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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17
SOME SUGGESTIONS.
About the Suffrage Clause of New
 Constitution.


 Guntersville, Ala, May 16, 1901. Editor The Advertiser: In the midst of the suggestions as to the suffrage clause to be incorporated in the new constitution permit me to submit this suggestion:
 First-Provide for a general registra- tion of voters after the adoption of the Constitution. allowing registration by such persons as come under the fol- lowing qualifications:
 (a) Those who have served in the army of the United States in any of the wars or descendants or blood rel atives ot such persons.
 (b) Those who served in the army of the Confederate States or descendants or blood relatives of such persons.
 Co Those who are naturalized citi- zens of the United States, or descend ants or blood relatives of such per sons.
 Second-That all subsequent right of registration shall be confined to such persons as are above described and such persons as have registered at such first general registration and de- scendants and blood relatives of such persons.
 This will not exclude any person on account of race, color or previous con- dition, yet 1t will practically exclude the negro.
 This will not exclude any consider able number of white voters. There are but here and there an isolated white person who will not be compe-- tent to register at such first general registration. Under this provision all objection of an arbitrary discretion in the registra- tion or election officers will be remoV- ed. The Mississippi plan will not prove satisfactory to the white people of Ala bama.
 This suggestion is submitted in the hope that it may aid in some small way in bringing about satisfactory solu- tion of this vexing question. s'~' Toh~ U Tuck
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17
$ Elsfer H. Hanssn, Msnagsr of Adver-
 &t1n -, toSe1gn and local.
"A pANaERous pEIIEr.N

Xhe Pensacola News, discussing Pres
 1entiii possibilities, declares that
 [ark Hanna would be the easiest nan in the United States for the Dem-
 6crats to defeat" and in the same spirit Lhe Galveston News says:
 Instead of abusing Mir. Hanna because fhe Republican nomination for the Presi- 4ency, the Democrats should do all in Etheir power to toll him up to the prize and Induce the Republicans to give 1t to him. It is really believed that even MT. Bfyan might beat him.
 be sporty we advise them not to bet |arv money on such a proposition as |<ilstt indicated in their remarks. Of course ali Democrats can easily give bushels of reasons why Mark Hanna ought ko be deseated if he should be- came : sanaidsse, but what we see and wish Tor is not fsalways just what will happen. Especially is this true in poll ztics Where the Unexpected is more lia- ble to happen than anything else is. Mark Hanna is one of the shrewdest politicians in the country. He is ai- most unrivalled as an organizer and manipulator. and can steer the ma c}fiazs about as effectually as any man ! in his party. We may. criticise and condemn him as much as we like. with the conviction that he deserves it all, but to underrate him is not sensible or polite. If his party sees fit to nom- inate him our judgment Is that he will be as hard to peat as any man they can pdts up.
 Tnere are many cnanges which may occuf before the National Conventions assemble, and conditions may be such that the Republicans will find it dihi-
 cult or impossible to elect anybody. If. however, those conditions are still Favorable to them in 1904, and Hanna has the endorsement of his party as Thoroughly as their candidates usually
 do 1t will be up to the Democrats to put their candidate on plat
 form which will aatract in- stead of driving off Democrats. 1Ne know full well how many charges can be made and sustained against the
 Ohio statesman. but we also know that Harrison and Mckinley were abused and lampooned without limit. yet they both succeeded. and We doubt if any
 body but Cleveland could have defeat ed Harrison in his last race. The idea of our Galveston contemporary that
 sseven MT. Bryan could beat Hanna
 may be believed by few but we think
 a very decided majority of the Demo-
 crats of the country have no such fa- auous belief. If Hanna is nominated
 lie win be defeated by a man who can
 unite the Democrats. or he will not 1. be beaten at all. There's nothing more
 absolutely certain Il our estimation than that.
 Cuss Mark as much as you like, but
 hwatch him in the meantime.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17
BLACK LIST IS LEGAL.
A Chicago Judge So Decides as the
 Result of a Test Suit.

