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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-14
A CHANGE IN PRACTICE.

The practically universal acceptance of the theory that tuberculosis is a germ disease, and not hereditary, has worked or will work, a revolution in the methods of dealing with that fear full scourge, which is shown by statistics to be the cause of about one-seventh of all the deaths in this country. The same general plan adopted to prevent the spread of other contagious diseases will be used to confine and control consumption, modified, of course, by conditions and circumstances which surround each class of diseases.
 There Is one fact, is occurs to us. which makes tuberculosis much more dangerous than all other diseases which are communicated by germs. As is well known, consumption is slow and insidious disease, and sometimes re- quires years to run it's course. During this time, or at least until the last stage is reached, non-medical people are not able to distinguish the disease from an ordinary cough or cold, and will take no precautions to avoid con- tagion. A person with an undoubted case of consumption will occupy the same crowded room or car with other people, who have no knowledge that they are in danger of contracting the disease, and while the man or woman in robust health and possessed of per feet lungs may escape, there will be others whose physical condition or weakness will render them liable to contract a disease which may prove fatal. How dangers of this kind are to be prevented or guarded against we are not able to say, but the new theory will necessarily bring about new condi- tions and methods in medicine and medical practices.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-14
A RELATED SON oH MARS.

Just how far some men can travel in the direction of jackassery without fall ing into their own mouths is ques- tion which has never been settled sat- isfactorily. That some can go further than othc:s is true, and there seems to be no limit to their ventures.
 Here, for example, is one Major Gould, Commander of the Union Vet eyans of Massachusetts, who is strain ing his intellect in the effort to show himself more varieties of ass than anv of his fellows, and he bids fair to suc- ceed. And it is notable fact that when a man is wanted to exhibit tie lowes: depths of malice and hatrei Of the South, he can generally be found in New England, and in Massachusetts oftener than otherwise. Ther is sone- thing in the air or soil of thlt State which breeds sectionalism as foul pond breeds mosquitoes.
 This fellow Gould is riled because the present administration has shown a disposition and determination to ohlit- crate the lines of sectional!sm and to deal fairly with all portions If the country. And, what Is more ga'llng to the Massachusetts political Eroeta- rian, the President has in a few cases. shown that he considers Southern Democrats citizens of the Union tnd worthy of consideration. St!l w5rse, the President in his ate tour tn oLgh hn ,ft ttI r. tention and courtesy whien boil the man and the official deserved, and showed that he appreciltad and vas touched by such attentions.
 All this has churned up the bile of Gould and caused him to issue an ad- dress to the faithful. setting forth his grievances. Among other things he declares that the rebel guerlllAs" are receiving entirely too much notice and favor. and he calls on his army pen sion-grabbers to do something. We presume the appointment of men like wheeler, Lee and other rebels" to army position, as well as the many oth- CT military commissions which have been given to Confederates and the sons 
 of Confederates is hurting this ram bunctious, warmed-over warrior. and it may be that the President was un- able to see in him the brand of ma terial of which creditable commanding officers are made. At any rate he is hot and in his circular he says: This order now calls upon all Union | Veterans to decide whether they are tC | continue in the role they have accepted | of late years, and in silence submit to | the gradual loss of that which was once | so sacred and dear to them, or whether | try to regain the place in this nation they
 once had. and to which they are stil | entitled.
 There is some of the milk in the co.
 coanut. It is evident the association
 or organization to which he belongs ha'
 ceased to be looked on as absolutely
 necessary to the success of the Gov
 ernment and that sensible people ar'
 beginning to appreciate the fact tha
 a war which closed three dozen year ago cannot break out again with an!
 hope of success. People all over tn | Union are beginning to see that tn
 country Is getting along nicely witaou
 continually fighting over the old is
 sues. and the country is letting Goul1
 breed of politicians feel that they all
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-14
SCHOOL TAXES.
Let the Convention Settle the Ratio
 for the Races.

