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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
Political History,

Lewiston (Me.) Sun.
 It is true that the Democratic Party won a great victory in 1892, which gave it great opportunity. No President ap- preciated an opportunity more clearly or strove harder to make the right use of him. It was not Cleveland who betrayed the Democratic Party. but the Demo- cratic Party betrayed Cleveland Grover Cleveland was the greatest President since Lincoln. He was patriotic He was loyal to Democratic principles. On the two great Democratic principles of sound money and tariff reduction he was sound and true, and his party went back on him. Those years. 1893 and 1894, are a shameful record of Democratic unfaith- fitness to Democratic principles.
 In 1893 the country was brought to a panic by the infamous Republican Sher- man silver bill. passed in 1890 as a part of a deal for the Mckinley tariff; Cleve- land called a special session of Congress to repeal it. but so disloyal were the Democrats that it was only after a long struggle and the aid of Republican votes that the repeal was secured.
 In 1894 William l.. Wilson, as sound Democrat, as patriotic and devoted a statesman, as sweet gentleman as ever participated in American politics, pre- pared bill for reduction of the monstrous Mckinley tariff in accordance with time stood Loyalty behind Wilson throughout the struggle; but again Democratic dis loyalty-disloyalty to one of the first principles most reiterated by Democrats again Democratic disloyalty, disloyalty to great principles and great leaders. threw down the Democratic Party, and it deserved to be thrown down.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07

has declined to allow Federal tribunals to decide whether Alabanas suffrage laws are in conflict with the negro suffrage amendments.
 The same conviction will probably be powerful enough to keep Congress from enforcing the logical penalty of disfran- chisement. viz, reduced representation in Congress. The Southern negroes, as q class, are now out of politics. and will probably stay out until that remote period when the gradual introduction into politi- cal power of few superior individuals here and there will amount to something
 Such being the fact 1t is worth while to look upon the good consequences of dis franchisement. As the negroes can no longer be in political opposition to the majority of the whites there will be less race antagonism engendered. The negro being no longer voter. will not be cor rupted by the baser side of politics and will no more be terrorized on account of politics. With the road to political &C., uvity barred. the negro Will naturally concentrate his energies on his advance ment in industry which is the only way In which he can distinguish himself or accomplish anything for his race. He may not only earn his bread in the sweat of his bSow, but In the same way he may earn the elevation of his race.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
Oldest Jewish Congregation.

Shearith Israel Is the oldest Jewish congregation in the United States and was started by the first Hebrews to ar rive on Manhattan Island in 1854 from Bahia. Brazil. a former Dutch colony
 Many of them were Spanish and some Stuyvesant. who was then Director Gen. eral. refused to grant them a site for a cemetery. but he was forced to do so later when some of their congregation died. The doughty Stuyvesant, however, compelled the Hebrews to select their burial place at what was then a long distance from New Amsterdam. the northern limits of the city being Wall Street. The cemetery is about a mile and half from Wall Street. and in the midst of what are now the most antique parts of Manhattan. as the city below Wall Street, or old Now Amsterdam" has been made over many times since Peter
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
Conference of Southern Editors.

New Orleans Times-Democrat.
 In recent issue of The Times Demo crat Colonel R. M. Johnston. the editor of The Houston Post and one of the mo- tably enterprising men of the Southwes- tern section of the Union. suggested that, inasmuch as the building of the trans industrial development in the South, 1t would be wise in editors of Southern newspapers to meet at some central Southern point. New Orleans. for instance. ing the industrial outlook and the best development of the various interests of the South" In an editorial article The Louisville CourierJournai of April 20 suggestion. "The construction of the isthmian canal" says The Courier-Jour- nal, will benefit no part of the country more than 1t will the South. which is al ready developing at rate unmatched in former years. The export trade is turn ing steadily to the Gulf, New Orleans. Galveston and other ports showing enor- nous increases, while New York and Bos- ton are relatively losers. If this is the situation now, obviously great stimulus nal Is opened for traffic. and 1t would be well to prepare for it before it comes in order to reap the full benefits. It Is to be hoped that this (Colonel John. stons) suggestion will be acted upon, and at an early date. The possibilities open ing up to the South are so great that 1t Is of vital importance they should be un- derstood and provided for. No better way to arrive at clear understanding of them can be had than the convention Colonel Johnston has suggested It is in- cumbent upon the Southern press to pre- pare the public for the vast changes that are likely, and Southern editors should get their heads together to determine the best way to do the work"
 This Is well said. With 1t thinking per- sons throughout the South are in hearti- est agreement. The conference suggested by Colonel Johnston should be held, and held at an early date. It would result in a great deal of good for every Southern State and for the nation as well. Every effort practicable should be made to per suade the conference to meet in New Or leans-the largest city of the South and one which. by reason of it's strategic geo. graphical situation, is destined to increase constantly in population and in wealth and to wax in power and prosper. The advantages that would result to this com munity by having so distinguished a company of men meet in New Orleans can hardly be magnified. It would be a great pleasure as well as a great privi- lege for the people of this city to receive here and to entertain the editors of South ern newspapers. The subjects discussed at such a conference as well as the per sonality of the speakers who would ad- dress the meetings would be of profound national interest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
THE NORTH LOOKS ON.
It is Willing to Let the South
 Alone.
Minneannlis Innrna