n Su1CdSO OoO6C M
 Result of Test Suit
 Chicago. May 16.-In the Superior Court today Judge Baker decided that it is legal for employers to maintain q blacklist. The ruling was in the case of Annie Condon against Libby McNeil and Libby, Armour & Co. and other stock yard packing firms.
 The plaintiff was labeller and can painter in the employ of the Libby firm and in February. 1900, in company with a number of other young women. went on a strike because of repeated reduc- tions in wages. Later the women tried to obtain employment with ether firms. hut their applications were rejected on account of their having been strikers.
 Miss Condon began suit as test ana the court ruled that the various firms had a right to take protection meas ures against persons who had quit the employment of other firms without valid reasons.
 This is the first time in a Western court that the so-called blacklist" by which an employe who leaves one of the firms and is kept out of employ .nant in his or her trade by any other firms has been given legal standing.
 A woman laughs when she can and weeps when she will.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17
Notice to ' eachers

The annual examination of appli- cants for positions as teachers in the City Public Schools will be held in the High School Building, corner of Lawrence and High, June 9th and 7th and will begin at S:30 8. na. Colored applicants will be examined June 7th and 9th and their exami- nation will begin at 2:3o p. m. June 7th. For further information ad- dress the Superintendent of Schools. By order of the Board of Education.
 CHARLES L. FLOYD, supt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17
Go Under the Wagon.

Cullman Tribune-Gazette.
 Young man if you ever conclude to enter the political arena as leader. first learn whether your upper gearing is compatible and sufficiently strong to protect the lower appendage from al! assault that may come from others on the same trail and in pursuit of the frost bidden honors therein con-atned and on the block for sale to the highest bidder for cash. If you find you are not ring -off' and go under the wagon while the more thrifty ride the wheels and eat the pie
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17

The scientific hair-splitters have fin- ally settled to their own satisfaction f,at the stars give out heat. Not much of it, they admit, for it required .ebe most careful observation, with the
 host delicate instrument that could be
 aised. to determine the facs that ;! !heAe is any heat thrown out by any of the heavenly bodies but the sun. N zooa healthy lightning hug can do almost as much in the way of warm snn the atmosphere as any single star can. and we doubt if the roncentrated caloric of the en- fire batch of stars would roast an egg. but the astronomers are proud of the fact that they have de-
 nonstrated what has always beer dis puted heretofore. It is we'll to know xhings, even though the knoweldge may Aever be of any practical value.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17
Will Simplify Matters.

New York May 16.-The Times says: "Ambrose Howard Carter. managing director of the New York and Ber- mudez Asnhalt Company. who has for a long time been local manager of the National Asphalt Ccmpany's interest at Bermudez Lakes, Venezuela, is re- ported to have resigned. This, it is said is likely to greatly simplify the adjustment of the troubles in Vene- zuela growing out of the rival claims to certain deposits"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17
Is Always Readable.
alladega News-Reporter.

Talladega News-Reporter.
 On Tue sday, May Fist, the Constitu- tional Convention will convene in Montgomery, and we heartily agree with The Cleburne New Era that for a full and authentic report of the pro- cedings see The Montgomery Adver- tiser Grandma is not only greatly be- loved, one of the best Southern dailies, but, barring human fallibility. is al- WAYS reliable.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17

some Paris doctors threaten to knock fhe appendicitis fad into all kinds of a cooked hat. If reports from that city are reliable. According to their opinion 1t is not appendicitis. but heminthiasis that hurts people. and that big Greek word means just ordinary plain worms, q disease which used to be cured with wcrmwood, China root, pirk-wood and various other botanical anthelmintics with which our grandu' Jthers were fa- rnlliar. These doctors asert that many supposed sz1 ppII,oseda eases of appendicitis are noth- ing but worms in the stomach or in- tesffnes. and tha. so far from surgi- cal operation being necessary such a course would be criminal. All of which is highly Interesting. if true. and may save some unfortunate being from the z1rdeSf the operator.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17
Have Plenty of Money.

