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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-30
THEY ARE AGAINST IT.

Discussing the question of a home for broken-down newspaper men The Allan ta Journal agrees with MT. Carnegie that it would be better to provide for aid to this large and growing class of men in the localities where they are found than to establish a great national home to which they would be taken when the day of their need comes.'
 It really seems plain enough that this is the only sensible plan, If 1t is deter mined to do something. Since the project was first mentioned it has been pretty generally discussed, and the idea of requiring or expecting superannuated journalists to leave their homes, thetr States and all home associations and be- come dependants in a strange land is not a popular one. There might be some kind of fund set apart in each State, if MT. Carnegie wishes thus to dispose of his wealth. which could be used for the benefit of those who are both needy and deserving but the idea of anything like a great national refuge is not popular or practicable. But 1t may be better to use MT. Carnegie's own words ill order to understand his views, In his letter to Colonel Watterson he said:
 I ask my frinds whether, instead of trying to establish general homes in various places for the unfortunate jour nalists in old age, much greater good might not be done and the lives of such rendered much happier were fund created and administered by committee of the wisest journalists in active ser vice, each worthy object needing relief receiving such pecuniary assistance in his own domicie as to this committee seemed advisable. If such a fund were created and such an almoner obtained as we have in the St. Andrews society of New York. my thought is that 1t might be far better than a general home, which requires the unfortunates to leave their old haunts and homes to break off their associations and sever connection with the companions of their youth and friends of literary tastes, for my friends will, l am sure, agree with me that no class is more deeply attached to the companions of old. more dependent upon lowering around the scenes of their early triumphs. The literary man in old age is of all men most sensitive to environ ment.
 It is well known that the actor is never so happy after he has retired as when haunting the greenroom, privileged to go behind the scenes. Both health ana spirits benefit by recalling the days when he was the observed of all observers, himself the star Just imagine q writer who has graced the columns of Tho Louis vile Courier-Journal or The Philadelphia Times privileged to move about the editorial and reporters rooms and well
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-30
THIS IS GOOD DOCTRINE.

If isn't often we can heartily endorse or agree with anything we ind in Populist paper, but we certainly endorse this from The Columbiana Peoples Advocate:
 The next legislature should be com posed of the best and most able men throughout the State, for important Work along the lines laid down by the new constitution will have to be done ana many new laws will be made. The neces- sicty of selecting representatives or honesty and proven ability cannot pc oyerrated We need men to make up that body who represent that element which has stood for clean government and have opposed the use of official posi- tion for private gain. We will need men capable of meeting and holding their own with the best minds of the State. Too much care cannot be exercised in making selections, for the tide of great cur rent will be turned either for good or corrupt laws and government.
 Whatever may be The Advocate s private reasons, and whether it intends for it's arguments to apply only to Shelby County or not, it is certainty arguing in the right line. The first session of the Legislature under the new Constitution will be the most important that has been held in many years Ihere
 will be changes necessary which will re- ouire the labors of the best talent the State can produce, and each county in the State should send it's very best men. Starting off right is always essential to success and much depends on the legisla- tion of the first session to be held under the new instrument.
 It is not strictly or altogether a matter of politics The Democrats will control the Legislature and they should do this as much by fitness and qualifications as by numbers. The Populists will control some of the counties, and 1t may be that the Republicans will control some. but in either case they should send their best men, and let us have Legislature which will work unitedly for the good of the State and the welfare of all the people, and start Alabama on the road to great ness and prosperity under the new Con stitution. Republicans, Populists and Democrats are equally interested for all are Alabamians.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-30

disposed to be docile the custodian said: Come with me. little fellow; we shall have to see about this
 With pleasure" answered the boy, "but l must first go and inform my papa" Where does your papa live: Over there" e"-pointing to the palace and he is the crown prince.
 In his earlier life he was accustomed to speak quite Frankly to his elder broth CT. "Oh, l am not afraid of him" he said once 'l have read that since the French revolution he has no power over me"
 Among the studies which the young prince pursued at this time was the science of making clocks. It was the be- lief of the late Emperor that every mem Der of the royal house should provide for all possible vicissitudes by learning a trade, and thus it was that while Henry was learning to be a clock maker the present Emperor was acquiring a com plete Knowledge of glovemaking. It was to this lovable prince that the late Elm peror Frederick wrote on a slip of paper when he was no longer able to speak:
 You at least have never given me a moment sorrow. and will make as good a husband as you have been a loving son" And after his death it was found that the dying Emperor had left the bulk of his fortune to this well-loved son, whc is therefore financially independent of his imperial brother.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-30
Secretary Roots Estimate of Agu1-
 naldo.

