The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-31

he opened up his trickery right under
 our nose and we cannot longer resist
 the temptation of refreshing our read
 sIs minds os fsT tba7S tbhnss they may
 and ponder over before voting for him
 to take the chair of either Morgan or
 Fettus. This dene and we are through.
 in the first place Johnston n IS s moi a casg cssgd t9 anybody RfEsDnaiy or vsl @ would ps cai smart s ns we sdit a % but shsss is not one fibre ,of statesmanship in his whole make up He knows that 8 per- s1nal son I,E fard from an sx1G0yeFbRsF Ssr
 make some people believe he is their personal friend and they selected out of a mass of voters to look after his the ex-Goyernor trying to show he was personally acquainted with those to whom he had sent cards.
 one would & % remark 1T received received your ssi card and am glad to see you."s
 know you! Why certainly I know yon, and how are you. getting along?' hxpocricy of Johnston. characteristic
 Now let's review few things where Tn he has proven himself unworthy of
 Tn the firstzpiace he Is selhsh and
 As Governor by a stroke of his pen he assembled the Legislature in extra session and by the influence of his patronage repealed the law ordering al the delegates to said Convention had been elected. the extra session costing the people of Alabama some $50.000.
 He fought bitterly the second call for constitutional convention notwith- standing 1t was heralded by the press and from the stump that the main pur- poses of the convention was to estab- ttc1. rG A@ Awa1 l. ..rsA ballot. And when this new organic law was promulgated he went upon the stump and exerted his every influence to prevent its % ratiiieation ha What this peciaily for the main purpose for which the constitution was called. needs no comment. further than the fact that if by a stocked convention, his long. suit, but by the direct vote of the people
 But he did not stop at this. lin oF- who had wandered away from the Dem oeratic party he pandered to their pre- Judices and entered the race against Morgan (which he nov has the will but that he stood not ghost of a chance to be elected, but could SOW discord and widen the breach that every honest white Democrat in the State was anx- ious to see closed.
 His sale of the University lands to Johnston and Fucker and the annull- lu8 pE tllS tFdQe IS court TeCOTO. 8ne same lands which Johnston and Ruck- CT would have held at SIP per acre Is today paying an annual royalty In an amount exceeding that for which John- ston sold 1t to himself and Rucker.
 But we do not care to follow up the list. It is too long and fresh in the minds of the people for repetition here.
 It is amusing to hear that Johnston Is unfriendly to the railroads. That he is a Conner man and a rate regulator with spurs on his heels If is known to several that the railroads contrib uted to Johnston's campaign to defeat the railroads he is. very ungratefuI to say the least, And 1t might here be added that these same railroads con tributed the larger per cent of the money to defray the expenses for both the calling of the constitutional con vention and the ratification of it's acts, and this may have caused the ex-Gov- ernor to have forgotten their aid to further his personal ambition.
 In short. If ex-Governor Johnston has ever been a representative of the people other than to further his. own political aggrandizezment there is no record of it.