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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-25
THE WAY IT WAS DONE.

There Is a plenty of instances, leaving out Alabama, to justify the point we made. We understand that The Adver- tiser is speaking in the interest of his- torical truth, and not attempting to con- trovert that point. Along the same line, will The Advertiser look up the record of the Alabama Constitutional Convention of 1sle and tell us whether it proclaimed or submitted? We are told that 1t was proclaimed.-Norfolk Landmark.
 We'll, fin the strict sense of the word it was neither submitted nor proclaimed. It was not submitted to the people for rau- acation, nor was it proclaimed by the Convention which framed it. By the act of Congress of March ?, 1s1s, the inhabi- tants of the Territory of Alabama were authorized to form for themselves con- stitution and State government. and that said Territory, when formed into a State. shall be admitted into the Union upon the same footing with the original States. in all respects whatsoever" By the same act the Convention. if it framed State Constitution. shall cause true and at- tested copy of such Constitution or frame Of government as shall be formed or pro- vided. to be transmitted to Congress for it's approbation.''
 Under this act, a convention. composed of the best men in the embryo State, met at Huntsville and framed Consti- tuition. many of the provisions of which have been retained in all the instruments framed since. The Convention finished It's work on the 2nd day of August, 1S19, and sent to Congress a certified copy of their work. and by a joint resolution of that body, approved December IA. 1s19, the new State took her place in the Union on equal terms with the other States The enabling act under which the Con vention was held did not specify that the new Constitution should be submitted to the people. and the Convention did not take it upon itself to order or require such submission. Tn one sense, the Con stitution was proclaimed but it was done by Congress in the resolution which ad- mitted the State into the Union.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-25
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Interesting Notes About Some of
 Those in the Public Eye.

4ht0C HI SAAO 0oAAS 4SySs John D. Long Is a triple ex-ex-Con- gressman, ex-Governor and ex-Secretary of the Navy. Tufts college has just con ferfed upon him a title which will stick, that of doctor of laws.
 Bishop Cecil Wilson the other day at Portsmouth, England, captured a cricket eleven made up of tho local clergy against team of officers chosen from the Royal Marine artillery. The bishops side won, making 122 runs. of which he contributed eighteen.
 R. J. Seddon. who Is premier of New Zealand, is mechanical engineer by pro- fession. He emigratteesd. from England premier he Is a general utility man, as he holds the posts of colonial treasurer, minister of labor, minister of defense ard commissioner of trade and customs for the colony.
 The latest gossip about Tammany is that the present triumvirate will go out of business before or soon after the September primaries, and that men for merly active in the organization but long in the background. like Hugh J. Grant and Henry D. Purroy, will come to the front again and a new leader will de- velop who will have the confidence of these men.
 The Actors Club, a new social or ganisation. has come to life in Washing ington, many membersbf Congress having
 
 them was wondering how the projectors came to call 1t the Actors Club con- sidering that no theatrical people have homes in Washington. A western man ventured to suggest that perhaps they expected Roosevelt to join.
 Albert w. Paine of Ranger. Me- has just completed his sixty-seventh year of practice at the Penobscot bar having been admitted in the spring of 1885, one year after the incorporation or Bangor as a city and fifteen years after Maine became a State. He Is probably the oldest law yer in point of continuous practice in New England if not in tho country, He will be % years old on August Is and is still in sound bodily health, his only in | hrmity being a slight deaftness.
 Boston papers make much of the fact that Mrs Potter Palmer sailed for Europe | on a steamer leaving that city and inti- mate that their town Is becoming a riVa of New York as a point of departure by l transatlantic travellers. Connecticut exchange suggests another explanation | saying that western people who take Bos- | ton steamers usually do so because they are unable to get the accommodation tkey desire in New York or because they wish | to avoid reporters from yellow journals of the latter city.
 "private" John Allen, the Mississippi ex-Congressman, seems to have an mex haustible fund of odd and humorous per sonal "reminiscences. One of his latest is of one day when he and another Con- federate somewhat cut of from tlieiT regiment, were lying behind d rail fence The other man was about to bolt for a safer place when shell from Federal cannon burst few yards away. John, said he, what chance have we again them yankees? They was enough stufi in that shell to kill forty men and stil they can afford to fire 1t at just me and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-25
"spoonerisms ."