From Washington Chicago Tribune.
 The Secretary of War paid his respects to Aguinaldo at a hearing recently be- fore the House Committee on Insular All fairs The report of the Committee mas just become available. Secretary Root said: "The basis of Aguinaldos strength was that he preached the doctrine of confiscation of the friars' lands and their division among the people. He is not an educated man; he is not a particularly able man. He is a shrewd. cunning fel- low, and he took up that popular cry and made political capital of it and be- came immensely popular among the low CT and most ignorant class of people, to whom the proposition that the iands should be taken away from the land- lords and divided among them would naturally appeal
 The Secretary further sarl: We have taken a great amount of testimony on this subject. and we have had our off, cers throughout the islands make inqui- ries quietly and report what they found to be the real state of feeling. All of them say that the hostility is intense.
 "There is a general agreement l think. that the most important thing to be done to secure a sound basis of good feeling and contentment on the part of the Phil ippine people Is to dispose of this friar Cliestion: An essential element of 1t and one that probably would lead to the set clement of the whole business is to put an end to their landed proprictorship.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-30

goes out of the county to enrich the manufacturers and build up the enter prises of other sections or even of other States. Every vehicle sold In Pike Coun- ty could be built right in Brundidge, at considerable saving to the consumer. more profit to the dealer and at least three-fourths of the total amount paid for them would be left at home to help develop our resources and forward our own enterprises. Upon the development of our manufacturing resources depends in a great measure the agricultural pros- perity of the South. The more factories inc more operatives to be fed: the more mouths to feed at a given locality, the better it's demand and market for food products and the better the demand for these, the greater the incentive to the farmer to diversity of crops. It IS gen.
 erally conceded that diversification is the strongest factor in the solution of the problem of cotton as a paying crop. and diyerslhcation will come whenever fine farmer has as ready a cash market for a$ load of corn, syrup, potatoes, or other food product. as he has for bale of cotton Factories help to create such markets because their workers are not producers but consumers of those things raised on the farm. Figure out for your self the volume of trade that would come if we had a manufacturing concern em. n,oving one hundred hands. That would mean 800 additional population to feed and clOthe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-30
WILLIAM COFFEE SICK.
One. of the Most Prominent Citizens
 of Lauderdale County.

Florence, Jan. 2o.-(Special) )-William Coffee. living two and a half miles north of this city. one of the oldest and prom inent citizens of this section is quite sick and is threatened with paralysis. MT. Coffee is a brother of the late Captain Donaldson Coffee and of Mrs. A J. Dyas. and is related to the old Donaldson faml- ly of Tennessee. His nephews, Alex Dyas of Huntsville, and Robert Dyas Of Nashville. were called here by his illness.
 Preparations are going forward for the inauguration of free delivery in Florence next Saturday. The routes have all been mapped out and boxes located. The routes are divided at Court Street, one route being all that part of the city west of Court. another route. that east of Court, and the third route, that com prising East Florence The carriers will ba F. G. Lambeth, Jr.. A l.. Lewis riers have not yet been announced. The boxes will be put up in a day or two.
 Poll tax collections are about the same as in previous years. About 1850 in the County have paid up to date There are about 4,000 voters fin the County, includ, ing 1.3OO or 1.4O0 negroes. who will be disfranchsed. and about 1200 whites who are exempt from poll tax. Florence has about 2.oo0 voters but less than POO have paid their tax.
 The remains of Miss Annie Frank Woods of Nashville, arrived Monday and were inferred in the city cemetery where Ne the remains or ner parents, NIT. ana Mrs. Frank F. Woods. Robert Woods of Memphis. uncle of the deceased, and her cousins. MT. and Miss Puryear of NaslR- vile, accompanied the remains. The ser vices at the cemetery were conducted by Rev. s. F. Wasson of the First Method ist Church.
 Mrs. S. M. Manson of East Florence. died Sunday of pneumonia. She was about 50 years of age. The remains were inferred in the Brickwell Cemetery in Colbert County.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-30
ENoLIsH sNoBBING.

In some respects The Pail Mall Gazette, of London, is about the utmost possibility in the way of snob- bishness. Revently 1t had something to say about Mrs. Roosevelt and her daughter. and in the course of the article declared that the United States are distinctly pleased at having at the White House those who are ladies by birth, rather than by act of Congress"
 Does this blathering donkey mean what he Is talking about? Compliments to Mrs. and Miss Roosevelt are well enough. for they doubles deserve thems but in what respect are they better than Mrs. Mckinley or Mrs. Cleveland or most of the other wives of the President, from Washington down? Neither one of the ladies now occupying the executive man. sion was born of noble parents which alone could make them ladies by birth" as the term is understood in England That they were born of respectable parents does not elevate them in any degree above thousands and tens of thou sands of American women who may HeNeT see W dSIinStoh, HUI NO WV
 that they feel above their sisters who may never be elevated to the position they now occupy entirely by accident.
 What the London snob means by ladies 'by act of Congress we do not know and doubt if he does. Congress Is not in the habit of creating ladies by enact ment. nor is it within the province Of that body to declare who are or are not ladies. If Mrs. Roosevelt had been the daughter of an humble farmer or mechanic it would be no discredft 10 her. and if she were a daughter or millionaire it wotld not elevate her above other good women in the estimation oi those who look at such matters with the eyes of sensible people and not through the glasses of London snobbery. That she was fitted by birth and environment for the position she occupies is fortunate both for herself and the country. but the insinuation conveyed by the language of The Pall Mall Gazette obnoxious to sensible Americans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-30

