The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-27

xreater or less degree Not at all. The remedy is not in your representa- lives. The statutes are fairly right al- ready The rsmsdy sss ,hst Is ia goSlic oDn ion makes the laws, and in our case good laws but 1t takes another pub iic opinion to execute them, wonderful
 There is no dignity superior to one any brave editor may assume. No judge on the bench performs a higher duty than that particular editor who mi is. is steeped in patriotism and has the enthusiastic courage of his con victions When it Is known that Edi- tor Smith has brains. courage. con ly a limit to the power he may yield in the field of. his activity My. my. what power for good! How in life the demagcgue snrlnks % ana snrivsiis consuming pen; and the honest office holder or office seeker gets his deserts.
 There are editors not so equipped. or should say there were such edit ors a few years ago. marking back to my own time. The editors of that day had no dificulty In solving the most Intricate problems. They did not doubt great problems with their bright pens so readily, so accurately and so conn pletely that they would not allow their minds to dwell on the suggestion that
 
 hesitated on the way to perfect con clusion. And they arrived so soon. They were not. tn my time, either ,a;n. fai. . iible Or slow II Gladstone or Blame matter of State. these editors got the facts and the key by wireless. and served 1t for breakfast.
 More Prophets Than Editors. itors nsers in my msrs time. o 4he peiphiS oracle was last years almanac. They were a ready reference library. quick-witted and all wise. This was in times before the present times. l cannot begin to say of you what thought was aliowa- ble to be said of the editors of those other years.
 Yours Is great calling and every days work should be approached with a solemn sense of it's importance and power. You make public sentiment. See to 1t that 1t is sentiment strong strong enough to execute them. strong enough to produce a sentiment which looks above all things else to an. orr deriy government without which happiness nor prosperity for our peo- pie.
 Senator Morgan. who sat close to Major Screws and Congressman Bur- nett. was an interested listener to the Governors speech, and in his own ad- dress referred to Governor Jelks's re-
 
 Senator Is an honorary member of the Association and he was given sure enough ovation when he stood up to speak. He said he had been contrib uting to The Record published in Washington for thirty years and he knew that his paper reached editors of Alabama newspapers. because many of these newspapers often come to him In Washington wrapped in his news paper, The Record. Senator Morgan spoke two hours.
 His was an appeal for more interest in cotton culture and his remarks were devoted almost exclusively to this sub- jeet. He holds that cotton cannot be grown successfully elsewhere and a more intelligent interest in cotton growing will make the South indepen- dent of other sections and other coun- tries.
 After the speaking the editors were driven in carriages over Gadsden. Tonight they were given a reception, card party and dance on the mountain.
 Many of them will leave on spec ial train at II o'clock tomorrow for Atlantic Beach, Fla, to spend week.