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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18
HANDS OFF

Is the Notice to the Old World.
 Washington Special to New York World The administration is preparing to post
 Hand Off sign on South and Central
 America. which will be so big and plain
 that every nation on earth can read and
 understand 1t.
 The Monroe doctrine will be enforced both in letter and spirit, in the broadest sense in which it can be interpreted. and no repetition of the Venezuelan incident
 nor anything closely approaching it will , be permitted. It is explained that this does not mean that the little Republics of
 Latin America will be allowed to take
 refuge behind the United States to evade
 payment of their debts. If necessary
 this country will exert friendly pressure to bring about the faithful discharge of their obligations. but in any event.
 American warships. and plenty of them, will be on guard to see that their creditors
 do not apply any serious or humiliating amount of force.
 Just how European bondholders are tu
 secure their money if the little Republics refuse to pay up and this country will
 not allow the treatment that was given Venezuela to be repeated is a matter for other nations to worry about, according
 to the decision of the President and his advisers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18

caucus is to commit every member of a party to a settled and definite pArty pol icy, on the assumption that a man is sent to the Senate because he is a party man, and he should stand by that party in all of its settled policies. But opposi- ton to the Panama Canal is not and Can never be a tenet of Demo o~racy, and no member of the Senate was gwen by the people or the Dody which elected h.m any intimation that he should oppose the con- struction of canal on the isthmus. There is; therefore, no reason why .1em- ocratS should permi themselves to be muzzled by the action ot a Caucus on this question. and We do not believe they will permit it.
 proposed will probably not be successful. The Democrats of the se2St- can not af- ford to combat the buildllg of the Pana- ma Canal and they will ce. tainly not be permitted to commit the party to any such policy. Both parties have in na- tfonal convention indorsed the construc- ton Of an istnmIan canal, and that party that throws any obstacle in the way of the construction of the intero -eapic wa ter-way will have to answer for 1t to the people.
 The Republican party just at present , IS not in the best form to go before the people in the next general eiecton, but whatever chances the Democracy may have will be effectual y destroyed by any opposition 1t may present as a rty to the construction oi the Panama CInal
 
 the interoceanic canal proposition is de feated with it, for there IS no prospect Of building canal elsewhere. The work at Panama is two-fifths completed and will be finished, if not by the United States then by some other country or a private company. The mil. ions of dollars which have been spent on that work will not be permitted to be utterly lost If the United States were to build else where, under the circumstances 1t would nave white elephant on its hands, for the commerce of the world would go through the shortest canal and Panama Is the shortest route. Whatever may nave been the argument in favor of the Nicaragua or the Darien routes that arr tion of affairs now existing If any of the Democratic Senators are too blind to sec the situation as it exists that is un- fortunate for them. but they should not and will not be permitted to commit the party to any such insane policy as that proposed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18
ALAaAMA FACTIONS SPLIT.
Roosevelt vainly Tries to Unite War ing Republicans.


 Washington Special to New York Times The President is troubled over the sit- uation in Alabama, where it looks as though anti-Roosevelt delegates would be elected to the National Convention.
 He is endeavoring to secure harmony in the ranks of the Republican Party there, and the Roosevelt and anti-Roosevelt leaders were summoned here for confer ence The conference was held yesteday and broke up in a row. The Administra- ton proposition, which was offered as a compromise, was scoffed at by the anti Roosevelt men, who say today that if senator Hanna is a candidate for the nomination he will get Alabama's solid vote at Chicago.
 Men of both parties from Alabama say that the men who undertook to build up . new Republican Party in Alabama are going back into the Democratic Party, believing 1t to be hopeless to fight the President. This drift is gradual, but 1t IS believed that within a few years the Democratic Party will have absorbed them, and there will be. as of old, only q white party and negro party fin An bama.
 In most of the other Staes where t..e new Republican movement began under Mckinley, 1t has dissolved under Pres 0ent ho0seveft's hostility. Alabama and Nortn Carolina were the only States which undertook to withstand the Pres dent: In North Carolina, the President yielded to Senator Pritchard and in Ala bama the fight is still on.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18
rha nemnnratic. Caucus.

