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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18
; CREAM efthe SPECIALS
Hx1ys PANAMA ROUTE.
Martinique Horror Urged Against
 the Nicaragua Canal.

walte. Wellmsn's Washington Special
 to Chicago Record Herald.
 Volcanoes are to play very important pa in the isthmian canal debate, which it Is expected will be on in the Senate in about ten days Admiral Walker, Pres tdent of the Isthmian Canal Commission, which unanimously recommended the Panama route, is now preparing a map showing the location of all the volcanoes in the canal region. The map will show cinity of Panama. while many are to be found adjacent to the proposed Nicara- qua Canal. When Admiral Walker gets his map done he will submit 1t to the Senate for the information of that body.
 Mir. Walker. with most other men who have carefully investigated the canal question thinks 1t would be folly to. try to build great ship canal through volcanic country. He says that region of crateds, no matter how ancient and seemingly extinct, Is a region of marked weakness in the crust of earth-the line of least resistance for the subterranean forces which must now and then flint out let. More or less hazard must always accompany residence in such regions. and Admiral Walker says the risk for a canal. with It's dams. locks and em- bankments, which are expected to stand : Notwirhstanding the terrible object les son afforded by the volcanoes In Mar unique and St. Vincent. Senator Morgan Is not afraid. He was asked today by a fellow Senator If he was not now will ing to abandon the Nicaragua route for which he has fought so long and so ear nestly and the Alabama Senator replied:
 Not bit of 1t. You cant scare me with any of your volcano bug gaboos.
 MT. Morgan was reminded that the late Governor of Mantiniaue, M. Mouttet, also refused to be frightened by La Pe- lee, and paid forfeit for his confidence with his life and the lives of 2S.ooo of his people.
 about the Senate who now pretend to believe that there is still a chance for the Nicaragua bill becoming law. Almost ev- eryone else comedies that Congress will never be so foolish as to pour 500 0oO, 600 or $300. 900 into canal threading its way for lS6 miles between volcanic era ters, when a route only forty-nine miles long and with no volcanic surroundings is available,
 MT. Morgan's hope is based on the fact that before the volcano news came to hand he had succeeded in getting seven Republican Senators and a majority or the Democrats to promise to vote for the Hepburn or Nicaragua bill Even then he did not have enough votes 10 pass the measure There are eighty eight Sen ators, fiftv-five of whom are Repuoncans. Taking out the seven Republicans who are supposed to be for Nicaragua-Piatt of New York. Hawley of Connecticut, Bard and Perkins of California, Mitchell and Simon of Oregon and Foster or Washington--and there would be forty eight Republicans lief. for Panama. ma jority of the whole Senate. Five or six of the Democrats are also for the Pana-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18
WANTS NO FUSION.

