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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03
ROUTINE OF COUNCIL
coNsrprRABLE BUSINESS TRAN
sACrED By ALDERMEN.
Waterworks Committee Reported
Favorable Ordinance to Give
Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION Water for Swim
ming Pool.

Under a resolution the Montgomery
CITY Council is holding but one mee.,ns
a month during the summer mon .I;
Consequently the meeting OF tne a C1 ,n,,ch
last night was busy one anu ihu'i'
routine work was transacted. 49,
When President Fleming cdHeu tno
Council TO order at $50 o'clock ea.h one one
of the city fathers answered 10 the Can
of his name. A., c,r,et Conn
nittee reported favoraby upon pen,
tion of the Central of Georgia RAN ran "a,
to use Stag on crossings IN tne cry "a, a
stead of stone or plank az pas concur-
CITY ordinance. The report was cofcui
red in. .,orted that
an estimate had been prepared by tne
city Engineer upon cost OF lip nL
Monroe Street betw cen Union and JACK
SON Streets and that It, would amount 10
s77i a. The committee reported That tne
civ Engineer would have the work done
as early as possible. The report OF the
committe was received and hieu.
The Police Committee. through Alder
man Roeder. reported unfavorably upon
a petition Of Patrolman e. w. Jack ,S,, =
for SAP on account OF lost TINT IL
report of the committee was cone gu H.,
Alderman Rushton for the Waterworks
Committee reported an ordinance appru-
priating 100000 gallons of water eacn
quarter for the use of tine new swiiii'ns
pool of the Young Mems Chrlstlan as
ISOLATION. i ne WdtcT 10 " ~ =
the sewer mains and the commlttee Iii,
norted that 1t will not be lost as II VIII
f1ush the sewers. The ordinance Will ne
on the table until the next meetins. t A.,
derm 1aaork Ande com;mit tes and Alder
MAN maaer"M Nav announced that they
were opposed to the ordinance.
The Council adopted ordinances appro-
prjatjne s132 for the relief of Mrs. Clark
Ganier on account of time lost by her
late husband as Sanitary officer OF the
citv and appropriating $50 for the reilef
or r 8 Hausman, executor of the es,
late OF Mrs. c. J. Hausman for brick USED
by the city. ,. ,a
The Joint committee on market ana
nublic works reported a resolution CIV
ing the committee authority 10 MAKE
Changes in the plans for improving the
city market building.
A substitute by Alderman Toole autnor-
izing the Mayor to leave out the rear
walls of the two stores on Perry Street
nearest Monroe Street was adopted after
much discussion.
resolution by Alderman Rushton was
settle case against Mitchell for 5000
and costs. This claim Is for back taxes
a gainst the estate of Thomas Hussey.
a resolution by Alderman Mcintyre. Oh
rectinp the president of the Council to ap-
point a committee of three to investigate
the cost of a new central market was
lost. u,o,,
After remaining in executive session
nearly an hour the doors of the Council
Chamber were opened and the Councii
adjourned.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03
AN UNFAIR sYgrEn.

The letter on this page Of The Adver-
tiser under the above caption may cause
Misunderstanding in other parts Of the
State unless accompanied by few words
OF explanation. The situation in Mont
gomery County is a peculiar one. We
hear much of county primary. yet
there has never been one In this county
in the true sense. vedy nearly one-half
Of all the population Of the county 10 in
the six city beats. yet no attention Is
paid to population in the composition Of
a county convention. There IL fixed
iron-clad rule that each beat shall have
thirteen delegates. with the exception Of
is confined strictly to beat lines and cuts
no figure In the general result. 1t is
simply election of thirteen delegates from
a beat, but they are to obey in county
convention the wishes of a majority OF
the voters of the beat as expressed In
the primary. 1t 10 in no sense popular
primary.
With twenty-one beats under this ar
rangement there are 265 delegates and
nearly half the population and more than
two-thirds Of the Democratic voters are
represented by seventy-eight delegates.
while the remainder 60 to the rest Of the
county. In addition to all this the can
didates in a county convention, under
these conditions. who secure ma
jority of the delegates receive
the nominations, although on popular
vote they may have been overwhelmingly
beaten. In the same way, candidates for
State Offices who secure a majority of the
delegates, secure the delegation to the
State Convention. although they. too,
may have been in an overwhelming
minority on the popular vote
In State or County Convention. popu-
lation has heretofore been regarded as
fair basis of representation, but it will be
seen no such basis prevails here. The
system is Ubiquitous and has been SUBJ
mitted to because of peculiar conditions
that have heretofore existed. 1t led to
corrupt County Conventions and open
barter and sale. and we believe the peo-
pie of town and county would be glad to
have an end put to 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03
CATCHING FLIES.

