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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-17
CITY AND COUNTRY MILE.
New Orleans Man Thinks Former
 More Quickly Covered.

New Orleans TimeS-Democrat.
 distances, said thoughtfui citizen, and l have heard many persons com ment on the same thing, but have never seen any satisfactory explanation or II. In fact, I suppose every person wno nsS had an opportunity to contrast condltlohs as they exist in cities with the more open conditions in rural sections has oD- served the same thing. At any rate. most men are inclined to regard the city mile as somewhat shorter than the coun- try mile. Of course, there are many things which will suggest themselves In explanation of this matter, 1T we thlnk about it seriously, and yet they are not at all satisfactory when we weigh the problem analytically. Suppose we wax the distance. Along the line of the city mile we find many things Whlch VII crowd into the mind. pictures aiong tne way, pretty trade displays in show win dows handsome buildings. men and wo- men busting hither and thither, and thousand and one other things which pro duce a series of psychological enects distance and consequently the city mile Is seemingly shortened. On the other hand, the country mile, to the average person who can see no beauty m tne ruggedness of fence corners and in the tracements of the hedges, Is simply long and barren stretch. But thus far am thrashing over old straw.
 This is the common view or the mat ter, ana, no QOuDt thcSS fiDS
 processes play an important part In d1- termining the impr essions received win reference to distances under the dlHer- ent conditions assumed. But here is the particular thing l would like to call at- tention to: The city mile will be made in much less time than the country mile As a rule, a man will walk mile m the city in two-thrds of the time it will take him to walk a mile In the country. Ordinarily, it would seem that the shoe would be on the other foot. There IS so much more to arrest his attention. to stop him and consume his tune. In the country the way Is clear, and there Is nothing for a man to do but hustle Tor hts destination.
 "Of course, the walking is better In the city because of good sidewalks, ana the lift of the feet is not so heavy. Put the main reason for the shorter time re- quired. in my opinion, is found Tn the stimulus which the city ? Edestrian re- csiyes from the excitement around him. Everybody is going at breakneck speed Everybody is hustling. There IS nolse and hustle, and in spite of the fact that his attention Is arrested and in spite or being bumped and 1ostled about by men and women going in opposite directions, in spite of delays at crossings caused by passinp cars and vehicles of every Kind, inc pedestrian is worked up to a quicker movement. Excitement Is the thing that it seem so much shotrer in the city than in the country, and excitement is the thing which causes a man to walk mile in the city in just two-thirds of the time reouIred to walk the same distance in the country, md the difference between a long speech describing the troubles of ing purposes has but little to do With 1t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-17
MANY POLITICAL RUMoRs
Montgomery Republicans Said to Be
 on Anxious Bench.

Rumors have been flying fast in political circles for the past few days, and about the government building there has been evident more or less degree of sup pressed excitement, as though all were in expectancy, looking for the axe to falf' and for the heads of somebody to drop into the basket but not knowing where or when the blow will next be struck.
 The news has come that the President is not in sympathy with the lilly white movement and while he wanted to purify and build up a respectable Republican organization in Alabama. the word comes that he did not approve of taking so radi- cal and extreme measures as were taken by the recent convention at Birmingham and putting the negro out all at once, but hoped to accomplish the same ends by more conservative and flexible methods.
 Rumor has it that the President ap- pointed Judge Roulhac to rebuke the lilly white" movement, but there are lead ing Republicans who do mot think so, more notable among these being the head of the ticket in this State for Governor, MT. J. A. w. Smith, who does not think the appointment of a District Attorney had anything to do with 1t.
 Whether or no, there are many anxious office holders, and the old saying that uneasy lies the heads that wears the crown" was never more forcibly ex- emplified than in the daily feeling in of- ficial circles Will the President exhibit his displeasure by cutting of more Re- publican official heads and put Demo- crats in their places? That's the all absorbing question. Rumor has 1t that he will take off the heads of District At torney for the Middle District. Warren s. Reese and Revenue Collector J. A. Bing- ham in the next few days, but the rumor could not be traced to any reliable source and seems to be just all rumor.
 There has been some talk also of the removal of Assistant District Attorney Sternfeld on account of political activity and for participation in political meet ings in violation of the CIVIL Service rules, but that talk could not be traced to any solid foundation and must nave originated in the possible effort to have sush action taken. The election taxes place on the 4th day of November. just two weeks from next Tuesday and if any thing is to be done it will have to be done quickly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-17
WHY IS TIP

