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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
WILL VOTE FOR YELLOW DOG
So Long as He's on Democratic Ticket Virgil P. Kline is
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kS1tAbACNAH
 Virgil F. Kline, the well-known Cleve- land lawyer and stalwart Democrat of the sound money species, has been in the city for several days and Is staying at the Hoffman House.
 ''I think Judge Parker Is the preference of Ohio Democrats for the Presidential nomination" he said yesterday. He has made a record as not only good judge, but as really great judge. l am per sonally a Cleveland man. but do not ex- pect that he will be nominated. He has said he does not want the nomination. and I believe him. I was in Princeton and saw him the day he wrote his letter that appeared in The Brooklyn Eagle. do not assume to say that he said any. thing to me specially upon the point of his candidacy, but inferred from things he did say that his position was fairly and frankly stated in his published let ter.
 Cleveland Is truly a great American, and his place and reputation will be SC. cure in history. do not think he should permit himself to be taken out of the retirement in which he can enjoy as he does now the confidence and high esteem of the American people without party distinction. No crisis Is at hand thai would justify him in making the personal sacrifice.
 But for his attitude on the Panama Canal treaty, Senator German might have been a strong factor in the convention. There was a cordial feeling for him in Ohio and throughout the South that has been impaired by his opposition to the canal The nomination of Hearst as a candidate for the Presidency Is inconceiv- able to me. I shall be in St. Louis during the convention, but not as a Hearst man. I shall. however, as Democrat, vote for the nominee of the convention.
 T took to the woods in 1896 and 1900 be- cause there was a great moral question involved, and because of the assault be- ing made upon the record of President Cleveland have, however, no such ex- cuse this time. I shall vote for yellow dog If he has place on the Democratic ticket. The nominee of the St. Louis Con- platform.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
POLITICAL POINTS

convention that nominated him the third time. The enthusiasm in that convention demonstrated his hold upon the people. He carried Maryland the last time by about 30000, and, though the State has been a little uncertain in recent years. first one way and then the. other, feel confident he could carry 1t by as great . plurality as when he was a candidate the last time. I believe he can. carry more States than any other man the party can name, and that he can be elected over any candidate nominated at Chicago.
 My position is not one of antagonism to Senator German: My attitude k well understood by the Senator. If he should be nominated and thesstate So honored. should certainly do everything in my power to aid in his election.
 "I have nothing to say about other candidates. It Is my belief that when one is earnestly in favor of certain candi- date, there Is nothing to be gained Tor him by saying unkind things about his competitors. I have no means of know ing that Mir. Cleveland would accept the nomination. I am only positive that. at this time he is the man that should be nominated. I beHaye that, If he can be made to see that 1t is his duty, he would make the sacrifice"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01

| 4 A that he stili goes in flor principles, not
 ns nens it Is perhaps worth while to ses .e roW this one has fared at the hahus oi
 There was little support for his whin- slcei yoxing of silver and wheat in the statisttcs of prices, handled with care especially for few years before loJo Mhch MT. Bryan first became promlheh. as political economist, since both wheat ana silver were pretty steady But m tne next year. 1897, while the silver Tn uoalar dropped in value from oZ:Z cents 70 ss.I centss the highest price Of wheat went up from 9i 3-8 cents to N.W. Ihe next year the silver in a dollar dropped another cent. and wheat, under the in nuence of the famous Letter corner, cnmDed to, n.S5. The silver in dollar mas now dropped to 4O.S cents, WhHe wheat is selling at sl.09. an advance or some JO cents since November.
 Ws do not supposes4hat there are many sonnding farmers now pinning their faith Y MT. Bryan's amazing theory, pat, since he brides himself on his incapacity 70 abandon mistaken ground, and since ne IS posing still as a political guide for fhose whom he so lamentably misled, IL ls worth while to point to the record. MT. Bryan's motto should be Principles, not facts"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
D1scoURAarNa MARRIAGE.

Those Chicago bank officials who have posted notice that none of their em- ployes receiving a salary of less than S1,OOO a year shall marry without the consent and approval of the banks off, cials have made one more step in the dangerous tendency towards the elimi- nation of personal rights and personal freedom. It Is of piece with the intol- erance of labor unions which will allow no man to work for living unless he wears a union badge or obtains leave from an organized union. It is an inter- ference with the dearest of all human rights and an infringement on the indi- StduaIity of the citizen.
 We are aware that the plea is made that this restriction is intended for the protection of the bank, because the plea Is made that a married couple cannot live honestly on less than $1,OOO a year. and that if they undertake It there must ha dishonest means used to keep up the family. Such arguments are both un1ust and untrue. It is not true that embez- element, peculation and misappropria- tion of funds is confined to pooP ',,.r, o~ to men on small salaries, and these off, cials know it. Neither is 1t true that a young couple cannot live honestly. com fortably and independently on $500 or seoO a year, in Chicago or any other city where normal conditions prevail. It de- bends altogether and entirely on wheth- CT they want to live honestly or not. The kansas City Journal has this excuse fer the bank officials:
 .L NO doubt 1t is for the purpose of saving @ snelI employees from these unfortunato results of tmprovidant marrIagea an5 tso oWn cash from the fingers of ners0ns .,,s terlng rom them, that the ChicaSo ba ni- S ser Posteq sfts, lts unique notice If the or ut eHectiYe it Is likely to benedt rather than injure those whose freo5ane or action 1t hampers 'eeuoH'
 me Journal cares to look into tbs matter 1t will find, as we have int,rna+od that the rascality is not altoeetber oo,,
 fined to men with small salaries ana lin, ited means, for 1t will find that soroa o4 the greatest rascals have much nor. than N'oOO year to live on. Wa adr,,, that there Is an unfortunate terdoror among young men in the cities to u,,, extravagantly, and for that reason tbo, spend everything they make on them. selves. Such men will naturally hesitat, before assuming any other burden, bu that is altogether because they have al improper idea of the duties of life.
 We say without hesitation that youn, man with an assured salary of $500 yea who is unwilling to marry is not fitted t become a husband and the father of family, and girl who win not enter in to the married state with such an assur ance before her had better get her to
 nunnery. Of course 1t is easy to spen much more than that rationally an properly. and fortunate are they wh can afford to spend more, but that doe not change the fact that they can liv On less than SI. .0O0 a year and live de gently and happily.
 We repeat that the action of the banI
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
In Very Bad Taste.

