The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-14

torneys. that the Legislature can make
 the the, rate can msHs msEH.ss.tsssion sssss la "f Aa
 bama they cannot delegate theiTn Tnon't aT
 thority to anybody what,ey.ehre; .he thinr:
 you see the misnomer misa.r ot of the inc thing:
 that yom nave 'a rot not only to have q Railroad Commission. but EeIv EoI with got to have legislatturree you can set
 ySa ,sss sna for yHa 0efSTs %sat the of it? It is the Constitutlon;, w w,ta and
 soaid writsep possibiy as be WWritten on ac
 count of this that this fight is being
 maSs %sil. .ov"sy; we got that through the Con
 stitutionai 6onyention ,l,u vii trom say yn,ro ro
 you that a lit little ,hs hsndfiighht fisht: % we had
 Messrs. cabiniss and, Weakiey' gave
 them five hundred dollars liars, sod so go g0ate te
 MontgomneTy also ana made Tne a talk for them
 along that line, because l was IamaI
 with the conditions and the thsn, niHeirnii with it
 to a answer MSnr every question that was
 asked and aSns sfter ask thns ms TsrS many
 It came on that score of doing wnat!
 Having a Railroad & Commission wana and
 sn sivsis eisctise thsm GpommissionP pomnli They say
 impugn the Governors of the state or
 Alabama when I make that statement, naming these Railroad Commission ap-
 pointees; had made them na,s not or wi'h Better
 freight rates. not in reference to what
 they may do for you.or for the State;
 with reference nt to nant,t,eneS waat sneS the
 Governors of the state ip makins ns ,sssm that SId
 ita' it. You take the list right straight
 along back: and you will see it IS SO so;
 and you will see. gentlemen that that tne tnr you, you the only solitary single man that made that fight was cut out by the
 Governor of the State becabse s bser tas against :: him-i allude to captain. Bragg of of
 soWn %srt,n the Y0H list come ons rSht se sSs take the three last appointees naming i did he appoints MT: John Y. smith
 Sa%pdSgH, S,b Hscw %nat Sboat dS fresh a
 fssss fssisht rstes' Waa' G,s ecld Rim ~Sy s%i.h
 spn Saness hnew a9y o sSsma aOGI shan hs | lack rabbit does" and he didn't. You take MT. John v. Smith % now-wheSrs " ere rsiiroads. is ire nH~ practising before the Com e mission ai % of Aiabama,--and as I some ee . times say. he didn't have very far r,t to t wa was % Governor samford's apointees !: Now here Is Governor Jelks'. Who t are Colonel Tphstall and Colonel sanH as;i- :, road politician; Colonel Sanders is {; railroad lawyer Now gentlemen: there
 the hres e tSe sase to eps @ f whom? The great shipping interests s of Alabama, that touches the pocket of ;. who raises or produces anything. every 4 single one. That Is the men that are Q to try your case. Do you wonder we we e fore the people of Alabama. and said a to you. you should have an elective t Commission and give them p9o"err rbe ee ,oa first thing we did, we appealed to the [ people some four years ago. to elect ia That fight was started in Alabama, |. when we started there, If you recol- I feet. Colonel Falkner-you remerner m sr6,,r ,a own (Tuscaloosa) County, and went l- through and through this country. and like men you Of IgsciaiH1sa mS delega ana n ton Instructed to vote for this meas as. n ure That is to your glory; g,ny;v NGSSaSS s1pSsS tRrdssh RaSs fsaiS nsRinet aersa and u majority, which you should have done. one ,e there that we were going to ask the
 people sS.iaFs of aowS S Pas1 Fo pass law R making this Commission elective and ,u giving them power Colonel Faulk !, RfiFoSe R6as sa caied tH the gaante of batte Id down before the, people of Alabama. at we the railroads of Alabama will be at there, and we will show you " what that cSn aa be @sbtS we anS %'l we %i elect our n while You are trying to. elect yours at Think of corporatlon like that; that that t Ia SH the neG largest City of the state. and throw down the of and tbese say men ,o think thin % of that. Have you ever heard of of any such atrocity as t tnav Jour iaeis seii H. not a single man living in It, to some some
 and w say wifi tH eSms Se at to ths soeT nt we wifi elect your legislature" Think e. of the danger of that. And 1t is Han, dan' k gerous to the very last degreo Sa eon,d st Si. SS SSS empIoyes, m and got them to fight. The rs grand old people of Jeffersor T,ey Go9niS saiS he we we the people of Alabama. can rule Ir' this State. you go back to your offic, of and stay there" It s.a was great ,,hs day ap sentifmep sSat hnppened. That was their frs n- great defeat. UP to that time the! not knoW %nat that was was nqf the 'G frs fla fla tme bama 'ffeS faee to face at the ballot box IT, and where the peoplS OA <Aihce&IisN iIss, ht relegated them to the rear ana sal. ir. YOU go back and run your raliroads he and we will attend to this; ana It wa
 a great victory, gentlemen, IL was tn or Lexington of your liberty-that wa on the first gun. .4 ,,nooan, n, we had no speakers That little hand IT, full of business men Gown there had n' t. speakers. The question then was. Wh h te shall go out and present this to t tn he ain Frank White. was the chairman Ia1 do of the cities. and I have forgotte, he hut the different boards of the stat S' formed a committee, called the Mer ,te chants. Farmers, Business Men, Manu n facturers and Industrial League. O ds something like that and that leaEu he finally asked me to go out and max ty. speeches, to start through the State iii and see if we could not get 1t started
 I had never made speech in my nft q except one. and that was on the Ire I silver issue. up at Decatur-l wa .ia heartily in favor If 1t; that was tn ria only time I ever made a speech Nov E. the first talk we had was at Sulligen' ny I got off at the station, from the Prise ise Railroad and the hotel keeper met m he at the car door. and told him m zen name was Conner, have ecome up | yer make a talk on the elective Commis he sion. He had never heard of 1t be ,ur fore, and didn't know whether to cal ot; me Mr.. Colonel Captain or what no
 in He went around with me. to see tn of different men. and says here Is ma