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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24

tempt by the police to break up a meet ing of anarchists. and in the melee seven policemen were killed and manly persons wounded. August Spies and three others were convicted and hanged for compile ity in the affair, Lingg committed sui- eide, and two others were pardoned by Governor Altgeld.
 As we now remember the history of that affair 1t was not proven that Spies really had anything to do with the man. ufacture or throwing of the bomb which did the damage, or that he was present at the scene of the riot, but the court held that he was shown by the evidence to be one of the main instigators of the plot, and under this view he was tried. convicted and executed. He was really hanged for being indirectly responsible for the death of those killed by the ex- plosion of the bomb. although he was not present.
 Taking this as a precedent and apply ing the reasoning and decisions of Judge Gary 1t is very plain that the convic- ton of others than Czolgosz is not at all impossible, even under the laws which now exist, though 1t may depend some what on the State in which trials might be held. If 1t is shown that the murder of the President was the result of a plot those engaged in the plot may be tried and convicted, just as Spies and his con- federates were.
 This is one view to take of the situa- ton but there is little reason to believe that dependence will be placed on the laws now in existence. It is almost cer- tain that Federal law will be passed by the next Congress defining the offense of attempted murder of President and providing for trial and punishment of persons indirectly responsible. If the late President had been attacked in the Dis- trict of Columbia, or in navy yard or other place directly under the Jurisdiction of the Federal government, the criminal might have been tried by the Federal laws. even If death had not resulted, put if the attack had been made in any other place the trial would be under the State laws, as is being done now. And 1t must not be forgotten that in some States capi- tai punishment has been abolished, ana if the attack on the President had oc- cured in one of them, Imprisonment for life would have been the only punish ment
 It is to provide a remedy for what Is now looked on as a defect in our laws that Congress will be asked. and there Is little doubt that such legislation will re- suit. It will probably be declared treason to attempt the life of the President. and 1t is possible that some positive legisla- tion will be perfected which will denne the guilt and the punishment of those who may be found guilty of plotting and encouraging the crime. It may in some quarters be regarded as an encroachment by the general government on the state Judiciary, but that will be overlooked or acduiesced in in view of the reasons for such law. The country is almost unan- imous on the subject. and Congress will hardly fail to yield to the general senti- | ment
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24
REvERsING THE ORDER.

If the statement recently attributed to Professor Haeckel was really made by him and he has discovered evidences that monkeys descended from men, instead of men from monkeys, he has opened the way for whole lot of worry. As is well understood the theory of evolution is that the original living thing was mere atom, capable of motion and of propaga- ting its kind, and that was all. From this atom, or moner, by a continuouous process of evolution, and through the survival of the Attest" there has been a regular development of animal life, always growing upward, until the final result was man.
 Now, as we stated some days ago, Pro- lessor Dubois claimed to have found in Java the long-sought missing link which connected the animal and the human families, and it was also noted that Professor Haeckel had gone to Java with the hope of finding other and more complete evidences of the creature whose bones Dubois had found and described. But here comes this alleged statement from Haeckel that he has found more than he expected. and that monkeys really descended from man instead of the other way about. In other words, Haeckels statement would indicate that he and the other scientists have all been travelling the wrong direction, and had gotten hold of the wrong end of the rope.
 Isn't this going to muddle things, anc lose some of the evolution folks? If the monkeys descended from man then some lower animal descended from the mon keys, and thus we will go on down thu line till we wind up with what wa! thought to be the original atom or be ginning of life. but which this method O reasoning places at the other end. l
 men are the progenitors of monkeys anC so on 1t seems that man hasn't mucl to be proud of. We are really worried to know whether monkeys as ancestor or descendants would be more creditabl to the human family, and are inclined
 to the opinion that Haeckel has mad' matters worse bV his reversal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24

s4o 600, 900 upon sos, ,436 miles of wire serv- . ice. yet that country has an enS. eg.s,i,,. civil service and a good business sa aor istration. Great Britain has Pp Popui1a 1,, ton of about 333 to the square mIe' t M the United States the population ls pu. r A to the square mile, and the we .,ia in use cover 927,O71 miles. Therefore, we have d much smaller patronage 10 coui,. on for the support of mucn iarser service; nd. if relaeively the same rates are charged here as in Great bIitain, bIiii,, the system will be operated inevltaply at a loss. This loss would be anywhere from two to three times the JOSS eA- nerienced by Great Britain.
 The only way of escaping loss Woulo be to leave the rates approximately as at present; but as there would then pc no public benefit the proposition would be rejected. and rates would be lowered in answer to the public demand. The de- felt would have to be made up by tax ation, the same as the postal deficit IS made up; and we believe this would not be just taxation, since 1t would De the placing of a burden upon all the people for the benefit of the conpara- lively small number of people who ha- bitually use the telegraphs.
 The Allies think that what they ask for will be for the common advantage. but if they will study the mater a lit' file they will find that they are mistaken.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24
Wrong Use of a Word.
Mobile Register.

