The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-20
What the State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing
Piay,nx Politics.

Athens Courier.
 Roosevelt wants the innocent negroes whom he discharged from the army for This is rather peculiar attitude for the President. He sad when he dis- charged them that all were equally guilty because they refused to divuise . change of heart 1t seems. Maybe 1t is Taft that causes this reversal.
 Epidemic of Spring Fever. Lafayette Sun.
 This Is the kind of weather to make a man long for the messy creek bank and a fishing pole and line. But the editor of a county weekly has to take fish for dollars to meet the weekly pay. roll--andl sometimes the line breaks and he fails to land his catch"
 The Lsquor Tranac. Huntsville Evening Banner.
 The prohibitionists have lost . very important point sn the decision Of the subcommittee of the Senate Committee all bills intended to remove Federal barriers against the States exercising control of their police powers for the of the Ths uos seties it The gates of Alabama. will be wide open flow of booze and the. trafiic will con  lions as long as the State remains un- der the prohibition regime.
 The wiregrass section.
 Southeast Alabama bears every ear- mark of being the garden spot of pros- perity of the entire State. Farmers @ with money in the bank: corn in as tae in the hill. ch ;ldren in school. Truck farming. especially cantaloupe raising, which Is so promising for extra cash its infancy. What one can expect of this section in five years. with only or dinary conditions favoring us.
 The General Effect. Gadsden Evening Journal.
 As a result of our legislative rate making for railroad transportation it is said that the leading actors making only one-night stands will not tour the South in the future as the established rates are prohibitive. Actors making long jumps have always been granted pensation this is no longer possible. and as a result we will hereafter either pay exorbitant prices for such entertain ments or forego their pleasure. Tn the same in transportation of our sof- diers. The railroads will no longer make the old-time rates so Uncle Sam will pay the difference and charge it up to us against our share of the appro- priat:ons of the general government for military purposes.
 
 High School Tours. West Alabama Breeze.
 Governor Conner Is touring the State in the interest of the high schools to be located in different sections under acts of the last Legislature. It is said that he intects a good deal of has anti railroad speech into his school ad- dresses. Well. let him go on. The peo- pie are getting to take a good deal of salt with that sort of speeches now and our strenuous Chief Executive will w0r- " himself down after awhile and get quiet. Meanwhile Auditor Brandon. who goes along with h.n. is making th.S education speeches. The sch ools win be built and Alabama will go onward and upward.
 The Governors Gratitude. Gadsden Times News.
 Senator Lusk of Marshall. who ss- bench of this State, must be on a stili hunt for votes for very little Is heard of his candidacy. It is known. how ever, that he has the backing of the administration in his race. Senator Luck was Governor Corners right bow CT in the little game he played at Montgomery last year. and the Gov ernor, no doubt. is desirous of proving his gratitude by assisting the Marshall statesman to a seat on the Supreme bench. It is believed. however, by a great many well-informed voters that better material for the position Is n the field: and in this opinion they are heart papers of the State.