There's at least one Democrat in Kan sas who isn't in favor of any more fusion business, and that is Colonel Tom Fitch, a member of the State Committee. In a recent interview he said: ..f.
 I want the Democratic convention to nominate a full set of candidates and place them on a Democratic ticket. and I want every man on 1t if elected to owe his success to the Democratic Party. People who stop to reason will at once consent that the only object to be &C., complished by fusion Is to beat the Re- publican Party. It is almost conceded by the Democratic leaders this year that no combination can be formed with suf- ficient strength to beat the Republican Party in this State. And. assuming that there Is some truth in this, what would be accomplished by fusion? If we are going to be beaten at the election. want to go down under Democratic banner and a Democratic name.
 That is straight. sound and sensible talk. All that any party can hope to gain by fusion Is possession of offices and we hold that is not sufficient com pensation for a surrender of principles  When two parties. with divergent policies agree to fuse each must surrender some portion of it's principles, and each must agree to support principles and policie: with which it has DO sympathy. To dc this for the sake of getting office is both humiliating and short-sighted. It tends to weaken ones faith in his party and to destroy his party fealty.
 So far as we have kept up with politi- cal affairs fusions have brought no real or lasting benefit. They have enabled some men to get office who could not have gotten it in any other way, but they have demoralized the parties that resorted to that method of campaigning and they have muddled the minds of those who formerly thought they knew just what they were. oClonel Fitch is on the right track and the Democrats of his State ought to line up with him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18
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ma route. These were the conditions be. Scrs I,e Peiee blew its head on ana knockd the hopes of the rauonai Nicd- ra g',s aSvocates into snlall pieces.
 1t is probable the canal VIII oe sakem N,,, up immediately after the PnAippine p,. Is disposed of. Failure to aecnre oaus a,', for taking a vote on the Pnahppine pli, is exnlailied as due to maenuverlng py inc Democrats and sugar beet Hepup- iican leaders to agree to take up tna canal bill in advance of the luban lecl- nrocity measure For several days tne.e have been conferences between the isau- srs of the two parties. and the Repuphcan leaders were hopeful of getting vote on inc Philippine bill early next week;
 It has developed, however. that ins opponents of Cuban reciprocity, reahnns inc advantages offered by the poIlt.ua' situation, intend driving hard pnrsat,n, s.s Mr' Lodge. chairman of the fninppine Committee, in charge of the plli. teunted today to secure an a&resnshss . For q vote. but without success 1T tne Ren,,hucan leaders will agre to msAs inc canal bill the order of business ana save ii right of way Immediately after ffhe. nassage of the Philippine Dill the Demorrats will agree to permit vote to he taken upon the latter at an earty S.te The suaar beet Republicans nope that if the canal bill is given preceaehce over the Cuban reciprocity measure .ney {. nav be ablye to prolong debate upon " and force the Cuban relief measure over 10 the next session.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18
SUNDAY, MAY IS, 1902.
BONE coMMoN LAW.

N There are many things connected with khe common law of this country that are hard for the finite man to understand. but when we come to the operations and deduetions of the minds of some of those vphorar called on to explsin. and sxecuts the laws. then we are sure we havc gone beyond mere human knowledge or com prehension.
 Take the case reported day or two ago where Brooklyn judge holds tha. tk is no violation of law for woman to strike her husband in the head with a poker. just once. We have not read the fuil text of the decision. so We do not know whether this modern Solomon fixed limit for the weight of the poker, or to the force of the blow, both of which are important factors. There are posers and pokers, 1t must be under. etood. One might be hardly heavy enough <o ktll dy and another would fell a bullock. Then, again. a weakly wo- man with the small poker couldn't hurt anybody while robustious female. using large one could crack the skull of a xhfnoceros. This judge decides. how evef, that striking the husband the one blow on the head is not legally a cruel Uck. and not ground for divorce pro- ceedings. 60 the husband must stay with the wife and take chances. If he is at aII wise he'll wear a steel cap in future.
 But that legal deliverance is not a circumstance to the Judge in Long Island City. who fixes 10 o'clock at night as the limit for married woman to be away from home. He tells them in plain Eng iish that if they get into trouble after that hour they needn't come to him for sympathy or redress. They have. he tells them. voluntarily placed themselves without the pale of the law and if they are robbed. assaulted, beaten or insulted xt serves them right. They should have been at home looking after the children. whether the woman is out on an errand of mercy. or. whether she was merely having a good time. makes no difference with this learned eXpositor of the com mon law. His Procrustean standard recognizes no excuse and makes no diff <crencc between good women and bad, or between women who are out from necessity, or for Christian charity or for pleasure. As for the married men VIC presume they are privileged characters. The poor wife may be at home grievins for her husbands neglect, or watching over a sick child, or she may be sitting up
 Gathering her brows like gathering storm Nursing her wrath to keep it warm,
 Ike the -sulky. sullen dame" in Tam o.shanter. but the husband can stay out till midnight or dawn, and if he gets into trouble he can count on both the sym pathy and the legal help of this wise Judge. Wonder if he Is a rejected old bachelor or a hen-peckcd husband Whichever he may be he Is at least : wonderful law expounder. '--''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18
Public Untidiness.

