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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17
Got What He Deserved.

Chicago Tribune.
 You know Throggins? Smooth fellow Great jollier. Tries to keep on the good side of everybody. We'll. he went to church last Sunday morning and slept the gall to tell the Rev. Dr. Fourthly after the congregation had been dismiss ed, that he had never enjoyed discourse so much in his life and he would like tC borrow the manuscript of it and take il home with him, so he could read 1t again during the day. What do you suppose the doctor did?"
 'I can't imagine"
 Well, sir, think he'd seen Throggins nodding, and knew he hadn't heard a word. At any rate, he took Throggins by the arm led him into his study, made him sit down and then he read every blessed line of that sermon over again to him before he would let him up. 0, you don't get ahead of Dr. Fourthly-not Ynuchi"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17
Heart to Heart.
Richmond Times.

| Richmond Times.
 When MT. William J: Bryan was shown | the bulletin from Buffalo denoting that | President Mckinley was on the verge of | death. we are told that he read it care | fully and with downcast head When he | looked up tears stood in his ayes. In a | voice that broke he indicated bulletin | in which the dying President was stated
 to be murmuring, Nearer, My God. to Thee" and said; Isn't that pitful? | Isn't that pitIful?"
 Gods will, not ours be done," he read in another bulletin giving the Pres | idents last words to Mrs. Mckinley. made no comment, but tears again | sprang to his eyes. He stood like one looking on the bier of a loved one, and
 the room was hushed in funeral silence. It was with a visible effort, adds the | correspondent, that the Democratic lead l CT threw off the evidences of grief and | shock hands with the committee mem bers. who had been sympathetic specta- | tors
 This is one of the most beautiful and significant inncidents in connection with ing off. We Americans have our politi- cal dlnerences and we quarrel with one sn9thes so3 Buf in ane heat of political discus
 CT feeling. a community of feeling which makes us all akin
 Mckinley twice defeated Bryan for the presidency, and under circumstances which. in the frailty of human nature, tended to arouse in Mir. Bryan a feeling of bitterness and resentment towards
 his successful rival. Yet, when McKfn- ley is on his death bed. Bryan stands up In public gathering and declares that
 ne has the highest personal regard for the President. and by his tears which flowed in spite of himself, that so far from resentment and envy he is in af- feotionate sympathy with his esteemed
 countryman.
 There is compensation in all things In this hour of our sorrow and bereaye
 ment, we open our hearts the one to an- other and in frank simplicity exhibit the rich store of God-llke sentiments there in At Buffalo, where the President was shot. there Is an exhibit of the nations material wealth and handiwork. But this exhibit of American hearts shows that the strength of the republic is with. in. Individual char acter is that which makes a nation great. and American chaTa acter has never given grander ac- count of itself than in this hour of the nations distress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17
NO NEED OF oUARRELING.

There was a heated controversy be- tween two preachers in New York re- gently which shows how men will view things from different points. The incl dent is thus described by a contempo- rary:
 One speaker made a prediction that in twenty years it will be impossible to and total abstainer, and that the forces of the saloon and of total abstinence are soon to meet in a conflict which will re- suit in the total destruction of the liquor diction and said he heard about the same thing when he was af small boy. but the liquor traffic had not been de- stroyed la. and no one ,s in the room ss was S. Eo, first speaker replied that Dr. Buckley s speech was the most venomous attack on temperance he had heard in many shameless. To this Dr. Buckley made answer that the last made statement was absolutely untrue and showed a bad state of mind.
 However much we may all desire that Presidents and all other public men should be temperate, Christian states men. there is no call for the preachers to quarrel over the subject, or dispute as to what the future may bring forth on the question of the liquor traffic. So far ss the facts are concerned Dr. Buckley had the advantage. It Is only the older ones among us who remember the furore created by the preaching and teaching of Father Mathew, and who further re- member the prediction then made that the world was to be regenerated and re- deemed from the evils of intemperance. These fond illusions were baseless, for men still make, buy. sell and drink liquors. and will probably continue to do so as long as human tastes remain as they are. Preachers and teachers can do much good by showing and endeavor- ing to abate the real evils growing out of the drink habit, but they needn' t quarrel with each other over an ab- stract uuastion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17
Expulsions from the Senate.
Nashville News.

