The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-22
Some Pointed Reflections
 About Reunion and Other Things

promised to meet us and bring his wife. She was continually with us In camp
 Pretty soon our earthly meetings vii, be over and then we'll meet where No more will tempests break nor tnunasr Years ago was in Montgomery one day with nothing to do and was advis- ed to go to Highland Park. where l was told they had bears"
 This time 1 was advised to utilize my spare time by going to see the Legis-
 lature perform. went and was high- ly entertained. After looking over tho House, was persuaded that every man of 'em Is statesman and an or ator unless he is mistaken in himself. I heard one fellow. in what I suppose he desired to be called great speech, say that the decisions of our Supreme Court are held in contempt and deris- Another fellow said the trouble about
 our courts Is. in getting judges who know the law.
 It seems to mo that is running the gauntlet of criminal libel.
 But. strangest of all, a very leading Democrat. interrupted in impassioned never read the Democratic tState) plat
 have. for long time, had suspi- cfon that leading Democrats are not as well informed as they should be and have hesitated, when they are taxing their lungs about the eternal and ever lasting and never dying principles of
 aprinsipiesa ars-jusee e0te to sa spare thess them embarrassment.
 But they ought to read the platforms and Colonel Bryan's speeches--to per- went over to the. Senate and had Mir Lusk pointed out to me. The last time saw him was in 1892. He was com. piaining p.g then that his home folks near the family burying ground. At | that time Kolb was fighting for gov ernment control or ownership of rail- in Marshall County that didn't stand for Kolb and the Ocala platform. A change has come over the spirit of his dreams and. like Hedgepath's wife, he's "a bigger fool about it" than we were.
 It may be that If Lusk had been for l us in 1892 we would not have carried Marshall so unanimously.
 These new converts are awfully zealous but dangerously unreliable.
 It looks. to me like the infusion of
 Popuiissm i; into Democracy was an un- It takes brainy men to be Populists --and several Democrats, in our Legis-
 lature. who aspire to the distinction of l ture to succeed in the line of sensible Popuiism. Simon Magus was Chris tian for purpose. Same way with
 weak Democrats who pose as
 T think Tom Watson will caution against the inflow of such another set
 as deluged us in 1898 witt, Tabor cru But, saw more than that in Mont
 gomery. I went to the Theatre. The
 play was .Divercon. It vas ap.
 propriety is out of joint I saw saw notS-
 ing to approve or applaud in the in
 discriminate hugging and kissing of a | The ;nnmoraIitv of tba n1ay wo.
 shocking. disgusting. alarming. | The preachers can afford to tighten
 up on Prohibition" and tackle the
 who Is given to too much, kissing < and l the preachers are silent about the mat
 Maybe kissing around is a ministerial
 virtue, though I suppose no well reg ulated preacher will kiss a woman who
 indulges in strong drink. moved no
 doubt by the sentiment
 ."The lips that touch liquor
 Shall never touch mine"
 While at the reunion thought to get
 that apology from Col. Milton H.
 Smith for calling our Legislature Pop-
 ulists, didn't see him. though.
 [ was told by his friends that ne was was
 ready and willing and anxious to make
 the amende honorable. s.l3
 sn snd coSns ssnsR smith has sSs l
 his. mind that some others are not
 and that he will be careful hereafter. | I want to say, right here. that I'm glad we have such man as Colonel
 Smith--who knows his rights and dares i to maintain them. I'm glad there's
 one citizen who. will not be 'bulldozed" by the State. A poor man has to sub init to the right of the State" to rob him in any and every way. Smith
 has given us an object lesson-that the
 citizen has some rights. Now. mark it
 the citizen is protected against the
 State by the shield of the general gov
 ernmenti
 | Ought we not to be thankful for q | Government broader and stronger than
 the State, that protects us from the
 wrongs of the State?
 Ought we not to be thankful for
 Federal Courts ard for bold fearless
 upright judges who stand between the
 citizen and oppression?
 | I think one more niche in the Hall i of Fame should be accorded Alabama
 above the others, and 1t be given to Judge Jones. J. Culpepper