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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-09
Letters to the Editor.
THE WATER WORKS.
Is the City Giving Citizens Square
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Editor The Advertiser:
 I notice a great deal of complaint Is be- ing made against the waterWorks on % %dc- count of excess charges, ard l Wish also to register general KICK.
 Some years ago a great hue ana cry was raised against the arbitrary methods of the Capital City Water Company ana the outfit was bought by the city govern ment to be operated without discrimina- tjon and with some show of giving the neople their moneys worth. Shortly after buying the outfit, the city gave spectac7 uIar performance in liberality and dis continued the charge or 70 cents per ouarter for each meter the city uses to measure water to consumers. The meters are used for the city's protection--to See that each consumer does not use over 2O.OO0 gallons of water-and the aear neonle" are no longer required to pay rent for them.
 IIniust discrimination against the small water consumer, however, Is stlll prac- ticed-they being required to pay cer- tain amount for the privilege Of using 90 GOO gallons and an extra assessment for more than that amount, but are not allowed a rebate when less than ZOOVO gallons are consumed.
 Another charge Is "chalked up against property owners and is termed charge for setting the meter In other words, when the city imagines consumer IS using over 10000 gallons ot water per ouarter the waterworks outfit pro creds to 'set meter" (to protect the citv) and the property owner "foots the hiIi " | have two hydrants on my place and had made no objection to paving $5 ner quarter for them, yet the 'outtit came along and 'set meter" and l had to pay for 1t. These meters, as everyone knows belong to the city, are set on the city's property uo protect the clty) and there is no more justice in making the people pay for them than there would bo in requiring us to pay for setting the Capitol clock or the watches of the water works outfit"
 To my mind, the whole arrangement is wrong in principle. theory and practice, and the water system as at present con ducted is a benefit only to persons who consume large quantities of water. If we are to have a meter system, why should I be compelled to pay for 20,O0 gallons when l use only 10000 or l5,0OO gallons? When l g to the grocer and buy a gallon of syrup or vinigar or oil I am not charged for the use of the measure. because 1t is the property of the grocer and is not set" on my land. Then why should I pay for setting the n cter?"
 By the way. the city has set out some shade trees in front of my place yet They are dead ones now. but 'set- ting alongside of the met 1T 1 thought there would be some tax or rent to pay for them.
 Why not jack up the waterworks outfit" and give the people a square deal? w. E. r.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-09
MIR. BRYAN's FINISH.
The Result He is Leading to With
 His Reckless Utterances.

4AS 3ScSu1I 1c 1S Acdu1uB CO W1Jn
 His Reckless Utterances.
 Mobile Register.
 If Mir Bryan is making a list of the States where Democrats are dominated by the great financial interests" he must acd the name of Georgia. The Demo- crats of Georgia, like the Democrats of Illinois, failed to mention Mir Bryan and the Kansas City platform, and that is ample proof, according to MT. Bryan, that the Georgians have sold out to Wall Street
 The situation is getting clear. We are to have Bryan on one side and all the 'dominated' statesmen and politicians on the other. MT. Bryan has denounced Hill, Cleveland, Tom Taggart and <the whole of the Illinois Democracy; now he must denounce the Georgia Democracy, II he wishes to be consistent. Presently, he will have to read the Alabam Democ- racy out, and so on.
 What will be the end of 1t? There will be Bryan, with a Populist and pseudo Democratic backing in the West and, on the other side. the Eastern and Southern Democrats, who have been denounced and read out It is fairly understandable that Bryan Is proceeding upon the idea that he has lost control of all but the Western people, and that he must pre- Is always aggressive He begins the fight before the war is declared. He would hardly asSail these prominent Democrats If he had any hope left of cooperating
 
 dominated by the great financial inter- ests Is reckless one. but is part of his general plan of operations, which Is that he Is the representative of the proletariat as against the oppressive force of the moneyed aristocracy. Bryan cares noth- ing for the Democratic name or tradition; he quite oheerfully adopt both the Popu- lists name and principles or policies He Is the same Bryan who engaged to stump Virginia against O'Ferrall, the regularly nominated Democratic candi- date for Governor, and who declared at Jackson, Miss, that he would not support Democracys national candidate unless the candidate stood on his. Bryan's. plat form. He is bitterly abusing Democrats of unqueStioned fidelity to Democratic principles. but it is with a purpose. He expects to have to fight these men and he Is building up a party to support him in the contest. It is the last refuge of this cor summate egotist. Infatuated with the idea that things are all wrong in this republic, that the people are about to lose their freedom, if they have not al- ready lost it, and that he Is the new Tiberius Gracchus, born to set things right or die Tn the attempt. we shall see preaching the gospel of discontent. in- educating class hatred and making 1t ap- pear that only the rich have any show ing in this republic; and this in face of the fact that the mass of Virile, pushing. successful men, the captains of indus try so called. have risen from the ranks in the short space of half lifetime The high priest of Pessemism will have a cult and a following of his own. People who have allowed devotion to party cham them to this leader, who has never cared anything for party, will have now to de- or Commensurate. It is an issue that IS presented to every Democrat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-09
ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT.

