The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-14

enough to include the entire Wander bilt family"
 | Again l said, Several years ago | when the Louisville and Nashville
 Railroad was bought overnight by John w. Gates. l am informed that l the public statement was made by J l Pierpont Morgan that MT. Gates was
 too dangerous a man to own and con trol such a property. Mr. Morgan se- secured an option on this road and transferred 1t by sale to the Atlantic l Coast Line" I wish to add to that | by requesting that no action be taken 1 in this matter until it can De ascer-
 tained what MT. Gates thinks of the danger of MT. Morgan. This Is quite concession to MT. Gates. but in fair ness and justice, think he is entitled l to it-especially. as I Infer that MT Morgan is not in the business of se- curing options on railroads and trans- | ferring the same by sale to other rail- roads, for amusement" What do you think of that, Fort?
 Fort-I think 1t nothing more than right. My Liege MT. Gates should have hfs say. as well as Mir Morgan. l Governor (reading)-I again invite your attention to our splendid Ala bama and Tennessee rivers. In my message I said. i've see this great river property of Alabama on which the Government has expended many million dollars. and which should be of incalculable value to the State, sand- bagged and the people robbed of what should be of great worth to the State"
 fcal error, My Liege, and the printer made you say "sandbagged," when you said sandbarred--
 Governor-No, he didn't, either I wanted to say that these rivers had been sandbagged by the railroads besides. while I may have done so. l have, at present. no recollection of having asked your advice on the sub ject. When I desire it, I will stop reading and say. What do you think of that. MT. Fort?
 Fort-Pardon me. My Liege! You sandbag a man. With all due respect, you can dam, but you can't sandbag a river.
 Governor-Yes can. can do both, and will do it In a minute. if I am in- terrupted again.
 Fort--But, My Liege, I am quite sure 1t was the fault of the printer, and do hope you will consent to strike it out.
 Governor-Yes. yes, yes, you are right Maybe it was the fault of the printer. will strike out "sandbagged." and put in "sandbars. I mean I will put sandbars In the sentence. not In the rivers. Fort.
 message does the word "sandbagged, occur? I have the book here but don't find 1t.
 Governor-You will find it on page 13, about the middle of the page. It Is in that sentence where I use 530 words without coming to a period. Fort-My Liege, Probably the 70 ba the Legislators. "Brevity is the soul of wit"
 Governor-Well, I have no wit and can't be brief-besides, Fort when ] get wound up on this railroad Gues- tion I don't know when or how to stop; but must just keep on talking until run down like a clock. I wish I did know when to stop. I will cal the attention of the Legislature to ii and add-to quote from my other mes sage. q suggest remedial Legislation looking to this end" I will now pro- ceed with my message
 1 (Reading) "It is with the most pro- found regret that I have to- inform you that the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company stin refuses to put l the reduced rate laws which yol passed by my direction, and which ! do trust were passed with some ides | of regularity, into effect. It cost tho ! State large sum of money to employ l Special Counsel to draft these laws ant 1t was as little as you could do to past 1 them regularly. The Louisville ant | Nashville Railroad Company as I an informed, is a corporation, and there fore has no soul. It not only has nc i soul, but 1t has no heart, and no more | conscience than rock. It absolutely 1 has no feeling, but 1t does possess tho | greed of a cormorant, the rapacity ol | a shark and the hide of a rhinoceros l It has more lives than a dozen cats ant Is impervious to attack. once I though I had demolished 1t, destroyed it bJ l whitening inYective-like the discharge 1 from a Columbiad, but no, 1t bobbet up smiling. as much as to say. Yol 1 hit mel ha. ha, hal excuse these gig. | gling he, he'sr But really, the sho' which you used were strictly B. B 8 l which may mean. gentlemen, cart. ridges loaded with small shot, hardly | large enough to do damage to one ot
 Wallace's English sparrows. Gentle, l men, I am completely outdone. I car do nothing with damnable Htig!ous l contentious, recalcitrant railroad. anC | therefore suggest the enactment of | law striking out the letters l. and " | from the alphabet What do yol l think of that, MT. Fort?
 .. Fort-My Liege! l don't think fl would do at all. Why suppose a young