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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
PRESIDENT IS FOR SHOOT.
Warning Against Mormon Long
 Since Withdrawn.

Salt Lake Special to New York World.
 Letters received here from prominent clubwomen and ministers of all sections of the country swho are interested in the campaign to prevent the seating of Sem Ator Reed Shoot, the Mormon apostle. by the United States Senate, indicate that d widespread revolution directed against President Roosevelt is now brewing. nous statement on the eve of Shoot s election by the Utah assembly. warning the Legislators not to send Mormon apostle to Washington as Senator, the army of club women and ministers who are fighting Shoot has counted on Roose- welt as one of its supporters.
 Recently word has gone out to these club women that the President had flop ped over into the Smoot camp and was one of the strongest packers of the Nor mon apostle. Letters expressing surprise and indignation and charging that Roose- velts somersault was due to his desire to capture the Mormon vote of Utah are be- ing received here by the score And az to the storm of indignation over Roosevelt's $ change In color a curious story Is told. Last January Roosevelt sent through Sem ator Kearns his famous warning to Utah, forbidding the Mornons to elect Smoot as Senator. and he predicted all kinds of po- litical and commercial ruin If the apostle were elected. Put Shoot was elected. and In May of this year Roosevelt came to Utah. The President was entertained at breakfast by Senator Thomas Kearns in IIle ldLeI S IldlL iHHIOn uOl lar pdlace. Eighteen guests. amoIg them Senator and Mrs. Reed Shoot. we're present to meet the President. Just before breakfast was served Roosevelt held an informal recep ton in order to meet the guests. Mrs. Shoot was among the first presented to him. Standing at Mrs. Shoots side was Joseph F. Smith, head of the Mormon Church. The President grasped Mrs Shoots hand and smiled effusively
 'I am glad. I am delighted to meet you, Mrs. Shoot, he declared. T know your husband well, he Is one of my best friends. and esteem him as highly as any man in the Senate. see he is having some opposite. but no man should be kept out of the Senate on account of his re- ligion." moment later President Roose- Welt grasped Shoots hand and whispered something in the Senator's ear. Then they shook hands and laughed heartily
 Guests who know of President Roose- velts warning against e,ectiug Shoot seemed paralyzed with astonishment They simply gasped.
 Senator Kearns, who delivered Roose- velt's anti-Smoot proclq nation, stood as if stricken by thunderbolt. But Roosevelt had turned his attention to President Smith. and after smiling on the Mormon
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30

There Is no telling where a mob once engaged upon Its work will quit. In it's rage 1t draws no nice distinction. It will slay the peace officer discharging his duty by defending his prisoner as quickly as It VIII the prime object of its ven- geance. It will not hesitate to start a blaze though the town be destroyed. En- gagged in abandon of license. drunk with passion, blind with rage rendered un- scrupulous by the very mission upon which 1t ts engaged, there Is no law of God nor man a mob may not violate.
 The only way to prevent such catastro- phes as that which was visited upon Pine apple fs to do away with mobs. Appeal to an enforcement of the law against the culprits, education by press. pulpit and political leaders along the line of submis- sion to the law in all things are the best spirit
 The Pineapple mob was not representa- tive of the community which has suffered So from it's vengeance. Mobs are nearly always composed of. Irresponsible brutes with natural thirst for blood. The con servatite. iaw-abiding, respectable citi- Eens of Pineapple, it is pleasing to note, will prosecute the perpetrators of the outrage. The conviction and sentencing of the members of the mob to the galiows would be fitting punishment for the
 The very existence of society is threat ened by resort to violence, and for It's own protection society must use It's most formidable weapon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
NOT FOR FREE TRADE. The Philadelphia Record says:

