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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
To Its Old Love,
Richmond Times

Richmond Times.
 MT. L. W. Garris. Chairman of the South Carolina Railroad Commission, said in recent interview that it began to look as if the old-time alliance between the South and the East, with consequent victory, were coming around"
 This refers, of course, to the Democrat ic Party. Up to 1896 the Democrats of the EbastNthat tbH Nrth Is to to say, the Democrats of ocrats of the South. stood shoulder to shoulder together in all political con tests, and they made a strong and some Democrats stood by us manfully and al- most affectionately in our time of trouble. helping us to defeat the infamous force Dill and kindred measures designed to harass and distress the South. They were friends in need, and friends true and tried; But in an evil moment the South ern Democrats turned their backs upon them and formed an alliance with the West What was the result? The party gained a few insignificant States in the the Western Populists. but we lost New York and other influential Northern States, and we lost thousands and hun in that section.
 We are not going to rake up old scores; We are not going to quarrel about the gain indeed. when it exchanged the North for the West, and 1t is now time for the South to repudiate that bargain and make friends once more. It is sig inent man as Mir. Garris, of South Car olina, should make the statement above credited to him, and we hope and be- lieye that he speaks for the great body of Southern Democrats. There is no nat ural affiliation between the South and the West, politically speaking The South is. par excellence, the Democratic section of the country. The purest Democracy has always been found in this section. We are, by nature, by education and by tra- dition, Democrats. whereas. the people of the Middle West. the people of Kansas and Nebraska and States of that section are, by nature and education Populists; and there can be no true affiliation be- tween Democrats and Populists.
 s5t9T More than that, the interests of the those of the North than with those of the West. Generally speaking, the Dem ocrats of the North and the Democrats of the South are agreed upon the prin- clples of Democracy. and agreed upon the policies that should be pursued by the party. It is the natural affiliation, and the strength of the party lies in the aff1liation. This is the only combination which can win. If the party is to be dominated by the West, defeat is inev- itable
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
THE soUTH's DUTY.

Tn another place is copied an editorial From The Chattanooga Times upon which some comment may not be amiss. If we understand The Times correctly, it be- aieves that the Southern Democracy should remain quiet and passively accept any candidate and any platform offered. This Is not our conception of the duty of our section. It will be admitted, we presume. that no Democrat can be elected zanIess he gets the entire Southern cleo zorai vote. Perhaps it is not going too xar to claim that no candidate can get tho requisite two-thirds majority Of the convention unless he has the South with him.
 These being the facts. Is it right for the South to a passive factor in the se- peetion of the ticket7 We do not believe khat a delegation can be sent from any Southern State that will, under any con- Bideration, insist on an endorsement of khe Chicago and Kansas City platforms. nor do we believe that a delegation from any Southern State could be induced in as11 to cast its vote for MT. Bryan or for any man holding his views. We believe, on the contrary. that Southern Demo- cFats are now prepared to endorse and support an Eastern man who holds prac- ideally the views that Mir. Cleveland does, and will endorse a platform in harmony with those views.
 Satisfied as we are of these facts, we hold tffat the Southern delegates should assert their power in the convention and insist on the nomination of some East lnan man about whose Democracy and ntness there can be no question. There have been men mentioned, who, while ! not saturated with Bryanism, are not as @ettled in their convictions as a man anuet be to stand any chance of winning, and we want man of whose sound De-
 mocracy there can be no doubt, and we want the South to insist on the selection of such a man. That Is just what we
 mean by Southern assertiveness."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31

Under the heading, Injustice in the south." The Brooklyn Eagle has this editorial:
 of white man, and neglected to pay 1t back The white man had him arrested and fined $25 for obtaining money under false pretenses. As he could not pay the one dollar. he certainly could not pay the twenty-five. and he was sold for the amount of his fine to another white man, who worked him for year, and after ward re-sold him to another farmer for s4a This Is said to be only one instance in which negroes have been returned to involuntary servitude. During their slavery they are watched by armed men, sometimes whipped, and are fncarcerated at night. Slavery is said to have been practically restored in three counties of Alabama, and the black men are too ig- norant to realize their right to freedom. If the South occasionally believes itself justified in iynching the black, 1t cannot deny the rank injustice of this procedure. Under the Constitution, the negro has the same right to sell his labor that the white man has, and 1t would be for the well-being of the South if the white man tried a little harder and oftener to sell it. What with lynching. slavery, feuds, moonshining, child labor and the neces- sity for a military guard In Its courts of justice. 1t looks as if the South was in need of a moral awakening.
 Now, we have no sort of objection to having the facts made public. True, it seems much easier for New York or other Eastern paper to get information from the governmental departments than it is for us to get it here in Montgomery, and we have no hesitation in saying that much transformation is circulated on the subject, as the above article shows. It is not fact that slavery has been "prac- tIcally restored in three counties of Ala bama," nor does 1t bear any close resem- blance to fact. A few cases of illegal restraint under color of criminal charges have been brought to light which are discreditable to those who are guilty, but The Eagle can rest assured that full investigation will be made and that the guilty will be punished. We have no word of defence for the men who have been guilty of these acts, but we cer- tainly deprec ate the exaggeration and at- tempts to blacken the State and the people of the State. because of the mis- deeds of few. The Eagle can at least afford to be accurate and just in the matter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31

