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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-27
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.

Referring to a recent statement in this paper regarding railroad accidents and management. The Baldwin Standard says:
 All that The Advertiser says is quite true; the management does not want to kill and main. but it is also true that when the officials are held responsible as firmly as they are in England, then we shall have fewer railroad horrors.
 We have seen the statement going the rounds of the papers that not a single lperson had been filled on the British rail roads in fifteen months. but>know noth- ing of its truth. We are inclined to think that 1t Is not true. for we do not see how 1t could be possible. We cannot be- i5ieve that the immense railroad business and travel of Great Britain could so on for year and quarter without loss of life. If the statement is true it is the imost remarkable thing in the history of ,railroading. and, as we are not we'll isEough acquainted with the railroad manag cement of that country to comment lpn 1t fairly we shall not attempt to do 20. ' This. however, is not the object we had in view in the former article. We were Ipnly commenting on the charge which was virtually made by contemporary ,shat the railroad companies in the United States cared nothing for human life and irade no effort to avoid accidents. Any bpne who reads the newspapers and keeps hIp with the immense sums paid as dam ages must see that killing and maininE people is an unprofita ble business. lAav- ing out all considerations of humanity. At the same time we freely admit that hnany of the accidents are inexcusabIc and that they could be avoided if proper means were used. Human life is too ,rheap in this country and something be- sides money damages is needed for the protection of the people.
 And while We are on the subject Of the relative loss of life in the two countries Turing the fifteen months referred to by The Standard, we think it but fair to add some statistics of previous year. These show that the total of killed and Injured on the railroads of the United Btates in 1901 were 61,794 and in Great Britain. 1s,s52. So that while their roads parry nearly twice as many passengers bs ours there were more than three times bs many casualties on our roads. This blowing is not very creditable to thls hountry but it is widely at variance with Ihe story that not a human being had been killed or injured in Great Britain in bfteen months. We simply refuse to be- peve that story without more definite )vtdence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-27
CONCESSIONS TO IRELAND.
"It Looks as If Erin Were at Last to
 Have Her Innings"
Baltimore ain.


 There is nothing too good for our Irish friends. and If it happens that they get substantial concessions in the way Of home rule. in addition to loan from John Bull to buy the lands now owned by the. landlords. they will receive no be surprising if the British Government should become so amazingly generous all of 9 sudden. That is not John Bull s way. It is conceivable. of course that circumstances may arise which will re4der 1t necessary for the Conservative party Tn Parliament in order to remain in power Events in the last few weeks have indicated the existence of some sort of understandings between the Irish Natlonalists and the government leaders in Parliament By voting with the op position the Irish members of Parliament might have brought about the defeat of the Balfour ministry Ii is good politics for the Irish Natlonalsts to exe-t their
 influence and strength to keep the pres ent government in power until the land question is settled
 But home rule is an entirely different matter. and 1t is doubtful whether eX- perisnced Irish politicians expect more than an extension of the present system of local lf-government in Ireland. Con servative statesmen in England. from Lord Salisbury down. have in the last few years placed themselves on record as unalterahly opposed to home rule for Erin in tho sense in which homo rule fin understood in the United States Lord Rosebery. the leadar of tho Liberal-t'n- ionIsta, Is equally emphatic in his nppo- sitlon. But if Ireland obtains a loan for the settlement of the land question and ase secures additional con 'essions in the matter of local elf-governmant the Irish Natianalists will achieve a great triumph Ii looks as If Erin were al last to have her inninps
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-27
IT IS A REAL EVIL.