New orleans llLneS-OSiiOSao oS.
 The attempt to commit the Democratic caucus of the senate yesterday Snhay to oR- position to the Panama CanaI treaty failed for the day at least, and thcr4 Is not much pro-pect of the program, of Senator Blackburn going through; Hls plan is to secure the sulid vote or the Democratic Senators by caucus action, which, according to his scheme presup- poses the adopt on of a l.ne of policy in opp sition to the treaty by tw1,thlrds vote of the caucus As there afe kn wSo favor the ratification of the treaty with some amendments, it is not probable ia that 'hie this two-thirds vote will be opt tlh lole; ; Should it be secured by the preserce or every one of the thirty-three Dem ocratlc members of the Senate the duty or those Senators who favor the treaty Wou DC to leave the caucus and retain ther h- dependence of action. Al.
 There is no reason why the Democratic Senators who favor the building VI canal at Panama should permit then, m, selves to be muzzied by caucus actlon, 1oI the estabIishment of the caucus contem- plated no such thing. The purpose or
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18

Senator Shoot lines up all right and will do as an average politician, He has just said that his life is an open book and I do not fear for any man to read it." That's what they all say, but when we begin to read too closely .tleey grow quite indignant. Possibly the same may be true of Mir. Smoot.-ChattanoOga Times.
 And it is perhaps equally true that some of those who are bounding Shoot would very seriously object to any open book business in connection with their own lives. Whether the Senator should or should not retain his seat must be set tied by the facts in the case, but we think it pretty sure that fewer stones would be thrown at him if the throwers were gauged by the saviors measure of those who should cast stones at the erring woman brought before Him by the Pharisees.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1s, 1908.
A BRUTAL occuR9ENcE.

Whatever else may be said by way of criticism of the Southern people they can- not be rightfully charged with mistreat- ment of our women. We may in some respects be reckless and hotheaded, and not always as careful of our. acts and as observant of the laws as We should be, but the white women of the South arc safe from ill-treatment at the hands of white men or boys.
 That this is not always the case else- where is shown in a recent special to The New York Herald. detailing an outrage perpetrated on Miss Sinclair, a teacher in one of the schools of Sullivan County, Indiana, by some of her pupils. To make c short story of it, it seems. that it is a custom for the teacher to give her pupils a treat on the approach of the holidays. Miss Sinclair readily agreed to this, but the pupils demanded that she tell them in advance what the. treat was to, be. This she refused to do, even consulting with one of the school trustees, who ad- vised her not to tell. This very proper refusal angered the pupils, and The Herald account adds:
 A renewal of the demand was made yesterday, and when Miss Sinclair refused 70 explain she was oVerpoWered by the larger girls, whose ages range from l2 to 1h years. She was carried to d nond about hundred yardS distant. all of inc scholars following.
 The Ice was broken with an axe by one or the larger boys. the teachers feet were tied to trough and she was plunged into the water. Miss Sinclair laughed at ner tormenters, as the water only came half way to her waist. This angered the pupils and they cut a hole in the ice in the middle of the pond and placed her The scholars then returned to the school house, leaving Miss Sinclair alone.
 On account of the weight of the trough Miss Sinclair was unable to draw herself lip. and the chill of the water was fast benumbing her senses when her cries for assistance were heard by some near by farmers and she was rescued.
 As result of this worse than savage brutality Miss Sinclair was attacked by pnenmonia and at last accounts We have seen, she was in a serious condition. Even if no sickness had followed the mis- treatment the outrage is wholly mex cusable. and the worst feature of it is that the girls took part in it and were really the principal offenders. This does not excuse the male pupils, for certainly they could have saved the young lady from such an outrage if they had not been savages themselves. We do not believe that such brutal act could occur in the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18
NO FELICITY.
In the Land Fraud Cases.

Washington Special to Brooklyn Eagle.
 The Republicans of the House have de- cided to choke off publicity in connection with the public land frauds as well as in the pOstoffice scandals. Nothing will leak out of Congress on the former sub 5ect until. Secretary Hitchcock has given the word@hat there is no further reason for secrecy.
 This is the ultimatum which Chairman Hull of the House Committee on Public Lands has delivered to Representative Stephens of Kansas. and to other mem- hers of Congress who were anxious to have the House demand certain facts from the Secretary of the Interior.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18
THE SOUTH
Is Bringing the Gold Back From
 Europe.


 The exports of domestic products in November were hedvier than m any cor responding month on record, amounting in vaIue Io $lUO, an increase O. $s4,ovJ,- ,- 404, as compared with November, 1SU., Inns enorm.A.s gain Was due aImost en- tirely to the increase m cotton eApor.s, winch amounted in value to seventy mlI- lion dollars.
 The eject of these enormous exports, says The New York Tribune, has been to wipe out our fore.gn indebtedness, which 8 year ago was estimated a. aoout $oOJ,VVO,OO0 Hence 1t IS that goId has been coming in from Europe, ana on the present movement we have imported in yellow metal an aggregate of nearly $2U.- O00000 In the meantime, our imports Of merchandise have fallen off. We are exporting very heavily and buying fewer goods from foreigners, which means that the balance of trade in our favor is grow ing all the time. For this we have to thank the farmer, Agriculture lies at the basis of our prosperity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18
Gossip cf men
 @ and mldttet$
Ehoes of That Edition.