-t ] a < e. duck hunting As for The Times, 1t would support Cleveland, but there are thousands of Democrats who would not. see!-Selma Times-
 No. we do not see. It has been dinned into our ears with the most pertinaceous. persevering pertinacity for about seven years that 'every true Democrat will vote the ticket of his party" The fol- lowers of MT. Bryan claim, and even admit, that they are the only genuine. never -back-on-the-tic Democrats to be found anywhere on earth. With all this before us, we must be pardoned if we are unable to see how Democrats in Dallas CT anywhere else can refuse or fail to vote for MT. Cleveland if he Is nominated. And we think The Times will find that November is rather too late for Dallas Democrats to so a-fishing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
MoMENToUs FACT.
Our Cherokee Critic is Astonished That There is No Anti-Sunday
 Ball Law.

Coosa River News.
 In another column an article Is repro duced from The Montgomery Advertiser which directs public attention to the momentous fact that there is no penalty attached to Alabama laws against playing baseball on Sunday. This matter should receive the earliest possible attention of the Legislature at its meeting in Septem- Der. and the wanton boogers who are promoting and iLbetting this outbreak put in order. Baseball is healthful and charming recreation. and not ouly should it be countenanced, but 1t should be en- couraged, when kept within legitimate bounds; though this spew upon the sancti- ty of Sunday ought to be handled by the enactment of effective, and If necessary, drastic statutes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
Funds for Alabama Exhibit.

MODlle heglSter
 The new project to provide sufficient the Worlds Fair at St. Louis is well under way. The literature Is all printed and will be sent out Monday. The cards State and they will be asked to take the matter up and secure all possible sub scriptions. MT. w. K. P. Wilson, who has the matter in charge. stated yes terday that he believed that these insti- tutions would willingly do this. and that the result will be a big aid to the fund. druggists, the big hotels and cigar stands of the cities of the State.
 In speaking of the matter yesterday Mir. Wilson stated that the most encour- aging letters had been received from all portions of the State and that personally many had called to give their sanction believe there was the least doubt that the sum required would be raised very speedily.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
DID HANNA BACK DOWN.

A good deal has been said in the pa- pers within the last two or three days about Senator Hanna's alleged back-down in 0hlo. It will be remembered that Sem ator Foraker has been insisting that when the Republican State Convention of Ohio meets, it must endorse the Roosevelt administration and commit that State to him for renomination. Hanna has been opposed to this and has insisted of this month the President declared that he had not asked any man to endorse or support him, and acned the significant intimation that those who were friends to his administration would endorse him. Hanna withdrew his opposition to en- dorsement, and this is heralded as a back-down and a triumph for Foraker.
 But The Raleigh Post reminds us of another feature of the case which gives 1t rather different appearance. On the next day after the President made the statement to which we have alluded, Senator Hanna declared that he was in receipt of telegram from him which indicates to me his desire to have the endorsement of the Ohio Republican State Convention of his administration and candidacy"
 Now. the question naturally arises, did the President equivocate on the 18th of May when he declared that he had not asked anybody for endorsement? or. did he follow that somewhat bombastic as. sertion with an immediate telegram tc Hanna asking his support? In either case, his course is not creditable to him and to an unprejudiced observer, 1t looks very much as if Hanna comes out witt more credit than Roosevelt does.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
oregon's Immense Natural Wealth

There is probably no country in the world 90 rich in natural resources that is at the same time so sparsely settled. The diversity of agricultural possibilities is continually being shown by successful experiments, and the richness of the riv- CT valley beggars description. The North west Is pre-eminently the wonderland of production on the continent William Macleod Raine, in June Pearson's, tells how a farmer in the Hood River country raised on four acres eight hundred bush els of potatoes, that nearly all ran rom three to eight pounds apiece. There was not in the lot one that weighed less than a pound. Squashes weighing as much as a large man, pumpkins tipping the scale at the hundredweight, watermelons larger than the Southen pickaninnies, whose eyes would bulge at seeing them, turnips larger than ones head, pears and apples with a circumference of half a yard, are to be seen at the annual fairs of Salem and The Dailes. The big gest apples, the biggest pears and the biggest cherries at the Chicago Exposi- tion were from Oregon, and the charge cannot be made against them that what they gain in size they lose in flavor. The Pomological Society, which Is the highest authority on fruits in the country, awarded to the State of Oregon the Will der medal for the horticultural exhibit at the Pan-American. The Webfoot State" stands first in the production of hops, raising about one-third of the coun- try's total production. So far as Is known there is no spot on earth, with the ex- ception of Eastern Oregon and Washing ton, and the adjoining valleys of Idaho, where three or four crops of wheat may be harvested from one sowing. Yet since the first settlement of the country these ''volunter'' crops have been reaped. A scond crop from a single seeding Is offi- cially reported to have yielded thirty bushels to the acre.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
A DESERVED ..,noMoT1oN.

