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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-07
Plan to Raise Money.

Giles B. Jackson, the negro lawyer of Fziehrnond who is also the director gen. eral of the negro development and expo sition company of the United States, which was incorporated for the purpose of having the negroes of the country generally take part in the Jamestown Ex- position, is in Washington in the interest Inf d bill which he is preparing by which he proposes to obtain very substantial aid for the project.
 He said today that there is in the treasury of the United States the sum of kAS0, GOO representing unclaimed bounty money due negro soldiers enlisted during the war between the States The Au- ditor of the Treasury has repeatedly ask ed Congress to take action directing the disposition of the money, and several bills have been introduced providing for It's appropriation in whole or part to certain institutions of learning established for negro pupils. The bills have failed because of their not being general enough fin object. and Congress has consented to allow the money to lie in the treasury.
 A bill is now being drawn providing for the appropriation of this entire sum to the association to be expended in having an exhibit portraying the advancement of the negro since obtaining his freedom. Giles says he has received assurances from members of Congress from the South and other sections that they will give such bill their support and in view of the national character of the association. and the repeated recommendations of the au- ditor of the treasury that something be done with the money which has lain in the treasury for so long, he Is very hope full of seeing the bill pass. The measure will not be introduced until the President of the United States issues his procla- nation declaring the national character of the Jamestown Exposition, which he is expected to do in few weeks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-07
Teddy and the Trusts.

President Roosevelt, according to cred ible reports. means to stand pat on anti trust statutes and rely upon the Bureau of Corporations of the new Department of Commerce and Labor to admonish Congress of dangerous encroachments. The only pretense of a safeguard in the bureau is the provision of publicity. This Is viewed with very general skepticism. The public has long time been well in formed of the sins of the trusts and the spirits of the trusts know it. and mere publicity Is not regarded as an efiieacious remedy unless it shall lead to a rigid en- forcement of the laws and the enactment of new laws to meet emergency. The stand-pat decision of the administration has just been reached. MT. Roosevelt has lately been made to feel that he has been offensive to the captains of indus try and he is not disposed to incur ag- gravated opposition from them this elet- ton year.
 As given forth by the administration the work of the Bureau of Corporations has been 50 we'll designed as to allay ap- prehension that it will not do the good it was intended to accomplish. It is sad the bureau has in it's possession what is believed to be the means of preventing great mischief
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-07
HE DOES NOT WANT A JOB
Longstreet's Office Will Prob
 ably Be Abolished.
Clayton Will Go to Florida as Mem ber of Sub- Committee to In-
 
 vestigate Judge Swayne's Conduct.
Advertiser Bureau,
 Colorado Building,


 The Atlanta Constitution editorial Panamaniac Sam Small, was too busy ex- changing felicitations with the admins tration today to pursue his crusade against the Georgia representation m Con. gress for hesitating to sspouse Mr. Ro se- velt's canal policy. He did not appear at the capitol but confined his manifesto tions to the big execative headquarters. There was consequently more seit-poise and absence of agitation among the Geor- gians at the Capitol today than when the Rev. MT. Small was there and told the Senators and Representatives there was such thing as political he.l In Geor- gia for every one who was not bapt.zed i ne Roosevelt ditch.
 t this much MT. Small today essayed to remark for the general ear:
 "Say that am not a. candidate to suc- caed General Longstreet as Railroad Com missioner I don't want any office. would rather be editor of The Atlanta Constitution than hold any job the gov- ernment has" Speaking for the paper to which he has been lately devoting his best talents as an opinion mouider, MT. Small said:
 ,.'The Atlanta Constitution wants the canal as all the South does and 1t ap- proves every step the administrator has taken to bring about the construction Of the canal. Senator Morgan. Senator Dan- iel and other leaders, who are finding fault with the methods of President. Roosevelt, have 50 far failed to convince us that he has done anything that Is not right. We give the President our hearty support.
 "The position of Southern men who are finding fault with the Way the canal ques- ton has been handled Is rid culous. They favor the canal. but criticise the men who are making it possible to have canal. The Atlanta Constitution has taken care hot to make itself appear ridiculous by any such policy. 1t is a fiat-footed sup nnrfer. of the adfninistration. v. t-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-07
The Maryland Legislature.

