The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-13

though he felt that if he became such a subject he would be constantly In the company of Mir. Conner. He explained that no personal attacks were meant, and that Mir. Conner had his deepest sympathy in the nervous strain to which he was subjected and the enor- nous responsibilities that tho suf- frages of the people caused him to copy. ~, Speaking for the farmers, whom he asserted he knew. he having been born in this State. and been in business In this State since he was twenty years of age. he declared that the farmers could not be fooled all the time: that agitators had gone among them and said; *You are being robbed" Then they had gone among them again and said: "You are being robbed" until the farmer came to believe that he was Neing robbed.
 On the wave of the farmers indigna- tion the men of the Legislature had haan carried into power. 2 That wave was receding and would carry out of power the self-same legisiaters who had aided in bringing the State to hu- initiation and disgrace. and who In do- ing this had aided in adding to the State.
 He declared to Me legislators that they would never come back into pow CT on any other such wave because they had fooled the farmer as to the facts in the case. They had tried to tell the farmer that there was only one side to tho question, whereas to every question there is two sides.
 Is Attack on Railroads.
 He showed that the animus of the present Legislature was directed to- wauds the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. and he declared that if the nAAf .,A consented as late as ten days ago to forego It's legal rights and constitu- tionaI privileges in this State. there would have bcen no session of the Leg sslature. He praised the Louisville and Nashville Railroad for having the cour- age to force an Issue when the part of cowardice might have prompted the" to avoid it.
 He declared that if it were now right to deprive that railroad of constitc- tional privileges, there was no assur- hnce for any corporation In the State, nor for any individual in the State that circumstances might net arise sn the future to deprive others of their consti- tutional rights and thus bring com pIete anarchy.
 He summoned the people of Alabama to see that the Republican form of government. which is the pride of the whole United States, should not come to ruin and shame in this State He declared that the pending billS had two purposes---ohe to give person. al triumph to Governor Conner over a man who had dared to thwart his will, and the other to put the L. 6 N. Rail. 4roadA in such position that it~could not get its case into the courts foF, adjudication. With tremendous ein- phasis he then declared that a man might as we'll sacrifice his arm and claim that he had not maimed his body as for e state to set out to hurt business and declare that the State itself was not hurt in the process.
 Reviewing briefly many of the ser vices rendered to the State by Milton H. Smith through the railroad that ms genius had brought to such efficiency, the speaker declared tha& he had by lis genius brought greater revenue to Alabama and more development to Alabama agriculturally, ipdustriaIly and commercially than all of the Gov ernors of Alabama in all of their la bors since Alabama first came intol ex- istence.
 In closing he stated that the meet ing of%busIness men could not fall of effect because the time had come for the business men of the State to look Into the faces of the legislators that their own careIessness and needless ness had brought Into prominence. and declare te them that further proceed. Ings along such unconstitutional lines meant their future political ruin in this state.
 AmnlssOn Man Talks.
 Mr Bush then introduced Ross Blackmon of Anniston. who felt that much of the trouble of the present moment arose from the fact that the legislators did not feel personally res ponsible because under present condi- tions they are able to blame the Gov ernor individually for any wrong that comes out of the legislation that he Insists upon their passing.
 He then attacked the editorial in The Journal of last night. which had de- cIared that the legislators were here in pursuance of their duty as assumed when they stood on the Democratic platform of the last election.