The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-26
WHAT STATE PAPERS ARE SAYING

Unneeded Advice. Dothan Home Journal.
 Secretary Roots advice to the coun- try not to lose sight of Secretary Taft was gratutious. He fills the horizon.
 A True BiIl. Carrollton Alabamian Herald.
 A good many of those who seem so anxious to have the Legislature appro- priate $400,0a0 for schools won't take the trouble to pay their poll tax.
 What Nextf Eufaula Times.
 About the best thing the Democrats could do In 1908 would be to nominate Theodore Roosevelt for President. whether the Republicans want him or not.
 e Way of the World. Prattville Progress.
 The cotton growers say too much cotton is raised and want acreage re- duced, and when the result seems In reach of accomplishments for lack of labor, they cry for more labor. Would Bantrupt Government. Birmingham Ledger a Congressman said that plumbers got more pay than captains in the army. Now, if we have to raise the army pay to the plumbers scale, it means bank ruptcy. Wishes Him Successful Administration. Ensley Enterprise.
 We hope Governor Conner will make a good Governor, and that before his term expires he will have more friendly feeling for the roads that to a great extent are the source of our prosperity.
 Stay In Alabama. Dadeville Courier. f The Twentieth Century reveals the fact that Alabama is the treasury of the South and no wise young man will turn his back on her. Stay in Alabama and give her your best services and she will respond most gfesiously'
 WiII it Keep Paid Lawyers 0Rg Birmingham News If bill to prohibit corporations from contributing to political parties in Ala bama and the anti-lobby bill both be- come laws and are properly enforced. Alabama public affairs will be relieved of no little of its disagreeable odor.
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 He Has Killed It. Grove Hill Democrat.
 The Alabama Senate seems to favor the old law of allowing the newspapers to exchange their space for transports tion We hope this matter between the papers and railroads will be let alone. It is reported that Governor Conner is inclined to defeat the bill. fS < $s Should Be Careful. Russeliville Times.
 There IS no shortage in the number of bills in the present session of the Legislature. This is usually the case when the solons are together. 1t Is to he hoped that the constitutionality of bills passed will be watched somewhat closer this time than four years ago. R SS Sf
 It Ought Not. Selma Times.
 Congressman DeArmond of Missouri does not seem to be alarmed over the increase of executive power, to judge from his bill authorizing the President to summarily retire any United Sta. Judge whenever he thinks it would promote the public welfare. Our guess is that the bill will not become law. Ss < Se The Road Was Clear. Uniontown Herald
 No administration ever started under fairer auspices. It inherits from Gov ernor Jelks an excellent financial condl- tion. It inherits no impediment Noth- ing stands in the way of progress Proper statesmanship will enable the people to reap the harvest they have sown.
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 Clothes Full of Bills. l Athens Courier. John Lusk of Marshall, seems tc have carried all of his clothes full oi bills when he went to Montgomery, and when he got "agoin' with his list, all the Senators fell back and left him the field If all this bills were enacted into laws aud they were not more con stitutional than his famous Lusk redis- tricting bill. the time of the Legisla- ture would be unprofitably spent. I E q St ' For Girls Education. Selma Journal.
 l The Legislature is not the only body | in the State that is considering educa- tional questions. The joint commission of the two Methodist Conferences is now in session at Birmingham consid l ering the project of uniting the foul l Methodist Colleges of the State. Wher this is accomplished the big -institu, tions will have to look to their laurels for each of the colleges have done splendid work in the past and witt United forces will become powerful fl educational work in tho State.
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 He Consistent.
 Roanoke Leader.
 Som ebody could render the cause o temperance a good service by sweeping before his own doors and ! inging t' judgment those who unlawfully trafti in the deadly stuff in his own commu 1 nitY Blind tiger whlskey wild-ca whiskey. country whiskey, do the sam devilment that Roanoke dispensar!