The Forum.
 The discovery that there is more of filth squalor, and general SlovelnesS in public places and works. in streets, squares, riv- ersides, docks, quayS. roads and bridges in the United States than In any other country of the first, or even second, rank Is humbiing but salutary experience. In what may be called our public house. keeping. in the outward appearance and maintenance of places and works admin istered by public or semi-puollc enter prises, we rank with Turkey rather than with England or Germany. Oriental Ja- pan, tiny Switzerland, and slow going Holland stand far ahead of the United States in this respect. Our National sloveliness Is seen in dirty streets and unsightly water fronts; in ill-kept squares. ragged sidewalks, and ahomn able pavements; in shabby rail way sta- tions and ernba ankment walls built up of rotting sleeper 8: and in a thousand shift less substitutes f 1T solid masonry works. The unspeakab country roads which abound in so many regions not oniy il lustrate the folly of this semi barbarous slackness of administration: for they con- stitute tue most costly means of trans portation possible. impose o heavy tax on every farmer and other resident and are clog upon the general prosperity of the regions th>g traverse. Tidiness and tho efficient maintenance O. pu5u, works cost more in the first outlay than negligence. but they save this excess many times over in the end.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18

eoftening shadows of nearly forty years. To hawk it's ghost though the halls cf Congress is irreversnt foily. Let 1t rest These. are sensible words. well meant and kindly spoken. With very rare ex- captions. however. it Is not the ex-Con- federates who seek to revive the memo ries of the lost cause. Their reference to 1t is generally in response to offensive re. marks or. alfusions from a few In the North who deal in such methods. That a very few Southern men resent these al lusions in manner more forcibie than polite is to be regretted. but is not much to be wondered at.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18
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 COLUMBIA. Tenn. Nov. 13, 1901, Bl own Chemical Co.,:
 Gentlemen-I have been a great suffer- e. for the last eight years with rheuma- tism and could not do anything at all for the past two years Have tried all the remedies l ever heard of nd spent any amount of money: also tried two of our best doctors. without even any ease, and lad given up in despair when heard of the wonderful results of Dr. Brown s Magic Liniment in my town I tried it. and one treatment has relieved all of my troubles. and for the first time in eight years at perfect ease and as active as ever In my life. Respectfully,
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18
TARIFF REvIsIoN.
Sentiment in Republican Districts
 of West Very Strong ca>.taf fo Cbir RecOFd-

OI WeSL vcIy 0tNohS
 Washington Special to Chicago Record
 The sentiment for tariff revision is so strong in some of the Western congress sional districts now represented by he- publicans that tho members are appre- hensive of the results of the coming their constituents some hope. or tarlh revision. Some of these Republican mem bers are sincere in advocating revision; others are indifferent SO far as Garect results are concerned. and will be satis- fled if given a subterfuge to be useo m hoodwinking the voters One ana all or these Republicans. however. are praying for some step by the Ways and Means Committee that may be twisted into an argument to convince the constituents at home that something in he way of revi- sion will be undertaken at the session commencing next December. Although a majority of Republicans in both houses of Congress are averse to revision. strong pressure is being brought by western representatives upon the Ways ana Means Committee to secure an announce rnent that they will met during the re- cess of Congress for the purpose of con sidering tariff revision, and that they will be prepared at the converting or the next session to introduce bill that Will remedy some of the defects and grant the relief demanded by the West. The political life of many Republicans Is de- pen,lent upon some such promise, ana these members are hopeful, But inquiry among Republicans on the Ways ana Means Committe develops that the plan has not been formally considered, ana that no disposition exits to encourage H.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18
THE sTATE,s FINANczs.