Minneapolis Journal
 At the risk of becoming wearisome with repetltions 1t is worth while to remark again the almost complete absence of in dignation in the North at one of the most momentous decisions ever given by the supreme Court of the United States. That tribunal has declared that it has nothing 10 do with the question of the constitu- uonanty of franchise provisions of State constitutions; at any rate, it declined to nave anything to do with the Alabama method of dsfranchising negroes There mas been far more surprise expressed over the courts refusal to deal with the Giles case on its merits than over the conse- quences of the decision The consequences simply are that there is no judicial relief Tor citizens of the United States who are deprived of the ballot in certain States because they are negroes. Indeed. there is a feeling of relief in some quarters that the Supreme Court has given a decision Whlch makes the question more than ever distinctly one to be settled by the South ern people. There is no denying that the people of the North are now strongly of the opinion that the negro problem is one that the Southland by the South is meant mainly the white people-must set tie for itself: and. more. that the South knows how to deal with 1t. The Philadel- phla Public Ledger goes so far as to say that the prevalence of this conviction in the North constitutes "a sort of unwrit- ten amendment to the amendments to the constitution. and 1t Is undoubtedly in &C., eordance with it that the Supreme Court
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
WOULD START DISCUSSION.

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 The New York Mail and Express dis cusses the proposition to repeal the Eff teenth Amendment to the Constitution, and adds:
 But none the less the proposal is the only lawful way out of the difficulty. II. as so many persons, including the Rev. Dr. Abbott and other Northern men as fair-minded as himself, are say ing the amendment was mistake why the sooner the question of its repeal is laid before the American people for action the better. Perhaps 1t might be well to nave the Democratic party de- mana repeal In its next national plat sion.
 That old Latin adage about fearing the Greeks when. they come with gifts in their hands is not out of place just here. The Mail and Express would like to see the Democratic Party commit itself to that proposition and make a national issue of it, evidently with the hope that it would cause still more dis cord and dissension in the Party. While the Democrats of the South, at all events. would rejoice to have this bar to good government repealed. 1t could hardly be made a political issue. That news to us in the South and that un- prejudiced statesmen in the North are beginning to look at 1t just as we do. is encouraging, but we doubt if the time has yet come for the Democratic Party to make it an issue. much as such course might please Republicans.
 But there is another point involved in the editorial from which we have quot ed. and It explains the apparent com placency with which papers like The Mail and Express view the proposed re- peal. If that should be done, our New York contemporary asserts, then the representation of the South in Congress and in the electoral college would be greatly reduced" That would be a grati- tying result in the eyes of the Northern Republicans, but we doubt if it would necessarily follow the repeal of the Eff teenth Amendment. Some of the extrem- ists of the North would try to bring about such a consummation, we can readily believe, but we very seriously doubt their success.
 But The Mail and Express is correct l when it says that putting the demand for repeal in the National Democratic plat form would surely start discussion, D It certainly would, and that discussion | might possibly be as embarrassing to the Republicans as to the Democrats. As
 the amendment was fastened on us by i the former. and as they have heretofore | considered it part of their political l creed, they would feel bound to oppose | any interference with it, perhaps. but
 there are prominent and influential Re- publicans in the North who would defend it in a half-hearted way, even if they did not join the Democrats in demanding its repeal.
 The editorial from The New York Sun, printed in The Advertiser Wednesday, morning is a significant utterance. The Sun has not, at least of late years, shown any great degree of tolerance or virtual advocacy of the early repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment is an evidence of the change of sentiment. We could copy many more utterances from the | Eastern press on the same line, but 1t l isn't necessary, Still, we do not look | for 1t to be made a party issue, just
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
Never Apart Twenty-four Hours.

NJ. Jusserand. the French Ambassador. and his wife are a most devoted couple They were married eight years ago and since that time have not been separated for twenty-four hours at a time. Mme Jusserand was born abroad of American parents. but never until her husband came to his present post had she been on American soil. Both the Ambassador and his wife are very democratic. When they arrived in Washington the servant staff at the embassy was much depleted and the embassy itself was barren. With out ado they set to work themselves and jointly directed the efforts of the few ser fitting up the embassy they did with their own hands. when no other assistance was aVaila hle
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
A GOOD SUGGESTION.

