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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1904-10-25
EEARST TO THE CLUBS.
From the Ringing Address Of the
President of the Democratic
Association.


Mr.. William r. Hearst, in an address
to the members of the National Asso-
citation of Democratic Clubs. of which
association he was the founder and is
now the President, says:
II hope that every official and every
individual member of every club in
cur association will do all that he can
and more than ever before--to pro-
mote and e-.pound tie interests anC
the beliefs of genuine Jeffersonian
Democracy. I call upon ell members
of the clubs to begin earnest campaign
work Immediately, to reorganize where
reorganization is necessary, and espe-
cially to respond promptly and ener-
getically to every suggestion thai may
come from the National management
of the Democratic party. have offered
my services and those Of my news
papers to the managers of the Democ-
racy. and in so far as have felt JUS
titled as your President in so doing /
have offered the much greater ilfiu-
ence of the National Association of
Democratic Clubs, pledginG the honest
cooperation OF all the members to
further effort on the lines Of that gen
uine Democracy in which majority of
the American people believe"
Mr.. Hearst concludes his r-rg.ng call
to the clubs to get into liae and work
hard for the success of the Democratic
National ticket, in these words.
I'VE Democrats hold now. as we Cid
one hundred years ago, TO the eoctrire
of equal rights for all and special priv
ileges to none; while Mr.. Roosevelt's
party and Mr.. Roosevelt, with every
appointment in his gift bestowed on
some trrst puppet, hold to the doctrine
Of special favors for those WHO can and
will pay"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1904-10-25

system, which investigates" for its
own profit the affairs Of the private
citizen and the public corporation, now
seeks to establish itself permanently
on soil hallowed by the blood Of those
who died for liberty.
The people must decide between i'm
perialism and the Constitution, be-
tween Roosevelt, the strenuous Napo-
leon of politics, with the Constitution
under foot. and Parker, the learned and
patriotic citizen, summoned from his
dignified and elevated position Oh the
bench by the voice Of the people, hold
ing high the Constitution as a beacon,
flashing liberty and equal rights to all
men and to their posterity.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1904-10-25
STRONG CASE m POINT.
Advantage From Increased Cost
of Their Productions.

AoVautdXo from increased GO8v
of Their Productions.
Frederick Seymour, Democratic
lawyer, nominated for Congress in
New Jersey, in his letter of acceptance
makes practical plea for the issues
raised by his party, addressing himself
directly to tradesmen and working men
of New Jersey.
With the statement that the interests
OF New Jersey are largely manufacture
ing he asserts that lin common with all
the seaboard States it is hard hit by
our present tariff on raw materials
which enter into the various processes
of domestic industry and on articles
partly made up, which are virtually
raw materials, and on animals and
foods.
After pointing out the various arti-
cles adversely affected by the tariff he
turns to the relations of the tariff to
the labor question, pure and simple,
with this interesting and irrefutable
argument:
THE labor question and the tariff are
closely connected, but in a very differ
ent way from what our opponents say.
While no Federal law can directly raise
wages, the Federal Government can as
certain the facts, and can make plain
the general principles to be derived
from them, and can settle to the ac-
ceptance of all men that raw materials
and coal are dearer on the Atlantic
coast than in the great interior manu-
featuring centres, that the seaboard is
the best place to manufacture for the
export trade, that the cost of labor in
manufactured products is less in the
United States than anywhere else in
the world, that the tariff on most man.
ufactured goods is twice and in many
instances, four times the cost of labor
in the product that the tariff is excess
sive and injurious, that it is the direct
cause of part-time work in our factor
les, that the cost of living is increased
by the tariff, and that the increased
cost of manufactured goods does not go
to labor, and having established these
facts may publish them"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1904-10-25
SURPLUS AND DEFICIT.
Comparison by Bryan to the Credit
of Cleveland's Administration.

