The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-01


 to you some remarks upon the public statutes passed. important decisions
 made and like events occurring uurinS
 the past year. My labor in complying
 the fact that the Legislature of Ala
 bama has not been in session since our last meeting. and that the address or
 my predecessor considered at length
 the latest proceedings of that body. In
 that connection, he referreo 10 une
 consideration the Supreme Court was
 then giving and the results It had tnen afitn announced upon the const1tutionaiity
 and validity of some of the acts then
 adopted It might now suffice to add
 that since then almost all the other
 of that session of the Legislature nave
 but increased the invalid list. This
 phase of such action has attracted
 much attention ion in & the profesS'oh anu
 President Roulhac then spoke of the
 war in Manchuria,, saying that 1t naa
 taught many new lessons Of ,tava,,ntad naval and success of the Japanese had caused the Russian people to demand more pro gresive government. The Russian peo- they have lived. Recognizing this con dition the Russians have demanded what is their right. constitutional
 The part America has played in the war Is great. It was the American
 brain that first planned the armed ship. the submarine torpedo boats, the ma gazine rife. the Red Cross corps, and 1 the use of anaesthetics on the field of battle.
 He believed that the war would re- felicitated America on the fact that | the most successful diplomacy for peace and cessation of hostilities had been | conducted by the executive az or the American Government And 1t has been straightforward diplomacy, he said. a diplomacy of trying to give | both sides a fair deal and such diplo- | macy is the diplomacy that Is wanted. UnexnmpIed Prosperity.
 Continuing Judge Roulhac said:
 Throughout the United States an | unex ampled prosperity still exists, and
 has prompted remarkable enterprise years. Cities have increased and en. | larged, towns have grown and changed
 their names into that of cities. the land
 has yielded attendance and blossomed l like the rose, the waterways have been
 opened and still supply resource and
 wealth to all parts of our nation. lines
 number. and all of their facilities have
 been multiplied and made better and
 better. buildings of ornament and util-
 ity have grown apace, competence has | been everywhere possible. mines have
 been opened and profit has been de-
 rived. the desert has teen converted
 duction. enterprise has struggled with \ enterprise for advancement. and in all respects, this country has furnished an
 attractive field for all the efforts of | man. -
 Some great problt ms for careful in
 vestigation and adjudication make their l appearance here as they always will
 with us and everywhere. Labor and | capital still have their conflicts. On the one side. evils have shown them l selves as in every other calling and | business. The laboring man has or l ganized not only for the protection of ! himself and those who share his toll. 1 but also that he may prevent others l like him from rendering service, where 1 he thinks 1t will operate to his detri- | ment Those who work may agree 1 among themselves to act in concert in | all particulars in which their interest | is mutual; but 1t is widely and fragrant | ly hostile to the spirit of independence,
 which Is the birthright of the American | citizen, that any one man. or set of men | may, shall say to another that he must | cease his labor and see want and suf- fering visit those who are dependent l upon him. because he would rather earn I than trust to charity. +s
 | The Anti-BOycOtt Law.
 | The State of Alabama has law, | which was aimed at the punishment of | such efforts In the name of boycotting.
 It was prompted by the proper spirit