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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29
china's Valuabld Friendship.

"The reappointment of Wu Ting Fang as Minister to the United States" says The New York Press. will be welcomed by the ever-increasing num- ber of Americans who rightly appre- ciate their country's relations with the Orient.
 "A signal contribution to a mutual understanding has been MT. Wu's coh- stant reminder to the vast multitude of those who do not read books on China. but do read Chinese Ministers speech es. that 1t Is a differing civilization. not a barbarian. with which we have to deal in his masters dominions.
 "A lively consciousness of this fact is essential to the strengthe. ing and multiplication of relations between this country and one whose future must Gc- cupy a large place for good or evil in the widening scope of our foreign af- fairs.
 "As China stands or falls so shall we be or not be hemmed in on both sides with a hostile Russian tariff and nos tile German fleet. NJ. de Witte and the Kaiser supreme on the further shore of the Pacific make a spectacle which no thoughtful American can contam- plate with unconcern. Yet it Is spec tacle which we are certain to behold unless we maintain the integrity of the empire served by Wu Ting Fang"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29
The Australian Commonwealth.

Tt seems to us," says The New York Sun, that London newspapers base on insufficient premises their conclusion that the loyalty of the new Australian Confederation to the British Grown is assured by the two facts that Austra- Han contingents took part in the South African War. and that the first Par liament of the Commonwealth was opened by the Duke of Cornwall and York.
 Relatively to their population the detachments of soldiers sent from the Australian colonies to help their mothe: country in her war against the Boer republics were insignificant compared with the aid furaished by the Ameri- can colonies to England in her wars with France during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
 "Of all the considerable factors Of EngIand's colonial empire the Austras Han Commonwealth is the most re- mote. the most isolated and the most detachable. Already independent n fact. the new Confederation will become independent in name likewise the mo- ment its interests shall come into sharp conflict with those of the mother coun- try"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29
DO RIGHT.
The Convention Advised to Ignore
 Any Pledge in the Way of Duty.

The Convention Advised to Ignore
 Any Pledge in the Way of Duty. Shelby Sentinel.
 If party pledges are found to be wrong and hurtful, in the interest of the people they should not be kept. Delegates to the Constitutional Con vention have taken an oath to give to the people of Alabama the best Consti- tuition possible for them to devise. Now they claim that much work they would like to do Is hampered by pledges made in the Democratic platform, and that if the pledges are to be kept that much that would prove of great good to the people of Alabama must of necessity be kept out of the Constitution. In a case of this kind where the welfare of all the people of the State are at stake the delegates of the Convention should rise above partisanship, and we do not believe 1t undemocratic to do so. Sure ly the principle of the Democratic par ty is "the greatest good to the great est number" and The Sentinel believes the delegates should ignore pledges when those pledges are likely to prove hurtful to the people. Pledges hastily made. as these were. are apt to work harm. Let he delegates be free to give us the best possibl Constitution.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29

culation and advertising nave steadily grown. and today its business Is larger than ever before. The Advertiser has demonstrated for itself that honesty Is the best policy. to look at it from no higher standpoint. And this experi- ence implies that the views of the citi- zenship of Alabama had kept pace with the progress of the rest of the country in this matter of tolerance of. and de- mand for. an independent press. The Advertiser could not have succeeded if the people of this State had not sus- tained 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29


 fences at home is to these men. nat urally, confirmation almost as strong as holy writ.
 Mir. Hanna's insistence upon harmony all along the line in Ohio is explained by some of his friends upon another hypothesis than that he is seeking the Presidency. They say that MT. Hanna does not intend to permit the Repub- licans of ohio to go into this years campaign divided or suffering from the factional differences which have both cred them in the past. He is not ex- actly afraid of Tom Johnson, but he IS planning to make sure that MT. John son shall not be elected GoverI1or of ohio, for if the ambitious Mayor of Cleveland were to carry off the Cover norship he would probably be named for President by the Democrats in 1904.
 The latest information from Ohio is to the effect that MT. Hanna's har- mony has scared Johnson from the track, and that while he and John R. Mclean are struggling for control Of the State Convention, which Is to meet fortnight hence, Johnson himself is not a candidate for the gubernatorial nomination.
 It is said here by men who usually know what they are talking about that MT. Hanna would rather See the Dem .ocrats nominate almost any other man than Tom Johnson in 1904. His strength with the laboring men might lead to trouble. which MT. Hanna would gladly avert.
 According to this theory, the astute Senator from Ohio Is not preparing to boom himself for the Presidency, but Is trying, and perhaps successfully. to sidetrack the most dangerous man the Democrats have in sight at the present moment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29
COL. HERBERT's KIND WORDS.