One of the latest inventions for utiliz-
ing electricity that we have noticed is in
killing fees. 1t Is a recent invention, and
which can be hung to the ceiling. II de-
sired. 1t is covered or baited with such
sweet bait as Is dear to the appetite of
the fly, and connected with an electric
wire. When a sufficient number of flies
has settled on 1t a button is touched and
Mr.. Fly ceases to take further interest
in mundane affairs. He curls up and dies
without any fuss or unnecessary delay.
That the flies will settle on this trap
and get killed is sure thing. for they
have less sense than anything else that
ever moved on or about the earth. Mark
Twain wrote chapter to prove that an
ant has less sense than any other living
thing but Mark was mistaken. One fly
has less sense than two ants. Any man
who thinks he can bluff a fly or teach
one anything has another think coming
to him for 1t can't be done. You may
drive one off you twelve times and he
will get back for the thirteenth round
without a culver. If he sees ten thou
sand Of his kind go into a trap he will
cripple himself trying to get in with
them. If he gets in and escapes he will
pine away and die If he can't get in again.
If he gets stuck on fiy-paper and gets
loose from it he will take the nearest
route to another sheet. Flies are fools,
that's what's the matter with them.
OF course they will settle on this electric
trap with as much pertinacity and
promptitude as If that were part of their
destiny. If there should only be enough
bait for one of them all the others in the
neighborhood will crowd up to see what
1t is. If they see a whole colony of
their fellows falling like leaves of autumn
they will be in all the greater hurry to
find out the new game. The trap will
work. beyond doubt. and we ned one right
this minute.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03
An Unfair system.

Editor The Advertiser.
For years the political situation in the
County of Montgomery has been abnor-
NAL. Under the convention system, espe-
cially as 1t has been arbitrarily organ
lied in this county, the minority has
ruled instead IF the mn iority. In the very
face of Democratic precedent and tradi-
ton to the contrary we have for one
year after another witnessed the curious
spectacle of very small minority of
Democrats controlling and directing the
majority in this county. I'll" nor""~"''o
voters In the six city beats. numbering
about $500, have been represented by
seventy-eigh delegates, and the remain
ing beats. containing A Democratic vote
of about 1,500. have been represented by
1877 delegates in the county conventions
The conventions have always nominated
and hence elected all county officers. 1t
can be seen that this method subordi-
mates the will of $500 men to that Of 800.
in the important matters Of electing
county officers, managing county affairs
and making county laws. The voter in the
city of Montgomery, though equal in in
telligence and civic virtue to the voter in
the country. is allowed in an election
but one-third of the influence and weight
allowed to the country vote. 1t takes
about three men in one of the six city
beats to equal one man in one of the
other beats. If this were not an unfor-
tunate fact, it would seem like a joke.
In our county affairs, il takes three Mont
gomerians to make Il man. This is hu-
initiating ana gazing 10 the voters OF TINS
city!
This condition has been in existence for
many years, and long enough to be thor
oughly understood and hated. The negro
has been eliminated and with him goes
the only excuse that the defenders OF this
outrage upon the voters of this city ever
had. The remedy of this evil lies of course
with the majority of the voters, and I'M
less those in charge of the Democratic
machinery in this county see mt to recti-
~ the wrong now suffered by the voters
Of this city. it is certain that the voters
themselves will do so. in their own way
and at their own time. The best way to
do this is to have a county primary. Upon
this subject let us hear from The Adver-
tser and some of its thoughtful readers
For Fair PLAY
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03
THE QUESTION OF POWER
AGAIN

