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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2e, 1903.
WHAT IS NEEDED.

''what Geneva needs is small manu- facturing industries" says The Reaper, of that town, and it is right. It is just bama need. Unless there are some pecu- liarly favorable conditions a small town need not expect million dollar industries, nor are such essential to the well-being of the towns. Geneva is in a fine vegeta- bie and fruit region. It has vast quanti- ties of excellent hard pine convenient. Il could manufacture that pine into doors, sash, blinds. flooring and other essentials at a good profit The supply of timber fin the North and West is fast being ex- hausted. The building interests of the country must depend on the yellow pine of the South, and Southeast Alabama yet has vast stores of it.
 Why should the rough lumber and tim Der be sent off in carload and boatload lots when it could be manufactured at home and the finished products shipped at . much better profit? By that means not only the original owner of the timber would be benefited, but the mill men, the mechanlcS ana the HnlSnerS WoulQ Hnu employment and reap part of the harvest. And, what is also important, the town and the community where such industries are located would be benefited. The money that would come to the employees ;. Of the mills and the shops would be spent in the town and all would have a share in the prosperity.
 It is a mistake to suppose that none but the large manufacturing enterprises pay. An industry which costs but a few thousand, or even a few hundred dollars, may pay a larger per centage of profit than the larger one The aggregate gain will not be as large, but the individual profits will be larger. All through the wiregrass region of Alabama there are good localities for the smaller manIl- , featuring industries. Not only mills and shops will flourish but there is an absolute need of canneries for the fruits and vege- tables so easily grown down there. Let Geneva start out and set good example for there is profit in it for the town and the people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26
HE, IS ELIGIBLE.

It is little singular that The Washing ton Post should have advanced the idea that George B. Mcclellan is ineligible to the office of President or Vice-PresI- dent because he was born in Dresden, Germany, while his parents were tempo rarily stopping there. The New York Sun thus sets it right:
 Fortunately the statutory law has left no doubt as to what, in the intention of the framers of the constitution, consti- tuted a natural-born citizen. There has never been any doubt since the first naturalization law. enacted in 179O, de- clared that "the children of citizens of the United States that may be born be- yond sea, or out of the Jurisdiction of the United States, shall be held as natural born citizens; provided that the right of citizenship shall not descend to persons whose fathers have never been resident in the United States" The present statu- tory law. dating from 1855. drops the word
 natural as unnecessary;. but provides unmistakably on that account:
 Section 1,993.-All children heretofore born or hereafter born out of the limits and Jurisdiction of the United States. time of their birth citizens of the United States, are declared to be citizens of the United States; but the rights of citizen- ship shall not descend to children whose fathers never resided in the United States
 The determination of the founders of our government that the highest office in it should not be held by a foreign born citizen was a wise one, True, the rule has shut out some of the brightest and truest statesman of our Union. but the fathers Were determined that one office, and that the highest. should only be filled by natural born citizens of the United States, and they were right. If no other reason can be found for excluding Me- Clellan he can some day be President.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26

ell. John E. Russell. Thomas F. Bayard, William Wilson, Thomas B. Reed, Chaun- cey M. Depew, Alex Mcclure, Daniel Daugherty, Ben Butterworth, Phillips equal fame; and yet We were then of the opinion, and 1t is still our opinion, that Frederic Coudert was the most delightful after-dinner talker we ever heard. He spoke in conversational and rather fn- different manner. with hardly any ges- ticulation except graceful, though care- less. twtrling of his eyeglasses. His voice was not meiodious, but clear and pleasant; he looked the scholar and gen. tleman; he spoke like lawyer and think CT; his diction was perfect-Simple, ele- gant, forcible, and his wit scintillant, un- expected, sometimes biting and at other times bright without bitterness; and the substance of his speeches was very fine thoughtful, able, logical and attractive. We never had the pleasure of hearing him at the bar, nor on the hustings. He was an able and accomplished lawyer. trusted with great causes; he represented the United States in several of the inter- national arbitrations. He refused all of- fices that had salaries attached, but &C., cepted professional engagements from this and foreign governments. He was a Democrat of the real Jeffersonian school; the friend and advocate of Tilden, the supporter of Cleveland. He bitterly op- posed the election of Judge Maynard, nominated by the Democrats for the Sui preme Bench of New York. on the ground that his election would be stain on the judiciary of New YCfk. and perhaps he was the cause of the overwhelming de- feat of Judge Maynard.
 Our country is so large, our interests are so diversified; our courts and indus tries are so numerous, that great men may win fortune and fame and yet be comparatively unknown to the country at large. Of these, Frederic Coudert was a fair illustration. The millions Gn New York knew him and his power; Presi- knew him and his high gifts; he was known and admired in foreign cabinets: but yet his very name will sound strange in the ears of the majority of his coun- trymen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26