The address of ex-Secretary Herbert before the Alabama Bar Association was an admirable effort. It was thoughtful, instructive and forceful. It was listened to attentively by a large audience of brainy men, and must have a strong influence for good. It was call culated to elevate the citizenship of the State. and to encourage the high est type of leadership among public men.
 One of the most valuable portions of his address was his review of the growth of independentism among the press and people of this country. He pointed out very justly the immense service that has been done the South by the independence of a number of Northern papers and magazines for years past. Adroitly he formed this into a vigorous plea for less extreme partisanship. for more tolerance of freedom of opinion, in reference to par- ty matters in this section.
 In this connection the distinguished
 
 an independent press here in Alabama:
 The movement has. indeed. already reached our section. We. too, are com and applaud, greater independence in our journals. Independence iii journalism sometimes stands simply for greed. The publisher denominates his paper as it will pay to advocate. Such paper Is a curse to any land. The truly indepen- dent journalist is he who. whether deem- ing himself bound by Party ties or not, recognizes the power of the Press for good or evil. and makes duty-duty to the principles by which he believes his Party or his country ought to be guided-hls own guiding star. Such a journalist ageousIy maintaining them in the midst of popular upheavals that sweep away his subscription list, such journalist is like the brave pilot to whom in 1886 James Russell Lowell likened President Cleve- land, the pilot who said in the storm, "Oh. Neptune. you may sink me, you may drown me If you will, but will keep the rudder true" With the teachings of any such journal all men may not agree, but the example set by such a newspaper all men must admire; it's influence in creat- ing and sustaining high standard of private and public morality all men must acknowledge. Such newspapers am proud to say we have in Alabama. One of them, a conspicuous exemplar of the NlTtQSS I nave been c4LOlIL6B 1 hCSu AlOl say, for am sure your minds have turned to 1t while am speaking. is here in this city.
 We take it that no one will accuse The Advertiser of undue vanity in in- ferring that Col Herbert had this pa per in mind in his last sentence. It was very graceful compliment, and We thank him most heartily for his kind words. It must have required some boldness. too. on his part to make the statement. for he well knew that there were people in Alabama, some of them doubtless in his audi ence. who have not admired such a newspaper as much as he does.
 We are glad to be able to add force to Col. Herbert's tribute to the inde- pendent paper by declaring that The Advertiser has not found it disastrous in a business way. On the contrary, the paper has flourished in spite of all sorts of prophecies of failure. Its cir-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29
WHY IMPERrL THE STATES
 GOOD NAME.


 the Convention to lower the tax limi- tation for State purposes. It Is now T5c on the s10O worth of taxable prop erty and at the present time the rate is up to the full limit. There have been times when 1t was as low ss 4oc on the sloo and if the conditions justify 1t, future Legislatures may be counted on to put it back to that figure. We will he candid enough to say that the re- -duction to 40c was great mistake, because the revenue derived at that figure was not enough to meet State expenses and it has required years to take up the deficit.
 Suppose in the course of a few years the State desires to add to the educa- tional fund. There can be no doubt of the fact that our State is going to progress in the ratio in which educa- tional facilities are afforded. At pres ent we have a State appropriation di- rect of $550.00o for schools and 1t is not proposed to reduce that amount. A tax of over ? mills alone is required to raise that amount, leaving only 21-2 mills, by the proposition of the committee, to meet all other States expenses including inter- est on the bonded debt, care of the In- sane Hospital, the Deaf. Dumb and Blind Institute. feeding prisoners in jails. etc. Whatever Is derived from H. censes. of course, is added to this amount. It is an inevitable fact that as population increases the cost of the insane will increase. It is so as to feeding prisoners and equally So as to the cost of schools. The one mill spent for pensions to old soldiers and the one mill for schools, will make up the full 1-2 mill rate which it is proposed to allow. Now, if any contingency arises by which the 41-2 mill tax rate allowed for general purposes as proposed by the Commit tee on Taxation fails of raising enough to meet all obligation, including the school appropriations of $550,ooO, who will suffer? Beyond any question the old soldiers. with no hope of ever in- creasing their pitiful stipend, or the schools with a banishment of all hope of a school term longer than the one now enjoyed for the first time by the children of the State.
 Again. there can be no question of the fact that there will be less diffi- culty in exchanging our present and 5 per cent bonds for 3 per cents, if we keep the limit on taxation at point which will be sure to raise reve- is a well known fact that if there is not enough money to meet expenses of States and municipalities they gen. orally let their interest go. and Ala bama is not likely to be an exception to the rule.
 The safest plan is to let the limit remain. Figures may look very re-as- surfing and all that. but the wisest generals. in going into battle, always give as much care to the plans for re- treat in case of disaster, as they do for the forward movement. Alabama should run no risk of failing in any of her obligations. There should be noth- ing done that will endanger the an- nual saving of $1Oo,eOe on interest for the next fifty years. No step back ward in the cause of education should be taken and old soldiers should never receive less consideration than Is now shown them. It is best to let the tax limit remain as it is.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29