Congressman Williams, Democratic leader in the House, reassured the peo- pie of New England the other day by telling them shat the goal of the tariff tariff for revenue only. Twenty-Five years ago Republicans could use much plainer language than that without com promising their party standing General had said that he believed in a protection which led to free trade. What he meant by free trade and what MT. Williams meant by tariff for revenue only was trader is in favor of revenue tariff.
 It seems to us that The Record ma terially confuses terms, no less than did MT. Garfield. Just how protection can lead to free trade is a question we do not wish to attempt solving, neither can we accept The Records statement that "the free trader Is in favor of a revenue tariff It is a contradiction in terms which would be dificult to reconcile. There is a vast difference between free trade and freer trade. Most Democrats favor the latter while few do or would advocate the former.
 MT. Williams was correct, whether he had been talking to New England audi ence or a Southern one, and there are many Republicans who fully agree with him. There arc many loyal and promi- nent Republicans who see that protection has been carried to an extreme. and that the present tariff rates should be materially modified, but there is littlc doubt that the real leaders of the party are afraid to tackle 1t just at this time There is too much money and influence behind the tariff and the trusts for the Republicans to tamper with them with due regard for their own political safety. For all that, the other horn of the dilem- ma is not pleasant or an easy resting place. The demand for relief from the exactions of the present system are not. as we have said. entirely confined to Democrats and if they would make an earnest and persistent light for revision they might get some valuable assistance from the other side. All the same the Democratic Party is not in favor of free trade.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 80, 1903.
A VERY DECIDED oPrNIor;

The thick-and-thin adherents of the President in the Wood case are accustom- ed to charge all opposition to Roosevelt's action as Democratic partisanship. They pretend to think that those who. criti- else the act of favoritism and injustice do so because they are politically opposed to the President. Well, The Portland Oregonian is not Democratic newspaper, nor is it an opponent of Roosevelt. As a matter of fact it upholds and endorses him on some occasions when it might much better remain silent or indulge in a little plain comment In recent issue, however, it very decidedly draws the line at Wood, and It's reasons are so well ex- pressed that they are worth copying. It says:
 The Oregonian has never made any or official integrity of General Wood. The objection to General Wood is that he has been promoted from the position of surgeon 10 that or Ma1or-General within tinction. His purely military service aginst the Indians and with the Rough Iliders might justify captains commis- sion in the regular army; not more, for that was as high rank as any gallant colonel of volunteers in our Civil War obtained when the struggle was over. Major General George I. Stanrod, who fought his way from Major of volunteer regiment in four years service to the command of division in the Army of the James. when he was mustered out of service as Major General of Volunteers fin 1866 was only offered a majority in the regular army. He had commanded 120J0 men in action, had storned Fort Harrison, had lost his right arm at the shoulder, and been five times wounded. Suppose we had foreign war, does any body believe that Major General Wood is fit to handle 15.OO0 to 25.O00 troops of all arms in the field against g. skillful foe? He is a good man; he Is a man of ability; but no man is born with the ability to handle 1o,O00 to 25 900 men ip the field. He needs experience, education, growth, the same kind of education, experience and growth that General Chaffee. General Young and General Bell have obtained by long years of service. The plea of Secre- tary Root that General Wood as a volun- 1eer in Indian warfare exhibited courage and energy Is absurd. Wood exhibited The aptitude of a subaltern officer, not Of a Major General It has been shrewd- ly asked whether it would be good sense 10 make a fleet surgeon a corps comman- der whether 1t would be good sense to make a corps commander a commodore; whether Nelson was fit for the work of Austerlitz: whether Napoleon ought to have turned naval commander when he heard of Trafalgar?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
POLITICAL POINTS

ehieftain, who is charged with living in open poiygamy, the President led the way to the breakfast table.
 The story of Rooseveit's surrender to Shoot was carefully suppressed at the time for fear 1t would injure the anti Shoot fight, but now that anti-Smoot
 leaders in Washington have got wind of Roosevelts open espousal of Shoot s cause the story, which is absolutely au- thentic and vouched for by at least five
 guests who heard the Presidents utter
 ances, Is freely discussed here, and the
 army of club women who are fighting Shoot are clamoring for the President s scalp.
 It is understood here that the day after the President issued his anti-Mormon
 statement he was told by big Rcpubli- can leader that he had made a greatepo- litical mistake. It is presumed that in
 order to correct his alleged blunder and
 capture the Mormon vote Roo-eveit de-
 serted the anti-Smoot fight and Jumped Into the Mormon camp while a guest of
 the very man through whom he had sent
 his warning to the Mormon Legislature.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
CONTEST FOR aoRMAN.
Must Take Hand in Maryland sena-
 foriaI Election.