The Maryland legislature which meets tn regular session on Wednesday, Jan
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-07

'"Thirteenth-The Inspectors of the said primary elections in each precinct shall count the vote Immediately on closing the polls, and shall forthwith certify the same fin writing to the Executive Com mittee of their resne tive counties. be- ginning with the candidates for State of icers, and then district. circuit and division candidates, and last the candi- dates for county ojces and subdivisions of the county. In all cases except for county ofices the county execu-
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-01

made his administration exceptional
In this respect is decidedly erroneous.
1t Is doubtful If any one of his prede-'
cessors for many years past has eX-
ceeded him in making the interests of
the public service the chief considera-
ton in filling offices. Granted that
three or four conspicuous nominations
were made with an eye to the prest-
Dental campaign and the presidents
candidacy, 1t still remains true that
he has attained a high average of
character and capacity In his selec-
lions.
There is one important difference In
the matter Of patronage between an
elected president and vice presiden-
tial successor to the presidential office.
The former usually, If not always,
comes in with debts to pay for services
rendered.; the latter has no obligations
of that kind. We do not believe that
either of the two great parties has any
considerable advantage over the other
in this respect, and we are confident
that all the reelected presidents from
Lincoln to Mckinley, to go no further
back, Cancelled campaign debts with
nominations for places at the public
crib. Some Of those appointees filled
their places acceptably, and some re-
quired early removal to avoid scandal
Gus exposures. When Mr.. Roosevelt
came to the presidency. he accepted
his predecessors cabinet. Not one of
Its members has retired by reason of
pressure for Its place. In filling the
| cabinet vacancies 1t must be conceded
that President Roosevelt has been
country. The cabinets of the Mckinley
and the Roosevelt administrations
might safely challenge comparison
with those of any past administration.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-01
HOT STUFF FROM COLD SPRING.

New York Evening Sun.-General
Nelson A. Miles has taken his pen in
hand, with the Model Letter Writer on
the table before him, to compose a
panegyric on Judge Parkers speech of
acceptance. The general dates his let
ter from Cold Spring, but that Is a
mere detail--his fountain pen spouts
enthusiasm like a geyser. He begins
by saying that the piece which Judge
Parker read in the foci of park Of
cameras was more comprehensive,
stronger and deeper" than ANY speech
or state paper produced in many
years." 1t is no secret that the mes
sages of the presidents have long been
the light reading of the general But
the Esopian epic beats them all, and
he would not erase a line" And then
metaphor transports him to the sew
enth heaven and he ululates. The
speech, he says, will attract the at
tention of the thoughtful. patriotic
citizens of our country, it will be a
bow of promise, and a star of hope to
millions in the orient who are now
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-01
THE WOMAN in THE CASE

st. Joe News and Press.-Whenever
good man goes wrong we suspect
there is q woman involved. Shrewd
detectives always look first to see what
q defaulter's connection with fast wo-
nen has been. Recently an embez-
cling New York bank clerk was caught
by tracing the woman on whom he had
lavished money. The French have a
saying, Look for the woman" and 1t
holds good in English. But If she
sometimes turks in the shadow OF
crime, she Is far more frequently the
guiding star of righteousness and to
glory.
Scarcely a man has ever achieved
honorable distinction in this world but
has attributed his success to the good
and gracious influences of q mother
or a wife or both. A mere list of the
names of such men would fill many
columns like this. Respecting the
honesty, the integrity, the faithful adj
| herence to high purposes and lofty
ideals that have given them place In
| the hearts and histories of people
they all gladly set forth in their owfj
choice of words the one great truth
that "a woman was at the bottom OF
it," But the unfortunate ones who
stand on the gallows, or are shut In
the jails for lffe--does any one of them
dare to say it was woman's precept
or example placed him there?
The merchant at his counter. the
clerk at his desk, the carpenter at his
bench, the farmer following the pillow,
the statesman on the FORUM the sailor
on the broad sea-all men, everywhere
are made more true and kind and
faithful and manly because of the in>
fuences received sometime and some-
where from woman. woman Is
nearly always better than her environ
ment Her virtues are inherent, her
wrongs are usually borrowed from the
lords of creation.
Whenever one sees monument
| reared to perpetuate the memory Of
some world-worshiped name, bear In
mind that, while there is man at the
top of it, one may rest assured there
is "a woman at the bottom of it's
Whenever one sees a real man, any !
where, one may confidently look foA
| the woman"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-01
DAVE HILLS RETIREMENr.

