The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-28
Administration Work IS
Reviewed.
coNcIAToRY APPEAL
TO BOTH THE HOUSES
Is Received And Flied IN The
Senate.
TAe lGes.sge Divides Its words with
TIE Railroads and Prehibition--
Calls On Legislature for More
Money to Condsct Flights.

Rich with praise of the laws they
had made at the last regular and the
extra sessions of the Legislature. the
Governors message was sent shortly
after noon to both House, today. In
many respects. Il 10 . classification OF
what he has delivered repeatedly on the
jrostrum and at various banQuets. II
reviews at length the accomplishment
OF the administration, with the aid OF
the Legislature, and begins with the
declaration that ''unquestionably you
have created q revolution for good
throughout the State and time Will
prove your acts and show you acknowl-
edged benefactors Of your State"
Politicians In the Hobbies regard the
document of the Governors message as
. most conciliatory appeal to both
houses of the Legislature. There was
no manifest interest In the contents
thereof In the Senate II was received
and fied'' and the members as well as
outside audiences will read the news
papers to grasp the meaning Of the
message. In the House there was a
formal reading at length but II was
disposed of in the customary humdrum
faahion that characterfzes documents OF
considerable length.
soon Mentisns Railroads.
Not until many other matters are
mentioned does the Governors message
touch upon the railroad regulation
, which has characterized his admins
tration. He gives equally as much
space to prohibition and calls emphat-
tcally for the Submissions Of the PROFIT
bition amendment to the constitution
az we'll as for more stringent amend
fnsnts to the State wide act. The Gov
ernor, In q way. deplores the failure Of
the contesting railroads to quit the lit
tgation which, 1t IL admitted, will re-
Quire many months yet to decide.
Much emphaas Is laid on the decision
OF the Federal Court Of Appeals dis
solving the injunction OF the Circuit
Court.
The fnadequacies of the prohibition
laws the Governor admits In strong
language. though he does not neglect
TO commend the two Houses. for their
enactment Of the Statewide law. He
acknowledges blind tigers exist broad
cast and tells the Legislators that they
must shoot the animals not with blank
cartridges or with bird shot,"
1T only tends to make them more
vicious" says the message. 1T is
within your power to enact laws sup
pressing open. willful violations of any
particular law. It 10 within your pow
err and 1t Is your duty to the state to
enact such statutes as will enable the
state 20 carry out the execution of
your Statewide prohibition law"
There Is this significant warning in
the prohibition discussion of the Gov
ernor: "I assure you that the open,
persistent despite Of any law engen-
ders serious conditions and you had
better never have tsuched the prohibi-
tion question unless you make the PEN
atty for violations prompt and sure"
Needs More Funds.
Nor did the Governor fail Of his
known intention to call on the Legis-
iature for more money. With which to
fight the railroads rae asks for sum-
cient funds to carry on the legal war
fare on this class of corporations. one
Of his supporters In the House during
the session afterwards introducing Q
Bill calling for an appropriation Of
$4,000.
As an explanation Of his putting in
the extra session cali NE proposed con-
stitutional amendment favoring prohi-
bition, the Governor has but little to
say except that he believed the solons
intended prohibition to be q permanent
feature.
The message in full follows:
Gentlemen Of the Legislature. House
and Senate:
an calling you into extraordinary
session. think 10 right to compliment
Internationally you have created a re-
roiution for good throughout the state.
and time will approve your acts; win
verify the correctness Of your statutes
and show you acknowledged bSnefac-
tors of your State.
'The Jaw for equalization Of taxes
has beeh successful. Without putting
an unjust burden on any properly II
has added In franchise and ad valorem
value one hundred million dollars, to
: the tax assessments of the State. This.
too. in face OF the fact that the coun-
try has suffered from a panic. The
operation of your law 10 new. out ]
feel confident that after more fully
understood. and when normal business
conditions return. 1t will be most sue