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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3s, 1904.
AFTER THE CHAPTERS.

It is good thing, from a financial standpoint, to be an alderman in Chi cago, taking some recent statements made by The Journal of that city as true. It says that while the salary of an alderman is only $l,500 a year, can didates have been known to spend S5,- 900 and even then the investment was highly profitable"
 Of course it would not be a profit able investment for strictly honest official, but that is the point. Chica- go is a large city, and millions of dol- lars are annually spent in the conduct of its affairs. It is not a difficult matter for an alderman to have some of this money stick to his fingers, if he is 60 inclined. for there are many ways by which it can be accomplished. And that is not the only or the best source of aldermanic graft, The Board Is called on continually to grant franchises involving millions of dol- lars. In the language of The Journal. a man must be "a guileless citizen who does not know how such franchises have always been secured.",
 In plain words. these franchises are bought. Railroad extensions, street railway lines. and various other indus trial enterprises are continually ask ing for privileges. If a corporation wishes to secure a franchise worth one million dollars 1t can easily afford to grease the way with a 5 or 10 per cent bonus to complaisant officials who will put the scheme through for them. That is why man can afford to spend several times the salary of an once to get it. It is profitable to a man who knows how to work 1t and who will let his conscience sleep while he Is busy.
 A thoroughly honest, conscientious man of sufficient means can afford to spend money to get an office which will be an honor to him and give him position among his fellow men, and there be no shadow of disoredit in SO doing, but the case under considera- tion is different. If there is any high honor in the position of Alderman of Chicago there have been some gravo islanders published about them; conse- quently, a man who spends from three to five times what the office Is worth to get it must feel pretty sure of get ting his money back with big interest. and that is just what a majority of them in that city do, or they have been grossly slandered.
 We note that one Alderman Butler has set to work to expose and punish the bribers but We predict that he will have an uphill job. If a majority of them are not included in the number Of grafters 1t is difficult to see how they could have succeeded in their dirty work. and if that class Is in a majority they will be apt to find some means of heading or Butler In his de- signs. unless he has a man like Folk to assist him. However 1t may result there Is a prospect of interesting dis closures.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
corre ANOTHER STEP

The Kansas City Journal wants our government to take one more step ip the direction of centralixation. It ar- gues that wholly aside from the Southern question. we think the gen. erai government should take exclusive charge of naturalization and the fran chise,"j In our judgment The Journal would never have thought of or ex- pressed such an opinion had it not been for the agitation of what Is so generally referred to as "the Southern question. :" That is the inspiration Of its desire that suffrage should be con- troiled and regulated from washing ton.
 So far as the first of The Journals propositions is concerned we have no argument to make. An uniform code of laws and regulations for the nat uralization of immigrants might be for the best, and could probably be enforced in such a way as to promote regularity and do no harm, but no such argument can be made as to the other proposition. To turn over to Congress and the Federal administra- tion the power to make and enforce all rules and regulations governing elec- tions would be the hardest blow ever given to the rights and privileges Of the States. and would be one more of the encroachments which Republicans are continually making or proposing in the interests of strong government.
 As intimated, there would be no agi- tation of this matter but for the uues- ton of Southern suffrage and Southern representation. The radicals of early reconstruction days thought they had the question settled to their own taste. Their constitutional amendments and their laws were sufficient, in their Judgment to put black heels on white necks," as some of them expressed 1t. and to keep them there for all time culations went astray. The Anglo Saxon race in the South was not in- tended by God and nature to become the servant of an inferior race, so all the well laid schemes of the South haters came to naught.
 Now they must hatch up a new scheme, or various ones, to accomplish what they failed in a generation ago. To cut down Southern representation is one, and the mildest, form which their enmity has taken. That would not injure us as much as some of them wish. but they will take that in de- fault of something better. What these irreconcileables really want is that the Federal government shall take charge of all the machinery of cleo tions. local. State and national. Thep we would have United States mar shals and deputies placed at the poll | ing places, and we would see free American citizens hauled before the | Federal courts for violating some election law, or for not conducting an election in just the way that govern ment officials required.
 With due respect to The Journal and 1 others of it's way of thinking we are of the opinion that 1t will never see | its wishes carried out. There Is yet
 enough love of fairness and freedom
 in even the Experimentation North
 to counteract any effort to make Fed
 eral officials judges. managers and re-
 turning officers of all our elections
 and to give them authority over the
 voters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
Sidewalk PencilingS
u>a.on tn Be Thankful.

