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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER Is, 1908.
APPROPRIATED LOYALTY.

The New York Herald, discussing the Panama affair. argues this way:
 The country is at what may prove to be a turning point in it's history, At such a moment there can be neither Democrats nor Republicans, neither supporters or the Panama project nor advocates of the Nic" aragua route-there are only Americans and 1t is their duty to support the gov ernment, right or wrong.
 We decline to subscribe to such uniim- ited and exaggerated ideas of loyalty as are here set forth. When our government is actually engaged in war with another power 1t should have the loyal support of all it's citizens. If 1t is in the wrong the blame must rest with those who bring on the war. but all should aid in bringing the war to a successful termination and let the responsibility rest where it right fully belongs.
 The Herald's utterance conveys theory altogether too unlimited in its scope Car ried to it's legitimate conclusion 1t would he disloyal now to criticize the admins tyation for it's course in Isthmian affairs or to differ from it in its methods of deal inn with Panama and Colombia. We must cease to be Democrats or Repuoll- cans. we must cease to be independent American citizens, set aside our notions of right and wrong and sustain the pre- cipitate action of the administration, for it is wrong to say that "the government" is responsible for the Presidents course in this matter. He acted on his own motion but The Herald would have us support him, right or wrong.
 This is asking too much. Some of the most influential and conservative papers of the country. papers which have shown themselves friendly to the government, are outspoken and exceedingly plain and blunt in their comments on this affair and do not hesitate to criticise the ad- ministration severely for its undue haste, nor are they slow to ascribe to the ad- ministration motives for it's action not at all complimentary to the powers that be Leaving that out of the discussion. how ever, we most certainly refuse to sub scribe to the doctrine that in time of peace all citizens are bound to support the government, right or wrong Neither the newspapers nor the statesmen of the country will suffer themselves thus mug zled, nor will they be guided by such ex- aggerated ideas of loyalty It may turn out that the government is pursuing a proper course in this affair but we are not yet convinced of it. It may be that its course will bring on a war and then all citizens must be loyal 60 the govern ment, but We must claim the liberty to think and speak our sentiments until the v,ar actually begins
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
pAssINa rHEM AROUND

For the benefit of the Charlotte Ob- server the Norfolk Landmark copies our Scientific American queries about the two dollars, and the hunter and squirrel, and adds:
 These may lock simple, but they are rot So insultingly simple as the problem about the age of Ann, which may be solved at the first glance by instinct. In stinct won't work on the fellows just exhibited. Intelligence Is absolutely nec- essary But If the two dollars are not at hand, two poker chips will answer quite well.
 No they are not at all simple. Very likely The Observer. with which we have no speaking acquaintance. may dismiss them with a supercilious wave of the hand, but that won't settle either of them as 1t will find if it makes them public And We are not so sure that poker chips will answer in place of dollars. We have heard that poker chips are very uncertain articles for even an editor to fool with They are said to have a perplexing and discoura ging habit of going wrong and isappointing the man who puts faith in them. Not that we have any personal knowledge of such inventions of the evil one. bue speaking from hearsay. If The Observer man can't get two of the dollars of the daddies he might manage to try the experiment with nickels or even cop pers, at a pinch. We await the result of his efforts
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
Gossip cf men
 and matterS
MT. Gay Talks of Dowie.

Rev. William D. Gay. formerly pastor | or the Adams Stret Baptist Church, Is
 back from New York. where he marched with John Alexander Dowie's "Restora-
 ton Host" in which he is a Captain. He has been raised to the rank of Evangelist | in the Christian Catholic Church of zion.' and is an ardent adherent of Dowie.
 T believe 1t was the most successful
 revival in the history of the Church, | said MT. Gay. Tt was the most freely advertised, great dailies writing up all
 sorts of stories and interview with pr: I Dowie which never happened; all sorts of | stories about his wife and son and ms own private history which were mostly | fabrications of their own brain. But u | all made him the best known man Tn the | world. and if it does not give him nota- bility 1t gives him so much notorlety that | millions are curiously interested to near | the man. Sometimes the papers said he was whipped out and had only few | hundred to hear him. This was not true | Parkhurst and Henson and other minis ters went there to hear and write him up, criticising him as to methods of | preaching. All Dr. Dowie replied was l that little men try to tell me how to
 preach when their church would not seat my choir. It was estimated at times
 that there were 30,0OO people outside all
 around the Madison Square Gardens.
 which held 15.000, who could not get in" Many hundreds and thousands of peo-
 pie were tremendously influenced" con
 tinued MT. Gay. We received some hun
 dreds, and I personally landed the big
 gest fish in New York. had the pleas
 ure of bringing in a Methodist preacher
 who had been pastor of fourteen differ ent Methodist churches in New York City, Rev. stephen Merritt. The great Jewish Rabbi who has been converted and
 working among the Jews in New York
 with Dr. John Hall, also came in. Three saloon keepers and number of policemen
 were received. and there are three sa- looms less. All was accomplished during a time of unprecedented political excite ment when most churches close.''
 MT. Gay says he has travelled in all
 parts of the world and he never saw such religious gathering anywhere before.
 lie charactcrizes it as the greatest meet ing of modern times and is severe in his denunciation of the New York newspa-
 perS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
soMETHINa ABoUr P1Fs

