The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-29
SHALL THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR
 LOSE ITS DrcNrrYf

LOSE ITS DIGNITY
 Section lis of the Constitution reads as foliowss .The supreme ex- ecutive power of this state shall be vested in chief magistrate who shall be styled The Governor of the state of Alabama"
 Section 4s of the Constitution reads as follows; Tn the government of this State. except in the instances in this Constitution hereinafter expressly directed or permitted. the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or eith- CT of them; the executive shall never exercise the legislative and Judicial powers. or either of them; the judicial shall never exercise the legislative or executive powers. or either of them: to the end that 1t may be govern ment of laws and not of men,"
 Our system of government is based upon fundamental principles. It is the product of years of thought and experience. and when rightly inter- preted and administered its various departments are evenly balanced and adjusted and work in complete har- mony. The agitations and schemes of designing politicians destroy this eauipoise. and the results always lead to harm
 We venture the assertion that the people of no other State have suffered so much in the past three years as the people of Alabama from Cover nor who has done little but agitate demagogic measures and who. forget fui of the high dignity of the office to which he was elevated and neglect ing in a large measure its many in,- portant administrative duties, has as his only notoriety record of having lobbied through the legislature one extreme statue after another. A pas sive majority of the Legislature has done his bidding in everything. until the people of the State are tired and sick and are longing for the day to come when they shall see the end of radicaiism and political agitation.
 A meeting of the executive commit tee has been called for the 24th day of January. and the people of the State will soon be called upon to elect a Governor and new Legislature. { If we are to go back to representa- tive government. the various counties and senatorial districts should be ex- tremely careful at this time that men are elected as members of that body of sufficient intelligence. patriotism and courage as will enact few laws, all of which shall be easily under stood. obviously constitutional and SD plainly for the public, welfare that the people will demand their enforce ment.
 There is every indication that the people are wrought up on this subject and that they are already beginning to call upon men of that kind to be- come candidates for the Legislature. But how are they to set about the se- lection of Governor There is no question but that the people demand that he shall be in no sense an agi- tator or an advocate of freak legisla- tion. and they will not knowingly elect one of that sort. How, to get out such candidate as they really want. however. may be matter of some difficulty. We do not mean to cast any reflection upon any of the gentlemen who have already announc- ed as candidates. or on those who have
 been mentioned for that high honor. when we predict that those who are expecting to be elected upon some legislative scheme proposed by them shall find themselves with few fol- lowers. The people expect and are going to have man big enough to say to the people that he, if elected, will administer the executive depart ment of the State according to the law and ronstffutia1 a,a ..,,,, 1. AL