The County Registrars are to be found daily at the Court House and will for the remainder of this week register those who apply and are qualified for registration. It Is strange that any white man should be indifferent about being placed on the life roll of voters. Only those who are registered and qualified can participate in State ard city primary elections, or vote at general elections. There are a great many men in this city who may not be permitted to vote in the approaching pri- mary and they will have only themselves to blame If this should be the case. Most men desire to aid friend at election time by voting for him. and heretofore there has been no trouble about it. Under the new order of things. however. regis tration is an imperative prerequisite to voting and at present a great many in the city have not discharged that important duty
 Next Spring there Is to be an election for Mayor and Aldermen, but failure to register now win be bar to voting in the primaries at that time.
 Remember that you have the next four days in which to get on the life roll of voters, and no white voters in this city should fail 10 have his name placed there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-09
WILL ePRoTEcr H1MsEr.r.

One Dr. Gibson of New York State has put the automobilists on notice that he is not to be run down with impunity. He has large country practice which he quires him to be on the highways a great deal, and he says he intends to carry at all times loaded shotgun and any ma chine rider who interferes with his travel will get dose of buck shot His plan is strenuous one, but various accounts which we have read of thoroughly reck- less automobile driving in portions of the North go great way to justify the doctor .n his determination. Some of them appear to think that the public roads were made for their especial benefit, and numerous accidents have occurred, some of them fatal. caused by fast and care less driving.
 The streets of a city and the highways of the country belong to all alike and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-09
THE ALLEGED JOHNSTON
 SCHEME.

For a long time 1t has been rumored that ex-Governor Johnston is going to enter the field as a candidate for third term as Governor. The Advertiser has never been inclined to take much stock in the seriousness of this rumor. But in the last few weeks the assertion has been made so frequently, so forcibly and py persons so close to him that there must be more in the idea than was first thought.
 It is now the talk that the Johnston leadership will hold meeting here today or tomorrow, and formulate some Kino of a demand upon the State Committee for a wholesale white primary. This de- mand is to be presented to the State Com mittee tomorrow. and 1t is expected that 1t will be refused. Then 1t is said that the Johnston element will at once organ ize an independent movement, on the hne of the wetmore letter and the wilson interview. A primary admitting all white men, whether Democrats, Republicans or Populists, will be ordered by mushroom committee, and ticket from United States Senator down will be put out.
 The talk is that Johnston will be the nominee for Governor, and that if ne IS elected he will not qualify. He would permit the Lieutenant Governor to take the office of Governor. Then when vacancy in the United States Senate oc- cured, he would be appointed to It by the Lieutenant Governor he would allow to take his place. A part of the gossip also is that in case of a second Senate rial vacancy some one of several Demo- crats is to be appointed by the same power, provided he co-operates with the Johnston independent movement
 It may be said that this pretty plan cannot be carried out because the new Constitution provides that a Governor can't be elected or appointed to the Unit ed States Senate during the term TOT which he is elected Governor. There are A lot of legal technicalities along there. hut the Lieutenant Governor might take the risk of violating the Constitution, and let the United states Senate settle the question of eligibility
 This is all a pretty scheme on paper, but the practical matter of carrying it out is altogether very different one. The best way to knock 1t in the head is for the State Committee to order a Demo- cratic primary. not wholesale white pri- mary as the Johnston clement demands. Then Johnston will have no material to divide the Democracy with.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-09
wEDNRsDAx, JULY 9, 1909.
nouRLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses cer- tain signs to denote the relative standing and merit Of the whole field of newspaperdom witch comes under its notice. and one of these aiwns is the mystic symbol t01 denetins .srolder," which stands for high quality. and is shus 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 a 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 t00l to describe adequately their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded this double golden symbol IOOl and is the only paper 50 distinguished tn this section of the cSsssh -
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-09
A GOOD ExAMPTE.

