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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11
A Piratical Doctrine.

Memphis Commerclal-Appeal.
Their Is one very refreshing character
Ohio Congressman. While he Is bandit,
he doesn't care who knows 1t, OF course
his principles are all wrong, for he has
no ethical sense whatever, but he is en-
tirely true to his principles such as they
are. When. for instance, certain inter-
ests pay for particular legislation. he
thinks they ought to have it; and when
the Republican party is bought, he con-
tends that 1t ought to stay bought AS
illustrating this popularity, the Wash
ington correspondent of The Chicago
News quotes Uncle Charlie, who is chair
man of the House Committee which will
consider the ship subsidy BILL as explain
Ing to one of the members OF the com
sional Campaign Committee was under
obligations to ship owners who had come
to the committees assistance during the
last campaign when the committees bank
account was almost depleted" Accord,
Ing to this correspondent, Mr.. GroSVenor
said: This obligation must be paid this
session. There we have Uncle Charlie S
philosophy in a nutshell. The million
aire shipping syndicates must be paid out
Of the United States treasury because
they contributed handsomely to the Re-
publican campaign fund. Our theory of
government is that all laws should be
framed in the interest of all the people
The Grosvenor doctrine is that the people
which to corrupt the people. To get even
nearer to the exact significance of this
gospel, 1t means that the Republican
campaign expenses must be paid out of
the United States treasury. Some Repub-
licans pretend to be virtuously indignant
over Grosvenor's brutal frankness; but
their wrath is entirely assumed. They
not only believe as he does, but they act
accordingly. He has simply put the Re
publican code Of morals in prose form;
and without the poetic trimmings Is looks
decidedly ugly. The protective tariff is. a
silver-coated pill but it is a pill all the
same. As a matter of fact. the tariff is OF
purely pirate origin. and to this day 1t i.
nothing but chartered larceny 1t is
still a device by which a small sum of
money is wrested from each zone of many.
millions of consumers and ehanded ovel
to the millionaires. The ship subsidy bill
Is disguised as a measure to promote
American shipping. when it Is in reality
a measure TO pay a group of millionaires
to remain in the shipping business. Gros-
venor has simply opened the bag before
the audience and let the cat out where 1t
can spit and scratch.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11
A Double Standard of Morals.

Boston Herald.
1t has often been noted that men will
do under certain conditions. things which,
under other circumstances. they will
earnestly denounce. Especially has ii
been observed at all times that men
in the public service will consent to
deeds and will do them. of a moral
quality that, in private life. or. in their
personal business they would loudly con-
denim. instead of justifying them, as they
do their public performances. under some
plea Of necessity which is wholly I'M
reasonable.
The Chicago Inter OceaS lately said:
Everything that is municipality owned
and municipality managed in Chicago to-
day Is grossly mismanaged. Only those
public works and public interests which
are under the jurisdiction of bodies indie
pendent of the city hall are intelligently
and honestly cared for" The news
paper goes on to show the truth of this
by specific contrasts between city managed
work and other work that would be of
surprising character IL they were not
so common Why do such conditions
exist? 1t is because, and only because,
large body of the citizens who affect
any moral principles in the conduct of
life have one standard of morals for
private conduct and another standard for
official conduct. This does not apply to
the irreligious and ignorant alone. 1t APP
plies to the graduates of high schools and
universities and to the communicates of
churches of all creeds and names. In
Chicago, as certainly as in any other
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11
THEIR BOTANY CORRECTED.
Thought They Knew Orchids But
Made a Slight Mistake.

