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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24

to take action looking to delay in the con struction. of the canal, but the Eeprese&n- en- South Atlantic and. Gulf States have other interests to safeguard.
 U has been intimated by a Northwest ern paper that Senator Hoar,s oposition to the treaty had in view the drawing out of the Democratic SeriatoFe on tee canal matter, that the Republican aos ministration would have winning catu to present in the next campaign. put suen view does the Massacnus cIS too much credit. AS General FreoeIlen Funston very aptly remarked some sso time ago. Senator Hoar Is suffering from 'sI,perheated conscie nee" and for years he has been nothing but a common scoio. ne was never A constructive statesman, but has always been one of those faultflnders who oppose the consctrncstve work or oti,e-s and never by any chance offer any thing in place of that which they wish to destroy. He has pictured his fight on inc woes of Colombia, though he knows that the rejection of the treaty can have no effect on the reconquest of Panama by Colombia. This country Is compelled by treaty to prevent the Colombian troops from invading the isthnnus for the purpose of waging war. Senator Hoars talk of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24

Doubtless it will come as a surprise to know that there are stln pensioners of the Revolutionary War, which ended 12O years ago, but such Is the fact. There were at last reports two widows of Revo- lutionary soldiers. and three daughters of such soldiers drawing pensions. That could only occur when a. very. old soldier married a young girl. and as stated there are two cases of this kind, or were q short time ago. If that record should pc kept up with pensioners of the war be- tween the States, there will be some of them on the rolls in 1885, to say nothing of other wars which have occurred since and which may occur in the future. We are stuck on the pension business.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24


 Referring to a proposed meeting of the "Afro-American Congressional League" The Chattanooga Times remarks that If there is one thing the Afro-Americans ought to shun 1t is the congressional idea and all that pertains to 1t. One of the curses of the negro was congressional in- terference with the order of nature.' Those are solid truths. There will con- tinue to be. we suppose. Congressman who vii think themselves set apart and ap- pointed to butt into the race question, about which they usually know nothing, and every such interference works injury to the negro. If any Northern constitu- ency, however wants to send coloi ed man to Congress we shall not feel called on to interfere.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
WHY THEY SHOULD STAY | AWAY.

The Boston Journal is somewhat dis gusted at the failure of its Republican friends to turn out and vote In the recent municipal election in that ,eity. and has this to say about 1t:
 Approximately one out of three of the citizens of Boston who were registered and had the right to vote at the e4ectlon on Tuesday did not show up at the pol S. How Is the missing third to be accounted for? Most of the men who compose IL were probably Republicans. Most Of them also would prefer good government 10 a bad one. If their presence at the polls had not been sufficient 10 change the re- suit as to the mayorallty, 1t certainly would have kept the Democrats f.om electing a solid Board of Aldermen and all of their candidates for the school board. Why were they not on hand? The explanation Is partly the want of leader ship and partly the absence of enthusiasm and determination.
 The Journals explanation doesn't fully explain why one-third of its Party friends failed to go to the polls. That many of the best men in the Party had become disgusted with Republican methods is doubtless true, for We have noted of late quite a good deal of complaint about the way their Party aftsirB have been man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
NEGROES. COTTON AND WAR.