During the last fiscal year the State of
 Alabama paid out in excess of appropria-
 ticns for any previous year for schools
 alone something like $Ss0.010.
 An additional sum of s25,ooo was pa:j
 out for the building of an insane hospital for negroes at Mobile, About s6s.oOo was refunded to persons from whom licenses were collected under an Act passed in 1898 and 1899. declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. In addition to these large sums. there was paid out for the Constitutional Convention over $3O.ooo. and for pensions for old soldiers. $i35. GOO more than these deserving veterans ever re- ceivcd from the State before. All of these sums went out, of course. by plain iegis-
 lative enactment. All of these sums were in addition to the usual appropriations. ' The disbursements, too. were larger than will be those for this year by some thing like four hundred thousand dollars. If the receipts for this year shall be as large as last years receipts. and they will be larger. the State ought to have on hand on the 1st of December. 1909, about four hundred thousand dollars more than was in tho. treasury when Gov ernor Sanford was inaugurated two years ago. This financial condition was brought about without the raising of the State tax by as muci as one mill against any per- son.
 The improved condition was brought about largely by the excellent manage ment of the Convict Department. which in eighteen, months. or since the inaugura- ton of Govesnor Sanford. has paid into the State Treasury about one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. an amount equal to one ard one-half times the com
 bined earnings of the same department
 for more than six years before.
 The Insurance Department also has con-
 tributed to this condition of the treasury.
 It's receipts for the last fiscal year are largely in excess of any previous year.
 and its receipts for this fiscal year will be much larger than even last year. During four years. from 1896 to 1900. the
 assessment of property rose from s242, 2,Ooo,-
 Ooo to so6S. o,OOo. and the first year after
 Governor Sanford was inaugurated it rose to $2S6, ,0oO 900, a gain In the last year
 under Auditor Sowell of about $2o.OOO,ooo. The State has been able to pay out for schools and old soldiers alone in the past fiscal year larger sum by five hundred thousand dollars, and on the same tax rate as before. At high water mark this year the treasury had one hundred thous- and dollars more than ever before and three hundred thousand dollars more than the high water mark of 1900.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18

From some remarks made by Aunt Hetty Green after she had obtained license to carry a pistol and secured the gun" she has more fear of lawyers than of foot-pads and robbers. She tells q re- porter that when lawyer comes in to talk with her and sees a pistol lying on the table, he will not feel inclined to act the part of a bull in china shop ard try to run things his own way. Hetty' $ head is level. A woman with her wealth does well to watch some New York law yerS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18
Telling Two Tales.

Birmingham Iedger.
 Samofi,ncs ou' frienls. the Republicans tell us that we have navy that IS our pride and the terror of rren1ies. When a bill is before Congress to build more battleshlps they tell us that these We have are old tubs not At for real duties. We know not wh! ,h is the truth. If those, we have are no good. it is folly to ouiid more which would be useless year af- ter they are built Perhaps we need oth- CT designers and builders It s sheer tol- lv to have the same men build more of these costly and useless things.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18

The Pine Belt News says the price of beef has not risen in Brewton because the people of Escambia raise plenty of beef cattle to supply all home demands and much more. Arc there others in like good circumstances?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18

usual style And that one was Senator Daniel, who is crippled and gets about with difficulty And probably there was and decency was more shocked than that of the Virginia veteran and crippie.- vicksbuss Herald.
 Crumpacker, the Terrible, discovered at the last moment that he could not make the Alabama trip. He should take a week or two off later and make special visitation to the south. His .,s edas hs cation will have been neglected until ne does it.--Pensacola News.
 Miss Mary MeLane, a Montana girl of 19. who professes her admiration & for the would give her happiness, is going to move to Chicago, She has chosen the right town. Sam Jones says the place of
 halE. a mile from Chicago. Press.
 Unsailantiy and unneighborly as it may
 seem we hereby formally repudiate the
 Arkansas girl who fought duel with
 a New York girl over a mutual adored
 and mutual adorer, and who only sue
 oeeded in shooting young lady stand ing by who was an innocent spectator
 The Arkansas girl who cannot hit the
 bulls eye and ring the bell every time
 should not stray away from home to re- fleet discredit upon her state Besides this. nowhere Is it permissible to shoot an innocent bystander excepting in Ken tucky.-Memphis Appeal
 There are worse things even than edit ing a Democratic newspaper devoted to
 Mr. Bryan and the Chicago platform, al-' though that task. which also carries with it a full measure of calamity howl
 ing is about the most disheartening un- dertaking in which a gentleman Of deli cate sensibilities such as the editor or
 our Selma neikhbor seems to have, can | be engaged To people enjoying good health, normal minds and zest for their day of labor things seem to be moving along fairly well: and what may be lack | ing cannot be supplied by scolding and | ouarreling ng-Chattanocga Times.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18

