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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
Absurd Sophistry.
Pensacola News.


 In recent issue of The Commoner Mir. Bryan uses the following language: Well, if the reorganizers obtain control of the party. why should not Cleveland be the nominee? If the party has made a mis- take in taking the peoples side and in casting MT. Cleveland aside. why should 1t not take Mir. Cleveland up again?" It is strange that Mir. Bryan cannot see how paradoxical and absurd such sophistry must appear to his readers. They all know and he knows that the people were not on his side at the last two elections for the votes proved that the people were against him. How can he be on the side of the people unless he and the people are both on the same side? He had the Dem ocratic Party organization on his side
 but the trouble was. the organization could not deliver the goods could not car ry the people along with 1t. It may be
 that when MT. Bryan speaks of the ''peo-
 pie that he and the Democratic Party,
 as remodeled by him. had so much sollci- tude for. he means the poor people. But that won't do any better for according | in very great majority in this country. | so If they and MT. Bryan's Democratic Party had been on the same side he would have been elected President The | fact Is that MT. Bryan Is not on the side Of the people and never was. He is on his own side and proclaims political theories which he thinks should be endorsed by tho people especially when he takes so much | trouble to explain to them how much to | their benefit those theories would be fl | put In practice. He poses before the peo l pie as their political savior but the peo, ] pie refuse to believe in him and be saved
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
AN rMpossIRrE LAW.

One of the main reasons why it is sometimes iificult. or impossible. to en- force law is because it is too drastic. As is we'll known. the celebrated laws of Draco were so cruel. so bloody and 70 unbending that it was found impossi- ble to enforce them and they fell into disuse. The same difficulty occurs whom any law is enacted which is of such a sweeping and radical character that the courts cannot enforce it because public sentiment is against it. We know it Is oftsn said that the best way to get rid of bad law is to enforce it strictly and thus ensure it's repeal, but if a law has nothing in 1t to commend it to those whose duty it is to carry 1t out, it will be a failure
 We are led to these reflections by read ing of a. bill now before the Massachu- .setts Legislature making it illegal for s person to have in possession or wear for dress ornament the body or feathers of a native bird" the penalty being a fine of si0 in each case. Of course the sobiect Of the bill is to protect song birds, and possibly all insect-destroying birds from indiscriminate slaughter, but it is easily seen that if the bill becomes a law end is strictly enforced no portion of any bird can be used for ornament. If the laws of Massa shusetts allow game birds to be killed in season this law would not permit the use of their heads, wings or any other portion of them for ladies' hats or for any other purpose.
 That the indiscriminate slaughter of birds should not be permitted to go on needs, no argument. It is not merely that thousands and millions of song birds are destroyed. though that would be bad enough. for the feathered visitors are rapidly disappearing in all the old settled regions. to the great regret of all who love natures beautiful songsters, but this is not all. It is a fact now established beyond doubt that the insect pests which a-e ;he worry and serious menace of the farmers owe their great and increasing numbers to the fact that the birds which are their natural enemies have been SC thin1ed Out and driven away that hurtful insects are practically free from danger.
 It is for these reasons that judicious 1. laws for the protection of birds from in- discriminate slaughter should be enacted and enforced. but such laws as the pro. passed Massachusetts law will not be en' forced and will be worse than none. Ever the farmers who are the ones most in jured by bird destruction would not try to carry out the rovisions of such e law nor assist ottGrs in doing so Muct more would be gained by a moderate and sensible statute,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
THURSDAY, APRIL le, 1908.
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL

The American Newspaper Directory uses eer. tain s,gns to denote the relative standing and merit os the whois nsld of nsvspaperdcm witch comes under its neties. snd oas Of these signs m shs mystic symbol 1 dsaosins s,goldsn," which stands for hish quality. and is thus explained:
 .,Advertissrs SAias this patss more for tni alsss ana quality of its circulation than for tho sness number of copies printed"
 Such papers arc credited with single gym, Dol; but thsFs is . highsr grade. according so this standard authority. which have BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY. aud require the DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL [ " so asscr.es adequately their standinS.
 Ths Advsrtissr has been accoedsa this double golden symbol ro0l end is the ezis psper % distinguished In this section ct the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
A eNAwxFuI lADorrseToN.

