The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-11
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 State house, to which additions are to be made with money which they vsn of psy nqsh havreS upos them by one who. for time. Us but a servant. of theirs, and not a master? surely they have a right, as thousandis .is opiniohs dpon @ a oas otassstteP dear to then without having tbeir opinions. which they Aave an entire right to express; vsofiy fS"a aawarransed ar eask efitlclsm and srs- prene Court for tse He course oSs adopted py
 Of esssassy saprsmye t5nf judges Ha in his case is one that has not raised them any in public estimation, and the people aaE iand Wsere Impserisf H caars s'i hold ' aS the latter in Alabama-fot yet at any rate rate so Eor En are are we likely to do SO at
 inc chief Justice says, At first there was an ignorant howl in certain news psrosn1ys Hyts that bsw sss oye ,Ss M hog a i, was most happy one, and not only pefpetuates tbe lndividuality of the original structure. but gives beauty to scendipg in Justice MoCielian to at the psopis, thougS even he and ttose ~ an ssry SsPea aeh from 'fbsare tbe ssa adopted, and which ".mproved' plan | has several exceedingly undesirable as revealed by his expression Ignorant howr should not pass unnoticed or un- appreciated by all those to whom al, the supposed universslIy exSiing joy the learned gentleman has been absent
 hm here the is stass nons ff ike see Fons Hs a%s5 sRS from home to learn the news" Fossil bly If the chief justice will remain in Tn all the references which this l writer has seen to the To .kwood plan, hs M. has ss,n not 9 seen , one unkind word of besn number of kindliest references I to him personally and the impression has prevailed that even what so many 1 Supreme Cot rt's demands, or one in dividuars dema ids. How different 1t ] tent with casting forth Mir Smiths | plan (the one so highly complimented nrs sy so many rnr, n't h, connected with the MT. Smith himself in hand, and pos sibly he thinks that each resounding thsanp hasnnp,. will have sli the more force q man occupying the position of Chief Justice. It will not do so. There are ,housands tiSa .ss of people in Alabama who, Smith, nor had any dealings whatever with him. but who believed then. and believe rew. that his plan was the fuse, even at the behest of Chief Jus tice. to do aught else than to fepudi- ate this and other insinuations by Jus tice Mcclellan, T am not advised that Mir. Smith was edu, ated or trained to the profession of architecture. My in Formation ts that he was educated for that until within three or four years his activities have been addressed to the eonstruction of railroad bridges of the construction of railway stations and the like designed by other men. snice he took uP architecture I. am only example of his architecture in Montgomery or elsewhere for that mat ter Is The Montgomery Advertiser | building, and 1t would require /an in- credible credulitv to find In that build Ing any evidence of architectural learne ing or talent So that the judges very Lockwood's opinion favoring two-story wings than to MT Smiths opposing view" Such statement emanating from such source. will prove a boom erang. for deep down in the hearts of Alabamians Is a love of fair play, and that one competitor, who seems to have of the people in designs should have such slurs and imputations unjustiy east upon him for daring to differ cause Justice Mcclellan was not "ad- yised," will be resented far and wide th MT smith no doubt very properly architects without the matter being adtudged beforehand and without pub lished slurs against any architect who dared . to enter the contest In, the seen and admired Mir Smiths design, F Judge Mcclellan has done himself These thousands will listen very re- Specttuiiy and appreciatively when MT. smith ,aftcr showing what an injustice his business by the slurs aforesaid, asks in his article touching upon this. Docs the wearing of the ermine justify H. belous statements in reference to a citizen who Is earnestly and honestly | trying to make his living in his chosen | profession? Does an honest difference of opinion call for vicious denunciation on the part of the man who, of all others, should be the exponent of all fairness and justice ana equality in | this, our great State?"
 It Is to the credit of the other su- preme judges that not one of the oth- CTS signed the Chief Justices long ar ticle If their not signing it was due to thelr absence, their absence viii not be regretted by the people of Ala baf1a. If their not signing 1t was due to their inhorn feelings, then their re- l them
 This matter will be heard of later. l for the people of Alabama have long | memories in nptters in which the l whole State is concerned If the other l Supreme judges do not concur in what Judge Mcclellan has written, they I should say so. James Nj dlenn. | Smith Station, Ala.