One of the weakest arguments brought forward as defence of the actual bar parity of some of our, troops in the Phil ippines Is to cite cases of cruelty prac- rised by the Ffhpinos themselves. If 1t is to be war under the black flag. or a war of retaliation. let 1t be acknowledged, otherwise stop the childish cry of you did it frst.''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18

"Ping- pong punch" is the latest drink to be announced. Judging from it's ingre- dients. 1t might suit some women. but to the average man it would be as unin- its name.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18
Pretend They Want It.

Coosa River News.
 Johnston's cohorts pretend that they want a primary, oh, so bad! They nave two advantages. to wit: If the primary Is called they will claim that they forced 1t; if not, they will claim that they tried to get it; in any event the spotless Jodie is to get the benefit. Their pleasure will be satiated when Joe or one of his im- mediate ilk gets back in. somehow, any way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18

The Moulton Advertiser says the poiti- cal pot is beginning to boil in Alabama and it will soon be red hot" Now. brother, when did you ever see a boiling pot red hot?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18

There are two sides to the meat ques- tion." remarks a contemporary. We know there are. but that doesn't help us much. The sides are as expensive as the hams and shoulders.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18
CowardIy and Inhuman.

COOs1 Argus.
 It is both cowardly and inhuman to plead as an excuse for brutality toward the Filip.nos their brutal treatment or Amerlcan prisoners. The world expects barbarity from savage and semi-savage people, but 1t, neither expects nor excuses It in those as highly civilized as Amerl- cans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18

No one should complain if England is a little slow about helping the volcano suf- ferers. She has an eruption of her own on hand. er
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18
Says Tho Portland oregonian:

IL would be well. of all things, to let the Southern Confederacy sleep. It be-
 longs to an era in the past: it's record was one of bravery and hardship and heroism. As a Host cause it commends itself 10 the generous consideration of mankind. As cause redivivus 1t arouses a spirit of contention that sleeps in the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18

The Lowndes News takes The Adver
 tlser to task. pays it a compliment, asks more questions than a,.wlss man. could answer in week. and then practically agrees with our position. except as to a Democratic primary. As an asker and mixer, The News can SO up head
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18
Puts on Good Clothes.

Jasper Eagle.
 One good thing about The Age-Herald' artist MT. Blackman, who has been wlth Editor Barrett in his tour over the State, he puts good clothes on the pictures ne makes of the citizens, if he does fall to adorn them with handsome faces.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18
A Taste for Grass.
Anniston Star

AnnfSton Star. -
 Perhaps some bloated monopolist, will attempt to organize a bread trust and then most of us would have to acquire this trust business will end.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18
Reading by a Match.

Covington News. tNtsl. . entirely on the patent side for reading matter We generally go up after our mail at night, and we can strike match and read all the home news in some or our exchanges before the match burns out.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18
Don't Blame Him.

Selma Mirror.
 Mir Bryan says he will not be can didate for the nomination of President again We don't blame him either. if we had received the drubbing the people have twice administered to him, we would go way back and sit down." and keep quiet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18

AsIJohn L. Sullivan is not i,i the habit ok attending eoronations, his desire to ao to England bo fight while the exercises afe on Is not unnatural. lie evidently smagines that prize-fghting is to be on the regular program. but it isn't so an- nonnced. though he might find occasions where he could use his fats while in Lon dmn