New York Tribune.
Look before you leap was always
my motto" said young clubman the
other day, but since my sister ana !
struck Gorham, N. c., I've changed It
to Don't leap, anyway
'"This 10 how 1t happened: My sister
and / have both dabbled bit in botany
and thought we had the botanical name
Mountains Chat is, you ma II your
lucky enough down pat.
zone day we drifted into Gorham and
went for dinner to little hotel IN the
main street that looked rather homellke
and attractive. On the long table where
we had seats stood a vase with not one
or two, but dozens of these orchids In IT.
THAT should have aroused our sus'
picion, but 1t didn't. Looking around US
we saw no one who seemed at all un-
likely to question the statement 30 my
sister remarked to me:
What lovely vaseful OF napernariae
fimbrlata"
Yes said I. as II that was our ev-
eryday fashion Of speech.
But the word was hardly OUT OF ny ny
mouth when an old man opposite US
whose coat hadn't been brushed, appar-
entity, since it left the tailor's at least
dozen years before, and whose long, un.
kempt beard concealed what Hnow must
have been the fine chin which the novel;
lists mention, said olandly:
:. Those orchids before you, my Young
friends, belong to the cycodes variety. and
not to the one you have mentioned. II
you notice more carefully you wll see
that they are trife smaller ana ngnter
in color than q harbenarta fimbrtata.'
THE rest of the company regarded the
old man as If he were their new-found
champion, my sister bottled her indigna-
ton at being addressed as his young
friend, and we put what face we could
on the matter. But l don't take any
more chances
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11
NEGRO EXPERIMENTATION

Timothy Thomas Fortune. lately editor
Of The New York Age and now one OF
the country's representatives in Hawaii.
Is one Of the strong advocates OF negro
emigration from our Southern States, ana
q believer in the propriety and success
OF such a movement. We note. however,
that T. NJ Stewart. a former cclored
lawyer OF New York. who is now prac-
ticing his profession in Honolulu, differs
with Fortune. He thinks the impo:ta-
ton of Southern negroes would be right
and proper If the right kind would go.
but they will not. and he adds:
Many of them now own their farms,
others are looking hopefully forward to
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES acres and a mule.
They do not want to remain In the nelo-
hand class all their lives. There is no
opening for such industrious, ambitious
negroes In Hawaii; the scheme of things
there does not contemplate nor permit a
multiplication of small farms. Booker
Washington will not advise the desirable
negroes to migrate to the islands, and the
Southern States cannot afford TO let them
go. The planters sent their best repre-
sentatives to the States to select coiored
labor, Mr.. ]. Il. Castle, for example,
says Lawyer Stewart. He got church
members-wfth preachers to lead them.
All Hawaii knows the result"
This Is one Of the obstacles In the way
of a successful carrying out of any move
ment towards an exodus of negroes from
the South The class of negroes that the
Southern people would willingly bs rid of
would be as useless in Hawaii or IN the
Philippines as they are here. We note
that one w. H. Newland. who claims TO
have had much experience in handling
colored labor, agrees that ut would be
great folly to import street-corner trash
from American cities" but ne believes
that the other sort-the right sort-can
be had. We doubt his Information or his
Judgment. or both. We doubt IL any con-
siderable number of "the right Sort can
be induced to leave their old homes. Our
psople would be willing to encourage
| limited exodus IL they are allowed to Sc
lect the "exodusters.''. but not other
wise.
We note, too. that The Bulletin, a
newspaper published in Honolulu. has
little faith in Fortunes projects.It ad-
mits that there is work on the sugar
plantations for some thousands of ne
groes provided they are honest, steady
going workers" but 1t is significantly ad-
ded that "of the lazy. shiftIess negro Ha-
wall has seen quite enough already
That is just the point. The lazy. shift
less. lawless and useless negroes with
whom the South would gladly part are
not wanted in Hawaii and would be OF
no benefit If they were there. The negro
who tries can get along very well In the
South. provided ne is not interfered with
| from the outside.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11

An anti-toy pistol bill has been intro
duced in the virginia Legislature and
1t should pass. but in the meantime we
hope the medical men in and about Nor
folk and Charleston win investigate and
ascertain, II possible. why there were SO
many fatal cases of lock-jaw caused by
burns from these pistols. The little toys
are sold by millions and ara used by boys
everywhere. yet there are but two OF
three places where burns caused by them
have resulted in tetanus. There is mys-
terry connected with these cases which we
shall be glad to see cleared UP IL 1t can
be done.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11