The Chattanooga Times has this to say, among other things, on the subject of child labor:
 Rev. John McDoweli in sketch he furnishes to Worlds Work. affirms that there are 1s.c0o juveniles in the anthra- cite mines of Pennsylvania. when the mines are going. great numbers of whom are 12 years old and under. They begin on the breakers at the mines before they are out of the primary school class. They get jobs when they are but by misrep- resenting their ages, claiming to be past 12. the lowest age the law nominally per- Tnits of. So we see the cotton mills of the South. of Eastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey, and the confection manufacturers of Chicago. are not the only once who work babies at stated jobs, for long hours and al starvation wages.
 For some reason The Times Is contin- sition to prohibit child labor in the cot ton mills of the South-not so much by direct argument as by comparison. This is not a position which should be taken by a high-class paper like The Times, and one which is so generally fair in its discussion of all subjects, and especially of those relating to the South.
 The right or wrong of child labor in the mills in Alabama cannot in any degree be affected by showing that the little ones are oppressed in Pennsylvania or Chi cago. It would be as pertinent to cry down laws for the protection of women in Alabama by saying that women are slaves in Turkey or in China. Wrong in one section of the country is no justifica- tion of wrong in another section. The fact that childrens lives are ground out of them in the Pennsylvania mining re- gions does not in any degree lessen the sufYerings of those littles ones who are faring but little better in Alabama. While We have a national sympathy for the oppressed of all countries and all sec tions. we are most directly interested in those at our own doors. The Advertiser desires to lend its assistance in the good work of correcting the evils at home. and is unable to see how it can accomplish this by calling attention to the wrong doing of those at distance Let us first clean up at home and The Times should join us,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-17

wise and useful step toward the advance ment of a tariff reform in which both of the political parties can participate without sacrifice of principle" Judge Somerville might be called a tariff expert, as he has for some years been the chair man of the Board of Classification of the United States General Appraisers. Not a tariff case can reach the United States Supreem Court without first going before him and his associates on the Board. He thoroughly understands the tariff laws in all their lamifications. and his views on any tariff subject are well worthy of care full consideration. He sets out some of the irregularities and fragrant injustice of the present tariff laws in this striking paragraph:
 I recall one article-mica waste-used chiefly by wall paper manufacturers and as a lubricant which was placed on the free list in the tarfff of 1883. and is now subject to a duty of 4,000 per cent. This was accomplished by a system of com pound duties. the operation of which no one observed unless the interested own CTS of two or three small mica mines who reaped the benefit, did SO
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-17
A NEW YORK POLICEMAN
Turns Out to Be Very Rich Man
 New York Special to New Orleans Times

Turns Out to Be a Very Rich Man. New York Special to New Orleans Times
 Democrat
 Over siOo,OOO in cash, diamond jewelry desk of Police Captain John J. Donohue who dropped dead in his station house last Monday.
 The finding of this treasure was sur prise, and makes the value of the estate about $20o,o Ten years ago when Don ohue was made a captain he was poor man. The relatives of Captain Donohue have come to an agreement. and there Henry Stinert for Mrs. Donohue today
 Do you know how much Captain Don ohue came by such fortune?' a report CT asked.
 70, I suppose just saving his salary as
 But he had been captain only ten years
 Yes. I know. but he was a very frugal man. and his estate shows for it.
 Is there anything to show how he came in possession of the jewelry?"
 Well, l suppose he loaned money on them.'
 Commissioner of Police Partridge was asked today if he believed Captain Don ohue could have legitimately earned and saved the fortune he left.
 Well. Captain Donohue is dead" said the Commissioner. Ut will do very little good to investigate the affairs of dead men. But I shall do so as matter of example. Further. I can tell you, I in- tend to make an investigation which will be of greater importance. By that mean to investigate khe methods through which some of the living police captains have accrued wealth. That will be of some moment We may be able then to learn how it is that policemen can accu- mulate wealth.
 Tt will be a thorough and full investi- gation. I will not give names until I can show that they came by their wealth through means which are prejudicial to the public"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-17
COAL AND POLITICS.
Republican Leaders Alarmed Over the Delay in Settlement of Strike.

Philadelphia Special.
 It can no longer be said that coal is out of politics The dragging of the strike until this period of the campaign has un- occasionally alarmed the Republican lead CTS, and this is the explanation of the unusual efforts made by Quay, Penrose. Platt and Odell to induce the operators to make some concessions to the strikers. Up to this time not a Democratic leader of any note has made an effort to ad- just the trouble between the strikers and the operators. The situation is that ev- to obtain peace, while the Democratic leaders are charging the Republicans with prime responsibility for the condi- tions which brought about the strike and caused a coal famine on the verge of winter There is no doubt that 1t will be difficult to induce many of the striking miners of this State to vote the Repub- lican tiket this year, and it can be fre- quently heard here that the Democrats have more than a bare chance to carry the State. although Republican majoritles in this State of recent years have been soaring around the 300,000 mark. True enough. the Republicans will pile up such a majority in this city as they like, for they have the machinery to do so and Pattison himself is rather a weak candi- date here for the Democrats. Out in the State, however, Pattison Is more than strong. Ordinarily much stronger than his party outside of Philadelphia. the coal strike and the Republican dissensions give promises of a record breaking Dem ed the brutal Republican majority of Pennsylvania will be so reduced that at least some half dozen districts may be won from the Republicans.
 It Is not worth while to predict what may be the result of the strike upon the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-17
MORGAN WILL NOT GIVE.
Financier Declines to Contribute to
 Campaign Fund.

