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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16

though perfectly sure for the Republican ticket, when properly managed, 10 the most internal Of aii nuisances that tt. party has to deal with The greed or the leaders Is fearfully exasperating; ''but," said this leader, I've never have any trouble with them over any question of policy or principle. It Is matter of else. They never think of. let alone men ton, the possibility of their voting with the Democrats. The greater number would give no trouble but for the influence of the wholly venal, corrupt and magnid- gently impudent leaders who are at once smart and rascally. They kno H they've got us, and they use their power to line their pockets liberally with long g-een from the campaign guartermaster's supplies"
 care rap for the best interest of ms race nthe South. He is a petty spoils- on his white brethren after the manner of the Quay ring strikers in Philadelphta, !, and does it in a rather more onenslHe fashion, If that were possible. He Will stay with the Republicans as long cs they pay him; but he would not so to the Democrats on any account. He draws the line, right there.
 Mir. Roosevelt has not been in New York politics for twenty years, and Ut found out these facts. That State has a negro vote of 40,000 or more, and the workers of his party bring this vote solidly to the polls. He doesn't have to "conciliate" the negro politicians of the North and he would not do such dirty work" no matter the need for it to save the party from defeat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16
British Municipal Ownership.

Louisville COurier-Journal.
 MT Charles H. Rust. City Engineer of Toronto, Canada, read a paper before the
 American Society for Municipal Improve ment in convention Tn Rochester, N. Y,
 last Thursday, in which he took the
 ground that all cities should own and
 said among other things:
 A large number of cities and towns in Europe now own electric lighting plants,
 and we believe that the lighting of the
 more economically by the municipality
 than by private corporation, providing party politics could be eliminated from
 our municipal governments"
 Your If Is the only peacemaker; much virtue in lf,' was the witty observati Ou
 of Touchstone in his learned discussion
 in the forest of Arden MT Rusts saving
 clause, providing party politics could
 ernments," in this matter of municipal ownership Is about the same as Touch stones famous If"
 However, if MT. Rust had looked a lit he could have learned that there were still other objections to cities owning and operating lighting plants than the de sire Tor partisan spoils, effective as is that. The London Times has been inv as- tigating the experience of British cities with lighting plants, and its conclusions are altogether against Mir. Rust's recom- mendations. and yet municipal govern
 
 istered and are much freer from partisan politics than they are in this country Statistics and comments are reproduc d in The New York Journal of Conner ce from The Times article. and they prove that net only is municipal managem ent costly. but that it is also defective and unprogressive. The Times, while show ing the failure of municipal trading to be profitable, finds, what is worse, that it | has paralyzing effect upon ndividual enterprises. It is notorious that Great Britain and the continent are far behind | the United States in transportation, es- peCially that of cities. The service is an tiquated. sloveny and uncomfortable even when cheap, and British cities, he. cause of this. are overcrowded in a most striking manner; though" says The Times efforts are now being made tc
 do here what ought to have been done long ago, municipal ownership has com plicated the whole question with prob lens as to whether and how far loc Il authority should extend it's lines beyond ! it's own boundaries" British cities ha 'c powers to construct railways and to buy those already built on very favora Dle terms. the result of which is that Ameri- cans have been called upon to provila rapid transit in London itself
 In view of these results in country where far better municipal government Is supposed to be mad than we enjoy in the United States. what might we expect from similar experiments here?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16
The Macon Telegraph says:

The majority of the negroes are better adapted to the pursuit of agriculture than any other, but they are rapidly amandon- ing the farms and are moving to the towns and cities.
 Much as we may regret this tendency we are forced to admit that 1t is true, and to further acknowledge that they are following the example of the white people. very largely. The great difference Is that white men rarely break up and leave their country homes unless they have some assurance of supporting themselves in the city, while many of the negroes think they have nothing to do but come to town and live easy lives. This mis- apprehension is the great cause of the sur plus of idle and absolute vagabonds who are in evidence on every street and at every loafing place in this and other cities.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16

The New York Press has some strange ideas about street-cars. Because the cars on some or all the roads of that city do not have sufficient seating room The Press thinks and seriously suggests that only half fares should be demanded or collected of those who have to stand up and hold on to the straps. Theoretically that might seem just and fair, but how would 1t be enforced? As The New York Commercial says: Seats in cars are con- stantly being vacated and then filled, and the ensuing changed relation of passen- gers to the company in the matter of fares would lead to no end of confusion. To keep the thing straight would require the services of half dozen extra carmen to every car in rush hours. If not one or more detectives or spotters in plain clothes in each"
 The truth is that stret-car companies are often blamed when they do not de- serve it. It may be that the accommo- .ations in New York are not at any time adequate to fill the demand for seats and if that is the case the companies should put on more cars, but in many cases a sudden emergency crowds the cars be- yond their seating capacity, and then the company is not to blame if some pas sengers must stand. The papers and the public should do justice, and the sug- gestion of The Press is not just or reasonable.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16
LILLY WHITE"
The Movement is Spreading i
 Tennessee.

