Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-27
HON. O. B. STEVENS is
AGAIN A CANDIDATE.
FORMER Member of RAILWAY
Commission.

The voters of Sumter county. as in
the past, will again rally to the sup
port of Hen. o. B. Stevens. the .sfarrte
er member of the State Railroad
commission, in the primary on Augusr
.. A friend and neighbor. hafIing
from our sister county of Terrell. NJ.
Stevens is well known to all here and
a man holding tie implicit confidence
OF the people-at-large
Regarding Mr.. Stevens candidacy
for reelection in the approaching pri-
mary, the Cedartown Standard has thu
following complimentary mention:
The original idea of the statesmen
WHO planned and carried to success
that great safeguard of the people'4
rights, the State Railroad Commits
sion, was that the Commission should
be composed of one lawyer. who
should look after the legal aspects OF
all questions submitted to the Or
ganization, one farmer or business
man, and one practical railroad man
! Some 81 the ablest and most patriotic
Statesmen of Georgia framed this
plan, a. d under its workings much
good was accomplished in equahzin.
justice between the people and Tho
railroads.
Recently however, the Commits.
sion has been enlarged to five. an
they have been given a special legaI
advisor, despite the fact that three
of tie present members are excenen,
lawyers. But this has little to Dc
with what We have started out to SAY
in this connection.
What We want especially to briue
to the attention of our readers, ant
to all the farmers Of Georgia as fal
Jas We can safely reach them is the fac
that out of the five members of the
! Railroad Commission, as at presen
constituted, they have only one req
resentative - Hon. o. B. Stevens
and to the additional fact that @
the three members whose terms "a,
about to expire and who are stand
Jag for reelection, only one las o.
pgsition-Hon o. B. Stevens-the sol,
Representative Of the farming Interests
on the commission-and that his Oh
oOo+bo,. 10
Now, the Standard does not believe
in stirring up class feeling, but W.
do believe in fair play
We are convinced that the idea o
the statesmen who drew up the BIZ
creating the Railroad Commission
Originally, and which provided tina
one of its members should be a farmer
is a good one; and we don't want /:
see the only farmer on the Commissio.
ousted by an oftice-seektng lawyer
however good a man he may be.
The terms of the following mem
bers expire this year;
Hon. o. B. Stevens, a farmer, G
| Terrell county, who is just complet
| ing a full term.
Hon. G M. Gambler, a lawyer, c
Atlanta, who was appointed by Gov
Smith.
Hon. Jas, F. Gray, a business MAJ
and former railroad employee, o
Savannah, who was appointed by Gov
Brown.
The ether members of the Commits
sion are Hon. Warner Hill, a Iawyer
Of GreenyiIle, and Judge HiIlyer,
lawyer, Of Atlanta.
With three lawyers already on tn,
Commission, esides their paid lega
adviser, it would certainly seem tha
the legal fraternity is we'll enougI
represented there and ought to ALLOW
the farmers to have at least one REL
resentative on that important body
The Railroad Commission means com.
paratiyely little to a lawyer, except T
give on eof the fraternity good joh
but t. the farmers and merchants u
the state one Of their number sery-
ing on the Commission means a safe.
guarding of their interests from any
possibility of imposition by the greet
of railroads.
The Standard faVors tire reelection
of all three of the Commissioners
standing for reelection. They arc
capable gentlemen, we'll worthy of the
confidence of the people OF tn,
three none surpasses in usefulness
the farmer member, Hon. o. B. Ste :,
ems.
We would have been sorry to ser
any Of them have opposition for re-
election, and are especially sorry that
the new lawyer candidate has singled
out Mr.. Stevens for his opponent VI
| believe, however, that the farmers and
business men of Georgia will see to Il
that Mr.. Stevens is reelected as thu
representative of the farming inter
ests, and that tie lawyers of the state
| generally recognize the justice of the
suggestion that there are alread,
enough members Of the legal profes-
sicn on the Commission and that the
great farming interests Of Georgia ara
entitled to at least one representative
there.
P. S.-Since the above was written
Mr.. Hornady has announced against
Mr. Gray.-Cedartow Standard.
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