The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-04-18
ATTEMPT TO CREATE PREJUDICE
BY LAMB INCIDENT
HAs FAILED.
LAMB WAS NOT NAMED
BY OSCAR UNDERWOOD
Albanian Had Nothing to Do With
Appointment of vIrsinian to Head
Committee on Agricultural Geor-
ola Farmer Exposes Methods Of
Wilson Managers in Georgia.

washington, April e. (special.)--
Efforts to prejudice Georgia farmers
against oscar w. Underwood because
John Lamb, of Virginia, was made
chairman of the house committee on
agriculture, is the meanest kind Of
underhand politics.
1t is an attempt at deception. 1t
is founded on fundamental untruth.
Bringing such an issue into this cam
paign IS no credit to the individual
responsible. 1t is all the result Of
petty. personal pique, and the whole
truth may yet come out.
Underwood Didn't Name Lamb.
Oscar Underwood did not name
John Lamb to his present place. The
ways and means committee was re-
snonsible for that action; just as they
were responsible for making Adam
son. OF Georgia, chairman OF the COM
,oitfae IN interstate and foreign COM
marce. Hardwick, Of Georgia, chair
man of the committee on rules; Bart
lett a member of appropriations;
Roddenbery, Of public buildings ana
grounds: Tribble, Of naval analrs,
Bell, Of postoffce and post roads, anu
Lee, of agriculture.
underwood is wonderful leader
and his personal influence with tne
committee and with the house y
great; but he is not omnipoeehs'
! That is not human quality.
How Lamb Got Place.
Iohn Lamb has been a member Oh
!. the house for sixteen years, and I'M
der the rule Of precedent, was emu
]. fled to the position he received. 10
:. set him aside would have been q Vlo-
lation Of it's usual custom and OF long
\ established precedent.
!. He is Virginian, commanded Com.
!. pany D, Third Virginia cavalry
through three years of war, and was
/. several times wounded. He IS
# southern Democrat.
!. Mr.. Lamb may have made ms
Z takes. he may have been guilty OF er
! rors Of Judgment; as he is u years
/, Of age. he is sometimes crochety II
! temper. But to strike at Underwood
i over the head Of Lamb is about al
{ fair as 1t would be to charge his Sc
!. lection to Representative Brantley 9
q Georgia, or any other member Of IN
"a WAYS and means committee.
Z. Harris Trying 10 Use Lamb incidents
!. The adoption Of the Lamb inciden
n bv William j. Harris in circular lei
i ter he is sending out was called to tn
= attention Of the underwood headdual
i tiers here by Georgia farmer ID
i wants to know if this same Under
81 wood is not the man whose name
i attached TO the farmers free list, an
10 which passed the house last year, an
: would today be law but for Pres
b dent Taft's veto. :,
n This same farmer was evidentl
81 not as dense a "Tube" as the Wliso
managers took him to be.
Commenting on the charge thf
woodrow Wilson helped to defeat e.
Senator Smith, "the millionaire pol
teal boss,1 by putting up MARITIME,
Pr New Jersey, Mr.. Georgia farmer T
calls that Senator Smith was forme
" an accepted supporter and larG
contributor to Governor Wilson's car
lis paign.
ceorqia Farmers Not Fooled.
The following sentence in Manag,
he Harris letter IS marked No. by M
til Georgia farmer: ;TThe enemies
.ied Governor woodrow Wilson are char
om ing him with being against forei'
a.. immigration and urging all foreis
ers to vote against him."
ote Commenting on this point, he say
,as Il haven't seen them brag on II
r before. This argument is slipped
us by mail. It is not being public
til. used. It is whispered in the far
am er's ear"
ion Mr.. Harris declares that wills
hat started life poor Georgia boy, a
Ier. his life should be an inspiration
at every boy in Georgia" The OF
to trouble about that is Wilson was re
for " born in Virginia He only lived
ne very short time in Georgia.
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