The Movement Is Spread1ng ID
 Tennessee.
 Memphis Special.
 The movement for the elimination of the negro from the councils of the Republi- can party which had it's origin in Ala bama has spread to Tennessee. At first 1t was confined to the eastern portion of the State. where the white mountalneer Republicans are in the majority. Then 1t advanced to Middle Tennessee, and has now become burning issue in the wes- tern division.
 A secret meeting of local Republicans, which was headed by Postmaster L. w. Dutro was held in this city about ten days ago, at which time it was unani- mously resolved to debar the negro from participation in all deliberations of the party, to cut him off absolutely from or fice-holdng, and to form all out and out lily white party.
 The news of this reached the cars of the negroes and howl at once went up. The black members of the organization are now threatening the whites with all kinds of vengeance and political death, and have gone so far as to threaten. au- thoritatively, the men who are trying to cut loose from them with the divine wrath of the PresIoent of the United States. h. vestigation shows that nearly every white leader of prominence all over the State is many of them are outspoken and def1anS of the consequences of mourning Presi- dent Roosevelts wrath.
 The most prominent man in the party today is Judge H. T. Campbell. the Re publican candidate for Governor. and he Is quoted by local leaders as being in favor ot the movement. one of them claiming to have a letter from him in which he makes his position known in nc uncertain manner. The wrangle between the two races has become so pronounced that negro employees under Postmaster Dutro are making no pretense of their in tention to have their superior removed fl they can bring enough inufience to bear upon the President. and they are quoting with much confidence his recent action in the Alabama controversy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16
THuRsDAY, OCTOBER 1e, 1902.
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses esr' lain signs to denote the relative standing and merit of the whole Held of nswspaperdom which comes under It's notice. and one of thes, stgns is the mystic symbol t0l dsnotins s'goiasn.- which stands for high quality, and N thus explained;
 ':Advertissrs value this papsr more for tha class and quality of its circulation than for ths msrs number os copies printed.''
 gach papers are credited with . single sym eos: but there is a higher grade. according ts shis standard authority. which have BoTE QUAkITY AND QUANTITY. and require thu DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL etp1 to describe adsanAtsly their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded thi' Aeuhls goIdsn symbol 00l and Is the onlI paper go distinguished in this section of thu South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16

If the young men of the State will look around them they will find that the lead CTS of the present so-called white Repub- lican Party were bosses and directors of the negroes when the latter were almost the only voters of that Party. They are now finding fault with the new Constitu- ton which rid the State of the incubus of negro suffrage and unfair elections. and if the negroes ever become voters to any considerable extent they will be again coddlng and fondling them and swearing their eternal love for them. The Demo cratic Party rescued Alabama from the horrors of four years of negro rule and the way to keep the State in the right path is to elect Democratic officials from constable to Governor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16

negro vote It comes with poor grace from men who either participated in the evil doings of those days or whe have never had a word to say against them to come now and talk about a white Republican Party. after the Democrats have cleared the atmosphere and rid the State of negro suffrage. If they had desired to have only white voters they would not have opposed the new Constitution as they did Wherever they could they voted the negroes solidly against ratification. A burnt child dreads the fire and the people of this State are not apt to run the risk of a repetition of the horrors of Republi- can mal-administration in this State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16

While there is a pretense of a Republi- can campaign in all the Congressional Districts. it is evident that there is to be the most determined effort to defeat Hon. John L. Burnett in the Seventh. He is entitled to the vote of every Democrat in the District and if they will all only turn out and vote fc will be triumphantly elected. He f'- served his people we'll in the State L.; iature and in Congress. His opponent is the nominee of the Popu- lists and Republicans, but We feel quite sure that he will not receive the full vote of those who formely made the Popuist Party Tn that district
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16
upEx1NG THE PRESIDENT.

