The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-23

parent that it was impossible to pass this bill owing to its being the last
 eaiyendar eaiy ar 'Rs %as 'esSeS% ero%ded " With 50 tmuch unfinished business. A motion twas made to table this bill which mo- ioptyp ia9n What this bI 'pq provided do the President ef the Senate during the the
 sssOn Gf the for gba lraflroad commissioners, etc. was pend ling a motion was made to amend the
 l elee9on sqch of way tSye
 tsSie SSfi "a this amendment the vote was 2
 mendment sis SSted ssseate ana Journs 1aSifa page I55s). Had, I not, thus voted the mo,
 ton to table would haze been been Lost lost ana tna Iadoption of the amendment. Had the lyote Tn that case been a tie, 1t would
 sna n thus my 10 the % Iof the commissioners in 1904. CThe act was afterwards amended so as to pro
 fsS ans eeetS in iSOs whch S
 tration of the ofiee of Governor I
 missioners mfose ieeafh eallng their attention to the importance of the question of reg ulation of rates and urging them to
 if he' the1 sRd faisd sasds to S do % so it Would De the duty of the Governor to convene the Legislature in special session. My
 reasons for writing this letter were
 I I. The tribunal authorized by law
 to act and regulate the rates had failed at that time to investigate and to re-
 action was justified.
 2. The rates submitted by the Pres
 ident of the Commission in my tudg- ment showed great inequity of the
 rates in this State.
 8. The constitution provides speci- I1v hat no al
 rates. Therefore if the tribunal all
 oy t5en it Would bs the duty
 of the Governor to convene the Leg islature that they might directly leg
 islate upon-the subject s,. .. .o n. validity of the act providing rail
 road commission in this State. and if
 that be true, then there ought to be
 an amendment to the constitution pro- lviding for a railroad commission.
 After studying the subject more full fly I am fully persuaded that the cir:
 an extraordinary occasion" as provid-
 ed by the constitution. and after read
 ing the opinions of the associate com
 missioners and of the president of the ordinary occasion" still exists and if
 Governor l would communicate with
 the Legislature and if a constitutional
 majority agreed with me I would con-
 vene them in extra session for the pur- pose of legislating directly for the
 fixing and regulation of railroad
 rates.
 It seems to me that have fairly
 consistent record covering a period of
 the repsion sssIaGn Fund farOf far oiS soiseru ]
 All who love patriotism, admire val
 or. honor duty. respect devotion, ap-
 were age must feel an interest in the
 old soldiers of the State. In ali of
 these qualities the Confederat9 soldier
 is shining and conspicuous Example.
 The cause for which he fought was the fright of self-goyernment and the per-
 He lost his cause, but he wrote his
 name by, his valor, loyalty. and cour-
 to his poverty stricken State he set
 his face to the future and has faith fully and -effectually met every .obli
 gatfon. and has overcome every obsta-
 cle. Among these heroes of the South are many, who are wholly unable to provided for by the State to the very provides a tax of 10 cents on the sioo under our present assessment about
 $S25 900 am in favor of appropela.. , addition to the constitutional fund for the benefit of the old soldiers. : l E0Uc0tIOns
 The merits of education require no discussion here. There are few peo- pie who do not concede it's advantages
 ana The eves stats nseefsl1X fan1s for the common schools consist of the moneys raised 2 by the three mill tax to-wit. thirty rate on the s1Oo,0O of property. the poll tax and the interest on the sixteenth
 Section fund. These are permanent e appropriations. In addition to this the loo nj mi , ten cents on the $100.0O worth of prop : erty, when voted by the people. Many of the counties in the state have al- ready voted this tax and the probabili- I ty is that within a year or two nearly g all of the counties will have voted the 5 tax The cities and towns of the , State make additional appropriations for the public schols. The only source 9 for further appropriations to the ] schools Is out of any surplus that may a be in the State Treasury. Should t ed that it does, I am in favor of ap- n propriating it to the common schools s of the state. am in favor, however e $5O.O0O.O6 to build an additional dor e mitory for the Girls Industrial School ! at Montevallo, The students of this 5 are young ladies who are being taught . . an occupation to enable them to make v a living It seems to me that the z necessity and advantages of this school = should appeal to all our people. I am { | In favor Of every dollar paid into the . State Treasury from the fertilizer tax t being appropriated wholely in the in = terest of agriculture in this State. In d addition to the ,Agriculturai t teaching the science and api Pi = of agriculture; farmers institutes anC
 assemblies should be held in every { county of the State at which lectures = demonstrations and illustrations could
 be employed for the instruction of tho e farmers of Alabama in the science ant n art of their business
 My record on the subject of educa, n tion has been wholely in It's interest e have uniformly supported all appropria, [ tions for the schools of the State, ant for the improvement and betterment O. 2 done what could in discussing befor, e the public questions of educational in n terest.
 - The development. progress and desti r. ny of any commonwealth depend upoI a two things, to wit:
 a First-The physical, intellectual ant - moral character of its people-their as
 piration. ambition. skill and energy
 Second-The natural resources ant n environment of the commonwealth. 1, In my judgment the policy of Ala e bama should be to increase It's whit O population and to gradually dlminisl S its colored population. To do this tvy, : things are necessary, to wit:
 - First-To keep our own white popu e latiion in the State by making our Stat d so attractive as to cause our boys an, = girls to remain in the State.
 ' Second-To bring into the State desi l. rabIe immigrants who will make goo