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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
MURKY POLITICS.

We have made long stride in the art of free government in Alabama. We have the most enlightened State Constitution that any Southern State. perplexed as all are, has been able to prepare in forty years past. Let us give it fair trial
 If we are just to ourselves we will try our organic law, matured for US in the great and honest labor of our best men before we rashly condemn it. If there are candidates for high office who could not take the oath of loyalty to the Con- stitution of Alabama without mental reservation impairing their usefulness in office. let them be dropped before a perilous experiment with them be entered upon.
 General Shelley led off in the movement to suppress constitutional reform in Ala bama. He has apparently retired for reasons of his own. 'I oppose them all," was his reply to the reporter of a Birmingham newspaper for specific objections to the new organic law. para graph by paragraph. Of course General Shelley does not oppose reduction of the interest on a large debt that the State cannot now pay; he does not object to the better security and enlarged work for the public schools; he does not oppose the reduction of the tax limit by one mill he is not hurt in his heart because of s bona fide effort to reform the negro out of the electorate; he does not stand III and say that the old unamendable Con. stitution is better on that score than the new amendable Constitution.
 There is one thing General Shelley die commit himself to and in which he has been disappointed. He enumerated hi, anti-ratificat ton lieutenants. calling the name of each, Stallings. who wants n, office, Denson. who had no project tC insert upon the fair surface of his poll ties and as to Governor Johnston, saliva ton of the people who depend upon hin i'm a private station was the sole motive of his activity.
 The Honorable Joseph F. Johnston i. a candidate for Governor of Alabama The R. P. Wetmore private circular lately printed in The Advertiser, is notice of an independent organization scheme The candidate needed "Committee, according to the private circular in eacf beat. The Wetmore private circular ii irreconcilable with General Shelley's an nouncement of disinterested principles il the field of politics. The circular pro noses independent machinery. a differen thing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1902.
noupLr GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses cer tain signs to denote the relative standing anc merit of the whole field of newspaperdon wkich comes under its notice. and one of thes, signs is the mystic symbol [01 denotins 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 [00l to describe adequately their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded this double golden symbol 1901 and Is the only paper so distinguished in this section of the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
BEST IN THE WORLD.
Lord Wolseley So Declares United
 States Soldiers to Be.

New York Times.
 With full appreciation of last week 8 ceremonies at West Point--5f the intrinsic 1T terest of the anniversary that was cele- brate1 and of the importance to the Ma ten of our great milt:sry school, its grad uates, and it's students-The Army and Navy Journal devotes several pages of it's current issue to a full account of tho exercises and to articles by members of many West Point classes. Some of these articles are reminiscent. some euloglsti. ,. and a few critical. but they are all inter esting and most of them are valuable. Deserved prominence is given to q note from Lord Wolseley to the editor of the paper. expressing regret at the writer s inability to attend the celebration of the schools centenary. and adding: But I can assure you of this. that I always quote the American Army as being to my views of soldiers the best army in the world" As compliments go. that is a large one, both as regards source and ex- preSSion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
A FALSE IDEA OF JOURNALISM

A writer in a recent issue of the At Iantic Monthly virtually takes the posi- ton that newspaper should have no editorial opinions. Among other things be says;
 But the new type of American jour nalist has no opinions. The counting room conception of the newspaper Is one never offending with opinions to dis please anybody, one so conducted if pos sble as to turn no business away from the door. The old-fashioned editor was wont to assume, sometimes very anus ingly, 1t is true, the role of Sir Oracle. The journalist of the new development manufacturer and distributor of salablc print He vaunts his journalistic sagaci- ty in placing himself on the level of the smiling Bonlface and his newspaper on parity with the American plan hotel bill of fare; you don't expect every guest to eat everything in the list, he says but you expect everybody to find whatever he wants there.
 If we believed this, which we do not We should have a very poor opinion of American journalism. That there are prosperous newspapers which are all things to all men," and which have no conception of any kind of newspaper work which does not swell tho counting house receipts, is true enough Their sole desire is to please the greatest num- Der of people. which means bringing money to the counter, and they care nothing for anything beyond that. They are really the scavenGers of the profess sion.
 And there exist all over the country
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
PRESIDENTS APPEAL.
London Times Says Cuban Message is Really Addressed to the Country.