There are two Spooners, our own Bad ger" Spooner of Wisconsin, and Rev Dr. Professor William Archibald SpOoner ,ol oxford University, and both are guilty of some famous "spoonerisms," writes Victor smith in The New York Press. My old friend William Braddon, knows the professor very well. and tells some funny stories of that eccentric genius. whose fame as a ludicrous word twtster mas snread all over Europe. When he gave out in chapel the first line of the mis- sionarv hymn. "Fro;n Greenland's Icy Mountains" he contorted it thus: From Iceiands greasy mountains" Another hymn he announced as "Kinkering Kongs their titles take" At special service, seeing some women standing at the back of the church waiting to he seated he rnshed down the aisle and addressed the ushers as follows: "Gentlemen, gentle men, sew these ladies into their sheets '' Being asked at dinner what fruit he would have. he promptly replied. Pigs heas."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-25
Extracts from Reports of Crop Core
 spondents.
 Northern District.

BIount. Balm-Cotton doing fairly we'll; early corn will be, short; gardens pdrch- ing.-W. L. Ellison.
 Cleburne. Oswald-Some cottonN blooms have appeared; gardens and pastures and all crops need rain badly.-E. c. Hall man.
 Cullman. Loretto-Lice damaging cot ton considerably; some hay being saved in good conditlon.--J. 1T. L. Kemp.
 EtOwah. Kecner-Isarly corn well work ed and doing well. late being worked; cotton forming squares; early fruit ripen- Ing; peas and sorghum being sown for hay.-F. M. Tabor.
 Fayette, Plgrim-Crops well worked but small on account of dry weather V. Savage.
 Jackson, Pisgah-Early planted corn and cotton doing we'll considering drought Irish potatoes almost failure J. T, Richards.
 Lauderdale. Oalkland-Well cultivated corn and cotton doing nicely; gardens suffering; grapes very good.-H. G. Win bourn.
 Limestone. Athens-Cotton doing we'll; corn small; gardens and Irish potatoes badly damaged by drought.-A. B. York.
 Marion. Shotts0llle-Some cotton blooms appearing; old corn badly damaged by drought general rain needed.-Mack Shotts.
 Morgan. Hartsc'le-Cotton doing we'll old corn doing poorly; light rain during night of 20th.-J O. Burieson.
 walker, Townley--cotton small but clean: cane doing well crops needing rain.--John M. Guthy.
 Winston, Mellville-Cotton doing we'll
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-25
"WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1902.
DoUpLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses cer- sAin signs to denote the relative standing ana merit of the whole field of newspaperdom wkich comes under its notice. and one of these signs is the mystic symbol t@J depoting ..golden,'' which stands for high quality. and is thus explained:
 Advertisers value this paper more for the class and quality of it's circulation than for the mere number of copies printed''
 Such papers are credited with single sym Dol; but there is a higher grade, according to this standard authority which have BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY. and require the DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL I00l to describe adequately their standing.
 The Advertisera has been accorded this double golden sysnhollI 00I and Is the only paper SO distinguished in this section of the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-25

