Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-01-19
CURRENT COMMENT.

DO not see how any rlghtmindad FER.
son. friendly or unfricndly 20 Senator
Tillman before this revelation was
made. can defend. condone. or even
palliate his ofensc in the premises.
suppose Tillman had caught Grover
Cleveland or Wade Hampton I'm such
business They would not have de-
served any consideration. Of course.
but 10 would have been difficult 90 find
anybody Ia the country more eager
TO lead the attack on them or So ia.
rious and scathing in Characterization
OF their wrong doing"
The Mobile Register DEM SAYS.
The lumber industry Is in bad shape
because OF the fall.ng on Co. cou-ump.
lion during the past TWO years. The
resumption whidb WIS promised as
.oOn o. the general election was over
has not taken place. some mill. iu
every locality have resumed. but ar
least ODD per cent OF the mills are still
idle As the restoration ct general
business is slow The restoration iu
lumber il only gradual For practical.
D. two years the millmcn have re-
tanned their holdings and kept their
establishments together under yers
adverse Circumstance. and q will not
b." denied that the profits Of the future
hould Doe such as 90 recoup losses
in the past. Their opinion as 90 the
eject OF placing lumber on the free
list az this time deserves respectful
attention and will no doubt obtain il
At the same time IL Is possible thai
the effect may be- oyerestimated. no
least as far as the South is con-
cerned. because Of the consideration
Of freight rates"
The Louisville Courier Journal saws:
Love laughs az lawsmiths and find, |
The way TO the iutoXicant. Prohibi- |
lion makes many lavbreakers. but
very few teetOtalers. Like the Jury
system which theoretically iusures
he eNaCtion Of penalties when proof
II our guilt is complete. prohibition (
$ upon paper, effective. although not
lemoCratic Hut the lines drawn by
Prohibition between the thirsty and
he object OF their quest are like the
Iuator in that when you approach /
hem they are nor yi-iu.. 90 the naked
.-o. Tonne. o- las just gone as hell |
.ont' as Maine for prohibition. u
,ill perhaps be- Just about as dry.
'he Igu1r traffic will be- degraded.
he quality OF a.. .r.l I'd the market
.ill b. reduced. But the tirpler will
ave his tipple as of yore And the
eason FOR this Is that when hypOcriti-
al legislation is passed, Legislators
citing for a law they do not expect
o observe personally. the law does
ot reflect public opinion and is not
The Montgomery Advertiser says: :
Now il Is announced that when Sen
tor Foraker goes out Of Office on
larch he has a job already picked
ut for himself. He Is going 70 de-
ote his time and talents TO securing
Justice for the Brownsville negro sol
iers. who were discharged. We don't
now what he means by justice in
heir case. but We suspect he has a
ig job ahead"
The Birmingham News says: Just
bout the time Congress was begin.
ing 10 get even with the President
Roosevelt switched the spotlight by
pening up the attack on Tillman.
Tow. when Tillman seems 20 deliver
be- abb. the White House prodigy dis
racts public attention by taking a
inety-eight-mile horseback ride. Most
eople are satisfied 20 pose in the
mellght but Roosevelt believes I'm
the instrument"