London Special to New York Times
 In an editorial article today The Iimes l1', says that President Roosevelt ip his Gu ban message has wisely endeavored to avoid the appearance of dictating to n's nsrty. but such a message, however dex- terously framed. is in effect an appeal to public opinion on radical differences ,1 rsrfS De-
 The Times says the stroke is charAc- teristic one, because it is s,s bold Ld,,anna amo straightforward, and implies nrm renamce on inc part of it's author on National sup. port. Whether it will be justified by events remains to be seen. @ ,.,u,us ssems alive to the truth that the opinion wnfcn
 finally and in n; the tSs loef product Ssn of poi, eai m 1ninulation To this opinon ne nas appealed by sending zen lin i, Ds speSis pTses to erins 70 Coiiet iistor, in . contest in which he be- eVes htm vifaer fhe honor % of the United States to be involved. . .hAre does not s.ar' ne to ! he much doubt that generosity to Cuba is urgently needed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20

newspapers conducted by men who have no talent or fitness for the duties of an
 editor. Either they have no opinions of their own. or don't know how to put them into words, or else they are afraid to express themselves. They are diff ferent from the first mentioned, in that they are not so intent on money making, but are either incapable or else prefer an easy and uneventful career. antsgoniz- ing nobody and carrying no influence. They are the non-entities of newspaper dom.
 But there are yet newspapers and many of them. which belong to neither of these classes. There are editors who have opinions, who are not bribed by the hope of profit nor frightened at prospective criticism. They espouse what they be- lieve to be the right side of all important questions and advocate that side boldly and unequivocally, without stopping to ask what effect 1t will have on the office receipts or on the personal fortunes of the writer and his paper. They are real editors and they publish real newspapers. They may not conduct their papers in such manner as to turn no business away from the door, but they do win the respect of all just men.
 To say that the people care nothing for editorial opinions, for newspaper honesty and for newspaper independence and grit is libel on the American peo- pie. Of course among the millions of people who read newspapers there must be many who care nothing for the editorials. Some read nothing but the financial columns; others are only in terested in sporting events; others care for nothing but the society columns. and still another class will scan the papers with prurient eyes to find some item of scandal gratifying to their depraved tastes.
 But there are yet others, and The Advertiser believes they are numerous. who look to the editorial department of They expect to find fearless and intelli- gently prepared treatment of all public questions, and If the paper is of the right kind the readers are not disappointed, for they find that the editor Is neither coward "a weather-vane or money worshipper. When intelligent and fair minded men find a paper of that kind they patronize it and respect 1t. And such newspaper will always have as it's patrons the best people of any com" munlty. Its circulation list may not be as large, but what it lacks in numbers is more than made up In quality.
 An editor whose opinions are for sale, who is governed entirely by the counting room. and who will adopt any policy which will increase his circulation and receipts, would be more at home as keeper of a restaurant or saloon than at the head of newspaper. And an editor who never has any opinions and never gives editorial expression on any subject might be success as editor of a child's primer but is certainly failure In the editorial management of a public journal. But we insist that there are still reputable and fearless newspapers and editors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
Ex-President Cleveland's Latest De-
 gree.

