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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
The Presidents Travelling Expenses. Harner's Weeklv

It is supposed that the Pro sident on his recent journey through the Vest was the guest of the railroads over which he train which they furnished. What are the rights of this matter? When the President travels should he travel as the his own expenses? In many States. legis- lators and State officers are prohib ted from receiving passes from railroads. Is 1t not equally improper that the Prs sident it is, the matter should he regulated by something more definite than mere GUS tom, ana provision for travelling ex- penses should be made for Presidents. just as provision is made for the maintenance of the White House and it's grounds Ex- tended presidential journeys are common ly made more for political than admins trative ends, but, on the whole, it SC ms good thing for the country that the Presi- dent, from time to time. should vis:t t . States remote from the capital. Washing ton is close to the Atlantic seaboa d. The disadvantages of its one-sided situation are modified when the head of the Gov ernment goes on his travels and visits citizens too far away to come to h.m. travel as private citizen may. 1t IS neither safe nor convenient for him to do so. Not on his own account, but on ours he must be guarded and looked after, and special cars must be taken to keep him from darm. ,IIe has to travel by spe- cial train, and take many persons with him. It Is not proper that his sa'ary should be charged with the heavy ex- alterations of thrift avail to keep him at home. The railroads seem to be mo e than willing to put their facilities at h g disposal If It is improper that he should travel at their cost, then by all means let the Government provide a fund out of which such expenses should be defray- dent should stay at home merely to save money.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13

any one State to cost him the electoral vote of that State. The South votes tee Democralc ticket She has twice votad certain event of his nomination for his third term she would do 60 again.
 The Macon Telegraph agrees with The S Yns nS rsss New # ss Sas she present ideas and put MT: Clevelands name in nomination there Is no danger that the Southern States so far as ther Thsrs s s fear Sf
 "cataclysm." MT. Cleveland would prcb ably poll as many votes in the doubtful Western States as any other Democrat, Southern State. Some of the leaders in Georgia would foam at the mouth and get very mad, but Georgia would vote for Cleveland just the same. The Macon Tele- mated will carry the Southern Statss. with the possible exception of West Vr- ginia, and Mir. Cleveiands chances there would be better than any Populist or sil-
 The Press has already said that Mir. Cleveland's nomination Is improbable: Harper's Weekly says that if he cannot and Indisna there is mo iivins Demo: crat who can" There is deep-roote4i," although The Macon Telegraph. thinks, 'an irrational. prejudice throughout tte may defeat the renomination of a man Hike Cleveland. But the frothings of a few Bryan Democrats in the West and the South. who might refuse to vote for him. would not carry weight. If there are men in Georgia who would not vote for Cleveland in the event of his nomina- ton, they are welcome to so out of ths party They can go off and disrupt" by themselves and organize q little private cataclysm of their own. Nobody will be seriously injured, certainly not the Demo- cratic party The idea, of course, IS ab- surd and no one could take seriously such threats. i-r. Bryan is just as much opposed to Senator German as he is to Mir. Cleveland He would probably bolt in either event.
 The Charleston News and Courier sums up the situation this way.
 The defeat of MT. Cleveland fin 1888 re- suited ir the return of the Democratic party to power four years later. His de- feat in 1904. if the campaign should be conducted on a high platform, free from heresy and schism, would certainly result in the restoration of the party to power in 1908. The sacrifice would be worth making for the good of the country. But he would not be defeated"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13

ever that may be. the fact that of seven candidates voted for Mr. Cleveland re- ceived more than 70 per cent. of the entire vote. and that he almost trebled the next highest candidate is not matter to be disposed of so easily. If straws show which way the wind blows, this straw has some significance.
 But it was the smallness of the Cor man vote that upsets The virginian-Pil Now. perhaps the strongest candidate in the fieid' IS refreshing and shonld enti- tie the v.-P. to patent. or a caveat. at the very least. Where that paper gets the idea-unless it was from the Nary lander himself-that German is now even "perhaps' the strongest candidate who has been mentioned for the Denhccrati nomination belongs to the hidden myste- ries of the editorial intelligence. We do not pretend to say that German Is no stronger than this vote indicates, but such an assertion would have much better foundation than to say that he is the strongest man who has been mentioned. for that is moonshine
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
TUESDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1908.
CRANK LIQUOR LEGISLATION.

