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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27
CUBAN RECIPROCITY.
Why the President is Anxious for
 Settlement.

Washington Special to Chicago Record
 Herald
 Men who are opposing Cuban reciproc- ity as proposed by the Payne bill claim that they have discovered the secret which is animating the supporters of that measure. They assert that 1t Is early withdrawal of American troops from the island that is desired. and that the Presi- dent is eager to facilitate the establish ment of an independent government there. He Is equally desirous that this government should be launched under suspicious conditions. and that the Cu- bans are not only to be encouraged to assume the discharge of their own af- fairs but that they should be given en- couragement of exceptional trade rela- tions. In other words. that the Cubans should be given no reasons to sulk: that the revolutionst element should find no encouragement upon which to direct any propaganda; that all conditions for launching the new republic should be fa- vorable. If the Cubans come into their possession ddsappoint over the failure of reciprocity it Is feared they may drift rapidly into anarchy or annexation. This Is why the President is willing to make concessions to secure harmony and says time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27
Letters to The Editor.
Some Election Figures.

Editor The Advertiser:
 In the present situation of politics in of voters. comparison is not invidious but useful.
 We are about to hold an election un- der the third State Constitution in one generation and each of the three Consti- tutionS carried its own peculiar influence into the elections held or to be held under it.
 Under the Constitution of 1868. known as the Congressional Constitution, re- jected at the polls but enacted by Con- gress, Houston got 107.ll8 votes for Gov ernor. November. 1874, and Lewis, Repub- lican, got 93,9-S votes making a total vote for Governor twenty-eight years ago of 2Ol, O46. or about to per cent of the total voting population then in the State. We have never had any vote approaching in fullness the vote of that election since then.
 In 1878 Cobb succeeded Houston and the election was held under the Constitution of 1875. and the election laws passed un- der 1t. Cobb, thanks to that Constitution and the laws passed under 1t, had no op- position and boiled less than 90.000 votes. We come to the election of 1890, when Jones got 139,912 votes and the combined nominal opposition got less than bO.0O0. By the census of 1900. Alabama had largely increased her population and her voting strength was found to be in ex- cess of 400, GOO.
 Nevertheless. so popular a candidate for Governor as Sanford boiled but little
 more than % per cent of the possible vote, receiving 1l5,l57 votes to some 45, 900 for various other opposing candidates.
 My expectation is, that the vote for Governor. in 1902 will be close up to the vote of 1874 or exceed it. If there is a general primary the vote will develop there; if there is no primary. it will show itself in November in tho election. Il would probably increase the vote to omit the primary from the Democratic prelirn- inaries because the opposition would em- brace all the Republicans as we'll as the disaffected Democrats voting as one at the election. On the other hand gen. cral Democratic primary would have the effect of eliminating the Republican vote under any conditions. Thus it Is evident that the qualifications of suffrage, i'm posed by the Constitution, of 1901, are more apt to increase the vote at general State elections than otherwise At any rate it Is not probable that the qualified are going to rend each other to any great extent for sake of those voluntarily dis qualified among the whites. SyphaX
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27
RETENTION OF PowDER1Y.
Labor Leaders Protest to President Against Replacing Him With
 Sargent.

Washington Special to New York World
 Labor men from all parts of the coun- try are protesting to the President against the removal of T. V. Powderlv as Com missioner General of Immigrant ,n. Frank P. Sargent, Chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen. has accepted the place. The elevation of Sargent is not pleasing to many of the labor leaders because he Is the chief of the labor or ganization that capitalists have held. up as a model. They say the iukewarmness of Sargent las lost many strikes.
 Senator Quay called at the White House today in the interest of Pow ton of Labor will call in short time. The President will be told that the re- mcval of Powderly would be regarded by organized labor as an effort to rid the administra ton of man who has always been friendly to labor and who has diligently tried to execute the laws.
 It is claimed that Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Taylor has always op- posed Powderly because of his connec, ton with labor. particularly with ref erence to the enforcement of the Allen contract laws. The labor leaders will ask that. Powderly be retained and Tay- Tor removed,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27
CONFLICTING EVIDENCE.

