The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-21

Marion Standard. .ufs, ,.....a5
 The emblazoned light which pictureo the true character of the Governor to us when he first announceo ni5 mn on sofne of his most ardent suppoEee.ba .ba We recall the last sentence ot xtr
 editorial in this paper announvihs t.' Corners victory Tor Govei Ga.ion will
 we hope hls administrator .Hnt nroye A success, but predict now tnat tnat ha will retire from his once the InoSs mnnontilar chief executive in the state history; some of his strons, sseyn,as and among his strongest friends VIII DO fha Wily political pap-sucker that op- posed him and who has been teo iro" his hand" . .ha last issue of The Centreville Press Is onIy the prelude from the newspapers Ot the State that have been strong sup sup porters of the Governor anu Tha Standard has no harsh criticism to
 make of these editors. They felt they were giving the State their pest ser vices in following the ieao ol ,,,st UHe The personal and political selnshness Of their leader could not be read rom the surface. Only those who had look cd down into the recesses or pasIT Thnss m who knew "Jim Dandy" meal by the taste of 1t; those who knew the in- side of the State Grocers Assoclatlop as organized on Morris Avenue and so State to feather the nest of a few to the detriment of the many by fore ing freigh rebates from the railroaoss those who could see the selhsh motive and the political aggrandizement as the ultimate result of the proclaimed love and devotion to the dear people; those who could see the multiplication of offices and a total disregard Of how aJ~ rxyaa nXnAnnAh foster a political prestige that would control the State; those who could see a depleted treasury and the raising oI taxes, and a thousand and one petty and spiteful rebuffs not only to his enemies but to friends who would not bow to Haman; those who could see the hypocrisy of riding around the State parading as martyr or eorp1T- own direction that had crushed busi- ness, stopped the wheels of industry, and the State Treasury leaking ike a sieve. at every pore:.these are the the present situation as pictured by The Centreville Press. They have moaned and pricked themselves until they are hardened to the situation, and fate They know the hand has been well played, and relief must come from those, like The Press. who will not continue , to serve ped ineIr maS nnop tSem Menn
 Such manhood as exhibited by The Press, The Standard believes, will as- sert itself not only In every newspa- per office in the State. but among the %The Press has always been a
 staunch and loyal supporter of Gov. ernor Comer, and under all circum- stances has supported him in his eff forts to enact laws that we considered needfui to the masses of the people of the State. We don't think our loyalty to the chief executive could be doubt ed by any reader of this paper, and we are stiIl willing to uphold him in the passage of wise and wholesome laws Mir. Conner won a great vtc- tory before the people, but the many ported him upon his platform. but did not delegates to him the right or the authority to use his office for the pur- pose of naming his successor to this important office When the framers of eur present constitution wisely made the terms of office for four years and providing that he should not suc- ceed himself. they>throwed around the occupant every safeguard to prevent him from dlctating his successor in of flee. In this great commonwealth of ours, no man should. constitute him: self the sole exponent of men and measures, when other loyal sons are az competent to fill. The Press believes that any man holding this high office and attempts to thus dictate to the people hfs successor, IS not only Vlolat- Ing the spirit of the constitution. but Is assuming authority that the people who elected him did not delegate to him. A man who thus assb Bss to dic- tate his political successor Is not a man who has the best interest, of his party at stake but whose ambThor is to be a personal ruler If Mir. pneT
 9sun1es to dictate to the people Ang thls
 -reat State his successor, he Pi do
 n undemocratic act, and thus iempt to throttle ambitious of man mbi'