The evil results of what may well be termed crank legislation on the liquor question are prominently shown under the Mann liquor law of Virginia, lately en- acted. The Portsmouth Star gives these samples:
 Since the new legislation a number of saloons have been forced out of existence which paid heavy taxes in Portsmouth and Norfolk. But in their places there have come sixteen social clubs in Nor folk. seven in Portsmouth and twenty-one in Norfolk County. These clubs can r. ceive as many members as there are me-. and boys who wish to get drinks and can remain open at the times when the bar rooms are closed and all day on Sunday. They can exercise those privileges at much less cost than the bar rooms.
 It may be unfortunate that all the evils of over-indulgence in strong drink can not be obliterated by legislation, but both femperance people and lawmakers may as we'll admit the fact. Without defend- ing the feeling it is an undeniable truth that the great mass of the people resent what they look on as interference with a natural right. It may be admitted that 10 man has a right to get drunk, or to injure his health or waste his substance by drinking, but what then? Men will drink; they have always done it and they always will do it until there is radical change in human nature and human tastes.
 whatis best to be done? Is 1t not best { to recognize the inevitable, and to con- trol and regulate the traffic and the liquor habit? If liquor will be sold let those who sell it pay for the privilege and let their business be strictly regulated and controlled. And as liquor will be sold. let it not only be regulated by law but let the State and the cities and towns get the benefit of the sale by licensing the dealers.
 The extract we have quoted above shows the results which follow prohibitive legislation. and how such legislation can be and Is nullifed in practice. Those twenty-three social clubs in Ports mouth and Norfolk are practically unli- censed and unregulated saloons. Any man or boy can be member and get all .he drinks he wants and whenever he wants. They are not even closed on Sum days. To all intents and purposes they are wide open saloons for all who wish to take advantage of such an easy method of indulging
 Would not Norfolk and Portsmouth be better off, as corporations and as com nunities. if they had licensed bar-rooms than they are with their easy and nu- merous club rooms? Does the cause of temperance gain anything by transferring the drinking and selling from one kind of salesroom to another? The plain truth is that the cities lose the revenue but the traflc goes on just the same.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
Sea Island Cotton in Alabama.

Mobile Register.
 The exhibition of stalks of sea island cotton grown in Baldwin County, in the Mobile Cotton Exchange, while not as significant as the incident would prob. ably have been if the bolls had been al lowed to mature. is worthy of notice as an indication of the possibilities of the area producing 1t, and as contradiction of the accepted theory among cotton growers that the sea island off the coast of Georgia. giving the name of this fide staGle, forms the only territory for is successful cultivation.
 The stalks shown here were we'll filled with healthy bolls and were part of an experimental crop raised on land which toes. They were probably the best the grower had to offer for exhibition: 'LtA 9: ard unless the fine weather continues for an first exp rimeat will be profitable. But the progr. ss made win the cotton as second growth gives ground for the opinion that land in Baldwin County devoi ed eni ly to the cultivation of sea island cotton will bring it t. maturity and fully repay the enterprise nf the farmer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
CANDIDATE HEAR ITS METHODS
Will Establish Blowing Bureau in
 Washington. Washington Special to New OrIeaps
Washington