"rhe people of Montgomery have many reasons for a feeling of real thankfulness at this glad Christmas tide" remarked an old tune citi1eh yes- terday.
 'There seems to be an abundance of money in circulation and even if there are some who may not nave any 10 spend for extras, 1t looks as if they are to be provided for. The Elks ana Many of the good men and women, through their church organizations. are hunting up the needy and really 1t looks as if every one will have fairly good Christmas surely enis IS some
 "Prosperity seems to have set in to- wards our city, even if the fall In cot- ton dashed the hopes of many farmers and business men. A great deal of the staple was sold for good prices ana who are able to hold 1t. am, how ever, one of the doubting Thomases, and take little stock in the Idea that resoluting and threatening to burn 1000 900 bales will have any effect on prices. Those who use the cotton know how much there is and where if : "one of the chief causes for thank. fulness Is our freedom from political excitement The Republicans. 1t Is likely. will get the Federal piums. ana taking but little interest In the con- tests going on inside the little rings dominated by referees and anti-ref- erees. Those matters will be settled without disturbing the equanimity of many people. It Is too soon for the local campaign for city officers. and therefore the average citizen can peace fully 20 his way, without being held up to vote for this or that man.
 "Oh, yes, let's all be happy, at least until after we have written January 1st 1905."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23

They have a way of parceling out positions in the New York Legislature long before that body meets. few days ago it was given out that Senator Raines and Senator Malby had come to agreement whereby the former would be President pro tenn and the latter It was further said that Senator Raines would forthwith proceed to ascertain
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
Active Church Conxrerstiou.

The young pastor of the Clayton Street Baptist Church, Rev. J. w. OHara, is getting his work well in hand" said a member Gs that congre- gation yesterday. His congregation is composed of earnest. energetic, prac- tical workers who heartily support him in everything he undertakes They not only minister to the spiritual needs of the people, but look well after their temporal wants also.
 Among other movements looking to the temporal necessities of the peo- pie, they have recently organized an Employment Bureau for the purpose of assisting all worthy persons to se- cure honorable employment. The fol- lowing the the names and addresses of the members of the Bureau: Rev. J.. W. OHara. pastor, 65s Mildred; W. R. Sawyer. Chairman. State Auditors Off, flee: Otto flake, 27 Robinson Street; Clanton, 22 South Holt Street; W. B. Holmes, 139 Mobile Street: E H. Hug ger, 197 Martha Street; c. A. Keeler, 615 Mildred Street; R. l.. Dillard, Clay ton Park and Hammer Streets: E. H. Stall, 12S Martha Street: A. N Barks- dale, 223 Martha Street; A. Wintereth, 131 Martha Street.
 The members of the bureau desire that all employers will preserve these addresses, and when in need of help will call on some member and make their wants known. They will recom- mend only worthy persons, and make no charge for their services. A record will be kept of those who want em ployment, and those who wish to em- ploy."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
A dispatch from Washington says:

This latest plan of the President is said to be to make all common car- riers, whether transportation compa- nies or merchants, take out Federal charters. The proposition is credited to James R. Garfield, Commissioner of Corporations. in the Department of Commerce and Labor. The result of this would be to make all corporations doing an interstate business subject to the regulations of the government. :.
 It Is. we'll enough to call attention to the fact that If there is any merit in the proposition above outlined it be- longs to William J. Bryan and not to Commissioner Garfield. Two or three years ago Mir. Bryan elaborately ar- gued in favor of a license from the Federal government for all corpora tions which did business outside the State in which they obtained a char ter. The proposition now under con- sideration by the administration Is practically the same as that contend ed for by MT. Bryan. the only difference being in the use of the word charter instead of license.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
The South and Lynchin3. Ray Stannard Baker in January Mo

