The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-04
What the State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing
A Fiery Furnace.

Fiery Furnace. Chattanooga Times.
 Alabama is going to be veritable fiery furnace of abuse. detraction and irreligion for the next two months if these indications are to be taken as truthful signs.
 Broeksiess Party. Walker County News.
 It Is entirely consistent for Brooks Lawrence to nope for a foothold in Alabama by the National Prohibition Party to the injury of the Democratic Party.
 Guntersville Democrat.
 The happiest effort of "Gil," The Montgomery Advertisers new cartoon eral feeling of the country when the death of Gov. John A. Johnseon was announced.
 They Know To the Contrary. Huntsville Mercury-Banner.
 The Birmingham Ledger says there Is no connection between the amend paign." Respectfully referred to Gov ernor Conner and Judge Weakley.
 In Desperate Condition.
 The amendment crowd are calling on the preachers and the churches for help, and 1t looks little like they were in desperate straits when they are resorting to this extreme measure.
 Always In OIGer. Bessemer Times.
 This good roads proposition is worth pushing along esT ecially into remote parts of the counties where the farm CT has trouble to get his cotton to market
 Tough Proposition. Huntsville Democrat.
 It is pretty tough that Governor Conner should have sold his 30,000 vested in Georgia real estate-thereby escaping the taxes his administration has enforced. MT. Spragins gave his authority for the story. If They Would Be Tolerant. Huntsville Mercury Banner.
 Meanwhile if the ministers will ex- tend to every man the right to think act accordingly to his conscience. bear ing in mind that none of us can lay valid claim to a monopoly or all vir- tue and intelligence, their temporary appearance in state politics would be less open to criticism.
 Turkeys Status. Birmingham Age Herald.
 Religious fanaticism has made Tur- key cruel. corrupt and despised na- tion for centuries past. In Alabama the chief hope of the constitutional amendment propositionists has been that religious fanaticism would cause the amendment to be ratified. Tur- key, by the way. is a prohibition coun- try The law against the manufacture. sale and giving away of whiskey, wine and beer in the Sultan's country is strictly enforced. They Have Over-supply of Gale. Sheffield Standard. s. D. Weakley chief "spouter" of the prohibition amendment forces Is an Announced candidate for Governor. F. M. Jackson, chairman of their state organization. Is a candidate for Lieu tenant Governor. B. E. Conner. bell wether of the flock is a candidate for United States Senator. Yet these aItruists have the gall to proclaim that there is no politics in the amendment contest.
 Who Cares For ExpeDses-The People
 Pay Them! Demopolis Times.
 Just so long as the tax comes out of the pocket of the other fellow, what difference does it make to our mighty governor. A little matter of few hundred thousand dollars added to the burden of the tax payers or Ala bama is nothing when compared 10 the glory of the United States Senate for 6ur 'nrosent sovereign, combined with Inc nIeasure of beholding his man Weakley on the throne in Alabama.
 How Some Money Was Made. CarroIlton Alabamtan.
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