Champ Clark's assertion that all talk of recognizing the Democratic party is 'Idiotic jabber" may be true from his standpoint. In our view ''rehablli- tation" is better word. for what we want Is to reclothe or reinvest the par ty with the Democratic toga which it voluntarily threw of, and make of it again the party of honesty and prin- ciple which we knew when the word Democracy had a well-dehned and ir- telligent meaning. We may call the process what we may. so that the de- sired result is arrived at. Perhaps ..nolting" would be a proper expres- sion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29

The intolerance of the Grand Army of the Republic and the animus of the fight against Commissioner Evans are both exhibited in a recent remark by General Sickles when, claiming to speak for that organization, he de- clared that they will not tolerate the retention of Evans in office." That means that the President must be gov erned by the wishes or demands of the pension-grabbers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29

The Kansas City Journal refers to the Democratic party as "a party whose future is all behind it." Well. if that is true it has a much more hon. orable future behind it than the Re- publican party has.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29

Even the few Democrats of Pennsyl- vania find 1t impossible to agree. AS Democracy in that State can accom- plish nothing it does seem that they could afford to be honest and not sac ritlce principle when there is nothing to be gained.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29

When we are talking about extensive farming operations we must not for get that Marion County. Fla, has eanteioupe farm of one thousand acres now in bearing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29

The effort in the Pennsylvania Legis- lature to make their election methods a little more corrupt and infamous than they were before succeeded with but It- tie effort.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29

John Wanamaker's offer of three mill lions for some street railroad franchises means that the members of the Council got about that sum for the votes they cast.-Birmingham Age-Herald.
 If the franchises were worth half a billion dollars, as some claim, it is not likely that the Mayor and Council sold out for a paltry three million.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29

We shall be compelled to get out an injunction against The Savannah Press. First it had The Advertiser published in New York, and now it calls us The Montgomery News. It was bad enough to move us to such bad city as New York, but to give us the name of paper which died several years ago is unbearahle
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29

An Ottowa young woman defines man to be "the highest order of animal ex- cept woman" Yet that same girl would resent the imputation that a woman is Q greater brute than a man S.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29

The Tennessee dog law Is a wonder ful example of How not to do it." When it was up before the Leglsla ture the claim for 1t upon which most stress was laid was that it would protect the sheep, but it can do nothing of the kind. because. as a contemporary points out. "a dog whose tax has been paid can range the highways at its own sweet will. The dog law does not pro- hibit dogs generally from running at large. A hunting dog, dog guarding stock, or a dog moving from one place to another, or a dog which has been tagged by the County Clerk is exempt ed from the operation of the act If dogs under any of these circumstances and conditions can go where they choose 1t is difficult to see where the protection to sheep comes in.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29
BOTH ARE WRONG,

When one public man sets out to cor rect another public man he ought to be sure of his ground, just as the first one ought to know that he is right. In a recent speech Senator Foraker de- clared that Mir. Bryan is "the only in- telligent man who does not admit that the defeat of 1896 was a blessing to the country"
 There was no excuse for such a state ment. Little sympathy as we feel Tor the Democratic platform of 1sss, we have no doubt that there are may thousands of intelligent men who still firmly believe that the election of MT. Bryan would have been a blessing to the country. We may have our own opinion of their mistaken be'lef, but 1t is absurd to say that none of them are intelligent.
 But when MT Bryan sets himself to ton on the intelligence of more than into the same fault by saying that the Ohio Senator makes an unjust lehe C. tion on tn eintelligence Of more than 5000, 900 people," That Is as far from correct as the other assertion. It Is a positive claim that every man who voted for MT. Bryan in 1s96 concurred in his platform and believed that his election would be best for the country. That Is not true. Thousands and tens of thousands of Democrats vote1 tor him because he was the nominee of the party, utterly repudlating lis financial views and firmly convinced that his success would be hurt:ul to the country. To say that all who voted for him were believers in either h m or his theories Is g wide mistaxe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29

The Philadelphia Press does us the honor to admit that "the South has men amply able to i'll the post"-of Vice-President. A great concession. truly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29

The Topeka State Journal wants to know "why doesn't somebody start a fusion party?" Say. didn't somebody" start a great big one in 1896?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29

A Brooklyn Judge holds that It is It.. ---~-.S.te or immoral for 8 man to kiss d woman on the back of the neck. Possibly not, but how about idiotic?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29

An old lawyer once remarked that re- fund, when applied to fees, was a kind of fund unknown to the legal p;o- fession.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29

'Tis sad women-can't keep a secret. And vet very oft we hear tell Of one who is "certainly forty. But keeping her age very well"
 Philadelphia Press.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29

The optimist Is the man who con loles himself Sith the thought that october will bring pleasant weather.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29

Tillman is not going to read McLaurin out of the Democratic Party. He Is go- ing to draw a dead line and dare him to cross it-Atlanta News.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29

And will The News kindly tell us which side of the line Tillman proposes to occupy?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29
TALK HANNA FOR 1904
OBSERVERS SEE AMBITION IN
 HIS OHIO MOVES.
Home State in Harmony-Way Open ed for Him as Its Choice by Public Consolidation of Fora
 ker and McKisson.

