The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-11
JUDGE RICHARDSON
 TALKS OF SPEECH Says Presidents Address Was
 Notable One OUTLINES HIS POLICY Huntsville Will Nurohar StrAafe and
HIS POLICY
Huntsville Will Number Streets and Houses - Railroad Business Is Largely Increased - Pastor
 Accepts Gall.

Huntsville, October .-(special9-Judge William Richardson, representative in Congress from the Eighth district, is at home after visiting St. Louis, when that city entertained President Roosevelt, and coming down with the presidential party to Memphis, to attend the deep water ways convention. Judge Richardson was delighted with the trip. "The reception of the President at Memphis he said, was notable from every standpoint believe that President Roosevelt and the particular friends that accompanied him were especially proud and gratified at the cordiality and sincerity of the south ern welcome so enthusiastically extended by the immense gathering of people in the city of Memphis"
 Judge Richardson says that the speech of the President at St Louis was a nota- ble one and will grow on the country Richardson said:
 "In this speech the President clearly outlined the policy which he has here tofore in several public speeches merely indicated by contending that all interstate corporations should be licensed to do business by the federal government. He amplified that idea and contended that the nation should take charge, supervise and control all corporations engaged in interstate business. He plainly contended that by judicial construction, based upon the wants of the people, the constitution could be made to apply to such wants or necessities. He contended that in many If,x, al, alyo,, place and he was invoking the inherent powers of the constitution that had never been brought in effect before because sim liar conditions had never existed prior to this.
 Ut seems to me that his whole argu- ment along that line ignored the funda- mental and vital principle that our fore fathers acted on when they thought they could best preserve the sovereignty of the state, the liberties of the people, the rights of property by adopting written constitution that would at all times be one and the same thing. The Presidents leading idea seemed to be that if the people would rise up and declare some policy to be for their good, that would make such a policy constitutional or rather of a certain policy supposed to be for the good of the people, that the constitution could be relied on. It appeared lO Illt tildt lllt iItSlQeul was treading on dangerous ground in the as- sertion of such views. His doctrine. if enforced, will strip the states of all their reserved rights and concentrate all power at Washington
 The numbering of the streets and houses of Huntsville is now regarded as necessity by the City Council and the matter has been placed in the hands of A 1Ia,. oil .1aai irf11a n nf ha ctr committee. The houses have not been numbered in the last ten years and the system is now very poor. Alderman Wells is in correspondence with firms that en- gagged in this work
 According to a message from the chief of police at Chattanooga, Claude Aclin negro who is known under several aliases, has been captured there and is being held for the authorities here. Aclin is wanted for assault with intent to mur- der. He cut the throat of a woman who was living with him and then escaped after having been surrounded by Sheriff Mitchell and a large number of possemen.
 Although the division has been hadi- capped by a shortage of cars the bus mess of the Nashville. Chattanooga and St. Louis railway at this point in Septem- Der was 20 per cent greater than in the same month last year. The train crews have been kept busy overtime in order to handle the big volume of business.
 Rev. c. T. Culpepper, who resigned the pastorate of the West Huntsville and Merrimack Baptist churches a few weeks ago. has accepted a call to the Baptist church at Marbury. Ala. Rev H. E. Rice, having resigned the pastorate of the Dallas Avenue Baptist church, has been given a call to the field left vacant by Rev. c. T. Culpepper.
 News has reached here of the death near Swancott of William R. Blackwell, aged 5S years. MT. Blackwell was highly esteemed by the people of the neighbor- hood. One brother. Boiling Blackwell, is the only immediate relative surviving him.
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