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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29

the sedate and hightoned southerner, the tnrlfty 0erman who make, the best kind Of farmers. the wide awake and enthu- sias,ic scotch-irish who have the stamp or their individuality in all parts of the world: In short, this territory is repre- sented by the best of all the races when combined conn,a together go to make a great State. which the Indian Territory is des- tined to make in the near future, with her line soil, coal, oil, and almost un- limited mineral resources.
 The outside world, which has so long had false idea of the Indian Territory, is beginning. at last to understand this country no longer the wild and woody west of a few years ago-the home of the wild Indians, outlaws and desperadoes but instead class of people who are worthy of any country. As a sample of the Indians-the male and female semi naries of the Cherokee Nation, located at of et aor the to sodays Ss yesterday. when several hundred students of both sexes, took the train for their respective homes, several hundred of o.Ser whem ttn got orr S at Mnsaogee to wait for homes. And how did they look. simply. with very few exceptions, like well-to-do intelligent white people, the young ladies esx f s a 5ns height of blond hair, and very few. who by their looks and complexion, would be taken for Indians by an outsider. If you wish the effects of amaigamation on the In- dians. As to young men they were as fine looking specimens as one might wish to sec, all. or nearly all, dressed in fine athletes and fine scholars. To say that this class of people are not capable of self-government is a great misconception and only believed by those unacquainted with the real conditions and situation
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29
The Right to Work.
New York World.

Recorder Goff has rendered working. men and the community at large timely and valuable service in sentencing to nine months In the penitentiary two mem bers of the Teamsters' Union convicted of assaulting a non-union driver who was exercising his right to earn a living on terms satisfactory to himself and to his employers.
 The large number of eases of ferocious assault committed by members of Sam Parks's union and by the Teamsters' Union which were permitted to go unpun- ished during the past summer consttuted a scandal against the administration of the law. Recorder Goff in his sentence
 the attempt to prevent men who are willing to work from exercising their legal right to work mea'is the substitution of violence and mob law for order and Il due administration of justice.'
 This is truth that Teeds to be heard and enforced oftener in our courts Notn- ing Is more fundamental or more essential than mans right to labor and enjoy the fruits of his labor" as Abraham Lin coin stated 1t. Upon the unmoiested exer- else of this right may depend not only hls own existence, but the lives of his family. Recorder Goff recognized the right of workingmen to ''do all they can to improve their condition. to obtain in- crease of wages and reduction of hours or labor" The courts have upheld the right to strike and peacefully to persuade others to strike or to refrain from work ing. But. says the Recorder. when the worklngman has recourse to violence or intimidation or coercion. then he neces- sarily loses the sympathy of afj fair minded citizens and brings himself within the pale Ct the criminal law '
 This will cease to be America, ''the land of the free and the home of the brave. when the right of any man to work Is denied to him through organized and unpunished violence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29
Minister Exposed Couple.

This Is a true story told by Montgom-
 "A young man. MT. Blank. we'll call him" he said, "came to my house and asked me to officiate that evening at his wedding to Miss Name We will be mar ried at the residence of my parents. l think the young man said. giving the address. and if you don't hear from me you will come there.
 'I did not hear from the young man, v continued the minister. and at the hour designated I proceeded to the home of his parents who greeted me cordially. There were no hymenial signs about the place Where is your son? I asked with some surprise. oh. he's down town re- piled the father. l asked If they knew Miss Name. They said they did and gave me her address. Then 1 told the old reo- pie their son was about to be married and they nearly tainted.
 T hastened to the home of Miss Name. whose parents I did not know.
 Where is your daughter who is to be married this evening? l asked her mother before I considered that 1t was probable was imparting a great secret
 Married the mother shrieked. Why, shes just gone out to spend the evening. T did not stop to explain. l hurried to a telephone, called up my residence and found those young persons had been i'm patiently waiting for me an hour. Well married them and they are now happy, but l daresay this Is the first time minister gave away the secret of two young persons in this particular manner
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29
RAunoAD nrsAsrrRs.

