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The San Francisco call., 1904-03-18

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-15
TAKING CHANGES.

The New Bedford Standard isn't wasting much sympathy on that Ore gon Presidential elector who may lose his right to vote for Roosevelt because of his failure to register himself as q voter. To a contemporary which-says that under any other circumstances the elector would be entitled to sym pathy." The Standard replies:
 We don't see why. Under any cir cumstances, these which now exist or others, he deserves spanking for his negligence and heedlessness. No man named as an electoral candidate has any business to take chances.
 That is a correct view. Even if he Is not commissioned and loses his right to vote for Roosevelt 1t will make no difference In the result. Again. if his failure to thus vote should result in the election of Parker he would still have no right to sympathy. He doubt less knew the law, and knew that his failure to qualify himself as a voter might make him incompetent to hold and exercise the position of Preslden- tial elector. In any case he neglected a plain duty which devolves on every citizen of a State; and that negligence is intensified by his becoming a candi- date for a highly important and re- sponsible position.
 We agree with The Standard that he had no right to take chances, but the same may be said of any and every other citizen who neglects or fails to qualify himself to vote. He takes chances, and never knows when he may want to vote or be candidate If he is not legal voter has he any right any moral right, at least-to ask any one to vote for him We think that whether a man is or expects to be a candidate or not he hasn't any business to take chances.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-15
A MISLEADING ARGUMENT.

From The Butte (Mont) Inter Noun tain We clip the following to show the way some of the Northern papers mis- represent our section. and also one of the reasons why they do 1t:
 The bill of Senator Platt to re ap- portion Southern representation in tho lower House of Congress may bring. if passed, tardy justice to a large portion of the Union. The actual number or voters has decreased steadily in many of the Southern States for the past twenty years, until 1t has come to pass that as many as seven Congressmer go from a commonw edith whose total vote is less than that of Montana. Power has been given 10 communities which are not entitled to 1t. either from taxes paid or ballots put in the box. The inequality of representation is recognized at last and although the minority lis certain to wage vigorous war agaInst the action, Senator Platt's $ bill probably will pass both houses.
 We do not know which Southern state The Inter Mountain alludes to witA its seven members. nor does it mi Alter. The statement that the ac- .4aI number of voters in many South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-15

lns. inspecting and apparently weigh Ing the advantages of each. l saw . robin in the wootbine -en the side of the house trying to decide which particular place was the best site TOT her fest. She hopped to this tangie of shoots and sat down. then to that; she turned around, she readjusted her self. she looked about, she worked her feet bapeath her. she was slow In max ing up her mind. Did she make up her mind? Did she think, compare. weigh? I do not believe 1t. When she found the right conditions she no doubt felt a pleasure and satisfaction, and that settled the question. An inward, instinctive want was met and satisfied by an outward material condition. In the same way the hermit crab goes from shell to shell upon the beach, seeking one to It's liking. Sometimes two crabs fall to fighting over a shell that each waat. Can we believe that the hermit crab thinks and reasons! It selects the suitable shell instinc- lively, and not always inerrant, though 1t makes fewer mistakes than reason does. The red squirrel usually knows how to come at the meat fin the butter nut with the least gnawing, but nov and then he makes a mistake ana strikes the edge of the kernel, instead of the flat side. The cltn swallow will stick its mud nest under the caves of a barn where the boards are planed so smooth that the nest sooner or later Is bound to fall It seems. to have no judgment in the matter. Its ancestors
 built upon the face of high cliffs, where the mud adhered more firmly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-15
CetterS to tbe Gdftor
Soldiers Home