every oponent of the Bryan heresy who dared to show his head was marked for slaughter. Even in the South. where there should have been free speech on the subject of a suspicious importation from the Populistic West. few newspapers. including The Telegraph, that spoke the truth at all hazards. were condemned as Republican by frothy contemporaries that can be trusted to do only one thing. namely to "galiop with the gang" no matter in what direction the blind gang may be headed.
 Tho Advertiser. also, has had many a stuffed club smashed over its head by those esteemed contemporaries who seem ed to think that in them was rounded up all there is of Democracy. Some of them still adhere to the discredited habit, but we are not worrying any more than we did in the past. Time at last sets all things even," and we have never yet doubted that true Democracy would come to its own and that those who adhered to 1t would be justified. It Is coming, and very soon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26
RIDER STICKS.
Will Not Civ. up Sea. in Congress

WAA wv GAND 0R ScuV tu NohBN NSSo
 at Tammany's Order. New York Special to Washington Post.
 Congressman Ira F. Rider vigorously denied the report today that Charles A. Towne would succeed him in the House of Representatives.
 When drop dead, and not before, will there be vacancy in the Fourteenth Dis trtct. l am my own master and I will not resign at any mans bidding," sad MT. Rider.
 The trouble Is due to an oversight in not getting MT. Riders consent to resign be- fore completing arrangements to fill his place. Leader Murphy wanted to send MT Towne to Congress in place of Mo- Clellan, but this plan was changed and Bourke Cochran was substituted. When Towne was sidetraclxed, MT. Murphy set certain of his able lieutenants to work. They arranged that MT. Rider was to get out on account of Ill health" and be taken care of under the incoming admin istration In the borough presidents office: Harry c. Hart, leader of the Thirtieth District. an uncle of Riders, is unde. . stood to have promised that Rider would resign.
 Rider was dumfounded when he read Saturday the Tammany announcement that his "ill health had forced him to retire from Congress after a service of five weeks. He came out with his bold def only today.
 Did your uncle, Mir Hart, agree that you should resigp?" he was asked.
 T do not know what he did. Nobody has the right to agree to such thing but myself"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26
About Canals.
HarpeKs Weekly.


 Ths euex Canal is usually eonsideFed the most important example of ship canals. though the number of vessels passing through it an- nually does not equal that passing through the canals connecting Lake Superior with the chain of Great Lakes at the south In length. how ever. it exceeds any of the other great ship canals. It's total length being ninety miles, of which about two.thirds 10 through shailow lakes.
 The canal connecting the Bay oe Cronstsdt with St. Petersburg 10 Q work of great strate- gic and commercial importance to Russia The canal and sailing course in the bay arc about sixteen miles long. the canal proper bs- ing about six miles and the bay channel about ten miles, and they together extend from cronstadt, on the Gulf of F1nlaad. to St. Ps' tersburg,
 The next of the great ship canals connecting bodies of salt water in the order of date Of construction is the CoFtnth Canal. which con- neets the Gulf of corInth with the Gulf of Aegina. The canal reduces tho distance from Adriatic ports about IFS miles, and from Mediterranean ports aNTA 100 miles. Its length is about four miles.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26

