In the message Wells asks the governor to forbid the "invasion of one county by forces flying squadrons...from another county." He is referring to groups of strikers who traveled to Southern mills promoting union involvement.
In this letter Boykin discusses oil wells in Alabama, taxes and royalties on land, industrialization in the first district, and problems with labor unions.
2009-09-15
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