NeShVlIIe NeWs.
 The public feeling manifested against Senator Wellington recalls the fact that four United States Senators have been expelled for treason or disloyaltv. Will liam Blount, one of the first two Tennes- see Senators, was expelled in l797 on a charge of being engaged in conspiracy to deliver New Orleans, then a Spanish city. to Great Britain. tending to ln- q friendly power. Waldo P. Johnson of Virginia was accused of making speech subsequent to his ele-tion, eIncing a expelled in 1862. The complaint against Trlsten Polk of Missouri, which ended in his expulsion in 1892 was that he had given aid to the publication of a seces- sion newspaper. Jesse D. Bright of In- diana was in 1862 expelled for having written letter to Jefferson Davis recom. mendlng friend who had an improve ment in firearms. Though the letter was written in March. 1861. the fact did not save him
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17
manner in which 1t is governed adter its

manner in which 1t is governed adter its annexation. |. necessary 10 own a people to secure com merce. i've are admittedly dominaung the European market. and yet we oo Tbe noe idea tbat commerce is best advanced through subjugation is faliacy long since exploded . ..,.,,aa +o,,ard tne trusts the St. Louis writer, ike most Republicans. becomes hope. iessly vague and confusing: He does not dare denounce these competuon-d racy sets forth the idea that, this gov ernment exemplifying the theories or the Republican party. is a foe to free- dom. In other words, trusts are the out growth of Republicanism. The govern ment has adopted the Republica ntheory. Therefore to denounce the trust Is to find fault with the government and tes- tify to a diseontent with American insti- tutions! No comment is necessary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17
SOME LITTLE STORIES THAT
 ARE WELL WORTH READING
Is She the Meanest womanp

Chicago Record-Herald.
 i've heard a good many stories about the nearest man." said Mir. Peckham, as he looked furtively around to make sure that no one was present who might carry tales to his wife, but nobody has ever had anything to say about the meanest wo- man. I know her..
 His companion, being man of sound judgment, preferred not to take any part in the poor fellows domestic affairs and p.etended not to be interested But Mr. Peckham went or:
 She lives around the corner from us and makes her husband send word 10 the office that he's sick about once a week, so he can stay home and look after the Eaties while she goes shopping. Then she finds fault with him because he isn't working his way up and getting ms sal- ary increased" "
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17

both interesting and encouraging to learn that during the last decade the negro population of New Jersey increased from 3.S to 3.7; of New York from l4 to l.2 and of Pennsylvania from 2 per cent to 2.6. On the other hand it dropped in South Carolina from 59.S to 5s4; m North Carolina from S47 to 8; in Maryland from 2o.7 to 1s.S; in Kentucky from IA to lS.S; and in Louisiana from 50 per cent to 47I- Twenty years ago 13.1 per cent of the population of the United States was negro; in 1890 1t had dropped to 11.9. Now 1t is estimated at IT,"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17

thinker and writer who teaches anar- chy is infinitely more dangerous than is the ignorant and brutal criminal who only executes the instructions of those above him.
 But we will accomplish little by clos ing the doors If we take no steps to suppress the brood of anarchists already among us. The time has come when the country and the law-makers must real ike that free speech does not extend to the advocacy of assassination, and that the right of the people to assembls peaceably stops where meetings of an- archists begin. In short, both those who counsel and those who execute deeds of violence must be suppressed by the strong arm of the law and all their vile breed must be taught that there is a line of demarkation between liberty and rapine which they can pass only at their own peril.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17
eovrRNoR,s pRocLAMATroN.