After career that for political SEN
sationalism has been equalled by few
men, David Bennett Hill, the Sage of
Wolfert's Roost," announces that after
the coming presidential campaign he
will retire from politics and from the
leadership of the democratic party in
New York. His announcement comes,
strange to say, just at time when
statements, made far and wide over
the country, to the effect that Mr.. Hill,
if Parker should be elected would no
doubt be given the place now graced
by John Hay and become secretary of
state. Mr.. Hills reputation, even
among members of the democratic par
ty, is not SO spotless that this appoint
ent would be welcome one and his
announcement that he will retire from
activity in political way rather re-
lieves the situation, there can be no
doubt, from the standpoint of Judge
Parker
Mr. Hill, ten years ago, suffered his
first defeat at the polls, when he was
beaten by Levi P. Morton in the race
for the governorship of New York.
Previous to that time he had been an
alderman in Elmira, mayor of that city.
a member of the New York assembly,
lieutenant governor and governor Of
the state and United States senator
from New York. In 1894 he was de-
feated for the first time and since that
time his name has never appeared
on a political ticket. However,
he has been defeated since that time,
and by members of his own party.
In 1896 and again in 1900 he was push
ed under the whirlpool of the silver
craze by Bryan and his followers and
never came to the top again until this
summer, VIXEN the wheel of fortune
took another turn for him and brought
defeat to the silver element of the
party.
Now, however, 1t is whispered that
Mr.. Hill has had disagreement with
Judge Parker, the man whom he nomi-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-01
THE GREAT EvADER.

Cedar Rapids Republican.-The New
York Tribune has neatly shown up the
insincerity of the New York Evening
Post in supporting Judge Parker for
president.
Last summer Judge Parker was ask
ed to go to Georgia to speak on the
Fourteenth amendment. which Is the
one which guarantees citizenship with
out regard to color or previous condi-
ton of servitude. The Post comment.
ing on the speech, before it was deliv-
cred, said that 1t would be in the ma
ture of an important deliverance.
Will he have courage" said the Post,
ITO speak direct and wholesome word
to the people Of the south on the aues-
ton which is rapidly becoming the
leading national issue?" asked the
Shepard had told the people of new
Orleans they ought to be left alone to
solve such questions. But can man
named as our next president agree to
such local notification Of our national
laws. If he can he is not At to be
president next year or an other year"
Well, Judge Parker delivered his
speech In Georgia on the Fourteenth
amendment, without mentioning the
amendment. He ignored his subject
and said nothing. This seems to have
andered the Post and on July last
year, it said editorially:
For him the great bulwark OF the
suffrage, with the penalties laid down
for discrimination against any class in
its exercise, simply did not exist IT
wholly to avoid the burning question
OF the day lis to show yourself Mt
1rnan for the presidency. then Judge
Psrker's address should have sensihly
advanced his candidacy"
That's Judge Parker for you. He
played the same trick before the st.
Louis convention. Judge Parker
seems to think that he can fool all the
people-but he can't do 1t all the time.
He has been found off 4.5t
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-01
MITCHELL ON STRIKES.