NniGdSO fketOlu-T1tIdlu
 In accepting the honorary degree of doctor of jurisprudence from the Augds- tinian G llege of St. Thomas Of Villanova ex-President Cleveland passed over the personal significance of the ceremony to comment on it's general import. He re- ferred to tfe institution as a severely Catholic college, which was nevertheless ready to bestow it's honors upon one connected with the management of an l holding an honorary degree in the seve.e- ly Protestant Princeton University" And he point ad to the act as an impressive T. lustration of the liberal spirit which per- vades the schools of this country and is common to the great majority of them.
 Under the influence of this spirit Prot estant institutions have conferred their degrees upon members of the Catholic priesthood, and upon all such occasions there is a notable outburst of good will and fraternll fe aling which means q great deal to the country. 1t shows that while there will be no surrender of re- ligious convictions religious tocration Is having steady and irresistible develop mcnt. That undoubtedly is one of the fruits of tho separation of church from State, and it Is far better for both church and State than acrimonious religious dis CuSSiOns.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
Circulation Doubled in Three Years

m the circulation of The Auss.d Ausr..sd by et4odfly climbing upward is demons.ia.eu .nt fhS Gaxres given in the appended statement covering the actual daily issue for the hioA'
 of Hay, just passed. .. these neufes furnish much food for thougnts; s,,.s,,s , Instanee. the average daily clsspissoh sse average eundays has been I4,643 The actual ne. s, avefaee gain of this May over last Mss 2.oDl. the Sunday average gain IS ;r,
 n sosnpsrison of this May with May ,lses; only three years ago. is simply amaans ,as that period the daily average increase las been 6.7S1, the Sunday average tncreasee, e, ho 375. The percentages are relatvey sr,s sTs z and tOl 47 In other words, The Advertse, daily circulation has simply doubled m ue past three years-and the end is not yet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
RELIEF FOR CUBA.
Tariff Reduction Looms Up as the
 Great Campaign Issue.

Washington Special to Louisville Courier.
 For the first time since the Civil War. If one can judge from the talk here to- night, the Republicans are helplessly di- vided upon the question of tarln Here. tofore, 1t was the Democrats that split upon that question. but now 1t Is the Republicans The situation is not only interesting, but important. and means much not only for the Democratic Party in the future, but for the people or tne that he Is told by the Republican leaders opposing the Cuban reciprocity plank, the Administration is whipped, and badly whipped at that
 that he has sixteen sure members of that body who will stand firm with him Tor the beet insurgents. Burrows says ti.at there are eighteen, if not nineteen, votes that will never flicker from first to last. In fact, interviews tonight with dozen or more of the beet sugar men repeat the same story. namely, that they propose 10 defeat any and all tariff reduction with Cuba Unless these men are putting, up great political bluff. the defeat of the Administratio bill can be regarded as certain. It is simply surprising to Demo- crats. -s
 The logic of the ssituation and the con. dition of affairs :n Cuba were almost compulsory upon tho part of Repd1liean dent to make this little con ;ession to that new republic. Why then. the beet sugar Republicans should oppose it, is aston- ishing. That 1t will come later on ana to 8 larger degree. if not free. trade 1t. self, is g inevitable as that night, follows day. The late President Mckinley was firmly convinced that ,a tartn reduction with Cuba of at least 50 per cent woulc be granted by this Government. He told Hanna, Grcsvenor Payne and all his friends so a month before he died. HIS speech at Buffalo the day before he was shot said as much, gThere did not appear <to be a ausetion at that time or success of the Mckinley reciprocity Idea. Some say here now that if Mckinley had !iveo his reciprocity sentiments would nave lorg since heen enacted into law.
 What is the reason for the change here among the Republicans? Is this man in the, White House no leader and are they trying to put him in a hole? Something is evidently wrong There is screw loose somewhere, or else this great Re. publican organization, with It's splendid
 lsoipline and tremendous power. wonla not be on the rocks of fierce factlous con tention and the ragged edge of .iisssns,on.
 But if they do not get together, whlen now seems unlikely. the Democrats. II they are wi ,e. have. the greatest chance of their lives. Tariff reduction not only with OUT adopted country of Cuba put with the whole world, will be their cam naign issue. and the end of 1t will be great triumph for a great principe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
A LOUISVILLE ROW.
School Authorities Puzzled Over the Marching Through Georgia"
 Dispute.

