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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
Newspaper Passes.

Savannah Press.
 The case of newspapers is different from that of lawmakers. The Ala bama reformer who hopes to guard the newspaper from the insidious and cor rupting wiles of the free ticket should understand the situation. Newspapers do a large amount of advertising for the railroads. Some papers accept money for this space and some take their way in transportation. Some journals divide the contracts. taking in return for the advertising half money and half transportation. When this is done there can be no objection to the free pass arrangement any more than there could be to the old system, where the editor received his subscription during the winter in cord wood and red flannel. The man who brought his lightwood knots to the sanctum was not bribing the editor he was only paying the printer; and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
Bryan's Orders.
New York Times.


 MT w. J. Bryan has never printed more powerful article in his Com moner or one that will do more solid good in the country than the command he sent forth to the party in his issue of last week to put none but faithful Bryanites on guard. We quote one shining passage:
 Do not allow a man to be placed upon any committee, precinct, county, State, or National, unless he is a be- liever in the Kansas City platform. If man opposed to the Kansas City platform Is sent as a delegate to any convention, he should be bound by in- structions and should have associated with him a sufficient majority who are sound Ion the platform. If a man ob- jects to instructions, leave hun at home: no Democratic delegate will ob- ject to an expression from the voters whom he seeks to represent"
 From our point of view, we can give this no higher praise than to say that it Is in Mr. Bryan's best vein. It is in- timately characteristic in spirit and phrase. No other Democrat ever ad- dressed such language of command to his party. Jefferson did not, Tilden did not. Neither of those statesmen and party chieftains ever felt that he was great enough or secure enough in the control of the organization to put on these imperial airs. MT. Bryan as- sumes the manner and adopts the very words of a ward boss giving orders to his ever-faithful heelers just before convention time. He does not stoop to warning or argument. He com mands and expects the party to obey.
 This is precisely the spirit in which he gave orders to the Kansas City o rN1o Democracy of the country and the delegates to the convention wanted a very different declaration of princi- pies. They had the gravest doubts as to the safety of a platform containing so much that the country had already once rejected. You must take my plat form or you cannot have me, said MT. Bryan; l will be your candidate on no other. And the weak. cowardly, de- spairing copvention of a disorganized party took the platform, took Bryan, and stumbled on to defeat and dis grace.
 We like these new orders of Bryan for the reason that 1t is altogether inn probable that the Democratic party will stand this sort of thing from him. The impotence of 1t from person who has twice led the party to awful defeat is unbearable. Already some of the Democrats who were very near to Bryan in both campaigns. who were his friends, his ardent supporters. his managers, have declared that a third nomination for him Is out of the ques- tion. They will be confirmed in that view and countless other Democratic followers of the oracle of doom and death will be brought to their way of thinking by his command that every Democrat who has the hardihood to differ with him or who ventures to question lis title to be regarded as the fountain head of doctrine and the per petual candidate shall be left at home" when convention delegates are chosen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
A JUDICIAL ASS.

Due respect for the majesty of the
 law and the dignity of courts of jus tice is a good principle to inculcate and to enforce, but there may be such a thing as carrying it too far. In recent trial in Waterbury. Conn.,, one Oscar Zeigler, a mail carrier. was a witness, and he appeared in the court room wearing eshirt-waist and no
 coat. The Judge called up the sherin and ordered him to see that Zeigler put on a coat or be fined for contempt. AS he had no coat, and time was not
 allowed him to go home or send for one, he had actually to put on the
 Sheriff's heavy overcoat. which chanced
 to be in the office. and wear 1t while giving his evidence.
 This. We maintain. was running the
 dignity business entirely into the ground. Zeigler was wearing the uni- form prescribed by the Poetoffics De- partment, and could, no doubt, have appeared as a. witness in one of the
 Federal courts without laying himself
 liable to punishment for contempt. or
 without having beein considered un-
 mindful or disregardful of judicial dig
 nifty and decorum. The'smaller Judge.
 however-smaller in more ways than
 one-had such an exalted opinion of his own greatness that he subjected the poor fellow to torture in order that the alleged dignity of the bench should re- ceive no shock. We are profoundly of the opinion that the ears of that ju- dicial luminary should be about ten inches long in order to correctly fit his intellect.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
WE STICK TO IT.