Speaking of the panic Of 1893. Will
liam J. Bryan says in the current is
sue Of the Commoner:
"The first indication Of its coming
appeared November II. 1890. when
the New York Clearing House Asso-
citation voted its certificates to banks
in need of assistance. November IL
the Boston Clearing House did ike
wisn. Barker Bros. & Co., bankers.
Of Philadelphia. failed with liabilities
of $5,000,000. Mr.. Bryan then gives
long list of failures. beginning with
the United Rolling Stock Company. OF
Chicago. November %, 1890. and end
ing with that of the Spring Garden
Bank, of Philadelphia. May s, 1891.
Then came the Homestead and other
great labor troubles. followed by the
election of Cleveland to the Presiden-
cy. In May, 1893, there were more
failures. and finally the raids on the
United States Treasury. January IL,
1894. the Administration ordered
SJ0.900,UO0 bond issue. August L.
1894. the Wilson tariff went into eff
fect.v
Continuing with his most interest
ing and timely retrospect. Dir. Bryan
says:
1T win be observed that the Cleve-
land Administration ordered the $j0.-
600, 900 bond issue January IT, 1894.
That was seven months before the
Wilson bill became law. Perhaps
it is not significant, but in view Of
Mr. Roosevelt's claim, it Is at least
interesting. that the first indications
Of the panic occurred November IL,
1880. a little more than thirty days
after the Mckinley tariff bill became
law. From that date the panic ragged
and while its effects were felt for
several years. It reached its worst
stage in 1898 and during the early
days Of 1894. during all Of which time
the Mckinley tariff law was in effect
1T may not be out Of place to point
out that when the Democratic Admin
isfration surrendered the reins Of gov
eminent. March 4. 1889. there was in
the Federal Treasury the largest sur
plus in history. When the Republican
party went ont of power, March 4.
1893. there was a large deficit and
the incoming Administration was fin
ally persuaded to make the bond IS
sues which its Republican predecessor
had at one time thought to be nee.
essary. but had skillfully avoided"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1904-10-25
NO MUD SINGING.



That Judge Alton B. Parker, the
Democratic nominee for the Presi-
dency, is man far above the small
things of life and man of rock-rib5ed
principle, his famous gold telegram
to the ST. Louis convention was i'll it
self sufficient evidence, but a more
striking illustration of his absolute
high mindedness is the following letter
to Mr.. George F. Parker, Chairman of
the Literary Bureau of the National
Democratic Committee, and number
of the committee which prepared the
textbook. The letter follows:
Rosemount,
EsoDus, New York,
August II, 1904.
Ny Dear Mr.. Parker:
The Times of this morning says that
the party textbook is about prepared
and that it will go to the printer in a
few days. Therefore / hasten to beg
you to see to it that there is no word
in it that reflects upon the personal
honor and integrity of President Ro0se-
Welt.
An Evening Post editorial indicates
that but little care was taken In that
direction toward myself by the COM
piler of the Republican textbook, but
let there be no rejoinder in kind OF
otherwise.
I feel confident that you need no re-
hinder, still my anxiety impels me te
send this caution.
Very truly yours,
ALTON B. PARKER.
Mr.. George +. Parker.
1t will be remembered that many
pages of the Republican campaign
book were devoted to an attack upon
the personal character of the Demo
cratic nominee; especially in regard to
his motives in sending the Gold Tel
egram" to the party convention at
ST. Louis.
That the wishes of Judge Parker
that there be mo rejoinder in kind OF
otherwise" have been scrupuIously OBJ
served will be apparent when the Dem
ocratic text book, now about to be
issued, is read.
The book will have as sort OF
preface full copy of the Constitution
of the United States, as emphasizing
the Democratic contention that the
return to the Constitution" is one
of the principal issues in this cam
paign. The greatest amount of space
in the book is devoted to the discussion
of the tariff.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1904-10-25
l0OSEVELTS LATEST BREAK.
Gives tho Congress OF Arts and
Science q New Name For I'm

II further emphasis Of his imperial
istic tendencies, President Roosevelt,
who has hitherto during the campaign
been kept well muzzled by his man
ayers, broke loose in Washington on
Sept. 9th, when he received at the
White House about seventy-five mem
bers of the International Congress of
Arts and Science. In the course of a
brief address made to them Mr.. Roose-
Welt said:
perhaps the happiest feature Of our
modern life is the steadily Increasing
recognition Of the fact that it must
be a world life; that no nation can
hope for the fullest development If it
confines itself exclusively within its
own boundaries"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1904-10-25

Teddy evidently lent his big stick to
George Bruce Cortelyou for use on the
corporations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-31
THURSDAY, MARCH s1, 1904.
WHrPPrNa rN soHoor.

