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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21

joint resolution embodyins these pro- visions is accepted by the lower house of Missourfs Legislature--which seems probable-the proposal will be laid before the people at the next general election. It was wise to fix that date for testing the popular will. for experience has shown that 1t is seldom possible to elicit a full expression of public opinion on any oc- casion except when general election or important local election is held. Thus, in New Hampshire the other day, less than a third of the vote cast for Presi- dent in 1900 was recorded with reference to a number of amendments of the State constitution. one of which substituted the word Christian for the word "Protes- tant in the organic law of the Common wealth, while another conceded the suf- frage to women, and a third prescribed an educational qualification for the ballot. Profound as were the changes threatened by these amendments in the political structure of the State. they excited much less interest than the question whether MT. Mckinley or Mir. Bryan should be- come the federal chief magistrate. When George Washington was chosen Presi- dent, on,the Other hand, the people of New Hampshire looked upon their State Government as incomparably more im- portant than the scheme of Federal ad- nninistration which had been devised at Philadelphia In 17S1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21
A oUEsr1oN EXPLAINED.

We suspect that The Montgomery (A1d'l Advertiser failed to notice the precise na- aure of the question we suggested recent ly as to the sale by New 4ork nrm of siiverware consigned to 1t by mer- chant in another city. The facts are that the New York firm erved certain pieces left. asked the cons. .snor if he would ac- cept the sum named in this offer for his consignment, and was told he would.
 We said as clearly az possible that m for this conduct and asked how far the business code which regards business as a form of warfare would sanction 1t. It was not question or morals or proprlety we had in mind, but one of fact as to the way In which the business world would regard it, not the small portion Of that world which ss as unscrupulous m business honor as in private honor, but the business world in general. It was evident that some firms would tolerate nothing approaching what was done in this case. 1t was known that some others would regard it as fair move in the war did the thing which raised the question were proud of 1t, and told 1t without thought of it's refiecting on them or on their way of doing business.
 As to that question we remained neutral as The Advertiser said, chiefly in the hope of promoting discussion or a rather important matter. It has had some effect in that way. But we invite 2lEenI1O0 10 the IAcI -IldL we lhu A1O qu1S- ton about the morals of the situation apart from a possible conventional under standing among those concerned. It seems to us that this was made clear. If not we are glad of the opportunity to say ft again.-fiartford, (Conn.) Times.
 We do not see that we misunderstood CT .nisstatsd the facts of the case, and we
 are still a little surprised that The Times is not willing to express an opln- ion of its own on matter of this na- ture, 1t seems to us that "the morals of the situation demand a definite condem- aation on the part of a good newspaper like The Times. There is no doubt of she facts-that this firm kept part of a consignment of goods sent it far sale sold the remainder and remitted the money. It makes no difference that the Arm wrote the owner of the silverwart and asked if he would be satisfied with &he amount which had been offered foI the portion they still had for sale. There js no evidence that they informed him es their keeping a portion of his goods er that he knew anything of that part of the transaction.
 So far as this paper is concerned wt care nothing how the business world re- gards the transaction. We were discuss ing the right or wrong of the business and we still claim that if one of thai firms servants had taken out a portion of the silverware he would have beer called a thies. Where is the difference in principle?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21
Missouri Following Switzerland.

Harper's Weekly.
 We have formerly discussed the ma chinery provided in Switzerland for the application of the initiative and referen- dun to both federal and cantonal legis- Iation. It looks as if the Swiss example might be followed in one of our larger Commonwealths. The upper house Of Missouri's Legislature passed the other day by a unanimous vote joint resolu- ton providing for the submission of the question of adopting the initiative and referendum to the people of that State. electors, a petition signed by 10 per cent of the voters will sufflce hereafter to compel the Legislature to introduce the particular measure; a petition signed by Is per cent. will compel the Legislature to refer any statute which may pass to the popular vote. When, however, it is desired to initiate a constitutional amend ment, a petition signed by % per cent of the voters will be requisite. If the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21
Where the Burden Rests.
New York Sun.

