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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
Cleveland a Candidate.

The hundred. more or less. of cor.es- pondents. including veterAI of the row. men who have written of politics for more than quarter of a century. came away with distinct sensation of having got line on" political phase of the times which Is of immense significance.
 It Is that Grover Cleveland. three times Democratic candidate and twice Presi- dent of the United States. is again a can- didate. Nobody of them will say that he Is candidate in the sense of seeking the nomination. but that he is candidate in the sense of willingness to stand to an- swer the call of his party not one of the newspaper visitors to St Louis now has doubt. They agree that MT. Cleveland was not nea1 so willing to submit to the wishes Of his special admirers before he went to St. Louis as he was when he went home to Princeton.
 The newspaper men who sat under the speakers stand the day of the .l-iicatiol and saw the unparalleled demonstration of popular este m which greeted the last Democratic President before he had said a single word 10 the great crowd which hailed him so grandly saw in the stirring occasion an appeal as well as an ap- provaI There were not few corres- pondents among the hundred who had Gixen saon admir'ng support to Mir, Bryan in lS96 and thereafter. but they neither deny nor care to obscure the tremendous sig nificance of that signal and wonderful demonstration. Cleveland had not opened his mouth and very few heard him when he did speak. It could not be said with out ahsurdity. as has been absurdly said that President Francis Of the exposition had the crowd fixed for Cleveland" The fact Is that there was an infinitesmal part of the seats reserved for the occasion
 People of All sorts. conditions and from everywhere crowded into the vast build Ing where Roosevelt and Cleveland spoke of their own vo,tion and by their own main strength. When the Cleveland en- thusiasm broke loose and kept up like tornado It embraced the entire crowd of crowds People who joined in the dem orstration came away asking each other what 1t meant. It was a curious occa- sion and curious state Of mind in the public that hardened to the former Pres 1dent. How far that crowd of crowds was representative of the ma sses of the pea- pie throughout the country it would he impossible now to say. It Is at least known that the State of Missouri in which the demonstration occurred has been anti Cleveland whenever the silver question was an issue. Colonel William J. P~yan was in the city. He had made a speech
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08

"Savoyard," otherwise Eugene New man. whose nom dc plume is familiar to many Southern newspaper readers as a writer of epigrammatic observations of men in public life, has given The Wash ington Pest some glimrses of what is passing in his mind on The Outlook for 1904" MT. Newman. who is a Kentucll- ian by birth. and who has lived in M S. sissippi and fo@ some years in this city. is an intense Southerner and ardent question should never have been permit ted to divide the party. In his latest observation on the look toward next year. Savoyard finds that much depends upon correct apprehonSiJn Jn Of tn tr. cEs Of Senator A!dlich.
 '''rhe triumph of Aldrich." says Savoy ard is the triumph of eSorbitant pro lection. The o:dar has gone forth that there is to be no reform and no revision of the tariff as long as the country is making living. The order has gone forth that the establishment of the gold standard had no part or lot in re- storing prosper,ty-tEat all of 1t IS due to Dingley taxes and to nothing else the Republican party said that a per.o1 of financial panic was no time to tinker with the tariff. Now it declar that a period of prosperity is no time to tinker with monop5l.stic schedules And yet tho Republican party can go with Sir Priest as well as Sir Knight. Last winter it put coal on the free list. Why? Because free coal makes cheaper coal. Why did it not put hids on the free list? Tha. would make cheaper leather. IL IS be- cause taxed hides is a demagogue cry for the farmer who has a calf to sell. and an enormous graft to the cattle trust that has millions of hides to sell. .. What will the Democrats do? Will they go in ag1in for 16 to 1? MT. Bryan says that they Will. That is the corpse to which he would sg9in marry the Democratic party--the coffin in which he have the party of Jefferson. Jocks m and Tilden make is domicile. Win his advice he followe1? Let the South an- swer. It Is up to tho South.
 Jthn Sharp Will ans has the floor"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08

