The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-20
WHAT STATE PAPERS
 ARE SAYING

Three Needs. Birmingham Ledger. and the country roads. Men made the railroads, God made the rivers and the country roads just happened.
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 Pointed If Net Polite. Tallassee Weekly.
 When Mrs. Senator Dubois went to interview the President about Mor- momism, he said: You women are talk ing about something you rdsi6t,t dons know SSs evidently had enough of petticoats in politics.
 So 1t Will. Samson Ledger.
 William Dorsey JeIks is now a pri- vate citizen and he deserves a rest. It will be many years before Alabama will find another Governor to fill the office as acceptably as did Governor Jelks.
 Politics Made Him. Eufaula Times. a-t ,.... 1t is said that W. J. Bryan has eighty-six engagements to lecture, at $500 each. What, does he care about chunking away few thousand in a race for President, whether he ever gets the office of not. ,
 WIiI Drive Them To 1t. Pine Belt (Brewton1 News t' Music will rescue men from the drink habit" is the opinion of prom inent clergyman. Perhaps 1t will, put most of the stuff now masquerading as music has a decided tendency to drive them to it.
 Biennial Sessions. Huntsville Mercury.
 In this age of push and progress four years is too long an interim between 1f Ia a Ixinpr of the State, and the matter of the cost of a session of the Legislature should not be allowed to block the wheels of progress. M
 Not Enough To Go Round. Gadsden Journal.
 To the victors belong the spells and the Conner administration has pretty well rewarded it's friends to the full extent of it's ability to do so. No doubt some have been overlooked, but that's because the offices failed to hold out.
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 Saw 1t I'm His Eyes and Lips. Hayneville Examiner. ated, we saw the glitter of his eyes. the tightening of the muscles of his face and compression of those thin lips, which plainly indicated a fixed deter he has advocated.
 Child Labor. Birmingham Age-Herald.
 An academic bill on child labor Is valueless because it will not enforce itself against a combine of mills and mines. A bill is needed that will be enforced-one of fines and penalties, with officers named to carry it into effect Alabama now has child labor law. but it was passed to become a dead letter. and 1t has fulfilled. nobly fulfilled, all expectations. It contains no operative clauses. What we need is live enforceable law, and officers should be named whose duty it shall be to enforce it.
 HhFd To Draw the Line. Huntsville Tribune.
 Governor Conner recommends a law freight transit on Sunday except for the purpose of carrying perishabIe freight. It is quite hard to tell what would come under this classification, in fact there are few articles of commerce which would not sustain injury from delay. We don't believe any such law will pass. =
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 A Good Father. Geneva Reaper.
 Last Monday, Hon. W. D. Jelks re- tired as Governor of Alabama. He has made one of, if not the most compo- tent and painstaking Fathers. the State has ever had. We say father because the Governor of State shapes the des- tiny of it's people, he is the fountain head to which the masses look for sue cor. Mir. Jelks goes out with nothing but laurels crowning his forehead. Really The Reaper is sorry to see him go.