In last Saturdays Advertiser were some comments on the recent fearful disaster on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and something was said about the responsi- bility and the blame for such occurrences. The following from The New York Even ing Post is along the same line. and is even more severe than our own com ments:
 Sixty persons killed and scores injured, is the contribution of the Baltimore and Ohio officials to the list of absolutely in- excusable accidents which have disgraced the management of the railroads in this country within the past few years. The people who lost their lives in the wreck were saerificed directly to the criminal negligence of employees. For these men there can be no shadow of excuse, and it is to be hoped. though hardly to be expected, that the grand jury of the county in which the acident occurred will see to 1t that they are adequately punished. Behind the culpability of these subordinates, however, Is the far greater blame which attaches to the directors and the men under them charged with the management of the road. They know bet ter than the general public how far short of what should be are measures for the protection of the passengers on their road. The directors of the railroads in this country are running them to make money. The president of railroad never, for one instant. allows his general man ager to lose sight of the fact that this is the one aim and object of his superiors While every technical railroad man m this country is willing to acknowledge privately that our roads are run in crim- inal disregard of the safety of the publ C. there is not one brave enough to come forward and put the blame for such a condition of affairs where 1t belongs. If he did. he would not be able to get worx as a conductor on a horse car.
 As will be seen. The Post places the greater blame on the management of the road While it is certain that the en- ployes were at least partly to blame. it is not right to hold them entirely "e- sponsible. A heavily loaded passenger train dashing around curve in the dark- ness at a speed of sixty miles an hour must have been obeying orders from higher authority. Schedules are fixed ard must be adhered to, regardless of danger to life and limb. Those who operate the trains must comply with the time tables or lose their jobs.
 The Post thinks the only hope of relief lies in the Interstate Commerce Commis sion. but that hope is a faint one. That body win make its annual report. detail ing the number of killed and wounded for the year. and that win be all. Some thing more powerful than annual reports and newspaper comments must be brought to bear before the slaughter of the travelling public will cease. In this latest serious case the superintendent of the road stated that he did not think any investigation was necessary as the timbers dropped from a freight train caused the disaster. That is about the only satisfaction the public Is likely to get from the management.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29
RoosEvEIT's LUCK.
It Will Be, If Democrats Defeat the
 Canal Treaty.

New York Sun.
 The probability Is small of an effective caucus arrangement by which the entire strength of the Democratic Party In the Senate can be mustered against the Pan- anna treaty; and the present indications are that the present Democratic votes needed to ratify can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
 Yet let us suppose a little. Suppose that a narrowly astute and pen- etratingly myopic view of political policy succeeds in impressing itself upon the united minority.
 Suppose that what Is a question of na- tionaI interest and not of party politics can be twisted for the time being into 8 partisan issue.
 Suppose that the Southern Democratic Senators can be induced to a man to ig- nore the manifest interests of their States and section and to vote against the same for the sake of a problematical advantage in the way of party strategy.
 What will then result Is a presidential campaign with the Panama treaty and the Panama canal as the chief issue The American flag and the sentiments it in- spires about election time will again come exclusively into possession of the Repub- licaps. To gain to the Democratic ob- structionists of the flags progress will be such as acrued to their predecessors in the Mckinley-Bryan election when the party leaders made q campaign issue of the retention of the Philippines. What luck for Theodore Roosevelt, if he should bo the candidate! Profitably might the devoted young man consecrate the hours of both day and night to prayer for more power to Mir. Germans caucus elbow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29
The Foreign Vote in the West.

