The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-22
LICE LEWIS"

Here is a sample Of the argument that
one of the Elijah Lewis bapers-the esteem
ed Cordele Rambler--is diShing out to its
readers: "Hon. f. B. Lewis is perhaps ths
most popular business man before the pub
lie of this state today. A gentleman from
another congressional district was in Cor
dele some weeks ago and asked the question
what makes Mr. Lewis SO popular7 One OF
the old timers who were raised in the
neighborhood with Mr. Lewis replied: We'll
have known Lige Lewis all my life. heJ
and are near the same age and there has
never deem time in his life that he wasn't
as polite to poor man and as kind to a.
poor woman as he would have been to the
richest man in the neighbohood, he didn't
have to wait until he went into politics to
know how to treat people, besides this he
is an up-to-date business man and financer
and the people Of this district want bust
ness man in Congress; he is sane, safe,
conservative, and able; this sir said the OLD
timer is the secret Of his popularity
Now wasn't 4he Rambler rambling.
Didn't the Rambler ramble around Alright
smagt bit for the poor mans voter Why did
MT Brother Charles Jackson Ship speak
right out and say "Now Mr. Poor Man walk
right up and vote for Lige; he is power
full polite fellow, and that's about all you
We got sence enough to know anything a.
bout.''
Politeness is an attribute that is coRmen
dable, but it is too common among gentle
| men to merit unusual notice. But if the
Rambler must talk about Mr. Lewis far famed
| politeness to the poor man and to the poor
woman, we will be polite enough to accede
to its desire, Yes, dear Rambler, Mr. Lewis
| is polite and that is about the biggest quail
| ifcation he possesses as congressman. Yes
he is polite and may be kind, but none Of
thesepvirlules constitute a result-getting
representative of the Third District.
A demonstration Of the truth OF this
statement is the ten or twelve years Of "in-
nocuous desuetude" of Mr. Lewis inECon-
gress.
First apologizitg to the voters for taking
I'D time with so trivial matter, we will say
: few words about the personality OF Dud-
lev M, Hughes: he is gentleman in every
sense of the word; he has always been con-
sidered one Of the most courteous men II
Georgia, and his.courtesy has been limited
to no one class of men he has ever been ;
friend to the distressed and his pocket bool
and smoke-houSe have never been closeC
: to the needy, thousand people in middl
Georgia would swear to our statement,
: Mr. Hughes is also man about whom W
have never heard single word of lmmor
atty but have often head men speak 0
the cleanliness Of his life.
Mr. Hughes il. entirely free from the co
tempt1ble things that constitute thel dema
gogne, He despises the criminal tactics Q
the would-be purchaser of influence AM
ballots.
: Mr. Hughes is farmer, big majority G
the voters Of this district are farmers, Eye
: there has never been a farmer elected rep
resent the Third District,
, Mr. Lewis issaSbanker, he has made
large fortune in the last fewyears by lend
ing money on safe papers at whatever rat'
he pleased to charge
Mr. Lewis wants to be elected zone more
me'' in order to accomplish in two years
what he has failed to to in twelve, why
Oesn't he start the good work right tnowi
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