Editor The Advertiser:
 As the school taxes and their distri- button is one of the grave matters un- der consideration of the Constitutional Convention, I desire to express my views through your columns.
 This very important subject affords opportunities to demagogues, to the detriment of the public, and l think 1t should be settled by the Convention taking it out of the field of politics.
 It seems to me that the Convention can, with propriety, establish the ratio between the races and the per centage of taxes to be appropriated to educa- tion. This would relieve the legisla- ture of a perennial consideration of the subject, and also relieve the people from all doubt.
 I would, therefore, suggest that one third of the State taxes collected each year be applied to school education (should prefer one-third of one per cent for all educational purposes) The census shows Massachusetts paying, say $12,09 900, earns per capita $36o, as compared with Alabama, $16o earn ing power per capita, q approximate from memory and this fund has a pro- rated division between the white and the black races. Special taxes to De prohibited for education except what school taxes cities may levy. This pro- vision would be liberal and ought to be satisfactory.
 With regard to the negro race. let us remember that during the war his acts proved his appreciation of the kind treatment he had received, and the practical education given him.. Dur ing this war, all male members of my family being in the army, my two sis- ters and little niece were in Noxu- bee County. Mississippi. on the planta- tion, with five hundred negroes to one white man. They were cared for Ike queens by Uncle Edmund and his hun dred and fifty associates.
 The negro Is here to stay. we can not do without him! It is the best la bor in the South. Let us try to ele- vate him. They are the most loving and lovable people in the world-iet alone. All Southern men love the ne- gro in his place. Let us save him from the influence of the office seekers! This would be right. let us be just!
 Respectfully yours,
 Sam'l H. Moore.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-14
DO NOT FEAR THE PEOPLE.
Make @ Good Constitution and They
 Will Ratify.

Birmingham Age+Herald.
 The people trusted the Convention. now let the Convention trust the peo- ple, There is too much distrust of the people in the Convention, altogether too much. The people are always to be trusted, for they always do what is best and just and right. No matter how they may reason a matter out 10 a conclusion, or how they ascer9ain the truth, yet all experience in this country shows that the people alone can be trusted to do justice, to act wisely. and to choose the least of two evils. Trust them.
 The Convention should go ahead fear lessly and make a good Constitution. Let them do what to themselves seem- eth best, and leave the rest to the peo- pie. A panicky feeling over the action of the people Is uncalled for. There was an inclination to let the old worn- out Constitution stand a While longer but now that a Convention has been called at considerable expense there are no longer any grounds for fearing that the people will not act wisely. They certainly will. Let the Conven- ton do its full duty, and the people will do likewise.
 The fly-up-the- creeks in the Conven- ton who jump up to say that their counties will do so and so should not be listened to. Either they do not understand the temper of the people, or they are substituting their own small selves for the people. It would be a good rule to cough down any man who holds up his county as an aveng- ing angel. It is safe to assume that he has something up his sleeve, and that the county he misrepresents will do, as all other counties will do. on election day. No man in the Conven- ton carries a county in his pocket. and the work of the Convention will be judged as a whole at the polls. No particular feature will be controlling.
 The people will ask themselves be- fore voting, Is this Constitution as whole better than the old Constitution? Will it give Alabama more room to grow in? Is 1t progressive, reasonable and trustworthy? The fads of the lit tie fellows will be overlooked in a de- sire to get a better organic law, and this is what the Convention should make-a better organic law. Give the State a Constitution they can live and prosper under. and have no fear then as to its ratifics stion. The people can and always should be trusted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-14
TRUST THE PEOPLE.

Last Sunday The Advertiser strongly urged the Convention to make the very best Constitution 1t was capable of. and not to fear that the people would not ratify it..
 We are glad to find The Birmingham Age-H Herald agreeing with us in this position, On this page today is an ad- mirable editorial from our contempo- rary urging the view that the Conven- ton should not fear the people. but trust them implicitly.
 There can be little doubt that the majority of the people will yield to the judgment of the Convention, if it does its whole duty in a strong. straightfor- ward way. The people are keeping up with the Convention closely, and are being impressed with its earnestness and patriotism. They will be found at the end to have accepted its own reas- oning with Itself. and to be ready to adopt a Constitution made with cour- age, honesty and devotion to the States enduring interest.
 We again urge the Convention to leave out no provision it deems wise and just. because of a fear of losing votes. A Constitution made in that spirit will be weak and worthless, and will please no part of the people. Make the very best Constitution con- ceivable, and have abundant faith in the intelligence, conscience and patri- otism of the people. They will ratify the instrument.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-14
A VICTORY FOR THE RIGHT.
Treasurer Park of Georgia is Vim
 dicated.