The newspapers of the State, readers and advertisers, are still talking about that 76-page Christmas edition of The Advertiser, issued last Sunday. Many appreciated compliments have been be- slowed upon the management.
 The following message came yesterday from ono of the successful publishers of the State:
 Congratulations on the excellent and interesting edition of The Advertiser. It was great inside, outside and all over. am reading 1t on the installment plan can't do 1t in a single day or night. May Grandma celebrate many more Christ masses. and may you be with her at all of them"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18
Some Queries.

New York Herald.
 An accidental President has never been eleceted President of the United States.
 Will MT. Roosevelt prove an eXcep ion to the rule. and will he he nominated b. the Republican party.
 1t Is a tradition with us that a citizen shall not serve as President three times.
 Will MT. Cleveland he nominated by the Democrats?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18
Willingham May Be Candidate.

An Interesting bit of gossip that WAS n ers who e were Ferus in % MontsomeTy s % to attend the meeting of the Boards of Alabama Agricultural Schools. was the probability that Prof. H. J. Willingham. principal of the Fifth District Agricul- tural School at Wetumpka, would be a candidate for State Superintendent of Education at the next State election.
 Mir. Willingham has, for good many years been in close touch with the adu- cational work in Alabama, and it is be- lieved by his friends and colleagues that Superintendent of Education with abi ity and sound judgment doing credit to him. self and to the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18
A New Sport.

Huntsville Mercury.
 Jack rabbit racing is a new sport that is coming to the front in the South. We are fast catching on to everything that that will aid us in killing time pleas antiy. We are getting there. and have reached the Jack rabbit race track. We are a great Deople.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18

That was an exceedingly handsome magazine supplement issued Ty The Pen- sacola News on the 10th inst. It's forty beautifully printed and illustrated pages are devoted to the old town and sur- rounding country and the men who made and make it. and as fine specimen of the printers and engraver's art 1t is hard to beat. We congratulate The News, most heartily.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18
A Proner Method.

Union Springs Herald.
 That Virginia telegraph operator used the proper method when she shot man four times for attempting to embra e her. A little more familiarity with the revolver on the part of women would add much to their safety.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18
Just Imagine It.

Birmingham News.
 Imagine the smile of satisfaction on the physiogonomy of little Miss Panama should she wake up Christmas morning
 and find stuffed in her stocking the of ficial ratification of the Hay-Bunau- Vanilla Banana treaty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18
Well, Why NotP
Dothan Sitting

DOthan Siftings.
 A writer says that wives are bought and sold in Panama at an average of hf- teen dollars. Why not encourage immi- grafton among the "40O' in that direc- ton?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18
Mt. Carmel
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Free Hotel

Birmingham Ledger. A bill has been introduced to give half a million dollars of Government money to build and run theatre. The bill for national free hotcl has not yet been introduced.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18

And now comes preacher who de- clares that there was never any Garden of Eden. Then what becomes of Adam and Eve, and the snake, and the other fellow? And how does he know, for that matter?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18

Speaking of Roosevelt The Columbus Enqnirer-Sun says the Republicans "are afraid to hold him and afraid to turn him ioose." Like the man who caught the bear, they now want somebody to help them turn him loose. Perhaps Uncle Mark will gratify them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18
Dogs and Hogs.

Sheffield Reaper.
 Alabama could meat her porkless con dition easily if she could convert her numberless dogs into portable hogs. But hog and long live the waive note devil.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18
A Full Platform.

| ROanOke Leader. | The Democrats should not want an
 easier thing than to get together now We can all agree on the platform, Any 1 thing to beat Roosevelt"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18

Manager-y)octor, como into the store qulck. NJ D.--ls II q serious case: dat . ager-ENTemely so, A woman bought Slu worth and didn't ask for d single sample
 and the clerk k now a Gibhering idiot.- ! Butte lnter-Mountain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18

The Chicago Chronicle has group pict- ure of the Republican National Commit- tee, but it fails to show the honest phz of Perry Heath. the Secretary
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18
BOSTON DEMOCRATS

Win the Greatest Victory in Their
 History
 Boston, Dee. 16.-The Democratic vic tory yesterday was the greatest ever known here. Mayor Collins was re-elect- ed by 27,000 plurality.
 The Board of Aldermen next year will be solidly Democratic, and that party will
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18

If the inhabitants of Panama are worrying as much as some of our own people. are. will not Panamaniacs soon he the proper term for them?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18

Republican sentiment all over the country is for Roosevelt" gently chir- rups The Buffalo News. How easily we can believe whatever We wish!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18

F. J. Kelly. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn says: The foregoing statement of The Adver- uaer's daily circulation for the month of Mo- vember. l9o3 is true and correct and compiled after all returns from newsboys. news agents and leftover copies have been deducted.
 P. J. KELLY, Circulation Mgr Sworn to and subscribed before me this I4th
 day of December, 1908.
 IT. W. JACKSON IsaaL1 N. r. Ex-O. J. F.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18

if you can think of no other valuable sit to put in the Christmas stocking 6sssh sGE WnI not Dc oat af HlaA@
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18