Autauga, Statesville-Corn promises very short crop; gardens parched and yielding no vegetables; peas and potatoes dying.-T. B. Love.
 Bibb Harrisburg-Cotton clean and blooming: all corn we'll worked, young corn doing fairly we'll old poor; peaches ripening.-J. P. Harris. Chambers, Oakbowery-Upland corn and
 gardens suffering badly fer rain; cotton
 beginning to suffer peaches shedding.- John D. Harris. Chiffon. Stanton-An crops clean, but not growing; drought continues; cotton damaged by lice-W. O. Perry. Clay, Hatchett CFeek-Crops all clean; rain needed: cotton doing we'll; old corn
 much injured.-B. T. Goza.
 Dallas. Orrville-Local showers on 20th
 broke the drought; cotton doing we'll;
 early corn nearly ruined; pastures poor. W. w. Berry.
 Fillmore, Floyd-Cotton small generally clean. some blooms; corn small; fruit and
 melons not doing well-H l. Dupree. Hale, Collaboration standing drought
 fairly well. but making almost no growth; {; early corn much damaged.-J. T. Collins. Lee, Gold Hill-Good local rains: crops
 clean; cotton very good; corn small; gar
 dens and peach crop poor.-W. T. An | drews.
 Lowndes. Letohatchie-All crops need ing rain; old corn almost complete fail ure; gardens parched.-T. L. s. Grace. Marengo. Octagon-Cotton standing
 drought very well; corn very poor.-J. A. | Bradford.
 Perry. Uniontown-Old corn. pastures | and gardens parching: cotton doing well, still lousy, some damaged by boil worms. J. M. Richeson. | Pickens. Palm-M oderate rain on 18th; cotton has done very well during drought; general rains needed for early corn.-R | F Henry.
 Randolph, Ornaha-Cotton and corn of good color. but growing slowly; sorghum
 doing fairly well gardens injured-I. | w. Townsend
 I Russell, Seale-some light showers crops barely holding their own where
 well worked.-John E. Bush.
 Shelby, Harpe-sville-Some rain; cot
 ton doing very well; peas planted.-R. B | Posey.
 Sumter, Gaston-Old cotton full oi
 blooms: old corn very poor; gardens may
 recover: peas and sorghum being plant | ed.-P. F. Ward. | Talladega. Fayetteville-All crops, eX' | cept old corn, standing dry weather fair | lv well; cotton blooming: corn tasselling | but very small-W. M. Walters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-25
PROGRESS OF CROPS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
 OF AGRICULTURE.
Climate and Crop Bulletin of tht Weather Bureau, Alabama
 Section.
For week ending Monday. June g. 1902,
 General Conditions.

For week ending Monday. June g. 1902
 General Conditions.
 The greater portion of the week was hot. though. during the latter part, the nights were quite cool; scattered showers occurred during middle of the week, with some heavy and beneficial local rains in middle and northern counties. though droughty conditions still prevail over the most of the State. Cotton is standing the drought remarkably well, and. while small and growing very slowly, it is clean and of good color; blooms are now quits general. and some bolls are forming; lice are damaging the crop in quite q number of fields. Corn Is clean, and well worked, but small and, generally in poor condition; the present outlook is for q lieht corn yield in this section, and it will be less than now anticipated. unless general rains are received soon, as the ears are filling very poorly; some late corn has been improved by recent show CTS; oats have made a poor yield; wh 1t is nearly all thrashed. with a generally light. yield; gardens have improved, where showers were received, but are generally poor, with vegetables scarce; Irish potatoes almost failure; cane is in fair condition only; field peas are mak- ing poor stands; much sorghum and COW peas have been planted for forage: some hay was saved in good condition. but pastures are generally poor; watermel- ons are being marketed in fairly good condition, but canteloupes are not prom ising; peaches and plums are shedding freely, and while both are ripening and being marketed slowly, peaches will not yield as we'll as anticipated few weeks ago: pears will make an ordinary yield; grapes very promising. "fA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-25

nearly half century that have 70 led us When the only living one Of these two announced that he was forever out of active participation in party politics there was little wonder that the audi ence rose and cried. No! No! No"--Ma- con (Ga) Telegraph.
 And that loud cry of "Nor Is destined to re-echo in every nook and corner of this Union where men can be found who still love the Democracy of the fathers. The times are propitious for a Demo- cratic year of jubilee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-25
Southern District.

Baldwin. Magnolia Springs-Good rain needed; fruit suffering; melons very small: gardens pOor.-Herm. c. Krueger.
 Barbour, Mt, Andrcw-Cotton doing well: corn needing move moisture: all crops fairly well worked.-J. ]. s. Willis.
 Butler. Bolling-Good shower on 18th revived crops: cotton doing well, but corn is damagcd.-S. D. Boggan.
 Clarke, Gaincstown-Earlv corn badly damaged by drought; gardens parched cotton doing well. but has almost stopped growing.-J. s. Lambard.
 Conecuh Gravella-Corn materially damaged by drought cotton doing fairly we'll but needing rain: fruit poor; gar dens parched.-W. D. Brown
 rale Ewells-Showers to heavy rains during week; corn and cotton promising though some line on cotton; pastures good,-D. B. Windham.
 Escambia. Roberts-Corn badly dam aged hv drought; some cotton hloominE. hut being damaged hv lice-J, ]. Parker. Geneva, Slocomh-Recent showers re- viving crops; early corn and oats slight ly damaged; cotton not damaged: fruit and gardens poor.--J. T. Murphy. Henry, Crosby-Cotton and corn in good
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-25
TOO MUCH FOR HIM.