1. happened In Indianoia, Miss.. Toes not
seen. TO us to alter the case at all. And
the fact that the postmistress was a
black woman ought not to be any reason
for questioning Mr.. Roosevelts action
New Bedford Standard
Yes. but such thing Is not going to
occur in Dartmouth or any other North
ern community, as The Standard prob
ably knows. But. IL such thing should
happen would not the irst duty and the
first act OF the government be to protect
the postmaster and keep the once openi
And IL the postmaster at Dartmouth
should resign would the President think
1t his duty to close the ofice7 The stand
ard may as well look at the matter sensi-
| bly,,
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11
suMpAY, JANuARY II, leOs.
DoUnI.E obLpEN SYMBOL.

-
Ths American Newspaper Directory uses Ger
tain signs to denote the relative standing and
merit OF the whole field OF newspaperdon
which comes under its notice. and one of thss'
signs ~ the mystic symbol [ 0l denotins
s.soiden.'' which stands for high quality, and
l. thus explained:
Advertisers value this paper more for tn
ulnas ana quality Of its circulation than for thu
mere number Of copies printed
such papers are credited with single sym
boil, but there Is higher grade. according Il
this standard authority. which have BoTH
QUALITY AND QUANTITY. and require thu
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL % to describe
adequately their standing.
The Advertiser has been accorded THU
double golden symbol IoOl and is the only
paper 90 distinguished in this section of tht
@eazth
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11
The Atlantic Monthly for January

The January Atlantic opens the New
Year with a cheerful editorial welcome as
from Number Park Street, which wltt1ly
sums up past achievements OF this typicaI
American magazine, and promises nap
PLY for the future.
Two prominent features OF the NUMBER
are the initial installments Of Arthur Sner-
borne Hardy's brilliant serial, HIS
Daughter First, the only novel he has
written for many years; and Of J. I.
Trowbridges My own Story-his remi-
niscences of long and varied career;
Other notable articles are ne Contrlpu-
ton OF the West to American Democracy,
the ideals and the civic achievements of
the pioneer-by Frederick j. turner;
The War against disease by C.-E. A.
Winslow,-an account OF the long DatrIe
Of science against epidemics; w. j. Hen
derson's The Future OF Orchestral Music,
"a paper giving especial reference to the
recent compositions OF Richard strauss;
and r. Brimley Johnson's informing let
ter on England in 1902.
Stories and sketches include NANNY
Southern tale, by Julia r. Tutwiler; A
Land of Little Rain, by Mary Austin;
ak on Travellers Tales, by Agnes Rep
plier; A Memory of Old Gentlemen by
Shariot NJ. Hall; The Plateau of Fatigue,
a delightful satirical sketch, by Kate Mil
ner Rabb, and Nox Dormienda, an an
st-uctive little essay on death.
Literary reviews and Essays In the num-
Der are Dickens as Man OF Letters, by
Alice Maynell; papers on HoWells ana
lanes: on Books New and Old; on The
last Year of Old France Qetters and
memoirs of the time of Marie Antoinette);
about Two English Men Of Letters Qsich-
ardson and Tennysol); on the epoch-mak-
ing Expedition of Lewis and Clark, and
a review of two recent editions of the
works of Edgar Allen Poe.
Poetry Is furnished by William M.
PAYNE, Agnes Lee and s. V. Cole, and a
briilian Contributors Club completes a
lively and promising New Years number.
Wise % the man who takes his trouble
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11

The Washington Post argues that II
the Southern white Republican move
ment cannot succeed without Federal
patronage it ought not to succeed at all.
That may be very nice in theory but
how long would the Republican Party
keep together In any part of the country
II there were no offices to be had? The
Post ought to know that the pie-counter
is the most important theory of Repub-
lican politics. and whenever reward and
the hope of reward is taken from them
the party will collapse IKE a house of
cards. Pie is the main thing on a Repub-
lican bill of fare.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11