 torial Election Baltimore Special to New Orleans Times Democrat |, The election of a Democratic United States Senator to succeed Louts E. Mo Comas, Republican. at the session or the Maryland Legislature, which begins Jan uary l, is a more difhcult problem TOT Senator German to solve than was his own election two years ago. -, Isidor Rayner, now Attorney General, and one of the best known lawyers in the State, is a formidable candidate for Sem ator in opposition to the will of the party
 managers. Other candidates include John Walter Smith, Governor of the State; ex- Representative Joshua w. Miles, Repre- sentative J. F. c. Talbot, ex-Governor Elihu F. Jackson, State Senator Austin l.. Brothers, and General l.. Victor Baughman.
 The fight is really between Governor Smith and Isidor Rayner, with Represent tative Miles third favorfte. It was Governor Smith who called the extra session of the Legis' ature that passed an election law which resulted in a Democratic majority in the Legislature, which elected German to succeed Senator Wellington.
 German, 1t is supposed, would like to reciprocate the favor. and would much prefer Governor Smith to Isidor Rayner as his colleague in the Senate. Smith would probably not seek to divide State leadership honors with yGorman, while Rayner Is thought to be ambitious to share such power. For these reasons German is not likely to permit the elec- tion of Rayner If he can help 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
MONEY IN TOMATOES

That there is big money in tomatoes may not be generally known, and growing them may not be a profitable business here. but it certainly is elswhere, as the figures below prove The extract is from The Jackson CTenn.) Sun, and it shows the profitable nature of the crop in that region. We do not know whether the region of country in which Jackson is situated possesses any peculiar advant- eges TOT growing t2iis vegetable, or wheth- ar they would be equally profitable in Alabama, but the figures speak for them selves The Sun says:
 One firm which has the largest acreage in this section, when asked as to the de- tails of their growing said: This year planting the Acme, Beauty Truckers Favorite and Imperial, the last named variety predominating. From this acre age we shipped 15,o2O crates, which netted from IS to 25 cents per crate. this largely a half acres netted s1,OOO. the shipments reaching 2,500 crates. .. identified with the trucking interests. this year has put in ope ation a canning facto- " of 10000 cans capacity day, which will be very largely increased for the work of the future seasons. This year he grew tomatoes and strawberries which is given the following: From two acres of tomatoes 1850 crates were shipped, which netted S2A. Last year $50 was netted
 Of tomatoes, 4,3OO crates were shipped from eight acres, netting sum in excess of $500.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
The Pineapple Mob.

bIFMlnEnatb NeW9.
 The outrage at Pineapple, where a ne- gro prisoner was killed and hts body cre- mated in the calaboose, which was set afire by the infuriated and Irresponsible mob. Is not without its valuable lesson From the calaboose the flames spread and a large portion of the town was destr oyed thus entailing a severe and in some in- stances an irreparable loss upon innocent persons.
 cused of a heinous offense. There was no reason to believe that the law would not be promptly enforced. There was not lence, which under all circumstances is objectionable. The lynching of the negro was the work of fends. who in their un- restrained fury not only committed mur- der, but came near destroying the town. This incident is proof of what menace a mob Is. Break down the restraints and barriers erected by law and society is the helpless victim of uncurbed passion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
Gossip of men
 and nlatter$
Wiley Favors Primary.