The esteemed Richmond Times-Dispatch discourses sweetly and.svcculently of pies
 mot the pfc for which the politician struggles and sins, btita+he genuine pie of the long ago, made oE sweet potatoes, batatas eduIis. if one prefers the botanic name. It denies the claim of our North ern brethren that pumpkin pies are the limit in the way of something good to eat, and stands up for, potato pies But, alas! the pies of half century ago as made by the old cooks are as scarce as are the old cooks themselves. We have many pies which profess to be the real thing, and sometimes we do get the gem uine article, but others are misera ble commercials The Times Dispatch com plains that our Southern people do not show that loyalty to the sweet potato pie that Northerners do to the pumpkin pie. If they did, our old-time Southern favor ite-the genuine article. now selodm seen would have far wider reputation than it possesses at present"
 That Is true, as it Is true of many other good things of which little more than sadly sweet memories remain. There Is over much hurry and hustle and arti- ficiality in our lines nowadays. and there are too many preparations and too many substitutes for the old-time genuine dishes which made eating a glad sweet song. There are pies and pies, but the potato pie of long ago is rarely in evil dence, at least in the city Out in the country there are still some who know how to build them, but town folks get them but seldom. We mourn the pie de- parted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
Napoleons of Finance.

Engineering Magazine.
 'rhe tiippant term Napoleon of FL nance embodies a fundamental truth. The same restlessness of conscious power the same hungering for empire the same craving for the intoxication of victory now find in the field of industry the out let that once was to be found only in the field of battle. And the same glamor of immediate success dazzles the people and throngs them about the victor. delirious the stability of the future But the same law underies all nature, and will not be denied. The overblown bubble will burst the overstretched fabric will break-the unstable structure will fall"
 The analogy is plain. The American leaders of finance. beginning with under takings which had economic justification, but since drunken with success, have ex- banded their campaign to the limits of dreamland.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13

this public statement, for my desire and ineiinatfons are always to praise and elevate humanity when ! can conscienti- ousiy do so. As chairman of the Inves- tisation Committee I would have gladly exonorated Rountree if could have found any. ground for doing so. I regret the predicament of Rountree, both on ac- count of his family and my past personal friendship for him. have no enmity toward him, but simply wish to rid the Alabama Press Association of this great full 1t has been to me, feel that I have performed duty which I owed to myself and the Alabama Press Association of which Il am a member.
 H. s. Doster.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
A Warning to Tammany.
Brooklyn Eagle

BrO0kINn Eagle.
 The vlctors will do we'll 10 be modest and wary in their hour of natural elation They can easily misinterpret the result. If they think that 1t Is a warrant for a wide-Open town they will simply expose themselves to a fire two years long. from press and pulpit. as concentrated and as severe that to which they have been subjected for few weeks only. Journ- alism will not become timld or tentative hncauso Tammany has won. The pulpit will not become either fitful or fearsome because it's fulminations have been more ethical than effective. Tammany Will be on trial in power. If has only been under bombardment out of power. It's admin istration must turn out to be an agree able surprise, if it's present victory Is not to carry fin 1t the seeds or assured defeat on the next round at the polls.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
Give Us the Good Old Way.

Detroit Free Press.
 From what it Is possible to gather through long list of exchanges, cover ing the country as completely as does a map. lovers of harness racing are not as highly delighted over the turf achieve The inventor of the wind shield for har- ness performers admits that his device lowers the record of a horse to the extent of from two to five seconds. Horses that trot with this advantage might be classed by themselves and their comparative speed recorded in the usual way. but the records for such trotters and pacers soon cease to appeal to the reading public A horse is meant to trot in the open air against its resistance. It Is an essential condition of animal life. and farmer driving his pair of blooded colts ta town behind a wind shield would be laughed out of any attempt to repeat the opera ton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
No Place for Vagrants.
Birmingham News,

