The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-12
A NEW SHERLOCK HOLMES.

I dynamite piot Sccpteu ln- tne ar, ana the life of the great Governor of this State is in great danger. He has an idea in hls head. and there is deep. dark scheme to get it out with dyna- mite.
 The local Sherlock Holmes who has scented this dastardly undertaking Is Hon. Bibb Graves, Adjutant General of the State, favored appoihtee of the Governor. who must be keeping special watch for all such fearful schemes. His eagle eye and his monster brain seem to be on the alert for danger. He has not been kept very busy of late. but he must keep his marvellous perception in good working order.
 The arch plotter of this diresome dynamite scheme. according to the new Sherlock Holmes. is F. P. Glass. of The Advertiser. and Sherlock made his startling discovery in reading the re- port below of some remarks by Mir. Glass at the Commercial Club on Sat- urday night:
 F; P. Glass said that there is no that there Is necessity for immediate action on the part of the business peo- pie of the State to prevent the enac. harrass business Interests. He as- signed as a reason for the present un- settled condition of finances the enact
 satf bsf fns sona ssd like so many cattle and that the 1egis- lative bodies are the primary causes of ii H,,, Alsa6ama sao ma. has been as much respoSn. said. The Governor of this State is de- termined to punish corporations. This idea is stuck in his head and nothing of the business interests represented here is to go to the Capitol and seek
 s tas tss staaton with sss s must be made to know what threatens and to look at the matter free from oiutions esA1 are s' sood in their h0Sy way s but what we want is action and something further than resolutions. The business men should go to them and show how Montgomery and other cities of the State to further prolong this state of unrest.
 The Governors eagle-eyed Adjutant quoted the foregoing in communica- ton in The Journal of yesterday. and then alludes to it with apparent seri- ousness as "a rnonstrous proposition" a wild cry of anarchism." and con- cludes with this:
 It behooves those entrusted with the law making power to see to 1t forth . with that allthings needfui and proper such conditions and save Alabama s Executive from Goebers fate.
 Now isn't it amazing that the eagle eyed Sherlock thus undertakes to un- load the responsibility of saving the Governors life upon the overwork ed Legislature? What is the matter with the Adjutant General? Why does he not call out the military? Why not unlimber the batteries on Capitol Hill and demolish The Ad- vertiser office. the Commercial Club and all the other centers of sedition? Why does he merely call upon the legisla- tors to unlimber their tongues? He is wasting valuable time and he is coun- selling the use of blank cartridges.
 The Governors eagle-eyed detective seems to be tremendously impressed with the arch-plotter's ability. He is kind enough to say:
 A man of Mir Glass's education must fully understand the entire meaning and import of the language used by him.
 Of course MT. Glass fully understood his entire meaning, and undoubtedly every person present at the meeting also clearly understood the figure of speech MT. Glass used. But isn't it pity that the monster brain of Sherlock was in such poor working order? What is the matter with his splendid education? Why has his capacity to understand the import of language been so suddenly eclipsed? The report quoted shows plainly, in the language immediately following the dynamite figure. what the proposed dynamite con- sisted of and how it was to be used. The business opinion of the State was the dynamite and it was to be con- centrated in united pressure upon the powers that be in the Capitol.
 How could MT. Graves squeeze his big brain down into a thimble and re- duce his wide open eyes into micro scopes? It Is doubtful whether anyone else in Alabama has such a capacity. or could use it in such a way in this matter.
 Seriously, Governor Conner and his friends must be very much alarmed at the present juneture in the Legis- lature when one of them resorts to such ridiculous eIAp-trap to try to weaken the force of The Advertisers strictures upon the Governor and to create sympathy for him. straws show which way the wind blows, The Gov ernor's big stick is getting very heavy. It is doubtful whether he can hold it up much longer.
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