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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06
ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS.
State Committee is Not For
 Hearst.
Poll of Illinois Democratic State
 Committee on Presidency.
-ational Convention
Chicago Record-Herald.

Congressman William Randolph Hearst of New York, will have the majority of the delegates from Illinois to the Dem- ocratic National Convention at St. Louis. according to a poll of the Congressional District Committeeman at the meeting of the Democratic State Committee at the sherman House Yeserday.
 Of the tfty-tour delegates to the tional Convention the District Commit teemen concede Mir. Hearst twenty wIth ten doubtful, although possessing a lean Ing toward the New York man, and twelve uninfiuenced. Only twelve dele gates were accorded Congressman James k. Williams, the Hopkins Harrison Ur- ganization candidate.
 Members of the State Committee, who discussed the situation, so far as the strugg.e between Hearst and Williams ;S concerned, declared that the delegation would be divided, tho delegates who will favor the two candidates being so strong ly instructed it would be impossible 10 get together and present a solid front.
 Hearst Men stand Pat.
 To act in the behalf of a single canjl- date. the friends of MT. Hearst insist, will only be made possible by the Will liams delegates agreeing to support the New Yorker On the other hand SLl;e friends of Mir. Williams, who really rep resent the present State organization ds- sert that MT. Williams will have the soiid delegation when he goes to the National Convention.
 The only way the Williams forces may attain this result, it Is acknowledged, is by the State organization bending all its efforts to exterminating the Hearst sent lment which has been created by tic Congressman tireless workers, wEC gradually are extending his organization throughout the 102 counties.
 Chairman John P. Hopkins said tht showing made by the Hearst shouters a the committee meeting must be taken d: evidence of the strength of the Hears movement in the State. He said it dlt not represent any delegate strength, but rather the personal opinions of few Nho have not in the past brought dele gates Into conventions.
 Workers Not for Hearst.
 "The reports from the various Congress sional districts, said MT. Hopkins
 show there is no sentiment for MT Hearst among the men who deliver del Cgates. The speakers before the com ntttee who advocated the candidacy o Mir. Hearst were men who do not and dIC not represent districts"
 The poll of the State Committeeman which was conceded to be correct by NJ F. Dunlap, MT. Hearst's State manager showed that Mir. Hopkinss stateInCn was true-that the majority of the Stat( Committeeman are not for Mir Hearst Tie Committee contains thirtyfour mem bers. Of these twenty-two are agalns Hearst and nine for him, three being ab SGEt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06

respect that was one of its burdens in slavery times
 Those who have made study of the labor conditions in the South, especially the managers of the great railway sys-
 tens. arc now doing everything in t cir
 power to encourage white immigration to thls section of the country ard their cf
 forts are meeting with great success. Our
 " dShlngton contemporary .emarks that the results of the last few years have shown that white men not only excel ne-
 groes in the mills and factories, but that
 they raise more and better cotton than the negro, ale better paid, have higher
 standards of living. and aid -reltly to
 tho prosperity of the communit es in
 Which they are located. Those of our
 Northern friends who. not being we in- formed, have asser ed that, owing to Cli- matlc coalitions negro labor was the only Kind that could be sue -ess ully employed Tn the cotton fields of the So tn. will no doubt be surprised to hear that white men are doing the most of that kind of wo k. me statistics of the Census Bureau show mat of the 2i0Oo,000 acres of cotton raised last year white labor work d IA, co fO0 acres of it, and nearly 5,0O. 0 addi final acres were worked by white manag IFS who rented small tracts of land and hi ed negroes to do q share of the work. The w ashlngton Post is quite right in saving
 that these facts are sufficient to explode
 the old arguments used by immigr tion agents interested in booming West n tdAds that the white man can not wo- k cotton prohtably and con not stand the semi-tropic climate of the South.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06
Increase of White Labor in he South