Mountain Creek. Ala. Dec. 14, 1904. Editor The Advertiser:
 It is said that "one by one the roses fall" and so 1t is in the passing away of the old veterans of this Home. Three have died in less than thirty days. viz, Comrades E. l.. Davidson. Phenix City; A. Rabby, Mobile and J ": Rayburn. Union Springs. Two daughters of MT. Davidson were with him during the last days of his illness and carried the body to his old home the bedside of the, other two when the end came, and both were buried in the Home Cemetery. There Is no case of serious Illness among the inm1tes though some are rather feeble, which is more from old age than any other cause. For one to witness these old grizzled soldiers grouped around the grave to pay the last sad rites to a tions of sympathy and admiration must indeed be dead to all the nobler impulses of the human heart. To the veteran the mind turns back to the days of 1861. when these same men in the full vigor Of a strong and hardy young manhood, went 10 the front to battle for the dearest and most sacred of human rights-their homes and their flresides.
 It was indeed gratifying to see in your splendid Christmas edition of The Advertiser that the Secession Chapter of C. D. C.. in addition to contributing to the fund being raised by all the Chapters of your city to purchase a violincello for the little string hand we are organizing for pleasure and amusement. will also contribute a box of delicacies for Christmas. and we hope this move will prove contagious. so that boxes from others will follow. While we are amply supplied with good and wholesome ratlons yet to ba remembered with home delicacies by our good women for Christmas would be sincerely appreciated by every vet sNN
 w. M. G..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-15

ern States has decreased steadily for twenty years Is not true, but whether the paper intended to make a mis- statement we cannot say. but 1t prob ably based its charge on the number of votes actually polled in Southern States. If it had said so we would have no fault to find with 1t. The fault in either case lies with our own people who fail to vote and thus fur nish arguments for those who are ever on the lookout for them.
 This quotation from The Inter Noun tain, which is only part of an edito- rial on the subject. Is a fair specimen Of the arguments used by many of the Republican papers of the North, all having the same foundation. Because our people do not vote 1t is taken for granted that the voters are not here and thus We are both misunderstood and misrepresented. We must set our selves to do away with that impress sion by showing our critics that we actually have the votes. and the way to show that is by casting them and having them, honestly counted.
 As for the Platt bill passing the two Houses, of which the Montana paper feels so sanguine. that is merely 8 matter of opinions and that paper probably thinks so because it wishes it. We doubt very much If 1t comes to a vote at the present session. or if it can be passed at any session. That. we repeat, is a matter of opinion about which men will differ. The other matter is one which our own people can settle if they will.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-15
ASTHMA AND HAY FEVER
 CURED AT LAST,
To Prove 1t, We Will Give Every Suf- ferer from Either, . Full sise 5Oc Bottle of Our New
 and Wonderful Cure
 Free of Charge.

It Is now an assured fact that posi- tive cure for Asthma and Hay Fever has at last been found. Heretofore, nothing more than temporary relief has been offered by the physician, or through the use of proprietary reme- dies. Look around you. there are thousands of people suffering from asthma. Some of them have been af- ficted 20 or 30 years, yes, even longer. and have been using inhalefs, smokers and every known remedy. Still you where cure has been affected. Then why waste any more time with such treatments when we offer you, free of charge, a soc bottle Of Milks' Emulsion, the only known cure for Asthma or Hay Fever. And in addition to this, We will give you written guarantee that Milks' Emulsion will cure you. This guarantee your druggist will sign if you care to have him. We want to off, fer you every assurance in our power that MiIks' Emulsion finds its way to the closed air cells of the lungs, and with its soothing action quickly opens up the air chambers so that the suf- ferer immediately finds that he breathes easier and deeper than ever before and 1t only requires a comparatively short time to effect a permanent cure.
 MILKS' EMULSION is a good medi cine for any trouble of the mucous lin ing of the throat. lungs. stomach or bowels. It is the only medicine that will cure the afflictions of the mem. brane. Milks' Emulsion has only been on the market a little over one year. and in that short time has cured thous- ands of Asthma, Hay Fever. Stomach Trouble, Constipation, Bronchitis and various forms of lung trouble. We know 1t will cure you. and can prove 1t If you will let us.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-15
AFTER sEvAsTAPoL.
Torpedo FIotiiIa Attacks Remaining
 Rusetan Rattle Ship.

