The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-13

ntst scssAea or the Legislature, ana that from that moment. until those to be effective. the legislators had no further demand upon them to pass any ranroad laws whatever.
 Turning then upon the legislators themselves. he said that under no conditions or at the behest of no man should they seek to restrain the ju- dfciai branch of the Government, as it was the only hope and protection of corporations and individuals alike. lie declared that 1t would be q sad day In Alabama when men could not, in their relations with one another ap- ply to those relations the touchstone of right or wrong, and when a man has reached the point where he denies to others rights which he claims for himself, he has become dangerous man. He said:
 T heard in the Senate chamber this afternoon a man foully aspersed, the nobiest man in Alabama treferring to Judge Jones, of the Federal court. Lusk, as q man and as a lawyer, did wrong in impugning the motive of q judge as high and as noble as Judge Jones.'' J
 Continuing he said that not from any motive of reprisal but simply because of the physical impossibilty, all rails road construction in this State will cease absolutely and forever while con- fiscatory laws directed against the railroads existed on the statute books of Alabama.
 He urged the legislators not to fol- low blindly in the lead of Governor Conner and he declared his belief that they would not. Yet, should they do so. the destruction would fall upon them and the harm upon Alabama, -un- til right in this State was regarded as right. He declared his faith in the prevalence of right and the majesty and supervision of God.
 "Dynamite'' Ia Exploded. He was followed by F. P. Glass. who humorously alluded to his dynamiting tendencies and stated to the audience that he had just one small piece of '.dynamiteY in his pocket that he would like to explode then and 'there-and he did 1t. Referring to the anti-lobby legislation. which Mir. CVmer had fav- ored so strongly, he pointed out that Mir. Conner himself, when the proposed laws involved interests of his own, summoned lobby to Montgomery as late as June of this year. It was in re- latIon to the child labor law. and Gov ernor Corners letter to the cotton man. ufacturers of the State. urging them to come to Montgomery to look after their rights, was then read.
 He urged the men from all over the State to stay in Montgomery and labor with their legislators to stem the tide of wrong and injustice that threatens to set in because of Governor Comer's personal way of looking at conditions
 Mir. Glass was followed by T. H. Moulton. a substantial manufactured of Birmingham,- who brought out the point, and proved it. that whereas a few months ago money was cheap and the hindrance in the way of Birming- ham at that time was the absence of labor. the conditions had now been en- tirely reversed and men were leaving Birmingham to look for positions in States where anti-corporation legisIa- tion had not yet served to make money dear and capital timid.
 Resolufions Adopted.
 Subsequent to his speech the follow. ing resolutions were read by the chairman, and endorsed by rising vote, which showed fewer than dozen men retaining their seats:
 'The business men from the whole State of Alabama, under no obliga- ton to any corporate interest what ever, and having regard solely to the present and future welfare of the en- tire State, and to justice and fair deal- ing to every citizen, whether corpor- ation or individual, hereby adopt the following resolutions:
 whereas, At the regular session of 19OT,s the Legislattre of Alabama en- acted number of laws. regulating railroad freight and passenger tariffs in the State of Alabama, and
 "WheIsas, The. Jurisdiction of the courts has baaf invoked to test the validity of sQS8 of said laws, with ref- erence to the reaBonab1eness or said tariffs, which are stiIl pending and un- determined. and
 Whereas, An extra session of the Legislature has been convened, and bills have been introduced 10 repeal the laws involved in said litigation, thus depriv- ing the railroad companies of the right and opp ortuntty to have the validity of said enactments determined by the Ju- dicial Department of our Government, and numerous other. bills have been introduced in the Legislative Depart mef1t of our Government involving the same subject matter of the statutes and above enactmefits called into quest ton by the litigation. and adding thereto excessive penalties for the vio- lations of said laws. and
 Whereas. These further enactments would necessarily tend to create the impression, abroad that vested inter, ests are not adequately safeguarded by proper laws in the State of Ala bama and fair and impartial enforce UlSnt. IneTSO1s tHeTeuy cuFLailtng the inc vestrnent of non resident capital within our State, and it's further internal im- provement by means thereof, and
 "Whereass Ar the present time great unrest and financial strngency prevails In the United States by which our in- terests are directly and indirectly af- fected, rendering 1t extremely unwise to pass any additional laws at this time which will Impair the value of our in- dustrial railroad ana corporate securl- ties upon which loans are obtained.
 "Be tt resolved, By a mass meeting of the business men from all parts of the State of Alabama, assembled at Montgomery, that we hereby manifest full confidence in the sincerity and in- tegFty of our Representatives, and re- spectfully request them to refrain from the passage of additional legisla- tion at thiS time affecting the business interests of the State.
 Be it further resolved. That we hereby earnestly request the LegisIa- ture of Alabama, collectively and Indi- vidually, to give heed to this resolu- ton"
 std Bowie Speaks.
 The closing speaker was Ex-Con- gressnlan Sid J. Bowie. who delivered a masterly argument. filled with an ar ray of convincing facts and emphasized by an energy and force that thrilled the audience to applause. some times lr- terrupting the speaker for as much as two minutes at the time.
 He declared that every railroad hill now before the Legislature assailed the constitution os Alabama and of the KA A.