Colonel Bryan with his free silver fas- cination and MT Roosevelt with his ne g.ophiie fanaticisln are two young states men who are beng left far behind in the prosrcss Of he worlds thought They are young ears rott'ng on the stalk Charleston Post.
 We would be glad to know that both of them will fall off the stalk in due time. especially Bryan. He Is in position to give the Democracy more trouble than Roosevelt will. We expect to have to fight the latter and his Party. but we are not at all sure where the other will ba found.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08

There gre times in the lives of all labor ing men when they would gladly work extra time for extra pay. If the men and the employer agree on the extra time and the extra compensation, nobody and no law should be allowed to intervene to prevent them from exercising their mu- tual desires. We can conceive of no more sacred right for an American citizen than that he shall be allowed to choose his own time to work, and we can con- ceive of no more unjust and tyrannicaI law than that would be which deprives him of that right.
 It will be noted, too. that fixing the hours of labor is not the only or the most vicious phase of this proposed amendment, for 1t will authorize the Leg islature Ito regulate and fix salaries and wages" Could paternalism, or rather in- tolerance. go further than this? Not only is the law to fix the length of the day, but to fix the price to be paid, and we suppose, under the clause to regulate" the State can say whether the laborer is to be paid in gold, silver or paper. and whether the payments shall be made weekly, daily or monthly. In short, neith- CT those who employ nod those who work shall have any voice in the matter.
 We repeat that no more vicious and un-American proposition has been an- nounced, and people who will vote for such a measure deserve to be slaves.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08

Thomas County, Georgia, is just little ahead, so far. The Thomasville Times Enterprise has learned of a negro who rented some land and bought a COW on a credit. Then, the informant adds that the negro worked the COW all week, rode her to mill on Saturday. drove her to church on Sunday, milked her every day to supply food for his family, and raised two bales of cotton on three acres" That is fine specimen of the Thomas County COW or the Thomas County liar.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08

Mir. Goodwin Smith, in The New York Sun tells us that the white man in the South is not a tiller of the soil" and The Chattanooga Times virtually endorses the statement by saying: "The whites of the South may be able to make cotton and rice. but they do not like to do 1t. and they probably never will Both these writers take too much for granted It Is true that in the great cotton belt of the country, in the rice fields of Caro- lima and the sugar cane plantations of the Southwest most of the work is done by the negroes. but those sections com prise but comparatively small portion Of the agricultural South. Outside the exclusively cotton. cane and rice planta- tions. most of .he farm work is done by white labor. They like 1t as well as white rnen like farm work anywhere, The Sun and The Times to the contrary notwith- standing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
Approval and Appeal.

that great crowd on the dedication occa- sion both approval and an appeal
 As far as any analysis of the temper and meaning of the greeting appears possible. it was this. It was an approval of MT. Cleveland's conduct since his re- to him to indicate his willingness to stand for another call to public duty.
 MT. Cleveland remained in St. Louis nearly two days after the great demon s.ration. He was cheered whenever he appeared and until he took his final de- parture for the East. The newspaper men saw much of him. He attended the ba nquet given especially to them and the speech he made all agreed was by vated that and of keen critics with his wit and bonhomie. or ''cameraderie," as Chauncey Depew, the Happy Hooligan of the Senate, loves to call festive good fel- lowship. When the former President fin- ished making himself solid with tEe newspaper men. they yelled first and then sang -Four More Years of Grover" MT. Cleveland smiled with unfaigned pleasure.
 newspaper workers and the Washington core spondents Sought to ascertain how he felt toward "a nomination next year. Mir. Cleveland. although in better hu- nor than they had ever seen him. skill fully held to non-committal ground. The visiting correspondents came back to their several quarters convinced that the Sage of Princeton" is just as much . candidate for President as anybody else. would he accept nomination.. the an- swer invariably comes in another ques- tion:
 Did anybody ever refuse it?''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
Criminal and Cowardly.

I0t9StIIIVI " tVhIy.
 The use of what is called the boycott, the blacklist or ban is criminal and cow ardly and 1t is not the weapon of the honest and honorable workman or of the honest, just and upright employer, but of the Pariah, the demagogue of one who seeks a living by his wits and not by honest toll: by one who would always tear down and never build up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
Good Times Ahead.

