The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-16

employed in this case is just as much the employed as in any other case. and when they are paid off, whether In
 money or fla part of the crop. they have pockets Do they belong to him body and soul? I might carry this fllustra-
 tion on and apply 1t to the artisan, the mechanic and to the merchant, In fact, through every occupation and through every branch of business. View 1t tn any light you will, submit 1t to your candid Judgment If the hypethasis IS
 rience. or sustained by what we Wit
 ness in the conduct of men in all the
 walks of 1ifef
 positions in the railroad practice which promised great emolument. I was ap- preached at one time to know l | would accept a very important position; with a handsome salary, In the legal department of railroad. the duties of which would have required removal from the State of Alabama l deeiinee
 the offer because such promotion was not along the line of my ambition. For more than twenty years l nave en- deavored to 80 conduct myself as al all times to be in a position to exercise aa independent judgment upon matters which afrect the interest of the people of Alabama and having done so, feel that 1t would be altogether unjust 70 me for anyone now to say that n1y eh- vironment is such that I ana aot n a position fairly to represent them LN- eryfhine that have is invested in the State of Alabama l am not pen sioner upon my clients CT upon ths s,.- peo- ests of the section in which live, ana of every other section in the State. The growth and prosperity Of the peorte or
 Alabama will contribute to my pros AS a people. and as State, rca,ize | and have for a long time realized, tlst we must keep pace with the processlo T. at a. Mississippi, Tennessee. Louisiana and Texas do not enjoy superior advant- ages to the people of Alabama II tne
 people of those states states; ss sna o9 ei ,rsieht rates. regulated by the representatives of the people, If we are to keep pace in the march of progress our peopie must enjoy the same.
 When the bill to make the Railroad
 Commission of Alabama elective by the people and to give to II ike powers
 with commissions in other ststes, was was asked to go before the Commsttee which had the bill in charge, to make an argument against it. I could nos con nsent 10 do so for the reason that feit that the time had come when 1t was necessary for the interest or our people that this power should De ln- vested in a competent commission. au- l thorized to act in order 70 enapfe us to meet competition.
 1t is a Prfvflege to serve the state. | I love my State and l Yield to no | man in an earnest desire to serve her ! best interests To be able to serve the | Intrests of your State is the highest | privilege that comes to a man m thls | fife. In this connection l often think l of Thomas Jefferson. the great tribune | of tho people He was twice President | of tIte United States and was the | founder and loader of his party, but | when he came to die and was asked | what acts of ais ho wanted engraven 1 unon his monument--in that supreme moment of his life he thought not of 1 those preferments which had honored l him, but only of those instances in which I he had been an humble. instrument Tn l the service of his people. have re- i ferred to it before, and I refer to IL | again. Let 1t be written upon my | tomb," he said. "here lies Thomas Jef- | fereson. the author of the Declaration i of Independence. the father of the Uni versity of Virginia. and the author or the statute for. the protection of re- T think of another great Vlrginian l whose nremory is fresh even in our ! times. There IS book written by pr. 1 Cyrus Townsend Brady. a Northern l man, recently published. entitled The | Patriots" in which Is paid the highest 1 tribute I have seen anywhere, to the ! coruage and valor of the Confederate { soldier. Tho book opens with a refer | ence to Robert F., Lee, and describes l him in the act of resigning his com