The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-14
Hon. George W. Taylor.


 Congress having reassembled and our thoughts being directed to the old flag and an appropriation, we think it good opportunity to say that We are thankful Tor past favors and hopeful of more. We | have some gratitude other than that de- scribed by the satirist as a lively sense or oenettS to come: and we are sincerely | indebted to Congress for what 1t has accomplished in making Mobile one of the progressive seaports of the country Not a dollar has been spent on our har-
 DOT that has not been productive of val uable results. Were all the money ap-
 propriated for rivers and harbors so wisely expended as here we doubt if ever
 a word would be spoken in Congress or out or It adverse to the framing and pas sage of the improvement bill.
 The ngupres shown in our edition of September l are convincing of the actual benefits that have been bestowed upon
 nel connecting Mobile with deep water in the gulf. We have here the longest ship channel in the world. the Suez canal ex-
 cepted. It was experimental at the start. both in regard to it's stability and its
 usefulness, but time has proved it's value as to ooth. More recent efforts have
 been devoted to increasing the useful ness of an established avenue of trade
 The future demand is fur further en- largement. sO that Mobile enterprise may Keep abreast of the demands of the times. We look to Congress to continue
 a good work so well undertaken and so long persevered in and with such excel lent results as our port statistics show. Specially do We thank our Congressman, Hon. Geo. w. Toylor for his labors in
 behalf of this port. He has devoted him self assiduously to our interest and has been most successful in carrying out plans Tor obtaining an appropriate amount of provement. In this he has had the cor dial support of Congressman Bankhead, who as member of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors has shown himself times a of while in no wise lax in his attention t1 the wants of the people of his own dis trct.
 MT. Taylor occupies a most important position, as member of the Committee on Appropriations of the House. There are
 ten directing committees of the House | them. MT Taylor himself is a man of engaging personality, hard, business sense, and persistent energy. In these days Q fpolitical distraction in our party With Democracy in an almost hopeless minority in the House. there Is no great field for display on the part of minority
 member but Mir. Taylor has made his
 mark as one who knows what should be | done and the best way to do it. and he | has made friends everywhere who recoG-
 niize in him a man of parts, that can be
 relied upon and whose good opinion Is worth cultivating
 He is a Marengo man. but he spent his
 young manhood in Mobile; his friends are Here. his affection for this good old
 town is as strong as it would be were | he still a citizen of it; he has proved by
 his acts that that affection is true and
 strong. Mobile, in turn, thinks well of him, and holds him as her friend, relies
 upon him and will. we believe, give him | her support in his political aspirations as
 1t does her sympathy in all his personal | desires and aims.
 | It is simply becoming In Mobile that she should be recognizant of the ability and good will of George Washington
 Taylor. She would be ungrateful as well | as short-sighted else. And we believe | that the people of Mobile want MT. Fay
 Tor to stay where he is and keep on with | his excellent work, sustained by the | knowledge that they have unquestloning | confidence in him as their representative.