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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17
NOT SATISFACTORY.

The Birmingham Age Herald which has been contending for a white primary in Alabama has this to say:
 The Georgia plan is not presented as an ideal plan, but as the best basis upon which all parts of the State can get together. At the end of long campaign 1t is plain compromise plan is needed. All government is said to consist of com promises. and surely the Democrats of Alabama do not need to quarrel when the full installation of the new constitution is at stake. All in all the Georgia plan is a reasonable plan. It could be made almost ideal by means of an ideal dis tribution of representation. The subject of representation will come before the State Committee, and the fairer 1t acts the better will all Democrats be satisfied.
 Under the Georgia plan the State pri- mary need not be called until September, and the convention could follow it in a weeks time. As the election does not occur until November 4, there is no reason why action should be taken sooner. Action in September is early enough. The primary will be the real election anyway. and the rest will be but form and law and conformity to old time methods and precedents.
 The contention in Alabama on the part of the great majority of the Demo- crats has been for straight Democratic primary without the intervention of county or State Conventions. Every thing indicates that their wishes are to be compiled with and The Age-Herald's suggestion of compromise is the first that we have heard of such a thing.
 There was no primary in Georgia, out side of the limits of a county. That Is to say there was no vote that was general throughout the State but in each county votes were cast for candidates and delegates chosen to a State Convention who win vote as the majority in each county dictated. This is no settlement of the question upon a general primary plan. Under this arrangement candi- date might secure a majority of delegates to a convention andsbe wofully behind on popular vote Indeed, in the Augusta district, where a candidate for Congress was chosen under the plan of delegates chosen at a urinary in each county, the unsuccessful man received a large ma jority of the popular vote.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17
Why the South is Barred.

Kansas City Times.
 The Mobile Register raises cry for recognition of Southern statesmen when the Democratic party sets about choosing it's candidates for the presidency, and the St. Louis Globe-Democrat gives a sym pathetic response. t7t
 The Register asks. Can the North and the South be united truly as long as the manhood of the South Is disqualified not legally, but practically-for holding, or even aspiring to hold. the highest ot- flee in the gift of the people of the Unit ed States?.
 The Globe-Democ:1t replies: "The South furnishes the brains and most of the votes of the Democratic party of the nation. Bryan got 155 electoral votes. and only thirteen of these were obtained out side of the South. =" It would cer- tainly seem that the time has come when the section which gives the Democracy all the vitality which 1t possesses ought to assert the right to occasionally furnish it with a Presidential candidate"
 Theoretically and in the abstract both of these esteemed contemporaries are dead wrong The Democratic party cannot afford to take it's presidential can didates from the South, and everybody knows 1t. The South, or most of the South, is safe for the Democratic ticket in any event. To go to the Southern States for a man to head the national ticket would simply be to waste chance to carry close Northern State.
 Both parties choose their candidates
 
 done. A man who doesn't live in such a State, whether he be Northerner or Southerner. must he a man whose infiu- ence and popularity are continent. wide in order to be a presidential possibility. Grant and Blaine were the only men nominated since the civil war who were chosen without regard to residence. Hayes. Tilden, Garfield Hancock, Cleve- land. Harrison, Mckinley and Bryan were all from States in which there was hard fighting to be done. State pride and State popularity were relied on to in crease the vote for the ticket on which tho named of the States litizen ap- peared
 The South has no statesman or poli- tician of sufficient greatness or sufficient populsrit to make him pre-eminently strong all over the country. It has soms } capable men hut no giants. It has abso- Iutely no inducement to offer practical party. to draw on 1t for Presidential timber. As long as 1t permits itself to be regarded as safe" for one party it will remain in this impotent condition. When- ever the Southern States become good fighting ground for the two grsat parties their fayorite sons will become eligible for presidential nomination. and not un- til then. s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17
Where is John Wesley Gaines?