Among all the proclamations on the death of the President we have not seen one which was more appropriate or Tn better taste than that of the Governor or Alabama. It was peculiarly felicitous m expression. and couched in fitting lan- guage, making it among the very best State papers issued in connection with the sad event which has caused sorrow throughout the Union. Governor Jeiks carried to his high office the happy fac- ulty of expressing himself in good Eng fish. which made him one of the most DC puIar of Alabama editors, and he shows that he can write solemn state paper as well as he wrote editorials in former days,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17
HE IS ON TRIAL.

The entire country is in a condition of expectancy, mingled with more or less curiosity. awaiting the course of the new President Whether rightfully or
 not, Roosevelt has acquired the reputa-
 tion of being somewhat of a spectacular
 statesman more given to exploiting himself and his acts than was consider cd proper for a man who might become President No one has doubted his pat riotism or his intellectual requirements for he undoubtedly possesses both, but many have doubted if he possesses the solid judgment and boise which should belong to the head of a great nation.
 It was this belief which added to the apprehensions following and growing out of the work of the assassin. To sympa- thy for a good msn basely murdered. and to universal horror for the coward ly deed was added the fear that the du-
 ties of Chief Magistrate would fall on
 a man not fitted to perform them. It was this feeling and this fear which in- creased and intensified in the minds or all the people the desire that MT. Me- Kinley would recover. 1t Is natural that the country should feel anxiety over the | result.
 The positive declaration of the new President that he will in all respects car ry out the policies of his predecessor Is
 satisfactory in that respect. Any sudden and violent change in the policy of the administration would work harm
 and 1t is a matter of wide importance
 that no such change Is to be apprehend-
 ed. While we may not agree with the
 administration, and may criticise its pol icy and condemn it's course, it Is a source Af fzfo onff fl
 know that nothing is likely to be done
 which will be dangerous to the material welfare of the country. We have no
 right to expect anything but a Republi-
 can administration of the affairs of the government, but we have a right to ex-
 pect that no injury or harm to the country will follow change or Presl- dents.
 Responsibility has a wonderful effect on the human mind. When the new President finds the weight and responsi-
 bility of tho greatest government of the
 world resting on his shoulders, and that upon him and his acts largely depends the welfare of the country and the peU-
 ple he may throw off all the spectacu- lar qualities which have been attributed to him and may become thoroughly staid and confi fi1ence-inspiring President That he lacks some of the qualities
 which made Mckinley so popular is cer- tain, and that he possesses more firm ness Is equally true. If that frmness GeIenerates into a dcgged determinn tion to have his own way he may wreck his party and seriously injure the country. The former would cause no dissatlsfac- tion to Democrats, but all who love their country and feel proper interest in it's
 welfare. will join in the hope that the
 new President will give us a sound and satisfactory administration. He is on
 trial. and we believe all the people want
 to give him a fair trial.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17
They Don't Believe It.

Columbia Breeze.
 The Birmingham Ase-Herald last Sat, urday printed on the upper 1snt nand following card
 ''The Age-Hcrald, daily and weekly. has more readers than all other newspapers in Alabama combined.
 If certginly nas more readers of certain class than all other papers in the State combined if they believe that statement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17
Enforce the Law.
Brundidge News.

Lynching Is wrong, 1t Is forbidden by law and the white race with its supcriori- ty ought never to resort to savagery be cause of the brutal bestiality or The worst elements of the negroes. It not cnly lowers the white man in tfte scale Of civilization and detracts from public morals. but it paves the way to anarchy, If it's growing tendency Is not checked and a higher respect for the law estab- lished. the time Is coming when the Sfe the rabble. The law executed IS suf- ficient for the punishment of all chime and the duty of every citizen is not only to obey it. but, to inculcate respect for its supremacy in the minds of all und by word and act aid in enforcing it's man. dates
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17

The Edwardsville Standard-News has switched off from gold and diamond
 mines to bees, and gives us this for a starter:
 w. A. Brown, while walking across an old field the other day, found a bee tree and on examination discovered that it was no larger than his thumb A swarm of bees had settled around a black gum bush. and beginning work about two inches from the ground built themselves a beautiful and substantial residence-a comb three feet in circumference and IS inches high-a perfect palace filled with rich honey, and seemed almost a desc cratiOn to disturb if
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17
Remains to Be Seen.