The esteemed Huntsville Republican is about to get obstreperous. or something mG fhe kind. It says:
 The editor of The Republican was op- Roaed to putting the negro out of the &AAkp convention by force and did not FShaHk 1t wise and just, but now that the t11aslaent has attempted to meddle and aptewsere in the Party's local affairs in A2AaaeznA we are prepared to lend all our h42n to maintaining the position the party AA6 assumed in Alabama. There Is no ,Aoub9 but what the Republicans of Ala bakna will continue along the lines began at the eeate convention and the Party in Alabama will continue to be \ white Enasfs panty even if it meets the disap- peOv0 and opposition of every national keaAer in the Union.
 q Ehat's gritty, at all events. but will Mhsy all live up to it? What are we Aeye for, if not for the of1ces?' asked a osraaan eminent Texas statesman. on nne occasion. and that Is a question the white Republicans of Alabama may ask 9heHaselvss and each other. Also, they may shortly want to know, where are weAA?" We are not sure, of course, that Ehe President has set his face against fAhe smovement of the lilly whites" and Medoubt if they are mere sure of 1t than we are. The appointment of Judge RouIhac is regarded by many as an ex- ,pFession of Roosevelt's disapprovaI of the ;@nttTe movement and if that is true, and he continues to so express his opinion sWhat have they to expect? They can Teally have little hope of winning any offices in Alabama. and If they cut them selves of from the hope of Federal ap- pointments they are up against a doubly hard proposition. Whatever may have been the Presidents motive in appointing Judge Roulhac, he is to be commended for his eminently wise selection.
 The note of defiance given out by The Republican may be blum. or 1t may be an earnes expression of independence and a determination of the white Republicans to really defy the President and fight 1t out on their own lines. We may not have a very exalted opinion of the iudg- ment of such a course but we must ad- mire its spunk. We must confess, how ever, that we hardly expect the other members of the combination to exhibit the same courage, or to stick to it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16
A DOWNRIGHT pEMAaoauE.

It really humiliates us to zee Democrat make himself ridiculous. Of course we expect various degrees of assininity from our friends on the other side. wheth- CT they are Populists or Republicans. but we have a right to expect something bet ter of Democrats.
 Here, for example, is MT. Craddock, the Democratic candidate for Governor Of Kansas, who gets down to the very bot tom rung of demogoguery in his appeals to the people of his State. He knows that they are thoroughly accustomed to freaks of all grades. in politics. religion. and everything else, and perhaps believes that they can't get too much of it. One thing he thinks will catch them is the question of taxes. He knows that this is one subject which is always interesting to the ordinary citizen, and that 1t Is string upon which a candidate for office can play without danger of exhausting the subject or of wearying the nearer. The average citizen who devotes but little time and study to the matter looks on taxation as one of the methods resorted
 to by a government to raise money for the
 purpose of keeping up fice-holders, and
 that the payment of taxes is one of the
 penalties imposed on people for living and owning property.
 Looking on 1t this way, it is natural for this average citizen to feel kindly towards the candidate who proposes to relieve him of half his burden, for that
 Is just what Mir. Craddock does. He tells
 them in plain and unequivocal language:
 If am elected Governor the man who
 pays $1OO in taxes now will have to pay
 only $50 then"
 It will be noted that Mir. Craddock
 doesn't trouble himself with explanations
 or give them any bill of particulars. He
 tells them he will do this thing and many
 of them will take his word and go of
 with the pleasant feeling that If they
 will only elect this man they will here after have twice as much money to use for other purposes as they now have. and
 will consequently have a much easier and
 better time in life than at present
 It is true that taxes in Kansas, as in
 law. It Is also true that the Governor of that State has no more power to re- duce taxation than does the Governor of Alabama, but what of it? He knows
 that such a promise is a vote-getter, and
 he hopes that he may get enough of the | voters to believe him to elect him Gov
 ernor of his State. It's plant and arrant demagogury-and that's why we say what we do, because he claims to be a Demo- 1 crat. At least, he is running against
 the Republican candidate. and we sup
 pose that makes him a Democrat in Kan | sas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16
The Northern Negro Republican.

Chattanooga Times.
 The notion that the President was po- lite to the three negro Bishops who call ed on him to talk about the lily white present complexion of Alabama and other he wanted to save the negro vote to his party in the border Northern States is a work of imagination. The negroes of the border Northern States vote. in evitably. if they vote at all. with the Republicans. The leaders of each group in the towns have to be hired" to bring out their negro vote" in full. and they make the Republican committees pay the price"
 A close friend and lieutenant of Sem ator Hanna says the negro vote in ohio'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16

All registered voters who paid their poll tax on or prior to February 1st of this year can vote on the 4th of next month. All young men who became of age after August 1st and can comply with the re- quirements of the Constitution can regis ter Friday and Saturday before the election. and as they owed no poll tax for 1901 they will be entitled to vote. Those citizens who because of absence or other unavoidable cause did not register and become voters before August 1st, can have opportunity sto do so on the days above mentioned and if those of them subject to poll tax paid it within the prescribed time they will be entitled to vote. There are many of these two classes and they should avail themselves of the opportunity of getting on the list of life time registered voters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16

Wherever the Republicans voted in Ala bama there was increase in debt and taxation. In this county credit was so badly destroyed that county warrants were not worth half their face value and jury certificates sold for a song. The experience here was that of the rest of the State. Under Democratic admins tration there has been an entire change in conditions. and next month the people will show their satisfaction with Demo- cratic government by casting an over whelming majority of their votes against the Republican candidates. They want no more Republican rule.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16
They are Chalmers.

