The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
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 dovernor--f know what you say is
 quite true. but then what Is the uss
 of my remaining In ofncef There ere two-cent rate into force as to them' as to those already built I am in3oined bound hand and foot, by an inferior Federal Court: the prohibition law fs | enforced throughout Alabama, except in . few thousand places. more ol less. and have nothing to do but sii
 here and appoinf lot of hungry ofacs
 seekers to 'ofice.
 T have touch'd the highest point of eli my. greatness. And from that full meridian oi haste now to my settinE- Fort--Be not 90 cast down My Liegs
 I had thought 1t was . great pleas ure to feel that you had the power
 to appoint this man or that man te ofice.
 coyernor---Yes thought so too once q thought so too, but that was somt l time ago Fort. for every vacant ofice
 there are at least twenty applicants end as I can't appoint but one to fll ft. you clearly sec, that In every cast
 ! make one friend and nineteen enem. lee.
 waiiace--And then in the circum. locution of the centripetai and cen trifiugal forces, you do not always ap. 1 point the best equipped individual 0ovevnor--No. iscan't say do. but no one has ever said I didn't ap- 1 point my most active friend. Ah | John. # you are ever Governor, you l will hnd the ofice hatchery for para. sites. sycophantsS and fiattercrs, but not friends, and If you attempt te appoint only your friends to offsce and
 punish your opponents, you win ds
 Ike . rocket but come down like [ stick.s
 Fort-.caa you Your Majesty aiway, rely on what these ofiice seekers tel yOu2
 Governor--oht no. no. no. Just the reverse in most cases Fort. that re- minds me that read in the papers last November that convention of farmers in New Orleans was addressed by q Chinaman named Il Sum. re- member SC well eayihg at the time. You dear old CelestiRli how different you are from most of the applicants who come to me for ofsice-they are
 not content to only, lie some," Fort--Probahly this AChinaman had
 been taken in hand by the good mis-
 sionaries. while he was young. | a1VbOSnGA---|A AQVeGAE 4Vs AkAVW Samuel Johnson. said, sMuch may be
 made of Scotchrnan if he be caught young. but don't think that applies | to Chinamen. Fort, when think that In China. deception, fraud and dis honesty are unknown in business trans
 actions: that there has not been e
 bank failure In thousand years. not
 since the Government began adding
 the heads of the officers, to the assets
 of the bank, and banks stopped fail- ing. I am forced to the conclusion that | the missionaries sent to China have
 been heading the wrong way. Who knows, but for them, Ii Sum would not
 have lied at all and have been given a
 different name by his truthful mother
 Now. admit that Japan ofrers . dne field for the naissionary--provided he don't, flgurativeiy speaking. wrap the l flag of his county around him and
 meddie with aftairs of State--for
 there you know. every man is expected ! to lie and steal The Jap is smart enough not to tEtuBt any gsother Jap,
 and, 1t Is said. every high oficial in 1 the banks is Chinannan. Fort-I noticed in ths papers that l the streets of Kobe, each ofIicer was
 accompanied by Jap. with two others.
 one before and one behind him. | thought this was intended as extra honor to our odicers,
 | Caovernor-Not at all. The men in front and behind were placed there by the Japanese GoveFnoment to pro- tect the OfElcer from having his pockets Il picked by the Jap who walked by his side. s4
 | ], Wallacs-I agree with yon. Gov I ernor. # missionaries are Co De sent
 out. by ali means. send them to Je- pan.
 I "A missionary was to Japan sent I ITO teach the heathens to repent, | But they into Q passion flew
 | And eat up the preacher and his | hymn book too"