Tn writing of the trial and conviction of Mrs. Msybrick. one writer used an expression which shows human nature as weil as the workings of human justice. Her previous life had moi. been such as to help her." was the expression used, and that same feeling convicted her. It is now admitted that the evidence upon which she was convicted was totally in sufscient to justify . verdict of guilty. Such evidence as the prosecution brought forward was not only wholly circumstan- tiai but was invalidatsd to unprejudiced eyes. by the facts proven as to the habits of Mir. Maybrick and the circumstances connected with his death.
 But "her previous life" convicted her. If the jury had been wholly fair and just the previous life of the husband should have cleared the wife. but he was man and his habits were not allowed to stand In the way of determination to convict. When the Savior said, Neither do con demn thee." He did not allow the errins woman's previous habits to bias His Judgment, but mankind cannot be expect Cd to reach the divine heights. still. hu- man courts and juries should not convict an accused person because of some pre- vious habits having no bearing on the crime tor which that person is being tried.
 For it is not claimed or charged that those "previous habits had anything to do with the death of Maybrick. It is not charged that she was a dealer in poisons,
 or that she was in the habit of murder
 ing people. or trying to murder them.
 Admitting that her fife had not been free from hlame-doss, 1T did. that justify a | conviction for a rime which she did no. commit? We do not know or remem-
 Der whether her conduct as . wife and
 a woman was all that good woman
 could be but perhaps 1t was not. Ad-
 hitting. however. that her conduct or re-
 lations with the man Brierly were not
 all that they should have been she had
 much to excuse that conduct. That is
 not the point. but it had its effect on the
 jury. As one of our most prominent con-
 temporaries puts it: Had she previous ly led a blarneless life 1t is not probable I that she would have neen convicted of I this crime on the evidence presented.
 and concludes by declaring that if her
 character had been uniformly good. Tn
 all probability it would have kept Mrs.
 Maybrick from prison, perhaps from sus-
 picion.''
 An, there's tho rub. What Coleridge
 called 'the 'notiye-hunting of motive
 iiess malignity'' was apparent all through
 the trial. She was convicted. not becausa
 there was evidence connecting her with the crime, but because she was not above
 suspicion of ong-doing before the crime. That is human justice and human nature.
 It Is a sermon in favor of blameless I life, but on the other hand 1t is sermon
 against human injustice. If this woman
 is guiltless of her husbands death is
 there any argument or reasoning that
 win justify her imprisonment for fifteen years because of some failure to lead a
 blsmeless life before the poisoning of
 Maybrtck7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16

clerks salary vas raised to s2ssc. and the elsuse allowing him to keep the fees of the ofilce was not repealed. as was intended. % that his pay now amounts to about u.soo . year. And the good thing about 1t. in addition to the salary, is that he Is allowed an assistant who gets a'ooo year and ps acticaily does all the work of the ofice. Itis dead easy snap, that once fs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16

A New England contemporary referred to Miss Shaw as 'the fnancee" of the Earl of Yarmouth. Evidently the editor intended to say 'hancee."- but we are of the opinion that the term used was the correct one and that 1t ought to become part of our language. Miss Thaw is rich and the Earl is poor. If they marry she must supply the money and if that isn't financing him we'd like to know why not. Cages of the same kind are occurring on this side the water with great frequency and in all of them we insist that the girl is. or will become. the fnancee of the combination It Is good word and emi- nently proper and suggestive.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
AN iUNBELIEvER.