INtW OTlC6nS states.
 The esteemed Washington Post calls at tention to the fact that with a cotton crnn valued a $700 0tO.C00 and the certai 1tv mat the annual product of the staple will equal that sum for years to come. the South is making bid for white labor that w II not be long resisted. because, as I. @ Post puts lt, labor goes where reward for hon. est toll is assured and the con litio7s in tho South are now such that | Q white man may rely upon profitable ennlovn1ent with abundant opportunities for bet tering his condition without which there is nS incentive to labor"
 There has been a wonderful dovelop- ment of the South's cotton indus ry, but 1t has not yet reached the limit. Statf . tics show that in the ten years folIovine e the civil war the South produced ah,nI zoVV,OoO bales Of cotton annually and the demand was so mucn greater than the supply that the staple commanded hi h prices. This was followed by an in -rnasa of production and a decrease in price m til cotton was sold so low that the farm CTS came out in debt to their mere en < at the end of every planting seas n Within the last five or six wears tbS y,ra :, ductiou of cotton has increased at n ,.ar,, rapid pace and the crop now averaeee about lO,COO,0OO annually, with d val e of been marvellous growth of cotton fan,a rieS, and the center of the cotton ,oa,'N' tacturlng business mas been removed from the New Eng and States to the South 0''' me W~ashiHsSo ~ st Soi FoSt very core tlv n tSe soaon fnas 'ns o tSa %sS tFe first cause white men were required for si,,,Io, He
 work in the mills and their wsnts S"'a'eS aei
 needs called for the establishment oS Stl aLu msnqfactnrns .ha tsrIes lGdHstriss n which
 '"rhe bars have been broken down 'a so, Do.
 The Post, and the white man has s.tas saS
 lshed his position in the field of abor oLa D. D.,
 the South without, losing his self-resnaln., l. or his social standing. White manuaIP PIc' ~ bor is no longer considered with tbS ail id
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06
GoRMAN SETBACK.
Rayner's Election as Senator Blow
 to His Colleague.

Rayner's Election as Senator Blow to His Colleague.
 Washington Special to New York Globe. Senator German is believed here to have | received the worst setback of his politi- cal career in the selection of Isidor Ray ner to he United States Senator from Maryland. For the first time since Cor man has been in the Senate he is to have a Democratic colleague who is not his creature, but who is undoubtedly the choice of great majority of the Demo- cratic voters of the State.
 What will be the effect in Maryland of Germans defeat 1t is hard to say. The reform party will probably rally around Rayner as the new leader. His popularity fin the State is due largely to his wo as counsel for Admiral Schley in the famous court inquiry. Schley, as a Maryland man, is indorsed by all the people of the State, and Rayncr was shrewd enough to seize the opportunity thus offered wh II he began to set his eyes toward the Sen ate.
 Whatever the local result in Maryland Germans prestige as Il national leader has suffered irrcparablo Injury. There can be no further discussion of his pros poets as q candidate for President, for q man whose sole business is politics and who can not control the party organiza- tion in his own State must cease to Ac d great factor in the national game.
 In the Senate his loss of prestige is also sure to be marked. Following so clo- ely upon his bad break in the Panama b. sI- ness, this local happening will be d blow. With several younger Senators yearning to pose as leaders of their party in the upper house. he will have hard work to hold any following in line.
 There are some who believe that G'r- man will now set to work to cultivate Rayncr and to work in harmony with him, just would have beel the case had one of his own selection been chosen. But Rayner owes nothing to Go man. The time to have won his friendship was earlier in the game.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06
GIVING NEwsnAPER CREDITS.