Clure 8.
 when I went South I shared the i'm pression of many Northerners that the South was lawless and did not care an impression that arises from the wide every lynching that occurs and the ut ter silence regarding those deep, quiet, and yet powerful moral and industrial forces which are at the work of re- JuVenation beneath the surface. I came away from the South deeply i'm pressed with two things:
 That the South has no lessons to learn from the North. in 'so far as the lynching problem Is concerned.
 That the South Is making fully as good progress on overcoming It's pe- culiar forms of lawlessness as the culiar forms. indeed, I do not know where in this country today there can be found a healthier or more patriot ic growth of the civic conscience than in the more progressive cities of the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
JEB sTEwARTs SON.
Appointed United States Marshal by
 President Roosevelt.

Washington Special to New York
 World.
 The President today accepted an in- vitation to visit Richmond, Va, and appointed J. E. B. Stuart. of Ports mouth, Va, a son of "Jeb" Stuart the famous Confederate cavalry leader. United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia.
 The President will make two trips through the South next summer.
 The appointment of Mir. Stuart was 6 surprise. A few days ago Mir |. Roosevelt promised to appoint a grand son of "Stonewall" Jackson to West pont. Southerners are now led to be- lieve Nthat he intends to honor the memories of famous men of the Con- federacy in every way that he can.
 The President is accused of having broken faith with the Republican organization in Virginia. by appointing Stuart. It Is alleged that he promised to permit the Republican members of the Virginia Legislature to choose a man. It is said that he was guided solely in the matter by ex-Congressman John s. Wise, of Virginia, now living in New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
The Colorel Brother.

Buffalo Courier.
 If the President really desires to do something substantial for the coloreo brother, remarks The Philadelphia Rec ord. let him appoint a uegro to some important place in a Northern State. And indeed. why not? In the N 'rth there are many worthy and intelligent colored men. doubtless fully as capa- ble as pr. Crum, and perhaps his ln- telIectual superiors. The negroes of the North have generally been most loyal to the Republican party; their vote in some of the States Is often es- sentiaI to It's supremacy. The Repub- lican party pretends to be most solici- tous for the negro political rights: therefore, no objection should be heard If a black man were appointed to sub stantial office in some strongly Repub- lican centre, say as a port collector. or collector of internal revenue, or first class postmaster. or something else good" as public offices are measured.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
The siae af Texnn.

The Texarkana (Tex.l Courier pub lished this problem in arithmetic for the glory of the state of Texas:
 This will help you to figure out just how large Texas really Is. If you have @ star mathematician in your family tell him the number of square miles there are in the big State. then tell him the population of the globe: then ask him if all the people in the world were placed in Texas and It's soil divided out among them per capi- ta. how large would the mans farm be who had wife and two children7 When he gets through figuring. then whisper in his ear: More than halS an acre."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
There You Are.
Rirmin npham News,

Birmingham News.
 The man who has lived thirty years without having been able to persuade a woman to kiss him would doubtless be ashamed to acknowledge what would be regarded as a pitiable re- flection upon him. And the man who would glibly declare such to have been his experience would not be believed. So there you are.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23

The Advertiser publishes in another place an article from The Cincinnati Enquirer in which much credit is given Judge W. H. Thomas of this city. The speech of Judge Thomas on which in reality the Mcclure article is based was delivered at st.Louis last September while the Mcclure article appeared in the December number of that magazine. A statement in the closing sentence of The Enquirer arti- cle credited to Conan Doyle was-an ut terance of Judge Thomas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
MT, Jackson Rack at CapitOl.

