The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-26
INTRODUCED BY REYNOLDS
Minority Senators Made Merry on
 Reading.
Thomas Drew Admission from Senator from Bibb That Governor Had Seen Draft and Had Ap-
 proved It,

no1dcs resolution which. in fulsome terms. lauded Governor Conner as the greatest of Alabama Executives. The Senate has adjourned, and the resolu- tion was killed in committee by req son of a failure of the committee to act upon 1t.
 It is believed, through the statement of Senator Reynolds himself on the floor of the Senate, that the resolution which he offered praising the Governor was the output of Governor Conner himself. or. at least, drafted with the Governors approval.
 Why was the resolution put to death in committed? If the Senate majority, and the Rules Committee majority was in accord with the Governor and his policies. as 1t is shown they were, why is 1t that no report came from the Committee on the resolution?
 The puzzle has been explained. prior to adjournment. by several who are thought to have known of the situa- tion. The report was not forthcom- ing because the Conner Senators. and, therefore. the majority. were afraid to broach the subject on the floor of the Senate.
 They were afraid. so 1t was said. of the flashing tongues of the minority Senators; afraid of the attack which would be made by the insurgents on the man whom the resolution was aim ed to praise. If 1t was brought to vote. chances are that it would have been adopted, 1t is declared, because the Governor has a big and a faithful following in the Senate. But as to what would accompany the adoption was the ticklish point.
 It would undoubtedly have called for a debate. a heated, bitter debate. inas- much as the minority are known to have opposed the Governor and his policies through all. As the issue would have hinged about the actions and the personality of the Governor, inasmuch as the lauding resolution was built about the declaration of greatness of the Executive. the de- bate would have waxed personal. And m idea of the things which might have been said in debate. when able parliamentarians attacked man whom they opposed bitterly in politics and otherwise, caused the Conner faction to hesitate at putting up the resolution. so the wiseacres have said.
 The resolution. referred to the Rules Committee. was never reported. It was as follows:
 "whereas, During the former session of this Legislature when the railroad regulation bills were under considera- | tion, the stock of the Louisville and
  ing at $s6 per share, and the stock of the Southern Railroad Company was selling at ss per share and the stock of the United States Steel Company was selling at $1o per share.
 And. whereas. many persons and newspapers attributed the extremely low prices of these and other stocks and property to the action of this Leg islature; and, whereas, since the pas n rate regulation laws in Alabama. the stock of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company has advanced to $162 per share and the stock of the South ern. Railroad has advanced to about $35 per share and the stock of the United States Steel Company has ad' vaAoed to nearly $75 per share, and still advancing.
 And whereas the saving to the people Of the State has been, under the operation of these laws, more than $500, 900, and still the dividends of these and other companies affected by the said laws are larger now than when said laws were passed. and the Commission Of Alabama, actually show that some of the railroads Tn Alabama are doing better under the new laws than they have ever done before, and 1t Is published in the daily papers in the Associated Press dispatches, that the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company is preparing to Issue stock dividend of $40.000.000, on which they will doubtless expect the people of this State to contribute their pro rata to pay interest and dividends. And. whereas. 1t has only cost the State up to this time out of the State Treasury less than $25,000 to see that Aa atfhV1 tn hn a sNf Alabama.
 And, whereas there was spent in Alabama by the State for public edu- cation more than $2,500.00 during the scholastic year ending october 1. 1908. and the cause of public education has been fostered as never before in this State.
 And whereas when this adminis- tration came into power the money expanded for pensions was only $4s2,- | 00O per year. and the official figures show that during the last fiscal year $S62,0 900 has been paid to the needy old Confederate soldiers of Alabama, and the amount paid for pensions Is stead lily increasing.
 And, whereas, yielding to the in- sistent demands of the people of the State the Legislature has passed laws driving whiskey from the State, and have also passed a joint resolution sub mttting to the sovereign VIII or the people a constitutional amendment so that they may say whether or not it is their desire to make this beneflcient change a permanent policy of our great State.
 And. whereas. the prohibition laws of Alabama are being enforced almost to the letter. and 1t has been amply demonstrated by recent developments that prohibition does prohibit; thus- taking away from those who have fought prohibition in Alabama their chief stock In trade. argument.
 Therefore, be 1t resolved that the Legislature of Alabama does hereby congratulate the people of the State that they have a Governor who has judgment and backbone and who has come nearer carrying out the pledges of the platform on which he was elect ed, and taking care of the highest in- terests of all the people of the State than any Governor and we assure the Governor that his place in history Is secure for all time to come, as well as in tS4 hearts of the people for whom he has labored so long and so faith fully and so effectively"