MOblIe ReglSter.
 A martyr is one who suffers persecu- tion or death rather than foreswear his religion. The essence of the act is that the victim has the choice of pursuing or abanding a certain course, but chooses to persevere in rAht thinking or right living even though death be the penalty. In this sense the late Presi- dent was not a martyr. He was the victim of the senseless crime of a delud ed man, but did not dIe in defense of religion or principle. A number of news papers speak of him constantly as the martyr Presid ent. It would be as ap- propriate to speak of the late King of Italy as the martyr King. but it is ap- parent that such an application if the title would be absurd.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24
MARENGo SENATORIAL DIS
 TPTCT

The Advertiser published the new Con stitution Sunday. It made a publication on the 4th inst. and as published then. Marengo as the Twentieth Senatorial District was omitted.
 Editorial correction was at once maoe and the same should have been done yes terday. The matter had been stereotyped and it was impossible to make correction in body of the article. Marengo, how ever. is properly put down in the new Constitution as the Twentieth Senatorial ypiafrfrf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24
The Moiave Desert.

Greensboro Watchman.
 The Montgomery Advertiser notes that in boring for oil in the great Mojave desert out west the prospectors did not several overfowing wells of good water was the result The Advertiser there upon concludes that this insures the de- velopment of this desert, and says it is a rich spot. The Advertiser man ought to have been with the Alabama Press As sociation on it's recent outing and passed through this Mojave desert. He would think any man who would settle cut there, water or no water, when he could go any where else was stark crazy It Is the most uninvitng spot in the world the great desert of Sahara probably cx- ceDted
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24
This May Break Its Silence.

MnblIe Register.
 The graceful and hcrough acceptance hy The Birmingham Age-Herald of the situation as regards the new Constitution deserves praise. All know that the Bir- mingham paper did not regard the new instrument as coming up to the standard 1t set for it, and that earnest effort was made by the paper to have it's views adopted hy the Convention Failing in with cheerful mein and has since given it's support to the new Constitution, judg- ing it to be. despite what appear to be its defects, better than the old Constitution. The Age-Herald will be of great infu- ence in helping obtain a popular vote ratifyng the work of the Convention.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24

The opponents of ratification of the new Constitution will have to contend against inc almost united white sentiment of the State. Tomorrow the negroes are to hold a meeting in Birmingham for the nurpose of perfecting an organization against the document which is the work of the brains and heart of the recent convention. Up to date negroes have taken very little interest in the matter and whatever they do will be to aid the white men who are seeking to defeat the new Constitution. There will be no negro conventions to help on the cause of ratification.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24
Not Fully Understood.

Florence Times
 We believe the more the people study the new Constitution the better they will like tilt is safe to say that all of it's provisions are not fully understood. We know that this Is so. Let our people re- serve their Judgment until they know all the facts, the difference between the old and the new, and then act On their ma ture, unbiased wisdom.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24
How Utterly Stupid.
Opelika Post.

OptIIhd FUBl.
 How utterly stupid after all the leaders of these creatures are, is amply proven one single person-may he be ever so high in rank-will change the form of any government, but. though stupid, their blind rage is to be feared, and all gov ernments should look to protect them selves by simply driving them from the earth, like any other dangerous or mad mir
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24
Should Be Broken Up.

CooSa Democrat.
 Surely Congress will not allow Com munism and anarchy to foster in the United States any more. Every society should be broken up and every advocate of anarchy should be punished severely. Any one found in possession of any book or literature on the subject should be punished and any attempt to assassinate the President should be punishable by death,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24

One fact which has apparently been es- tablished by Lieutenant Peary is that Greenland is really an island. True. it is of continental size, being some e,SoO miles long. but Peary's explorations prove that 1t is not a projection from the North polar regions. but is separated from all other land.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24
victsr H. Hanson. Manager of Advertising HprDign and Local
AUGUST CIRCULATION FACTS.

uyaiattcn is attracting marked attention. The nppended statement of the actual number ox r,sfS for and delivered copies, day by day. Tor khe month of, August, further emphasizes the generally conceded fact that The Advertisers ~uaranteed net paid daily issue exceedsthe ciai1.,ed circuls ton of any other two Alabama morning newspapers combined.
 Comparativeiy speaking. the figures for Au- lw,Ist fust passed as against the same month fnst year. show an increase equal to 47.oO her cent
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24
Has Nothing to Fear.

