The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-25
SOME MORALLZING
 OVER SPITE LEGLSLATIO

are of 'us four" They are not going to law. don't think 1t was even anticipated they would complain for what they were about to receive" It was different with the railroads.
 As l started to tell you. in the old Populist days our "silver-tongued" ora tors got into terrible way of talking of "octopuses" and ShyIocks and a great many other things upon which they were very indiffcrently informed. One of our fellows. in a great speech q was present., represented Shylock as the old fellow, in the Scriptures. with cloven hoof and fiery tail.
 thought there was some mistake and made up my mind that if ever l got to speaking I would only speak knowingly; so, I hunted up the story of Shylock and gave him serious study.
 I can always find some good in the meanest man. I found that Shylock loaned money cheerfully upon good se- curity. l found too, that he was a very exemplary. law abiding man, while he thought the law was in his favor. In the picture, Shylock Is not such bad man after money and, did mt even go to law to get money, but rather to get satisfaction
 He had ''grudge" and wanted blood rather than money and when the Dan iel came to judgment" showed him that the true spirit of law is justice, he had a poor opinion of the law and reversed his opinion of the judge.
 'Circumstanccs alter cases." and the ownership of the gored OK sometimes is patent to change an opinion. It Is fortunate that when great men, moved by enmity and malevolence, enact State laws to harrass the citizen, that a Daniel come to judgment and with the benign shield of the law protects from intended injustice. The rail roads like other citizens. may do wrong. but injustice will not work repentance. For the Lords sake, who is to be benefited by "'reduced rates?" Why. over in Georgia 1t Is said the people are paying more for the goods of re duced rates" than before. Maybe so, the merchants are or the favored us four" This leads me to suppose that the Banks and the Merchants are in politics, while the railroads and the farmer are neglecting their public du- ties. I wish the railroads would haul "by the mile" so the farmers can get some benefit. Then If the railroads and the Farmers Union would go into politics together, they could get in some law makers who would look out for their interests.
 And, I believe they would be so fair they wouldn't be afraid for parties to select their courts.
 I was surely sorry that our amiable Lieutenant Governor Gray had such bad case of the belly ache about in- functions. I'm not a Doctor but al- ways take the liberty to prescribe, In such severe cases. a liberal application of Smiley's Relief It's a sovereign remedy and will not interfere with the Doctors medicines. You must under. stand that I do not believe in appen- dicitis but I was assured by negro woman who had been around hospitals | that they shore is sich a thing as 1 ,nendeceytis, cos seed the doctors, wid my own eyes, cut mans pendix | smooth off" I am getting to believe. | now, but, if the Lieutenant Governor | will freely use Smiley's Relief. 1t will | never be necessary to cut out his l !" 'pendix."
 J. Culpepper.