The desire for good roads has reached far-away Oregon, and The Portland Ore gonian thus refers to commendable &C., ton on the part of some citizens of that State
 A section of road near Salem known as the Liberty road is being improved with crushed rock by the county and farmers along the route jointly, the former fur nishing the rock-crusher and grading the roadbed, and the latter the labor in haul ing and spreading the rock. The burden will not be great. as 1t is proverb- iai that many hands make light work" Moreover, the farmers Contributing labor will get value received in a few months in the saving upon teams. harness and vehicles, not to mention the pleasure of driving over good roads.
 We further learn from the same paper that the scheme originated with the coun- try.people themselves, and the county au- thorities promptly accepted their propo- sition. These farmers, like those of all other parts of the country, realized the great inconvenience, as well as the dis comfort and expense, of travelling to and from market and across country over bad roads. In past days, even half century ago, time was not so much an object as it is now, and people were so accustomed to Jolting along over rough roads that they rarely thought of anything better. In addition to that, they thought the methods of the fathers were good enough for the children, and so they blundered along in the same old way, consuming about twice as much time getting any, where as was necessary
 That time is past in many portions of the country, and must pass everywhere. In this, as in most other matters, the old must give way to the new. The rush of improvement must be needed and the community which fails to 'catch on' will be left behind. The farmers are learning that to haul two tons where they for merly hauled one. to go and come in half the time. and to save nearly or quite half the wear and tear of teams and vehicles means something real to them and to their material condition. In short, the difference between bad and good roads may be the difference between prosperity ana poverty.
 It appears to us that the plan adopted by the Salem people is a good one for any region where stone Is convenient and plentiful. Those who receive the greatest and most immediate benefits will bear most of the expense, which is right and proper. And we predict that when other sections see the good accomplished, and realize what little time and labor has done for those who are interested in this experiment. there will be little op- position to this method of road improve ment. It is case where example speaks for itself
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-09
NOT A BLUFF.

In yesterdays issue of The Advertiser attention was called to the declaration of Mir. Hugh Wilson of The Opelilxa 1ndus- trial News, in reference to a bolt from the action of the State Democracy. if that action is unsatisfactory. It win be re- called that he was paraded as John- ston sspokesman" and Header" and as saying:
 think the people will promptly appeal from the machine to the Democratic Par ty, which is the great body of Democrat ic voters who live in Alabama. I think a State primary will be had just the same and that 80 per cent. of the Democratic voters of the State will take part in 1t. and that a full ticket will be nominated in that primary for every office from Gev- ernor down. A United States Senator will also be selected in that primary.
 There are those who may be inclined to regard MT. Wilson's declaration as a sort of bluff for effect on the State Com- mittee. The Advertiser does not share this opinion. It does not forget the rec ord of Mir. Wilson. his paper and his sort of people in the year 1900. It will be re- 
 an independent County ticket in Lee County in 1900. The Johnston element there, of which The Industrial News was the leader and spokesman, bolted the regular Democratic ticket to a man. Half of the County officers in Lee County to- day defeated regular Democratic nomi- nees in that fight and if we mistake not they received large number of negro votes.
 All this is a matter of official record after an investigation by the Democratic State Committee. In the Spring of 1901 wanted to vote In the primaries for Con- stitutional Convention delegates, etc., but they were ruled out as not being straight Democrats according to the regulations provided by the State Committee before the August election of 1900 The State Committee stuck to its ruling and re- fused to permit the bolters to enjoy the privileges of Democrats in selecting dele gates to the Convention.
 It will be seen, therefore, that there is every reason to presume that Mir. Wilson is in earnest in talking of the Johnston program. The element for which he is spokesman has very little regard for the State organization. It Is as ready to take part in a bolt this year as in 1900. It is ready to cooperate in any scheme that Johnston may decide upon to land him in the United States Senate. There is no idle threat. no bluff, in the interview of the Johnston spokesman in Lee County.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-09

the powers of the world. it may well be believed, that would have dealt so gen. erously by a people who but yesterday were in rebellion against it. If France, or England, or Germany, or Russia, were in the place of the United States. the sol dier would remain the arbiter of the Fili- pinos for an indefinite period. This na- ton has again given proof to the world of its indomitable energy in the pursuit of any given subject, but at the same time it has also furnished proof that it makes good its promises without default and at the earliest practicable moment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-09
rhe drowing Cost of Government.