Weekly Enterprise.
 One might think on visiting Enter prise that we have the jolliest citizens on earth; you near LHc merry Idu5H on all sides and see people going along the streets with a nine by ten smile on their faces, and you wonder why is all this? you then ask parties who know and they all tell you that the reason is, all our citizens are busy and have plenty of money in their pockets, earned by honest toll and that Enter prise is almost a garden of Eden.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17

' Anybody who says woman has no head fer business doesn't know all of them. One in New York killed her husband who had been a soldier. but drew no pension, and now she applies for widows pension, showing what an apt business head she has.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17
The Approval of Good Morals.

Mobile Register.
 It ought to come to public knowieoge at length that what is to be done Tn Alabama in reforming the franchise Is not for the purpose of making absolute the power of any political party in the State, but to free the party now in power from the incubus that has so long rested upon it of maintaining civilization by processes that do not command the approval of good morals.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17

The Norfolk Landmark, as an evi- dence of the greatness of the late MT. Cannon. of Utah. says that he conduct ed four wives and raised thirty-three children. yet left a million dollars at his death. He surely had brains.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17
A Very Pleasing Show.

Ashland Standard.
 President Mckinley is throwing rhetorical bonuets to Southern people and Confederate soldiers all along ms southern route of travel. and the Southern people are responding by tossing at him showers of real flowers wherever his car stops. Altogether 1t is 0 very pleasing and pretty show of compliment and good will on both sides.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17
The Capitol Rotunda.

TuscalG;sa Times.
 The agitation on the subject of whether the Constitutional Convention will or will not be held in Montgom- cry seems a tempest in teapot. The politicians could not plot nor the lobby its lobby if they were deprived of the atmosphere of the capitofs rotunda and the musty odor of the Exchange Hotel.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17

The Atlanta Journal suggests that the jailor who was bitten by Mrs. Nation should be isolated till all danger of rabies has passed. And in the meantime some means might be adopt ed to disinfect Carrie.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17

Speaking of the report that the act ress Anna Held made a pile of money during the recent furry in New York, The Charleston Post says: Just what Anna held is not reported" She held down the bears, of course.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17

Texas has long had the privilege of boosting that it is the largest State in the Union. and now it is in fair way to become the largest producer of natural oil.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17

The Sacramento Bee wants General Chaffee courtmartialed. degraded snd otherwise generally squashed because he jollied" the Britishers over a bottle of champagne..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17

While the President is doing the country, Mark Hanna has time to try on his boom and see if it fits in the collar.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17

King Edward has no private fortune, but any man with his job can soon accumulate snug sufficiency.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17
uhl,s Condition Worse.

Grand Rapids, Mich. May 16.-Ed- win F. Uhl has suffered another sink ing spell and his condition is more critical today
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17
carnegie's Magnificent Gift.

London, May 16.--Andrew Carnegie has given 100000 pounds to establish district libi4ries in Glasgow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17
0 < 4 < <o < WITH ALABAMA EDITORS. <
O< .
 A Lick in Advance.

Union Strings Herald.
 Summer has hit Us hard, and we have at last moved the heater from our edit orial room. It must be lick in advance, for according to our cal- endar end almanac summer is abodt fifteen oays off. Keeping that heater in so long was only a joke. for odr coal had given out long before warm weather began.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17

many of his lieutenants have incau- tiousiy admitted it. It would pc m. possible, however, for MT: McLau:in just now to burn his bridges behind him and declare himself Repunhcan' because he could not then be candi, date for reelection to the United States Senate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17