 Notable Extracts from the Big Dailies' Corre- spondents.
CREAM OF THE SPECIALS

President Roosevelt has consulted with most of the leading Senators. and. in stead of feeling disposed to yield to the uncertainties and threats of MT. OK hard. the administration is more than ever convinced of the 'plain duty or the American people. to borrow phrase which was extensively used a couple or years ago. The Senators and others who have consulted with the President nave taken firm ground in this regard They are convinced that the crisis in Cuba IS acute, and that if the United States faiiS to come to the relief of a people over whom this country by act Of congress has established a protectorate the clvI. lized world would denounce America ana hold it responsible for the starvauon III Cuba which is almost certain to IoIloW unless there is some relief to the present situation.
 cates of a liberal treatment of Cuba IS Senator Platt of Connecticut, the author of the celebrated amendment Wnch es- tablishcd the protector ate, ana the rep rescntative of State in which tobacco raising is an important and growing industry. The majority of the members of the Finance Committee of the senate are in favor of reciprocity with Suna. while a majority of the Ways and Means Committee of the House are opposed to it.
 influence of the administration, coupled with that of the leaders of the Senate. will result ultimately in the adoption of the reciprocity idea between the United States and Cuba. The difficulty is that the attitude of the Ways and Means Committee may result in considerable de- lay When the Cuban delegates were here President Mckinley and Secretary Root assured them that if they could persuade their countrvmen to agree 10 the severe and somewhat degrading con- ditions of the Platt amendment the in f1uence of the administration would be thrown in the direction of reciprocity with Cuba on sugar and tobacco.
 President Roosevelt is now merely car rying out the pledges made by President Mckinley. He feels that as William Mo- Kinley, the foremost champion In the world of the doctrine of protection. had pledged himself to reciprocity with Cuba, the present administration must neces. sarily be relieved from the charge or having any free trade tendencies The fight against Cuban reciprocity IS be- ing made by the refiners of beet sugar rather than by the farmers themselves, who produce the beets.
 These refiners headed by MT. Oxnard, have attempted to confuse the situation by saving that if treaty is made with Cuba providing for a reduction of 70 per cent on sugar brought into this country from the island other countries could claim the same concession. and thus the result would be a horizontal cut Of Q per cent. in the sugar schedule.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-30
Tales of Prince Henry.
New York Telegram.

New York Telegram.
 Though owing to the accident of birth A younger son 1t was the fate of Prince Henry of Prussia to play comparative obscure part in the history ot his Goun- he has escaped the fierce light that beats about a throne anl secured an affection in the hearts of his countrymen that per adventure had not been his as first born.
 He is the hero of countless anecdotes from his youth up. which are always cropping out in the land of his birth.
 A light-hearted. lovsble fellow in his school days with a keen sense of fun, one day while rambling through the pal ace grounds at Potsdam he began pick ing flowers and handing them to his sis ter Charlotta. A newly engaged custo- dian walked up to the children and warn ed them that the pursuit was forbidden When he found that the boy was not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-30
Royalty About Brains.

Birmingham News.
 There is royalty about brains that yields not subservience to circumstance. The great names that shine out of the past. illumining the pathway of upward striving mankind caught their effulgence from brains. The great leaders of men today in stat ecraft industry and art won their way by brains. There is no leash to bind the young ma1 with brains. His progress towards preferment and success may be retarded by obstacles more or less formidable. but he has a Sampson arm with which to clear the path. The brains that would cut bait for someone else to fish with Is not the genuine arti- cle. The real brains cut bait and do the fishing too. This country is too great it's resources too vast It's opportunities too numerous for the young man with nothing but brains to ever lose hope in the final victory that comes to him who deserves to win. The simon pure article has never lost a battle vet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-30
LOW ON EXCISE PROBLEM.
Favors Home Rule in Liquor Leg
 islation.