We have kept up as we'll as we could
 with the Patrick trial in New York, and
 after reading the evidence have felt com
 peiied to say in the language of Fall stan, Lord how this world is given to lying! If there has not been a great deal of most unconscionabIe lying done in connection with the trial, then we are forced to the paradoxical conclusion that two precisely opposite statements can ooth be true. Old man Rice was mur- dered' and Lawyer Patrick is on trial for the murder. He produced will purport- ing to have been signed by Rice which gave him share of the old mans es- tate. If that will was forgery it was strong evidence that Patrick had forged 1t in his own favor and then put Rice out of the way to avoid exposure. If the VIII was genuine and valid, there was no
 motive for the lawyer to commit the murder, or to have 1t committed.
 The falsity or genuineness of Rice s signature to that will was the turning point in the case, and the efforts of botb sides were centered on that feature. The prosecution brought up a small army of handwriting experts who swore that the signature was forged, and the defence had a cloud of witnesses who swore posi-
 uvely that the signature was genuine
 and number of witnesses swore that they saw Rice sign the will. What can a Jury do in such case? If the witnesses on each side of case are equally trust worthy and equally positive, how is a 1uryman or anybody else to tell which is entitled to credence? If is a practical impossibility to find a just verdict when it is plain that all the witnesses on one side or the other are either perjuring them selves or have had no opportunity to know the truth. A Scotch verdict of mot proven is about the best that could be expected in such a case. but we shall know in a few days what is to be the result of the long and singular trial.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27
The Need of a Minority Party.


 The conservative people of this coun- try, and their name is legion are anx- iously hoping that the efforts now mak- ing for reuniting the national Democracy, will be successful and the party of Jeff ferson and Jackson again become the power in political affairs it was prior to it's disruption by the free silver heresy in 1896 and abandonment of the great prin- ciples upon which 1t was founded and won all it's memorable victories. The better thought of the country realizes the imperative necessity for a strong and well organized minority party to serve as a check to the recklessness, extrava- gance and imperialism of the Republi. cans now in control of all branches of the government and drunk with power.
 Tn view of the need of a minority party at this time and one possessed of strength and vitality. IL is to he regretted that in certain quarters cold water has beer thrown on the endeavors to reorganize and rehahilitate the Democracy by adopt ing a policy of conciliation. It is argued hy those who are opposed to this policy that the leaders of the harmony move
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27
\ DELAWARE VS. KANSAS.
The Late Senator Ingalls's Reply tc
 Mir. Salisbury.
Washington Post.

Washington Post
 J. Edward Addick's announcement that he has built stone wall around Dela- ware reminded Senator Burrows of the time Senator Eli Salisbury, from that State. had a few words ir the Senate with the late John J. Ingalls, of Kansas
 Ss salisbury had invested in some Kansas bonds that were repudiated, and he nat urally did not think well of the State. He arose one day and took half an hour to express his opinion of Kansas. When he had finished he had denounced the people the climate, and everything in the State
 Senator Lngalls uncoiled himself from his chair and arose. In mock humility he commented on the rebuke Kansas had received. Then he began a panegyric on Kansas that brought every Senator into the chamber and held the galleries en- tranced. It was one of the most eloquent speeches ever made by Ingalls,. He went back to the days of the Missouri Com- promise and reviewed the history of Kan sas, dwelt on the soldiers of the State furnished for the civil war and swept down to the date on which he was talk ing. Then he stopped moment. looked at Salisbury and said:
 And. MT. President. this is the State that has been assailed in this chamber by man who represents in part-in part, MT. President-a State which has two counties when the tide is up anc three when the tide is down!'
 Salisbury had nothing more to say.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27
A GOOD LAW IN VIRGINIA.

While the Constitutional Convention of Win ginia has been killing time at the ex- pense of the taxpayers, and apparently accomplishing very little. the Legislature of that State has done something which has broken the record, and Is apparently surprise to itself. We doubt If the friends and originators of the measure had any hope of its passage, drawing their conclusions from the fate which has met like bills in other States which have endeavored to levy tax on dogs. for this is what Virginia has just done. Ordi- narily, the owners of the dogs have been too powerful for the lawmakers, and have killed of all attempts to tax dogs. And. in connection with the law, some are worth reproducing, especially the two following:
 Aecom1 spent last year sl2,ooo on taxes. In this county negroes paid last year $32S real estate taxes and $1, 900 dog taxes
 In Augusta there were 6sos sheep val ued at $19,2H in 1875, and 14.637 sheep | years of a dog law of this character. In 1875 there were 4015 dogs in Augusta, as compared with 2,6S6 dogs in 1901. Augusta gets about Al 300 a year net proceeds from dog tax.
 These figures are interesting for their comparison between the relative increase in the number of dogs and sheep in one of the counties mentioned. In each county the dog tax has added quite neat sum to the public revenuev and in the last named county the sheep have more than doubled in number while the dogs have decreased almost oneshalf. Thus it appears that the law works for good in two directions and we are confident that what is true of Virginia would be true | of Alabama, or even of Tennessee. Sheep are worth more to any state than dogs are. and those who think differently should be willing to back their faith by paying taxes on their favorites
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27
The Object of It.
Chattanooga Times

OIIdlIdIIUOBd IIIIUS.
 What is there in the election laws and constitutional suffrage limitation of the world? Nothing The effect, as well as the purpose of the constitutional reg ulation of suffrage by Mississippi, Ala bama, Louisiana and South Carolina, are as well known now to the reading American citizen as they will be after the Crumpacker committee shall roost over the books and documents that con tain the evidence" and file their re- port. Moreover. the steps taken by those ton. has been as a whole. tacitly ap- proved of by the press and people of the North, regardless of party lines; what of the details have not been approved have been condoned and ignored, What. then. is there to investigate? Nothing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27
WOOD TO BE REWARDED.
The President Will Send Him Ur
 Higher.

