The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-02
ATTITUDE OF CAREER
HE sTAEs HIS POSITION ON PUBLIC
 QUESTH0NS.
Progression of views in Connection Wfth Announcement of Can Aakney for Atteraey-Generai
 of Alabama.

Tallsdewa. Oct. 1.-(Special. )--Fol- lowing is the announcement in full or Alex N. Garber, candidate for Attor- ney-General:
 sugGests that every aspirant for of- nee should give his views on public questions and that such a course would propare the people to cast intelligent ballots sn naxt years primary. Its Mantaomery correspondent in an ar- t1clo Of recent date. also refers to the importaut work of the next Legislature and the probability that the Attorney General will be brought into more ac- tive and prominent service than here
 While ft has not been usual for any com1i6ate for a subordinate office to n1Aka an announcement on public is- snSn. and since the duties of the Att teeney- General are along designated linss. involving no special policy. are fixed by law, and any additional duties can only be imposed by law. and since 1t ts not within his province to pro- pons leg1siation, have not considered it neeessary to give expression to my views.
 In view. however. of the manifest desire of the people as gathered from the press recently. in thns announcing my candidacy for Attoruey-General,I l deem 1t proper to state my position upon some of the important public is- sues at present before the people of the State, as feel that they are entitled to know my attitude upon any matters of public interest.
 The duty of the State to provide an longer debatabie. Its future greatness. peaee. and prosperity depend upon an educated, moral. law-ahiding. Chris tfAn citixenship. and since it is con caked that education is elevating. that the trained mind makes the hand skill fuL then no higher duty rests upon Alabama than to afford to all of her chf1dxen an education that will fit them for the duties of citizenship. The need for public education is accepted by all intelligent. thoughtful persons as one of the pressing necessities of the day, and this need has become more impera- tive than ever since the adoption Of the new Constitution. It Is true that much has already been done. but much yet remains to be done. not only for our common schools, but for the higher education and the industrial and tech nical training of our young people. And in all such provision our girls and young women should participate with the boys and young men, believe that we should do all within the power Of the State. consistent with other "A to inerease the appropriations for pub lie schools, ana for the establishment and maintenance of necessary school houses.
 A native Alabamian. a believer in the justice of the Lost Cause. reared to respect, love and honor the brave, unselfsh heroes who gave themselves to that cause, one who, with many others, suffered loss of loved ones in that struggle, it would be strange in deed. If I did not revere the memory of the Confederate dead, and yield full measure of love and veneration to the living Confederate soldier. Believing, as I do, that history does not record superior -valor. more heroic courage in battle. greater patriotism or civic vir- tue in time of peace. cannot fail to accord to the Confederate veteran that love and homage which is his just due. Knowing as I do that the Southern man went to the front without a thought of reward. without desire except that his home be protected and that his rights remain invfolate. when I come to reflect that thousands laid down tfseir lives, and that other thous- ands came home to an experience as bitter as death; when I see around me the remnant of these men in their age and, in many cases, their poverty, mag