Currency; and new president e the Com. mercial Nationai Bank Of ChleaSo, haf
 essn 2 snsst # the AcllaRd Monss fes S4sieoR Ss sssd ud.sss sssas,cs se s z ssnsraiIy seoe: and t is dsstined te about the present faa6a until early spring. % whf9 s n s.r @ ss gsrs pf1. g ssd ,1ns sisss of ia the lines cf Susiness ssisssd 0 tie iron and steel industry, ana there wili be . rsedjustment in hoth the prices of ma. terasis ser,s ssd in vssss Ieis Mll cs.s measure than soAae have been dfsppsed ta expect. When priees of materiaig and labor have been established on little lower level. there will he an improvement many projects that had Been put aside on account of extremely high prices win be revived. There is no likelihood of any- thiug occurring in the near future tc SsFtsn to creass edith Ins So10sson G,s of the cipaiiy to unwarranted apprehension, has discounted the possibilities of any real dangers. The extreme strain Is now q thing of the past; The farmers of the they have done in former years. They have no debts and no creditors to coInpel them to sell until they get ready. They are waiting until they get the most IaVofaDte u&ure TOT tne1t cgopS- E oo uVt anticipate the measure of shrinkaye in business next year that usually comes in the year of Presidential campaign. for the reason that both parties will ap- peal to the business interests by premui- gating conservative platforms, and the Democrats will nominate a conservative candidate. We are going in to wtn,. and such Q candidate as may be accepfabte to New York and New England will be named in the Democratic convention will predict in connection with this that the candidate who has the business in- terests of the country behind hiEn next November will be eiected.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26
Q 1GillienAiFe oppresged.

AanBaS C1Cy JoUruAi.
 Robert L. Owens, the wealthy Musko- gee capitalist, describes himself and the injustice of some of the Indian laws un- der which he is compelled to live as foi- lows:
 ''I myself am an Indian. and come un- der these onerous restrictions, although from my physical appearance no man would know whether was an Indian or an Irishman. took the degree of Mas ter of Arts at Washington and Lee Unf- versity twenty-six years ago, and have been a continuous student since that time. I have filled all sorts of positions in Indian Territory. incidentally as Unit ed States Indian Agent for the i've ciyf- lized tribes from 1SSS to 1SS9; was prasi- dent of the leading bank of Indian Ter ritoFy for ten years. and yet I cannot lease forty acres of land without the ap. proval of the employees of the Interior Department"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26
Yale Governs Our Colonies.

New Haven Telegram to the New York
 Sun.
 On December g Governor Taft departs from the Philippines, and with that event terminating his governorship over those islands, there ends a coincidence unique in the annals of Yale University, and very unlikely ever to be repeated in that or any other American educational Insti- tutiou,
 The coincidence Is that for the last month or more Yale. represented by her sons, has held at one time and the same time the governorships of the three so- called colonial territories of the United States and also that of Alaska.
 With the incumbency of Governor Taft Yale has governed at Manila; with that of Governor Hunt, in Porto Rico; with that of Governor Carter. in Hawaii and with that of Governor Brady. in Alaska Governors Taft, Hunt. Carter and brady are all Yale alumni. Altogether 1t makes a page in history which Yale can point to with pride.
 The recent appointment of Mir. Carter as Governor of Hawaii was the last of these territorial goveruorships to be give en to 6 Yala man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26
Puritan Virtues.

kansaS City Star.
 Recent revelations have shown a de- cided reaction among ofice holders from is disposition to regard the honesty of the Puritans as just as obsolete as their bigotry. Practical politicians show the same derision for the strict notions of men like the President, the Fourth As sistant Postmaster General and the St. Louis Circuit Attorney that was felt by office holders of the Stuarts for the men who emigrated to New England. The country isn't ready to revive tho Mas sachusetts theocracy, but 1t is sadly in need of a return to some of the Puritan virtues"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26
Maine Girl of Twenty Carries Mail. Bangor, Me, Telegram to the New York