It Is almost amusing to 90 back even . comparatively short time and read what really wise men thought of future events, claims and possibilities. No one will doubt that Herbert Spencer is great scientist. Or that he was a learned man when in iseo at the age of %. he pub- lished his essay on What Knowledge is of Most worth?" yet in that essayge ee- CUTS this passage: g; = =
 Numerous attempts have been made to construct electromagnetic engineS, tn the hope of superseding steam; but had those who supplied the money understood the general law of the correlation and equivalence of forces. they might have Daily are men induced to aid in carrying out inventions which a mere tyro in sci. ence could show to be futile" This is virtually asserting that nobody but fools would imagine that electricity could be used as a motive power. and that. too. when such wonderful advances had already been made in the use and ap- plication of this fluid, True, it had not then been used to drive vehicles or ma chinery. but MT. Spencer had seen steam grow from its infancy and become prac-
 tically the master of the world He had seen the railroads grow from the em- byro of Stephenson to the mighty sys- tems which were in use even when our great war begun. He had almost wit messed the beginning of steam navigation which had reached such a wonderful con- dition when he wrote the words we have quoted. And. too. he had been witness of the development of electricity as a carrier of messages and had been the first cable across the ocean.
 All this had Mir. Spencer witnessed
 when he wrote the words we have quoted,
 and we can smile as we wonder what would have been the future of electricity
 if all the scientists and mechanics had
 adopted his short-sighted views and had
 refused to believe that 1t could eyer be used as a motive power And the very | fact that an eminent scientist like him.
 self, versed as he was in mechanical phil osophy and practice should view with | contempt all experiments looking to the
 use and perfection of electric power teaches us how really dangerous 1t Is to deny any claim that is advanced in the
 way of invention or human effort. If
 such a man as he was could so far un-
 derestimate mans ingenuity common peo- pie may well hesitate before denying
 that anything is possible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
Some State Pride.
Anniston Hot Rlast.

Ann1ston Hot Blast.
 Senator Beveridge. in his Shiloh speech, said there was mot ten men in Indiana who would die for the State flag, but there were 2.500,000 who would shed their blood for Old Glory" Down here in Alabama a large majority of our people would fight for the honor of their State great deal quicker than they would for the Union. Alabama is our home and if foreign army should land on our Southern shores the whole State would fly to arms. Mir. Beveridge's language sounds pride.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
BUT WE ARE coRRxcr.

The Portsmouth. fva.). Star is not dis posed to agree with us that there are diff. ferent grades of stealing, and says
 Tn Its pessirnistic contention. The Ad. vertiser has the benefit of appearances. # doe: seem that the big thief and the
 insnsntiai nas,a, d: thief have way: and means oi while the man who steals chicken, picks pocket or cracks house must lose his character and his liberty. But we are not to take appearances for facts the past. a different code of morals to suit the different grades in society. De- spite some miscarriage of justice and de- spite perverted and loose views current in certain strata of society. the moral sound on this matter. With such people the man of position who steals his mil lions Is considered just as common a thief as he who cnatches pocketbook. But the Stars argument doesn't really
 get to the root of the matter. We were speaking of the guests who carried ofI silver spoons and other valuables and
 called 1t souvenir collecting" and we said that if the walters had taken the things it would have been called stealing and punished as such--an opinion which we have had no occasion to change. The fact that the actors in this discreditable business belonged to the better class saved them from reproduction or punish.
 ment. whereas, if they had been poor and insignificant. they would have found themselves behind the bars. Ard The Star has read passing events
 to little purpose if it is not ready to ad-
 init that the big villains escape and the little ones are punished. That the great
 body of the people" may look on the great and the small thieves with the l same eyes is not the point. That may
 be admitted without altering the fact that
 all are not punished alike. whatever may
 be the opinion we have of them. We
 have only to read the papers to find that
 justice. so far from being blind. has al
 keen an eye for money and influence as common mortals have.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
Was a Calamity.
Mobile IfAm

NHOUlIe Item,
 From this distance 1t is not hard to see entire country, although at the time the South wept very little over the tragedy. That Lincoln was a man of broad magma nirnity Is beyond dispute. and 1t Is no speculation to say that had he lived the South would have been spared much of the humiliation and bitterness extending the dark days of reconstruction and carpet-bag rule and robbery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
{ That Mule Business.