NaShVille American.
 Representative Shallenberger of Me- braska and Senator Carmack of Tennes- sec have interested themselves in the case of Miss Rebecca Taylor who was dismissed from the War Department fol having written communication to a Washington newspaper criticising the governments policy in the Philippines These chivalrous gentlemen want to know why Miss Taylor was dismissed and they have called on Secretary Root for the why's and wherefores. This feature Of the incident is not surprising. But there are surprising features connected with the incident. The surprisingest oi the surprising features is the fact that the deepest scrutiny of the Record can- not reveal to the inquring vision the name of the Hon. John Wesley Gaines as taking part in the young ladys defense Somethngsmust be wrong. Surely, some thing must be wrong.
 No man, not even the valiant Sir Nigel in Conan Doyle's White Company" is more ready and willing to break a lance in defense of lady fair than Is Con- sressman Gaines. If necessary he would shiver two lances: Why. he is not of record is inexplicable. and, from a certain viewpoint. ominous. He may be seeking summary procedure. He may be toting a rock or a slung-shot for the secretary. He may intend to call him out on the field as soon as he gets time.
 That our Congressman has done noth- ing gives the country ample grouncS to feel disappointed. And Miss Rebecca may well feel that she has been signally sligAted Sho Is perhaps the only woman in all tine universe In whose defense ten thousand of Congressman Gaines words would not leap from their scahbards when there is any cause given for leap ing.
 Yet the country will exercise patience. It will not believe that the days of chiv- airy are gone by until Congressman Gaines exhausts all the time allowed him under the code in which to produce a physician's certificate sto show that he has been physic cally incapacitated for ac- tive duty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17
ANOTHER WREATH TOR ALA. BA1rA WOMEN.

| When cornelia. one of the noblest wo- men of the palmy' days of Rome, was lchallenged by a Campanian lady to ex-
 hibit her jewels. she kept the visitor waiting. according to Seneca. until her
 sons returned frem school. when she pre-
 sented them to the lady with the simple
 remark: These are my jewels" We'll l might she boast. for her sons were
 T'iberius and Cssns Graccfus, two of
 the greatest of the Roman Tribunes. So now. if any son of Alabama should be asked to mention the brightest jewels our State can produce he can point to the women of Alabama and say: These are our jewels" AS in the beginning of Christianity. to quotc the language of E. S. Barrett:
 Not she denied Him with unholy tongue. stung,
 Not she denied Vim with unholy tongue. She while apostles shrang, could danger brave,
 Last at His cross and earliest at Ills grave.
 Like all their sisters of the South, the women of Alabama were last at the tomb of the dead Confederacy and are first in every good work having any connec- ton with the Lost Cause or with the men who fought and died for it, or who lived to mourn it's failure and to pride themselves on having been part of it.. As they were the most heroic. stead-fast and enduring of all when the struggle was on. so have they been most ready and efficient in all movements to aid and encourage the living or to glorify the dead. From the day when the worn and army returned to ruined homes and ap- parently hopeless prospects to this hour the women of Alabama have never flag ged or for one hour lost interest and enthusiasm in every good work connected with the cause. Without intent to take from the men of our State any credit for all that they have done, 1t Is but telling the simple truth to say that every move ment having for it's object tho glorifica- tion of the dead or the comfort and we'll
 being of the living Confederates owes Its success to the fact that the willing AiSoi itS ohu ANous oi thS ph Alabama have been part of it.
 The movement to bring ex-Governor Taylor to lecture for the benefit of the Confederate Home was happy concep- tion, and would have done much good under almost any circumstances, but a
 brilliant success was assured when to the
 women and girls of Montgomery was given the active part of the work To send delegations of them to all the towns and cities of Alabama was one of the
 brightest ideas connected with the move ment, and the results of their canvass was an indisputable proof of the wisdom which prompted their selection. Wher- ever they went they were welcomed and their success was limited only by the shortness of the time allowed them to do their work If they met with any coldness or opposition they were amply compensated by the enthusiasm and will ing donations of those who loved the cause and appreciated the efforts of the ladies. The willing work of these bright ladies, and the gratifying result adds another flower to the bright chaplet which glorifies the woman hood of Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17
Letters to the Editor.
Sort Speech.