Last spring MT. McLaurin notified Senator Jones of Arkansas that he should not attend the Democratic caucus any longer because he was not in sympathy with his party upon some of the principal issues pending. and to avoid embarrassment to himself as well as them preferred to remain away. When the commotion occasioned by this announcement was at it's heght he made a speech at Charlotte, N. C., be- for the Manufacturers Association, published in The Record Herald at the time. in which he defined his position. He said in short that he had not left the Democratic party. but he did not consider it tp1 party of progress; It represented dead issues; the blanks of it's platforn5 were rotten. and it must wake up a'.d keep step with civilization or it coV.d not receive the support or intpliigfnt people. lie announced him self n favor of expansion. protection gold money and all the other principles of she Republican party. bus st!h pro fessed to be a Democrat.
 pf course MT. McLaurin's ammo lnce- rents and the circumstances attend ing them created a great sensation in South Carolina. although they were not unexpected. Taken with the fact that several young and active men who had formerly been Democrats were ep- pointed to federal offices upon his recommendation it was properly as stunned that he intended to revive or at least re-establish the Republican parry in the State. This he denies, although
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17


 Senator Tillman says: "I have not only had to blush because McLaurin deserted his party in 8 great crisis un- der suspicious circumstances. and con- trary to his avoWed purpose, but we have had the modification of having other Senators, northern gentlemen, speak of the degradation to which South Carolina has come, in being rep resented by a man who would bodily stea! the brain work of another by whole sentences and paragraphs and have the effrontery to deliver 1t in the United States Senate. The people of South Carolina cannot further be de- ceived or msled by this man, and now speak in order that they may know just what manner of man he Is
 "I sincerely regret the modification to the sensitive, delicate and refined nature of my colleague" retorts Sena- tor McLaurin. Ut IS no new role for Senator T!iraan. He began his career by abusing and slandering better men. l have naught but contempt for an in- teilectuai bully and shameless pretend CT masouerading as a statesman and a moral pygmy posing as champion of honesty. I neither court nor desire his friendship nor good opinion. but nothing on earth will induce me 10 submit to such vituperations and abuse"
 It will thus be seen that the two on speaking terms. and if the cam paign begins by an exchange Of this sort of compliments how will it end?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-11-02
KRUGER'S ADVICE
Is Wanted to Check the Hot
headed Burghers.
Adoption Of Reprisa|s Thought by
Many to Be Mistake.
Kekewich Captures 70 Beers in Night Attack
on Van Alber,'s Lager.

Amsterdam, NOV. It'll" l:ocr d"pu-
tttirn here summoned McSSrS. Lcyds
and Van HocSchetcn. yesterday. from
BRUSSELS, to consider diSpa tcheS r.
""iVed from the iocr leaders in III,
field. saying that the fighting burghci :
ar" determined to MAKE rcpriSals if tn,
British continued hanging and shoot.
ing rebels. and other dispatches - III,
effect that the EOer authorities il
South AfIiCd affirm that the adoption
of r"priSals would he bad policy and
that in order to strengthen their posi-
ti"n. they request Mr.. Kruger to lti
them know his opinion because he still
has The greatest hold IN the minds Of
tn" hurGhcr<.
The meeting lasted four hours ana il
WAS decided TO advis" Mr. Kruger l.
comply with the request of the Eo,
authorities and to take the opp0rtunity
to bring the subject Of British eXccu-
tionS IL South Africa before the Eurn-
pcan public III an open letter. Dr
Lcyde has gone to HilVersum to pre-
sent the matter to Mr.. Kruger.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-11-02

