The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-21

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 If the laws are violated by those chosen and sworn to administer, can Iis Tsssasi minsss ss. all law in the general pup.
 MT. Black said that the American | people were now in that conoi,,on where they had better think than move. An imaginary grievance was worse than one that was real, pecausu l when the imagination once got m pL~y ps,t | its limits were not set by reason, uus concourseof people, acting without the restraiuts of law. If reason did nos ruide. then anarchy took the place or | Government. He added ,.,..s u.~ ArousinE Mob is Playing With Fne. r:
 .Whoeyer arouses the mob or tne | p,oh snfrit plays with fire. He may moi himself be burned. but others VII. It is seldom that an incendiary IS hthh the self burned or loses anything m sns flames. but the incendiary is in class s l far higher than the demagogue. Ue | destroys only property ana occss nr- I iy a human fife. while tne ovs osne class seainst class, arouses. stimulates. anr a, 1 cheers the grosser passions, wniSn ~ fr,I swing may bring the GoveInWI,sas I,rns itself to it's knees. Ine 2uo the other ., nr aco,,ire power. No case nas ever arisen in the world where as..sch | called reform was proposeu uronosed would injure the man wno
 n.vve seem now to have supJaca.isSa. aiS. or at least. Sto have set asioe OUT Srs. I time rules of law ana nnea reaa to our tice, and to have. ,ns sp%SmSTreo Saser attributes sears Seas sasiiy aroused, but harder to suo- l due. over had so little
 rne ir a crowd as he has today Wa,,r cn,,rts of law, the most conpie' Ssva,onment of civilized socis,S .he shield to 'thes iowiy. .,eh cnecs cssraduaiiy proud, are ,siesct vie%sd and fear by those ihn aim,hyih without the courts would pc s menace to the State. ..., fostered
 "And this spirit Is oIten ,hn are and encouraged ny . administer the ia%si %Tbe ideas now most popular pp,nsnor afs is also most dangerous' ,ortunes. forget TOT ths s.t inv what also means the nmi tins .s. ." nS industry for the curtalitmatsmes e oe inc power of the courts tseeSom that that Ireons densn tbs lo ' equality of or the e, innrb;trary rule, forgetting tnas S men py ns to clog the industries anu help the lazy. ,...,or
 ..r,. rsopie when they try can rag. . :, .verything to the ground; They Tt,yy,,tinn Ihas ' ,,rmstre or remake their Cons,tut,r Co, .t o,r rhaw may if they likc, anoiisn the courts and Legislatures stIv atI Tn their own nanue ,,,ea ms revolution. but are there m nrecedents for revolutionl .a in
 "Is there ss ,aho n can say how far the enie sneS1 would go in their present leh'- pearwy pearwyould the majority vote to limit private tor'un tbey vote to redistribute
 ,,'ste estates which were larso private +o tempt their cupidity? ., awoula they curtaii the a.l. p1~'' '- the svn,, no1r.s can answer these questions as wa,i ss any body of men now lNius tn |. : end YOU can also answer whe.he ''
 Suggested changes would pc an line sRut are not these changes i9 tst Hnt .,ab the direct tendencies of the iassst noiiciea and agitation? ., Am : ~eems when say that the Constitutlon s,aId less regarded as guiae 1nn hinaTance? ana TAI T I wrong when I.say that tne
 .Suct and teachings of the mos comnrSu, Influence in the country are pTnressive of impatience ana con'ehhp' TOT hsrs vhns is the end and what will It oearus have read that the President Of tbe United States is in favor or Iaw nnakSng employers liable for inJuIi,es tn thair employees no matter how the tninry results. That proposal arouses rreater wonder than respect It couio u serve only to open new Iie,u tu san sno indolent and vicious. It would mean that any servant might submit to such tni,,rv ns hc chose. it's extent and char acter being always within his own con. troll and the employer: M,'nou no3nnensa . |. tion to his faithless employe
 shermnn Law a Criminal statute.
 The Sherman law; ex-GSyeI,nSrI ap,m,nsI tstte Black defiarsS it providsd that persons com
 nojtting the acts therein enumerated "shall be deemed guilty of a mis. demeanor. and on cSnvicoIon STnl 1nnrssou. ,nereo ment. or both. in the discretion of the cou'' Tt was the uniform experience of mankind. he said. that the most e1r CT, was imprisonment. If the purpose wa s sincere to enforce the law and to nunish those who break 1t. why has the only effective and obvious means pro vided never been empioyeoF ne asETn asEWi,l successful dishonesty which treats with such disdain the imposition of fine. be equally indifferent when headed for the jail? Every i'm nuise of human nature denies it. No l SEa knows this better than those now rending the air with threats. against the so-calIed criminal rich Yet up tn this time not a single move has been wade by the a1l-powerful machinery of the Government to imprison a sim gle rich offender. The latest utter snce of the Government upon this sub dect is that 1t would not pay to try.
 "If A cashier robs A bank, should the stockholders be punished by clos ing the bank while the cashier unpun- ished1 reveis in his plunder?
 'If the officers of railroad cheat the company, should the Government wind up the corporation and leave it's
 Could such a course be explained or justified by continuous threats against rich indicators?
 "If the law Is plain and ample and vet no malefactor Is disturbed is there any way to account for this rank neglect except by the insincerity oi those who make the threats?
 "The cry is always against th' | ukah Fa fY