Atlanta News.
 The decision handed down by the Supreme Court this morning is one of the most important reached by that be nch in many years. It establishes the fact that the Consultation of the State Is not to he undermined or sub yerted by considerations of expediency and time e-serving, and that public of- ficers will be sustained in the per formance of their duty. regardless of popular clamor or political claptrap. It is victory for law and order in a high sense. and the opinion is calcu1at- ed to increase the respect in which ahe Court is held.
 The financial effect of the decision is important in that it puts up the bars where they had been let down. The public credit of the State Is placed rp- on a foundation as firm as the rock of Gibraltar through the assurance given by the Supreme Court that it will not tolerate the use for any other purpose of funds which have been pledged to pay the public debt. Incidentally the State Treasurer Hon. Robert F. Park, is completely yindicated. He was accused of discreditable motives and every ef-
 fort that malignity could devise was employed to discredit him in the opin- ion of the public. The Court, calmly considering the question of law, says the Treasurer was right. Never was
 there a more stunning rebuke to ar | unjustifiable attack on q worthy citi- l zen.
 Treasurer Parks worth stands out in pleasing contrast. He occupies q | position analogous to that of Sheriff
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-14
THE REFERENDUM" HUMBUG.
The First American Experiment a
 Failure.

Chicago Chronicle.
 South Dakota was tne of the Wes- tern States carried off it's sovereign feet by the Populistic cyclone of a few years ago. While the people of that State were under the hypnotic infIu- ence of the Chicago platform of 1896 they embodied is @ new State Consti- tuition the regulation known as the initiative and the referendum"
 This Populistic jargon means that the people may initiate" legislation by a vote demanding that the legislature shall enact a law such as they may indicate. The referendum means that on a popular demand any act passed by the legislature shall be sub mitted to popular vote and shall be approved before it Is clothed with the force of law.
 The South Dakota system has a mod ification to the effect that after the legislature has passed an act on a pe- tition of per cent of the voters it shall not be operative until approved by a majority of the popular vote at the next general election. If approved the act shall have statutory effect; if not it shall be void.
 Direct legislation" clubs in South Dakota have attempted to put the con- stitutional initiative" and "referen- dum'' in force. They tried to obtain a petition signed by 5 per cent of the voters of the State, asking that an act of the recent State legislature should be submitted to a popular vote and should not take effect as law un- less ratified.
 The referendum" crusaders ran- sacked the State to all It's corners for petitioners asking a popular vote. The
 result was that they were unable tc find 4 per cent of the voters who de- sired to take ballot on the question So the act of the legislature goes into effect without a popular vote. | As the first American experiment. 1T an attempt at direct legislation the South Dakota Incident Is Of supreme
 interest. It shows that even in late
 Populistic State the people do not wan
 the referendum" The humbug hal l collapsed in the special atmospher' | aalected hv it's advocates for test.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-14
DUN ON COTTON CROP.
A Satisfactory Showing for the En'
 fire Belt.