In a recent issue of The Louisville Courier Journal allusion is made to the fact that "the farmers of Nebraska and Kansas have been making such hig crops for four or five years and getting such good prices for them that many are leav- ing the blow and taking up their resi- dences in the cities" It Is further stated that some of the professors of the State University; of Nebraska have spoken of this disposition to leave the farm as very bad thing for the country. On this sensible opinion of the professors The Courier-Journal indulges in some sarcas- tic comments, as follows.
 Perhaps the situation is not as omi nous as the professors tell us If it comes to the worst 1t might be reme- dled by restocking the abandoned farms with professors. It mgnt take some time 10 make good farmers of these loquacious theorists. but their practical occupation on the farms ought to result in material good to the country generally by insur- ing sufficient quietude to enable if to get good nights sleep now and then
 mat Is not proper way to look at the matter. However 1t may be in Kentucky it is certainly a fact that in some DOT tons of Alabama the disposition to leave the farms and flock to the cities and towns Is to be deplored, for the life and well being of the State depends very largely on a thriving and contented rural population. These Nebraska professors express their fear that if the hegira from country to city is not discouraged that country win eventually reach the cond- ton of some portions of Europe. with landlords living in luxury in the cities and the tenantry impoverished"
 This is not a matter to be sneered at for 1t is a real and portentous evil. Not only are we likely to have an impover- ished tehantry but as a correlative of that condition we are sure to have impover- ished and unproductlve farms. That this is already the case in some portions of Alabama is beyond dispute. Under the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-27
FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1903.
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses cer- tain signs to denote the relative standing and merit of the whole field of newspaperdom which comes under its notice. and one Of these signs IS the mystic symbol [ denoting golden" which stands for high quality, and is thus explained:
 Advertisers value this paper more for the class and quality of it's circulation than for tho mere number of copies printsd.''
 Such papers are crSdited with a single sym- boI; but there is higher grade, according to this standard authority, which have BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY. and require the DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL [ ~ to describe adequately their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded this double golden symbol [ eel and is the ozly paper distinguished in this section Of the south
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-27
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Letters to The Editor.
Card From MT. Murphy.

TO the Editor of The Advertiser:
 am necessarily absent from home at nus time because I am arranging the program of the Conference for Education In the South which is to meet at Rich mond April Z to 24, l am deeply inter ested, however, in the movement for the aceptance of MT Peahodys suggestions m reArence to the buildings for the Young Mems Christian Association and the Young Womens Christian Association lf Montgomery.
 hope that in considering these pro. posais the people of Montgomery will pear clearly and constantly in nina the
 .First-Mr. Peabody has expended about s2o,oo0 fin the acquisition and equip ment Of the Baldwin property, and not penny of this amount is to be returned to him. That property under his propos- als. Is to pass into the hands of local Board of Trustees for the benefit Of Young Women's Christian Association Tor the city of Montgomery.
 second-He does ask, in order to secure the people of Montgomery shall subscribe amount of sl0,ooo for the Baldwin prop erty; but he thereupon authorizes the authorities of the Montgomery Young Mems Christian Association for the ben ent Of their new building
 Third-Every penny, therefore, contrib uted by Montgomery for either one of these organizations goes right back to Montgomery. The net result of the whole transaction is that Mir. Peabody parts with the Baldwin property, valued at approximately go, 03. altogether without return to him. and Montgomery secures the two buildings, valued together Al s55,0o0 for the price of s35,o00 tthe cost or the new r. Nj C X. Building
 The advantage of a Young Womens christian Association in city like Mont gomery will be more and more obvious as time goes on. Such a building for young women, with it's gymnasium and swimming pool, its reading rooms. its local conveniences as a headquarters for many of the charitable interests of our women. and its large and attractive rooms Tor social features of a more SC rious nature. will he nf grn7t value. aside from it's attracuynncss as a cheer ful gathering place for many of our young women who are in clerical posi- tons. and who are without many of the advantages that belong to the homes of the wel-to-do.
 hope that steps will soon be taken to secure the interest and cooperation of the womens cubs of Montgomery and to. invite the earnest aid of the Christian women ot our various denominations. When Montgomery has adequately and fully performed her own part in relation to MT Peabody suggestions ! hope to he able to add something further from outside: hut until Montgomery has moved in the matter feel that addi- tional aid will he difficult to secure W hen We have all done our part at home. ] will try to zee what further heip can he had
 Thanking The Advertiser for its in terest Tn this and in all other public enterprises in our city, l am
 cry sincerely yours,
 Edgar Gardner Murphy. St Denis Hotel. New York City, March
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-27