Talladega Mountain Home
 Now that so many of Annistons prom inent citizens have become millionaires over their holdings in the DeSoto Gold Mining Company. the Alabama editors, when they meet in that city this month may expect "a lavish entertainment and the most choicest of things"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
Not All Harmony" :"

DdNdIIIdH NtWH.
 Democratic party has had its differences its dissensions. its wrangles. until it is well satisfied to come together in a move ment for success. The Republicans have now entered the rocky road that we have abandoned" The Senator is an optimist Has he read MT. Bryan's recent 'har- mony" speeches?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
Should Be Widely Read.

Brundidge News
 Col, Mike l.. Woods. who commended the celebrated 46th Alabama Regiment, company of which was from this vicln- ity, delivered the memorial address in Montgomery last Saturday. It was a masterly vindication of his people. was published In last Sundays issue of The Montgomery Advertiser. and should be tread by every Southerrer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08

We are indebted to John Brisbane Walker for the information that the mis- tress of the house, In another quarter of century must be a chemist and trained scientist. She is also likely to ne an old maid. if that information gets out
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08

The Nashville News prances to the front with "a prominent gentleman" who heard MT. Cleveland declare that he would not accept q nomination for the Presidency That settles it-wlth The NewN
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08

The Savannah Press remarks that the welcome to MT. Cleveland at St. Louis could be heard way out on the plains of Nebraska" Yes, the jar of 1t is reported to have pied the forms of the esteemed Commoner.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08

The York (Pa) Dispatch is cock-sure that the majority of people in the Uni ted States are opposed to tariff tinker ing" Better wait till the people have an opportunity to express themselves on that point before you back your ooinion with anything of value.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
Which End to Point.

Union Springs Herald
 few more accidents m the navy and our naval officers will not know which end of the guns to point at the enemy in the next naval conflict
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
Has Shut Down.

Birmingham News.
 The Hon. Henry c. Payne aAs tempo rariiy shut down his partisan politics ad- llSorN depart ncnt in order to find out just how much Crookedness exists in the pOstoffice branch,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
Plum Good Ones.
Mobile Item

NIODIIt IItIII.
 Governor Taylor says that only bald headed fat men should be at the head of families This is discriminating against the horde of long, keen plum-good ones who make excellent victims
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
The Advertisers Circulation In
 creases.

The guaranteed net paid ejaculation of the Daily and Sunday Advertiser continues to Brow. The sworn detailed figures for the month of April. just passed. emphasize The AdveI tiser's oft-r ;peated statement that its guaranteed net paid circulation is greater than the actual of any other two Ala Dama morning newspapers combined. TaKtng this Tact, in connection with the high class of the papers reaGers. into consideration. it is no wouaer The Advertiser prints Il larger volume of advertising local and foreign. day by day. than either of it's State niJrl,.Ag con- 1empoiai,.as. anu at higher tate pet inch.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08

According to Hanna a failure to en- dorse Roosevelt's administration would be a strike at the foundation of this great government" That would be very sad. indeed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
Q |s ;is !: 5s $ < t ;e Is Ss ;s < < < Is * Q 5s WHAT THE STATE PAPERS :: |. ARE SAYING. :: 0 ;: $; 6: q: ss < ;e ; 1s Ss as < !s < < ts 0
 Will Need It.
rD1iDyb1n, JarIprr

Brmingham Ledger.
 Miss Thaw says she will hold on to her own money. She will need bunch q 1t after she gets her divorce and ras to come home to live.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
Some Fine Gospel.
Ozark Sta

OLlTk cIdT.
 Your Uncle Grover Cleveland i. very much in the public eye just tt this time He has been eXpouuding some fine gospel of late.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
One Thing Certain.
Mnhile Herlld

MObIIe HerdIu.
 There is at least one thing incontro- vertibly certain regarding the probable candidacy of MT. CleveIand-the Demo- cratic Party might so further and fare worse
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
Don't Want To.