A friend hands The Advertiser an ex-
tract from The Providence tR. - Board
Of Trade Journal, which speaks Of some
thing new in the way OF a power pro-
nucer. as a probable solution of the mat
ter discussed in our editorial columns
few days ago. 1t is called The Diesel
OIL Engine" and. as its name indicates,
It uses oil for fuel. There seems to be a
suspicion that there may be something
OF fake In connection with this alleged
Invention, but we are assured that a St
Louis man paid quarter of a million
dollars for the American right to the in
vention, and that European rights have
been sold at something like equally high
figures. So. as The Journal observes, If
The invention is a fake, 1.-THE financial
brains as well as the scientific talent Of
several countries has been fooled"
The International Power Company.
which has control of this invention in
NE United States. state that they do not
propose to sell any engines, but propose
10 place them alongside other engines and
receive as their pay part of the saving
h fuel. They state positively that where
steam horsepower now costs $50 per an
NHm. they can replace it with equal power
ut " per annum, or only one-tenth the
present cost. These prices are with oil
1T two dollars per barrel, and they think
they will be able to get Texas oil at one
dollar per barrel In fact, the company
say they do not dare TO say how low
can be the cost of a horsepower through
the Diesel Engine from cheap oil fuel"
All this is very interesting, but it does
not yet compete with Professor HaIlock's
acknowledgement project, Of which he
wrote. That oil is very cheap fuel is
beyond doubt, but it has this drawback
oil, like coal and wood. has it's limit
There will come a time when there Will
be none. and then there will be no use
for an oil engine. BY that time. it is true,
the inventive and investigating genius of
the earth may discover something else
Nith which to do the work Of the world
so that all present kinds and forms of
fuel will be unnecessary. In the mean
time, II Professor Hallock can get his two
deep wells TO work properly. the only
.rel needed will be water, and the only
expense of producing power will be the
sost of the fixtures in the first place and
The cost of repairs and attendance after
gards. AS long as water is plentiful, this
Jystem will keep going. provided it ever
starts. and when water gives out We
shall feel little interest in machinery
But all the same we shall watch this al.
legged invention.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03
TUESDAY, JUNE s.. 1909.
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses GER
tain signs to denote the relative standing and
merit OF the whole field of newspaperdon
which comes under its notice. and one Of these
signs 10 the mystic symbol I0] denotine
golden" which stands for high quality. and
3 thus explained:
Advertisers value this paper more for the
class and quality of its circulation than for the
mere number Of copies printed"
Such papers are credited with a single sym
boil; but there is higher grade, according to
this standard authority. which have BOTH
QUALITY AND QUANTITY. end require the
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL 1901 to describe
adequately their stapding.
The Advertiser has been accorded this
double golden symbol 1901 and is the only
paper 80 distinguished in this section OF the
South.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03
Kipling as a Polite Man.

Philadelphia Times.
When Rudyard Kipling was last in the
United States he dined with party
that included several other well known
writer's a fair proportion of men and
women who knew something about lit
erature, and large number who knew
little and made up for their lack of
knowledge with pretense. Several of the
last described kind started a useless dis
cusson concerning spelling. pronunGia-
tions, synonyms, anonyms. etc; and, APP
ropos of nothing at all that had been
said, one. firing her remark straight at
Kipling as the lion of the OCCASION de-
clared
Il find that sugar and sumae' are the
only words beginning with SUI that are
pronounced as though beginning with
| 'sh'"
Bored though he was, kipling's polite
ness did not desert him; and. assuming
an expression of interest, although his
| eyes twinkled behind his glasses, he
asked:
Are you sure?"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03
THE LOAN OF JONES.
Commander Tate Thanks Major Gen.
eral Harrison.