Sort Speech.
 Editor The Advertiser;
 An interesting letter In your last Sun day Issue from Miss Julia S. Turwilen exposes tho following predicament of "oqern grammar:
 every boy and girl will do his are her duty, he and she will receive the reward que to. him and her: It IS true in this case we might help ourselves by using out of the trouble in this way. Some years ago received letter from very enterpristng teacher containing circu- Tar m which the intrepid iDnovator pro- posed to tackle the difficulty by introduc- ing into our language new pronoun composed of the cases of he and she
 Nominature Hest.
 Possessive, Hiser.
 objective, Himer."
 Is not the pronoun in the case mare surpiusage? Could 1t not be retired to the advantage of the style of expression? why not introduce the sentence of twen- ty-three wordE to this one of twelve If every boy and girl would do duty. the reward will follow
 In his charming auto- biography. Gib- Dons boasts that after the second voi- ume. no sentence in his Decline and Fan of the Roman Empire" vas written twice. Charles Fox, on the floor of Par- liament, exclaimed. ''the luminous pages og Gibbons" In the next breath he cor rected himself in an amusingly apologetic trick-"I refer to the vo-luminous pages of Gihbon." Governor Watts used to say that v1lile listening to Yancey, he would strive to analyze the power of the orator and he reached the conclusion that one of the secrets of the oratory was skill full avoidance of adjectives. The> audi ence believed in the sincerity of the speech that relied upon only words enough to convey the thought. Calhoun seldom spoke in the Senate exceeding 45 minutes The student of his speeches will hardly find sentence or even a word that may be eliminated without impairing the force of the argument. On the other hand. Mir. Webster employed many. even if strong. words. Fifteen years before Webste,'s historic apostrophe on the floor Of the Senate: Liberty and Union. now and forever, one and inseparable,' Cal houn had said on the floor of the House. Webster related an hypothesis only. He mad not defined' liberty" nor defined union" He merely gave vent to an emotion in rymthical words without re- gard to proof of his allegation.
 Festus
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17
TUESDAY, JUNE IT, 1902.
DoupLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses cer' tain signs to denote the relative standing and merit of the whole field of newspaperdom wkich comes under it's notice. and one of these signs is the mystic symbol I01 denoting 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 a single sym boI but there Is a higher grade, according to this standard authority. which have BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY, and require the DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL [ col to describe adequately their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded this double golden symbol I00l and is the only paper so distinguished in this section of the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17
President Southern Unive
American "Prudishness

century, ...
 In the face of foreign criticism. and in conditions with regard to divorce, we still sympathize with the retort administered to an alien critic of our people. who had declared. in private conversation that America seemed to he afflicted with the disease of prudshness The answer was somewhat in these words Uhe incl dent occurred several years ago.: Yes probably 1t is true that Americans are prudish. but considering the revelati tions that have recently taken place concerning certain circles in London. and considering the condition of a good part of the Par isian stage and of French literature. I. for one am willing that we should nav that price for the knowledge that. on the whole. Americans are the decentest people, in regard to the relations of the sexes, on the face of tn globe"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17
Southern University.

Editor The Advertiser.
 Please allow me to state that Ger mans in the town of Greensboro wheth- CT during commencement week or at some other time. have no official connection with the Southern University, and cer- tatnly do not in any sense have the ap- proval of the management of the institu- ten. There are those who live here as well as visitors who attends our com mencement exercises, who find pleasure In this form of worldliness.
 It is contrary to our established regu- lations for our students to attend ger mans, and when they do and the fact is known to us. they are always disciplined for such conduct
 Your Greensboro correspondent closes the account of our commencement exer- cises on Wednesday with the statement that '"rhe annual commencement german was given at the opera house at 9 p. m.. etc"
 This statement is misleading and calls for correction. hence this note, which you are requested to publish.
 s. M HOsmer.
 President Southern University.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17
olscu,at,on Doubled in Three Years,