Dothan Home Journal
 Make sausages, of course. Not necss- sary to state the fact to people who understand plain English synonyms. Were you ever member of Mule Com pany that didn't make sausages?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
The Names Omitted.

Mobile Register
 Mir. Bryan, without expressing prefer ence, is submitting to the public the names of persons worthy of the Demo- cratic nomina tion for President. The list will be notable for the names 1t does not contain. Hon. William J. Stone Is the first name submitted. The silence that has followed the announcement must be delightful to the gumshoe' gcntle- men of Missouri
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16

The Chattanooga Times doubts the right of the President to bury himself ir the West where his personal safety may be imperilled. We also doubt the right of any President of the United States to absent himself from the seat of govern ment for two months or more.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
Boys, All Right
Birmingham [ i.ed.rar.

Birmingham Ledyer.
 Curfew. rings at g o'clock in Gadsden now, and boys have to be at home by that hour. Gadsden has got the curfew backwards! The boys are all right. The city ought to require the grown men to be at home by unless they carry a writ ten permit from their wives
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16

The Richmond Times-D Dispatch thinks
 that if there is another Thomas Jefferson
 hidden out somewhere it is good time
 for him to come forward and get busy. Does not the T.-D. know that Jefferson's
 ideas of Democracy and statesmanship are considered old-fashioned by pro. gressive Dernocrats?'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16

An Atlanta girl ran away from home to go on the stage, then ran away from the stage to get married. If she, wants to play the game out she will run away from her husband in due time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16

The office of Clerk of the City Court of New Haven is what might he called a good graft By some sharp practice when the present city charter was framed the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16

Has the President stopped all the paths leading into Yellowstone Park? We arc continually reading that he has forbidden
 anybody intruding on him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
A Serious Risk.

Birmingham News. 1 . Out In St. $ Louis a politician, runs q. serious risk these days of having his
 name cut cut of, the blue book on honesty iE he fashss.a fevs large bank notes where
 suspicious public can see theua.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
Larrest in Alabama.

A carefully complied statement of figures of the Daily and Sunday circulation of THE AD- NERTISKR for the month of March. 1908. proves that its circulation b not only creator than that of any other morning newapaper tn tho 6taas. but also sustafns former ciaims of having circulation larger than any other two nornins. uswspapsss in, Alabama. com hned-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16

Do Carter Harrison and Tom Johnson take courage from Mr. cleveIands ex. psrience and imagine that the road to the Presidency leads through the Mayors of- aass
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16

Atlanta Constitution, 18th.
 At well, attended and enthusiastic meeting of Representative as vel as prom inent Southern newspaper men held yes orGanised the Southern Newspaper Pub ltshers Association. Ofiicers were elect ed general plans for getting on working basis were outlined, and the important newspapers. of the South. or many ot jointly any practical business problems that present them selves.
 While the newspaper men are delighted to get together and to meet each other socially they did not overlook the bust ness objects which brought them to- bother. They talked business at the morn. ing meeting after the general details of the organization had been completed, ana after the barbecue dinner at the Fled mont Driving Club they came back to fhe hotel and began buaness discussions
 The meeting was called to order shortly after II o'clock by Hon. Clark Howell of The Atlanta Constitution. F. F. Glass of The Montgomery Advertiser. to whose enthusiasm and energy the present meet. ing has been largely due, was then called to the chair temporarily and H. H. Caba- miss of The Atlanta Journal. was made five was then appointed to submit plans for a permanent orga nization, and while waiting on this committee the newspaper men joined in discussion of matters Of general interest to the guild.
 Permanent Organization.
 Permanent organization of the South ern Newspaper Publishers Association was perfected soon after the report of the committee was made. There were very few changes made in the report, and following It's adoption as whole permanent officers were elected for the ensuing year.
 The report of the committee in full as adopted Is as follows:
 The committee on permanent oreani- zation recommend the formation Of an association 10 be known as
 The Southern Newspaper Publishers Association.
 And that the membership be confined Carolina, South Carolina. Georgia. Ala bama, Mississippi, Louisian. Texas, Tennessee, Arkanas. Kentucky and
 we recommend annual meetings. place and time to be selected by the execu' we r.commsnd the following gns ot!,sers; . ,, Treasurer and an Executive Committee of seyen members besides S, the President ,,saa members of the Executive Committee. The terms of officers shall be one year; be to promite the business interests, har- mony and p-osp srity of it's members. It is not antagonistic to any national association. but 1t hopes to be auxiliary to such national newspapers publishers association ae will work in harmony with 1t. It is not ihe purpose of this organiza- ton to interfere with the internal man. agemcnt of the offices of its members. t'Discussions on all topics of interest or profit to newspaper publishers are in- vited. s
 .srhe annual dues shall be fixed by the Executive Committee not to exceed s6O per apnurn
 Respectfully submitted.
 IF. P. Glass. ''T T, Stockton, 'J- c. Hemphili, Robert Ewing, ', I, I'll. II. Cabaniss," ssf The oficers Elected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16