The esteemed Southern Home Is dis posed to metaphorically wipe up the earth with The Advertiser. and all be- cause we took the position that State prohibition laws are and must be fail ures. Referring to Maine 1t says:
 And then it will strike reasonable mortal that editors down here in Alabama know as much about the prohibition Ques- tion in Maine as Maine editors seem to know about the negro question in Ala bama.
 What we said about Maine applies to some of the other New England States, and was based on a careful reading of their papers. More stress was laid on Maine. perhaps. because the law has been tried longer there than irs any other State in the Union. but the testimony from all of them Is the same. The prominent and infiu- ential journals all give the same evil dence. some of them with palpable re- luctance and modification. because they are 10th to admit that State pro- hibition, is a failure. but ind them SelVe9 COAhpeiico " 4AenS enS ~AAAaAS sion.
 Not only Is the law not enforced. but the papers assure us that the at tempt to enforce it has practically ceased, and indications are that the people generally have lost all desire to enforce it. The intimation of The Home that our remarks on the subject were ''the arguments of the saloonist" is altogether unwarranted. We had nothing to say in defence of saloons or that could be tortured into advocacy of the liquor traffic, Our opinion on the subject of licensed saloons was not in question and has no place in the dis cussion. We were discussing the sub ject of State prohibition, and contend ing that it Is not practicable 'in the present stage of humanity" We know that there are local laws on the subject in many of the counties of Alabama and that they prevent. after fashion. the sale of liquor, but we have heard that any man who knows the ropes can get a Qr1nk III LneSe cOuuIieS K snake should bite him, or even if he has reason to apprehend a bite. And there is another remark of The Home that is unjust. It says:
 That prohibition has been a failure in Maine is known to have been a periodis cal campaign cry of the liquor dealers for fifty years, and why? Because they want the prohibition law repealed in or der to sell more liquor in that State.
 If that last sentence Is true they must be a greedy lot up there. for re- liable statistics show that the sale of liquor in Maine. per capita. exceeds that in any other State. and that ought to satisfy the greediest among, them. As for the statements in the New Eng land papers being "a campaign cry" 1t may be true. but it is a campaign against law which is fraud. which the best people know to be a reproach on their character, and which they are determined to get rid of. It is a campaign for honestly enforced laws as against hypocrisy and subterfuges.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04

so the manager who sends the propri- etor a pass to Goose Pond and return Ia only carrying out part of his con- tract. He shows his schedule in the public gazette and runs the notices of his excursions and cannon ball trains. All of this is paid for, and if the edi- tor, instead of charging it all up in cold cash, receives as requital in whole or in part a ticket, in which he agrees with the railroad that if there Is any damage to himself or baggage he will not sue the company, how is the public injured and how is the freedom of the press throttled? The Alabama iaW' maker is too good for this earth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
X PowER IN MAMMA POLITICS


 Times change as well as men. Colonel Herbert was once power in Alabama politics; his influence now springs entire iy from his natural ability, and not from ened to with the greatest respect and in terest, although his views are not in sym pathy with those of the dominant faction -Tuscaloosa Sun.
 Col. Herbert was "a power in Ala bama politics" because of his character and ability. In the wiles and tricks of the dirty politician" he was never an expert. He is/a politician in that sense of the term which implies the study of statecraft. application to du- ty and devotion to the country and to the people. He has been honored by the people of, Alabama because they had confidence, in him. and by Presi- dent of the United States because he was a man to be trusted.
 It is quite true that Col. Herbert Is not in full sympathy with "the domi- nant faction" in Alabama. and it is equally true that he has lost none of the respect add esteem of the people of Alabama because of that divergence. His speech in Montgomery showed that he places principle above expediency and holds duty of more worth than temporary success. His Democracy is no more a subject of doubt than is his honor and integrity. His adherence to principle may estrange some who put party above all else. but even they will honor him for his firmness as they re- spect him for his uprightness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
Alabamians at Buffalo.

Buffalo. N. Y, July 3.-(Special.)- The following Alahamians are regis tered at the Alabama exhibit and are availing themselves of the comforts provided for them by Commissioner Poole: Dr. w. IT. Coston, Brantley Dr. W. H. Hutchinson and G. R. Pow. ell. Childersburg; Mesdames R. R. Stobert and H. K. Hunter, Birming- ham; G. E. Laxley. Mobile; MT. and Mrs. L. E. Goodman and G. B. Schief- felin. Mobile: L. Lanier, L. Lanier, Jr. and George Lanier, Lanette: Miss Ethe Nicely, Guntersville; MT. and Mrs. T w. Cargill and Tommie Cargill, Mont gonery; MT. and Mrs. Bozeman, C. Bulger, Mir. and Mrs. R. A. Bridewell M. Hagerty and W. B. Fox, Birming. ham; R. F.. Whitman, Albertville Drs. J. E. Seay and R. H. Hambrick Pratt City; MT and Mrs. c. H. Ghol' ston. Union Springs. The weather 1: intensely hot and the attendance is av- eraging 38, 900 per day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
IN THE PUBLIC EYE.
Interesting Notes About Some or
 Those Talked About.

