Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-07

congress - Demo-
crat Republican or what not. He is
the only member who ever has been
nominated nine successive times with
out opposition!
Down in the Fourth, they all vote for
Adamson He suits the people of that
vicinity right down to the very ground
Nobody ever thinks of running against
him. and apparently nobody ever will.
And if somebody does, the result will be
approximately the same.
One Of Judge Adamson's proudest
boasts is that, while he has had hon
ors and distinctions Of various kinds
showered upon him generously and
abundantly as he went along. he never
has taken any prizes at beauty shows
except maybe an occasional consola-
ton prize here and there.
The gentleman from the Fourth
| Georgia is easily one Of the leading and
most influential members of the house
He is chairman of the powerful COM
mittee on interstate and foreign COM
merce. and as such has had almost en-
tire charge of shaping recent Panama
canal legislation in the house.
Some of the facetiously inclined un-
dertook to kid" the Hon Joe Hill Hall
of Bib, during the progress of the
Morris Patterson hearing Wednesday,
but they didn't get away with it very
well.
The gubernatorial vote of Gilmer was
L,I
asked to know the vote accorded Sla
ton and Alexander. Then some one else
asked how many the Hon. Joe Hill
received in that primary. and the wit
ness said, None"
The laugh went around on the Hon.
joe Hill, but before it had subsidized the
gentleman from Bibb arose and said he
desired to say to the committee that he
considered his voteless estate in Gil
mer the very highest possible tribute
TO his genuine Democracy.
Then the Hon. Joe Hill got a fine
round of applause.
Afterward. MI Hall found out that
one Hall man had applied to. vote in
Gilmer, but that he had been turned
]
! he thought that cinched his previous
argument.
Fl. l.. Patterson. Democratic judge
| ship nominee in the Blue Ridge, has
| his expense account ready for filing
with the comptroller general
He spent $499.27 in making his fight
against Judge Morris, mostly for post
age. livery and railroad fares.
! The judge has returned to his home
/ in Cumming. where he proposes to rest
| up a spell" while his devoted son. who
/ financed the old mans fight to its
/ victorious conclusion, has returned to
! his home in Naldosta. where he is
very successful young business man.
| Not all the travelling men believe
| Governor Brown erred in vetoing the
mileage pulling" bill, even if great
many of them have criticised him
sharply for doing it.
For instance, there is Colonel Max
Krauss, of Savannah, one Of the oldest
! travelling men in the state He be-
| ieves the governor did the commercial
| travellers a genuine service in vetoing
the bill. and that the governor should
| be commended and not criticised ad-
versey for his act
| Colonel Krauss was for many years
chairman Of the railroad committee of
| the Georgia T. p A. and at present is
chairman of the same committee of
| Post A. He surely has the welfare of
the travelling men very much at heart
! He believes that the signing of the
| pulling" bill would have resulted
either in the railroads withdrawing en-
tirey their interchangeable mileage
program. or radically changing it. Just
as they did in South Carolina.
The issuing Of Interchangeable mile
age is voluntary upon the part of the
railroads. and they may withdraw it
at pleasure.
Colonel Krauss is firmly of the opin-
| ion that the travelling men yet will
come TO realize that Governor Brown,
|