The Republicans of Alabama are short on votes but what they lack in votes they make up in gall. pure and unadul- terated. In their State platform they ac. tually boast of having carried forward isthmian canal legislation when 1t Is well known that to Senator Morgan all credit is due for keeping the canal matter be- fore the American people.-Marion Coun- ty Democrat.
 As chalmers the Republicans are a de- cided success. but they might have learn ed something from the late primary for Governor. As claiming and boosting is about all they can do. 1t would be cruel to interfere with them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16
One Good Point.

The Republican candidate for Governor has one good political point to recom- mend him-his name He was named for one of the best Democratic Governors we have ever had-John Anthony Winston who was Governor about the time young Smith first saw the light among the hills of Randolph. Leader.
 But wouldn't the original of the name turn over in his grave several times if he could know that one of his namesakes was leading the Republican party as a candidate for the office he filled with SC much credit?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16
Real Funny.
Washington Special to New York rrlb-


 une.
 The elimination O h' race question from Alabama polit. kelly to result in breaking up the Dt..---- atic vote. J w. Dimmick. member of the National Republican Committed from that State who Is in Washington, says: The Re publicans will carry Alabama m 1901 This is TO idle boast. no vain delusion Alabama is a5 sure to be a Republican State as Pennsylvania is to remain ono and largely for the same reasons. Ou enormous development in steel and fro: manufactures and our boundless e. sources of coal. marble, corn, cotton, tim Der and the like require protection. anl our people are going to that party whose policy 1t is to foster home industries. Tn, retirement of the colored mar from poll ties contributes to the same Republican result Only about 2lO0 blacks are regis tered, and tv'o-thirds of them are accus' toned to do service for the Democrats With all fear of negro domination gone many of the best white citizens of the State will cease casting Democratic bal lots
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16
SOME COMMENTS IN PASSING
Must Re a Comfort.

It must be . comfort to General Urioe- Uribs to know that in his retreat one half Of him can go one way. ana the other another.-Birmingham News.
 But have you never seen two animals tied together and each trying to pass on different side of tree or post? That Is what may happen to General Uribe- ditto if he tries to run through the woods.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16
Bad Spelling.

New Ork sun.
 Only 56 out of III freshmen at the Northwestern University were able to pass an examination in spelling They were tested with ordinary words not with difficult and perplexing ones; and the test was too much for most of them. Probably similar examinations at almost any American university would show substantially the same results. Spelling is not an accomplishment in which col lege youth excel. Nor do the graduat ,s of the common schools distinguish them selves in this useful accomplishment
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16
Send A Diagram.

Vc presume 1t is from love of those who have recently asked a third term as Cove nor of Alabama which causes The Advertiser to dezist from urging third tern for Governor. The Advertiser would rather be consistently wrong than right. Huntsville Tribune.
 If The Tribune will kindly send the key to that cryptogram we will be glad to study 1t. As it is we are in the dark.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16
By Its Friends.

A trial may develop that some changes are necessary in the new Constitution. But trial of it first. then its friends. if the people want 1t done.-Franklin Times.
 Such a trial as the enemies of the new Constitution would give it is the kind that a mob gives a prisoner. In other words. they would lynch it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16

That MT. Carey, who claims to have discovered a method of burning water, and declares that one drop will produce flame es large as bushel basket. must by trying to initiate the Keeley motor fake. If he used nothing but Chicago or Philadelphia water or even the Rich mond article. we could understand that 1t would burn. but we don't believe he can burn Montgomery water,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16
What Sort of ManP

Really, if a Montgomery man comes up here and drinks no more than he ought to drink. talks no more than he ought to talk and sees only the places he ought to see. ho will be as safe here as on Com merce Street.-Birmingham Ledger.
 We are to infer. then. that a Montgom- cry man who Is deaf dumb and blind will be safe in your city. Is that 1t?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16
Too Far OH,

King Leopold, who belongs to the smart set of Europe, completely fills the de scription of a class of men that promote social and moral degeneracy. Now, with this. as a pointer. fire away. MT. Wat terson.-Mobile Register.
 Why should you want the Colonel to strain his fusee at such long range when he has Newport's smart set and Grover Cleveland near by7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16

The history of the Republican Party in this State is enough to sink 1t fathoms deep. From beginning to end it was a regular carnival of crime and corrup- ton. Cities, counties and State were made the victims of the greed of those who rode into power on the ignorant
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-16

Adam has been nominated for Con- gress in New York. and, of course. eX- poets all of his descendants to vote for him." remarks The Richmond Times. But if the doctrine of evolution is sound, how do we know there are any of Adams descendants in New York?