The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-16

tms our, and appropriate adequate
 mean means to De paid from the treasury te
 Lobbying.
 A paid lobby swarming our Capitol and interfering with our legislators is lin the highest sense debauching, de- Istruetiye and hindering to equitable
 iegislation Only the rich can afford to pay lobby. This. in itself, would | tend to make the laws, which propose
 to control and restrict the strong and
 the corporations. partial to the. very
 parties proposed to be controlled, and
 I recommend the enactment of a law
 requiring any and all employed agents ! attorneys or representatives for special
 interests. who desire to present their
 views. or views or their principals or
 clients in regard to pending or antici- pated legislation. to register in special books, to be kept by the clerk of the
 House of Representatives. and by the | clerk Of the Senate for that purpose which book or books shall at all times be Kept open to inspection by anyj per son. the, following statement of facts concerning themselves and their em- ploymept. viz.: CD The name and resi- sentative. (2) The name and principal
 business office or address of the person partnership or corporation reresent
 CT together with the occupa- |, poration. (3) the Legislation in which | the person, partnership or corporation
 thus represented by him is interested
 o4) The compensation paid or agreed ! attorney or representative for his ser | vices in behalf of said person, partner ship or corporation.
 Domcsticatton of Corporations. | The practice of exploiting Alabama | franchises by other States is dangerous and destructive to our business inter- l est. I recommend laws requiring any corporation whatsoever, before doing business in this State, to become do- mestic corporations in accordance with our laws, and I recommend that sult- able and liberal laws for their domesti- cation be enacted.
 Corporations In Politics. The practice by corporations whether public service corporations or corpora | tions in private interest, of contribut- ing to campaign funds or a political party or candidate. is debauching, de- moralizing and destructive to the best enactment of laws prohibiting and pre- venting this and also recommend the enactment of laws prohibiting and pre- venting the use of money by corpora tions directly. or indirectly, for the
 purpose of influencing any election. or any legislature, or any officer of state, city or county. I urge stringent laws to' eradicate this evil.
 l recommend the enactment of law prohibiting corporations from requir- ing or permitting their employees, ser wants or agents to work in political contests.
 l recommend the enactment of laws imposing adequate penalties on com mon carriers or public service corpora tions for the issuing of free passes of free service of every character to any person or persons, except actual bona fde employees and members of their ia antilles. tf
 And I further recommend that prop ST penalties be imposed on any person or persons accepting apy such passes or free services issued or given by said carriers or public service corporations Rights of Employees.
 I recommend laws giving to em- ployes of common carriers in this State rights and remedies equal to those given by the recent act of Congress to | employees of Interstate carriers. Personal Damages.
 l recommend the enactment of law | which will give the citizens of this State the same or equal protection in claims for damages on account of in- | jury or death that citizens of this State now have by law in claims for dam | ages on account of injury to cattle and things.
 Sunday Observance. recommend the enactment of laws requiring railroad corporations to ob- serve the Sabbath day by prohibiting them from operating freight trains in this State on the said day, except for the transportation of perishable freight
 Public Service Corporations. Express. telephone, telegraph and all other public service corporations should that you enact statutes placing them under the control of the Railroad Com mission, and having their charges. rules and methods, in relation to public ser that you make to establish said rela- ttons between the railroads and the Railroad Commission.
 Taxation
 To carry out the requirements of the State government, very large amount of money will be required. As you know, the money of the State is de- rived by taxation, whether 1t be license or direct tax; all the same 1t is taxa ion. I will caution you that too low a tax and too little money to meet the economic and just demands of the State are just as dangerous as too high a tax, and too much money are oppres- SiVe, burdensome and debauching. A good government is not necessarily a l cheap government; you can carry your smallness of appropriations and sting mess of method to an extent that would be most hurtful to the very best inter ests of the people. MT. Flower, ono of | the greatest Governors New York State ever had. contended that you had to spend money to make the most sue cessful conditions, both as to business and government. In State affairs this
 means that you have got to keep to a ! vigorous standard of excellence the be- 1 nevolences, the judiciary and educa- tional vltallties of~ the State. These
 things l am sure you will agree should | he done as an economy and not as a charity of the State.
 l It is a mistaken idea that our treas
 try is overhowing with money; the | treasury can have no more funds than 1 its sources will supply. It Is true 1t Is
 full today; it Is true that you can
 empty it by. appropriations, and :ba,
 when you have once used it, unless the
 sources of supply will meet the appro-
 priations of today and the cumulative | appropriations of the four years tc | come, you will be in the condition oi | the Prodigal Son.
 The Auditr's report, page IS, show: State Treasury a cash balance of ST.. 401,542 .73; on December 1, succeeding
 there was $500,9525s. Auditors re | port, page 16. September 30, 1906. showi
 S1,S14.S53 37; on December i, succeed
 ing. there was S1 .0S5, ,72517. From thi
 not millions in the treasury. as thu
 treasury has no more than the amounts
 named on December 1 of each year
 and if there had been appropriations
 for more than these amounts ther'
 would have been a deficit.
 | I estimate that with the present val
 tation of taxable property in the State
 at the present rate of taxation, tha
 the State will have for each year fo
 the next four years a surplus of abou
 $4000 In other words. with thu
 present status of valuation and taxa
 ton, it will be only safe to use for GU
 initiative appropriations about $400, ,00
 per annum. But 1t is notorious that
 very great deal of the properties of thu
 State are without parity in tax Valua