John Mitchell, president of the Uni
ted Mine Workers Of America, is a
labor leader of whom the miners of
America and the people at large may
be proud. He is of the new school of
labor leaders, the school which prom
Uses life and progress for the move
ment instead of a death in demagogy
as was threatened by some Of the fire.
eating leaders who at first had the
upper hand. 1t is true that some of
this latter class still remain but they
are being supplanted by men like
Mitchell, men who dislike idleness and
look upon strike as the last means
lions of working. With more men
strikes and more arbitration of labor
difficulties.
Mr. Mitchell Is studious man and
has devoted almost his entire life to
the consideration Of labor problems :.
History records few strikes where vio-
lence was employed by the strikers or
their friends in which victory perched
upon the banners Of the workers. Mr..
Mitchell writing in Golfers Weekly,
presents some pertinent facts in con-
nection with strike violence, as fol
lows:
Can strikes be conducted without
violence? Can they succeed when not
accompanied by lawlessness? To both
of these questions would answer posi-
lively Yes If believed otherwise
would abandon the trade union
movement forthwith.
MY experience has been that the
commission of, crime on the part OF
strikers or their friends reduces the
chances of success. A strike of any
considerable magnitude cannot well
succeed unless it have the sympathy
and support of the general public, and
when strike resolves itself into an
armed conflict the public very proper
ly withdraws its sympathy.
If strikes cannot succeed except by
violence, then they should not sue
coed at all. The law must be upheld
Lawlessness should be condemned
and is condemned by trade unionists
as we'll as by all other good citizens
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-01

be concluded that the state Is doubtful
Having created the impression that 1t
is doubtful the party will be able to
claim great victory when at least the
ordinary majority is rolled up And the
speakers will be able to claim person
al credit. - Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Possibly the Gazette had some
tyro at work on its editorial page when
the above was written 1t has all the
ear marks of the beginner. But If this
was not the case, then the real author
of the paragraph has no doubt been
sorely up against it" for some sub
ject matter for an editorial.
Vermont doubtful? Not much. Is
Iowa doubtful? Ask any republican If
Vermont Is doubtful and he will quick
ly answer in the negative. But Yer
mont Is an important state because Its
election, coming in September acts as
straw showing the way the wind is
blowing for the November general
election In order to get 1t started
right the republicans have sent some
Of the best campaigners In the party
to Vermont. but not because it is
doubtful.
In the makeup of everyone there is
little superstition, just as there Is a
little religion. Some develop 1t more
than others, but everyone has it, let
him deny it all he may. Statistics show
that the Vermont election has been an
unfailing indication as to the result OF
the national elections for several
years. If vermont's republican plur.
atty fell below certain number the
democrats won the presidential fight
II above, the republicans won. This
year the republicans intend to start
right by securing Vermont by a good
majority. But Vermont is not doubtful
Not In the least.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-01
ROOSEVELT A SAFE MAN.

Muscatine Commissioned Charles
j. Bonaparte of Maryland is a man of
great influence in business and COM
mercial circles. In seconding the nom
nation of Robert Garrett as represent
tative Of the second congressional dis
trict of Maryland, Colonel Bonaparte
said:
Some of our democratic friends are
much troubled Just now because they
think. President Roosevelt unsafe He
has had to deal, probably, with more
grave and delicate problems. demand
ing for their solution tact, patience,
self-control and sound judgment on
his part, than any president since the
close of reconstruction; and while in
many cases he has done what many
people thought heo should not do, in
nearly every instance he has surprised
and disappointed his numerous critics
by complete success. To note but a
few illustrations: The pacification of
eminent in Cuba, the settlement of the
coal strike and the consummation Of
the Panama treaty. with its assurance
Of an isthmian canal. A man justified
by the event in matters such as these
is. think, safe enough for another
trial; and, at all events, those 80 often
mistaken. in their prophecies of failure
might show little less assurance in
calling him unsafe In truth. doubt
II we have ever had a president, and I.
at least, have never seen man more
open to suggestion, advice or remon-
STRANGE than Theodore Roosevelt. He
can not be cajoled, he can not be bull
lied, he can not be bought, either with
money or anything else If democratic
editors mean that these qualities rem
der president unsafe then they are
quite right to. prefer another candi-
date; and venture to add that David
B. Hill is remarkably we'll fitted to
suggest a candidate to suit them.
1T may be ownedi that, whether Mr..
Roosevelt be safe or not, certain
classes of people would undoubtedly
feel in greater safety were he out of
the white house. 'Grafters' who look
to pull for Immunity; men, whether
rich or poor. few or many, in the north
or in the south, who trespass on the
constitutional rights of their fellows;
rebels and conspirators In the Philip
pines; Moorish brigands who kidnap
our citizens; South American adven-
turers who would hold up our canal
In short, criminals and law breakers
enemies of our country both at home
and abroad all these gentry agree In
finding him too strenuous for their
comfort, and would sleep better with
safer president at Washington. II
the newspapers which declare him 'un-
safe are the nouthpieces of one or
more Of these classes, ] find no cause
for wonder in their utterances; other
wise these seem surprising. except as
showing that they have nothing more
sensible to say"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-01
NEW YORK AND THE WEST.