Pretty and not yet twenty-one, Miss Jeasie Aver. Of Charlotte, is one of the few women in this country who carry the United States mails About two years ago she was taken i'll and had to resign her position as teacher in the public schools. She told her father that she could not remain idle. and at her request he applied to the postal authorities at Washington for an appointment for her in the service.
 One day word came to her that she had been chosen to carry the malls between Charlotte and Ayers Junction, a distance |of six miles. The people on her route say she is the best carrier they have ever had.
 Mss Aver makes three trips a day, driving an old-fashioned stage coach, in which passengers for Charlottee are transported, and 1t Is late at night when her last trip is completed. The road winds through heavy forests. cut by steep hills and sharp ravinea. and the scene is but little suggestive of civilization.
 In winter. clad in e long fur coat and sealslEin cap and carrying pair of snow shoes. Miss Aver attracts a great deal of attention.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26
wouldn,t work Fith.r UVav

OhlCagO Tribune.
 The young man submitted for Spoona- more's inspection some rhymes he had written for the perusal of certain young woman.
 Tell me what you think of them" he said. When 1t comes to courtinR @ girl I'm not what you would call Yersed in diplomacy"
 You are not what would call diplo- matic in verse. either" said Spoonamore, after reading the production.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26
ROOT DENIES
That He is to Be Republican Commit
 tee Chairman.

That He is to Be Republican Commit
 tee Chairman. Washington Special to N. Y. World.
 It has been known In Washington for weeks. and repeatedly announced in The World, that Senator Hanna has decided not to take the chairmanship of the next National Committee. The reason he gives is his health. although he has made no formal announcement, and probably will not until next June, when the Republican National Committee meets.
 The story that President Roosevelt has asked Secretary Root to be National Chairman was vigorously denied by Mir. Root today, who said his name is not un- der consideration, and. that the President has made no such proposition to him..
 rhe activity of the President in look ing about for chairman for the com- mittee is criticised. He is not member of the committee. nor has he been re- nominated for President Politicians say 1t would be in much better taste if he waited until after the action of the Chi cago Convention next June ..before seek ing for a chairmanship.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26
POLITICAL POINTS

of next week for series of political ecn- ferepces. Matters concerning the. coming ganixation affairs. and the general poiiti- cal situation will be discussed.
 Senator Piatt, when seen today, an- man of the Republican State Committee, will be reelected when the committee meets next spring; that State Railroad Commissioner Frank M. Baker vii be re- nominated by Governor Odell this winter, and will be confirmed by the Senate; that Postmaster Van Cott will not resign, and that the legislative session this winter will be a short one
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26
BIG STORM IN ODD FELLOWS.
Order to Expel All Liquor Men and
 Gamblers Issued.

ToIedo, Ohio, TeIegTau.
 A storm is bF6wins fin the ranks oe the In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows, one of the strongest frasernlties in the world. Grand Master Charles c. PGvey has determined to force out of the order in Ohio every saiocn- keeper, bartender and gambler, pursuant to . mandate issued by the so~areign Grand Lodge a dead letter.
 Thousands of men in the liquor business ere affiliated with the Odd Fellows. end while Pavsy realiSas already that he has undertaken and give up their business before Jan, lO. leo4. or be expelled from the order. He says:
 Any Noble Grand (presiding ofrioer) who shirks 0r refuses to do his duty will be gus. pended. They must convict and expel from the order all such msmbers." Further he ssys:
 Any lodge that puts on trial and convieta such member and fails to suspend him shall have its charter arrested at once"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26
QrAwsoYne eposia of War.

Thomas s. Alexander In wogId'R Work
 A dentist in Coieneia named Theophsle Ber- raro came to me one day and asked H ! wanted to buy some seld I sala yes, and hG unwrappsd Q bundle and showed ne about c pound of gold teech-allings. some og which had fragments oe teeth still sticking to them.
 Where did you get them7' asked in hcr- rifIed amaxement.
 T got some of them in the teht ct San J0ss." he rVplied. ''and the rest wore Eot by e Government colonel in the last sugagernent at Ruausyentura-''
 "Bu6 how dld you get them out9''
 we just knocked thsFn out with bayon0ts and the but-snds of ri6es. The a0ldteFU did that to all the bodies, and bought the sold for mere triae"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26
Oriental Diplomacy.

