The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-04
SIDEWALK PENCILINGS
colonel MaIIory for Chairman.

mornings Selma News in The Adver- | tiser," said a close follower of politics yesterday, that. Colonel H. s. D, Nal l lory, of the Dallas county city, is 1 doubtful about running for the chair manship of the Democratic State Con- vention on September 10. Until then. the thought had never entered my mind that he would not act in that capacity, for in my opinion there IS ho man so well qualified as he to fill the place
 "coionel Mallory. as chairman of the | Democratic State Executive Committee has performed remarkable services for l the party. He is known throughout Alabama as eminently fair and non l partisan and in his rulings from the l chair in past conventions over which | he has presided. has always given the utmost satisfaction. I feel, and in saying as believe am expressing i the Views of a large number of Demo crats that no man would be consider ed so safe or so reliable in the con- ventlon chair as the present state
 Colonel Mallory's friends should see ! to 1t that he does not hold back his name as candidate for the presidency | of the convention He Is not only the logical man for the place, but he Is unquestionably one of the most fit' If not the most fit, man in Alabama to preside over thss 2 msstins s | Good StOOry on Senator Call. 1 Here is a good story told by the l Saturday Evening Post:
 ., Former Senator Call, of Florida, who immortalized himself by taking off a tight shoe in the Senate chamber one l day and holsting huge foot, clad in a blue yarn sock. on to his desk, heard that Superintendent Smith, of the Bo- | tanic Gardens, gave palms and potted | plants to statesmen he liked. | Call wanted some palms and he cast side of Smith. Somebody told him Smith was great admirer of Burns and had a fine collection of Burns manuscripts and editions.
 over to the garden. found Smith and talked about many things At the proper time delicately and unobtru- sively, he introduced the subject of | Burns.
 "rhere was the poet" he said. "For fine sentiment he has them all beaten. I read my Burns every day"
 "Ken ye Burns?" asked Smith. much
 -"T should think I did" proclaimed the enthusiastic Call Why. I know most of his poems by heart. They can have their other poets, but as for me, give me Jimmie Burns"
 Jimmie Burrs," snorted the enraged Smith. Jimmie Burnsl Augh! Bilhe Washington! Charlie Napoleon! Sam mic Jefferson; Get out of me sight. | ye lRnOramuSs
 And Cali never did get his palms. was the cause of some misgivings %%S.
 | Defective Brakes on Cars. have noticed several times re- l gently" said well known man of Montgomery last evening. that street cars have gotten beyond control coming | down hill, and that. in one or two eases serious danger has been narrowly
 yesterday I was witness to A case I where negro woman was injured be- ing thrown to the pavement through | the collision of two of these cars on Dexter Avenue. number of other | passengers in the cars. were placed in l danger and If the car which was slid | ing down hill had been E$~ng at a high | CT rate of speed. serious damage might l have resulted. Several weeks ago. also, 1 was witness to a car breaking l loose on Monroe avenue near the car 1 shops. wit no one aboard. In started l down the hill, gaining speed with every l revolution of the wheels, until 1t reached LawEebce street. when 1t leaped the half a block; If the street had been | crowded, serious injury to persons or property could scarcely have been | avoided
 This sort of trouble. as I understand | it. is due entirely to defective brakes. | Under the circumstances. l think the spection of the brakes on cars at fre- duent periods No ear should be allow l ed out of the, barns without brake in perfect condition.
 "The street cars are carriers of hu- nan lives. The streets of Montgomery, many of them. are hillv with very steep grades. If a crowded car were there Is no telling what the result would be. Ii could hardly fail to be disastrous. and serious injury. if not loss of life. might follow
 Tt is to the interest of the Tract | ion Company to handle this matter ] without a civic inspection but If it is not done without the exercise of su- | pervision, the city should make some arrangemeut by which 1t could be gov | erEed "
 Praises Convict Department.
 'It Is an ever increasing source of wonder to me-" said State official last night the manner in which the State Convict Department has grown during the last few years From one of tho roorest paying departments in tho state government. 1t has become one
 of the most profitable. and with il all the system governed and supervised by the Commonw edith of Alabama. pro, vldes as thoroughly for the welfare oi
 the prisoner as that of any other Stat'
 in the union. and to a greater extenI
 than in the cases of a number of the
 States"
 q understand from conversations witt
 the Convict Bureau. that there il | scarcely a day when applications arr
 not received for convict labor. Int
 manufacturers of the State. the lum l bermen, and mining companies, all l realize the value of the convict sYsten