A recent announcement in The Chatta- nooga Times is to the effect that MT. Lapsley e. Walker has succeeded to the position of Editor-in-chief of that excel lent paper MT. A. s. ochs of New York. the, owner of both The New York Times and The Chattanooga Times. in making the appointment. takes occasion to pay MT. Walker most deserved tribute on account of his twenty years service on the stan of The Times in various ca- pacities Tn part. Mir. Ochs said:
 T am glad it needs no word from me to designate you as the Editor of The Chat tanooga Times. You take 1t as the eter- nal fitness of things, having won the place not only by loyalty to The Times. and intelligent, earnest, useful work. but ter fitted for the place: no one I should rather have there; no one in whose earn estness of purpcse and sympathy with the best of clean. dignified. honest jour nalism I have more confidence. know that you are in entire sympathy with the highest ideals of journalism; that you have clear mind besides a wen-trained and cultivated one: that you are as free known, with the milk of human kindness flooding your veins."
 The fact is that Mir. Walker has dis charged in large part the duties of the position he now holds for some years past, during which period Colonel Mc- Gowan. the deceased predecessor of the incumbent, was in infirm health. The excellence of the paper today in its news and editorial conduct. is largely due to the keen perceptions and marked indus try of MT. Walker.
 This promotion is particularly pleasing to one of The Advertisers stan, because MT. Walker and the writer were asso- ciated Tor three years at Princeton Uni- versity away back in the '7os, in the days when Southerners were not as well un- derstood and appreciated North as they are today. Many a time the two have stood together in all sorts of discussions for the South and the future it is today enjoying. He was the same capable. earnest. lovable fellow then that MT.
 ochs describes now, and we rejoice that
 such a man is at the helm of one of the south's most successful and influential journals.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
The Strenuous Boss.

Mobile Register.
 President Roosevelt is not only a stren. uous President but a strenuous political boss. He wants to be nominated next year and does not care who knows it.; moreover, he wants Senator Hanna to know it. It Is said to be the first time a President has openly ordered a State convention to endorse him and taken measures to prevent opposition to that endorsement After the Ohio experience and the submission of Senator Hanna. there Is not likely to he any further re- sistance in political circles. MT. Roose- welt is reasonably sure of getting the nomination. What the rank and file of the Republicans think of 1t has not been disclosed. The proceeding smacks of dic- tatorship, and the Republicans do not like that sort of thing, not as a rule. They may think Mir. Roosevelt Is eccen- tric and that there Is no harm in him. you know" Also, they may think that there Is a trifie too much of Roosevelt. This thing of being owned by rough rider may, prove to be unpleasant. In the end this streauousness may be the undoing of the President.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
Letters to the Editor.
Nigger or Negro.

Consul. Ala, May ~, lsVs. Editor The Advertiser:
 infer from your article in Tuesdays Issue that Dr. Parkhurst uses the word nigger rather than negro. and he asserts' you say that this term has been ac- cepted among the educated people or the South. You state that the Doctor IS badly mistaken. Now whether he IS or not, why should it not be accep- ,i? For 1t is better English (see nigged-Century Dictionary.) It is true that nigger IS not corruption of negro, but we do not get the word from Niger of the Danes, Swedes. Spanish or Portuguese as you seem to think. really I-do not find any such word as niger" meaning black or negro in the language of those people but find that Nigger is regularly de- veloped from the earlier form Neger which is derived through the French Negre from the Spanish-Portuguese negro. If nigger Is not better English 1t at least is more English in form and I see no reason why the educated people of the English speaking world should not accept the term. James A. Steele.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
London Their Waterloo.