Andrew Carnegie works out a sort of syllogistic line of reasoning to show that the negroes of the South can efrectually prevent any war with England. His arr gument is that England could not exist without cotton, the negroes raise the cot ton, and so, if cotton stops going to Eng land that e6untfy wohih not dare carry on war with us. There is doubtless q good deal of truth in such a line of req We all of the South thought that Eng land would be compelled to have cotton and that she would interfere to prevent any blockade of Southern ports, and to prevent a war which would naturally stop or materially reduce cotton production.
 We'll. it didn't work out exactly as we had hoped. True, the English people were seriously embarrassed and many of their mills were closed for lack of raw material. but the war went on. It is true ttle aOms Oetlop feand it's way through the blockade. and that prevented the total stoppage of manufacturing. In case Of war between the United States and Eng land 1t would be possible for this Govern ment to prevent, absolutely, the exporta- ton of cotton. and that would be a power full weapon in our favor. Whether the English people would submit to a total deprivation of that which constitutes the living of SO many of them Is a question, but if the entire stoppage of cotton ex- port should prevent war; or bring it to sudden close, we might admit that the negroes of the South were largely entitled to the credit, for they STOW most of the cotton. But, as The Milwaukee Free Pr ss obsetvd wtlh d well developed inten. ton of going to war 1t would be fore handed enough to get six months or years supply of cotton ahead, and having that it could send its fleets and pound our seaboard from PenobscOt to Panama and we couldn't help ourselves
 We don't know so well about that. We have little of the jingo spirit, but while that "Penobscot to Panama" pounding business was going on. we think Uncle Sam wouldn't be sucking his thumbs m idleness. He would likely take hand in the pounding business and make 1t inter- esting. However We think that if Eng land should contemplate a war with this country she would be apt to lay in a sup ply of cotton, along with ammunition anl rations. England has some wise states men and she would hardly engage volun- tarily in a war with the United States without first having made ample provls- ion for it. A war of many years, though. might prove the truth of Mir. Caneg e s theory
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
Accommodation Sor Indraa.

It's a shame the way the Montgomery Judiciary is accommodated" said a prom. inent lawyer. With the single exception the one chair in the City Court room, there are absolutely no accommodations for the two judges of the City Court of Montgomery.
 ''The Circuit Court judge fares only slightly better. He has a separate desk and chair in the Circuit Court room.
 There is. no room in the court house. where the judges may in private go over the, city authorities. and the county fur nishes them with no desks for fling pa- pers.
 '"The Judge of the civil division of the City Court does use the grand jury room as an office. when that room Is unoccu- pied pied noD, but nIs the grand @ jury room is only top desk and s5reral chairs and not a single shelf or bookcase.
 ''The Judge of the criminal division !s compelled to do his work not done in open court either at his home or in the crowded solicitors office. The judge of the Circuit Court Is no better provided for.
 Tt is matter, which should receive the immediate attention of the Board of Revenue"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
THURSDAY, DECEMBER s4, 1908.
THOROUGHLY SHAMEFUL CoNDITTOM.
In The Philadelphia Record we read:

The Chicago labor unions are now boy cotting funerals. and 1t is dangerous to carry a sick man to the hospital in saEFsge It asS been had PPppSsSe tnas limits in Chicago before this. but 1t had l; not; the present situation far outdoes a5t as S SSxe n to des rss poSep or later (and probably very soon( the ques- tion that has been pending for a long meffts Ag govern. or whether the Waking delegates, rule the city. Up to date the odds have been in favor of the latter.
 SWhat Chicago is thus called on to de- eide. is just what is coming for decision in mahy other cities and communities. As far as Chicago is concerned, 1t appears to be entirely given up to the lawless Striking element. Whether the Mayor and other authorities are powerless or incompetent, We are not saying, but the result is the same. The city Is virtually without a government. for what alleged government they have is totally unable to suppress the disorderly element which seems in a fair way to repeat the worst sceneaafsthe French Revolution. MNS I
 It has always been supposed that meni with any sense of honesty and decency would draw the line at interference with the sick or dead, but the Chicago strik- CTS do not. as The Record shows. No public conveyance of any kind is allowed to traverse the streets, and in some cases private carriages have been stopped and forced to turn back. The Hverymen who own the teams and vehicles profess to be powerless. and as the drivers are all in the strike. 1t is impossible to get a hack or hearse either to carry a sick man to the hospital or to convey a corpse to the grave.
 Ttsis a condition of affairs that Is, or should be. unbearable. It is not in any manner crtticising or oondemning labor unions to severely condemn such methods and conduct as now prevails in Chicago, and which has prevailed there for some time. Neither life nor property is safe. and no age or sex is respected. If the authorities are not able to restore order, to protect life and property, and to make the streets safe. then the authorities ought not to be too proud or stubborn to call for assistance.
 Let any unprejudiced person read the dispatches from Chicago published yes terday morning and decide if self-respect- ing free Americans can submit to such outrages. A funeral in the night, the verS corpse protected by the union label to save it from dissertation, and the few attendants taking advantage of the dark ness to protect them from attacks by or ganized rufianism--is 1t not a degrading, as well as a pitiful spectacle? Better for fac state military. or tho Federal troops. to take possession of the city. declare martial law and restore order than that the city should be given up to a set oG men who have no regald for law or de- cency, and who would outrage the dead to gratify their malice. Chicago has brought reproach on the american name.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
RICH MRN AND PENsroNs.