Marcnlng Tnrough 0eorSiA
 Dispute. From Louisville. Ky, to New York Jour
 nal.
 Marching Through aeorgia"" has stirred up more trouble in this city with In the last few days than 1t did in 6o A miss of B refused to sing the old War song. and stopped her pretty ears with her fingers while her schoolmatee obeyed their teacher in the Eighth Ward Public School.
 This precipitated totes from the school mistress, Miss Susan Allen, and seedlings and threats from the child s grandparent, Mrs. Laura Talbott Ross.
 To all of these the little rebel who is Miss Laura Talbott Galt, presented the unwavering answer:
 T won't sing that song"
 The child says that her teacher refuses to read he. essays which applaud the Confederate soldiers.
 Society has taken sides on the prop ,si- tion and the city is divided-not on the question of Miss Gait, but on the right of the teacher to enforce the singing of Marching Through Georgia"
 Miss Galts grandmother is Daughter of the Revolution. She is against the singing of the song, but for discipline in the school. Miss Galt has been with drawn from the school and the matter has been laid before the principal. Pro- lessor Mark by the girls guardians. Lawyers have been consulted. and the Civil War is being waged over again in all it's fury,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
ANOTHER DANGER,

Philadelphia physician who claims to know several things has been giving ad- vice to people, generally hard-pressed mail and open 1t at the breakfast table. This, he assures us, is an evil habit. and should be discontinued, especially the opening of letters. It is not that a man might open a letter that he doesn't want his wife to know anything about. and in his confusion give himself away nor is 1t because he might find one or more letters of a kind to take away his appetite and jar his digestive machinery ,or any thing of that nature. The doctor thus gives the reason:
 Letters you must know are tremendous germ-carriers. The licking of the flap of the envelope and of the stamp often en- tails the presence of thousands of germs These, when letters are laid upon the table, may get into the food, for they are nearly all food bacteria: you may swallow them. and thus lay yourself open to many kinds of trouble.
 That letters are tremendous germ-car- riers' is a fact not universally known, we apprehend. We all know that letters carry a great many things, and We are also aware that their contents are not always of the most pleasant nature but this doctor would have us believe that each letter Is literally loaded with all kinds of live stock, ready to break away and overwhelm us ss soon as the letter i, Iaid 10 tah for the envelope to be opened, but as soon as they find themselves among the eatables they come out and make them selves at home. They aren't at all well bred, we should say.
 It occurs to us that those who seal the envelopes are. to blame In the first place. Why do they go about the business with a mouth full of microbes? Why not first cleanse the mouth with carbolic acid, aqua fortis or something of the kind, and then lick? Senders of letters have no right to jeopardize the lives of stamps while their tongues are loaded with several varieties of germs There should be a law to make folks disinfect their mouths before sealing letters. This doctor. it will be observed, is quite liberal with the word may" The microbes may get on your food and you may swallow them. and then you may have an attack of exostosis, or gymnocutis, or something equally as bad How would 1t do to boil the letters be- fore opening them? That might not inn prove the letters. but it would make them safer. And after all, we predict that men will go on in the same old way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
BEFORE AND AFTER.

A pair of mittcns, warm and rcd
 New shoes that had shiny toes, A velvet cap for his curly head,
 And tie of palcst rose A bag of books, a twelvc-inch rule,
 And the daintest hands in town These the things that went to school With William Herbert Brown A ragged mitten without @ thumb,
 Two shoes that were scorched a. the toes, A head that whitled with the dizzy hum Since the snowball hit his nose; A stringless bag and a broken rule Ana the d,ngiest hands m town These were the things that came from sclleo With happy Billy Brown
 Mary Catherine News in St Nicholas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20

od positively from politics. ansoluIeEs sa; @ ;rness and conservatism in all dInstes fheaT sc'iad ana he impressed upon them that intent of M the sakes law and md' not us " Ywn tne beiieve the law is beginning to be arnrscIeted. we % We hear of very few com pns the n f6e O cdSntg 3s Tax ce% A,a,ar. AS are acting with prudence and neasssih' Iet with great care for the preservation yet .he States interest. The spirit of the Chief of the service-the spirit or firm neSn, e,Ss,;ate all subordinates. It is a pleas a,iai s,re to be able to say this and also to i1now that the official. who has been so Successful in the conduct of the office is A Mobilian.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
uo They Wish This IssueP