That the circulation of The AdveruseaI ,,s m secndjiy climbing upward is oemons.s ss,asnt the nGures given in the appended seeeus,n sn,sn n Oeseffng the actual daily issue Tor tne 'o
 of Nay, just passed. .. .n.ze
 D1cG q comparative point of view. tness n&uros furnish much food for thougnt: s so tnStancs. tho average daily circulation ursge the past month has been .SZo' ,ne ac,nsi :. net asUssSs gain of this May over last Msy ss 2,00E the Sunday average gain S,SSss ~
 . cornparison of this May with May lesy, only three years ago. Is simply amazns ss that pAriod the daily average increase nse ben 6,752; the Sunday average increase; la "a 3Y8. The percentages are relatively nI.+s ond IOi 41 m other words The Advertiser daily circulation has simply doubled M tne past three years-and the end Is not yet
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17
Watch the "Red Headed" Man.

NuSsefT CUUIlty, AId., Ju1Ie Ib Editor The Advertiser:
 It Is seldom disagree with The Adver- tiser upon any subject but do when you advocate a State primary for selecting State officers. First l believe the Hon. John V. Smith makes it very plain that the committee has no authority to do so. Next. I will state a case in Georgia. A good many years ago. there was sent man who could neither read nor write. His cC constituents were well pleased with his votes, and when he returned home he was asked how 1t was t:at he voted right on all questions. He replied by saying that c retf- headed fellows name was call ed just before his and that he always voted on the other side from him. Now, there Is a ed-hes ded fellow in Alabama that fer the good of the party as well as the State 'tis well to oppose anything he advocates. R. H. B.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17

Ont this page Is copied an article from The Kansas City Star which in effect says that the South is barred iron, chance of presenting a candidate for President or Vice President because 1t IS regarded as surely Democratic. In view of the strong Republican vote Tn Missouri, Ken lucky. West Virginia and Maryland, we must beg to disagree, with our Kansas City contemporary It knows full well that <h it's own State of Missouri the
 Republicans make the Democrats fight for everything they get and often 1t Is uncomfortably close.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17
Constable Kills Prisoner.

Baltimore. June 16.-At Warwick, Cecil county, today, Marion C. Brown, colored, aged 2G years, was shot and fatally wounded by Constable Horace M. Eaton. Brown was charged with assault and while the officer was on his way with the prisoner to the office of a justice. a crowd of colored men surrounded them and threatened to rescue the prisoner. Constable Eaton drew his revolver and fired with fatal result.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17

eracy It Is the spirit of sympathy with those whS lose. and the downfall and sufferings of the South. and the poetry and songs of the South will live in the hearts of men when the conquerors are hardly thought of. It is a touching trait of human nature to mourn with the un- successful and unfortunate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17

There is rumor that in few days Colonel Quarles, of Selma. will announce as a candidate for Governor. The crafty hand of ex-Governor Johnston can be seen in this movement as the more can didates from Dallas County the more will he seek to create prejudice against Sena- tor Pettus. who lives in that county.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17

The statement in a contemporary that Pennsylvania can't get rid of Quay is not exactly correct. They could easily get rid of him were 1t not for the fact that majority of the Republicans pre- fer him and his methods. There are doubtless enough honest men in the State to down him, but they refuse to work in concert.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17

KThe Hartford (Ala.J Times relieves our ignorance by telling us that "a deadlin." about which we asked for information, lis what the opposition crowd will be the morning after the primary Perhaps The Times Is correct.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17
A Republican Inquiry.
Huntsv,l,e Tribune.

HuntSVfIle Tf1bune. t,
 If the Democrats nominate a sound money. single standard Democrat. what will become of the free silver men who of the voting strength bf .fhe party. where will they go? If on the other hand they nominate a Bryanite what will be- come of the Democratic party. would it tions evel half of the South s-n States?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17
Cold Weather in Africa.

