The Washington times., 1914-02-01

Photo copyright. by Harris G Ewing.
CONGRESSMAN w. C.. ADAMS0N.
jabs on all sides with his verbal rapier
While speaking he has a characteristic
motiOn-a slight wiggling of the head,
shoulders, and body above the Delt line
;One wouldn't call it dignified but it's ex-
pressive, and the crowd always listens
and the Adamson bills generally get by.
Judge Adamson is fond -,-of--quoting
Scripture. After other members have
\ worked themselves into a frenzy Of
debate, the gentleman from Georgia not
! iEfrequently tells the whole story by
an interjection which brings q laugh
! from the galleries. For instance, at the
, height of the currency bill debate he
summed up the power of money by say
ing:
The rich ruleth over the poor, and
the borrower is the servant of the
| lender"
Again the Familiar Shake.
Suppose some one. interrupts Mr.
Adamson with the plant that he hasn't
made himself plain. He wouldn't answer
deliberate retort of Mr.. Clayton. He'd
shake himself a couple of times and OBJ
serve:
Lend me your ears. my countrymen,
and you'll hear something to your profit
| and understanding"
As Judge. Adamson has never con-
| tended that legislators should be fash
| ion plates or that clothes beget brains
here's a story of the time he rode in
the carriage with Roosevelt when the
then President visited Atlanta, Ga. The
f'Daanlllff prYf oil hErr1,
! ways, the cavalcade moved slowly up
the street, excitement was in the air.
! Quoth native son to another native
\ son as they held down adjoining places
| on the curb.
| Charlie Adamson is going to be In
| the carriage with the President l bet
when he comes by here his tie will" be
scrambling for the back OF his neck" :
Red Tie caressing His Ear.
Rum-ta-dah, rum-ta-dah, boom, boom.
The band filed by.
The teeth of Teddy showed resplen-
dent in the Georgia sun, the uniforms
! of Georgia colonels flashed in the dis
tance
And in the carriage sat Judge Adam
son, with a red tie caressing the lobs
Of right ear.
parade knew that Adamson had brains
and that craftsmanship, from 70 to the
present day Of this republic, hasn't
played second fiddle to the tilt of a
necktie.
Mr.. Adamson was author of the Pan
anna Canal act, and it is notable tina.
there were fewer amendments in Sen
ate or House than have been attached
to any measure of approximate i'm
portance.
His physical valuation bill, unde.
which the Interstate Commerce Com
mission will value millions of. dollars
worth of railroad properties, is another
Legislative headliner bearing the Adam
son label.
OF the antitrust bills, Chairman
Clayton of the Judiciary Committee
will handle the measures relating to
interlOcking directorates, defining mo-
nopoly and establishing trade relations
As chairman Of the Interstate Com
merce Committee. Mr.. Adamson will
pilot the billE creating an interstate
trade commission and regulating the
issuance Of railwav stocks and bonds.
Back to the Chattahoochee.
This brings the story back to the
banks OF the Chattahoochee.
Several months ago Congressman
Clayton was a candidate for Senator
from Alabama, his opponents being
Congressman Underwood and Hobson.
The President wrote Mr.. Clayton
letter "suggesting'' that ne ought to
stay in the House to take charge Of
the antitrust program for the Admins !
tration. Rather reluctantly, Mr.. Clay !
ton withdrew from the Senatorial race |
leaving Mr.. Underwood and Mr.. Hobson |
10 fght-it out. Perhaps this aided Mr.. |
Underwood: perhaps not-it all depends !
on the viewpoint
anyway, Mr.. Clayton went to work
on the trust bills, In conjunction with |
Congressman Carltn and Floyd, of the |
judiciary subcommittee. The Presidents s |
trust message reached the House
Mr.. Underwood moved that such por- |
tiOns OF the message as related TO In |
terstate commerce matters be referred i
to the Adamson Committee on Inter- |
state Commerce. The motion, a natural |
one, prevailed, although it Jared mem |
bers of the Judiciary Committee.
why. we've been at work on all !
these bills?'' they protested. I'VE drew |
the trade commission bill two weeks !
ago.
1--WE been drawing interstate trade |
bills for eighteen years. saio Judge |
Adamson, in a House corridor conve.-
sation.
Trust Program Split UP.
The action Of the House split up the !
trust program between two committees.
and there was that Presidential letter
which caused everybody TO believe the !
Judiciary Committee would do the whole
JoO-that is, everybody except Adamson ,
and the Interstate Commerce Commit
tee members. /
The limelight, credit and glory were
at stake, and Judge Adamson wanted !
his. even If Judge Clayton did live just |
across the Chattahoochee, and had al
ready prepared the trade commission
BILL
At a. White House conference follow
ing. members of the Judiciary Commit
tee are said to have suggested that the
President use his Influence to throw an
the bills under the jurisdiction of the
Committee. The President, it
is said, tentatively thought 1t might be
a good idea. Perhaps he remembered
the virtual promise in the letter to Mr..