Plttsburg GaEette.
 Oriental diplomacy is of a character that open declarations cannot always be taken at their face value Russia is partly in Europe, and Japan has taken many lessons from Western civilization, yet the diplomacy of both nations par takes more of the Orient than of the Ocident. When protestations of peace are loudest there may be the Kravest danger that both are preparing to strike the blow that will be more deadly be- cause not fully expected. We hope 1t is to be peace in the Far East, but believe Lloyds to be wise in demanding high rates ".
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26
STILL ANOTHER EXAMPLE.

Another awful tragedy was heralded 70 the world in the morning papers of last Thursday--a train wreck in Pennsylvania. at least sixty killed. many injured. some of whom will die. It was the wreck of the 'Duquesne limited" running between Pittsburg and Baltimore. and a sentence in one account says. This great train plunging as it was through the darkness at sixty miles an hour, dashed around a curve head long into a pile of timbers, spilled from an extra freight train" Then we are further told that one coach twas filled with passengers and all were kill ed"
 This brief record gives the skeleton of the story, but no uninspired pen can write all the details-the anguish, the suf- fering, the bereavement incident to this accident No doubt many of these pas sengers were returning home to spend the holidays with their loved ones. Others were on their way to visit friends and relatives. All were unconscious of danger, but almost in the twinkling of an eye the end came and scores were hurled to eternity without a moments warning.
 Can such things be,
 And overcome us like summer cloud Without our special wonder?
 An, they not only can be but such things are almost becoming too common to excite wonder or surprise. Friday The Advertiser had some comments on the carelessness, if not criminal negligence which Is responsible for so many lives lost by fires, and this looks very much more inexcusable. What was it but criminal carelessness that sent a heavily loaded passenger train around a curve in the darkness at speed of one mile a minute? ? What was 1t but criminal carelessness that left pile of timbers on the track with no one to notify coming trains of the obstruction and danger? Given such a combination of circumstances and noth- ing short of divine power could have averted catastrophe.
 Who is to blame? As in the famous charge of the Light Brigade, Some one had blundered," but who is the criminal ? Is 1t the soulless corportation killing time and murdering passengers in order to make or save money? Was 1t a reckless or incompetent engineer. or was it over worked employees whose minds failed to act when there was most need Acci- dents occur on railroads which 1t would seem that no human care, skill or fore sight could provide against or avoid, but this was not in that class. Either the employees of the freight or the passenger train. or both, are blameable, and the fault ought to be located and punished.
 No punishment for the guilty ones can restore the husbands and fathers to be- reaved widows and orphans. tighten their anguish or relieve their sufferings, but 1t might be a warning which would be needed and an object lesson to be remem- bered. Recklessness. carelessness, incom- petence or greed will continue the work of carnage until such an example is made as will not be forgotten for many long days to come.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26

lne AuFeEtlSer tully agrees with The Mobile Register in the following:
 Alabama's Senators should vote for ratification of the Panama treaty. Ala bama can i'll afford to appear as opposing the building of the isthmian canal, and that is what a vote against ratification will amount to. There are some steps a nation takes that cannot be retraced, no matter how unwisely taken, and the recognition of Panama is one of these. Moreover no step backward is going to be made The rejection of the Panama treaty will in no way change the condi- tions on the isthmus. Panama is estab- lished and the United States will not let Colombia enter, The case is closed. and we may as well take the treaty out of politics. There is consolation. We are doing an excellent thing for Panama, and we are forwarding the great canal enter prise. Let these considerations be the Justification of our Senators for acting the part of American statesmen. We as- sure them that any other course will be short-sighted subject to serious miscon- struction and vsill reflect injuriouSly upon the party they stand for. Vote for the treaty, Senators! Help make the vote unanimOlsI
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-26
IT Is DENIED.

Nothing Known of Impeachment of
 Judge Boyd. Statesville N. CD Special tp Washington
 Post
 Chairman Rollins of the Republican State Executive Committee, passed Asheville. to visit his son-in-law. Judge Pritchard. at Washington, and in a con yersation with H. c. Cowles clerk of the Federal Court in this district, said in re- gard to the published report of an att tempt to impeach Judge Boyd that the report was groundless in his opinion.