The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-03-15

say. ne didn't blame Mr.. Finley for
taking It BY proxy.
| Judge--What said Comer7
May-He just smiled. and then said
to Russell. Cheer up, ola man, this
Is but the besinning-the worst is yet
to come. You have taken but one
small dose; I have a whole bottle full
here for George Jones'"
/ Judge-Do you think George will take
the medicine?
May-I guess not your Highness. I
heard that George said, when
doctor had advised him not
to take any medicine at all. and
not to take anything out Of a bottle
unless II had "a q NJ" stamped on
the stopper. George would have gone
In to see IL Russell was going to take
the medicine. but he happened to look
up and saw over the door in big LETT
ters. Abandon hope all We who enter
here" and he wouldn't go in.
| Judge--Where was Wiley.
May-Wfley was there at first but he
said, Gentlemen, please excuse me.
have some fences which need looking
after. SO I'm OF to Crenshaw to make
a Sunday School address,"
Judge-Do you suppost. May, for a
moment, that the surrender of the
southern was voluntary act? Not
bit of 1t, but II was forced into 1t
by bulldozing and threats on the part
Of Governor Conner.
When the Southern ofiicials went to
Comer's ONCE. on the quiet.
Didn't he tell them, 81 am the boss or
deviiish nigh it?'
Didn't he tell Thompson. II the South
| ern wasn't good
He would put all the high ofiiciais to
| saving wood?
Didn't he from the Southern pull the
/ Federal Court props,
And give Ed Russell Knockout drops?"
I'd like to know?
Didn't he tell them Of Great Governor
/ Glenn"
And say he would initiate him now
and then?
Call him THE Roderick Dhu of the
| railroad fem,
And say his busle blast was worth
| thousand men?
Didn't he call him Great and very
smart fellert'
For footing his horn and arresting one
| poor ticket seller?
| I'd like to know?
| But to turn to q more interesting
i subject. What do the people say, May.
Of me and of my decision in the rail-
road litigation?
May-They say your Highness Is a
learned Judge, and ap upright and fear
less one-that popu1r clamor II mat
ter of Indifference to you, and that you
! will decide the law as you think It is.
unawed by power and regardless OF
consequences.
Judge-That Is high praise, and I
will strive with all my ability to de-
serve II. Should I ever hesitate for
moment to discharge my duty as see
| 1T, I would be unworthy the place I
hold. and the President will have the
opportunity of appointing another.
Where law ends tyranny begins.
| May--I notice that in a telegram to
a New York paper. Governor Conner
| says that the assumption Of power
by the Federal Courts carried to its
logical sequence, negatives State leg
| islation, and destroys the word "sover-
eign," when written before the word
state" and relegates the States Of the
Union to the condition of colonies.
Judge-Yes. I saw 1t and If he wants
notoriety at that price, let him have
1 1t. Do you know May that Mr.. Roose-
welt Is the only man from the st. Law
renee to the Rio Grande who believes
| in wiping out State lines, and would
be afraid to tell him that he does
except at long range. Mott
is all clap-trap. and that of a cheap
ordee Ever time I sit down the Gov
ernor sees a dozen injunctions. whereas
| have not granted a final one at ALL
and will not do so unless the facts
justify It.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty
| mind &t ~
The thief doth fear each bush an Of
ficer."
No. sit in this court to administer
| Justice and "for Justice
All place temple, and all seasons.
summer
have the power to enforce the or
ders of this court. and in the language
of General Jackson, by the Eternal"
they shall be carried out. have, the
Army and the Navy of the Unftea States
behind me. and that is sufficient.
1 am Judge Jones of the Federal
Court
I can call out the Army that marches
and the Navy that floats
can send Conner man up like a
short tail goat @
For am Judge Thomas G. Jones of
the Federal Court.
Excuse me, May. 1 had forgotten you
were there.
May, let me ask you, did you ever
read Aesop's Fables?
May-Oh yes. my liege! I have read
SOME OF them, ana lnlHhN InStH IlHos
Judge-Well, there is one of them
which illustrates the folly of arming
certain people with the dangerous
weapon of legislation. You. Of course,
recall what Shakespeare says\about a
man dressed in a little brief authority,
playing fantastic tricks like an angry
ape? Well. once upon a time, a man
had an ape which was very fond of
him. One day the man took a nap.
when an annoying fly greatly worried
him by continually lighting on his
head. The ape was keeping watch
over his sleeping master. and armed
with a club concluded that he would
kill the fly with blow of the club.
and he did. but he killed the man at
the same time. Now. May, the sleep
ing man is the railroads. while the fly
is well represented by the numberless
petty annoyances on the part of some
railroad officials-want of attention to
complaints on the part of shippers and
the public-disregard of the rights of
the people who are compelled to deal
with them-unjust Determinations in
the matter of freights between place
and place. and so on and so on. These
are the fly and he ought to be killed,
but is it prudent to put a club in the
paws of an ape for the purpose? The
club is represented by those members
of the Legislature who would like to
kill the fly but don't stop to think
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