careless. unintelligent management of an ignorant and improvident tenantry the lands are each year becoming less pro- ductive and more unprofitable. There are several causes for the abandonment of the farms by the country people and 1t may be that some of these causes Ire beyond remedy, but whatever the cause may he the fact Is to be regretted in- stead of being ridiculed. If some of the professors to whom The Courier-Journal refers in such contemptuous terms should go on the farms they might furnish real object lessons to some who need such in- struction. Filling up cities and towns by the depopulatlon of the country is an evil not to be dismissed with sneering hadinage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-27
How a Statue Grew.

Very warIike Is the aspect of singu- lar equestrian statue in Belgium. vet there is no cause for alarm. since it is nothing hut tree Some ten years ago police officer retired from tho force and went 10 live near Charlcroi Being an amateur horticulturst. he busted hlm- self good deal with trees and flowers and one day as he was trimming a haw- torne in his garden 1t oc ,urred to him that il would he a novel idea th train 1t in sUch a manner that il would event- ualIY assume the pzure. of cavalry atti- oer Al onro he went to work. and after ten NHars tahor he suoceedhd in tra7s- forming th' treo into q perfect picture ol mounted soldier The tree Is known
 in tn neiENrorh nod as General flaw thorn, and harilv ] day passes that strangers do not come from A consider able distance in order to view this won derful example of horticultural art
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-27
A Remarkable Golden Wedding.

A Gor1en wedding celebrated al .A Rov. x. recently was in more than usual ways an exception to the mutannity of human things. The festivities were held built for the occupancy of himself and his bride more than fifty years before It has been their home throughout their married life Shortly before his mar Counor S cook She had been in the service of the family all. these years. All six of the couples children are Hv- ing, and were present at the golden we'd ding. Mrs, Olmsted wore her bridal wreath and her wedding gown was worn by one of her daughters. Some of the wedding cake of fifty years before was produced for the celebration.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-27
How Rhode Island is Ruled.

hSnlHCt0n Post.
 The constitution nf Rhode Island is al most as unrepub,iean and anti-democratic as that Of Connecticut. and there is even less prospect of reform in the former than in the latter State While each "f the two Commonwealths probably ments the requirement of the Federal Constitution, "a republican form of government. both are probably deficient in the spirit of re- puhlicanism and contemptuously defiant of the spirit of Democracy. The Post 6 readers are. or ought to hc, familiar with the Connecticut monstrosity. but much less publicity has been given to Rhode Islands. In the latter State each city and township regardless of population. has one member ot the Senate This was not very equitabla sXtty years ago. and 1t has come to be an ahomination through the growth hf cities It's injustice is illus trated by euch facts as these; Twenty townships. with 40,39s inhabitants and 5,620 voters elect twenty out of thirty eight Senators Eight cities and towns. With a population of 330.0o0. elect only eight Senators. Providence has 29,030 voters, but only one Senator. The twenty townships with their 5,620 voters abso- lutely control legislation. Having a ma jority in the Senate, small minority of the people can and do prevent any amendment of the constitution that would deprive them of plenary power. This bribery and corruption with which Rhode Island Is disgraced. As The Chicago Tribune puts it:
 The influence of money in elections de- pends largely on the size of an electorate It would take much money to carry an election in Providence with it's 29.20 voters Comparatively little Is needed in a town with BOO voters. and the small Rhode Island towns are the ones which have been so completely debauched that they invariably elect the candidate who will pay out the most money"
 The only hope of change lies in the creation of public sentiment strong enough to shame the people of the small towns into compliance with the dictates of dccency. As the ease stands. they are either participants in or promoters of infamous crimes of crimes for which the law pres 0rihes the penitentiary
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-27