What Quay says goes" is the short and conclusive way in which The Phila- delphia Record accounts for Republican politics in Pennsylvania.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18

Wife-Before marriage a man is know n by the company he keeps. Husband And after? Wife-By the clothes his wlEs wearS.-Town Topics.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18

A new York Democratic politician is re- ported as saying:
 If Judge Parker should be nominat ted and elected President by the Democrats he would look over the heads of all the party workers when he took charge of the White House. He is just that kind of a man, and would treat us worse than did Cleveland. These men who have served their lifetime on the bench have no sympathy with politicians and party workers, and. besides, they know very lit tie. if anything. about men or poiitles.
 This means, if it means anything. that B JudsA Pa<kAr Ahould be elected ha
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18
Men Who Come and oo.

Hon. Charles F. Almon, Representative in the Legislature from Marion County, was in Montgomery yesterday He re- turned to his home at Hamilton on an evening train.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18
Who're Are Hughes Brothers.

Where is the present home of Charles Hughes and William Hughes, who lived in Montgomery in 1888?
 Their brother. B. J. Hughes. who re- sides in Stanley, Mo, has written The Advertiser for information concern ns members of his family.
 writes. "and left two brothers, Charlie and Willie Hughes there. I have written them several letters but have never re- ceived reply. We were reared in Mont gomery, and I have naturally thought they were still there"
 The city directory discloses the fact that there is but one William Hughes in Mont Romery. He is a railroad brakeman who resides at 623 Jefferson Stret. It does not contain the name of Charles Hughes.
 The Missouri correspondent is anxious to correspond with persons having in- formation about his brothers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18
November uircwl~+iorl,

The Advertiser takes pleasure in submitting c sworn, detailed statement Of it's circulation for the month of November. These figures show the actual net Issue. day by day. the statement having been compiled after tho re- turns from all sources have been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18

Prof. J. F. Duggar and Dr. c. A. Cary of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn. spent yesterday in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18

Former Chancellor J. N. Williams, of Clayton, is in the city for few days. He is receiving hearty welcome from his many friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18
Two D,sgusted Detectives.

Detectives Tier and Crawford of the Jacksonville, Fla. Police Department, were in Montgomery a few hours last night en route to the Florida city from Mobile. where they have beHn since the capture Of Driscol and Russell. alleged burglars on the morning of December TO-
 We are simply disgusted,' said Craw- ford. "It's tough luck to chase a couple of thieves hundreds of miles and just when you have them in your clutches turn 'em aloose because of a subsequent crime. If those fellows hadn't done the job in Montgomery we wou dn't have had any trouble. As 1t Is, all of our trouble h 8 been for nothing. We are not finding fault with anybody but we are not in a happy humor."
 Russell and Driscoll are accused of hay ing blown open the safe of Hirscher Bros, manag gers of the Montgomery Thea Ire. on the night of December g. They are also accused of robbing safes in Jackson vile. Fla: and Savannah. Ga. The men are still in prison in Mobile. Governor Jelks having declined to honor a req lisl- tion for their return to Florida for trial.
 Detectives Tier and Crawford left for Jacksonville last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18

 State convicts, at SpeigneIs, is in the city. Mir. John W. Overton, a well known young lawyer of Wedowee is in town. MT. L. E. Parsons, prominent attor- ney of Birmingham, is in town. Messrs. Lon Williams and Ross Gofr of Linwood, are in Montgomery. MT. w. T. Wear of opelika came to town last night. MT. Nc. K. Thomas of Wetumpka, is in the city. MT. Edwin Taylor of Wetumpka, is in the city.
 MT. w. w. Jones of Spegners. is in the city.
 Mir, E. B. Muzum of Tuscaloosa, is in the city.
 MT. R. w. Henderson of Talladega, is in town.
 Mir. M. V. Capps of Abbeville, is in town.
 MT. Thomas Bragg of Auburn, is in town.
 MT. J. V. Brown of Abbeville, is in the city.
 MT. J. B. English of Mobile, Is in town MT. w. P. Cook, of Selma, is in the city. MT. C. w. Gavin of Scale, is in town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18

MT. w. w. Jones, assistant warden of State convicts, at SpeigneIs, s, is in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18

MT. John W. Overton, a well known young lawyer of Wedowee is in town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18

MT. l.. k. Parsons, prominent .attoI ney of Birmingham, is in town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18

Every question has two sides and cot ton is not an exception to the rule. Fol example. The Springfield tMass.) Repub- lican says:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-18

City subscriptions should bo paid to the fol- Nwtng authorized collectors only: c. T. Calm. gtxy Circulator; z. L. Eason. J. e. Jones, J. at the countinR-rooru