From New York to Chicago Tribune.
 Mayor Low announced fully today his views on the excise question. A com mittee of the Citizens Excise Commit tee consisting of the Rev. pr. Lyman Abbott Willis l.. ogden, Wheeler II; Peckham. and William R. Corwine. called at the Mayors office and presented to him a letter announcing the results of the conferences held of late on the ex- else problem.
 Colonel Ogden read the letter. which provided for granting to restaurants the same right to sell as is now given to the hotels on Sunday; the opening. of saloons from noon to 10 p. m., ana special election to be held in the spring. when the voters may make known their wishes on local option. Mayor Low, In replying to the delegation. said:
 In some form or another, l think, the city itself must be allowed to work out its own salvation. It is manifestiy reas- onable to ask that We be allowed to settle the matter in its local aspects for ourselves. I much prefer local option to a referendum. I think that any bill providing for local optl on should provide for special elections, so that the ques, tions submitted can be discussed ana passed upon free from all other issues
 "I think also. that the smallest unit which it would be safe to use are the boroughs. These being geographically so distinct, think local option by boroughs would be practicable. I should doubt the wisdom of using any smaller unit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-30

lays in bed with intense pain and sui fering. I was under the. physicians care for over year without any relief, when my attention was called to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound by several of our Mormon women who had been cured through its use. began it's systematic use and im-- proved gradually in health, and after the use of six bottles my health was completely restored, and for over two years have had neither ache or pain. You have truly wonderful remedy for women. Very sincerely yours, MRs HUIDA JAKEMAN, Salt Lake City, Utah -S6o00 forfeit # abous testfmoniai fs not genuine
 Just as surely as Mrs. Jake. man was cured just so surely will Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cure every woman suffering from any form of fe- male ills.
 Mrs. Pinkham advises sick wo. men free. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-30
Some Very Foolish Things.

Dothan Home Journal
 The Dothan Home Journal and others of it's kind. as well as its so-called sound Democracy" eau learn. and has been learning, many useful lessons from their "neighbors on the other side See the State and national platforms for the last few years.-Newton Harmonizer.
 We do not know exactly what that means and therefore do not know exact ly what to say. But we confess not so much to having learned many useful les sons." but to have had painful confirma- ton of the belief that men supposed to be politically wise and sensible can do and say some very foolish things. Wit ness some so called Democratic platforms of the last few years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-30

MT. German has been a Party boss SO long in Maryland that it seems he cannot quit the business. He has re- gently been elected United States Sena- tor and now his friends are seeking to punish Democrats who do not altogether train in his class. The Mayor of Balti- more. a thorough Democrat. seems to have displeased the powers that be and steps are being taken to discipline him by legislative influence. The Mayor is a strong man in Baltimore and has the Democratic Senators and Representa- tives from the city on his side. If Mir. German wants to keep Maryland in the Democratic column he had better "call off his dogs" from pursuit of those who do little thinking and acting for them- selves.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-30

to us on terms even more favorable to us than those she seeks from us are 10 her, If we accede to her request, We shall make of her a safe neighbor, with
 steadily developing resources and nl- dustries. bound to us by the ties of mu- i tual advantage in trade and by self doom her people to poverty and We in yite their dlscontent. their resentment, and their deserved contempt And this this ecconntahIe for order in the island. Is noIUS"I it not really inconceivable that we can hesitate. when all considerations, Of m terest and of duty are on one side only' a alG perils incalculable are on the othPr' along with indeliole disgrace?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-30

The Virginian-Pilot heads an editorial with the words An Admiral Report, !" and when we read 1t we supposed their hang-on-forever Constitutional Conven- ton had made a report about Schley, or Sampson .or some other admiral. but it was all a mistake. The V.-P. evident ly meant something else and failed to start off right.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-30

The new mayor of Topeka, Kansas, positively declares that he will issue licenses to the liquor saloons in that city, notwithstanding the fact that the sale of liquor Is prohibited by the State laws He says that the stuff will be sold all over the city, anyhow, and the city may as well have the revenue from licenses, How can that mayor expect laws to be respected when he becomes so great a kransgressorT
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-30
FRIENDS OF CUBA STAND FIRM
Reduction of Sugar Tariff the Fixed
 Policy of Administration. From Washinpton SneciaI tn Chicago

Tribune.
 Relief for Cuba has become the settled policy of the administration. President Roosevelt and his Cabinet have become convinced that a reduction of 25 or even 50 per cent. on Cuban sugar would not affect the beet industry of the United States at all. They believe that even if some little effect should be produced on an American industry the situation Is so grave in Cuba and the duty of the United States is so manifest that the possible loss to the American sugar growers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-30

The fact that the new ten-dollar bills contain the portrait of Merriwether Lewis. who afterwards committed suicide. may cause some delicate per- son to refuse them, but they will go at par in newspaper offices.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-30

The new Constitution requires all male persons between the ages of 21 and 45 to pay a poll tax of s1.5O on or before Feb- ruary 1st, 1902 There remain only three more days in which to discharge this great duty. Tho man who fails to qualify as voter by paying this small tax will have only himself to blame when he is deprived of the right to vote in State and primary elections.