w CpSCldl 10 New UrleanS
 Picayune.
 Politicians coming to Washington are much interested in the methods adopted by Mir. Hearst to capture the nomination for the Presidency in the Democratic Con- vention next summer. He is employing New York Journal tactics, and will es- tablish Hearst press bureau here during the session, which will eclipse anything of the kind which has ever been attempt- ed. and trained men on his stan will boom his candidacy in every section of the country.
 Up to the present time the work of the Bureau of Promotion or Publicity. or whatever 1t may be called, has been no- ticed principally in union labor circles. MT. Hearst Is understood to be primarily m quest or the labor support before the Convention. Recently, however the ac. tivity in his behalf of Representative Griggs of Georgia. Chairman of the Dem- ocratic Congressional Campaign Commit tee. has excited some comment MT. Charles Edwards. Secretary of that Con- mittee. is also an enthusiastic supporter of Mir. Hearst and booming him all the time
 MT. Hearst himself Is President of the National Association of Democratic I-Iubs but 1t IS not known to what extent that orgahlzation Is being used in his personal interest. It is reported that the efforts of Chairman GrigGs in MT. Hearst's be. half are already being felt in the South, where the Democratic sediment is said to De dividing between Senator German and MT. Hearst. Six weeks ago, and af- ter Judge Parker had failed to satisfy the political inquiries of the Georgians, nothing was heard in the South but Cor man talk. MT. Griggs is reported to be activeiy at work for Mir. Hearsts candi- dacy and making headway.
 One of the methods used to forward the Hearst boom is to send political agents 70 the meetings of labor organizations and othe- gatherings. and have them work up enthusiasm for MT. Hearst, which is ex- pressed in resolutions adopted by the bodies.
 It will be recalled that not long ago one of these inducements was manufactured In Washington. It Is described in the Hearst circular as follows:
 'At a vast antitrust mass meeting. held in Washington on August 13, under the auspices of organized labor, Mir Hearst was nominated for President by exclamation and amid scenes of enthu- siasm."
 The meeting Was successful according to one of the prominent speakers of the evening claimed later that he had par ticipated under misapprehension of facts and henceforth would not allow his name to be used In ''circus politics."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
Our Jewish Population. 

The Kansas City Journal prints an tx. tract from the Jewish year book for the year 5664 which has just been publishes by the Jewish Publishing Society .oi ing some interesting figures about the numerical growth of the race in tfi. country New York now has the larg st JeWiSn iTh oo 3 nd 1nsn Of any 95 the and Illinois, with Massachusetts fourth with 60.0Q0. The total Jew sh immigra- tion through the ports of New York Philadelphia and Baltimore Tor the past the past year 5S,079 arrived at the port of New York alone. Among these were 90, 536 Russians. 1S,113 Austrian, S,314 Rou- manian, and only 527 German Jews. The total Jewish population of the Uni ed States is now 1.l27,26 while chere are only 276.614 in the British empire.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
A Future Necessity.

Brooklyn Eagle.
 The Government official was plainly dis- turbed
 ''The fact is." he explained. that I fear for the success of that financial measure that so closely concerns my department Why. thought that was all settled re- turned his caller. ."Oh not at all"
 Tt was passed by Congress. wasn't it."
 Yes"
 And signed by the President?' Certainly"
 Then 1t Is now a law"
 Net yet"
 Why not 2"
 How absurd of you to ask such a question! Don't you know that 1t has not yet received the sanction of the Council of Walking Dele gates?'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
The Tide Setting In.

savannah Press.
 Hon. Jefferson NJ Levy of New York. former member of Cong; ess. has just re- that the tide in the Southern State. IS setting strongly towards Mir. Cleveland as the next Democratic candidate. MT. Levy cated the renOminatiOn of MT C!eve- land and predict his election. This is somewhat different from the testimony Of M- Clark Howell, who insists that it Cleveland were nominated the Southern States might break away from the Demo- cratic party. That estimate was. ot course, eXtravagant. If MT. Cleveland were nominated he might lose enough In
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
Would Like to See.
HuntsyilIp Trihune

HuntSvlIIp Tribune.
 Instead of riding on a pass Tom John- son rides on an automobile. There's where he has the advantage of some of the other politi ti.ians.-Montgomery Adver- tiser.
 We have heard of performing the phy sical feat of riding various things from a hobby to an automobile, but how one ever rode on a 2x4 pass we can not see. The Advertiser is up to tricks that The Tribune never heard of before. We would like to see the old Lady Advertiser es-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
Resignation of Federal Judges.