Birmingham News.
 An exchange editorially protests against the arrest of Emma Goldman and the other anarchists. and takes the position that nothing can be proven against them. That remains to be seen. If 1t can b, shown that they melted the assassin to do the deed they are equally guilty with him. This principle of law was em- phaticalIy laid down by the judge in the trial of the anarchists In Chicago. The man who threw the bomb in the Hay market riot was never found. yet five or six of the anarchists were hung The judge referred to the we'll known prin- cipie in war that a trumpeter is held as a combatent. although he may not have arms in his hands-he incites others to fight and is equally incriminated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17
Does the Child a Wrong.

WarriOr Breeze. ,,,
 The man who does not give to his child his power. is doing that child a positive wrong. He cuts him off from the best of society and he is so handicapped that he can accomplish nothing. In this pro have no education are forced to the back ground. The parent who does not give his child an education chains him hand and foot.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17

Judge Torrence of Minneapolis is the rev Grand Army commander. He was a brave Pennsylvania soldier during the war. and had barely reached his ma jority at the time of his discharge in July, 1865. He has always been promi- nent in the Grand Army since its for nation. His main opponent was Gener- al Daniel. E. Sickles of New York, and against him was brought out his cele- brated speech in Congress in December, 1880, which virtually upheld the right of secessfon
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17
Its Use.
London Snare Moments

London Spare Moments.
 While a certain infantry regiment was stationed at Aldershot it had among the recruits a country yokel who was such a great duffer that the drill sergeant could not beat anything into him.
 One day while the recruits were being inspected by the officers, the countryman seemed more awkward than ever. At lost the angry drill sergeant shouted to him:
 Man, what Is your head on for?"
 Why to keep my collar from slipping off!T was the ready retort.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17
Public Sentiment.

Luverne Journal.
 There can be no law higher than pubic sentiment Public sentiment is against rape, and favors speedy trial and execu- ticn of the brute who commits 1t. strip ped of alI legal technicahties: Let the law conform to public sentiment ana we'll have legs Iynchings. The Anglo Saxon blood will protect the virtue of its women or all die in the effort.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17
AUGUsT CrRCULArIoN FACTS.

The constant increase in Ths Advertisers elr- cuistion is attracting marked attention The nsi6 for and delivered copies day by day. for the month of August. further emphasizes the generally conceded fact that The Advertisers guaranteed net paid daily issue exceedsthe clairled eirculaton of any other two Alabama morning newspapers combined
 Cosrfkkxativeiy spaaktng. the figures for Au- xtlst5 3tlRf passed as against the same month last lga5Fsa show an increase equal to 4T.eo nsP f4Fft 9 i s~sxrss-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17

The Richmond Dispatch is trying to switch The Norfolk Landmark off the question of Methusalah by asking where Cain got his wife, but that dodge will not work The Landmark must settle the conundrum of Methuselah and the flood before it allows itself disturbed by ride issues.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17

If Alabama had as many inhabitants to the square mile as Rhode Island has we would have a population of over twenty millions. or at least one-fourth the population of the United States, yet there are fears that the country will soon be crowded. s-.-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17

Now a doctor has been found who as serts that the vermiform appendix is really useful This win be a great re- lief, for none of us could be satisfied while under the impression that we were carrying about with us such an attach ment for which there was no use.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17

The Leavenworth Times expresses a fear that Roosevelt will be criticised, which Is an absurd position for news paper to take. Of course he will be crit icised. just as all other officials are, but we certainly hope the newspapers of all parties will. treat him with perfect fair ness and justice
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17
Care Nothing for the Franchise.