New York Times
 Cnban mi proposed by the Democrats and the beet-sugar men and the bill in sisted on by the Republican leaders in the Senate. ,.o,.t , tariff tax now levied chiefly for the ben eft of the Sugar Trust; the latter does not. No one supposss that the heet-sug ar men have pressed this measure Tn soou faith. They are probably bent solely on defeating decent treatment of Cuba By this plan they have concocted they nope to put the Administration 'fn hole.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
NOTABLE EXTRACTS FROM THE BIG DAILIES CoR1& sPoNDENTs ' ' . l,

you used boodling methods to win. I did say that If you did win. boodiing meth ods would be used. I cannot amend this. I stick by what say"
 Hopkins's one chance to be reelected Chairman was in the caucus of the Gen. eral Committee appointed to select the Chairman The Committee, by a major fty of three, recommended the selection of Hopkins. A minority report favored the election of Harrison.
 The struggle produced wild excitement. fmpassioned speeches were made in fa- vor of both, reports. The delegates at times were frantic, and criticisms highly personal in their nature were frequently exchanged. Hopkins won by q vote Of sss to 397.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
Would Be Settled.
npr Herald-JOurnal

Besemer Herald-Journal.
 If the negro race would quit all such things as "Colored gentleman, Afro American" etc. and build up their race to d height that would cause them to be respected. the race problem would be settled. Why, negro objects to being called "a negro Is beyond our compre- her sion. The negro is q race. jus, as dis tiuct as the Japanese, Chinese, Russian, English or any other race. Let the negro content hims If with elevating his race to higher plane of morality, religion and equality with the whites, they will soon reach position to merit the respect of all men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
Had an Idea.

London Tit-Bits.
 ''I have an idea said the young man who is always having strange ideas. as to how one can tell which party to matrimonial alliance has the brains, the ability, the force. by the children"
 "Yes?' commented the other. quietly:
 Sure Show me a family where all the children are boys and I'll show you man who is the forceful one, the brains Of me family"
 "Yes?'-stil quietly.
 Dead certain! I've male a study ot it; I've looked up particular families. IT you find all girls. the woman is really tns head of the family. She is the one who really manages things, although she may be a quiet little woman for all that.
 "Yes?"-he was really very meek: lieve?"
 Yes"
 Any children?"
 Two. Both girls
 Oh
 And then the conversation naEEed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
Race Feeling in Illinois.

Mobile Register.
 This seems to be case of general dis like of the presence of the negroes. 1t is freupantlv said that tho h" -'T ." ''' . white caste separation from the negroes is the remem ol dncG lna. L.i. S. I-..-. ...-- once masters and the negroes slaves. We have contended that the difference or caste goes further back and is racial or fundamental The Illinois and Indiana incidents are certainly not the outcome of any slavery time associations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
They Know Better.

Bullock County Breeze.
 A special was sent out from Elba few days ago to the effect that some one had entered The Clipper office and took from the iron safe between $70 and $50. Per haps the proprietor of The Clipper can fool a few unsuspecting spepple into be- levlng he had S7O or $50, but his brethren of the tripod know better.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-20
Not at All Fair.
MOllile

Mobile Herald
 The Register says: "The proposed State primary will serve no good purpose unless it is a fair one" Certainly not. and therefore we think that only Demo- crats should vote at it It would not be at all fair to allow Democrats to rake nor,lnations for State offices for Democrats