SpringiieId RepubNCan. ,
 Even Mir. Cannon, chairman or the House Committee on Appropriations. ad- wade af inc last session of Congress amount to $500, ,1sS. Ss7. MT. Livingstone, who figures from the Democratic pOint of view. asserts that the real total is over a hilton dollars. Assuming that the Re nuhIIcan figures on as low a oasis and that the Democrats figures on as nigh as basis as possible. and then splitting the difference between them, it is found that inc expenditures for the session amount to about S9e0. .000. 0O0 There was once an effective political cry against a billion dollar Congress" but here is almost a billion dollar session. And the remark able thing about it is that the transition has come in ten years. Who would have thought ten years ago that Mir. Reeds Congress would so soon be regarded as a model of economy in matters of public expenditure2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-09

all are entitled to equal privileges and equal protection. The auto has not yet arrived at such a degree of perfection that 1t can be safely driven thirty to fifty miles an hour, or be effectually controll- ed at such speed. The law will have to regulate the speed of such machines or more people will take Dr. Gibson's method of protecting themselves. His may not be a strictly legal plan but 1t is carrying out the first law of nature.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-09
Platt Thinks the President Will Be
 Nominated.

From New York to Chicago Tribune.
 Senator Thomas c. Platt was at the Oriental at Manhattan Beach this even ing What do you think of the Presi- dents speech at Pittsburg?" he was ask ed. Did not read it. was the Sena- tors reply. Do you think Colonel Roose- welt will be nominated in 19N?" II think so'' the Senator replied, If he gets the votes of New York and Pennsylvania. ' What about Senator Hanna's chances?' The Senator shrugged his shoulders. Do you think Senator Hanna wants the nom- inationF' An the Senator rejoined. "I am not speaking for MT. Hanna"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-09
A Tennesseean,s Idea.

WaShington Times.
 An official of the revenue service has f1shed up evidence that the idea of an isthmian canal Is not a new one, and he believes that the first convincing state ment of the need for one was made by M. F. Maury. famous scholar fifty years ago. Mir. Maury said that the isthmus was in line wi.h the two greatest producing regions of the world. the Mis- sissippi Valley and the Valley of the Amazon, that crops were going from one nal would enormously increase the prod ucts.
 The isthmus.'' he said, lis a barrier that separates us from the markets of 600, 100000 people, three-fourths of the population of the earth. Break 1t down and this sea becomes the center of the earth. the focus of the worlds commerce. It has continent on the north and a the east and the west as it's back coun- tryo
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-09
Democrats on Cuban and Trust Issues


 That the Democrats are rich in issues. if not in solidarity and sweet concord, appears vividly in the reading of the res olutions on Cuban reciprocity and ithe trusts which have been formulated by the Democrats of the National House. Nowhere has the situation in regard to Cuba been so clearly and compactly stated as in these resolutions. and it must be accounted legitimate politics for d minority to take advantage fin this man ner of the opening offered by Republican disSensions
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-09
Senator Proctor's Finest Speech.

Senator Proctor of Vermont says the finest speech he ever made consisted of only four words. It was in retort to Sen spcnch directed at the Green Mountain Senator. He said. No man in Vermont is allowed to vote unless he has made pie" Whereat Proctor said. And we all vote"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-09
No Ear for Music.
eveland Plain Dealer.

Cleveland Plain Dealer
 "Oh. pa, what made you fling that bag of lime on MT. Cittykid last night whe n he was serenadin' ne so beautiful with his mandolin"
 Mandy Linn, Was that it? What dye 'spose I thought it was?"
 'I don't know. pa."
 "Blamed if I didn't think twas one O them seventeen-year locusts."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-09
Have Endorsed It.
MnhiIn Herald.

The Constitution cannot escape from the fact that a majority of the Demo- crats of the country now believe that Mir Cleveland's financial policy was right. and that he was honest and con . scientious Its talk about five and half million Democrats resenting Cleve- lands utterances is tommyrot. Most of the Democratic leaders have endorsed his advice
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-09
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Vest Is Failing.

Senator Vest Is not totally blind, but his eye-sight is rapidly falling. He is no longer able to read. The Senator's health is broken down entirely and in speech in the Senate recently said he probably asserted he would be perfectly satisfied If he lives until the end of his term, which expires next March.
 Senator Vest never goes out alone, and when nt the Senate Is always attended by one of the doorkeepers, who is almost as cid and feeble as the Senator himself. It is 8 pathetic sight to witness these two old men tottering along, each sup porting the other.
 Owing to the condition of Senator Vests health he will not go home this summer. but will go to some nearby mountain resort. He is unable to stand the fatigue of trip to Missouri.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-09

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-09

The Birmingham Ledger has unearthed a story to the effect that the real ground of the Bailey -Beveridge fracas was be- cause each wanted to be the most popu- lar lady-killer of the Senate. If that is true they should both go off and catch the smallpox.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-09

A close observer states that only half the people who are struck by lightning are killed. The weak point fin this ar- gument is that one never knows how hard the bolt will hit him, which puts damper on any consolation we might de- rive from it.