Interesting Notes About Some or Those Talked About. Count William Bismarck who died recently. was known as Count Billy among his friends, name always
 used for him by his father.
 When a London lad was asked what 1 the Lord had made, he replied: Ine Earth, the sea and all the tindummies: Not until the examiner had exerted ms mental faculties until he was almost a wreck did he solve the riddle, "all the tindummies," was shorthand TOT
 "all that in them is."
 On learning of Adelbert Hays mel ancholy fate, the class to which he belonged decided to abandan an elab- crate program which had been arranged in connection with the university ex-
 ercises. Secretary Hay heard of this inte ntion and insisted that everything
 should go as had been intended. say ing his son would SO desire. The class
 consented and only one or two minor changes were made.
 Mrs. Craigie, more widely known as John Oliver Hobbs, who has just been
 elected a member of the Council of the Authors Society in England. is the l fifth woman to be thus honored. /the other four being the late Charlotte Yonge, Mrs. Humphrey Ward. Miss Flora Shaw of The London Times, who was notorious in connection with
 the Jameson raid. and Miss Eleanor Ormond, student of botany, ento-
 mology and agriculture.
 Nat Goodwin, the comedian, has a
 brother who Is known as J. A. Carson. He travels for machinery house. He
 changed his surname, because" says
 he, 'i' travelled under my own l would
 be unable to transact any business. Nat has swarms of friends all over the country, and whenever one of them finds me out it's good bye to business for the day" Before becoming drum mer he was on the stage with his brother.
 It is not generally known that the King of England pays taxes under pro- test-that Is to say, His Majesty, like Queen Victoria, claims to be exempt from imposts, and yet is willing to contribute without prejudice to the rates. For instance. part of the Wind sor farm lies within the radius of the borough. The municipal authority is- sues demand notes for the rates. The royal officials respond by paying sum just under the amount requested and the collector Is satisfied.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
Music from the Electric Arc.

A London electrician, MT. W. Dud- dell. recently exhibited a novel musi- cal instrument. composed of a series of electric arc lights. which played a popular air. When the current is pass ing through solid cartoons they give off musical sound. and by placing a shunt across the cartoons. connected with keyboard. MT. Duddell was able to vary the sounds through the scale of two octaves. The keyboard served to vary the self-induction and capacity in the shunt circuit, and by employing four arcs in series the in- tensity of the sounds was made suff1- ciently great
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
Editor in Bad Luck.

Marion County News.
 The editor of The News seems to be in a very bad streak of luck. He has been in very bad health for several weeks. and last week he had the mis- fortune to lose his horse. Yes, "Old Charlie" probably the best known and most universally admired horse in Ma rion County. is dead. We had been driving Charlie for four years. and there was not a settlement in the County that he had not visited, and was really better known than his own CT.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
Limitation on whiskey Production.

Louisville. Ky, July 3,--The Ken lucky Distillers and Warehouse Com pany wired its agreement to the limi- tation of whisky production decided upon the KentucNf distillers in see- sion here June 27. Under the plan thus agreed upon. the production of whisky for the ensuing year will be limitedS to 25.OOOOO0 gallons. Of this amount the Kentucky Djstilleries Warehouse Company will be permitted to make 12,5O0,0OO gallons. But for the agreement the output would have ex- ceeded 50,0O0.000 gallons.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
Wilson Found Guilty.

Springehld, H.. July S.-Iohn Wilson, under indictment on the charge of loot ing the steamer City of Paducah after wrecking on May 12. near Grand Tower, H.. when several lives were lost. was today found guilty in the Tinted States District Court. Jerry Woods. Lewis Beber Arthur Hickey. Daniel Godair and William Cruze are also under in- dictment on the same chnrge, and their separate trials will follow. Woods saved several passengers from drown ing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
csl1ed the Strike of.

Trenton, N. J., July S.-The striking machinists today practically decided to call off the strike in this city, the American Bridge Company acceding to the mems demands and the Mckenzie Machine Works granting the men a nine-hour day. The Trenton Iron Company refused the demands of the Machinists' Union yesterday. and a atrike was inauglrated there today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
Nothing to Report.
Greensboro Beacon.

Greensboro Beacon.
 The editor received request for a report as to the leading agricultural products of the territory adjacent to Greensboro and the manufacturing en- terprises located here. What could we report? How we longed to say we had six cotton mills and produced every crop that grew, but we thought of the Cherry Tree of tradition and told we had the best town in the world with out factories and that our agriculture was cotton raising.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04

The Lafayette Sun decides that bar ring her poor hotel accommodations Montgomery is the best convention town in the South." Although we are free to admit that our city lacks such hotels as should be here we think the complaints on that score have been somewhat overworked. Be that as 1t may. there is little doubt that whatever may be lacking in this respect win be supplied before the conevntion Skon opens next year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
Past His Belief.
Anniston Star.