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 Some days ago The Advertiser had somewhat to say about the action of Governor Bliss of Michigan, who relin- uulshed pension which he was drawing at the rate of sf2 a month. In his letter to the Commissioner. he states that he has come to doubt the propriety of longer receiving the pension. but he spoils what effectsforsEood there might have been in his action By saying that when he ap- piled for the pension his intention was to devote the money ''to the work of the Grand Army of the Republic, and this I have done"
 There are two or three reflections which are pertinent just here. and one of them is that he has taken so many years to find out that he didn't need that SIP a month. During that time he has been a member of Congress and has held num- Der of other important positions. He ls set doEn as large manufacturer of salt lumber, and other things and Is, in short a well-to-do citizen. He admits that he didn't need the pension, but excuses him. self and his conscience by saying that he gave the money to the Grand Army.
 And this brings up another question of ethics. By what right. or under what code of morals. did he draw from the Government money that he didn't need in order that he might donate it to the Grand Army? He is well able to give the small amount of $14 year to the milffarv or~aniza tior o,,+ of t,i, o,,,,, ,..nl, ct. without virtually obtaining it by false pretenses from the Federal treasury. The Portland oregonian. Republican news paper, thus comments on the case:
 If Bliss did not need pension. he was not In moral equity entitled to a pension except under @ general service pension bill. which has not yet been en acted. A man who is an energetic. active politician and successful man ofs Business, who is cempetent to earn s4.0O0 year, Is not entitled to a pension for disability simply because he cannot perform severe manual labor in consequence of old-time bounty. A pension belongs only to those veterans who need It, and an able, forehand. rich man who can earn s4,Oo6 little pension from the Government m @ t" on S to g1ve t to the c. A. R.
 The oregonian tells of another case in the person of rich New Englander. who' when he was worth half million dollars. applied for and obtained pension, with arrearages amounting to $7,oOo or 5000. and he is still drawing his pension. The same paper tells of other rich men who are doing the same thing. Tn what do these men differ from the grafters of whom so much is said. They are actually obtaining money under false pretences. for the object of the pension laws and regulations is to give relief to Union sol- diers who are in need. If Rockefeller had been disabled during the war he could draw 8 pension just as equitably as Gov ernor Bliss did. although in neither case would the disability prevent them from getting rlch. Some of these men may look on it as a badge of honor to be on the pension roll. but We must say that their ideals of honor are peculiar.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
PANAMA TREATY PoH1UY.
Democrats Can Hardly Present Solid
 Opposition.

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 Opposition.
 washington Special to Chicago Record The minority in the Senate, numbering thirty-three, is not expected to dictate policy to the majority, numbering fifty- seven. Although the majority cannot without the aid of three Democratic votes ratify the treaty, the majority can pAe- vent the minority from forcing upon kho country its construction of the laws. in other words. the majority will not cor- sent under any circumstances to the Denl- ocratic construction that the failure of the Colombian Government to ratify the Hay-Herran treaty imposed upon the President the obligation of negotiating for the NicaraSuan route
 By bringing into the foreground the ad. ministration's policy in recognising the Panama Republic and by questionink the administrators attitude and part in the organization of the republic, the Demo cratic Senators win make some political capital, but 1t Is not believed by the beat informed Senators on the Democratic as we'll as the Republican side that the DeEn- ocratic Senators opposed to the canal treaty can make the ratification of the treaty depend upon the adoption of the Hoar resolutions. which are repugnant to all of Mr. Hoar's Republican associatas, and which represent the views of no one on the Republican side but his own,
 Friends of the treaty are encouraged bS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
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Few Fire Works Used.

