The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17

therev in him and mode "do 1t" in him than any man \ be found In the wori. today. And this. Mir. Conner. IS larseiy due tc his environment.
 Fellow citizens, I should recemmend that class of immigrants. What Kind of immigrants do you want Tor your agricultural iandsI Your rich iana thss sell, but is idle for the want sf labor to cultivate the land of the State that you
 Fellow citizens. I have had an object lesson recently. I drove frem Marion to Uniontown, distance of twenty one miles, and there is not to be found in pass but two or three houses for white people. and they did not live in them. The other day drove some fift-' Nr sig ty miles, and I passed forty houses and only four negro tenements. And fel- low citzens. the counties of Henry, Geneva, Dale and Covington In 1890 hs' 60.000 and in 1900 they had 91.o0o peo- they the have Increased more and more in pourlation Now, fellow citizens. that land does not equal the land of the
 Rlaek Belt hnt sa they hSye Sn Thits ocIsry psov the Wire Grass" part of. the stste Of Alabama has demonstrated to you what the 'Black Belt" in the rich land.
 Fellow citizens, next to the produc- ton of wealth is the distribution WlJn tnlS OlSIripuGlOn IS the QuoStlVH of railroad transportation. Now. gen tlemen. want to give you my views ernmentai legisiation Of railroads. J merciai legislation. I do not believe in the doctrine that so long as freight moves. 1t is all right. believe in jus: tes and 1t rate that is js; to the public. MT. Conner critieises me because I said something about the franchises of che railroads. Now. Mr. change it, I can't change 1t. ana we ought not to change it because that is not right. What Is a railroad7 It has a private side and it has public side. interest. consists of just and fair rate for the transportatiot of people and property. It is common carrier sonal transportation. That Is the law of the land.
 Now. fellow citizens. any rate chars. ed by the railroad more than a just and fair return. Is unfair to the public. and 1t ought not to be permitted. You can call that any Democracy you want
 to and I stand to it. That principle V'sn nave nsver e%snsHs dsparted Sfr from ana ana
 stand there now. In my letter. fellow citizens, announcing for Governor. un- dertook to discuss this question as well as l could have in that letter de- ciared my views in full and completely and among other things said that I favored the passage of law by the Legislature classifying the railroads of the State, making rates. and all thnt sort of thing, and I said that I believ- ed the rates in Alabama were higher than they were in Georgia and in other states, and that the conditions were as favorable and more favorable than in the State of Georgia and that the court. fellow citizens, would sustain the findings of the Commission, and sanction a law classifying the railroads of this State, and classifying the freights in accordance with the Geor- gia standard. and fellow citizena. stand there now.
 Right here my friends. I want to call your attention to some of the dif- ferences that exist between Mir Conner and myself hold in my hand. fei- low citizens, the Acts of the las. Legis. lature These Acts provide fo~ an elec- tive Railroad Commission which gives