,NeW 0rk Sun.
 No previous utterances of any states man or philanthropist on this immensely important problem have gone nearer to the heart of the question. MT. Cleve- lands remarks on the subject were en- tirely free from cant: original. vital, ear nest and distinguished throughout not only by generosity of sentiment toward the negroes themselves and the South ern whites most immediately concerned with the problem. but also by an accurate and most sympathetic perception of the degree in which the latter can justly be held responsible for the. failure of the experiment.
 These words are as generous as true. We believe that they represent public opinion in the north that Is growing fast, and Is bound to become prevalent, with out regard to party lines.
 To promote as much as we can a better understanding in the North of the South ern point of view-a fuller recognition of what MT. Cleveland calls the honor and sincerity of the respectable white people of the South in their relations with the negro and his improvement and we'll being-we invite unprejudiced attention to the exposition of Southern sentiment contained in the remarkable instructive series of dispatches from the South which The Sun is now publishing.
 They there, and not we here, bear ths heat of the day and stagger under the weight of the burden.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21
Labor Union Mulcted.
uisville Courier-Journal

Louisville Courier-Journal
 There has been a notable precedent in England. but the first case of the kind In this country Is reported from Yer mont. where a manufacturer has obtained judgment against members of a labor union for damages inflicted by a boycott. The case is somewhat different from the TaR Vale case in that the Vermont union not being chartered. the judgment is rem dered against the individual memSers of the union. A similar suit has just been brought by the Waterbury. Conn, street car company. If such judgments should become frequent union members having property, who would be the only ones against whom the judgment could be en- forced, would no doubt either abandon their opposition to the incorporation of labor unions, thus making them respon- sible legally for their acts, or their zeal in the cause of labor unions would mate- rtaily relax in many instances probafS to the point of becoming "scabs." !"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21
The oratorical Contest.

Editor The Advertiser:
 read with interest the article of Teacher in Sundays Advertiser ill contest
 The article is timely as a number of the audience would be glad to know how the judges arrived at their conclusion. would especially emphasize this para graph from "Teacher:''
 This decision of judges, if a correc; one must surely have been based on con ditions not understood by all the audience. Whatever those conditions were, it is evident that knowing ones speech presenting 1t with variety of ex- pression and with admirable force, grace and eloquence must have been greatly out weighted in the estimation of the judges by some other consideration. What was that considerationF"
 Did not the judges consider the contest as historical and not oratorical?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21
sARcAsM wITH SENSE.

The Portland oregonian, good Republi- can that 1t is, has an attack of disgust whenever 1t gets to discussing the tariff. In recent issue 1t grows sarcastic. but there's meat in its sarcasm. as in this: Every inequality of the tariff should be corrected. Well. Is the tariff on steel equal? Oh, but this is a great and glori- per cent on boots and shoes necessary Oh, but we are the greatest manufac- turing nation on earth. We'll, is the cop per trust not able at length to stand aae ss on without s sssa fsss eonpsr and high M Su, the tariff should be revised by It's friends Kindly show why the anthracite trust can endure free coal, but the steel trust cannot endure free iron. Oh. but our workingmen must be protected from the pauper labor of Europe. Wili the Re- publican Party ever revise the tariff ex- cept to make 1t higher, as 1t did with
 as Mckinley and the Dingley bills? Oh, preaching. and we .hslI need campaign funds from the protected corporations. When we come to ana yze the questions herein given we find that the replies of The oresonian, although given in a flip pant manner really represent the alleged arguments used by protectionists. There is just as much force in some of their reasoning as there is in the way the questions are treated Tn the extract we have copied
 And when we get dowrf to the root of the whole matter we are about to admit that the last sentence quoted above con- tains the main opposition to tariff reform. The chief beneficiaries of the tariff are
 likewise the promoters and beneficiaries of the trusts. While the present tariff exists the trusts will flourish, and while the trusts flourish the men who are en- riched by them will contrib Ite freely to keep in power the party to which they owe so much. The need of campaign funds will so far towards making the Republican leaders deal very gingerly
 with the tariff.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21
It is a Democratic Victory

Chicago Chronicle.
 The prosecution of the Northern Se- curittes Company and the great antitrust decision of the court at St. Paul consti- tute Democratic victory. not a victory of President Roosevelt nor of the Repub- lican Congress.
 The public sentiment which forced the national administration to act against the trusts was created by Democratic agita- ton.
 The Republicans were forced into a corner. They were compelled to act for the suppression of trusts or to go before the country at the next election as the party of the trusts. supporting the trusts and supported by the trusts.
 victory in the courts the Republicans are stealing Democratic thunder. The larceny will not prevail
 The Democratic party is entitled to all the credit of the successful war on the trusts, and it cannot be kept out of it's own when the reckoning comes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21
we win let The American of that city