There is not white man in Alabama
who should allow himself to be disfran-
chised on account Of the failure TO pay
poll tax. The amount Is only one dollar
and a half, and 1t goes to the public
schools: and, aside from this the amount
is very insignificant. when it is considered
how great the privilege it carries with it.
You pay poll tax each year and you can
vote. provided you have the other quail
titations. but you cannot vote without
paying poll tax. If you come within the
prescribed years. ~
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11

The Philadelphia Record scores "the
man with the folded arms who, 1t as
serts, is more to blame for the munich
pal corruption in Philadelphia than any
other man. Probably The Record is right.
Indifference to political duty and negli--
xence Of political obligation are doing
more harm than out-and-out wickedness.
They give the corruptionist his chief en-
curaRement,. as he knows that so long as
This indifference continues he Is substan-
TALLY safe.--New Bedford Standard.
we thoroughly agree with our contem-
poraries One of the worst enemies of
good government is the man who never
votes. The sure way to get good men in
once Is for good men to use their votes
and their influence to put them there
The way TO have bad government and
bad ohicials is to turn the duty of elect
ang over to those who prefer to have the
ofices filled by inefficient or unworthy
xnen. An active and determined interest
aaien by the best citizens Of community
Is the surest way to get good government.
ssrhe man with folded arms is not a
true and faithful friend to his country.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11

One of the funny men reasons that IL
that man whitney can serfd a wire $50
miles high he can as easily send it 1000
miles If he tries. Then, as the upper end
will naturally not be affected by the
earth's rotary motion. Consequently. as
the earth will carry the lower end along
with 1t Is 1t not plain that tho wire will
wrap AROUND our ball and wind itself
up? OF course 1t will. and IL the upper
end is loaded with about 'steen million
volts OF electricity 1t is likely to create
a vacancy in the population wherever 1t
falls. In fact We are seriously AFRAID
this fellow is going to cause a whole lot
of trouble in various ways when he gets
to polxing his wire up among the comets
and things.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11

We still find references in our exchanges
to the Kentucky man who has bottle of
whiskey forty years old, and all the
brethren are trying to explain it. 1t re-
minds us of another kentuckian who was
told of q neighbor who kept jug OF
whiskey in his house an entire year with
out tasting It. The Kentuckian was ask
ed how he explained such abstinence. Il
don't explain it." was the reply. because
It's a burned llev'
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11
Gentle, Modest, Charming Dr.. LOrenz

INV lOFk sun.
Dr. Adolf L0renz has come to New York
with reputation and fame enough to turn
know him say that he is in no danger
or being overcome in such a way Be
sides being notable for modest dignity, he
is very gentle man. He is in the prime
OF life, of massive build, has much more
physical power than the average prac-
uuoner and often has to use his strength
almost to the limit in his operations.
Very frequently, however, he performs
part of an operation without administer
ing an anaestheuc to the patient. and
In this work his tenderness and charm of
manner have often soothed a little cripple
where less gentle doctor might not have
succeeded in allaying fears
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11

The sth of January-Andrew jackson
Day-has apparently fallen into innocuous
desuetude or something of the kind, as
hardly one of our contemporaries. so far
as We observed, had any reference to it
There are too many stirring events now
going for US to remember one of almost
four-score years ago.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11
Poor Old Pennsylvania.
Savannah News.

A Philadelphia paper of Republican
politics says: The hardest things ever
said of New York is that Boss Plat can
have unanimous reelection to the United
States Senate IL he wants 1t. And the
hardest thing that can be said about
Pennsylvania is that Quay can have NOT
only the Senatorship but about all of the
other offices of the State as long as he
wants them. New York is not nearly
so oppressively boss ridden as Penn
sylvania.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11

There are now forty-hve buffaloes IN the
Yellowstone National Park and If few
old-tlme Indians were turned loose among
them there wouldn't be seed left after a
weeks sport
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11

The American woman God bless her,
Is the finest specimen OF her sex in the
world and The Dispatch Is willing to
acknowledge the fact.-York (fa.) Dis
patch.
Our contemporary makes the acknowl-
edgement as If 1t required something of
proud of.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11