DtITOIt FTCe PTesS.
 The resignation of a federal judge Is an un- common thing. for while the salary is small as salaries so in these days 1t enables the recipi- ent to live respectfully. and the position con fers dignity and hoonr that no income. how ever large, could possibly confer. For that reason most judges prefer to remain on the bench The position they hold in the com munity is worth more to them than the most tempting retainer. Moreover. their judicial of lice carries with it the possibility of their elevation to the Supreme bench some day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
Can Afford to Wait.
RirminslIam News.

BlrmlngIlam NEWS.
 The South has secured political freedom and attained a marvellous industrial pros perity in spite of the war amendments. It's government is in the hands of intel igence and character Its people are contented and prosperous. It has noth- ing to gain and much to lose by raising questions that revive an expiring bitter ness The South can well afford to wait for those who were responsible for the Fifteenth amendment to correct their own blunder
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13

J. B. Gilmore dug one hill of, sweet potatoes from large patch which weighed five pounds. This would make an average of seven hundred bushels Anniston Hot Blast
 As the esteemed Hot Blast failed to send key or diagram with this one we are not sure we understand 1t. Perhaps it is an example in the rule of three. something like this: As large patch is to five pounds. so is one acre to. seven hundred bushels. That doesn't sound ex- actly right but it's the best we. can do at one trial.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
FIRST IN MANY YEARS.
Cotton Taken to Mobile in Wagon
 Over Spring Hill Road.
Noble Register.

over spring d1li Aoau' Mobhe Register.
 A spectacle recalling the ante-bsllum days when wagon leads of cotton were q common sight coming in the thorough fares from the western pat of the coun- ty, was presented on Spring Hill road drove along that thoroughfare to the city wagon containing two bales of cotton, weighing respectively 450 and $50 pounds which he had raised on his place, ten classed and sold as good middling.
 Before the railroads gave freight ser vice to East Mississippi, as high as 200 bales of cotton were annually hauled into Mobile by road and during a season Ene1 of cotton-laden wagons were frequently seen on Spring Hill and other roads. This was away back in the sixties, howev T.. and after the lapse of such period th@ wagon load of cotton on the highway named yesterday was a novelty, ealing for more than passing comment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
The Vagrancy Law.

Birmingham Ledger.
 The Legislature has put it right up to the officers to put he law right in behind the worst of these loafers and get them to work or get them to leave. Some negro dives could supply men enough to build n house who never even build a fire for their women. The law officers have all the law needed now, and we want to see the State cleared of the bad, idlfrs .-. .--
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
Expenstwe Rsnalring.

A new industry for artistic women is repairing wall paper. It Is hand work If wall becomes damaged in any way so that the paper breaks, the place or hole in the plaster Is filled in with putty covered with plain paper matching in' shade the back ground of the wall paper, and then the pattern is painted over 1t by the woman artist repairer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
4 Bully Good Time.

Jasper Eagle.
 President Ted and a coon lieutenant who was at San Juan met the other day and had a bully, good time together Wonder if his strenuous excellency re- ferred to the fact that the negro regiment kept drifting to the rear and were held in line only at the muzzle of his trusty revolver"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13

Tom Platt is 70 years of age. The newspapers have had him dead half-a- dozen times, but the fact that he is going to marry again is taken as an indication that he has started on a new lease of life They can't lose Thomas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13

Now we find 1t stated that the recent banquet given in Boston to the Ancient Artillery of London cost S6O,OOo. We knew that there was a shortage and con scquent increase in the price of codfish, but were not aware that the bean crop was also short. If not. how are we to account for the great cost of the ban qnet?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
Not in Mobile.
Mobile Item

Mobile Item.
 A modern beauty critic" declares that mot one woman in a thousand knows how to hold her chin" whereupon The Montgomery Advertiser ungallantly says, ''he might have added that some of them don't even know how to hold their jaw" We wouldn't talk that way about a wo- man-besides. we don't think it is safe to do so.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13

The Portsmouth Cva) Star, argues that the President invited scandal into the postal department when he invited Payne there. It does seem that the President who gives responsible positions to men like Payne, and Clarkson. and Byrne, and men of their sort. knowing them and their ways. must bear a large share of any scandal that may develop under such ap- pointees. or in connection with them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
His Best Friends.
Sheffield Reaper.

