The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-08
MUST RECKON
 WITH PEARSON |Tallapoosa Has Candi- date For Governor. 70 MAKE ISSUE TAXATION Wealthy Tanner Has Some Inde-
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10 MAKE ISSUE TAXATION
Br CHARLES |. HAROLD.

| BirminEham. April 7.--(Special) )-- Just at the time when gubernstorial polftics is beginning to brew. 1t is proper to extend the field to embrace even more than four candidates.
 Col. HI. 6. D. Mallory. of Selma. is running. He is an avowsd candidate for the nomination. So is State Treas urer Walter D. Seed, Here recently the other talk has been confined to Lieutenant Henry B. Gray and the for iner genial oficer of the same station, pr. R. M. Cunningham.
 And here the gossip seemed to stop. But the gossip-smiths should not be fooled About six months ago The Advertiser gave . hint that another probable candidate was on the horf- zon. Then 1t was plainly forecasted how Gen. c. l.. Pearson, of Talla- poosa county. was about to leap into the race. What occasioned that ta1k was the visit of General Pearson to Montgomery. He went the rounds of the State offices. gathered miscelia- neous data. convinced himself that something was wrong with things as they stood and expressed probability that he would run for Governor next time to remedy conditions in their present decay" EG8EDOm VVA O0Ohe0s S4 Now General PeArson has not by any means cooled in tho ardor of his intentions. He told me during my re- cent visit to Dadeviile that he was still thfpking of entering the gubernatoriaf primary. He said he had good deal of encouragement. His convictions, he said. were stronger than six months ago! that the foundations of the State government should be changed. He falkaH fraAfv nu fha ataf af tha S> and he would prefer not to be taken in any Pickwickian role while discuss ing politics. sfb
 What he stands for strongest is re-, duced taxation. If General (pearson should decide to remove his coat and get busy for the next igovernorship he would cry for less taxation. That would be the biggest plank in his platform. Indeed. his recent studies have been focused on that theme. He would slash the taxes. not toy with them. To his way of seelngs condi- tions, the colleges need no State aid. If he ever has the power or the in- flue1ce. he would abolish all taxes to help support the colleges Of the State. including all the higher institutions, all the agricultural schools and all the normal schools except one--he did not say which--leaving only the common schools.
 Tho colleges are all right" aaid General Pearson. but let them be sun. ported by the parents of the children who attend them. If man Is able to send his sons to college then let it be his privilege but the property of a fellow should not be taxed to support an institution that turns out football and baseball players Let the support come out of tuition fees or fin some way that will not place an added bur. den on the already overtaxed peouIe |"
 Let Railroads Rest
 General Pearson is also for letting the railroads prosper He believes the State should take a rest cure.
 The other candidates should not take courage by the Knowledge that General Pearson owns 1S,0O0 acres of land in the good old county of Talia- poosa. He may have i4,0o0 or I5,oO0 acres before the, campaign is well started and that hoo doc will have been smashed. Why. he owns so much land that the game warden of Talla- poosa is kept busy arresting trespass-
 CTS who. hunt on his dominion. There
 were several cases on the. circuit court docket last time for violating the game law. General Pearson had to stay in town all week to testify that he never gave his permission to this
 man and to that man to hunt on his land. l
 Nor is General Pearson SO strange
 to the public life of Alabama, after