New York. June 1S-Dispatches to Dun's Review from the entire cotton belt make A most satisfactory showing. UntaVor- able weather conditions during the open ing weeks of the season injured much seed and made replanting necessary Thls adds to the cost of the crop, but does not prevent a fuller yield. There seems to be from to 10 per cent. increase in acre. age under cultivation, and while damage undoubtedly has been severe in some sec tions, fairly good weather rom now 10 the beginning of picking would insure an abundant yield. Excessive rain has. made the growth of grass unusually rapid, ana the scarcity of labor, together with large grain crops, makes It dinlcult ana ex- Densive to keep the fields in good condi- ton. Injury from insects is light in most States, except for boil weevil in parts of Texas and lice in regions where moisture has been exceptionally, heavy. These ever, and aside from the probable in crease in cost, the planters have cause for qualification.
 Reports from correspondents of R. G. Dun & Co., in principal sheep raising States indicate that the season has been most satisfactory, both as to size and condition of clip. but complaints or prices are very general. On many ranches the shearing is about completed. and a yield somewhat larger than the one preceding is assured. At far Western points there is much wool still on the sheeps' backs. but animals are healthy and no difficulty Is anticipated Not only is the quantity larger this season, but the quality is bet ter and wool so much cleaner that losses in securing will be less than usual. A few reports indicate that growers have already sold much of their wool, but in the majority of cases, there is no desire to accept current prices. This IS espe- cially true of the wealthier ranch own CTS who can, afford to hold their pro ducts. Buyers are not alarmed by the tendency to refuse offers which are about cent lower than month ago: ana ex- press the opinion that still easier terms may be secured later. Considering cur rent stocks at the East. and conditions In manufacturing prospects Tor hlgner nrices are not encouraging, notwithstand- ing the steady decline of the past year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-14
For Woman Suffrage.

Tuscaloosa Times.
 Miss Frances Griffin created some thing of a sensation when she ad- dressed the Constitutional Convention on the subject of Woman Suffrage. Many of the delegates tried to get out of listening to her but they could not help themselves. She was escorted to the platform and she spoke. Miss Grif- An may not have convinced her hear CTS that the good of the State depend- ed on the voting powers of the female sex, but we'll venture the assertion that she thoroughly entertained her au- dinnna
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-14
IN THE PUBLIC EYE.
Interesting Notes of Persons Talked
 About Now.

Sir Wilfrid Laurisr, the Canadian Premier. is about to make a trip West through the Dominion and expects to go as far as Dawson City. It is hop ed that the visit will tend to restore more cordial feelings between some of the Western Provinces and the gov- ernment at Ottawa than have lately been manifested.
 Six former Governors of Tennessee are living. They are James D. Porter, who was first elected in 1874 and serv- ed two terms; Alvin G. Hawkins, the solitary Republican incumbent in re- cent years; William B. Bate, who Is now one of the United States Senators from Tennessee; Robert l.. Taylor who served three terms. though not consecutively; John P. Buchanan, and Peter Turney.
 A monument to the late Rev. Elijah Kellogg, the preacher and writer of books for boys, is projected in Maine, and three towns are laying claim to its location-Portland. the city of his birth. Brunswick, where he was edu- cated. and Harpswell, the little sea- coast town where he preached so many years and where he died. Some Of his friends suggest that the monument be  lets be placed in Brunswick and Harps- well.
 Admiral Deweys ancestors lived in the town of Lebanon, Conn.,. so well known as the home of Jonathan Trum- bull and his gifted son. the painter. A paper was read before the New Eng land Catholic Historical Society, in Boston, by Miss Ella A. Tanning. city editor of The Norwich (Conn.) Bulle- tin. in which the following statement was made: Josiah Dewey in 17oo bought from Oneco. son of the great Mohegan chief Uncas. what Is yet known as the five-mile purchase
 President James J. Hill of the. Great Northern Railway owns model farm at Pleasant Lake. Minn.. where he Se- votes a portion of his time every month to the development of agricul- ture and stock raising. He has ire quently given lectures at the agricul- tural experiment farm in Minnesota. His farm contains buffalo and a deer park.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-14