The New York Commercial argues that Roosevelt failed in hls Cuban reciprocity measure because he underestimated "the cohesive power of the protectionist sys- tenn" Perhaps he did, for that system is only another name for the cohesive power of public plunder," as Caihoun's s expression is usually paraphrased. In fact, protection, in its modern form and practice is but another name for plum der. There are really well meaning per- sons who believe that the protective tar if is entitled to credit for all the pros- perity the country is enjoying and they would consider it profanity to lay one finger on any item of 1t. To them tt is a sort of idol to be worshipped and sac rificed to and kept inviolate, lest they be destroyed and utterly ruined,
 There are others however, equally de voted to the theory of protection, who feel that it might be modified in some respects without hurt, but they are afraid to touch it. They argue that if they commence to reform or remodel their system it will be like trying to remodel the foundation of a house by prying oui some of the bricks. and the result will be the tumbling down of the entire struc- ture about their ears. These two classes of protectionists were too much for the President and for those who were really willing and anxious to assist Cuba and to carry out the pledges of their party and of the late President. "The cohesive power of the protectionist system is too much for Republican reformers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-25
DOMESTIC REVELATIONS.
Difference in Servants Fare in Two
 Glasses of Families.

Philadelphia Record.
 q would much rather work for a family in moderate circumstances than for a rich family" confided parlor maid. Tn a house where there are three servants one gets much better treatment than in one where there are dozen. Do you know what you eat in great, big mil lionaire establishment? Why, corned beei and cabbage. chuck roast, beans and DO, tatoes-foods that are good 'tlllers'-and for dessert you get boiled rice. In a smaller house, where the servants don't number more than two or three, you gel ice cream, chicken. rib roast, fresh vege- tables and strawberries. You eat, you see exactly the same fare that your master does"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-25
ROOSEVELT. NOT TO
 SEND IN A TREATY.
President Said to Have Yielded to Advice of Friend and Afraid of
 Effect Upon Elections.

Emect Upon Electlons'
 From Washington to The New York
 World.
 So far as reciprocity for Cuba is con ccrned. 1t has been decided to nave no further conferences of Republican Sena- st,ns,
 Senators Hanna, Aidrich, and Platt oi Connecticut, urged that there be several additional meetings. such as nave peen
 held. witt the hope that some agree the Republican Senators believed that continued discussion of this suoJect
 would work great injury to the party
 and be productive of no good. .,.S
 such unanimity to refrain from sending
 to the Senate at this session a nas,lLy
 prepared commercial treaty With SuDS'
 that 1t Is understood eonsd ne mss ,Se eiosI nlsn to have relief for Cuba, but he VIII not press matters to tke extent or provokihs a serious rupture in' the party on the
 eye of Congressional eleeron. sd,c,,r~ that the question of reciprocity Will yet re, turn to haunt President Roosevelt, ana particularly about the time he VIII wan. nomination.
 The President has entered so exten- sively into thea question Of reciprocisy that he has instructed all his trienas among the Federal officeholders Tn tne various States that he wishes every State convention to indorse reciprocity. l It was largely through the administra- tion influence that the Nebraska Repuo- licens in their State convention did tn,s. The Republicans of Missouri were the next to hold a conventioD and the Presi- dent demanded of the leaders in that State that he be shown the platform, and particularly the reciprocal plank. be- fore 1t was submitted to. the convention. There are now twelve or fourteen reef procity treaties pending befor ethe Sen ste, the most important of which are the French and Argentine. The New Eng land Senators, who have been clamoring so loudly for reciprocity with Cuba, are
 the men who prevented the ratification of these treaties.
 The French treaty was particularly oh-
 noxious to the New England Senators
 as 1t injured the great textile industries of that portion of the country and me manufacturers of cheap jewelry. The Argentine reciprocity treaty was not favorably received by, the Senate. be. cause 1t would mean reduction or duties on hides and wool from that Re public, thereby affecting the sheep and cattle raisers of the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-25
CiTcniation Doubled in Three Years.