There's a principal in one of the Chi cago schools who holds that the doctrine of moral suaslon In schools is all hum hug. He declares that moral suasion ''has no more effect on the average school boy than rain shower on a flock of ducks. It Is time that we throw ofr the yoke of namby-pamby theories and took active steps to secure the readoption of corpo- rai punishment in Chicago schools. It may be humiliatlng, admit, but 1t is a grim necessity. If the lash were used freely in the schools there would be less boy bandits and desperadoes."
 To q certain extent. at least. the man is correct, though he may go too far when he speaks of ''the average school boy" Certainly there are many boys who do not need the lash to keep them in the right path. and just as certainly there are others who can only be con- trolIed by severe means. We speak 'from observation obtained in the days when there was no objection to whipping in the schools. We have known boys who were well-behaved. obedient to their teachers and attentive to their tasks, and WHO WStd never whipped. Ou the other hand there were others who were as wholly indifferent to any kind of moral suayion and kind words as so many hyenas might have been. Nothing but whipping had any effect on them, and sometimes that had but little.
 Just why there is such a difference in boys is one of the human mysteries that we do not believe any scientist can solve. In some cases that we have known the beat boys were the sons of men of no wealth and little standing while the worst ones were sons of parents of means and high position. Probably there comes a strain of goodness or perversity from some remote ancestor which occa- slonally breaks out in succeeding gener- ations, to the surprise of all observers. Whatever the cause may be, some boys are good and some bad. Some can be controlled by moral suasion and some only by physical punishment A well bal anced teacher should be aN'ved some right of judgment, beyond doubt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-31
Rooka for ohildran.

Editor The Advertiser:
 It is to be hoped that your editorial in |kfuesday' s paper, on Books for Children" may receive from parents the attention so important a subject deserves. It is fact-a lamentable fact-that the children of today, especially the boys, are in complete ignorance of the best juvenile books, such as Bunyan's Pilgrim, Swiss Family Robinson, Gullivers Travels, Miss Alcotts stories Abbotts biographies, etc., while their young heads are crammed full of Jesse James, "Old Sleuth," ct i'd omns genus. It Is the same as to the periodical almost every home In the land and are doing incalculable harm to the rising gen. eration. Many of the daily newspapers are unfit to be put into the hands of young people. Permit me to say en pas- sant that The Advertiser Is one of the very, very few dailies that are clean enough to be carried to my home.
 Who Is to blame for this state of things The parents, of course, because if they were taking as much pains to keep pnl- sOnous literature out of the hands of their children as they take to guard them against tainted or unwholesome food. the others. The people who dish out this kind of poison to youngsters ought to be, as criminal In the sight of the law as those who sell whiskey to minors. There Is very little difference in the degree of
 Alas, for the decadence of the profes- sion of bookselling Tempora mutantuS. These days anybody may be a bookseller. He need be neither competent nor cor scIoneitus. but he Is likely to be a hustler" He deals in such wares as are most salable and that yield the largest profits,
 The liquor dealer is forbidden by law to sell to minors; why shouldn't there bs a law to protect minor from the baleful effects of this class of reading. as well as from the no moro to be dreaded drink habit.
 The classics for children are easily ob- tained and cheap, the copyrights having expired in most cases. There Is a dearth of good new books for children, because the dime novel alone is in demand StIll a competent and conscientious bookseller can furnish a fairly good list of titles Thomas Nelson Pages, Joel Chandler Harris's, Butterworth's Juvenile Works, etc.
 How many children in Alabama have read (''Diddie, Dumps and Tot" that ex- bama plantation? Parent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-31
The 1Eonteouerv gpirit.