Kansas City Journal. The statistics
of foreign trade show that New York's
foreign commerce exceeds that of ev-
cry country in the world except Great
Britain, Germany, France and the
Netherlands. 1t Is so per cent larger
than Russia's, three times as great as
Canada's four times as great as
spain's. and more than four times
larger than Japan's. In respect to ag-
gregate wealth, only few of the
larger European countries outrank
New York. Great Britain. France, Ger
many, Russia and Austria-Hungary
are perhaps the only countries in Eu-
rope which can claim that honor
This tremendous prosperity which
gives to New York the name of Empire
state Is a subject to which the New
York department of labor has given
much attention to In Its last report.
New York never had boom, properly
SO called. It's growth has been easy
and natural, In that respect keeping in
perfect unison with that of the coun-
try at large. New York's existence as
the metropolis of the nation depends
upon its relation to the Mississippi val
ley, as nature has erected walls OF
mountains which shut in the Missis-
| Through these barriers only three
gateways have been left open for COM
merce with the Old World--the Gulf
of Mexico, the st. Lawrence river and
the Mohawk and Hudson valleys. New
| Orleans and other Gulf ports have
been regarded as too far distant from
Europe, and the st. Lawrence Is frozen
during a considerable portion of the
year. But a great central gateway
through the Mohawk and Hudson val
leys to the finest harbor on the At
| 1antiC rnaSt Is the yhnIa 1ran
round.
To these advantages the New Yorl
department of labor attributes tn,
greatness of the Empire state. Thes
natural conditions have unquestionabl.
made the city and state of New
York the wealthiest In the country
But times are changing. The buildin,
of the Panama canal and the growing
\ commerce of the Pacific will in tn,
4 future probably turn much trade ava,
from New York to Southern and West.
i ern ports.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-01
IoWA,s ORATORS.

If much mention is made in the
columns of Iowa newspapers regarding
the orators who claim this state as
their home it is because of pride that
is certainly pardonable. Virginia may
be the mother of the presidents but
Iowa is beyond any question the home
of the orators. Frequently the worth
of Iowa speakers is recognized in far
distant parts Of the country. This
summer has seen many honors bestow-
ed upon Hawkeye orators and the lat
est to be announced is noted by Har-
old j. Mahin, the Courier's Washington
correspondent, in his letter published
today. Robert G. Cousins, the elo-
uuent congressman from the fifth Iowa
district, has been chosen from among
large number of republican speakers
to open the campaign this fall in Phil
adelphia. Mr.. Cousins will make the
principal speech of the evening at the
banquet of the Union League club cele-
brating the semi-centennial anniver-
sary of the organization of the repub-
lican party.
Sin 1896 Congressman Cousins sprang
Into prominence in the east by reason
of his address on THE Memory OF
Grant before the Union League club
On this occasion he took the place of
Senator Depew, who was prevented
from appearing by illness. Cousins
was known but little then in the east
but from that time he has never want,
ed for praise among the members of
the Union League club. One writer
said at the time that he rose unknown
and sat down famous.
Iowa has many more orators who are
known far and wide over the nation.
Cummins, Shaw, Dolliver, Wilson, Hep
4 burn, Smith, Wade, Lacey, Hedge and
many others are noted for their own
peculiar styles of oratory. Iowa has
every class of peterborough for the
whole ration.