Thai the circulation of The AnvSs-sss.d nv stssdiiy climbing upward Is demonstratso, yy the figures given in the appendeo sha month covering the actual daily issue iot S~
 Of May, just passed. :. .,axr these
 From . comparative eoint of ,annrht. For Instance, the average daily circuiasoon o .yerage the past month has been .sZo; .actual net average gain of this May over ,sss s. 5s2. &.o8I: the Sunday average sannrathird san in
 q conapsrison of this May with sy,na' msy, Tn that period the daily average ncsse aacrsase. F. Been 6,7S2; the Sunday average .,neiv tni e7 4e snd loi .4y Tn other words, The The,,H,aS Hase, ,n the daiiy circulation has simply uocv not vet
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-25
Prodigality of Americans.

Pittsburg Post.
 The bilion-dollar Congress revolutloniEed the country in 1890 and a -blllioa-dol- lar Congress may do the same in 1902: While there is no nation :n the world richer than the United States, 1t Is also a fact that there iS none that throws money around with such profuseness and wastefulness. The example Is having it's effect on the State and municipal gov ernments and on the great body of the people and So willful waste is likely to bring woeful want.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-25
The Duty of Democrats.

Birmingham News.
 No man has right to walk around Sith a graveyard expression and croak over the short cuts and ugly conduct of office holders so long as these croakers do ab- solutely nothing to prevent their elec- ton. Some of the loudest complainers do not even go to the polls and register their protests through the ballot. 1t Is the duty of every Democrat to give some of his time and labor to the campaign for the election of good, honest men of office, and until he does this he should be requested to hold his tongue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-25
Illinois on the Right Track.

Philadelphia Record.
 The Democrats of Illinois who met in State Convention Tuesday would not tol- crate even a blinking and sidewise allu- sion to the silver issue in their platform They fell back upon Fundamental princi- ples as laid down in the declaration of indepeudence and the Federll Constitu- tion. without any 16 to 1 interpolations. This is as wise as it is satisfactory. State after State is finding the way back to the safe old Democratic roost.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-25
Should Pick Best Man.

bnmingnam Age-Heraid.
 Each county should pick out it's best men and command them to serve in the next Legislature. The man who declines on account of pressure of private duties should be told that such an excuse does not fit the present time. Alabama has a right to conscript her best citizens ir this emergency, and no patriotic man will refuse to serve next winter when,his ser- vices are called for. Pick out then your best men and compel them to serve.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-25
Hobson Will Not Lecture at Night.

From Washington to Chicago Tribune:
 Naval Constructor Richmond P. Hob son will not deliver night lectures while he is on sick leave. This is the decision of Rear Admiral Rixey surgeon general of the navy, who under instructions giv. en by Secretary Moody has charge of Capt. Hobson while the latter is on the sick list. At the time Captain Hobson complained to the navy department that his eyes were troubling him so greatly that he could not properly perform tho duties of experimenting construction at ElIzabethport, N J., officials of the de- partment understood he had engage r el ts to deliver lectures covering the next three months.
 Rear Admiral Taylor, chief of the Bu- rec Of Navigation. and Rear Admiral Bcwles chief constr uctor ,are said to have opposed permitting Hobson to de- liver any lectures at all. Under Rear Admiral Rixey's decision, however. he will be able to discuss naval subjects during daylight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-25

condition, as result of recent rains; po- tato slips being Set out.--A. L. Crosby. Monroe. Jones Mills-Drought unbroken here; old cor6 badly damaged: cotton making slow growth, lice damaging; poor stands field peas.-w. L. Middleton.
 Frank P. Chaffee.
 Section Director, Montgomery, Ala
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-25
In a Good Cause.

MObIIe Register.
 There will be no Democratic harmony until the party shali meet another great defeat. Three beatings under Bryant will be necessary to effect cure.-(New Or leans Picayune.) Why think that three ben efficacious. Why think that three will do the business? And if the third fails. will The Picayune advocate trying fourth. For our part we believe that the time has come to cut adrift fro Mir. Bryan and take our licking-if that is all we are going to get anyway-as Demo- crats. standing upon old-time principles. Then. at least we will be beaten in a good cause.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-25

The split and bolt in the Vermont Re publican State Convention last week will not benefit the Democrats much. Taking the average vote of that State there are about three Republicans to one Demo- crat, and thus the former can do a split and still win.