we are growing so fast" said a mem Der of the Commercial and Industrial As- soelatIon, that am afraid we Mont Romerians are not impressed sufficiently with our own progress, We must .cul- tIvate the Montgomery spirit. If we look around us we may find many things to boast of. We have fine streets. excellent car service, handsome buildings. splendid schools and the best water in the world. We have cotton mills, innumerable in-. dustries and so many railroads that our city is called, by right, the railroad centre of Alabama. -----.--
 'GlimpsIng into the future we find that Montgomery capital is preparing to build a handsome hotel on the site of the Ex- change; business men are moving to have an agricultural fair here in the autumnf several large industrial plants are In course of construction and improvement of the State Capitol is near at hand.
 "Our merchants are to take trip in a special tran to South Alabama to get better acquainted with our neighbors. This is the proper Montgomery spirit. Let 1t stay in our atmosphere"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-31
WHY SHOULD HE TALKp

Now the enemies of Democracy are sail ing into Judge Parker because of his lack of political record, and because he is not forever letting his mouth off on the va- rleus political issues of the day. If he should make himself conspicuous by talk Ing. these same critics would abuse him for 1t because he occupies a high judi cial position and hence should be silent about politics. As The Chattanooga Times well says:
 Judge Parker persistently refuses to discuss politics or to express any opin- ions on the situation so long as he Occu- pies his position on the bench. In the absence of any very definite information as to his availability, this one peculiar tty-hiB high appreciation of the dignity of judicial place and his regard for the saeredness of the Judicial functions-will go very far toward convincing the public Of his admirable fitness for the Presi- dential office.
 Judge Parker may or may not be the man for the Democrats to nominate but certainly he should not be condemned for maintaining a decorous reason while oc- cupying the position he now does. Even if he were not on the bench we should not look on him as proper man for the nomination if he should make himself a nuisance by much personal exploitation. as some other candidates or possible can dldates are doing, As matters now stand one of his strongest qualifications for high position Is that he refuses to lower the Judiciary by becoming a political spout CT. Probably one of the reasons why Republicans and some Democrats sheer at him is because his conduct is in such giariRg contrast to that of some other candidates. There Is no occasion for him to talk politics just at present.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-31

most available candidate for President oIr tne uni!eo States, has informed inti- mate friends that he does not wish the nomination. and has insisted that they aQiute silence, many persons have believ- cd that he was willing to take the nom tnatton and that there was q strong proeaeility he was the dark horse that would draw to the front at the st Louis
 Ono of his most enthusiastic friends ,s former United States Senator M e. But. Ter, of South Carolina.
 Judge Gray would be an ideal nomi. nee.' said Mir. Butler yesterday. in the Waldorf-Astoria. T served twelve years in the United States Senate with him. and know him to be one of the abiest men In public life in this country. He Is . man of affairs, he Is conservative and he is a splendid lawyer. I had a long talk with him recently, and in the course of the conversation he said:
 Butler, you know me we'll enough to believe what am going to tell you. do not want that ofi3ee-the Presidency. l have most congenial life position. the members of my family are well pro- vided for and have seen and I know too much of the trials and troubles that fall to the lot of the President of the United States to want the ofice.'
 T know Judge Gray was sincere when hc said this" continued Mir. Butler. My personal choice for the Presidency would De either Judge Gray or Senator Arthur F German of Maryland. I deem Sena- tor German one of the most aecomp- lished men in public life, and I have known him for many years
 If South Carolina has got to that point where 1t will send to the St. Louis Con- vention delegation instructed for Hearst my opinion is that the State should have political guardian. It is absolutely im- possible for ne to conceive of the State being guilty of such political impropfi- ety. This Is a plain statement of fact and Is not due to personal animosity to- ward Mir. Hearst, for I do not know him, but cannot conceive for q moment tha | many Southern States will instruct their delegates to vote for such a man for the Presidential nomination.
 'I do not know Judge Parker person. ally. yet I am sure he Is a most excel lent mar and q strong jurist, and if he were nominated should give him my personal support"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-31
GO$$ip OI men
 and nlatterS
That New Hotal.