In another place in today's Advertiser will be found an article copied from The New Orleans Times-Democrat, to which The Advertiser gives it's hearty endorsement, for Alabama Is vitally in- terested in any movement for the better ment of the South. It should require little argument to convince any one that the entire Southern belt of States will be largely benefited by an isthmian ca nal, whether that canal be cut by the Panama, Nicaragua or ary other route just so that it opens a waterway across the Isthmus.
 As The Courier-Journal says, this sec ton of the Union has within few years shown a most wonderful rate of devel- opment in all respects, and especially is this true of the iron and coal interests of Alabama. for in these fespects we are leading the Southern States and will ton- tfnue to do so, unless all signs fail. The opening of the canal will alpost open q new world to our industries, and will be the Teans of building up our only sea- port. as well as adding immensely to the demand for our products, not only our coal and iron, but our timber and farm surplus.
 The proposition that the newspaper men, the moulders of public opinion anG the conservators of the best interests of the State, shall meet and discuss the best methods of advancing the South's advantages and needs is a good one. Whether they meet in New Orleans or some other Southern city, is not 80 ma terial as that such meeting shall be held, ard that 1t be we'll attended. The newspapers of this section have never been slow to respond to any call on them, and we have little fear that there will be any hesitation now, as soon as the time and place have been decided on. Let the meeting be a success and a be- ginning of a movement which will benefit the entire South. Alabama must be there in force.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
DEMAND FOR CLEVELAND.
Republicans Impressed by the Ex-
 Presidents Boom"

Albany Special to New York Times.
 Probably the most interesting impress sion which New Workers have brought back from the dedication exercises at St. Louis relates to the importance of the Cleveland boom"
 From their observation of the recep- tion given to MT. Cleveland in the World Fair city the Republican politicians who formed part of the Governors party are convinced that MT. Cleveland Is now the leading candidate for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency. They all agree that next to the fireworks, the Cleveland boom was the noisiest thing they heard in St. Louis.
 MT. Cleveland, they say, shared the enthusiasm of the crowds equally with the President while MT. Roosevelt was in the city, and when the President left it was all Cleveland.' They declare that there could be no question IS to the significance to be attached to Sle den rl- strations for the ex-President every Sh gre he went and they could only be ex- plained upon the theory that the people expected him again to be a contestant for the Presidency.
 Cleveland" said a leading Republican politician tonight. simply means that MT. Mack who Is an astute politician saw clearly the direction in which the Democratic procession is heading and de- cided to climb up on the bandwagon early so as to get a good seat"
 MT Cleveland's great reception in the West following as it did right on the heels of the kindly expressions which has recent utterance on the negro question provoked from all parts of the South indicates. the Republican politicians think an awakening on the part of the Democrats of the country to the belief that MT. Cleveland Is the one man with whom the Democracy might defeat Mir, Roosevelt. They point out that MT Cleveland has always been strong in the East. and if the West and South are even half way inclined to return to his laader- ship they do not see how his nomination can be defeated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
SHE SHOULDN'T COMPLAIN.

Mrs. Thaw, mother-in-law of the speci- men of bric-a-brac recently purchased for the Thaw family, declares that the freedom with which ciphers are thrown about by printers is typical of the age" Well, she can blame her own family, if the printers have not used correct fig ures in speaking of the late transaction in earls. The matter was as public and as freely talked of as would have been the purchase of an island or a steam ship, and she should have taken the pub lie completely into her confidence and told exactly how much was paid for Yarmouth and the terms of the sale. SThe American public is never satisfied with half condolences, and if the news papers can't get the actual facts, they will manufacture some of it. Now, let Mother Thaw come out with all the par ticulars and tell just what that battered and spattered nobleman cost her.
 But, whether the reporters and print CTS have or have not been careful with news. Apers may have been in their criti- cisms, the mother has no right to com plain, for her part in the affair has been anything but creditable. It was, to all intents and purposes. an open bargain and sale, as much so as if the girl had been put on the block for fortune hunt CTS to bid on. And it was not merely sale, but it was sale where there was haggling and counter-offers on each side before the bargain was completed.
 Mrs, Thaw knew what manner of man she was dealing with. She knew him to be a decayed and discredited specimen of the fortune hunting aristocracy, who had run away from his creditors at homo and was on the lookout for a wife with a dowry which would enable him to re. turn home and face his dishonored fnan- cial obligations. And with this knowl- edge of the man she was dealing with, she went on and concluded the virtual sale of her own flesh and blood. The vendor of the human property attacks and condemns the American papers be- cause they saw proper to assist her in giving publicity to the transaction. Really this mother-in-law of nobility assumes too much
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
THE SHADOW OF COMING
 EVENTS.
THE