Alabama, and especially Birmingham Is too busy, and there's too much work to do to support vagrants They should be required to move on. There Is no place truth In the old saving that an idle brain Is the devils work shop. Idle men, hanging around city, are sure to get are three ways to get a living, earn if, beg It, steal it. living can be easily earned in Birmingham. There is work and Vagrants should be required to va, cate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13

owera Seems like Il i.,,s been told often enough to stop the CTS from such mis' representation. Here. for example. is The Buffalo Evening News telling us that Alabama perhaps conceres that 1t Is up to Senator Pettus to take bride" Mrs. Pettus Is e. most excellent woman and enjoying the best of health. Stop the fool ishness. It is a poor joke and in bad taste.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
Ambition of Judge Thomas.

''Judge William HI. Thomas" said a public man yesterday. lis. I think, all ready casting eyes in the direction of the senior judgeship of the City Court of Montgomery. Judge Sayre looks like a winner for the Supreme Court bench, and 1t does seem to me that no more worthy judge could be selected than Judge Thomas to fill his place. Since his ap- pointment as Associate Judge, he has always proven himself friend to jus tice as 1t should be administered as well as an able man in the law"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
Should Have a "Johnnxv Law

''I see,' remarked a reader of news are making it warm for the "Johnnies'' who spend their hours in front of confec- tionery stores. soda water places and theatres ogling women and girls who pass. If the City Council of Montgomery would adopt a similar law and the po- lice force would see that 1t was carried out, I don't think the ladies of Montgom- cry would be subjected to such treatment when they want to buy some sweets or drink a glass of soda. These Johnnies not only ogle the ladies' but I have fre- quently heard them make remarks for which they should be severely dealt with. This thing has become nuisance in Montgomery"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13

John Mitchell, President of the Mine Workers. can talk sense when he chooses to do so. For example, he insists that the labor federation shall endorse no can didates for public office-that officially the unions running for office" In plain words union men. as individuals, should vote for whom they please, but that there should be no compulsion. It Is just as much out of place for an organized union to en- dorse a candidate as it would be for the Masons to do so. for instance
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
Summer Uniforms of Police.

pathetic one, flor our Montgomery pa trolmen to be standing about the streets these autumn days clad in their summer uniforms?"
 Hadn't noticed it." he continued Well .L its d fact. You see it's this way. Until the courts decide the validity of the Police Commission act no police. man is sure of his job. It would be a mistake to buy winter uniform and ri4i the chance of being turned out into tn, walks of plain clothes citizenship about January 1st. If real cold spell should come on, some of our summer-clad pa, trolman may be found frozen stiff.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
That Rebel Yell.


 The rebel yell at Birmingham last week was heard in the Tennessee Valley. The echo was taken up and rolled back acr,, the mountains and into the Magic City. by thousands of friends of the remaining old heroes who are now growing weary of step and dim of eye, but still able to shake the earth by that yell that once brought terror to the hearts of the en- emy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
A Sure Thermometer.
Montgomery Times.

montgomery Times.
 There Is no surer thermometer of city real estate values This class of property is the basis of all substantial wealth and that It's stability has been so long and consistently maintained, as Is attested in this intelligent claim, demonstrates tnHt the foundations of Montgomery are well and surely laid
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
PICKS CLEVELAND
 FOR NoMINEE
Former Senator Allen of Nebraska
 Analyzes Recent Election.

Lincoln Special to Chicago Record Herald
 Former United States William Vincent Allen. In an interview today. said the re- suit of the election in New York City points to the nomination of Cleveland for President by the Democratic party. He does not regard the result in Nebraska as a defeat for the Populist party. He said it was simply a Democratic setback. The Populists. he thought had no intention of abandoning their organization.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
"Volcano of Eccentricity" Term Alp piled to President by Populist
 Leader

Topeka special to New York Times.
 EX-Chief Justice Doster, who is recog- nized as the Populist leader of Kansas rebuked some of his followers who are saying they will support Roosevelt tn preference to an Eastern Democrat He said:
 Roosevelt does nothing but stir up trouble, and then go off and leave it. We of the West may expect no advance steps of reform from Grover Cleveland, but we had better take him than to live on a vol cano of eccentricitY for four wears more D
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
In Spite of Them.
Birnningha

