The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-10

be carried to the United states Supreme court and time would be saved in car-
 rying the case through the present channels.
 Appeals For Alabama.
 "Alabama stands to be hurt the worst said Mir. Bowie if you say to | the owners of these great properties | that they cannot have the same foot | ings as any citizen. I say this as a | man who loves this state better than he does any individual in 1t and I tell | you, you cannot discriminate" MT. Bowie here closed his remarks. l Mir. A. J. Riley of the coal operators of the Birmingham district said that his people would like to be heard and asked that representative of his or l ganization be allowed to appear before | the committee Monday.
 | Senator Overton said that the com. l mittee could not delay its business
 by waiting on any person. firm. or cor 1 poration. e4
 Major Steiner then asked that Major
 Hanson. president of the Central Of Georgia Railroad be heard. Senator Overton invited Major Hanson to speak
 and for three quarters of an hour he | talked hard business sense and with
 an ample and ever ready fund of humor
 and repartee kept the audience in .
 roar of laughter. When he closed "even the ranks of Tuscany could | scarce forbear to cheer"
 l Can't stand Reduction.
 He opened with the plain statement .sThe Central of Georgia Railroad can't stand any reduction. We haven't got the money to make Improvements to l enable us to stand 1t and no Southern Railroad can get any money now. We would be glad to haul every mans l freight at his own price and give him I chromo in addition, if we could do it. We would like to live In harmony with the people that we serve, but l owing to the Increased prices Of every l thing and the lack of money wegc cannot stand q cut in rates. e q1 What has caused this lack of money? asked Major Hanson. Crops are good. There has been no natural I calamity. II tell you right now. US | due to the political agitation which l has destroyed the credit of railroads and all other big industries and until I confidence Is restored. there'll be a period of depression and bankruptcy:
 "The railroad securities are owned l by private people and your platform pledges you to no discrimination. We l ask no favors at your hands. what we l want is justice and to divest the pup lie mind of prejudice.
 II tell you right now. you'll damage l Alabama more than you will the raii- roads by enacting these laws can 1 sneak frankly toiyou foR come from worse state than you do. I come rom Georgia
 ..People cry out against Wall street, ! but if 1t had not been for those great l eantains of industry on Wall street few days ago, financial chaos would | have been reigning in this country. CanyIyou justify your action 10 these
 men. who control prosperity by enact~ | ing laws of this kindf
 1 Credit of State.
 "No, you'll destroy the credit of the State. Some few here know at what cost the sections credit was built up. I For three decades, we knocked at the 1 door Of capital, but were turned down, 1 but in the last ten years we have op- 1 tained an equal footing with the Gen. 1 tral, Eastern and Western sections or | the country. ,,a | stop and consider. All great anairs l from now until the end of time will be l carried oh By the great corporations for i n person or firm cannot get NoSetner l the money nor the organization to ham | dle these gigantic enterprises Cast your politicians aside and say to all l thawsvorld: bring your corporations here and we'll see you are protecteu. | and if you act square, we'll help you' | You cant do more for Alabama. 1 MT. I,hsk asked: "will you suggest
 an Amendment or would YOU have us 1 abandon the lawsf' te
 l. Roast for Roosevelt.
 | ."I cave 1t to your Railroad Commiss- 1 sion to supervise the operation or Iali-
 roads and in some cases make rates 7: | Act fair with the roads and they'll act | fair with you! All this agitation IS nart of the war being led by Roose- | vaIt and all the other small dema- 1 =.e-,:as- throughout the country 1 (cheers). voted for Roosevelt ana ana 1 contributed to his campaign rund' put l now I wouldn't vote for him TOT uo9 catcher If he's so bent on prosecutInk | trusts. why don't he go after the lar
 voeT,a trust and the labor trust?
 .eThose are the boys who do the vot- l tne, s observed Mir. Smith, Of Fillmore l ' @yes replfed MT. Hanson, "and it tna l Standard oil and MT. Hartman had sns
 votes the other fellows have, oy Spq | he wouldn't have prosecuted them
 asked the Governor to gnarantes " S,- Ss.
 yvhat money we would lose under ms
 new laws under which he claims we
 can make money. and he refused. For
 God AIminshty's sake be fair ana ii
 ,n,, are fair to the railroads I'll put
 won higher than any Southern stare.
 .svviII you frame a bill?' asked senS- l tor Lusk.
 uapsOn,s Quick ReDartee. Senator McWnoFtSE hSiS
 "you admitted you made mistake on
 RooseveIt, might you not make ms
 take on this thing. Your woros are
 "nid YOU hear what Bob Toonbs said
 +o Ben Hill when Hill criticized nun Tor heinz inconsistentT asked MaIo. Henson "He said that there was not bmt one animal on earth that was con
 sistent and that was 9 braying 9acK
 sSs" roar of laughter and applause | followed this sally. a,roads
 were compelled to go into pohucS ii
 self defense. ... 4I,a rat1roads
 snend in the last campaign m AS s,, banoa?' asked Senator Lusk' Do Sou knowg'
 'wiIl.you tell? n1. 15o
 son. 'S
 Ma ior Hanson closed by saying that
 ea,erv man is going to take care or ms
 own interests He insinuated that the
 Senator from Marshall would spend
 n,oySev in his county if he looked Tor
 dafeaf "and there's no use sitting here
 nalxInr Pharisees and hypocrites or
 yourself. DO what you think Is for
 your best interest and the best ihter-
 ests of your people" he closed.
 MT. Nesbit was called on to speak
 He entered into a lengthy technical dls-
 oussion of the bills and exhibited a
 number of figures. reading them In
 full. - ..,. .,