If the politicians, cSanks and fanatics. both North and SCouth, will quit aggitat- intelligence of the country will do the solving in justice and mercy and without murderous prejudice. The negro today has no truer nor more merciful friend than the old slave holders and their des- cendants, not one of whom has been even charged with peonage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
A Campaign Joke.

Mobile Register.
 ,s dne eisns pages ol printe9 instrucIlons 1 missioner Greene, forbidding attempts to aid any political party, mus$ have been intended for a campaign joke. Politics and police are synonymous terms in Gotham.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13

The statement which we find in The New York Tribune that man ninety three years of age recently died in Jail 'in Western State," who had been wait ing eighteen years for new trial. is neither credible nor creditable. We know that justice is sometimes long delayed in our land, but 1t hardly seems possible that there could exist such lapse as thfa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13

If the Republicans are entitled to all the credit for the country's prosperity is not Mir. Bryan indebted to them for his for tune of a quarter of a million? If oth- erwise. why?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
Paying the Tariff.

Birmingham News.
 MT. Chamberlain also contends that the foreigner pays the tax. Therefore when all nations are protective, no nation will have to pay any taxes. About the same time it will be easy for a man to lift himself over a fence by pulling at his boot-straps.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
There Was Not Enough.

ASnVtile Aeg19. p
 How pleasant 1t would have been for the country editor to have been down at the adjournment, of the Legislature at the time the gifts were handed out, if there had been enough to go around; but there wasn't.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
Next Thing in Order.

Opelikd fOSt.
 The next thing in order in the sensation caused by pistol being accidentally dis for some enterprising manufacturer to ad vertise that he furnishes the President in firearms.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13

Among the prospective visitors to Wash inston is Prince Cupid. from our depend ency of Hawaii. He's married. but Da- kota isn't far away.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
Soon Be nsnnnulatsd.

Birmingham Age-Herald.
 Between indictments and resignations the Postoffice Department conducted by the esteemed Mir. Payne, professional politician, will soon be depopulated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
Thanks, Very Much.

Selma Times.
 The editorial page of The Montgomery Advertiser Is always entertaining. wheth- CT 1t writes about Indian lore, catfish or microbes. F
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13

Bets are already being made on the New York city election, but bets don't always decide the result.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
Sticking to Them.

Birmingham Age-Herald. The original Goelet made glue. and good things that came their way, includ- ing a Scotch duke.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
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Cannot Enioy -.t.

Mobile Herald.
 George Beavers cannot enjoy his break fast unless an indictment or two is serv- ed with the rolls and coffee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13

W. A. Scott. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser being duly sworn, says: daily circulation for the month of September, 1908. is true and correct. and complied after all returns from newsboys news agents ana left-over copies have been deducted.
 W. A. SCOTT, Circulation Manager Sworn to and subscribed before me this lst day
 of October, 1903, F. ". JACKSON. rSRL1 N. P. Ex-O. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13
Undisputsd

The detailed statement of The Advertiser 2 Daily and sunday circulation for the month Of September. 1908. furnished herewith. still re- mains unchallenged as the greatest of that ot my ether two mcrning newspapers in the State Of Alabama combined
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13

C1ty Subscriptions should be paid to the fol- lcN1nx &uthorised collectorA only. 2. l.. Ea- son, City Eirculafor: ]. c. Jones, T. J. Higgs and W s. Duncan. collectors. and at the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-13

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