Merrill. who defended a poor. friendless negro against mob that was howl ing for the blood of the prisoner. He resisted popular clamor, put his life at stake. and did his duty. The royal stamp of manhood is on that Sheriff, and will be till he dies. Right royalty also has honest Bob Park done his duty in the face of the mob,like attacks.
 No right-minded person would place the Attorney General on the same plane with the parties just mentioned. He has conducted his side of the case in a dignified and becoming manner. While the majority of lawyers and lay men differ with him on the constitu- tional question, there are eminent lawyers who take the same view, and he is by no means without good com pauy.
 It must have been hard for Treasur- CT Park to hold back money which It was proposed to use for the payment of the public school teachers. His affil- iations and sympathies have for years been with the teachers of this State, and many of his best friends are among their number. Nevertheless he hewed to the line and they respect him for it.
 As a matter of fact, we believe this decision will inure largely to the ben eft of the teachers, for 1t will force the legislature to provide in a straight forward. business-like way for their payment without the subterfuge of kit ing, which has been the cause of all the trouble.
 We suppose the Governor, who has been awaiting this decision, will now go ahead and borrow enough money to pay the teachers. That is the only thing that can be done to meet the emergency. The teachers ought to be paid as soon as the money can be se- cured.
 Hereafter the responsibility will be on the legislature, and The Daily News hopes it will treat the teachers as 1t does the other public servants and ar- range to pay them promptly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-14
n,, essential to the workings of the

not essential to the workings of the Government.
 Every once in a while a robust pa- triot of the Gould type pops his head above his appropriate level and tries to make his bull-frog voice heard over the country, but it is getting to be nor. and more difficult for such as he to obtain attention. They are almost inveriabiy declared out of order, and If they don't have sense enough to subside. they are pushed back into the mud. The country generally Is tired of listening to the praying of super annuated jackasses, and shuts them up in short order.
 Let the people of Chelsea elect this belated son of Mars constable or hog reeve and shut off his wind.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-14
Knights of Honor Officers.

Milwaukee, June 13.-The Supreme Lodge, Knights of Honor. today elected the following officers: Supreme Dicta- tor, D. S. Biggs of Boston; Supreme Vice-Dictator. ex-Governor J. c. Shep- pard oe Edgefleld, s. C.; Supreme As sistant Dictator, c. H. Johnson of Providence. R. l.; Supreme Reporter. N. M. Biggs of Harrisonville. Mo: Su- preme Treasurer. J. W. Branch of St. Louis; Supreme Chaplain, Rev. H. M. Hopek of Richmond. Va; Supreme Guide, J. H. Hancock of Louisville. Ky; Supreme Guardian, William Gro- yer of Indianapolis. Ind: Supreme Sem tinel, H. H. Collier of Memphis. Tenn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-14
May Be a Good Place.
Anniston Star.

Anni5ton Star.
 It is just as likely that the moon is a good place to live and that people do live there. as that it is a barren, bleak, airless. desolate ball, floating around in a prescribed and prescribed orbit. without object, without purpose and entirely useless. Nature doesn't deal ordinarily in useless things, and for all that we know to the contrary, not withstanding the scientific chaps. there may be a lot of good fellows on the moon who are waiting for us to build an air llne through the intervening SDace
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-14

Speaking of The Advertisers insist ence for an nti-free-pass clause in the new Constitution. The Pensacola Jour nal says, "any such step as that in question would probably only lead to renewed exertions. to get something for nothing, and the addition of hypocrisy to vices already sufficiently prevalent" is an evil which should be made inn possible as we'll as illegal and uncon- BtitutionaI.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-14
ST. CLAIR SPRINGS,

The Baden-Baden of Alabama, will be opened as a frst-class Health and Sum
 mer Resort on June the 1st, 1901, by the undersigned. We have built a large din- ing-room, bath house and pavilion and have fitted up a number of cottages with all the comforts of modern hotels. Our service, cuisine and accommodations will be perfect, our prices moderate. St. Clair Springs Is the best family resort of the South. For terms or any other informa- tion write us either directly to St. Clair Springs, postoffice Cornelia, St. Clair County, AlabAma, or care our city address, the new Metropolitan Hotel, birmingham.
 Ala Lesser & Gilardoni. su-wd-fr
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-14

The claim of an electrical expert that he can make a porter-house steak out of q piece of e-leather needn't jar anybody. We all know that an expert restauranteur can make quails out of baby chickens and can make spring chickens out of forty-year-old hens. Besides, we have tried to eat steaks the. might have been made of old cav airy saddle. judging from their tough neES