The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-10

ONGu tuOush It tidu Dttn WhtSPeEeQ auu whispered loud enough for q deaf man to hear. that the Senate had resolved
 to surrender it's prerogative and it's i'm
 tegrity to the incoming Lieutenant Governor, and thereby violate the spir- 1t and the letter of the Constitution,
 he would nevertheless, stafa for the
 policies which have become Democrat io doctrine.
 "Even though that majority which has been reported against me were inspired by the administra- crat. have fought many battles for the Democratic Party, but none against it. Although you have honored me. you have humilfated me. Though, the administration influence has been
 thrown against me. I want it to go out
 to the people of the State that I will stand by the principles of the Demo- cratic Party"
 Says Record <yiil show.
 Continuing, Mir. Thomas said:
 q, and the friends who have been
 with me- have been pictured as ene-
 mics to the principles held by a ma-
 jority of the people of the State. When the record of this Senate has been writ ten. when it's work has been accom-
 plished, we will challenge comparison in results and In fidelity to the inter- ests of the people Of the State.
 'what's the matteD? What's the
 matter7 What is it that has brought on this controversy? Oh, you know, and feel an attachment for the head of the incoming administration. He was born and bred in the county which I havc the honor to represent. His kith
 and kin are my friends. believe. firmly, the head of the incoming admin
 istration comedies to me sufficient character to carry out the principles for which I stood. and the pledges I
 have made.
 q feel am within the truth when
 say the fight that has just been made.
 the fight on the constitutional right of
 the Senate, was not made willingly or voluntarily by the head of the incoming administration. He went into 1t re- luctantly, and only when he had been forced into 1t by conditions that arose, and conditions which were not of his creation It was publicly asserted and reiterated that the opposition to his policies was endeavoring to organize the Senate and use 1t to defeat the res forms for which he stood. In this way, an issue was raised which forced him, as reluctantly as might be-, to take Q position"
 Senator Thomas briefly paid his re- spects to Captain Frank s. White without calling his name beyond desig- hating him as the distinguished gen. tIemen who struck the one discordant note in the Democratic convention. ~sN Pays Respects To White.
 ''It was he, who, in a convention ot the Democrats called to discuss and act
 upon Democratic policies. threatened fellow Democrats with war to the knife and knife to the hiIt.' when all should have been peace and the flag of peace should have been flying over that gath sering of Democrats" said Senator Thomas.
 The speaker asked the indulgence oi the Senate for a personal allusion. F There are some of the senators here today who were here four years ago when the question of rate regulation was up, and when 1t was not as pop ular then as t is now" said Senator Thomas. They do not need to be told
 how close was that fight, and they dc not need to be told that the legisla. | Lieutenant Governor R. M. Cunning ham. My record on that question is ! written in the records of the Senate. When that fight was on, where was | the incoming Lieutenant Governor who 1 is now held up as all loyalty, while | Perry Thomas is held up as all disloy- alty7
 "'where was Roderick .Dhu, then? "'One blast upon his bugle horn were worth a thousand men, But why is this fight sprung?' continued Senator Thomas. What is | the cause of 1t. The time has come tc speak plainly. The time h come tc | tell the truth plainly. It was brought because exercised the prerogative of | a Democrat and cast my vote in the | primary for Dr. R. M. Cunningham | And now that the fight with its hu- l initiation has come, I declare to you l Senator's though that my voice in this Senate be small and my influence lit-