pare vegetable origin ana hence VIII
not w injurious to the stamp Ticker
Who always uses his moisten"d tongue.
Tne latter tells the government experts
whether anything which has entered
into the manufacture Of the gum
would make it possible to secure re-
CURED qualities on the first application
of the gum which might be lost after
the stamp sheets have passed to the
various postmasters of the country.
When supplied the gum must come
to the bureau in quantities as desired
ana packed in double bags Each con
signment is carefully tested ana in
spotted III The basement Of the
bureau are the big kettles. where the
gum is made by mixing the powdered
stuff with water ana carefully boiling
it. Great cleanliness is required. and
III" attendant who watches the boiling
process is Immediately clean in his
white duck working suit. The quail
ties which the government seeks in the
gum. when applied. are adhesivcnesS,
lustcr. absence of grit. ticXiblity, re-
sistan,e to humidity AMI color SO far
the department experts have been able
to think of only one possible improve
mcnt in the present system of cumming
stamps. and experiments are to be-
mad" in this direction. The change
will involve the substitution of con
tinuous coid-air blasts for the steam
watts IN the drying process.-J. II. A. in
st. Louis Globe Democrat
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-11-02
IDLE. TALES.
They Who Live hy the Tongl. Shall Fer
ish ~ the Tongue.

Fra E.llcrtus gives some good ldvic,
- the Rovcr"f;erS i'll z recent issue PA
The PhiliStine:
Any man VINO plots an"theI's uudoinE
is digging his "wn grave" Ev'rp i,oliti-
clan wn" voices innucudocs. and hints
OF base wrong about a rival is hldckcm-
ing his own character. For a time Ii.
may seem to succeed. but the end is sire
it is dcieat and death. All those piutter-
, 81 the French Revolution who WORKED
the guill"tine in dolhc shifts were IA
last dragged to the scaffoid ANA pushes
under the knife.
The hate We SOW finds lodsncnt in on
hearts ard the crop is ncttlHs that fat"
They who live by the hammer shall per
ish by the hammer.
If you work in department store. a
bank. n railroad Office. Il factory. | beg
Of YOU. your life. 10 not knock
Speak i'll Of no one and listen to no idic
tales. Whether tn. bitter things told m.
true or uot, has no bearing on the issr-
To repeat an unkind truth is just as
bad to invent Il lie. If someone has
spoken iii of me- do not be so foolish aS
The "houscclcaning' that occIrs in the
offices OF companies ana corporations
every little while comes as necessity.
in I, small establishment the head OF tie
house can usually pooh-pooh the bickcr-
ing out OF the windows, but in big CON
lint on the lungs and everybody seems
to have forgotten his work. just 70
chew, then seii-prctcction prompts tho
manager to clean rousc. = = the only
thing he can do to preserve the life a..
thc coNcern--out go The bacteria
1t is said that Mr. James Gordon Ben
nett, owner of the New York Herald.
comes home from Europe. only I" dis
charge. perernptorily. every cmrloyce in
his service. At regular intervals tin.
place gets honeycom with plot and
c"unterplnt. hate. JEALOUSY and fDction II
folly. AMI the master. havin. no time 10
t." slit the lies or sit in Judgment on fish
wife gossip. iAst cleans the coop from
cellar |" cock-i"It of good and bad alkr.
Where many m~n arr. .m1,loy,.I Inc.
are always some who ~. full 81 plots ana
sem mes i"r more pay. shorter hourS. ~
laVorS generally. They sch, me to ha.-,.
On" foreman ''h"lnced" in order to have,
another man wh" will help their cause,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-11-02
CANCER OR NO CANCER.
Conflicting Reports. Each Equity Reliable
About King Edwards Condition.

New York. Nov. THE London cor
respondent of the Tribune cables the
following concerning the health Of King
Edward:
with a fun sense Of its responsible
ity in the matter. the Medical Press an
ity in the matter. the Medican Press
and Circular prints some alarming de-
tails on the subject of the King 5
health. 1t is stated that the papuillo-
matous growths have on three occa-
sions been removed from the Kings left
vocal chord and that an immediate OPP
GRAFTON of another nature has since
been rendered necessary.
Under the circumstances" says the
Medical Press, 1T seems right ana
proper that the natural anxiety should
be at once met with a clear announce
ment as to the truth or otherwise OF
thtS" distressing reports