Capetown. June 16-Extreme cold, ac- companied by storms of unprecedented severity, continues to prevail in Cape Colory. Thousands of sheep have per ished and the telegraph wires are down and buried in the snow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17

Cleveland and Bryan may get. on the same platform to make speeches but the Nebraska man will need some fat fellow to sit by him or the thing will tip over.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17

If The Virginian-Pilot doesn't let up on our Coosa River we'll invite the editor over and have him ducked in it. It would be hard on the fish, but they could hold their breath awhile.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17
That is Its Style.
Wednwee

WedOwee Star.
 The Aiabamian rarely concludes.a para graph on it's editorial page without its pet expression machine politics" It knows where to touch the Populists and fence-riders. even ar its he-S tolched them when his gall permitted him to .op- nose the Hon. John T. Morgan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17

At the latest election for Governor or head chief of the Seminole nation in In dian Territory the people chose a full blood Seminole for the position. in pre- ference to a haif-breed. He is spoken of as well fitted for the office.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17

The Knoxville Sentinel charges that if 1t was proposed to give the city slO.OOO in gold somebody would object. or course they would. They'd want sixteen parts of 1t in silver. :.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17

A winconsin man gave $1 800 for Mis- souri dog, but we fail to learn whether 1t is one of the sheep-eating kind or not.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17

W. A. Scott. Circulation Manager of tho Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn. says. Tho foregoing statement of The Ad. vertiser's daily circulation for the month Of May. 1902. is true and correct. and compiled after all returns from newsboys, news agents and left over copies have been deducted
 W. A. SCOTT. Circulation Mgr Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4tn day of June, 1902, F. ". JACKSON. fseail N F., Ex-O. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17
If They Only will.

Sheffield Reaper.
 If the corn trust affects the Alabama farmer in any manner. it is because the Alabama fafmer permits if. Just so with tho beef trust. Alabama can produce beef and corn to bust the trusts, if the farmers only Will--only will.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17

Visits of condolence are paid within the week after the event which occasions them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17
Make Any Man Laugh.

Dale County News.
 For the Newton Harmonizer to abuse old Grandma Advertiser for having been a Palmer and Bucknef organ and to ac- cuse her of being s'wishy washy is enough to make any man laugh unless he has a real mean mother-tn-law.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17
Would Be Nice.

Birmingham Times Rep.
 Grover Cleveland and William Jennings Bryan are to be guests at the opening Of the Tilden Club soon. It would be nice to hear Grover Cleveland make speech on finance while William Jennings Bryan stood by and held the former Presidents hat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17
Gave Her Both.

Athens Democrat.
 sOne of our young men sent a note to q young lady and gave the messenger a nickel for carrying 1t. The pickanin- ny gave both the note and the nicakei to the young lady, and wondered why she laughed so when she returned the an- Swer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17

Thus far the United States has built. sst school houses m Porto Rico.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17

COMPARISONS.
 Daily average for May teo2.... ,82o Daily average fof May, lsol.... s.e2S Net gain .....,.....e.......... 2.esi - sunday average for May. 1902. 464s Sunday average for May, toot.. | ii,osi f Net gam ........................ a.e52 A Daily AvArage Gain of. .. .32. 2S A Sunday Average Gain of. .32 O2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17
Needs It Bad.

Choctaw Advocate. -s
 Some timc ago Roosevelt muzzled Miles and Funston. Now who's going to muz- xle Theodore himself? 1hls small cali bered statesman needs one and needs it bad. @ Nt E.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17
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It is Very Hot.

Huntsviue Republiran. A.
 It is too deviiish hot to think Nbqut the Sd Regiment muddie now. Let me matter 10 over until this fall boys. It don't matter much anyway.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-17

Daily Average. ..- .s ... ..ll ,eSo Sunday Average IA, ,643