The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-17

duced 1t, and 1t is a law today. and two years afterwards when there was an effort to repeal 1t to the very best of my ability, fought the repeal, and 1t was refused.
 The sanctity of the Sabbath. I have stood for the sancttty of the Sabbath. I believe that the day. set apart for rest should not be day for the making of money, and have stood always.
 have stood, fellow citizens. for edu- cation. All that we men know, fellow citizens, is the product of education. Then there is the study of man. It Is said that the stUdyt of history is the study of man, and that Is true And see what men have accomplished, our all of these things. These all go to make up the history of man and these are a part of our education, and fin discoveries that are to be found in na- ture, not merely the doings of men as recorded in history, but the reve.. recorded in that great Revelation which is given to us as the life of the world. I have stood for this and have voted for the education of our children under the educators&6f this State.
 Now, fellow citizens, have stood for the interests of labor, I have stood for white labor in mines and factories. The first that I saw upon this question was in a coal mine when they brought out of the mine child cut in two pieces. My God, what a sight, that a child of such an age should go into the mines to make living. So when in the Senate, I supported to. the best of my ability a bill to legislate child labor out of mines and factories.
 The regulation of pay, rolls. While in the Senate, fellow citizens. I intro duced a bill for the proper regulation of pay rolls by the corporations of the ed the Counties of Bibb. Walker and Blount. and when this bill was declar- ed unconstitutional by the Senate, 1t made by corporations payable In mer- chandisF, in the store, be made paya ble for cash; voted for all of these, of the coal mines of the State, The coal industry Is one of the greatest in the State of Alabama. ! presume no one will question but that the hand the bowels of the earth and brings forth the mighty jewel, which Is the foundation and starting point of this industry. Is entitled to some considera- inspection and proper protection of the coal miners.
 zens, in former times your convict sys- tenn was not what 1t should be. It was not so much from intention as from ig norance of the ordinary laws of sani elan of the Penitentlary and as phy- sician of the leading lessee of the State of Alabama. l contributed to- wards this, and finally In '96 's7 in abandoned the County convict system and the lessee system, limited the number who went to work In the coal would have exclusive control of the convicts in the St'Ee of Alabama.
 Now. fellow citizens, the Confederate federate soldier do my thinking. What ever was for the interest of the peo- pie of the State of Alabama. I thought the old Confederate soldier knew best and as presiding officer of the Senate you will find I referred nearly all bills relatirc to the old soldier to the com mittee on Constitution and Constitu- tional Revision, I don't suppose that f there Is any body that would think for moment that that was the proper | committee. but the name of the com | mittee was proper and the personel 1 of the committee was proper, and so referred these bills to it.
 Railroad legislation, Now fellow cit | tzens, for the last twenty-five years have been a consistent advocate of the principle of railroad legislation in this State. When I first went to the Leg isIature, I did not know much about 1t, and my distinguished opponent says that I don't know anything about il yet. Now gentlemen my teachers upon that question were such men as N. H R. Dawson of Selma, Langdon of Mo bile, Watts of Montgomery and Eos Democrats of the Jefferson type were my masters in teaching me the funda- mental principles of rate legislation and I say to you. fellow citizens, that has not risen any prophet on these questions that can compare with them In patriotism and intellect, upon thi97 great subject supported the hill which created a Railroad Commission for you. In '96 and '97 as member Of the Senate I supported a bill which l