Secretary of the Treasury Leslie III. Shaw told a story the other day apropos of the play politicians make for the Ger man" and Irish" votes. He said he met a Swede when last in Iowa with whom he discussed the political situation.
 Whom do you think we ought to nom mate for Governor" asked the Secretary. "Ole Olsen," was the reply
 And whom do you think we ought to nominate for Lieutenant- Governor?
 olaf Yonsen." was the reply.
 And whom for Sheriff?'
 ''I tink Yimmie Smith"
 You have named Swedes for the most important position; why don't you name a Ewede for Sheriff?"
 ''Oh. I tink We ought to do somedings to catch de Yankee Vote.''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29


 No. 1, Vol. 1, of The Southern Immi- grant, Opp, Ala, has just reached us. W. B. Gilmer is manager of the publish ing company. and he announces that his paper Twill be largely used as its name indicates. to induce immigration. by hon estly showing the advantages to home seekers of Alabama and Florida. It will be used to build up this section both edu- cationally and morally trying at all times to be on the right side of all moral ques- tions." That is a good program and by adhering to it much good may be accomp- lished. Opp is one of the thriving little towns of the wiregrass country. region which offers unusual inducements for far mers and fruit and vegetable growers. May The Immigrant find its seed sown on good soil.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29
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South Perry Street.

Editor The Advertiser:
 The deplorable condition of South Perry Street having been commented on by "A Subscriber in Sundays Advertiser, I would like to add another complaint to the condition of this street just on either side of the Slough"
 As general rule I am not given up to the habit of kicking, but having to travel over this particular street some three or four times daily. the power of resistance and tranquility have failed me and I am compelled to register kick.
 It is a general rule that after you get outside the city limits you strike the bad roads and mud, but it Is an actual fact that our roads are much better after you reach the limits than inside, especially Perry Street and the extension of Deca- tur Street, which are the only streets you can make an exit from the city South.
 realize the fact that the city has not had much time to make any improve ments. but it does seem that the City Council. instead of harping on the gravel pit scandal might put in their time to a little better advantage, and if there Is any gravel at all in this pit, to distribute some of 1t on our worst thoroughfares.
 Suburbanite,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29
Queer Story.
Washington Star.

Washington Star.
 '',rhe Widow Harrison has returned to Alabama and will once more teach school in Winston County" said A. L. Turner of Birmingham, at the National. 'TIlc Widow Harrison is now 40 years of age, and will teach a different generation than his former pupils belonged to. The Widow Harrison was convicted of draw ing pensions as the widow of forty-three Mexican veterans. He was a mountain school teacher. and in some way became possessed of a list of Mexican soldiers from Alabama who had lost their lives in the Mexican war. By forging papers. including the jurats of justice of the peace, he was enabled to draw pensions as the widow of forty-two soldiers His forty-third attempt got him into the pen itentiary, as an application was received from the real widow, which led to an in- vestigation and the stoppage of the other forty-two pensions, with the incarceration for ten years of the much widowed man..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29
A DISAPPOINTMENT.
Labor Men Thought Edward E. Clark Would Be Made Cortelyou's
 Assistant

Washington Special
 For six months 1t has been expected that Edward E. Clark, Grand Chief Con ductor of the Order of Railway Conduc- tors, would be made Assistant Secretary Of the Department of Commerce. To the surprise of his friends 1t has been an- nounced that Lawrence D. Murray. who has been connected with the Trust Com pany of America of New York and the Central Trust Company of Chicago. cor porations which are controlled hv the Standard Oil Company. has been sele,ted for the place. te0'
 MT: Clark attracted the attention of the President by an address at the annual meeting, of the railway conductors at Nashville, and when he needed a strong man for the coal commission a year ag9 last fall MT. Roosevelt selected Mir. Clark as a member. '-- iN
 The labor men around Washington are making a good deal of talk about the ap- pointment of Murray, whom they regard as objectionable because of his haviner been employed by Standard Oil cornoras hsis 5nons' The The appointment of Clark would nave been exceptionally pleasing to the laboring element and the change in the S s1ate has caused profound disappoint- mient. It is believed that another nlaca is in reserve for Clark i'''ee lS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29
Maryland's Illiterate Vote.