Washington Special to New Orleans
 Picayune.
 The presence in Washington of General Wood has revived the report that he Is to receive shortly an additional testi- mony from the administration of its ap- preciation of his able management of Cuban affairs. The alleged intention of the President to eventually place Iieu- tenant General Miles on the retired list Is responsible for a renewal of the re- port that General Wood is to be placed at the head of the army. with the rank of Lieutenant General. Should the Presi- dent desire to do this there is no legal impediment. General Wood now stands No. in the list of Brigadier Generals. Within the next few months there will be two vacancies in the list of Major Generals. to either of which General Wood may be promoted at the President's s pleasure. The first vacancy occurs this week by the retiremento of Major Gem eral Otis commanding the Department of the Lakes The second vacancy will oc- cur July q next by the statutory retire. ment of Major General John R. Brooke, commanding the Department of the East.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27

The Indianapolis Sentinel speaks of the action of the German-American Club of that city at a recent meeting in which it denounced negro domination and favored making the Democratic party white mans party The Sentinel alludes to this action of the club as ''one of the first answers from Indiana to MT. Crumpack- CTS resolution and then winds up it's criticism of Republican hyprocisy and Republican methods with this settler:
 There is not Republican in elective of flee in the county who was not nomin- ated and elected by the negro vote. Dem- ocrats here believe the Democrats in the South have taken a wise course, and we have not observed any silence on the subject.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27
WAR ON JERSEY MOSQUITOES

The Jersey mosquito Is one of the in- stitutions of the American people. More jokes have been written about his size, his ferocity and his frequency than about any other single product of any State of the Union. He has been held up to public gaze as the terror of the Atlantic coast, indestructible. insatiate and merciless, a sort of tiger on wings, never resting. never satisfied and never van quished. The natives were represented to be immune to his attacks, but strangers who ventured into any portion of his de- main during his busy season were ex- pected to carry their lives in their hands and goodly insurance policy in an inside pocket. He was bad one. was the gen. uine Jersey mosquito.
 But his finish is in sight. As long as he did nothing worse than bite strangers and advertise the State he was safe from harm but when they got him mixed up with the microbes and convicted him of | being disease disseminator he was doomed. People who would venture into the State and take chances of an intro-
 
 l bite was to be feared, drew back when they learned that in addition to being l stuck and sucked dry they also stood a chance to receive good case of yellow fevor, Jersey chills or lock-jaw, or some- thing equally as good, there arose pos- sibility of a general boycott on that State. As result of the discovery that mos- quftoes carry disease germs. and fosesee- ing the injury that would be done the State by the discovery, the Legislature is preparing to take official and legal notice of mosquitoes. and measure is now be- fore that body, carrying an appropriation, which proposes to array the scientific, medical and all other forces of the State against the entire family. He is to be ex- terminated. rooted up, driven out and smitten hip and thigh. He is to be left no place to lay his head or present his bill, if the official power of New Jersey can prevent 1t. There Is to be no open season nor close season in the sport of mosquito. killing. and We presume rewards will be offered for scalps, or bills or any other portion of the deadly insects, and we may expect that mosquito hunting parties will be formed and the business of chasing them will become as popular and exciting as an English fox chase.
 Not only are they going to kill the mos quito where he is and where he isn't, but the plan goes much further and pro- poses to kill him in embryo, in prospecto and in present.. They are going to make 1t impossible for him to live. breathe or multiply. partly by draining all his breed ing places, as far as possible, and partly by covering others with coal oil. The in- tent is to make it impossible for him to have local habitation and a name, now or forever hereafter, anywhere in their State. It is a good scheme and those who are so unfortunate as to be com pelled to live in or visit New Jersey will breathe easier. The time may come when a stranger may visit any portion of that State at any season without encas- ing himself in sheet iron or wearing a coat of mail.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27

The Virginian-Pilot bucks at the word ''cush," to which The Advertiser recently alluded. and thus passes 1t on to North Carolina:
 No such thing as 'cush" in Virginia. and, therefore. no such word in Virginia English, the purest in the world. "Cush'' still fingers in pristine glory in Stanley County, N. C., where it first saw light. According to The Charlotte Observer, ''cush' is cold wheat-bread boiled in the water wherein meat has been cooked. Nay. nay; that Is neither a Virginia deli cacy. nor Virginia dialect"
 We were not talking about the article Hself, but of the name and it's derivation. LA Alabama it is usually made of cold corn bread, boiled and properly seasoned. occasionally with the addition of flavoring extracts of some kind. It is d very com- mon dish among the country people. but why fl is called ''cush' is the question before the house.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27