A special to The Chicago Eecord-Herald from New York says:
 J. Pierpont Morgan has declined to give a dollar this year to the campaign fund of the Republican State Committee. This has caused much comment because 1t is said to be the first time in many years that MT. Morgan has failed to send a generous check to help defray the expen- ses of the campaign. It has been gen. orally understood that MT. Morgan's re- fusal to contribute this year was due to the attitude of the Republican leaders In regard to the coal strike. Men who should be in a position to know. however, said this was not the case That Gov ernor Odells measures in the taxation of corporations have not always met the ap- proval of MT. Morgan Is not a secret. and it is said that the Governor was vexed because the Northern Securities Company chose to incorporate in New Jersey in stead of in this State.
 The non-appearance of MT. Morgan s check therefore can be attributed more to personal reasons than to the coal strike. If MT. Morgan makes any cam paign contributions this year 1t is under stood he will contribute directly to the election of certain candidates for Congress in whom he feels an interest, and that he may give financial aid to some of the candidates for the legislature.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-17

It would require no such Democratic tidal wave as that of 1892 in these States to absolutely overturn the present Re- publican majority. Less than an equal dl- vision in these six States would turn the trick easily, assuming. of course, that no unusual change occurred in the re- maining States of the Union.
 If there Is any considerable Democratic tidal wave In the country this year, the coal consumers, rather than the miners, will be apt to bring 1t about, but there is no question that it is within the power of the coal miners to unhorse the present Republican majority in the House if they go in a body to the Democracy In Penn sylvania the miners have generally been voting the Republican ticket for the past eight years, but they went pell-mell to the Democracy in 1892 after the Home stead trouble, as did a large proportion of organized labor throughout the coun- try. The question now is, how far is or ganized labzor going in It's sympathy with the striking miners? There is a deep-seated resentment among the people of Pennsylvania against the trusts, and this is likely to be reflected in a largely increased Democratic vote; but 1t must be remembered that this is the great Re publican stronghold of the country. and it will require tremendous revulsion in political sentiment to bring about what so many of the Democrats are confidently predicting-the election of Pattison and a dozen or more Democratic Representa- tiVeS.
 The coal question Is bristling with poli- tics, but the situation is rather too nebu- Ious to justify cautious man in predict ing extreme results.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-17
A New Rowton House in London.

London Mail.
 Whitechapel has been considerably briehtened by the cheerful looking edifice which has sprung up in Fieldgate Street. The building is the latest addition to Lord Rowtons hotels for workingmen, and is the largest of the Rowton houses that have as yet been erected, the beds in the SIG cubicles accommodating as many weary heads.
 Each dormitory is split up into twelve cubicles, which contain bed, a chair and three clothes pegs. Over all Is a shelf, which renders it impossible for the inmate of the adjoining cubicle to appro- priate his neighbors property. The di- mensions of each cubicle are seven and a half feet long by five feet broad.
 In the dining room. which is bright and open, 560 men can sit and eat In com fort There are ten ranges, on which they may cook their own food. or if they are not so inclined, sixpence will buy a cut from joint and two vegeta- bles, all hot. A quiet smoke may be en- loved in the library. where are newspa- ners and 45O books by well known authors Dickens being conspicuous. To this room quite a handsome appearance Is given bv the fine frieze representing the Various stages in the farm laborers day during the harvest. This Is the artistic work of Henry StraChey.
 In another smoking room, which has a seating capacity of 300. the walls are adorned with printed reproductions of well known pictures. The charge for the use of all this is the same as in the other RoWton establishments-siXpe night.
 An ample staff sees to the requirements of the inmates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-17
THE GREENvILLE ADVOCATE
Has Passed Its Thirty-seventh Mile
 Stone.
Greenville Advocate.

