The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-04
WHAT STATE PAPERS
 ARE SAYING
Who Killed Cock Robin.

It is over in the Senate and the State administration put the knife right into the papers that eleftea tha tne conntqv aa weeklies that elected the senators and the senators were forced to knife them.
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 It All Depends. Mobile Register.
 It is curious development of the anti-lobby fight in Montgomery that a very strong administrative body Is lob members in the street. in the hotels and even in the capitol. All depends, 1t seems, upon who does the lobbying.
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 VIII Be q Good Exchange. The fact that hogs can be sold for spot cash. on their feet, at good prices. and an unlimited quantities is causing much interest to be taken in bermuda pastures, fine stock hogs and ground pea crops. Hogs will soon be pushing cotton close as a money crop in Cor- fee.
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 Good Little Boys. Ozark Star.
 When the leoislators in their dellb- erations fail to carry out the views of Governor Conner, he promptly sends them back to the committee room and tells them that they must enact leg saton in m TSGS Ka Tish xond os tts boys, do just as he tells them to do.
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 Four Years Too Long. Huntsville Democrat.
 Senator John A. Lusk's biennial ses- sion idea is a good one. Four years to right wrong Tn the laws of a great commonwealth like Alabama, is too long to wait, and biennial sessions of the general assembly would avert many evils of general laws in force and those that should be enacted.
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 Not Enough of Them. Andalusia News.
 Alabamas senators seem to have caught on to the Governors curves" and are dropping in an occasional wedge. Really glad to know We are living In a State where senators vote their own convictions. instead of east ing their ballots as dictated by a chief executive. What's the use of having senators. if the Governor is going to l do the voting2
 Wheels Within Wheels. 1 Birmingham Ledger.
 Evidence crops out that MT. Hearst l is as actively at work, through friends 1 as ever for the Presidency. Hearst 1 Is q man of wonderful persislency, and 1 1t Is. said has his plans fixed to win ! to that of California. lie wanted Tex as also, but Bailey opposed it. The l wheels within wheels are only re- yealed to us outsiders when there Is a
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 Wait for the Reckoning. Birmingham American. l In turning out appotntees of Cover l nor Jelks before confirmation of the Senate and placlnq the names of Co., l merites before the Senate in their places, our new Governor gave notice to the State that Comerism is in the saddle and proposGs to rlGe the horse of State That's all right now, but what a reckoning there will be one of ,1rr.s, E,x, comes a factor O. force in matters pertaining to the welfare of this com monwealth. Let's wait and see.
 The Tag Tax. Huntsville Banner
 It has been shown that in States where there is no tax the farmers pay i just as much for their fertilizer as the | Alabama farmer does and even if the five cents a bag was really added tC 1 the consumers cost we do not thinl any of our patriotic farmers woulC l kick for most or all of the revenue thu' ! collected goes to education and thu fact that Alabama ranks third an1ons the States of the union in illlterac, is certainly convinci~ evidence tha. l it's needed
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 TaIlndega County. Taladega Mountain Home.
 Financially. we know of no count. in Alabama. that is in better condition than Taladega, add for that reasol some of the public service should b improved We note that the grand ju ry recommends the provision of nor means for the maintenance and i'm proVemeut of our public roads. am with that recommendation The Hom Is in the heartieSt accord. Road i'm which the whole people can share il the henflts, and a reasonable amour of money judiciously spent In road i'm provement would have the endorsemen n of the entire county. No people eve object to their pubic servants spend ing money If the money is well spen'