The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-14

other words. they would not jump the | fence and make a law absolutely de-
 lending the people. something that
 oG6TSsy oS ovef ep on nrnse and that the difference between the men who have framed the Georgia law and l those that framed the Alabama law. I | ] do not know just what was in 1t. They l | say. when I make that statement, I
 sses sa sas ssy hsra tsnss se asoa
 them. Far be it. from. me to think
 such thing or say such a thing It | back and study 1t. It is the very
 ground work of our condition. Then
 the legislature could not pass this law,
 stitntionai sui A power @ to do t. Then we we
 had a Constitutional Convention. We'll
 now. when you speak of that Consti-
 one of the reasons why these things
 al Convention: take it's constituents; The controlling and dominating inter-
 ests in that were railroad lawyers.
 mean the attorneys representing these
 to day in your midst? It Is true. you
 take the President of it. John Knox.
 railroad attorney. nice man. a smart
 mtsees etsyff of 1t % Who we're eats tsea ss sa
 road lawyers: strong men and good
 men, and want to say to-day. that in
 
 not mean to impugn their honesty. l
 do not mean to imply anything except
 their environments. I have often often ns said 2
 much. better man than I am. perhaps
 he thinks he was a great man. because
 he was President of that state Con- d
 he thinks I am crank on some things,
 and I know he is SAppiause2 tho
 smartest naa anDsner man in 0rHef the family and he was railroad President, and sqdarely believes that the. railroads were pri-
 yate propsSrsy sSs that in resfyrant any ia is wrong that they have the right to go sweep.
 ing across the country making such
 such suefs fse,ghts S as' as % they saw proper just exactly like you farmers make and sell , bale of cotton. or anything. else you don't mean to 'impugn the honesty of 7 purposes. ]. do not mean to impugn the he , honesty of purposes of MT Knox or or ! say say the environment of. these men has P unfitted them for this work Ihat M great work Is first what? The pro pro r pie are the ground work of the State. '. the very minute you leave them to the
 power of any corporn,fiont bs ,fe nt tfen tbs state s and you should exercise the utmost 2 care to see that this does not occur for when it occurs you are n,,r in danger nrset n lConsctitutional Convention, the con 7 vention to make your. organic law
 gentl,e,nen they they say nan naxe to six rhc% hours ! but I viii tell you little story her. e to illustrate my meaning: one nigh, <. neus daughter WTs in in the the parior and .youna e man, and the balance of the family V the title fellows were in the room, ano z bed as long as any of his family were eo up. and he was sweating about clever V oclocki he wanted to go 10 Ix5 oHd, anH SnI .nt 'ee ieave?" little fellow spoke up an,tt e said. Papa. he cant leave, sister l: # sitting on him" Now, gentlemen s,, ofSer oGns ssoTs stoTs to show you the import m ance of what I am trying 10 oddSS.as dSS. ,s Eindersgarten Kind gar at the cotton mills. sh' # goes aruond to see why the little fel
 o aoft she tfie Mhsn feows hsy afs Tate g; morning came in about half-past ter ,r ,r o'ciock and she said ,"why, didn't yo,,
 oa wstqS .at e fes egg the Mhat sfn tG an aS r, Ing "a about is just as important to 70, ,e men, and don't you forget 1t, Tn f; water you take is part of your belong ngs what am ,sasbas sayins to a you tr1n, riEn ',Ss case. am trying this case before ypgl e? as a jury: not fSr me @ omt tpy,SS9 tpy S9u an, ssee be Because Sc 1t is. The legislature coul' ne 1.-the constitutional power to do it, tha st was our condition at the time. Tha ne was what they said when you com ey down to the last analysis of 1t. Now n- when the convention met. 1t elected ed Convention. Every single imPortaan II, railroad attorneys at the head of Il ltta lt and the Committee on Corporations before which %snt taRns R t9if to in about. bss S that Committee only had tw ie. men on 1t for the people. Think O ts 'ts 1t gentlemen, only two men. . .or, ,tS A Voice: How many for the rail ot Mir Conner: There was a house fu of them room IuIi Q, m tnem t6era ia io 'ne ne er tition on the very line that am ma K at ing here and they were auizzed lik p they were enemies to the country, an en they went back home, and their paper ne came out with a statement Of the trie lsf of putting the same old thing in tn we Murphy of Troy, and MT Young. { it's. Greenville. they were the only tw ,rs s men on it that we could approach 6nT snT on copporationsi CeqraSH, T Think of ltl, We pr, rSSt rSt pared the bill We wanted a ene edroi Geo ,ne ,nG statute law engrafted into our G0il ed, stitution. and l will say to you rigf E v here was the IlrSt tiiIlt SNSi AiS nt m Cunningham in a political way, in tf ng Constitutional Convention. He was the member of 1t. I went to GovernC ith Cunningham, being from Jefferso rly County, and asked him, l said; M my Cunningham, we want to engraft IT in, to our Constitution not only the Geol ced gia organic law, but the Georgia Sta
 In ute law We want to get this statui
 a away from future attack or tutul tt ',- protection of the people as safe as W wn can make 1t. won't you help us to ( ley it?'' Wont you help us to put II vas Georgia statute law as well as u his organic law into our Constitution Iou You know you can change statu put law. but you canot change your organ m- ic law. except by vote of two1thirs in great act, that preserves your libert 'O5. put through this law and that WI la protect us forever
 lth Governor Cunningham said to me
 a am opposed to it. l am opposed 10 II. ed am In favor of putting the Geork ma organic law :. but not the GeoTTs s Ts lck isIating in the State of Alabama WI or wasn't he, gentlemen? It was becau
 us he did not Understand the question: the had never been down there and se' oli what was the matter; he had neV
 a realized what a freight rate was, are did not know anything about yo ers danger your troubles, or what ne Iers and he refused to do 1t. I tell you am ali candor If had been a member ong that convention, that I would ha
 in done my best to have put TIE hat through every single solitary law tn ,as- concerns the welfare or liberty or hen people, or protection against the gre Sis- Of any man or combination or m mm .isvhf tn