GIVING NEWsRAPER CREDITS.
 The Fort Gaines Recorder has this tc i say about a common fault with some oi | our brethren of the press:
 Some of our exchanges have. a very ugly habit of using tho editorial expres- sions of others as their own. This is stealing that which you cannot return or pay back if detected. and, therefore, If the idea of another is worth handing around hand it ont under the genuine label; 1t will not detract from your lau- rsisrbst Mill & show s.s that you yo knST ' ss' credit for that much-thats all you ara entitled to. and to be given crea.. lu. more is obnoxious to refined instincts.
 It is not creditable to the noble fra ternity newspaper makers Ahat some of them apparently have no original ideas of their own and have not enough fair ness to acknowledge their indebtedness to others. We once looked through one os our Alabama exchanges and on its edi- toriaI pages found fourteen items of read ing matter all credited to EEK" Not one of them had the name of tho paper from which it was taken. This was not at all creditable to tho paper which thus crib 
 the fairness to give credit.
 Some editors appear to have an idea that it is a reflection on them to ac- knowledge that they are indebted to the brains of others, but that is broad error. An article which is worth publish ing in a newspaper is worth acknowledg- ing, and failure to do it Is a wrong per petrated on the author. And worse, if anything, than the editor who always credits his cribbings to 'Ex." is the one who will reprint the editorials of others and give no credit at all. It is species of free-booting that all editors should avoid. To reprint an editorial Is not all ways evidence that the one who does it is incapable of writing, but there is fre- quently want of time or preparation for particular subject and then it is easier to use the work of another, with proper acknowledgement. None of the great newspapers of the country has all its columns filled with original matter, but the greater tho paper the most careful it is to give proper credit for what it bor- rows from others.
 An editors thoughts are his own. After they are printed. they belong to the pub lie, and unless he has them copyrighted, he cannot forbid their republication by others. but he has right to expect that those who use the work of his brain will be honest enough to give him credit for it. To come down to exact terms, the editor who refuses to give credit for what he uses has not proper conception of fairness. As The Recorder says, to copy the editorials of another shows that the one who does it knows a good thing when he sees it, but he should also know how to be just and fair about it. Be just as we'll as sharp, brethren.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06
Wearing of Red Neckties.

New Orleans Times-DCmocrat.
 The right to wear red clothes is not an
 inherent right so far as the male portion of the population IS concerned. and no one has objected to the female portion arraying themselves in such colors as may be considered to suit their con- piexions But no man has any vested right in a complexion, or If he has it should be taken away from him at onco as thing annoying if not dangerous to the public peace. The face that requires a red necktie to enhance it's beauty should be at once suppressed and the owner should be required to get anothe face or remain in seclusion. The rcd necktie is contra bonos mores and is all affront to all good citizens and, being such. should be relegated to the class of prohibited articles.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06
wIscoNs1N's FAvoR1TE SON.
Edward c. Wall of Milwaukee Will Receive Support of Home
 nAleration

Milwaukee Special to Chicago Chronicle
 Democratic leaders of Wisconsin are preparing to boom Edward C. Wall of Milwaukee for the Presidential nomina- tion. It is reported that MT. Wall has tho support of National Committeeman T. E. Ryan, Chairman Worden of the State Committee and Mayor Rose of Mill waukec.
 Mir Wall was Democratic National Committeeman from Wisconsin in 1892 and has been one of the strongest op- ponents of Democratic fusion with Popu- lism in the western country. He was a member of the Wisconsin Legislature in 1877 and as such bitterly opposed pro posed fusion between the Democrats and the Greenhackers. He strongly opposed fusion with the Populist party in 1896, but nevertheless has been strong factor in Wisconsin politics for a generation He is. perhaps, one of the best known men in Wisconsin and his friends say he will have little difficulty in carrying his State.
 Mir. Wall is a warm admirer of ex- President Cleveland and doubtless will have much influence in rallyinE the con servative Democrats of the State who were disposed to join the Repub ican party
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06

when they are boosting Bryan with his re-affirmation foolishness.
 What was the object of our ministers to foreign countries who are all RepuhN 1t Is plain to us. They thought sucii would advertise Bryan and free silver and the Democrats would be fools enough to either nominate Bryan again or adopt people again as in 1896 and ls0O and De woefuliy defeated. Bryan is either conn pensated, in some way, perhaps fiattery, perhaps some other way or is a political numskull-for surely he knows the Demo proposes to adopt at St Louis this summer If the Democrats are as wise in the n1- tional convention as the "Dlack Beit' politicians of Alabama, they will not nom mate any man tainted with Organism or yellow journalism, but will either nofni- nate Cleveland or one of his faithful fol- lowers from the east, of course.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06
An Un-Amsrican Spectacle.

"TSNgt0h Post. I of tthe I'll ciatter of hoofs, the flashin s oa sapss and the rattle of military a'. ssafrfnts. SYr.fSnfnts. company of United StatA Penrsy,} }ade It's triumnhal progress aiofs z fnia Avenue last Wednesdat at.erno0A q It was a brave showing oi sHs soiuY, we confess. and no doubt tiss s.orekeepts and pedestrians on the ava as ave "eTsprodisfously impressed. But. fife p,ititsE Ehen we remember that ali ~ o .. , display was for the pJirnoss or escortinsa Secretary of War from, tSs t,s,s,o rsiitoad stson to his hotel, is it sur. Psis.ag tnasRords of modest protest are nsarur ns na MAt has come over the spirit ohserxars Uua Amacan citizenship. patriotic a pageant nSessary? Has ii Hos,,s sutn to rsr;i pssS that anAmerican citizen, tempos must t., pc accord the display and pagean. try or royaltya We think not.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06
aermany's Military stregth.