An expert has discovered that mos quitoes can be controlled by music and it will now be in order for housekeep- CTS to fit up a musical room to which all of the mosquitoes around the house can be attracted by a concord of sweet sounds and there made prisoners while the members of the family sleep in peace. Truly the triumphs of science are amazing and in this instance past belief.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04

We occasionally find in an exchange an argument favoring the popular election of Railroad Commissioners, hnt we have seen nothing to strengthen the contention that the plan would be a good one. The arguments on the other side are irrefutable, as we view 4he question, and not to be overcome hy spacious reasoning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04

The Sheffield Standard gives as one treason why the Convention should move up to Monte Sano that a long toddy which costs Is cents in Montgom- cry can be had up there fore 10. Pos sibly that is true. but when you pay your 15c here you get a good one. It isn't made of mobnshine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04

The editor of The Huntsville Repub- l,can yiscited the Constitution makers last week and was apparently surprised to find that the Democratic delegates do not wear horns.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04

The ancient worm has turned again. 4his time in London. where a society for the protection of husbands from drunken wives has been formed. The mar men have an inning occasionally.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04

We occasionally see new announce ment of the invention of an airship that will fly, but that is usually the last We hear of it. Promises and perform ances fail to maintain anything like narity
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04

Washington, July 3.--Assistant Sec retary Taylor today telegraphed the immigration authorities at San Fran cisco to admit Shu Shi Shlr. who has been detained there pending the set t;ement of the question of his right to enter this country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04

The Chattanooga Times insists that its figures of the exports of tin plate were correct, and that the estimate or abatement of Tho St. Louis Globe
 Democrat made this country export more tin plate than the whole world .,akes and uses." We expect The G.-D. substituted tons for pounds in its fig-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
Another Riddle.
Huntsville Democrat.

Huntsville Democrat.
 Our city fathers have done bold thing and taxed dogs. Hereafter all dogs found in the city limits must wear a collar. and pay tax of one dollar. on males and two on females. The next thing we will hear. will be cry of taxation without representation, and there will be another riddle for our constitution makers to solve.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04

The statement that offices in the Philippines are going begging isn't req sonable. It strains us to believe that there is an office open in any part of IIncIe Sam's dominions and nobody ready to take it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04

The Savannah Press calculates that if costs the English Government about s1oO. .0sO to kill one Boer. and if that is true they would do better to let the 4oh mt to the loves bidder.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04

In Kansas last week there died a woman who was 1O5 years old and who had smoked her pipe 75 years. Why will people shorten their lives using tobacco?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
Human Nature.

Atchison Globe.
 An Atchison man came home today who hadn't seen his wife in four months. and as he opened the door, his heart beating high. his wife greeted him with: Don't hold the screen door open so long! You're letting in the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
Where the Trouble Lies.

Brewton Gauge.
 The trouble in this country is not so much with the mobs that lynch, as with the courts that acquit guilty men on technicalities. Mend the latter and the former will disappear.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
Jelks and Brevity.

Washington Post.
 Governor Jelks's editorials. like his name. are short and to the point. Hurrah for Jelks and brevity!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04

what sort of a contest will that De which Wayne Mcveagh predicts, be- tween the contented and the discon- tented? How can there be a contest when all are on one side?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
Will Not Die in Battle.

Un1ontown Herald.
 We do not think. however, that Dowie will die in battle; 1t Is more probable that he will take up his abode in the penitentiary. And in regard to miracles. whether they may or may not be wrought in this age Is an open question in regard to which it is not safe to dogmatize.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1901.

General sickles has precipitated him. self into the class with Grosvenor where every time he explains he makes matters worse. &lsU
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04

Butter thirty-four years old was taken out of an old well in Kentucky last week ''and found to be in good condition" That settles it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
In a Boston Flat.

Athens Courier.
 A New England professor has just discovered that "the earth is partly heated by the stars" He probably made the discovery while living in Boston flat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
With Us Always.

Alexander City Outlook.
 The kissing bug and the Buffalo have had their day and are numbered with all fads that are buried with the dead past, but the bed bug and the delin- quent subscriber are with us always.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
Legislature Should Do It.

Abbeville News.
 Wonder if our Constitutional Conven- tion delegates. or enough of them. have the nerve to give us dog law by ma king them property and taxing them. This would affect the average da-key worse than the disfranchising of him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
csrcul.tson High water Mark.

During the month of June. just passed, She Circulation of The Advertiser reached tae highest point since the paper was es- sshIirhUi in 1s2S and by far the high est vet attained by any Alabama morn 3ng newspaper.
 Here are the figures by days:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04
WALL !: PAPER.

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