Philadelphia Record
 A partisan howl is raised again over the purpose of the Democrats of Mary land to put further constitutional re- straints upon the exercise of the suf- frage by voters who cannot read their own ballots. According to the census of 1900 there were then in Maryland nearly 25,OOO illiterates in negro voting popu- lation of some 60,000. It Is observed that those who complain the most of restraints upon ignorance are the Republican poli- ticians. who have the largest interest in the results to be attained by abuse of the electoral franchise
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29
EIGHTY VOTES.
Must Be Gained by the Democrats
 Next Year.
Washington Post.

Washington Post.
 In the days when Democrats were wln- ming most of their victories in Indiana 1t was distinctly an agricultural State. 1t Is now also great manufacturing State. as are Illinois and New York. But the falling off in Republican votes in cities would seem to indicate that the employees In factories are not as loyal as they used to be to the Republican party. New Jer- sey and Connecticut, looked upon as fight ing ground. have numerous large manu- featuring centers. But in neither State Is there any big city which alone could overturn political conditions.
 Counting Alabama. Arkansas, Florida, Georgia. Kentucky, Louisiana. Maryland, Tennessee. Texas and Virginia as the solid South, Democrats have 159 electoral votes to start with. To defeat Theodore Roosevelt. elected as Vice-President by practically the solid North, they must have eighty more electoral votes. New York could furnish almost half of those. Forty-one others must come from other States. Illinois and Indiana have fortv- two. New Jersey. Connecticut and In- diana could furnish only thirty-four. New Jersey. Connecticut and Illinois could fur nish forty-six.
 A number of other combinations is pos- sible. Those given are among the most likely ones. 1t can readily be seen how earnestly Democratic managers will scan the field to ascertain where the point of attack can be advantageously made.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29

We thoroughly agree with The Colum- bus Enquirer-Sun that the man who would destroy the pleasure of tho little ones by denying to them the pleasure of Santa Claus. be he priest or layman, saint or sinner, would take from them their greatest joy" That is one of the inno- cent myths or superstitions of childhood that brings much joy and does no harm. Let the little ones believe in it as long as they can. The days of the stern, heart crushing reality will come all too soon, and no one should deny to the little ones the few short years of harmless amuse- ment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29

body. The loyal Roosevelt partisans try to make themselves feel sure that Hanna will not oppose their boss. while the op- ponents of the present incumbent feel equally sure that they win get Hanna's name when they call for it. and thus the matter stands. optimists on both sides think they have ample excuse for the fin doubt. Meanwhile, Marcus enjoys the situation and manages to keep them guessing. and he will probably keep it up till the time is ripe for him to de- clare himself unequivocaily.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29
Cotton Prices.

Louisville Courier-Journal.
 With the lapse of time it becomes more probable that none of these reasons for high prices Is the true one. In the long run supply and demand regulate prices. and whatever affects prices must operate through these agencies. A corner may reduce the available supply for a time, but when 1t is actually large the spectators will be swamped. An erro- neous estimate may reduce the supply by causing holders to keep back their cotton for a while. but this is operative only tI,l the error is discovered. It ought now 10 be becoming clear to all classes that the demand for cotton has outrun the supply and that high prices are the normal re- suits of the situation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29
"Wa are Not Idiots.v

LOuISVlIIe IOurler-J OurnaI.
 We are not idiots" says Representa- tive Williams, the leader of the House Democrats. When it comes to recogniz- ing a fact, man ought to have sense enough to do that, whether he likes the blessed act or not, no matter how it came about or how 1t was accomplished, 1t was brought forth" That Is the situ- ation. fOrcibly stated. The President, by disobeylng. the mandate of Congress. has brought about a situation where. as he is not whether we shall take the Panama route, but whether W hall have a canal at all. We are not going to deny our selves the canal because we disapprove the administrators method of getting 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29