of Dundee. Scotland. who as long ago as 1SA 'succeeded in teiegraphing messages a.ross ponds without wires" Tn 1859 Lindsay read a paper before the British Association on the possibilities of wire less telegraphy. How much ot the truly prophetic vision this brilliant Scotchman must have had is shown by the fact that as early as le31 he was delivering lectures in which he predicted that within a few years houses and cities would be lighted by electricity instead of gas and heated by 1t instead of coal and he also de- monstrated the facility with which wheels could he turned and puleys raised by electrical power and forecast the substi- tution of electricity for steam as motor for machinery. Mir. Marconi. himself we are informed. in an address delivered at Dundee, has done full justice to the mem- ory of the Scotch pioneer as the first man who thoroughly believed in the pos sibility and the utility of long distance wireless telegraphy."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-27
X sENsELEss coNrRovERsY.

The people of Kansas, with their usual facility for doing the ridiculous. are rais- ing Cain and various other commodities over the question of christening the new battleshp winch is 10 bear the States | name. Some of the strenuous and over xealous temperance people insist that nothing more inspiriting than water shall be used in the christening while others are equally intent on having the bottle of wine in the old way.
 It is somewhat singular that this cues, ton should come up every time a gov ernment vessel is to be launched It Is more singular. perhaps. that Kansas should raise 1t. but why raise 1t at all7 They claim that breaking a bottle of wine on the prow of a vessel is a relic of some old heather custom, which may te true. but how is the matter made any bet ter by using water instead of wine? If the custom is heathenish in one case it Is in the other, and we can see nothing gained by substituting one fluid for an other. The launching and christening of ship is not fin any sense of the word a religious ceremony, nor can we see how the use of wine on such an occasion can he looked upon as conformation or en- couragement of intemperance
 We do not know how the controversy will end. but as an uninterested observer we suggest that they split the difference and smash bottle of pink lemonade on the occasion. The suggestion of a con temporary that they use bottle of Kan sas whiskey and depudze Aunt Carrie to do the smashing wouldn't harmonize mat ters any. She'd be too strenuous, any how. and smash everything in sight We think the lemonade is the thing, though they might use Kansas buttermlk with good effect.
 While. as we have said, the launching of ship is not d religious ceremony the sailors. at least look on any substitution of water for wine with disfavor. To them hattleship represents something more than a combination of wood and metal It is almost living, sentient being to them, and they think that 1t would weak en its future prowess to have it christ ened with mere water They are super stittous people. and when no harm can come of gratifying their superstitions 1t Is hard to see why good people should object.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-27

The assertion of 8 Boston preacher tha {. ''no woman who wears a sea gull or a. song-bird in her hat can ever get to Heaven" was a foolish expression. to say the least of 1t, Tn the first place, and speaking with as much reverence as the preacher did. no woman. expects 10 go to Heaven with her hat on. and tho assumption that wearing bird on tho hat Is an unpardonable sin is a species of nonsense that tends to bring a minister into contempt, Killing the birds is cruel but no decalogue that we have seen ,n- oludes 1t among the sins which bar the way to tho better world.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-27
BLIND LEADERS. "
Those Who Propose to "Reafarm Free Silver and Free Riot"

Free Silver and Free Riot"
 New York Times Gnd Deml
 MT De Armond of Missouri does not stIlKe us as sagaclous statesman, but rather as one of those Democratic Rour- pons who can learn nothing and forget nothing Mir. Shepard frankly said. in ms ms speech at the Jackson banquet, in Ohcaso. that he was opposed 10 free sil- yer in lS96; that he Is opposed to 1t still and that he had no apology to make for hls position on that subject. MT De Armond followed him. Turning to Mir Shepard, he said: ''We welcome all re cruits. Time and events will point out the candidate for 1904. He must be In the Democratic column always"
 Apparently it did not occur to the Con gressman from Missouri that there was pretenslon to welcome as recruits" those who had been disgusted and driven away by the placing of freak candidate on a freak platform in 1896, It might have occurred to him. one would suppose, that whatever else was to be said about those who had heen "in the Democratic column always, 1t had been proved that there were not enough of them to elect a Presi- dent or the United States Twice over the Chicago platform and the Chicago candldate have been presented tn the American people, and twice rejected To tell the people who were driven away mat they must come back in white sheets and that you are going to Ire affirm" free silver and free rot with a candidate who has already publicly ap- proved what the people of the TNnftad States have twice deliberately rejected is tantamount to announcing that vou arc going to secure the election of another Republican as the next President of the LInItAd stateA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-27
Would Breed Harder Cattle.