There are no developments in the new hotel project" said one of the stock holders yesterday. we have called a meeting of the stockholders for a day of next week. At this meeting plans will be laid for perfecting an organization after which we will be better prepared to give the public 8 more definite statement The assurance that work on handsome hotel will begin on October 1st ought to be enough for the present.
 Some of the stockholders" he con- tinued have had conferences with archi- tects both visiting and local and many plans for building have been suggested. The hotel will not be less than six stories and will not cost less than S15O,- 900. If any change is made it will be to extend the present plan. Indeed an eight story hotel to cost corfespondingly more has been suggested.
 "A name for the new house? We'll, let's build it first"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-31
An English Gentleman.

The Littlehampton Gazette and Sussex Advertiser, papers received from England yesterday state that the funeral of Mir Albion Ockenden. who died at Devon shire Cottage" in Surrey, took place a week later at Littlehampton where he founded business interests sixty-five yeark ago which are still carried on by his sons. He once owned a fleet that ran between the port and Dieppe. France.
 Significant of the esteem in which he was held, although he retired from busi- ness about fifteen years ago, flags on the vessels in port were placed at half-mast, business houses were closed and the shut ters of private residences were drawn during the Interment in the family vault.
 West End and Albion Terrace, ' were part of his work for Littiehampton. The latter was named in his honor.
 Mir. Ockeuden was the father of MT. A. Ockenden' of Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-31
A Gaorgia Patrinrch.

Thomasville (Ga.) Times Enterprise
 G. Whittle, the oldest man in Col quitt County. says that he was born in the part of the State that now consti- tutes Twigg County in February. 1894. His father moved to South Alabama when the country was a wilderness, scarcely any white people living there, but In dians were plentiful Ills father dieing in 1886. left the family at Eufaula, Ala. place. He says that he has seen 1000 Indians there at time on trading expe- ditions. MT. Whittle looks to be hale and hearty and says he never was sick a day in his life
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-31
Cstter$ tO tIe GdftOr
The New Hotel Name.

Editor The Advertiser:
 Being a woman, my natural modesty prefers withholding my name from the public, but recently l have been in two companies of cultivated ladies, young and old, and in each company the naming of the New HoteI was discussed. Each and every one present voted that the name of the old hotel. hallowed by so many sacred associations, be retained But, said one of the ladies, If there must be g change. let it be called Ala bania Which l am sure Is entirely sugs gestlVe. "" '' Here We Rest,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-31
THE BURTON CASE.

The conviction of Senator Joseph R. Burton of Kansas. on a number of charges of bribery. comes somewhat as a surprise to many. Recently there have been charges of this kind--"grafting." as it has come to be known. brought against several Congressmen. but legal bubbles and technicalities have heretofore pre- vented conviction. and many thought that the result would be the same in Bur- toms case, but in this they were mista. ken. A jury was found which convicted him on seven out of the nine counts in the indictments.
 Senator Burton will appeal or ask for a new trial and 1t may be possible that tho matter will be held up for a considerable time, and that in the end he may escape punishment entirely. But if there should be no change and the court should exer- else its powers to the fullest extent 1t would mean an interesting time for the Senator. The limit of punishment is two years Imprisonment and a fine of s10,O05, and as this punishment could be enforced on each separate count, 1t is plain that the court has 1t in it's power to give him all he can stand. On the other hand, however. the court can fine him only s1 and sentence him to prison for one day, if 1t chooses to do SO.
 The fact remains, whatever may be the penalty. that a Senator of the United States has been convicted of bribery, and that if there is no reversal he will be forever barred from holding ofice. and Senate will do. It is law unto itself. and we suppose it can pass a resolution declaring his seat vacant, or it can allow him to retain it until his term expires. The main point is that he has been tried and convicted.