we win let The American of that city reply. which 1t does siusly:
 Of course there fs not even the shadow or truth in it's remark about Nashville. It but shows the folly of men in New fork or Boston--and Tn passing 1t Is in order to observe that The Post is 70 thoroughly dominated by the bigoted in- tolerance of New England in discussing the negro question that 1t might as well be edited Boston-at.cmpting to dis cuss any question It loEC range. We In Nashville had as we'll attempt to tell the people of Lowell, or any other New Eng land factory center. now to handle their different industrial questions.
 There are two or three colored dentists In Nashville--we had to make inquiries to ascertain the fact-who do some prac- tice among the colored people, but who have never had in Nashville a white pa- tient. in their lives. and who never will. and in no Southern city has colored dentist ever had white patient. We feel safe in this statement because of oup Knowledge of the temper and feelink If the Southern people. Such thing is simply impossibIe.,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21
TUESDAY, APRIL si, 1908
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses cer- tain signs to denote the relative standing and merit of the whole heid of newspaperdom which comes under its notice. and one>cf these signs is the mystic symbol 01 denctins golden" which stands for high quality. and is thus explained:
 Advertisers value this paper more for the class and quality of it's circulation than for the mere number of copies printed"
 Such papers are credited with single sym boi; but there is a higher grade according to this standard authority, which have BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY. and require the DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL L~Sl to describe adequately their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded this double golden symbol yv and is the only paper so distinguished in this section of the 2oufh
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21

The New Bedford Mercury has a very indifferent regard for that divinity that doth hedge king" or a President, for that matter. Referring to the action of those in authority in refusing to allow any visitor in Yellowstone Park while Roosevelt was there, The Mercury says:
 We wish the President all the seclusiop he desires, but 1t would be interesting to know by what authority the army Is Sta tioned to prevent any citizen of this re. public from entering up1n any part oj President has chosen for his outing. The action is arbitrary and in defiance of the law and the spirit of the law. AHg citi. zen in the land is entitled 10 all the priv. ileges in the park which belong to the President
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21

The failure of more than one proposed railroad combination and consolidation to materialize, has been announced since the decision in the Northern Securities case. One notable instance is the Rock 4siand and Frisco systems. As the latter runs into Alabama and has connections with the great systems at various points, It is a matter of congratulatton for ship pers who want all he competition in trans portation that can be obtained. It is only a question of time when these over-oap- itaized creations will come to grief. and briang great loss to thousands who have invested in the securities.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21
A Cabinet Minister,s nu+;.s,

In Abyssinia the duties of a cabinet minis- ter are very peculiar, according to the report that appears in a St Petersburg powsbapcr ng. the Swiss minister of the Emperor Meme lik. who holds cabinet rank, and is presumably what Lord Halsbury wotld call "a sort orr agricultural minister waters Menelik's low CTS, winds his clocks and cuts his corns. oc- casionally by way of variety. Ilg is ln- trusted with diplomatic mission to Europe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21

The Brooklyn Eagle. commenting on some recent atterances of a young friend, says; We like this young man so much that we regret, wn,n he fails to see in what is called Clevelaudism the adequate and the only compendium of any Democ- racy which can now win, or what is more important, which now deserves to win. '' That is talking just like a great many people in the East are thinking. and the feeling is fast permeating the South. It is not essential that 1t shall be Cleve- land, but the Democracy of which he Is now the strongest exemplar is the kind that must prevail. if we are to win.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21

The Camp Hill Times thinks 1t is very necessary for the Democrats to carry Illi- nois to win out in the next election. |" We'll, as we have carried the State in but one Presidential lection since the war we are getting pretty well accustomed to getting along without it. There are States more important to Democratic success than Illinois.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21
Get Him in Line.

Birmingham Ledger.
 President Roosevelt's Cabinet is dis tinctly announcing their opposition to any tariff reform of any kind. President Roosevelt has left civilization while lieu tenants get him in line with his party.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21

The Columbus En1uirer-sun opines that even if Richard Croker doesn't come back to the United States in June the country will manage to worry along with out him. We are not sure that 1t wouldn't survive his perpetual absence. sras-r4,..--
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21
Find No Fault.

Mobile Register.
 Not only is Cleveland's sentiment prais. ed. but the critics find no fault with his diction. For our part, we have always though Mir. Cleveland spoke well and to the point. Maybe that is because he always said what was agreeable to our own opinion. We admire what we like,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21
Lock Their Coops.