Torpedo FIotiiIa Attacks Remaining
 Russian Battle Ship.
 Washington. Dec. 14.--The Japanese legation has received the following cablegram from Tokio:
 Commander of naval artillery reports that bombardment on the 1sin instant was principally aimed at arsenal and torpedo boat at Tigar Tail and at steamboats in its vicinity. Torpedo depot ablaze one hour.
 Three ships, were destroyed and one was sunk besides buildings greatly damaged. Indirect bombardment upon Sevastapol. staying outside harbor. was suspended owing to bad weather which prevented observation. Togo reports torpedo boat flotillas attacked sevas-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-15
Epidemtc of Weddings.

Have you noticed what an epidemic of marriages Is sweeping over the coun- try" remarked a we'll known bache- Tor citizen yesterday. T am beginning to fear that I will be caught in the maelstrom myself, although I have so far kept out.
 "The Advertiser every morning con tains quite a number of accounts of marriages in different parts of the State, while two or three a day Is get ting to be the. average here in Mont gomery. If 1t keeps up the license fees for Probate Judges will make a pretty fair revenue.
 Tt is not confined to Alabama. for here is an invitation I have just re- ceived from a gentleman in Arkansas to his marriage to a young lady in Co., lumbia Tenn, in few days. It is not his first venture, either.
 T tell you, these be parlous times for bachelors. '"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-15
MIR. SPARKS IS SLATED.
He May be General Manager of the
 L. & N.

l.. & N.
 Louisville. Ky, Dec. 14.-A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Louis- vile and Nashville Railroad will be he'd tomorrow in New York for the purpose of electing a First Vice-Pres- ident, Fourth Vtce-President and Gen. eral Manager. It Is generally under stood that c. B. Compton. at present traffic manager, will be appointed First Vice-President.
 George E. Evans, now the General Manager will be promoted to- the po- M. Starks. the Superintendent of the road at Birmingham, is slated to suc- ceed MT. Evans as General Manager The successor of MT. Compton will probably not be selected today.
 This telegram will be read with in terest by Louisville and Nashville em- ployes in Montgomery and especially by the friends of Superintendent Starks of the South and North Division.
 Some ten years ago MT. Starks went to Birmingham as trainmaster of the South and North and his promotion has been consistent and rapid. He was appointed Superintendent of the divis- ion January 1, 1902. and his probable promotion now to the office of General Manager of the system will be grati- lying news to his friends in Montgom- cry and all over the South.
 The result of the New York meeting today will be watched with a great deal of interest by railroad men all over this section of the country
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-15
THURSDAY, DECEMBER IS. 1904.
ELECTION FIGURES.

The Advertiser publishes this morn- ing complete table of the vote of the States cast last November. It was prepared by The New York Times with great care. and is absolutely correct except in the two instances noted. of estimates in four Counties in Michigan and one in Tennessee. These figures show that President Roosevelt defeat ed Judge Parker by 2.546,47O. He boiled the largest vote ever given for President of the United States. r. s40.561.
 In Maryland one Republican eiector received the largest vote, but his col leagues were defeated. The Demo- erats of Maryland will, therefore. have seven votes in the Electoral College. while the Republicans will have but pne.
 A comparison with the popular vote table of 1900 shows a marked change In the Socialist vote. Debs. the candi- date of the party that year. was also the candidate this year, and his vote shows an increase of more than 3OO.- poo. Watson, the Populist candidate. ran strongest in his own State, Geor- gia, where he received 22,6s5 votes He received most of his votes in the South and West. but only one was cast for him in South Carolina.
 There is a great deal in these figures to interest those who are disposed to go at all into the causes and to make comparisons. In 1900 Bryan received 6.35S,lS3 and Mckinley 7,2O7,923. The total cast for all candidates was 13.- B61,566. The vote for Roosevelt. therefore, is 4S2,63S greater than was cast for Mckinley, while that cast for Parker is l,264.O42 less than was cast for Bryan. The total vote cast for all candidates in 1904 was 1S,5S3,s2O, or 42a746 less than the total vote of 1900. The natural increase in the Republi can vote over that of 1900 would be b76,633, so that Roosevelt's increased vote, compared with McKinleys, does not represent by 143.995 the natural in crease of Republican vote that should be shown in four years. This simply means that the vote of Roosevelt does not represent Democratic votes for the Republican ticket, but failure of Dem ocrats to vote their own ticket.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-15
The PrOposed State Fair.