The decrease in the use of fireworks by the small boy celebrants of merry ChrIst- mas is one of the most noticeable features of the approachng holiday said an ob- serving man. Time was when the small boy began expending his nickels for fire- crackers before the month of December had well begun. By Christmas eve the gomery resounded with the din of a small battle and on Christmas day the cele- brants. becoming more bold. exploded mammoth crackers on historic old Dexter Avenue.
 Several years ago. however. ths police authorities made a war against the pro- nniscuous shooting of the big crackers In the down town district Succeeding in this, the cannon bombs we dri en from Mont gomery and since the exodus of the big crackers, the use of the smaller ones has been on the wane."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
srGNIrIcArr.

The action of the Louisiana Legislature in urging the two Senators from that State to vote for the ratification of the Panama treaty Is significant. It reflects the wishes of the great bulk of the people of the Gulf and South Atlantic States. The membership of the Louisiana Legis- lature is unanimously Democratic, and every vote was cast for the resolutions. This action cannot well be ignored by Senators McEnery and Foster, even if they felt disposed to tie themselves up by Mir Germans proposed caucus CO., ercion.
 Governor Terrell of Georgia Is pru- dent, cautious man. He is not easily in- fluenced, and when he takes a position 1t may be set down as the result of close study and earnest consideration. He urges ratification of the treaty and in so doing but expresses the sentiments of the people of Georgia.
 The Democrats of the Senate will han dicap their Party in the coming campaign .f they take united action in a way to defeat the ratification of the treaty with Panama. and thereby work defeat of the present splendid prospect of at last seeur- ing an Isthmian canal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
Opposition is Ghort-sightsd Policy.
 View in Wilmington.

Special Dispatch to The Herald.
 Wilmington, N. C., Monday.--I consider the Panama question above party politics. The South would receive most subetan- tial direct benefits from the building of the canal. It is interested in the markets of the East and with the canal accomp- Iished the influence of this country in Eastern operations would be controlling one. -s indispensable to the development of Southy ern manufactures. consider it a short sighted policy for Democrats to oppose such a comprehensive and far-reaching represent the business intarests Of She South in the attitude of opposition.
 ]. Allen Taylor. President wilmington Chamber of Com
 merce
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
SHOULD DEMOCRATS PASS THE TREATY?
CONSENSUS OPINION AMONG BOARDS OF TRADE IN sotrE ERIN PORTS THAT oPPosITIoN N SENATE RATr-
 FICATIoN SHOULD CEASE.

New York Herald.
 In answer to inquiries made by Tho Herald for the opinions of the presidents of Boards of Trade at tho principal ports of the Southern States of the necessity for Democrats passing the Panama Canal treaty, these responses have been re- ceived:
 Special Dispatch to The Herald. Savannah Urges Democrats to Give
 Assent to Treaty.
 Savannah. Ga., Monday.-People of thIs port and of the entire South are so thur- oughly in favor of the immediate con struction of an interoceanic canal that they would frown down any further de- lays, unless for gravest reasons of state Rather than submit to more delay they would urge their Democratic representa- lives in Congress to give their assent to the Panama treaty as one solution of the mater.
 All South Atlantic and Gulf ports ex- pect to receive groat benefits from ths canal. and this port Is now before Com gross to secure a channel depth Of thirty feet from city to sea that she may be ready for the immense commerce she ex- poets to have flow to her through the canal. D. G. Purse,
 President Savannah Board of Trade.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
That Long-Term Legacy.