AShIdnU StdnUdTQ.
 No person should make up his mind to vote against the new Constitution from political bias or prejudice, but should give study. and vote for or against it from a patriotic sense of duty. The new Con- stitution has nothing to fear at the hands of any fair-minded man who will intel casting his ballot.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24
A Typographical Error.

The Geneva Reaper says that there re- mains only three who are true to the principles of Democracy--Wm. J. Bryan, Tom Watson and The Reaper. This vas certainly. typographical error. The Reaper doubtless inserted the word De moor acy" for "Populism,"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24

The Richmond Dispatch hopes their Constitutional Convention will not hold on till it reaches the egg-nogg season. If 1t does we predict that the expert mixers of Richmond will have lively times.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24
That Settles It.

Fine Belt NCWS.
 The ratification of the new Constitution of Alabama Is opposed by The Pensacola Journal That settles the matter. We tremble at it's fate!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24

Tn all reverence and goodwill. we maka Rhe Doint that the word martyr is not properly applicable to the late President. There are enough suitable words to achoose from without using this very ,.,eefjonable one martyr is one who Ss but to death on account of ms re- Heion. or who deliberately sacrifices hIs fife or something else very dear to him iA man that is murdered is not nect ssarly xnarfyred. The writers who but tae tele- ~raph news into shape are very fond of ,,asas dmartyred" instead of ''rnu 'dered." s-Norfolk Landmark.
 We have had this impression ali the 4tpoe. but thought if we said any hing aho,,t it some donkey would take It as q mark of disrespect to the dead, President Mckinley was foully murdered, bdt no rnartyred. He was a victim, not a martyr.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24
Protection and Reciprocity Do Not
 Go Together.

Mobile Register.
 Those misguided ones who. consulting their own hopes. imagine they See some reaction in the Republican party against the policy of protection and who even have quoted both the late and the present President among those whose faith in protection showed signs of weakening will find profitable reading in the letter of MT Theodor" Justice of this city. pub nshed in another coumn. Mir, Justice shows by thr latest studied utteranccs of hoth McKiAlry and Roosevelt how groundless is this assumption. Repuhn- can reciprocity is reciprocity with pro lection It is free trade in exchange for free trade. provided always, no Ameri- can interest or industry is sacrificed or injured by the exchange. There are some SD dull they cannot understand this, but this is not the fault of the principle, but of it's blind inteTpreters.--P Philadelphia Press. One would like The Press to an- swcr whether it is not in direct opposi- ton to the theory of protection to say I've must not repose in fancied security that we can forever sell everything and buy little or nothing If such a thine were possible it would not be best for us. These were MT. McKinleys words They might have come bodily from a message by Grover Cleveland.
 There are some pictures painted" re
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24

The last heard of John Wesley Gaines he was reading the Declaration of Inde- pendence to the school children in the Philippines. If he will go out and read the riot act to the intractible Tagalos he may do good.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24

The Norfolk Landmark thinks that If the promised crOwless rooster is found ahe next thing needed Is a harkless dog. Well, why not? We already have dogs without hair, and the bark ought to Follow,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24

In Huntington. Ind. the people last week tarred and feathered a preacher who had spoken slightly of the dead President We commend this exhibition to several esteemed contemporaries North nf us.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24
The Real Trouble.

Thomasville Echo.
 The real trouble with Historial Mac Lay is that he has mistaken his voca- tion. A man with the amount Of imayina- ton that he has ought to be writing dream books.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24
Will Never Win for Him.
Shelby Sentinel.

Shelby Sentinel
 agitating the minds of Democrats to any great extent, even if he does refer to free silver in only a casual manner. The Kansas City platform, of which he talks so much, will never win anything for him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24
The Best That Can Be Done.

Greensboro Watchman.
 The hanging of the miserable wretch who killed President Mckinley will be a very poor recompense for the crime he has committed. It will be about on a par with the killing of a cur dog for impart- ing hydrophobia to a good citizen. But let him hang. That's the best that can be done.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24

With John Wesley Gaines in the Philip pines and Alfred Jeremiah Beveredgc at Yokohomo 1t seems to us that there is danger tha. this edge of the earth may tip up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24

W. A. Scott. Circulation Manager of The nGontEomery Advertiser. being duly swerns eaya: The foregoing statement of The Adver~ Viaers circulation for the month of Augusss nk0t. is true and correct and compiled aLUes 's-'-o'01 o''''0 "' W. A. SCOTT.
 mwcru to and subecribed before me tAis 9th eAs 0h 0eD''"Oe'' W. JACKSON, ! N F., Nx-O. ,. ?.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24
THE FIGHT AGAINST
 RATIFICATION

General Shelley Talks" is a headline in an article in Tuesdays Advertiser. The General will have to do good deal of talking before he gets back into the affections of the Democratic party.-Sel- ma Mirror.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24