eraI HarrlSOH.
Opelika, June 2.-(Special)-The follow
ing message was received by General
George P. Harrison from Commander
Tate of G. A. r. Post 327:
Brooklyn, n. y, May Is. 49,
George p. Harrison, Major General Com
handing Ala. Div, U. V. c., Mont
gomery, Ala:
L. s. Grant Post, e. A. r., extends 1t'
henrtiest greetings to the Confederate
Veterans of Alabama. and appreciate:
f,;llv the kindly loan of Judge Jones fol
Memorial Day 1t wishes 1t might have
the presence of all his associates on this
occasion and expresses the hope that !
may meet then, at a common reunion II
a g.orfication of American valor,
Augustus G. Tate.
Commander L. S. Grant Post S27, Depart
mcnt of New York, G. A. r.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03
Mr.. BRYAN on self-Government.

Mobile Register.
Golfers Weekly sends The Register
a copy of Mr. Bryan's predictions re-
garding Cuba, with request that it be
given space in our columns, Mr. Bryan
went to Cuba as the correspondent of
the Weekly to report the Inaugural ton
of the first president of Cuba. Mr.. Bry-
an writes:
Il predict that Cuba will he the scene
of civil war, that internal strife growing
out of dissension among the polltisa]
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03

II a wife. by cruel and barbarous treat
inent, renders the condition of a husband
lntoierable." he is entitled to a divorce
in Pennsylvania. With all her wicked
ness the old Quaker State affords some
protection for poor down-trodden hus-
s~ndA
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03

The best way to arrive at who ere the
entitled to vote, we mean he S'mon
pure. is to allow only those Democrats
who voted for Organism 1895 to particle
pate. This was the true test. Now
what does the Old Lady Advertiser say
as to this suggestion. We would also
like for few other leading State d:'!!ies
to give their Views on this subject.
Well. In the first place, "the Old Lady
is very decidedly of the opinion that
Democrats are not yet needing advice
from that side Of the fence, and IN the
second place no such regulation ss The
Tribune suggests will be attempted or
submitted to.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03

A candidate for Railroad Commissioner
in Texas has withdrawn becadse las he
says, he did not have money enough to
continue in pursuit of the Office In
plain English he was not rich enough to
buy a nomination.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03
Il Valuable Advance.

hereof.
4 The proof of The Advertisers steady increase
n Uorculnfion is the figures herewith. 1t Will
~ ANY merchant to consult his own inter
- W inspecting the rapid advance made oy
k111 journal during the month OF May:
ri9ures make facts and facts make RANCHES
J00ey your I'D. in The Advertiser.
MAY. 1902
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03

A Kansas man who was tried for
murder and got Off with five years in the
penitentiary was so well satisfied with
the verdict that he got up and thanked
the judge and jury for their leniency. He
had good cause to be satisfied. for II he
had appealed the next jury might have
decided to hang him.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03

If the hot thing which fell in st. Louis
some days ago proves to be dornick
from Mt. Pelee, instead Of a real
meteorite some Of the wise men will feel
foolish.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03

Nothing pleases The Huntsville Tribune
more than to stir up strife among Demo-
Gratis. and nothing would afford 1t more
qualification than to prevent. ry any
means in its power. the harmonising of
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03

The Memphis Appeal has an editorial
headed Improvement in the lawyer
CROP" but we notice that 1t says moth
ing about improvement in the lawyers
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03

Congressman Cannon suggests that "the
United States Treasury has a bottom
OF course 1t has. and the Republicans are
all the time frantically grabbing tc
find IT.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03

Edison claims that he has put the horse
out of business by inventing new auto
mobile. but we predict that he'll never
get away with the mule.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03

The city Of Lima has a street called
Stone a-hole-in-it Street" II they
would call II Sidewalk with a hole-in- it,
we've got 'em here in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03

Speaking of Krakaloa The Charleston
Post says 'it seems to have been about
as bad as Ben Tillman." That's nard
on Krak.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03

| Brown sugar girls Is what Senator
Penrose calls those girls who are sweet,
but not refined. Might as well call them
| 'lasses.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03

An. exchange tells us that "a woman
is after the Gar" Can 1t be that our
Carrie has strayed to Russia?
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03