A spanish cardinal 1t is reported. re- gently on the eve of his death hequeathe the sum of $t0,000 to the first Spanish gan- eral who invaded the United States to avense the wrongs of Spain. It is to be hops. that sufficient safeguards were provided to keep the legacy intact du~ ng the period 1t is likely to lie in trust Pro- vision should also have been made to in- vest the accumulations of interest as the centuries pass The Spanish general who eventually summons the n rye to co nply with the terms of the bequest will, if the tidy fortune.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
Smashed eorman's Programme.

New Orleans T1meS-Democrat.
 The province of Panama warned Co., lombia that if the Hay Herran treaty was rejected by the Congress Panama wo i'd secede and set up government indepen- dent of the Bogota government In set- preservation. The action was sudden, as all revolutions are sudden, but ample mo- tice of 1t had been given in advance by the people of the isthmus. The govern ment of the United States. it is true, ac- knowledged the independence of the new
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24


 For the honor of the name he bears, if for nothing else, it was hoped that when the Arkansas Jefferson Davis became Governor he would abandon the habits of a bully and adopt those of a peaceful and law-abiding citizen. Some of his acts while canvassing the State have been discreditable. to say the least of it. and there seems no hope of reformation. He has thoroughly proven that he is not the kind of man to hold the office of Govern or, and if he cannot amend he should re- sign. He brings reproach on the honored name he bears, as well as on his State and on the whole South. His recent at- tack on Judge Wood seems to have been the act of bully. to say the very least of lG.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24

The President is reported to have said that the little State of Delaware g4ves him more trouble than any other State In the Union. We'll who is to blame? The Mss Todds removal. and the Presiden. s own course in standing by Addieks and AIlee in their disreputable methods, ought to give him trouble. He brought it all on himself and is not entitled to sympa- thy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
A University's Miniature Canal,

In the University of Michigan's new en- glneering building is a canal O feet long, be used for experiments of various kinds, Attempts will be made by miniature ships to solve all problems of water resistance, the best kind of boats for canal use, and the canal question generally The ex- periments wfll be followed with much in- terest by the engineers of tlse country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
Russell saee Easz to Reach.

Russell Sage is IS ca y to reach as any of the big men m this city" said a news paper man whose work has been in Wall Street for third of century. 1 used to wonder why 1t was SD and wheTh 1T Uncle Ru sell was more mocratic than the other fellows. But have finally set tied upon the reason. It is not fr1teruity and equality, but business. S1ge has money to lend and anyone who comes may be a possible borrower. So the old man sees him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24

The Montgomery Advertiser seems pos- sessed of the idea that some Democra 8 oppose Cleveland because he was gold t0 S that bs is gsaT O6 seen 1t urged in four or five years by anybody Birmingham Ledger.
 And yet about fifty, per cent of the opposing him do so because of his opposition to all efforts to put the country and the government on an un- sound money basis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24
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That Will Be subnitted to the Maryland Legislature.

&AAsss- WAL W to tue
 Maryland Legislature.
 Baltimore Special to N. Y. Tribune.
 Attorney-General Bryan has drawn up q bin for submission to the Isegisla.ure which will disfranehisN soma S06O0 negro voters in this State. This action Is in line with the issue raised by Eenator German and the Democratic managers u1 the re- cent State campaign. As tho Legislature will be overwhelmingly pemocratic. the pill. which js for constitutional amend nent. will be passed.
 It provides that before any person sEaiI De entitled to vote, he shall be able to read and to write at dictation any sec ton of the Constitution of Maryland or ne shall have paid for the two preceding years State and county or city Caxes, uu- less he was entitled to vote in one of the States of the Union on January ], 1887. or at some date prior thereto, or un- less he is a legitimate, lineal descendant of some person who was entitled to vote at that time. No property or educational qualification shall be required of persons entitled to vote prior to 1SS7.
 The bill Is based on the 'sraudfather clause in the North Carolina election law.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-24

aged. That accounts for some of the fall ing off. beyond doubt. but suppose The Journal takes census among its Party friends and ascertain how many of them refused to go to the polls because there was a negro on the ticket. It 1t can get truthful replies from all of them, 1t may be able to tell it's readers the reason of 50 much apathy. ,.