The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-10
SO-Called

But perhaps Ln1S is not the hrSt time
our Representative has jumped into
the Republican pen and played Re-
publican.
We we'll remember the Ma
tional Democratic Convention of
1896 pledged d. against rechartering
the National Banking System, but in
1901 we find our So-Called Repre-
sentative voting to license them to do
business at the same old stand with
enlarged powers for gathering inter-
est, and thus again we find him al
ligned with the Republicans against
the party to which he owed allie
glance.
May we not inquire what the coali-
ton of the six Georgia So-Called
spells, see where the index finger
points? BY their help tariff burdens
have been placed upon the great COM
mon people of the South and West
by an increase in some cases of from
SO to 800 per cent. The stupendous
outrage Of it all is, this same set has
the brass to provide a commission to
inquire into the increased cost of the
necessaries of life, and why the &C
tual expense of living is a hundred
per cent. higher now than two years
ago. Monumental hypocrisy, for was
it not their utilization with Cannon's
satellites that made the tariff legisla-
ton possible? And now their air of
injured innocence is little less than
mockery of oppressed, robbed, out
ragged, deceived constituents. 1t has
been said that you can fool some of
the people always, some of them
little while, and some you can never
fool at all. Who was and who is
this Representative from the 18th
district of Georgia, and how did he
ever break into Congress? Some six
weeks before his nomination he made
two flaming speeches in advocacy of
the gold standard. In making these
speeches he was only trying to be
the shadow, Or faint reprint, of the
great H. G.. Turner, who was a states
man, had the courage Of his convic-
tions, not a time serving deceiver of
the people, and who refused the
nomination at the hands Of the free
silver Democracy. At this juncture
our present Representative appeared
on the ground, proclaimed his advo-
cacy of free and unlimited coinage of
silver, posed time or two for his
pAOCO d0 Cu0 AlSC, last, duu Ouly uIl-
stultifed friend of the farmer. In
fact his gold standard feast of few
weeks previous had made him greedy
for all the pet measures of the farm
ers, and he swallowed the whole pot.
Now in Congress fourteen years, and
has he done anything for the farmer?
Yes; he has sent them a few pumpkin
seed, and occasionally a flaming
speech said to have been made by
him when the House was in the COM
mittee of the whole Cor when he was
in a hole himself). 1t is said that he
has secured appropriations for Bruins
wick and other Southern harbOrs and
some government buildings. If any
one thinks he got these appropria-
tons let him show his faith by stand
ing on his head The general appro-
priation bill is passed at every Con-
gress, and the harbors and navigable
streams usually get their proper
share and necessities. The records
show that on some occasions when
the appropriations were passed our
Representative was not present and
did not vote. The postOff1ce build
ings are regulated by statutes in
force long before our wise Repre-
sentative was ever a member of Con-
gress. The Postmaster-Genera has
the job of fixing these buildings and
not our Congressman. Our Congress-
man has secured few little jobs for