosity within the broad con
fines of the republic. Now. after prac
/ ,ioally forty-hve years of Republican
rule, trusts are plentiful as berries ii
June, and, Notwithstanding the louC
and vociferous excoriations inflicted up
on them, they flourish like so many
trees planted by the rivers of water
II has always been believed that tn,
trusts furnish Republican candidates
for office, high and low. the sinews o.
war and that the Republicans anC
trusts are cheek by jowl and are n
thick as the Siamese twins Chang an(
Eng. Indeed. recent development
prove beyond all controversy that til,
big insurance companies and othel
great corporations have contributed
layishly to the campaign fund OF til,
Republicans, certain insurance mag
nates going so far as to commit lar
esny and embezzlement In order /,
elect Republicans. In view OF thes
facts all Republican verbal assaults
upon trusts have been accepted with
large pinch OF salt
The determination OF Republicans +
project the trusts at all hazards an'
under all circumstances was neve
more forcibly Illustrated than in tn
debate on the Philippine tariff bin.
The situation AS to sugar Is this
We consume tremendous quantity o
sugar. We can produce only abou
one-fourth Of what we consume. sug
ar is Imported almost exclusively Il
the raw state. On raw sugar the tarii
is about $S6 per ton. Then there Is Al
additional taiff OF $3.50 on refine,
sugar. called the differeniial" Th
sugar trust gets this rakeoff OF SJ.8
per ton. That Is what II feeds on. |
Is a whopping big largess In order 1
J test the Republicans as to the slncerit,
Of Ibslr sarEuss declarations ana 81