Tt Is a mistaken idea some people have" said an old-tlme citizen yester- day, that pool selling is essential to the success of a State Fair. These people think that the State of Alabama prohibiting racing pools killed the prospects of a successful Fair. Now, I believe that the men who are back of the State Fair movement just started are going to disprove these claims. They will arouse such enthu- siasm over the proposition that the spirit of rivalry and general agricui- tural and industrial interests will in sure a profitable exhibition. Montgomery Is the place for the Fair too It is the capital of the State and the center of the agricultural section of Alabama. I approve of the prelim- mary plans agreed upon by the com mittee of the Montgomery County Az ricultural Association the other night" Hon. Isaac w. Hill, State Superin- tendent of Education, has accepted an invitation to deliver an address before go. S''0'' ct -'N"' ~ '' O''e"'e' Col. Alex NJ Garber, a distinguished official of the Knights of Pythias. is In the city from his home in Talladega.
 Judge A. J. Driver and Mayor W. A. Davis of Lafayette, spent yesterday in Montgomery. MT. c. l.. Conner, leading citizen of Barbour County, came to Montgom- cry last night. Hon. John B. Weakley. a promine ent lawyer of Birmingham, came to town last night.
 Ex Governor Joseph F. Johnston of Birmingham, was in Montgomery yes tcrday.
 
 Capt S. p. Trapp of Birmingham. was in the city yesterday few hours Messrs w. II. Garner and J. NJ. Williams of Dothan. are at Clancey's.
 Mir: Escar Floyd, a prominent citizen of Birmingham, is at the New Mabson Messrs J. S. Raymend and s. Y. Locke of Mobile. are in Montgomery.
 Mir. H. A. Shields and James A. Smith of Evergreen. are in the city.
 MT. Gus oNeal and MT J. T. o'Neal of Pittsview. are in Montgomery.
 Mir. II, N. Crumpton of Evergreen, is | registered at Clancey's.
 Mir. A. L. Goldberg of Nashville, was in the city yesterday.
 pr. s. F.. Winnemore of Benton. is visiting Montgomery.
 Mir J, C.. Hudson of Mount Willing, is in the city. MT. NJ. Marcus of Birmingham, is in Montgomery.
 Judge A. H. Aston of Clayton. is q visitor in the city.
 Mir. II. J. Horn of Luverne, Is in Montgomery.
 MT. F IT. Vernon of Birmingham. is in the city.
 MT. F. P. Pitts Of Pittsview, is in Montgomery.
 Mir. C. NJ Franklin of Union Springs, is in town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-15
WILL SHE EsCAPEs

It would add one more to the many wonderful stories of wrong doing and Of legal impotence if Mrs. Chadwick should escape all punishment for her | acts. The Richmond News-Leader | says that 1t Is the opinion of good | lawyers that the mere act of writing another's name to paper is not forg- cry even when 1t can be proved; and in | this case even proof that she did the writing may be impossible. The es- sence of the offense is in obtaining or trying to obtain something of value | on the papers so made. But there is no evidence that Mrs. Chadwick tried to borrow money on the Carnegie notes or on the fake certificate that Mir. Carnegie held millions of valua- ble securities belonging to her. She did not offer them as collateral. She simply showed them to two or three men who told that they had seen them and then the bankers tumbled over each other to pour hundreds of thou sands of dollars into her hospitable lap. Whether she knew the law and | arranged this scheme for evading it or whether she stumbled behind the pro- lection of the technicality, the result is equally hard for the ordinary busi- ness man to understand"
 The ordinary lay mind will want to know what forgery is. If writing the name of another person on a note or check for the purpose of obtaining money is not forgery. then it may be asked what constitutes forgery? The names of Andrew Carnegie and others were signed to various papers held and used by the woman. If she did not actually pass those papers to others for the amount they represented she certainly used them as a sort of col- lateral and obtained immense sums which she could not have gotten oth- erwise. If this is not forgery in law 1t is in morals.
 If Mrs. Chadwick had used only her good looks and her persuasive powers to obtain money from easy victims she would have been regarded as q com mon swindler, shrewd and unscrupu- lous perhaps but only one of the many who get easy money, and little sympathy would have been felt for those whom she thus befooled, but she certainly obtained money by false pre- tenscs. and she certainly used the names of others to further her schemes.
 If this woman escapes punishment it will be another exemplification of the saying that if you plate sin with gold the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks" While many of her victims cry out for her punishment there are beyond doubt some strong and infiuen- tial ones who will use both money and influence to hush the matter up and avoid exposure as far as possible. If she were poor. without money or in- fuential friends, the least of her mis- deeds would convict her, but we are not betting that she will not escape.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-15
Doub,e-TrackIns the Southern.