Henry C Moore of Sioux City believes that it is possible to. interbreed the Arctic musk ON with cattle of the temperate zone. and that the stock SO produced would he able to withstand the severe winters of the I-njtcd States. He has been in communication on the subject with Peary. the Arctic explorer who is favor ably impressed with the idea The vast loss of the present season among herds on the Western ranges. said Mir Moore, "cmphasizes the necessity of trying to tnfuae harder blood into American cat tle
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-27
Music in the Schools.

Dr. Frank Damrosch. dire 'tor ot music in tho New York public schools. sug, gests that the hest musical artists of tho city he invited to give recitals m the schools as an inspiration to pupils in their musical studies He adds Another sub jeet which has a iiract influence upon our work is the character of tho speaking voice of the teachers. This is often very loud. harsh and of poor quality. and as children are apt to initiate unConsriousIv 1t produces a similar quality of tone in In the pupils speaking and singing voices
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-27
Miss. Hewitt Carried the Election

Ii is said that sarah Cooper Hewitt daughter of tha late Abram $. Hewitt carried the school hoard election in West Milford N J.. Tuesday, She wanted the election at J. F. Prince as school trustee for he had promised in that event to give h,s village of Erskine S25.nrl school house. Miss Hewitt canvassed the town. on election nay she chartered special railroad train and ran if for the voters. she served luncheon free tn all co.ners at the hotel near the polling place: and her candidate went in by s large ma idritV
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-27
Hard on the President.
Selma Times,

Pres dent Roosevelt proposes to go on a Western hunting trip tn he gone two m nths. There would not ho many tears shed if somc big black bear would got hold ot him ont in the West and hug him &0 long that he would never come back to civilization again. We do not like 10 say that about the President of our country but it is the truth Whcn Mckinley died q whole nation mourned. But such would not he the case il h,ar should squeeze Teddy to death
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-27
No Hope for Relief.

The men who dominate the Republican party are opposed tn tariff revision in any form 'ven when if comes diluted as in a reciprocity treaty. Cummins and those who hold the Iowa idea may fret and fume. but there is no hope of relief from tariff exactions until the present regime is busted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-27
Wireless Telegraphy an Old Idea.

We are reminded again. says Leslie S Weekly. that there is nothing new un- der the sun not even Marconfs system of wireless telegrapav. The London cor respondent of 'rhe New York Tribune furnishes that journal with a two-coumn ~AnAnI>A ~s thA Eark of Iamaz LinasAR
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-27
Looking Backward

Lafayette Sun.
 People often look back upon their an- eestry with more pride than the ancestry look down on their descendants.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-27
Powers of the Press.

Mobile Register.
 A bundle of copies of a Memphis pa- per. thrown from a passenger train at Jackson, Miss got under the wheels of passing switch engine and threw the iron monster from the track How mighty is the power of the press!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-27
Why Find if Out.

Roanoke Leader.
 The newspaper writer who doesn't realize his responsibility and meaS4re I'D to it Ivy the fearless performance uf his duty. IS a stupendous misfit, and the pco- plo soon fiui II out
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-27
Will be Harder.
Birmingham Ledger.

Birmingham Ledger.
 :. It is going to he harder to get a la license in North Carolina now The courts have lad down new rule which requires that an applicant shall be able tQ write legibly and spell to erahlN."