Walter Wellman's Washington Special
 to Chicago Record Herald.
 Is Mark Hanna a candidate for the Presidency? This question was asked a good many times in political and of- fcial circles here today. good many observers think he is. They base tnclr opinion upon recent events in Ohio.
 It did not escape the notice of the more alert onlookers that MT. Hanna made peace with his old-time enemy, ex-Mayor McKisson. in the Cuyahoga County Convention last week. Senator Hanna went out of his way to bury the hatchet and secure a truce. As rule. he fights to the bitter end. for he was a born fighter and has never changed his nature. But on this occasion he almost suffered humiliation for the sake of sweet peace
 Those who pricked up their ears when they saw the redoubtable Hanna join ing hands with his ancient enemy and accepting a ticket which that enemy had much the most to say about nam ing. felt that their suspicious were con- firmed when they beheld MT. Hanna g performance at the Republican State Convention at Columbus. Here MT. Hanna was not compelled to play sec ond fiddle in the chorus. He was the leader of the orchestra. He had every thing his own way. But apart from a wholesome sitting down upon former Secretary of the Treasury Foster ,who would not tote fair. MT. Hanna again went in for harmony.
 He wanted harmony and he got 1t. He nominated a ticket by exclamation. and for once the chief figure in Ohio politics has things in fine shape for the approaching campaign. with all the factions united in the bonds of aom- mon interest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29

fences at home is to these men, nat urally, confirmation almost as strong as holy writ.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-10-31
HON. JOSIAH TURNER DEAD
Raleigh Post.

Raleigh Post.
The announcement that the
above gentleman is dead will be
received all over this State with
sincere sorrow. He was a poten-
tial force in this Sta+e from 1850,
when he had just reached his
21st birthday, throughout the
stormiest period Of the States
history down to the late 7O's,
when he practically retired from
public life. His name will appear
most conspicuously, as we'll as
most honorably in the history of
that period known as the Recon
struction Era, for it was then
that his peculiar abilities as we'll
as answering courage rendered
the State and the people the
greatest service. MIR. Turner had
his faults of judgement-al] real
ly strong men have them but
with all he was an open, If a re-
lentless foe. and yet at times
could show the greatest gener-
osity to foe, as he was always
generous to those whom he be-
Iieved to be his friends. He was
at all times, during his active
participation in public affairs a
veritable storm centre.
But his earthly career is ended.
Joe Turner" as he was known
and as he himself was pleased to
be known by the people, for he
was essentially Of and for the
people as he conceived their in
terests involved, will be remem-
bered with something akin to
affection by many, with respect
by all. May he rest in peace!
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-10-31
THE SAFE A WRECK.
NO CLUE TO THE ROBBERS
YET FOUND.
Baldwin University Loses $780,
100 in Bonds, Notes, Deeds
and Mortgages, by
Safe Crackers.

Berea, Obi, Oct. 26.-One OF
the boldest safe robberie5 ever per
petcated in this vicinity occurred
at an early hour this morning, al
most in the heart Of the city. TIL
hardware store of lawrence 6
Brightman wss entered, the large
safe was wyesked and the robbers
made good their escape, carrying
with them booty aggregating in
amount more than 500, 900.
Baldwin University bears tbs
hea lose. c. c. Brjghtman,
the Junior member Of the firm, is
also the treasurer and trustee OF
Baldwin University, and all of
the available papers Ct the iDstitu-
ton which were left in Bright
mans custody were kept in the
safe. Bopda, deeds, notes and
mortgages Of the University ag-
gregatiog 800, 900 in value were
secured by the robbers. Many Ct
the notes held by Baldwin Unl-
versity were Of long standing and
bore numerous endorsements,
making it impossible to produce
them in duplicate.
A diligent search for the
thieves has been instituted but as
yet no clue as to their where
abouts or identity has been estabr
lished.
A fect regarded as most singu~
lar is that the explosion of The
safe was heard by parties resid-
ing a BALI mile north and more
than that distance southwest Of
the centre Of the town, while those
residing IN the d1strlcf
were unaware that an explosion
had occurred.
The force of the explosion was
most terrific. The safe v as con-
structed on fire and burglar proof
PRINCIPLES, yet the heavy doors
were twisted from their hinges as
if made of PAPER, and largo pieces
Of the safe doors were imbedded
In the walls of the building, one
section weighing fifty pounds be-
ing blown clear through a board
partition into an adjoining room.
Six men are believed to have
been engaged In the affair.