'"rhe State Executive Committee will meet on the 9th day of January said Col. A. A. Wiley yesterday, and, 1t Is believed. will fix an early date for holding q uniform primary election in this Stat for the domination of all officers to be elected next year, Congressional, State and county alike. I am not a member of that body. and will likely not be here when it assemblies.
 ''The Advertiser advocated a primary election when many of It's friends doubted the wisdom of such a policy The result has demonstrated the course adopted by our party leaders, Tn that respect, to have been eminently wise, judicious and beneficient. We ought to take no back ward step in this important movement. The day of the political thimble-rigger and commercial boss. hope. Is gone for ever in Alabama. The theory of our Gov. ernment is that the people, the source of all political power, are masters; that pub He office is a public trust. and that public officials are public servants.
 Whenever the Democratic masses ex- serve them in office for a designated pe- acquiesce to their will. The wishes of the majority should be respected. The people, as whole, seldom make mis- takes in such matters. If they err. they quickly correct the error at the first op- portunity which presents itself
 T favor the consolidated primary plan, with as little circumlocution as possible, in the manner of obtaining direct ex- precision of the popular choice in the SC lection of all officers to be elected in the year 1904"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
NORTHWESTERN SENTIMENT
Democrats Divided Between Gray
 Parker and German,

Walter Welhndn's Washington Special to
 Chicago Record-Herald.
 h the Northwest l found the Democrats generally plucking up courage and show ing disposition to get together. They admit the great popularity of MT. Roose- welt, but many of them believe he can vet be beaten at the pools. Parker or Gray is the most popular among those who talk of Democratic candidates. Col man is regarded as a smart politician, a shrewd and perhaps tricky man. Many Democrats like to have him in the Senate to make trouble for the Republicans, and many more would like to see him mcn- age next years campaign. but very few waEt him as their candidate for Presl- dent. A great many Democrats belle ve that with a good man the old party will come to the front next year and give MT. Roosevelt the hardest race of his life.
 There is very strong sentiment in the Northwest ir favor of reciprocity with Canada, an almost universal sympathy with Japan as against Russia, and a marked feeling that Speaker Cannon is right in standing up for the dignity of the House of Representatives and in de- manding that the rules of the Senate be remodeled on common sense American basis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
THE STOLEN HORSE.
An Old Proverb With New Appli-
 cation.

The woods are full of "socalled" reme- dies for Baldness.
 You may call anything in creation a remedy, but to use them is like locking the stable after the horse is stolen.
 Baldness and pandruff are caused by a germ-if you don't kill the germ the germ will kill the hair.
 Scientists have labored with the prob lem of a preventive for Badness for many years.
 Newbros Herpiclde is the product of a modern idea. and will cure DandruH and prevent Badness because germs cannot exist when you apply Herpicide.
 HerpicIde is a valuable hair dressing and scalp disinfectant as well as a cure for DandrufR.
 Sold by leading druggists. Send 1Oc in stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co. Detroit Mich. E. G. Fowler, Special Agent wed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
THATCHER AN Ex.coNvICT.
Record of Man Who Has Been Swind.
 ling Americans

Washington. Dec. 2S.-The State Depart ment for some time past has been re- ceiving inquiries from people of moderate circumstances and some apparently al- most fin poverty as to the operations cf some one known as George w. Thatcher, who has addressed notes to various peo- pie representing himself to be the admin istrator of vast estates in England in which those addressed were informed they had an interest.
 Some at least of those written to have paid fees to Thatcher, an receiving no in terests in the alleged estates. inquired of the State Department for information as to the estates.
 The department referred some of the inquiries to the United States embassy at London. and Acting Secretary Loomis has just received a report from that off, flee to the effect that Thatcher had been prosecuted for fraud and forgery in Lon don before the Chancery Court in 1899, had pleaded guilty and had been sen fenced to eighteen months imprisonment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
Reciprocity with Cuba.

