The age-herald., 1901-04-07

stitution upon corporations shah not bs enlarged. Why should the Democratic party pick out corporations as objects of attack? Corporations are no more nor less than individuals They are simply a composite body of individuals. Every share of stock in every corporation is owned by some individual, and every share of stock in the corporation is en- titled to just as many rights and pri-s vileges as is the individual who owns an acre of real estate, a wagon or a mule.
 can't see any reason why either one of these paragraphs or sections were put in the Democratic platform They are use- less and I don't believe the constitutional convention delegates will pay any attsn- ton to them. They are simply windy po- litical plants.
 I have faith in what the delegates to the constitutional convention will do. They should do the honest. straight thing and make a strong constitution for the State of Alabama In doing so they will make no appeal to ignorance. none to demagogues and none to the populistic- ally inclined. If they do. the conservative and wise people of the State will vote the constitution down.
 There were too many tricks practiced upon the people of the State during the session of the last Legislature. County courthouses were removed from one place to another by trickery Good bills were defeated by trickery and bad bills were made laws by trickery. The people are tired of this business They want honesty in legislation and honesty in politics. They want fair dealing. and they are en- titled to it. The people are neither timid nor are they easily tricked. They know what they want and they are going to have 1t as they want it or they will con- tinue along with the present constitu- ton.
 can't see either why the Democratic platform should have a clause in 1t pledg- ing the Constitutional Convention to do nothing which will leave an opening for the removal of the State capital from Montgomery. As matter of fact we don't want the capital here in Birming- ham. but some other town in the State might want 1t some time and if the peo-
 
 it let them do so. As for my part, I think Montgomery is the place for the State capital, that it ought to remain there, and believe 1t will always remain there. But what is the use of the Dem ocratic party of the State being afraid that few politicians about Montgomery will try to defeat the new constitution unless a pledge is made that the said proposed new Constitution will bind the capital to Montgomery with perpetual chains of steel?
 The King of England, Edward the Sev- enth, proposes to be king of the old line. so to speak He proposes to live in all the splendor of the ancient kings He has asked for and been allowed over three millions dollars annually for personal and incidental expenses. On this allowance he can probably equal our own Mr. Car negie in scattering about at random a few thousands annually for libraries or other public donations. If King Edward had had this allowance a few years ago he would surely have had a good time. He is growing old however, and it Is said has abandoned his old gambling instincts and habits. No more baccarat and but few big bets on the races, By virtue of his position he can't afford 1t now. But, he will derive the same amount of pleasure by exhibiting himself to the public in all the splendor of his kingly robes and retinue. f