The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
Letter to The Edffer
WHIT THn coMEnrTrs
Have Done for the PsspIs sx Incl,

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 Have Done for the. PeepIe sy Their Editor The Advsrtlsss.
 It may seem littis o6d for one who voted and worked ike a beaver ,for th e pprressnt ssate omcSfs and the .so-calisd Conner wssp p wish pas ss Sses yG5sa as, for S. claiming to be Christian genfiemap, Tnto Toa otsysr y so live up to the Iuls; p9s xot,n xn1wn waas @ 90 now the working and I am one who believes 1iin living ana let live" and I think had the governor n,ss mss see fsiiroads with spirit of this thousands Of dollars in lawyers fees. and many goor women and children Ing on account of their husbands and
 Now wsils IWS Seiisy. Hss q ths sPloIsaas Pasroaas should, to 2 limited extent, be govern; courts. stiil think Mr. Conner would essst ssSs the yo same % EfAt .o ssy to any nnso sT or Hour too high, or the people might. with equal propriety, say to the Cover nor you must not sell your protected has to try and dictate to the railroads sengers for But She Governor is not the only one. who has acted unwisely-- my my Rumble jp6smsnt. ssais passed some a of of the most foolish aud czarish iaws that under-and they cali thsmseives Demo sna srsti, Sv a s,. soyssn5nasnt for the people
 The. most obnoxious of the laws who wishes to have d little excitement ane Tscsszuoni, cni, in me wocas wasa au, county or State license. This works ferent trades and only get a day. or ssS il sa aoTS Tsaf hs 0 oSs ess5 os sr t @ a 'es cost of the license for. days hunt. But this Is not half of what this law does--it connpsls man to go out and sSni onns SD 1Ss SSs snd ss HaG hsr Ss consent a hunt, for If he only gets the consent Of one of the four and wanders off the consenting party's lands he can be ar. bounded down for the few dollars that Is in .its IS this not aptng the old English Lords q little too closely -dn psHool eIy sIsdssE sweS sq3 sLspL of their lordiy masters: they five in hovels and guard the vast domains with guns and dogs-will Alabamians submit to anything like this? Juds. Vot,pT In asop popuasion rni % of over ooO6 we should say mol But aside from all this a mar Is compelled under this law to sit and watch the rabbits eat up his English peas; the squirrels ms dni soTnn; becker and other destroy his grapes and figs; the countless thousands of May birds sucking the heads Of sap from his wheat and oats. to say aosnr 5o structiveness; if he shoots one he IS arresterA and glned .self proteetion does not count with this law. Mr. Ed itoT. believe in gs9tseting g.ra ali nTssSs ossSs ing seasons, but the present law looks like it was gotten up for the beneht Of a few favored young sports, men with plenty of money snd sSon Sanss ,es oTGf of the population. I will venture the esser- tion that within two years the Term. CTS will feel like chasing every Game Warden out of the stass or ,,oao ioaDidghan,T tha,r lands for getting them in 50 much tinued enforcement of this. law will srapes in Aiabania. besides entaiiing q tremendous loss in corn, etc., to the
 MT. Editor. if it was not for consurn. iIfs ins tSo tacsie Ssn 0i the @ Pistoi I' jaw the ''Prohibition Law" the Text Books Proeaedings." the "Pension, Prouaise to Pay Law ana enoW mem up lM kAeiI true colors. Can anybody blame the people of Mobile revoiting against the present laws? These leaders cry out againet President Roosevelt and make Alabama the most centralized govern ment the world ever saw. There IS no liberty today in Alabama {.a
 am, to certain extent, a prohi- bitionist and Democrat, but strong ly believe the right to vote wet" or dry" and if a majority vote "whts. ky'' the State has no right to coerce them. When they do, they give the lie to the Democratic doctrine of "a government by the, people" and also
 The writer of this is over three score years and 1t is therefore i'm. possible for these laws to injure him for any great length of time; 1t Is for the sake of the young men that he cries out against them. for they sure- ly lead to Autocracy and Centraliza-
 "Ex- Ex-confederate."
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