"Before you know 1t the Southern Railway will have double tracks for its entire line from Washington to Att lanta." said a Montgomery railroad man are double tracked betwesn Washing ton and Charlottesville. Va, and the work will be pushed rapidly.
 Double tracks are greatly needed by the Southern because of the immense amount of freight and passenger traf- f1c. the freauent delays of trains run ming into Montgomery from the East being due to this heavy business. The officiaIs of the Southern realize the ne- cessity of double tracks for the entire line and are doing their best to have the scheme consummated.
 "The great bridge over the Potomac at Washington is great improvement over the old thing which all the roads coming South out of Washington had to use formerly The trains for Rich mond, New Orleans, Jacksonville and all the points via Salisbury and Char lottesville used the same bridge in get ting out of Washington and time after time traffic was completely congested. |. It is generally understood that ad- vancement all along the line Is the pol icy of the Southern during the year 1905.
 New and improved equipment is to be used and the roadbed of the entire system is to be brought up to the high . est state of efficiency. According to the reports of the traffic officers. the business of the Southern in the South is increasing rapidly, and as a result the officials are strongly in favor of granting this section of the country ev- cry advantage possible. Another an nouncement which Is made from head quarters, is that during 1905 seven large steel bridges are to be built in the South"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-15
Our esteemed Norfolk

Our esteemed Norfolk contempora- ries have commenced to print pictures to illustrate the Precautionary Expo sition which they hope to pull of ip 1907. They are beginning in good time and we sincerely wish them suc- cess for American civilization really began at Jamestown fully sdozep years before the Pilgrims founded the colony at Plymouth Rock, No sec tionalism Or Jealousy should be al- lowed to intervene to prevent such an exposition as will httingly commence rate the beginning of this great re- public in 1907.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-15
That Highway Toll Bridge.

Active work will probably begin on the new highway toll bridge over the river early next week" said D. R. Cook. who has the transportation contract for the company. Yesterday I bought a lot of new teams. The camp houses and tool shacks have already been built" he continued, 'and all we are waiting for is a barge, being undecided flat at the Coosada ferry As soon as this barge question Is settled work will begin on laying the foundation of the main pier"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-15
BOIL wnEvII ArraoFaIArron.
House Cemmittee en Agrlcultul
 Makes FavornbIs Report,

House Cemnsttee ea AgracuIture
 Makes Favorabls Report.
 Washington, Dec 14.--(Special.)-- The House Committee on Agriculture today adopted the recommendation of the sub committee by making provis- ion in the agriculture bill for appro- priation of $225.oo0 for continuing ex- perfments looking to the control If not destruction of the boll-weevil pest.
 The money appropriated is to be ex- pended chiefly in Louisiana and Texas, where the boil weevil has already manifested itself. The. sum of $35,o0o now held by the Department of Agri- culture as the unexpended balance re- maining out of the appropriation made on the last session of Congress, is to be included in today's appropriation,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-15
Prospect of Much Talk.

With thirty-three Democratic Sena- tors In the upper Chamber, and all of them able-bodfed takers. the House members who are proposing bills to limit representation may as we'll forego their troubles unless their object be the development of sentiment rather than the passage of law. The Senate's privi- lege of unlimited debate effectually bars the passage of any measure against which there is even less for midable opposition than would be the case in regard to the measures referred to.