Roanoke Leader
 One of our weekly exchanges suggests that We should try to forget the pas,--re- ferrinS 10 the Civil War. We doh want to.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08

The AttaIla Mirror isn't certain which Is worse, dogs or babies. Nor are We, but we know that babies are best.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1908.
A GOOD MOVEMENT.

In the townSof Carthage, Mo-, as we . learn from a contemporary, the respecta bIe colored people propose to organize a colored peoples Law and Order League. the object of which will be to promote decency and good behavior among the members of their own race" No better or worthier object can engage the atten- ton of the better class of negroes, either in Missouri or in Alabama. It Is idle to hope that the negroes can be reformed altogether from the outside. It is futile to believe that they can be lifted up un- less they join in the work. They are not going to be taken by the wool and elevat- ed to good citizenship without any effort of their own.
 All over the South there are white men who stand ready to help the negroes to make of themselves better men and wo- men and better citizens. They have shown this readiness and willingness in many ways and on many occasions. They cannot be expected to do all the work. There are good negroes who must, both by counsel and practice, join in the up- lifting process. These must teach the vicious members of their race that an act which is criminal in a white man is equally criminal in a negro. Let them prove to their race that the color of the skin does not change the moral law or the statutes of the State. They cannot make negro white, nor can they make the negro race the social and poIiticaI equals of the white race, but they can teach them to be law-abiding citizens. They can show them that soberness, in- dustry and obedience to law will help them to happiness and contentment and that nothing else will. The white people will help them, but they will not do it all
 
 When The New York Herald asks The Brooklyn Eagle if it believes that any Democrat can be elected President who did not vote for Bryan, 1t is really going off on a side issue. Many good Demo- crats refused to vote for him, and many other good ones voted for him who had no sympathy with his political beliefs. particularly on the financial question. Whether a man did or did not vote for him in 1896 or even in 1900 is going to have very little to do with the matter next year. The nomination may go to a man who voted for him or to one who refused to do so. but 1t is not going to a man who now believes in Bryansm That much is settled
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
Gossip from Washington

at the Good Roads Convention which ev- erybody who heard 1t said was excellent. But nevertheless many tens of thousands of people in St. Louis from all over the country applauded Grover Cleveland and showed him more attention than they did the President of the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08

City Subscriptions should be paid the fol- lowing authorized collectors only: ,. H. But ton. City Circuator; T. J. Higes. Collector. 4. L Eason. Collector. Fillmore Cohen. and al the Counting Room.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-08
"savoyard" cn the Outlook.

Did anybody ever refuse it?"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-03-06
ASHUELOT. N, a,

Mrs. Katherine f. Conroy visited in
Greenfield last week
4 moving picture entertainment will
be held at the lower han Saturday even
ing.
The winter term of the Lower Ashue-
lot schools closed Friday. Those of
Upper Ashuelot will continue one week
longer
An athletic club has been formed at
Lower Ashuelot Rooms have been
opened in one of the cotton mill tene-
ments.
An expert craftsman was at the fac
tory last week, getting out plans for the
buildings and the location of the ma
chimes.
Frank S Allen, for the past three
years a clerk in the store of the Wright
Wood estate, closed his engagement there
Saturday evening. He will engage in
farming with his brother, Edward, on
the Allen place.
The many friends of Mrs. Nancy Burt,
widow of Logan Burt, were grieved to
learn of her death, which took place in
Worcester Feb. "A. She had been close
ly identified with these villages many
years, although living on one of the
best hill farms in town a mile away.
She was a woman of generous, sympa-
thetic and cheerful disposition. She
was about 60. She had been making
her home in Worcester the past year.
The body was brought to Winchester
Thursday for burial in Evergreen ceme-
terry after funeral services which were
held in the Universallst church.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-03-06