The Topeka State Journal is hugging itself over the possibility that the Garden of Eden may yet be located in that State It has been snaked over from the Orient to Ohio and The Journal thinks it may move still further West. It is not i'm possible, for nobody can forecast what will happen in Kansas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24

It is notable that all the Republicans who have been elected to the Presidency hInce Lincoln had served in the Federal army during the Civil War, and that neither of the Vice-Presidents who sue ceeded to the office by the death of the President had been soldiers in that war. no,Ibtfess Roosevelt would have been fin it if he had been old enough.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24

It is a burning shame that General Shelley should cover his long life. Of usefulness with such a Kolbish cloud as will always oershadow it if he un- dertakes to oppose the new Constltution as if now looks like he will. No one is surprised at Jess Stallings-Jess has about petered anyway.-Shelby Chron- icle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24

Killed by tight shoes after she was past three-score and ten was the sad fate of a Chicago woman. She should have been content with number 6's.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24

Those who fought the call for Con stitutional Convention and predicted that the new Constitution would never go back to the people for ratification or re- jection are now arrayed against its adoption regardless of the merits or de- merits of the instrument.-Alexander City Outlook.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24
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 Let us Draw the Line.

Cherokee HarmoniZer
 This nation Is now forced into the at- titude of "fool-killer," but let us draw the line of self-preservation and keep it taut.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24
TAX LIMIT.


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 Making a total permissible under the new Constitution of N.75 on the hundred dollars. Is he correct?
 The above itemization Is correct with two qualifications The county limit for court house. bridges, etc. is fixed at ne-fourth of one per centum and cannot go beyond that. The special school tax has to be voted by three-tifths affirma- tive vote of the people of the county and cannot be levied then if the combined tax for State and county, exclusive of old debts and public Improvements. is already s1 .25 on the $100 worth of property.
 Now arises the question of comparison with the provisions on the same subjects in the present Constitution.
 It is 75c for the State as against 65 in the new. It is soc for the county as against BOG in the new, while in the latter the people can vote an additional tax for schools and still keep within the pre- sent limit of SIPS for State and county combined.
 AS to the special taxes the old Constltu- ton allows the same limit as the new for payment of old debts, but takes the bridle off as to taxes for court houses, bridges. etc, and has no limit whatever On thls point the present Constitution says:
 To pay any debt or liability nov, ex- lsting against any county. incurred Tor the erection of the necessary public building or other ordinary county pur- poses, or that may hereafter be created for the erection of necessary pubic build ings, or bridges any county may levy and collect such special taxes as may have been or may hereafter be authorized bv law. which taxes so levied and col lected shall be applied exclusively to the purposes for which the same were so levied and collected.
 If the Legislature should authorize a county tax as great as the State and county combined in addition to the regu- lar tax under the present Constitution the people would have to submit to it. The new Constitution puts the limit at one fourth of one per cent. This is great difference in favor of the new Constitu- ton,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24

They don't know when they are whip ped" is about the reason General ketch- ener assigns for the continuance of the war.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24

There are some men in Alabama who were already cooked and primed and loaded for bear even before the Con stitutional ConN ention convened, await ing with impatience the opportunity to fire their broadside against whatever Constitution might be adopted. One pre- text would have served their purpose as well as another.-Monroe Journal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24
No Limit on Themselves.

MOhlTe RegISTer.
 The Virginia Convention has stricken freedom of speech" from the bill of rights but there is no limitation of talk in the Convention itself.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24

General Shelley of Birmingham and ex-Congressman Stallings of Greenville, few other Democrats, some with Pop ulistic tendencies. held a meeting few days since and perfected an organization for the purpose of waging war on the new Constitution. They propose to put speakers in the field and work every county in the State. Of course these ex- politicians are only figuring in this mat ter with the hope that they may get on themselves to a teat protruding from the public treasury. When the smoke of the battle clears away they'll hardly know where they are at,-Camp Hill Times
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24

Commissioner Kerr, head of the city Of Lon don court is retirinC after a long legal career He is a native Of Glasgow and at the age Of 80. he is entering upon the enjoyment of a pension of SI5.ooo a year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24

Mark the pl ediction that the men who will lead the fight in opposition to the ratification of the new Constitution will be in the main men who have lost their grip in politics and would. as 1t were grab at a straw in an effort to gain pop ularity with the people. We do not say that the new Constitution Is perfect, but jesse F. staiiings and the few other Prominent Democrats" who met in Birmingham last Saturday to lay plans for an organized fight against the rati- very much to us like there is negro in the wood pile somewhere.-Marion County Democrat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER s4, 1901.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-24

There are some pictures l painted" re marked the fair seminary graduate What school would YOU class them in?" Boarding school" replied the cynical visitor after a critical survey.