New YOrX Press.
 The peace footing of tho German army is about 5S5,Ou0 officers and men; the war footing is 3,OO0oo0 trained officers and men. All of these can shoot al a man and hit him. Every German is liable to service and no substitution is allowed: The conscrqpt. between the ages of ~ and 27, must spend two years in active service, and four in the army or reserve. About 4OOVoO young men reach the age of 20 every year, but emigration or phys- ical or moral disability reduces the num- Der liable to service to about 3S0,O0O. or these only 60.000 receive actual mihtary training. More than 500000 trained s1i- diers are turned out every decade. Par- ticular. attention is paid to target prac- ttce, with the result that when a Ger man battalion fires a volley ''every bull let finds q billet"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06
The Navy,, Embarras.Ient'

New Orleans Ptcayune.
 rcau of Nayi9ation r,hn the Bu charge of the personnel Of tS uirec stated before the Naval AfYhirsIsna navy zee the other day that ti1d ;exi3ns ,,t tie,s e, n the number of line bfficSs svss; ae. Gs Not.,esss So vesseis now on the nav list i, Er or graduates from the Navs tanLl u.n'
 y 70 De reasonably expected .dsasO Ie next few years, the deficit N 's, snn, mHen the vessels now authorizs ..ut ar ,n ,pnSiding may be expected to beteeas peeven greater than now. saw SaT M MsE sE so1 enough of officers to man the, ,Stinss eecfely Tn commission and witt, ndssHk. 2. at all available for ships iaia ,,. a IVY yards, a sudden call to s,t,.. owsi @ ma the Navy Department sSi.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06
An Effective Trust-Buster.

Rochester (N. VI Herald.
 We should think that the sugar. the to- bacco, the meat. the coal, and ether trusts too numerous to mention would have a decidedly uncomfortable feeling in the region of their necks since the candy trust had to throw up it's hands in the Court of Special Sessions down in New York last Friday This combination of jobbers formed for the express purpose of putting small dealers out of business who did. not deal with them. was indicted several months ago on the charge of con spiracy. The trial has been dragging along from week to week, but the com spirators, reckoning that they were in an indefensible position, pleaded guilty aIter agreeing to abandon their organization II the court would suspend sentence. Lel us have brush with tho meat trusI and the tobacco trust and see 1T there
 is not way to put a stop to their eA- actions
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06
BRYAN AGAINST PARKER.
Fight to Be Made Against Hill in
 His Own Distlict.

New York Special to New Orleans
 Picayune.
 There is no longer any doubt that Will liam J. Bryan Is resolutely against the nomination of Alton B. ParKer, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of New York, for President by the Democratic National Convention, and that he is pre- pared to fight MT. Parker and his friends in the open.
 The Bryan Democrats of Albany Coun- ty will make a bitter fight to prevent ex-Scnator David R. Hill from attending the National Convention as a delegate from his home district. The Bryan men have made a coalition with the Herrick men, as well as with those who have been pushing the Hearst boom. It will be a fight strictly within organization lines. and will have vital bearing on the potentiality of Chief Justice Alton B. Parker as a Presidential possibility.
 The Herrick- Bryan-Hearst men are not at all cordial toward the Parker boom, believing that 1t would make ex- Senator Hill tho most important patron age dispenser in the State, The align ment of the forces against ex-Scnator Hill means that the Bryan men in this State are against Judge Parker. They have been urged by MT. Bryan to make an open fight against the Judge.''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06
aigh-Price Bad Gossrumeut.

Detroit Free Prss. -
 American cltietare paying extravasans Rt;GeS E,.,Se ooe o0r goverpent aud getting very pendit,Ire pend eeTfnNn ThaN return for their ex. in municipalities Anceres bimse,f wsr,, much with person. politics and very lit. tie with official dNes. He is foo h,isv keeping the machie in repair to waste time tune in d. doing hisiyork, and . Is time this class of publieseryants' IF fsw careless and ir1diffeIpt officials were sent, to the penitentiaryf"to encoura re ths others,' as Voitaifs once said fife sf- feet on municipal EoNrnment throughout 6 Ins country would Son be slppreciable. scourging.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06
TROUBLE FOR ANvREws.
Nebraska Populists May Seek to Dust University President.