Referring to the recent exercises at St Louis, The Portsmouth Va.) Star says.
 In reading the accounts of the cere- monies one is struck with the reception accorded to the most distinguished pri- vate citizen of any country in the world Grover Cleveland. Disguise .the feeling as we may, there is no doubt that Cleve- land occupies more of the thought of the people of this country than any other man in 1t. He sizes up to every occasion and, no matter how much the pa triotic citizen may wish to honor the event of the celebration of the Louisiana Purchase, there looms the big personality of Cleveland to assist in the exercises and obtain the greatest part of the at- tention and exclamation.
 It is almost a political miracle, the way the press. North and South, agree on the fact set out by The Star. Even the most loyal of the Republican papers rather grudgingly admit that the atten- tion and enthusiasm shown MT. Cleve- land was far more spontaneous and bril- liant than the President himself re- ceived. The acclaim awarded Roosevelt was partly from his partisans and partly on account of the high office he holds, but the demonstrations in favor of MT, Cleveland were for the man and his character. As The Star says, he is rec ognized as 'the most distinguished pri- vate citizen of any country in the world, and the people of all the coun try know it and display their endorse ment of the man and his record.
 What does it mean? Coming events cast their shadows before," wrote Camp bell, and Coleridge says: And in to- day already walks tomorrow" Is this great enthusiasm for Cleveland the shadow of coming event which is again to make him the chosen leader of a triumphant Democracy? Does it not look that way, to unprej udiced eyes2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
The Oldest Federal Judge.

Judge John l.. Jackson of the Northern District of West Virginia, has served the United States in a judicial capacity long CT than any other judge in the country. He was appointed to his present office on August B. 1861. and will soon have served forty-two years. This record has no equal. Next to Judge Jackson in point of long service on the district bench are Judges James w. Locke, Southern Dis trict of Florida. appointed February 1. 1872; Hoyt H. Wheeler of Vermont. ap- pointed March Is. 1871. and Moses Haliett of Colorado, appointed J1nuary 12, 1877. Judge Eli & Hammond of the Western District of Tennessee, was appointed June r. 1878, and Judge Romance Bum, of the Western District of Wisconsin, Oc- tober 30, 1877.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07

If the Supreme Court insists that vio- lations of the Fifteenth Amendment do not concern it. a Republican Congress cannot turn a deaf ear to the negroes of the South, without doing violence to it's best and noblest traditions. There is proof in plenty of the injustice of the graver injustice which everywhere marks their enforcement.-New York Evening Post.
 ''Still harping on my daughter" is The Post Why doesn't 1t overrule the su- prerne Court and be done with 1t? That will be as easy as to get Congress to take such extreme measures as would evidently be satisfactory to The Post
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
Wants Good Room.

I1untSNlll0 lT1Dune.
 We have recently read an article, the caption of which was Are Farm Profits too Great?" We would like to read this to some of our old white hat so-called honest farmers for information provided we ere out of arms reach of the witness and the farm gate was wide open.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07

ent forces. but If he had been here some forty years ago. and had followed some of our cavalry commands. he would have found plenty of opportunity to exhibit his own staying qualities" if he has any of that commodity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
The Advertisers Circulation l
 creaseS,

The guaranteed net paid circulation of the Daily and Sunday Advertiser continues to grow. The sworn detailed figures for the month of April. just passed, emphasize The Advertisers ofa-rspeated statement that its guaranteed net paid circulation is greater than the actual issue of any other two Ala Dama morning newspapers combined. Taking this fact. in connection with the high class of the papers readers. into consideration. it Is no wonder The Advertiser prints larger volume of advertising. local and foreign. day by day, than either of its State morning con- temporariss, and at higher rate Der inch.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07

Some of our Republican contemporaries rather tauntingly compare Roosevelt's baby-kissing stunts with Cleveland's failure to engage in such glddiness. They seem to forget that Grover is saving his kisses for home consumption.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
Greatest Accident.
Mobile Item

MODIIe Item,
 Dr, Parkhurst says that of all the ac- cidents that ever happened President Roosevelt is the greatest This does not augur we'll for the ambitions of President Roosevelt to succeed himself. Lightning and accidents rarely strike the second time in the same place.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
Should Be Read.
Brundidge New

BTunuIuBe NeWS.
 Col. Mike l.. Woods, who commanded the celebrated 46th Alabama Regiment, a company of which was from this vicinity, delivered the memorial address in Mont gomery last Saturday. It was a masterly vindication of his people. was published in last Sundays issue of the Montgom- cry Advertiser and should be read by ev- cry Southerner
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07

The Dothan Home Journal gives an ac- count of the killing of young man by a falling tree and adds that his age was from sixteen to nineteen years of age" Would The Journal mind telling us what his age" was.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-07
No One Can Tell.

Birmingham Ledger.
 Stammering Is unknown in Russia That is statement by one of those statistic fellows. Now when Russian talks in his offs and skis and other jaw breakers no one could tell whether he stammers or not.