SUPPLEMENTARY ABe-HeTaId.
 Alexander Ferguson of Indiana. has just celebrated his 116th birthday anniversary. His long life came in spite of the use of tobacco and whisky, and the persistent voting of the Democratic ticket.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
LONDON sNEERs AT WEDDING.
"Barbaric Debauch of Color, Per
 fume and Exuensivenessn

tune and EXpensiveness." London special to New York Sun.
 The Daily Mail, commenting on the Roxburghe-Goel wedding. says:
 We may congratulate ourselves that the barbaric debauch of color, perfume and responsiveness did not take place in this country. Everything emblematic of mere religion seems to have been obliter- ated under the sensuous garment of ma teriallzed wealth.
 "It Is in moments like that that the Americans surpass the civilized and bar barrie world. The supposable overpower- ing presence of money compensates them for any slight defects in good taste and restraint The Duke of Roxburghe. with his simple English bringing up, makes an odd figure in the crowd almost a pathetic one, lacking even the reassuring con sciousness of ante-nuptial settlement"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
The French Company.

birmingham News
 It IS said the French Government has recognized the so-called Government of Panama. And incidentally recognized the French company, too. of course.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
Was Shaking Hard.

GreensbOro Beacon,
 St. Louis had an earthquake on last Wednesday noon, just about the time The Beacon came out with an extra sheet We had no idea we were shaking things so hard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
No Hope of Success.

I OI beuSeT. There can be no hope of success for the American negro where he is thrown under | new conditions without some trained lead | CT. English culture of cotton in Africa, or German efforts in that direction, are
 | very far from success still.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13

The Raleigh (N. O. Post is pleased to concur with The Advertiser in its predic- ton that New York will demand the nom nation of Cleveland and that the South will second the motion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
Not to Be Disturbed.

MobiIe Register.
 We are pleased to hear that even the friends of the convention idea admit that 1t cannot be resurrected We have long regarded 1t as decently-interred corpse, and not to be disturbed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13

The Eufaula Times thinks 1t will soon be necessary to arrange for a scandal-less Department in our national government. Well, we have enough scandalous ones, at all events.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13

The esteemed Charleston Post says we are not likely to forget Hearst because Unfortunately we can't while he has three red and yellow journals working overtime to exploit his vagaries" In the words of the immortal William he is
 "A walking shadow, a poor player, That stands and frets his hour upon the
 stage
 And then Is heard no more"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13

The Houston Post is very decidedly in favor of making tariffs and trusts the paramount issue in the next presidential campaign, There is one thing sure. if Democrats make a determined fight on those two questions they will keep the enemy lodging.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13

=. P l. Kelly Circulation Manager or The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn, says: The foregoing statement of ne Adver- ger fiser's daily circulation for the month of Oc. tober. 1908 is true and correct. and compiled after all returns from newsboys, news agents and leftover copies have been deduSteo.
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this sth oAs ol F. W. JACKSON. fseall N. F.. Ex-o. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13

Tom Johnson puts up very weak ex- cuse when he says that Hanna fooled the people. If the people of Ohio do not know Mark by this time there's no use trying to complete their education. If he is still fooling them what's the use of kicking?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13

MT Bryan professes to be satisfied at getting vindication and losing the money. and we've no doubt that the Ben rett heirs are also satisfied so all is love- ly among them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13

Your Uncle Grover Cleveland is much pleased with the gains wh'"h Demor g made in the late eleGtions, He styles him seII ''an olu-tasnIoned DsAIoc...t, Id speaks of the Democratic party as our party" Mir. Bryan will please take no tiee.-Richmond Times-Dispatch.
 That is cruel. Don't you think Bryan Is feeling bal enough without jabbing him In that way?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13

When a Colorado man runs away with the hired girl his wife gets out a warrant for him. Hired girls are too scarce out West to be lost that way
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13

Nothing was ever accomplished with out work says The Anniston Hot Blast. Then how dc Sam Parks make his pile?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13

The plate matter columns of many of our contemporaries contain a portrait of Roosevelt again. Whats the object?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
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The Difference.

Mooile Herald.
 The difference between big grafters and nttle graftcrs is that the latter get Into Jail. It's safe rule to graft for big game.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13

Is 1t "Pan-ammer' or "Pana-mar?' is the question that should be settled at the earliest possible date. Leave Ann out till this Is done.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13

Let's all admit that Ann is older than she was and not as old as she might be and let 1t go at that while We take rest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
Undisputed

The detailed statement of The Advertiser Daily and Sunday circulation for the month or October 1903, furnished herewith, stln re- mains unchafIenged as the greatest oi thst oI of Alabama combined
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13

Mark Twain has landed in Genoa and 1t will now be in order for him to inter viaw the parents of MT. Columbus.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13

Will our esteemed contemporaries never get the knowledge into their heads that Senator Pettus. of Alabama, is not a wid-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13

To vary the question little, how old was Ann when the fellow struck Billy Patterson?