New York Press.
 It Is strange, but true that the Van derbilts never have gained the favor of London society. Of course the Duchess of Marlborough was Miss Vanderbilt but to the English mind she is the peeress not the American. All her prestige did not avail when she tried to gain recog- hilton for her mother, Mrs. Ollie" Bel mont. Mrs. Belmont tried in vain for a presentation at court, but this was de- 1Seen on never receved divorced The real reason why the Vanderbiits meet these obstacles in London Is that they are looked on, undeservedly, as repre- senting the type of the purse proud, Yul- gar American millionaire. For thirty years English publications have held up the Vanderbilts to ridicule, and that Is why their social path is blocked Mrs. George w. Vanderbilt made strong eff fort to gain a place in Belgravia. She had distinct charm of manner. but her name was a millstone. and Mrs. Rom aids her sponsor, could do nothing against the popular prejudice. But in Paris Mrs. George w. is great power
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
Eyes. Did Not Close For a
 Week. Heart Trouble Baf. fled Doctors. Dr. Miles'HeArt Cure and Nervine Cured Me.

There is nothing more necessary to health than sleep and rest. If these are denied you. 1t you rise in the incoming more tired than when you vent to bed, there is an affection of the nerves plainly present. If your heart is weak, or there Is an inherited tendency in that direction, your weakened nerves will soon so affect your hearts action as to bring on serious, chronic trouble. DE. Miles NeT- vine is nerve tonic, which Quiets the nerves 90 that sleep may come, and if quickly re- stores the weakened nerves to health and strength. Dr. Miles Heart Cure is a great blood and heart tonic which regulates the &C., ton of the heart enriches the blood and in1- proves the circulation.
 Some time ago was suffering severely with heart tTouble. At times my heart would seemingly stop beating and at otfeTs ia would beat loudly and very fast Three to four hours sleep each night in ten months was all l could get. One week In last September never closed my eyes. got DE. Miles Nervine and Heart Cure at drug store in Lawrence burg, after spending e3onoo in meai- cines and doctors in Louisvilie, ShelbyvAla. Frankfort, Cincinnati and LawFancohIrw' and in three days have derived more benek from the use of your remedies than Rok from all the doctors and their medieinea think everybody ought to knew oi the mar YeAous power centa5aed in y0NE FsmsdieGs- W. H. HueHEs, Eox Cseek, xy.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
A Paper May Criticise.

FHIIdutIphIa ReCOfu.
 A trial jury in England gave the man ager of ffth-rate show a verdict of S,I5O against a newspaper which pub court reversed this, and held that the jury had no right to substitute its own opinion of the merits of the play for the the highest importance to the public that the critic should not be exposed to the risk of having jury pass upon his taste, and held that the trial judge misdirected the jury.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
A Kindly Scheme.

Birmlngham Ledger.
 There is a scheme on foot in Boston to colonize negroes in the West on free lands. That Is a kindly scheme. but 1t come sfrom Boston. There are many me- grocs ip Alabama who would like to go West If land were given them. but the main thing with them would be to get transportation. No Alabama negro Is go- ing to Boston on a promise of being sent West by society.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
Taxing Themselves.
Age-Herald,

IU.
 Every Southern State is taxing itself in order to give the negroes as good an ed ucation in the public schools as the white scholars receive. The sum thus spent in the cotton States amounts to millions of other giving to the negroes. This fact is appreciated by the more intelligent ne- groes and no one of them will say there is any attempt to draw an industrial line in any public school system in the SOuth
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
The Cleveland Cry.

MObiIe Register.
 Can 1t be but the passing fancy of the if Democracy Is to be saved and reha- bilitated Cleveland is to be it's savior? Does it mean that the masses of the dances. and want Cleveland because he stands for straight principles and an es- tablished course of action?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
An Editor Surprised.

AttaIIa MfrrOr.
 If Billy Bryan has the sense this writer once thought he had. he will entertain no idea of again being the Democratic nom- inee for President. Fact Is we are sur prised that he hasn't got sense enough to keep his mouth shut now.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
Educational Revivals.

Superintendent W. H. Hand of the Chester (S e schools, recently delivered an address in. the A. R. P. Presbyterian Church at Clinton, s. C.. on The Edu- cational Condition of the Public Schools of South Carolina" There are few. places or occasions in the South now where 1t Is not appropriate to talk for better ed Think of itl Some North Carolina Meth odist preachers are going to turn 2 pop ular camp meeting occasion this August
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
Should Be Rewarded.

BIfmIngham NEWS.
 Some of our esteemed contemporaries insist that the platform of the next Ma tional Democratic Convention should con gold and silver men. The genius who accomplishes this should be rewarded with diplomatic appointment in the for
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31

By the way, there would be some folk powerfully mixed as to which to serve, should the Republicans select Mir. Cleve- land CD and the Democrats MT. Hanna as their national standard bearers-The Montgomery Advertiser, for instance Mobile Item.
 And by the way some more, if the Re- pubHcans nominate Julius Caesar and the Democrats nominate Alexander the Great, what would you do?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31

into an educational rallyi Mir. !. B. Gra- in Alabama! And down in Louisiana they dedicate school houses. on Sunday and end the meeting by asking all pres for the police 5ury to order local tax election! And little child shall lead them"