Perry Heath Is on record as saying that he is persecuted and bounded because he is a friend of Senator Hanna, and then he goes further and declares that if Hanna will permit the use of his name for the Presidency no other name will go before the convention. Now if Hanna will open up and declare that Heath is a paragon of honesty and the pink of political perfection the procession may 20 on.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29

Senator Hanna must enjoy many a quiet snicker at the perplexity of his par
 ty associates over his position. He has written letters and given out interviews with the ostensible object of saying that he will not be in the Presidential trace but he fails to convince or satisfy any
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29

Diseases of Women. Private. Rectal, Nervous Skin Kidney. Bladder aud Chronic Diseases Diseases Peculiar to Men. l treat diseases without the knife. My office outfit is complete with. electrical appliances, consisting of X-ray, Vtolet-ray Static, GalVanic and Faradic Ma chimes; Electric Light Baths Vapor and Hot Air Baths All electrical treatments safe and free of pain Diseases of women. including Ovarian Diseases, treated with Electricity Massage and Medicine Syphilis. Rheumatism and Skin Diseases treated with Vapor. Hot Iaking the mercury out of the system through the skin and preventing injury to the bones and brain Nervous Diseases treated WitL Electricity and Massage. Diseases peculiar tc men-Enlarged Prostates. Structure and Vari- cocele-treated with Electricity, Massage and Irrigation. Piles. Fistuae and Rectal Ulcers treated without the knife. I do not send pa- tients to the infrmary or to bed Woman nurse constantly at office.
 Hours. 10 a. m. to 2:3o D. m.
 Office. second and third floors, l6A Dexter Avenue. Montgomery Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29
sparrows and Weevils.
Birmingham News.

We are glad to know the English spar row is going to be of service to mankind some of these days. So far as most observant people have been able to learn the ubiquitous fussy little fowl has been not only disturber of the public peace but constant mischiefmaker and gen eral nuisance. If he can be utilized to the work begin. His chief accomplish ment in all the years he has annoyed American cities has been rapid multipli- cation. We are not an admirer of the English sparrow as a member of the fowl family.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29
Amalgamation.
Muskegee q. T.1 Phenix.

Muskegee I, ID PhenIN.
 Amalgamation of the races has play ed kind, and is destined to play an inn portant part in the future history of the Indian Territory, where not only every State in the Union is represented, but most every important foreign people as we'll. Here we have the thrifty, close listed business New Bnglander. the broad gauged and enterprising middle States men. the Ro-ahead and daring westerner,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29
ABOUT THE CANAL.
Democrats Have a Great Responsi
 bility Before Them.

bIfmIhBham Ledger.
 The Ledger is very loyal to the Dem ocratic Party and to It's leader, Senator German. but it cannot hope that they will succeed in returning Panama to the Re public of Colombia. We want nothing done that will even delay work on the. canal It would be a happy thing to get the Republican administration ''in a hole," but would be an unhappy thing to stop the canal proceedings or even to delay them. Politics is a good game to play. but there are business interests that arc above politics and above presidents. The Panama canal is one of these.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29
BostOn's Vote Explained.

Ceudr ftapluS Gazette.
 The Republicans of Boston are explain ing their overwhelming defeat by the statement that there was a negro on the ticket who could not be Induced to with draw. The Republicans of Boston, there fore, went South Carolina in almost every ward and division of the metropolis of New England, where the fate of the ne- gro in the South has been mourned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29
One More Time.

Chattahoochee workman
 .Whew! W. J. Bryan gave a Thanks. giving address over in London and ad- dressed his audience as follows: MT. Chairman, Your Excellency, Your Grace, My Lords and Ladies and Gentlemen. If Mir. Bryan kept in the middle of the road all through that speech he may be able to run for President yet one more time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29

Unless MT. Bryan is a thoroughly ac- complished "linkister," as the old pioneers called white interpreter. he must have hard job to keep up with the speeches he hears in al the foreign countries he is visiting.