Hell see Oldboy is pretty gay yet II ne
is aging. She-Oh, yes; he's got one loot
in the grave and the other i'll society,"
Yonkers Statesman.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03

w. A. Scott. Circulation Manager of the
Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn,
bays. The foregoing statement of The Ad-
fertiser's daily circulation for the month OF
tfay. 1909, is true and correct, and compiled
lfter all returns from newsboys. news agents
and left over copies have been deducted.
wa SCOTT. Circulation Mgr.
Yworn to and subscribed before me this 2nd
day OF June. 1902 f. w. JACKSON.
seaLj N. p, EXC. ]. p.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03

Whether Washington was strictly a
religious sectarian or not, or what church
he adhered to, cannot affect the worlds
opinion of his life, character and SER
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-03

The papers are having much TO say
about washington's religious faith. but
we might dismiss the subject with Pope's
lines:
For modes of faith let graceless zealots
fight
His can't be wrong whose life Is in the
right.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-03

Chinese citizens who. as representa-
tives OF the consul of that power, work
ed hard to secure the proper presenta-
ton of the claims of the Chinese for
losses during the sanitary fires OF two
years ago. have decided upon another
tack for their efforts.
All Chinese have been appealed to to
meet with the three commissioners
who sign the subjoined poster. which
was posted freely about the city yes
terday. for the purpose of affixing their
names to a monster petition for pres
entation to the new Foreign Office OF
matte action to secure aid for the suf-
ferers. who now need that money, and
who very soon. 1t is believed. will have
a certificate of the findings OF the first
claim court, showing their title TO the
sum adjudged due.
The circumstances surrounding the
new move have not been without their
nothing done in the Chinese commune
ty these days which does not mean
that there will be two interpretations
given to the deliverance OF act the
first feature was the application OF the
three for the use Of the hall OF the Chi
nese Society. This was made first or
ally. and then when a letter was re-
the letter went to c. K Aki
In his personal capacity, as the signing
Of letter addressed to him as Presi-
dent Of the society would compromise
the claim Of the adherents OF the con-
sui. that he is not the president. In
OF this unofficial use OF his
name the request was denied, and the
next step was the securing from Chu
Gem of the privilege OF using the See
lup hail, as is stated in the poster.
But even since that grant. it is charg-
ri that Bow wongs have induced ths
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-03
MLES-.-You be careful, Uncle, or I'll step down.

| action of the Home Rulers and their
| failure TO pass a loan bill.
The meeting on the border line be-
tween Kewalo and Kakaako was a well
| attended one withal, held in the vacant
lot opposite Magoonville, which had
within IL more than a hundred voters
when Enoch Johnson, Esq, called for
order. He said that it was necessary
to make the choice of a successor to
4. F. Gilfillan. and then, after present
ing the name of the candidate introduc-
ed as the first speaker of the evening
William Olepau. The speaker said he
was a representative of the laboring
men. and he could speak TO them from
experience. He arraigned the Home
Rule party for not doing anything for
the good of the party. He said he had
been with Wilcox in three revolutions
Aloha Alma. but he was satisfied that
the duty of all Hawaiians who wished
the future OF the country to be one of
success, that every citiben who had
the good of the country at heart should
enter and work for the Republican
party. He said the day would come
when Hawaii would be entitled TO
Statehood and the citizens should pre-
pare for the place they would have 10
take in the ranks of the States of the
Union. and be OF the party which work
ed for the good Of the nation.
Representative william Aylett began
by saying that il was a matter for
the people to decide whether or not
they would choose a man who had
lived all his life in the country or one
who was only recently citizen and
who did not know enough to become
voter. He read the section OF the law
governing elections and dwelt at length
on the fact that TO vote for Dreier was
TO throw away a vote. while a vote for !
Harris was one for progress and good /
government.
The next speaker was Paulo. a member I
of the Home Rule executive commit !
tee. and the way he tore up the party /
was well worth the occasion. He be-
gan by calling upon all loyal Hawai-
ians TO come out and array themselves
on the side OF the party which stood
for advancement. He called attention
10 the fact that Wilcox. after being in