MontevaIlo Sentinel
 When one refuses to take a paper from the postoffice that he has subscribed for. and then refuses to pay what is due on his subscription. 1t is about time for his neighbors to lock their chicken GOODS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21
The Times is Good.
Selma Times

Selma Times.
 Grover Cleveland has been abused so long that the applause he is now getting rom the Democracy of the whole country must sound very pleasing to him. We are glad on account of The Montgomery Ad- vertiser. if nothing else, for that paper has been loyal to the ex-President in DOW CT as well as in retirement
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21

"It was a very good evenings work for an ex-President," says The Hartford Courant, speaking of Mr. Cleveland's New York speech. Yes. and for the people, North and South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21

Editor E. A. Turner, of The Headland Post. was an appreciated visitor to The Advertiser some days ago. He was shown through the office and says:
 It is certainly nicely arranged, and the editors and managers are ell nice, clever gentlemen. After this we are not sur prised that The Advertiser is one of the best and most apprs slated papers in the State.
 Come again. and stay longer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21
They Like Hog,

Birmingham Age Herald.
 The menu of the Vaudervilt wedding breakfast was printed in French, except the word ham Most of the guests fell back on the American hog as something they understood and had confidence in,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21
Inspected the Rooms.

| Birmingham News
 Before Mir. Bryan sat down to lunch
 with Melville Ingalls, 1t is to be presumed that he inspected the dining room to make sure that no picture of Grover Cleveland adorned the walls.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21

Poor rich Rockefeller can neither eat nor sleep with any satisfaction. He'd better be hodcarrier with good appetite and digestion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21
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Plenty of Material.

Mobile Item.
 Will the postoffice investigation take in the Indianola and Minnie Cox affair There Is material for a powerful lot of iuyeStigating
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21
LARGEST IN ALABAMA.

The sworn detailed circulation statement of the Daily and Sunday Advertiser for March. Ie04 published below. shows that it's cir- ctzlation is not only larger than that of any other morning paper published in this State. but larger than that of any two of them com bined
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21
Will Have to Hold It.

Mobile Herald
 Teddy and Grover are to sleep in the same house and eat at the same table in St. Louis. Somebody will have to hold The Commoners editor about that time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21
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City Subscriptions should be paid to the fol lowing authorized collectors onlys ]. H. But. ton. City Circulator; T. !. Higss. Collector; q T. Eason. Collector. and at the Counting Room
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-21

Come again. and stay longer
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1903-01-02
Of Interest to All Dairymen.

We are in receipt of the program
and premium list of the 53rd annual
meeting of the Vermont Dairymen s
Association to be held at Rutland /,
Jan o. 2 ana 3, 1905, the program
consisting of reports of officers. ad-
dresses by noted scientists in dairy
matters from all parts of the coun-
try, etc. The premiums are to be
awarded for best exhibits of dairy
butter in 10 ID. tubs, Id. boxes,
ID. or more prints, and for creamery,
0 Id. tubs, and 10 lbs. or more
prints. Also for cheese, dairy
plain, dairy sage, factory plain and
factory sage, and all exhibits must
be in Rutland by Jan. 3. Every ex-
hibitor must be member of the As
ISOLATION which costs ST. 90 for one
year or $500 for life membership
All railroads and hotels will give
reduced rates. F. L. Davis, Rut-
land, is Secretary of the Associa-
ton.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1903-01-02
YHrmOnt State News.

In the proposed license-local OPP
ton law pr nted in the public acts
distributed last week there is evil
IDENTIFY an error in section 3, which
defines the classification of licenses.
AZ printed the third class and sew
enth class licenses are identical with
the exception of the fee The error
occurs in the word mot being
omitted from the seventh class.
Glass three covers the sale OF malt
LIQUORS, cider and light wines to be
drunk on the premises, while class
seven is the same with the privilege
of drinking on the premises omit
ted. The proposed law as printed
in our issue of Dec. 10th is correct
in this matter.
S. L. Cooley of Monkton met with
what will ultimately prove a fatal
accident Thursday afternoon. He
went to the barn to care for the
stock. While engaged in throwing
down hay from loft he fell through
the pitching hole to the floor below.
a distance of y feet. He struck on
his back which was bloken, and he
laid for two hours most of the time
unconscious. He was found by his
wife, who becoming alarmed at his
not returning to the house went to
seek for him. nr Briggs of Bristol
was called and everything done to
make the injured man comfortable.
Mr.. Cooley is paralyzed from his
hips down, but may live some time.
He is we'll known in Addison county
and throughout the state.
The little town of Washington in
Orange county is now claiming to
be the healthiest place in Vermont,
if not in New England, and the evil
dence which is presented in behalf
Of the claim is at least astonishing.
Sickness is almost unknown there
and about all the deaths are due to
I'D age. Physicians have settled
n the village occasionally after as
the population and learr
ng that no other doctor was WITH
our miles and but one within eS III
niles, but the stay of each hs Uee"
f short duration. The villee Is
mall and nestles among the ms
When this winter opened it 9tfiiu
nree couples livi84, with n Al g "a
f-sss.''-sfo had 0een married
fty years. OF these six persons the
'ungest was so years of age and
e oldest was IS.