Greenville Advocate
 In the fall of 1865, just after the close boy just returned from three years struggle in the war between the States, began the publication of The Advocate. There was no paper in the town at that time. The one that had been published during the war. having moved here from Pensacola, was carried back to it's old home. The people of the town were anx- ious for a paper. Having had some ex- perience before enlisting in the army. with the printing business. serving as a print CTS devil in The Southern Messenger of flee of this city, we decided to make the venture.
 The town was practically in the hands of the federal troops at that time, but the officers were a clever set of men and inclined to be frie Is with the people. They all subscriboL 70 little paper as soon as published.
 Soon after we began tS- publication of The Advocate the ballot was given to the negro, and carpet-bagger and seal lawags were the Aalers of the county and State. The dark days of reconstr1ction were on The work done for the Demo- cratic parry by The Advocate for these many years IS a matter of history and our old files would be interesting reading to the generation who have come up since and who know nothing Of what thelr fathers passed through.
 We are ever grateful to the public Tor their continued patronage, Tor we nave some subscribers yet who commenced taking the paper when 1t first began pub- | lcaton.
 During these thiTty-seven eventful years The Advocate has seen many changes in | the town and county as well as Tn the | people of the great State of Alabama | They all have been on the upward grade | and we hope will continue until Alabama will attain that rank in the galaxy oi l Sta s.Gs to which she Is entitled. We can only promise our readers that The Advocate for volume thirty eight will continue to do its best for the up-build- | ing of the county and people. As long as We continue it's editor or owner 1t will | be a clean paper that can De tearlessIy | carried into any home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-17
DIPLOMATS NOT TO FREEZE.
They are Accustomed at Home to
 Econcmize Fuel.
Brooklyn Fla gle.

Brooklyn Eagle.
 It Is likely that no class of people is viewing the present anthracite coal strike with more indifference than the membeHs of the diplomatic corps at Washington. This is not because these officials have secret ways of getting coal at low prices or because they are so affuent as not to be disturbed at the prospect of paying $25 ton for fuel, but merely because they think they will be better off under a sys- tenn of heating houses that requires the most careful husbanding of coal. It is a complaint of long standing on the part of the foreigners that Washingtonians keep their houses uncomfortably warm in the winter. This fault is not peculiar to the national capital, 1t seems, for the diplomats say that all Americans keep their furnaces roaring as though they were caring for hot house plants These complaints came to the ears of Mrs. make the diplomats at her reception com fortable, at the risk of distributing colds and coughs among her other guests, At all the big White House functions the reception rooms were very moderately heated, merely enough warmth being ad- mitted to take off the chill. IL pleased the foreigners immensely, but more than one American woman in evening dress was observed to shiver and draw her wraps about her shoulders. The per 1udice of diplomats against the way the average American home is heated in winter will be appreciated by those who have travelled in England and on the con- tinent, where the hotels and dwelling houses receive the minimum amount Of furnace and stove heat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-17

If the young men who know nothing of the horrors of Republican rule in Ala bama, will read the Constitution that party forced upon the people of this State at the point of the bayonet, they will have a far greater hatred for it than ever before. They disfranchised thous- ands of the best men Of the State. who for some time afterwards were not al- lowed to vote. That was in the hey dcy of Republican power and the negroes were the bosses and dictators Many of the men now prominsnt In the so-called lilly white" movemant were leaders then and only dropped the negro after the Democrats made and adopted our new Constitution. These men would be as hot after the negroes if they could vote as they ever were, and there is no assur- Rnce from any source that they will not seek to restore them to their voting DOW CT, when ever an opportunity offers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-17
FRIDAY, OCTOBER IT, 1908.
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL,

The American Newspaper Directory uses cer- tain signs to denote the relative standing and merit of the whole field of newspaperdom which comes under its notice. and one of these signs is the mystic symbol r01 dsnoting golden. whi.h stands for high quality, and b thus explained:
 '.Advertisers value this paper more for the eiaas and quality of its circulation than for the mere number of copies printed"
 Such papers are credited with . single sym boI; but there IS a higher grade. according to this standard authority. which have BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY, and require ths DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL [ OeSl to describe adequately their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded this double golden symbol eel and Ls the only uAper 30 distinguished in this section of Inc South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-17

An argument fo- good roads has been made by an engineer. who has estimated the cost of transportating goods over the highN avs He figures that the cost of moving one ton by horse power over one mile of dry sandy road Is 62 cents: over wet sand, 32 cents; over ruts and mud & cents; over broken stone and ruts. 2e cents; over an earth road that is dry and hard. IS cents; over a broken stone road in good condition, s cents; over a compact gravel road. S.s cents: over stone paving. 5.S3 cents; over asphalt, 2.i cents. It is argued that many millions of dollars would be saved and many tons of n.erchandise would be available in the markets. If the roads wrre such that transportation by wagon would cost not more than , cents a mile.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-17
NOTABLE EXTRACTS FROM J THE BIG DAILIES' CoRRE- (
 SPoNDENTS I & v 2

, campaign which Is now drawing to a close. To what extent the striking coal miners of Pennsylvania and the miners at work in the bituminous mines may be disposed to hold the party in power responsible for present conditions Is all well attempt to say how the coal con sumers-the more numerous victims ot the trpuble--will regard the matter. But one thing is clear: If the coal diggers themselves become angry at the Repub- force to the Democracy. it will involve a great disaster to the Republicans While almost anything can be proved by fig ures, just take a look at the great coal producing States and see how they appear from the Congressional standpoint. Here are six States and their coal production In