We can usually get interesting home
news from a distance. For example. a
letter from Crown Point, Ind, to The In
dianapolis News tells Of a stock company
which has been organized in that State
and has purchased 10000 acres OF land
in Alabama to be planted in strawber-
ries. There may be some truth in the
statement but we should like to know
where this berry patch is located.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11

The Indianapolis Sentinel says the APP
pointment of Crum lis supposed to be a
bid for the support of the negro delega-
lions to the next national convention .
That Is refreshing simplicity. for there
bid. and in line with some Of his other
performances.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11
What He Should Know.

Huntsville mercury. ,.,,
The President should know or should
be advised that he cannot punish an en-
tire community because some members
Of that community have transgressed
the laws. Sooner or later the people
will teach Mr.. Roosevelt that he should
have been governed by the laws OF the
land instead of his own inclination.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11

So it seems that it was the President
and not the bondsmen of the Indianola
postmistress who referred to the law
less element of that town. The more
this matter is stirred the worse it smells.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11

The train-robbing industry increased
last year somewhat over previous records,
but We don't know whether that is to be
considered part of the general prosper
ity.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11

PAY poll tax by the list of February and
become a voter in the elections of this
year, If you have the other qualifications.
Every time you fail to pay poll tax, when
it becomes due, you will have just one
dollar and a half more TO pay to qualify
yourself to vote. and IT cannot be paid
after the LIST of February, in each year.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11

One of the main qualifications for exer-
cising the right Of suffrage in Alabaana
now is the payment of poll tax, which
must be paid voluntarily on or by the
first Of each February. Remember that
the time is near at hand and If you do
not pay it by the time limit you cannot
vote in any election to be held this year.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11

Georgia doesn't believe in cheap Col
Onels. A $500 uniform is the minimum
for any man who wants to cut didoes on
the Governors stan. That may shut out
some editors but the gorgeousness of the
staff will be sustained.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11
Al MoRrHERN vrEw.

At least one of our Northern contempo-
raries takes sensible view of the Presi-
Gents course in trying to force negroes
an the Southern people as offlce-holders
against the wishes OF the whites. The
Hartford. Conn, Times, speaking OF the
zndiancla AFFAIR. declares that the clos
ing Of postofices, unless whole COM
munity be at fault, is unjustiflable," and
&c the Crum appointment 1t says:
President Roosevelt Is showing a dis
neitfon to force colored officials upon
Southern cities and towns in a manner
which can only result in harm to the
interests Of the colored people. Certainly
nothing Is to be gained by compelling
the people Of Charleston to accept a col
ored man as collector of the port He
would not make a colored man collector
81 the port Of New York, and yet the
nuanber Of colored voters in New York
City 10 probably larger than the total
number OF colored voters In the State Of
South Carolina.
In the same editorial t is added:
II seems to us very clear that the
cYalm appointment is an indefensible one.
We see no advantage to be derived by
the Republican Party from the -i1ainte-
nance OF the race issue in the Southern
afafks In the Northern States where the
nanfo Republicans are sufficiently nu-
merNus TO make them an important ele-
meat at election time Federal places may
Be given 10 their leaders, and, in fact,
are 60 given. But surely 1t ought not to
Is he policy of the Federal administra-
4ion to create social turmoil in the South
merely for effect upon public opinion in
other parts Of the cuntry.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11

The report that the Sultan has dis
charged all his wives but about sixty
is another sign of hard winter-or dc
they ever have hard winters in Turkey?
Anyhow, It's a sign Of retrenchmsnt.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11
A Forcible Warning.
Marion

Marion County News.
The Indianola incident only goes to
show what the white people Of the South
may expect at the hands of Repubn :an
administration, and 1t is silent, but
forcible warning to them to stand f1rm
to the party that has always Favored me
rule Of the white race.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1903-01-11

The white man who will not pay one
dollar and a half for the privilege of
voting, will not receive any sympathy
from his fellows in the time to come,
when he finds how foolish he has been.