Hon. J. Kirkman Jackson. Private Secretary to Governor Cunningham, re- turned yesterday morning from New York city, where he went with the Governor, and Governor Cunningham Is expected to reach Montgomery at an early hour this morning.
 Governor Cunningham and Mir. Jack son went to New York to investigate and confer with fnanciers as to the refunding of the State debt.
 T would prefer" said MT. Jackson, that the newspapers wait until the Governor is at home. He will give whatever information is to be made public about our visit to the East.
 Tn a general way" added MT. Jack son, 'I may say that we were gratified to find that Alabama's credit ranks first class with the money interests of the country. Quite a number of fnan- ciers told me that Alabama bonds were held as high as those of Massachusetts, and Massachusetts you know, Is about the richest State in the Union"
 The night he left New York, Mir Jackson said. Governor Cunningham and himself were invited to attend a banquet given by New York bankers at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. The Governor accepted the invitation but Mir. Jackson had to decline, as he found it was necessary for him to hurry to Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
A 0UEsTON AND ITS ANSWER.

Did 1t ever occur to you thst a.Ir,,ia papers standard is gaused by its is, onca'rs sn inc world. Lut we do claim to have tns largest in the state of Alabama or .,ny ans ' other State or Territory of ccrrssponr,nryy n,nsry Advertiser js accorded the highest staho- ard and makes 1t the most valuable medium for both the advertising and reaainsn puua pna sworn to by our Circulation Manager shows the actual net circulation of The Adveruset for each day In the month of Novemoes 1904
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23

That Virginia editor who declared that he is every day offered fine wines and liouors for a mere song is, So The Landmark informs us, a tee-totaller in q dry town. and can't sing anyhow. We knew there was some explanatio
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
A Hard Problem.

I EuIauIH IIHfSBs ' A chinaman who keeps a restaurant | in New York has been sued by a ne- gro because he was not allowed to eat at the same table with a caucasian customer. The race question seems to be hard problem
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23

Miss Daisy Letters prospective hus- band is nineteenth Earl of Suffolk and twelfth Earl of Berkshire, all in one. It Is to be hoped that he Is good one, with all that combination.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
Wants a Rake-oM.

BirmtnBham LeuBtf.
 The creditors of Mrs. Chadwick ought to form a syndicate. take her out of jail, jolly her into good hunnor, employ a lecture manager, and put her on the lecture stage and earn money enought to pay her debts, and send S1.2o6 to the Ledger for this sugges- tion,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23

The Washington Post argues that Southern representation might profit by revision. instead of reduction" If that is correct will 1t not apply else where as we'll as in the South?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
A Suggestion to the Council.

If Police Chief Gerald wants to hon. estly suppress gambling in Montgom- cry, and if the City Council wants to
 honestly help him." said a citizen who was much interested in the prosecution oi the men found Sunday night in the Merchants Hotel. they will find way. and. in my opinion, the way is easily found.
 T suggest" he continued. that the City Council simply pass resolution declaring that gambling and game | sters must be suppressed: The resolu- tion should direct the Chief of Police to enforce the law. If the Chief de-
 clares that he cannot do it, then let the Council direct the Chief to write an ordinance that he, the Chief. knows he can enforce. the Council giving him the assurance that 1t will be adopted by the Council as soon as 1t Is presented. 'In other words let the Council put
 the matter square up to the Chief of
 Police, saying to him, If you cannot
 enforce the law we have given you,
 write your own law and we will pass
 it,. This would throw the blame on the
 Chief of Police, and I believe the Chief
 would then frame up a law that few
 gamblers could evade."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23

The Presidential salary of $50,o0o may be "disgracefully small" as The New York World thinks 1t is, but we have not heard of any statesmen try ing to dodge it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
Lawle..ne.. In the United States.