Atlanta ConstItutiOn.
 Two years ago, by a vote SO emphatic that only three names were recorded in favor of negro disfranchisement Georgia declared for the opposite course Yet within two weeks after this declaration over l0,0o0 negroes emigrated from Green, Morgan and adjoining counties to-Mis- sippi They left the right to vote hebind them and unanimously rushed into a State where they knew they were barred politically.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17
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WITH ALABAMA EDITORS.
Enough Thorns Now.

Huntsville Mercury.
 Johnston, stallinEs < CO, should wait long enough to weigh well their action before they oppose the ratification of the new constitution. They have enough political thorns now without contracting any new ones.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17

w A Scott. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn. says: The foregoing statement of The Adver- tisers circulation for the month of August. aii returns from newsobys, news agents and ieft-over copies have been deducted.
 w A. SCOTT. auorn to and subscribed before me this etA oAs 0i 0sp'e V. JACKSON.
 N P Ex-O. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17

Having perfected a smokeless powder the inventors are now trying to invent a noiseless article. so that those who are killed in war can neither see nor hear what hurts them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17

The Virginia Constitutional Convention has passed the mint julep stage and has entered into the oyster era. It bids fair to hold on till Tom and Jerry days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1901.

Whatever may be said of her actua guilt there is no doubt that Emma Gold man is morally guilty of the President death.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17

The Record has the utmost faith in the Judgment, integrity and patriotism of the white citizens of Alabama; and we hope and confidently believe that when they shall have examined and considered the proposed Constitution, they will ap- prove it with a power grand in it's maj esty and irresistible in its might:-Clay- ton Record.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17

Isn't is about time that Congress should pass stricter immigI ation laws and keep the scum of Europe out of this coun- try. Our natural increase can be relied upon to furnish all the additional popu- lation we need.-Brewton Gauge.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17
DOWN WITH ANARCHY.
What the State Papers Are Saying
 About It.

Let the strcng arm of the law force every man and woman tainted to the least degree with anarchistic views out Of our country. Then and only then. will Amt rican citizens be satisfied.-Bcsselner W orkn,an.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17
THE NEW CONSTITUTION;
 STATE PAPERS ENDORSE IT

The new Constitution is growing in fa- vor with the people all over the State. The universal verdict seems to be that 1t is a great Improvement on the old Con- stitution.-Cullman Democrat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17


 President Roosevelt did a wise as well as graceful thing when he asked all the members of the cabinet to retain their portfolios and aid him in carrying out the policy of Mir. Mckinley. It would be better from every point of view for the cabinet officers to remain permanently They agreed to do so last Saturday, but possibly in a little while some of them may resign. The new President was ev- identity in earnest in asking them to stay with him. It will be, remembered that during Mir. McKinley's first term Mir. Roosevelt was Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Mir. Long was then, as he is now, Secretary of the Navy. but the fact that the new President was once his as- slstant should in no wise influence him not to remain in his present position.
 
 The Raleigh News and Observer thus mentions an episode connected with Sen ator D. B. Hill and the second Cleveland administration:
 Tn 1894 information was received by the State Department from France that a number of anarchists forced to leave that country had sailed for the United States. At the request of the State De- introduced a bill providing for the eX- clusion and deportation of alien -anarch- ists. The bill passed the Senate with out delay, but it was near the end of tfe session and an objection to imme- diate consideration in the House of Rep resentatiYes prevented its consideration before Congress expired.
 If that bill had become a law and had been properly enforced, it might have saved the life of a good man and pre- vented the shame and scandal resulting from the assassination of a President Let us hope that the next Congress will finish the good work which Hill began.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17

If the States will not adopt stringent move on" regulations in regard to the anarchists, Congress should pass a rigid law against them and put the machinery of the government to work routing them out of the country. The United States should not be an asylum for them.- Sheffield Reaper.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17
Something in Air

Washington Post
 The flying machine men are talking of organizing a trust. It is barely possible that they may be able to devise some thing in that lire that will float