Lincoln Special to Chicago Tribune.
 There is trouble In store for l.. BenIa- min Andrews chancellor of the Unver- sity of Nebraska, because of his pport of John D. Rockefeller's gift to the insti- tution and the attitude he has been pl ced Tn as defender of Rocke feller's business methods. A Lincoln newspaper quotes an unnamed populist leader as s7yinG the next populist State convention will score Chancellor Andrews for his friendliness to Rockefeller, and resolution will be intro duced demanding his resignation. If such program Is contemplated it is unknown to the two regents of the University who live in Lincoln.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06

Those who are compllmenting Roose- welt for appointing d white postmaster at Indianola apparently overlook the fact that he twice offered it to the negro wo- man before giving it to d white man. The latter was appointed solely because the negress wouldn't have it. If the PresI- dent is entitled to any boqucts for his course in the premises they should be made of gourd blossoms.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06
A CLEAN KNOCKOUT.
Severe Blow to Germans Prestige in
 Maryland.

Washington Special to New York World
 The selection; Of Isidor Rayner for United States Senator from Maryland, is held here to be heavy blow at the land politics. +t'
 German and Rayner have been enemies for years. German was not strong enough to force the election of Smith at the outset, and his abandonment of Smith for Carter made him enemies in the Leg islature, for German had promised the place to Smith if Smith would call the extra session of the Legislature that changed the election: law and made it pos sible for German to carry the State and como back to the Senate.
 German refused to make any comment on the selection of Rayner.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06
A Good Showing.

Mountain Advertiser. .,,,-,
 Lawrence has done we'll in collecting poll taxes, but should have done better, better, $40 patriots have paid, leaving only hOVhs the % out in the cold to graze among 'Ho .o dry cattle. Let us rejoice ana lLy tsv get the other boys in out of the weI atd SJ 1906. Of the above number seventeen pau polls for 1902, among them one eoIol I. sa man and white brother went pSas pdSA oS Tar as 1901. There are, Tax SoLlSISodd SoaSorod poll tax payers in Lawrence county
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06
And Amuses the Times.

The Montgomery Advertiser amuses it. self every morning by having a cartoon of Bryan on it's front page. Old G. andma seems 10 be drifting into yellow journal ism pretty fast. Anything for change zen Bryan and they amuse the editors of The Advertiser. By the way, if The Ad- vertiser should decide to go into yellow Journalism, it would double its circulation Suppose the Old Lady undertake it as an experiment and see if it don't pay her lanJsOnelY
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06
Shrewd Politicians.

Much has been said about the politica shrewdness of the Black Belt Demo crats. and none too much. for as q mat ter of fact. their sagacity and diplomacy In that science Is proverbial. Is 1t not pity that these same men are not at the head of the National Democratic organ lSauon? The Republican leaders of Ma
 Belt Democrats especially at this time
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06

light has all come from the East, and it's gloom from the West. If it win turn it's face persistently and determinedly in that direction, 1t may again rejoice in the sunlight of victory we'll deserved and gloriously won. No more Western eclipses, if the fates be good.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06
POLITICAL POINTS

as a result of fusion in 1896. In 1900 he was elected chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee of Wisconsin and since that time has had the support of leaders in his party. He was born in Massachusetts in 1Si3 and was graduated from Beloit college In 1862.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06
Must Have Been Jarred.

bITInIHSndm NrWS.
 According to Kansas City paper, man arrested in Oklahoma City on the charge of being drunk, was set free on but that tho motion of the train churned it up. The tag was not the only thing that was shaken up. The spirit of justice
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-06
The Horse Holds His Place.

AtianI s-Afnal.
 The automobile. rapid. shifty. and bit dahgerous withal, came to contend with the horse for mastery in the matter of outdoor exercise and transportation. The motor car has made sure place for t self but neither it nor the chest-hattep- ing bicycle can claim equality with tle horse as a bracer of nerves and a pre- server ot health,