Baltimore sun.
 Now that the Cuban reciprocity bill has been signed by the President. giving spe- cial tariff favors to Cuba in return to Ia vors allowed to American products. de- cided impulse will be given, 1t Is belieV,, ed. to the revival of Cuban industry and trade. The opening of our market to the new republic is expected to be the beg IT. ming of a new era of prosperity which will produce content and political rest, preserving Cuba fibre from the revolution habits which oesets other Latin American republics. Favor shown to Cuban sugar and tobacco is supposed to be somewhat to the disadvantage Of the producers of these staples in this country, but in other directions compensating benefits are eX' pected. The chief object and result of the treaty. however. is political. Cuba IS 10 be a protectOrate of ours and our SpC- cial commercial relations with it are an expression Of our poIitiOal policy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30

The cultivation of grapes for the mar ket, for raisins. and to make wine az be- come an important business of the Uni ted States during recent years. Two hun dred million dollars of capital are invested in this and dependent industries. Cali fornia supplies the people of the country with practically all the raisins that they eat. 1c0 0O0, 600 pounds. and the same State, with New York and Ohio. produces am nually 24.OO0O0O gallons of wine. The an nuaI grape crop, before any of the grapes are changed to wine or raisips. reaches SIS, 900 000 in value and nearly 7500OO tons in weight.
 The amount of wine made in the Uni ted States, however. Is very small com pared to that produced in the countries of Europe. Even Turkey. whose Mohamme- dan population drink little wine. produces nearly twice as much wine as the United States
 France in 1871 produced 1,b2S. 2Ss.eOO gal Ions of wine, while this country produced g. .500.c00 gallons. But California alone ha ' a grape and wine producing area alno t equal to the whole of France so that some idea can be formed of the great possibilities of this important industry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
Montgomery Highways in Dsplor-
 able Condition.

Editor The Advertiser:
 read with interest in yesterday S edi- tion of The Advertiser, the complaint of one of our citizens, touching the bad con corporate limits of Greater Montgomery. A casual observation will disclose that these highways are in an eXecrable plight. In this connection, desire to call atten- ton to an indIsputable fact. to wit: Ninety per cent of all the State and county taxes collected in Montgomery county are paid by the people living within the corporate limits of the city of MontgOm- cry. Three members of the Board of Rev enue. under the law, are selected from the city of Montgomery. It is reasonable to suppose in requiring that the major ity of the Board should come from tho city. that the gentlemen thus selected would look somewhat after the interest of tho city tax payers and property hold CTS; and yet, strange to relate. the great bulk of the taxes paid by the city resi- dents are applied to the improvement and betterment of the public roads outside the city limits. Cant we have a few loads of gravel placed on our streets to fill up some of the many holes dangerous to tEe travelling public.
 There is no.equity or justice in such un- equal distribution. While l. am willing that the county in standardization to the city proper, should receive the "lion' s share" of these taxes. think in all fair ness. that a part of this revenue should be employed in improving the streets and thoroughfares within the city. Will you not kindly agitate this question, with the object in view of having some scantt jus tice done the property holders and tax payers who reside within the boundary lines of the State Capital?
 Fair Play.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
Change in Annapolis Regulations

Washington, Dec. 29-Following a con ference between the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, the Chief Constructor of the Navy and the Superintendent of the Naval Academy, announcement was mace at the Navy Department that no more transfers from the graduating class of midshipmen to the construction corps would be made until the two years term of sea servIce Is completed. This action was taken. it is said in order that those transferred to the construction corps might acquire the knowledge to be gained by u cruise in addition to that which they had upon graduation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-30
oLNEY A CANDIDATE.
Consents to Allow Friends to Use Iais
 Name.

Boston Special to New Orleans Times
 Democrat
 The Hon. Richard Olney is a candidate for the Democratic presidential nofuIna- tion. He has consented to allow ms friends to boom his name for they tell him that he never will have a better op- portunity to gain the nomination, and that the chances of a New England can didate being elected were never better.
 Mir. Olney declines to be interviewed To all inquiries made by reporters he re. plies, T have nothing to say" But he has told the Democratic leaders of this State to go ahead and launch his boom.
 To the Hon. John s. Williams. the ni- nority leader of the House. Mir. Olney has also confided his ambitions, and has gained that Congressman's support. with assurances that large part of the South will be for him in the convention.
 MT. Olney has been gradually showing renewed interest in politics since the de- cline of Bryanism. and his presence al the Tammany dinner in New York next Monday is taken here as an indication of future activity ill Democratic affairs.