NORTHEIELD. MASS

| {. H. Webster. pharmacist is having
| the foundation put in at East North
| field for building at the corner of Nor
ris and Pine streets which will be used
| Tor branch Of his downtown drug
| store.
The Womans Relief corps will give a
| sugar supper ON Wednesday evening
next in Sons of Veterans hall beginning
at SIX o'clock. Following the supper
a drama viii be presented by the Ladies'
Aid entitled "a Wonderful Cure" with
the following cast of characters: Mrs
Gaby Mrs. T.. Jackson; Ellen Grand
niece. Mrs. Matte Proctor; Gertrude
IloaNley. Marion Powers Jessie. maid
servant Miss Rose Stearus. The usual
price will be charged for supper and ad-
mission to the hail.
Town meeting passed off quietly despite
the predictions of one week ago. The
old board of officers were reelected as
follows: Selectmen, II. ID. Holton, j. L.
Hammond and T.. $. Bardwell; school
committee Mrs. Nellie NJ Wood col
lector of taxes, Frank Montague. The
vote on the license question fully indi-
Gated the sentiment of the town, 1t be-
ing l54 no TO Il yes. Much anxiety had
been felt in the town concerning this
vote but the result this year speaks for
itself. The vote for license this year
fails several short of that of one year
ago.
The Good Templars are doing valiant
service for the cause of temperance.
On the Saturday evening preceding the
town meeting temperance rally was
neld in the town han which was ad-
dressed by Rev. Alfred Noon of Boston
and several from the town The hall
was well filled and much enthusiasm
seemed 20 peryade the meeting. on
Monday the Good Templars gave a free
lunch i'm the room adjoining the town hall
whore hot coffee and sandwiches were
served TO e. large number during the
noon hour Nothing will promote the
best interests OF the town more than
such work as this.
Miss Augusta Field. one of the Oldest
residents of the town. was found dead
in her bed early Monday morning. She
had been confined to her bed for two
years but had been noticcably weaker
for a few weeks past. She took her
supper as usual and 1t is thought she
slept her life away. never being con
scious of the end. as she lay in her usual
attitude when sleeping. She was born
in October, 1913, and had spent most of
her life in this town. She was a woman
of good intellect and during the active
years Of her life was a most useful mem
Der Of society. She is survived by one
brother, Joseph, who lives in town. The
funeral was held from her late residence
on Wednesday afternoon being attended
boy her pastor. Rev Mr.. Piper.
Wright Stratton celebrated his Slst
birthday anniversary on Tuesday in
unique but most delightful manner. Ile-
held dinner party al simpsons Inn
To- which hc Invited the men OF the town
who had passed the age of - years. lie
found "a such people but only IA re-
spondcd 10 the invitation. owing 90 in
armtics OF old age and other unavoidable
reasons & fine turkey dinner was
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-03-06
VERNON.

Vernon Grange will hold a regular
meeting tomorrow evening.
Rev. w. O. Williams will preach in
the chapel next Sunday at IL a. m. and
7.3O p. m.
j. j. Greenough has completed plans
to take the cream of his patrons the
ensuing year on terms favorable to them.
The first harbinger of spring has APP
peared, the bluebird, although he will be
likely to have cold toes before nest-mak-
ing time
The young people of Vernon are pre-
pairing to present the drama, Our
Folks" in a short time at the vestry.
Due notice of the exact date will be
given.
Franklin G. Lackey has bought from
Daniel Beach, trustee, the place known
as the Charles Slate place, near Vernon
Centre where Mr.. Lackey has lived
since he moved to town.
Windham County Pomona Grange will
meet with Vernon Grange next Thurs
day. The afternoon session will be
open to the public, and questions of in
terest will be presented for discussion,
Mr. and Mrs. e. II. Akley entertained
the "neighbors" last Saturday evening
at Woodlawn farm at progressive euchre
The prize winners were Edwin Mack, j.
Y. Wright and Mrs. A. H. Jaquith.
Refreshments of cake, coffee, sandwiches
and fruit were served, and the evening
was a very enjoyable one.
The ladies' circle met last Tuesday
After a very favorable report of the
finances of the society, read by the
treasurer, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: President,
Mrs. A. Withheld; vice presidents, Mrs.
C. H. Newton and Mrs. e. II. Akley;
secretary, Miss Emma j. Tyler; treas
urer, Mrs. C. e. Davis; collector Mrs.
T.. O. Lee; executive committee, Miss
leila A. Johnson and Mrs. b. A. Street
er.