ClnCinnati EnQulrer.
 Started by carefully considered and forcible article fin McC1ure's Magazine. written by MT. Mcclure, there is wide and animated discussion going on in the press in regard to exceptionally fiaerant conditions of lawlessness true that figures unrelated are dry, but they are sometimes illuminating and startling when they serve to reveal facts and conditions. We lay some be- tion under consideration. which were made use of in a recent address de- livered by Judge William H: Thomas. of Montgomery, Ala. as reliable. and their profound signincance VII De at relates to homicides. showing their relative frequency and number in diff ferent countries. Is as follows:
 HomIcides Annually per Million Popu-
 latiOn.
 Homicides
 Nation. Population. Annum. Million. German Empire 53.Oooooo 24s 4.s6 England and
 France :. .. .8s,ooo.ooo 526 14.23 Belgium .. .. e.oo0.ooO s4 16. % United States .T6,0o0,000 9,SS1 129. 5
 This is & shocking exhibit, giving us a bad pre- eminence and showing that in the United States, relatively to popu- lation, there are about twenty-six times more murders annually than in Ger many, about thirteen times more than in England and Wales, more than nine times more than in France and almost 1 eight times more than in Belgium. Judge Thomas by a careful discus- sion, comparison and analysis shows 1 that these wide differences In re8aro | to respect for the sacredness Tn huhah | life and the prevalence Of crime can 1 not be traced to differences of climate 1 or of race. or to any extent to race antagonism, nor is 1t determined py density of population. In germany and Belgium the climate ls supslan 1 tially the same, and the French ana
 Belgium races are nearly @ i1taei'' rtdsi,, oas s | to race antaEonism 1t Is shown. that | Nevada. with only 134 negroes mas higher rate than any state Tn the l Union. and the Pacific States rate IS hieher than that of the Southern l States Pursuing the ahalysls lurther l Judge Thomas says:
 '"ThIs varying ratio does n"t depend l on density of population. In Germany. | with 252 inhabitants to the square ml". here is but one homicide tN 800 square r1iles; while in Belgium there are l .eyen horicides to that same arss. 1 with but hfty-four inhabitants tn the 1 square mile. In our country one tenth of the horaictdes are committed l in Texas. where there are eleven per 1 sons to the square mile; but the rate l is higher in Arizona, Nevada and Mon l tana, with only one to the square mile, | New York with seven and @ quarter | millions of people (two million foreign born), has a lower rate than Georgia. l with one-third that population. In
 Nevada there is one homicide to each
 1.0s6 of population, but in Vermont 1 one to each 5S,300. The New England | States, with a population of 5,611 ,S51, | have 2ss homicides annually, while
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
whit It Means.

| Mobile Herald.
 ! If Christmas had no other meaning
 ! than just this-that 1t 1t turned us back
 to the old home, that nursery of the | infinite, and to the loves and dreams and lopgings and resolves of youth, 1 the day would still be the happiest and most helpful one in all the year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
Remembered the Orphans.

Yesterday MT. IT. Fl. Stewart received SIS from a gentleman in Montgomery with instructions to go to a bank and get sixty new quarters and give each of the little orphans out at the Sum- merfleld Home one each, says Wednes- days Selma Times.
 This was a generous act on the part of this gentleman, and he told Mir '. Stewart in his letter If there were more than sixty orphans to give each of them a quarter and draw on him for the bal ance.
 If everybody would remember the orphans at Christmas time. the little ones would be made very happy.
 Zamora Temple, Birmingham, sent the orphans $25.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23

The exchange editors of the city dailies will have a partial rest next week, as most of the country papers will skip one issue. Even The De- than siftings intimates that 1t may wobble around and miss a day or two.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23
Homicides in United States.

C1ttzens eVeTyWnere sHouio Stuuy
 these figures and individually and by association enter upon an ardent cru sade to remove the disgrace which they bring to our national name. It Is humiliating to have to admit what was said of us at a recent dinner in London. that more people were murdered in the United States during the period of war in South Africa than were Killed ana wounded there during its continuance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23

Lawson and Green are almost as good at long, distance fighting as some professional fighters are.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-23

Bank presidents are safe for time. as the prison authorities at Cleveland refuse to let visitors see Mrs. Chad wick.