W. A Scott, Circulation Manager of The says: The foregoing statement of Ths Ad- vertiserss daily circulation for the month of March. 1908. is true and correct and com sreafe and leftover copies have been de. ducfsd " A. SCOTT, Circulation Mgr. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4tn day
 of April. 1903. F. ". JACKSON.
 Teeai.I N F.. Ex-o. J. F.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16

BIrmingham Ake-Herald E Postmaster General Payne has arrived home full of publicity promises, but a few facts on the spot would be better than all his promises. '}
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
The Advertisers Telephones

City Subscriptions should bs paid to the fol lowing authorised collectors only: T. II. But eun. SCity Circulator: T. J. Higgs. Collector: ,z
 LfEason. Collector. and at the Counting Room.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-16
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 A Few Facts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-10

Nezv Pictures Bought zcith the
Rogers Fund.

Three large oil paintings have just been placed
on exhibition in the Metropolitan Museum or
Art which will have a peculiar interest for the
public. They are the first works of art pr
chased with funds derived from the Rogers be
quest of about 100000 which came to the
Museum about two years ago. The paintings
are portraits by famous French artists, and in
asmuch they represent a period in French art
which is not represented in the Museum nor in
any other public collection in this country, the
acquisitions are valuable ones. The central
picture of the three is a portrait of Emperor
Joseph II of Austria by FRANCOIS H Drouais
The portrait shows the young Emperor in a
court costume at a table on which are spread OBJ
iects enbIematc of the arts and sciences which
he delighted to patroniZe- Joseph became I'm
peror of Austria in 1863. and the picture was
painted five years later. when he was twenty
nine wears old. There is nothing in the picture
to recall either Francis I of Lorraine or Maria
Therese the EmperOrs parents, but the head
and its pose are like Marie Antoinette. the En-
perors sister The canvas which is 611s by 10
inches was part Of the collection OF the
MARQUIS de Foz. of Portugal Then it vas
marked Francis II of Austria. Emperor OF IN.
West and King of Germany" The Museum par
chased it from DowdesneIl & DOwdesnells at
price which the directors viii not divulge.
On the right OF the Orouais hangs Jean Miro
Matters large portrait of the Princess de Ccnde
as Diana. This portrait was once in the posses
sion of the Queen Marie Antoirette and hrns
in the gallery at Trianon Versailles Then it
passed into the hands of the Count de Nt-it-
desir and hung in his chateau. near Cherbo-rs
II is believed that the picture was never repro
duced in the form of engraving because II
was given to the Montdesir family by the QUEEN,
The Museum purchased the work of art from
Ernest GimpeL
on the other side of the Emperor Joseph Tai-
trait hangs the portrait of Marie MargueT re
Lambert de Thorigny. by Nicolas de Larsiiliei'-
The size of this canvas is 401@ by 80 inches For
many years il belonged to the collection of he