[ Dogs are worth more than people in New Haven. judging from two recent damage suits in that city. A workman who had the misfortune to lose two fin- gers in some kind of machinery got $50 damages, but when a street car cut of two toes of dog its owner also sued for damages and got $75. It may be that the jury thought something was due the dog for the humiliation of being run over by a plehian street-car
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27

When The Memphis Appeal declares that the average negro couldn't tell the difference between free trade and free lunch. 1t shows inexcusa ble ignorance of the colored men. as it will learn when it tries them on the two objects.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27

in the sense that the term should be used by legislative body. It's not an inves- tigator's judicial report that Crumpack- CT & Co, want They are going to con coct a sensational campaign document. Nobody knows this better than the men who are pushing this business of forg- ing campaign thunder at the expense of the country,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27

hoarding money. It may be gratifying to her pride to know that she has been so successful. It may be pleasant to hear herself spoken of as the richest woman in the world. and it may give her feel ing of pride to know that she Is wholly and thoroughly independent of all human beings. And yet~>does she really enjoy happiness?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27

The Charleston Post thinks Crumpack- er's 'smelling committee" will be able to appreciate its name after it has spent slime time taking testimony among the Southern negroes. They will be ready to hxclaim, in the words of the immortal William: "Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagina- fion.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27
Tho Worlds Greatest Medicine.

Duffy's Pure Malt Whskey cures con- sumption. coughs. colds, grip. bronchitis. catarrh and all diseases of the throat and lungs It also cures nervousness and in- digestion. It gives power to the brain, strength and elasticity to the muscles and richness to the blood. Il Is a promoter of good health and longevity. makes the old young, keeps the young strong.
 It will cure almost any case of con- sumption if taken in time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27

Some thief has stolen the skull of the great Mozart and the German scientists are hunting it. but unless it had tag on 1t. We imagine they will have a hard time finding and identifying it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27

If we understand the situation correct ly, Mrs. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Ogden Mills can dispense with the other 39S members of New York's 400 and let the procession proceed. Both of them-or each of them entertained the Prince.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27

The Chicago Tribune wants to exchange Tillman for Dillon. and would prob&ely be willing to give liberal boot in the trade.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27
February Circulation Record.

A detailed statement of the Daily and Sum day circulation of The Advertiser for the month of February, 1902. presents figures that prove conclusively that The Advertisers 6 guaranteed net paid circulation Is greater than the claimed circulation of all other morning newspapers published in the State of Ala bama combined. as evidenced by the figures furnished by the latest edition of the American Newspaper Directory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27

The Columbus Enquirer-Sun says MT. Bryan needs some one with horse sense to give him advice" What good would that do? He wouldn't take it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27

A contemporary is certain that Spring is here because the woodpeckers are sending wireless messages from the tele- graph poles.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27

The Meridian Press declares that ''greater men than Bryan have lived in barns-even the Babe of Bethlehem" That is decidedly Irish.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27

"This seems to he lawless town" re- marked the stranger
 "Lawless!" echoed Rattlesnake Pete. Wal, now we hev lynch law an mob law an civil law. No. pardner, I wouldn't call this a lawless town."-Philadelphi Record.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27

If that man who proposes to go to the North Pole in an airship is in earnest, we beg that nobody will try to hold him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27
CREAM OF THE SPECIALS

disturbance requiring actual work or the part of American troops, except as they supplemented or took the place of the old police force
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27
A LITTLE FUN NOW AND THEN
Humorous Paragraphs to Relieve
 Life's Seriousness.

Nell-She literally threw herself at him Belle-Oh. we'll. she knew he was good catch.-Philadelphia Record.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27

Every few days Spring makes an effort to break away from winter, but so far with very indifferent success.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27
THURSDAY, MARCH 27,. 1902.

Evidently the egg trust has had it's shell broken by somebody.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27

What's the matter with grandfather :"
 Hes insulted. You see. he's nearly ninety. and he happened to hear you re- mark that the good die young. ."-Chicag go Post.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27

"Mr Lofttbrow takes himself very se- riously." remarked Miss Cayenne.
 "In what way?" (
 "He asked me if thought could be happy with him. As if his presence could make the slightest difference one way or another" r."-Washington Star.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-27

50 you are just married" said the chief of the railroad information bureau, who wanted clerk. ''Does your bride make pie?"
 She does" replied the applicant for the place: but what has that to do with my securing employment in your officer
 ''Oh. some" said the chief We are supposed to answer inquiries politely and I'm not taking chances on the tenn per of man with indigestion. .'-Balti- more News.