The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-21

Tn his second weekly letter to Bill Jones, Esq, friend ana constituent, Representative John Hawkins, the coastwise member from Cremloosa Connta. tells how the oovernor's stole the lawmakers Barefoot Boy, and tho disastrous results.
 Montgomery, Sunday, Jan. 20. 1907.
 Dear Old Bill:--I closed my letter last Sunday, if memory is not most capricious jade with me, as 1t Is with most borrowers, with the statement that Hon. Conner was coming in the next day. Well, he coried, as Artemus Ward might say: and he comed strong. 1t was most noble spectacle with the citizenry-some in frocks, and some in sacks and some in cut-aways,' as To- cal bard hath sung-riding horses that would cavort about with much spirit when they were properly actuated with spur and lash, or lolling back in big open carriages in an easy, Pm-at-home fashion, that made me feel that Sleep had laid his leaden mace upon me, as Brutus remarked; I g~ew positively slumberous at sight of an occupant of one of these vehicles--he reminded me of an innocent babe in his perambtla tor. But he wasn't--Dut he wasn't the real show.
 DILL HcfCk saw tuC Ilhe Ol LTOOpS since Getteysburg; and to a man like you, constrained to remain at home to gallantly defend the old homestead and the helpless women and children, ct cet., ct cet., it would have been a reve- lation. Having been in the Army and having seen the newspapers which said there were three thousand in line, conclude that Hon. Conner was escorted by about two thousand twenty -one hundred men in marching line. Mir. Conner rode with Governor Jelks, and they were cheered more or less. When any one yelled, Governor Conner doffed with his hat and stood up, and then somebody else raised shout. and so on about until they had pretty -contin- .uous interchange of .courtesies.
 They got to the Capitol and Cover nor Conner swore the oath of office and took a couple of unofficial ones at the railroads. Then he came about and laid 6 course for the Barefoot Boy Bouy which he weathered handily. People had been talking about what the Adminis- tratfon was going to do, and how 1t would whip us into line, but I never thought it would stoop 70 robbing us of the Barefoot Boy; he didn't leave us any too much of The Boys That Wore the Gray; and some fellow In the House posted an advertisement for. Lost, Strayed or Stolen, One Bunch of Oratorical Thunders," but 1t was no use-the fulminationss were needed elsewhere.
 You know wrote you about all those bills we had passed well. we passed just one too many. The Gover-- nor shouted Barefoot Boy and the echo rolled through the House until the re- verberations sounded like hollering down well. and in just about as much time as stock law holds the attention. of the House. we had almost choked- the Barefoot Boy to death with but ter.
 It got around amongst the members that there was lots of money in the treasury, and somebody got huffy. and wanted to know what had become of the States deficit, where 1t was and who had rnislaid it? and if, after twen- ty-odd long years in public service, he found himself in office without one.
 No deficit" he cries, and they call us statesmen?
 From this it was rumored that the House would have to have three ap- propriation committees to work off the superficus flesh of the cash box, so we run in like so many of those Happy Hooligans in the funny papers and yelled: Poor Barefooy Boy! Let me help youse put his shoes on him." And we did.
 We ballasted the gallant Barefoot
 
 cracked on all sail and laid course for reelection. Suddenly there comes the order for bout ship and I heard from one of the men that we were to lay her in berth again and unship a fourth of the ballast I suppose the master thinks there Is no use to crowd one vessel when he has got a whole fleet. The tonnage of University, Auburn. and some others, is pretty large, and the old Soldier ought to carry a good deck load.
 Over in the Senate. they are having it out with railroad bills. and they too loaded too heavy for the Governor. He asked for a rate of 2 1-2 cents and they put it at two and broke anchor. They forgot that while one drink makes a man feel good, two will not necessarily make him feel twice as good, bvt maybe-too good.
 Tuesday there will be a great bow ing and scraping of feet, The rail- road men are to come In and talk to the Senators, who are very politely to hear their every word and obsequious- 1v bow them out. Then they will have silent communion. after which some- body will get up and smile as if he had