Mobile Register.
 MT. Frank A. Walpole has sold The DemopoHs Express to Mir. W M Tucker, owner of The Demopolls Dispatch. and writes a column editorial to explain why he leaves Demopolis. The editorial is not in good taste, stating badly that the puo- lie failed to appreciate the effort to give them a live newspaper, and asking the Lord to have mercy upon the soul of the purchaser of the paper. It does not ocur to MT. Walpole that there Is a possibility that he did not give the De- mopolis people paper worthy of thcir support. His indictment, if true,> wou.d make those people appear to be consti- tuted differently from people elsewhere; and we prefer to believe that no sucn unique population exists there, but rath- CT that Mir. Walpole Is mistaken in his estimate of them, Demopolis has the rci = utation here of being a live, aggressive and progressive community, and of know ing a good thing when it sees it. Tae chances are that The Express, in MT Walpole's hands. was rot so good thing as he imagined 1t to be.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
Gossip Of men
 and nldtterS
Conpratulated Mr. ailes,

The first official visit to Montgomery of c. F. Giles, Assistant Superintendent of Machinery of the entire Louisville and Nashville Railroad sSstem, was made the occasion of a unique compliment to that official.
 A dozen or more of the most prominent engineers of the Montgomery and Mobile Division, men who had been associated with MT. Giles in the years that are pas, gathered at the depot, overwhelmed him with congratulations and good wishes
 MT Giles was for fourteen years Mas ter Mechanic of the Pensacola Division oL the Louisville and Nashville with head quarters in Pensacola. He was then transferred to Louisville as the Master Mechanic of the Louisville Division ot the Louisville and Nashville. He was, two months ago. appointed Assistant Su- perintendent of Machinery of the entire system of the Louisville and Nashville:
 To a marked degree, MT. Giles held the esteem and friendship of his associate workers. They entertained high regard for his talents and a sincere respect for him as a man. .,-.
 Moved by this feeling for man they looked upon as an efficient officer and a true friend. the dozen or more engineers rendered MT. Giles a most hearty, if in formal, reception while he was at the union passenger station,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01

ofncials is an unjust interference with individual rights. If the bank can find no better way to ensure honesty among its officiaIs than by keeping them from marrying it had better go out of busi- ness. It will not keep them honest by the methods It has adopted. As The Ma con telegraph well says: ''There Is . good deal of idiocy that emanates from Chicago, but the Corn Exchange Bank seems to be. in its corporate capacity. entitled to the distinction of primary in this respect," -~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
A MARYLAND OPINION.

Ex-Governor Brown Thinks Cleve-
 land Could Be Elected. New York Special.
 Ex-Governor Frank Brown of Maryland is positive in his preference for exPresi- dent Grover Cleveland as a candidate for the Presidency.
 T am for Cleveland from start. to fin- ish,'' he said at the Waldorf last evening. He is the only man the party has been able to elect in forty years. He has the confidence of the people of both parties, and is stronger than any other man that may be named by either. He Is a typical American, and whenever he has written or spoken upon any of the great questions his opinions have been sound. He is the one man whose utterances during the last eight years have kept the party in line. and if any one else is nominated 1t will be Cleveland. who has put the party in the position to make a fight.
 "I supported Cleveland each time he was nominated and was a delegate in the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
A cr.rAR cuT srArEMENT.

It is rarely the case that so thorough a statement of a situation Is presented. as the, one published in The Advertiser this morning by Mir. W. F. vandiver of this city No man in this State is better informed as to the relation existing be. tween transportation lines. shippers. merchants and people. During his long business career he has been student of transportation in all it's departments. and what he may have to say on that subject Is worthy of the most careful considera- ton. Calmly and dispassionately he re- views conditions in this State and dem- onstrates that they are not near so bad as they have been painted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
A Judicial Body.
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 Editor The Advertiser
 The Railroad Commission to certain extent is a judiciary sJoody. Its delibera- tons should be characterized by the same dignity, conservatism, justice and impar- tiality as that of the Supreme Court. One of it's most important duties is to setcle controversies between the railroads and the people. The railroads should be treat ed with the same fairness and consider ation that the people are. The State has granted them charters. They are great agents of civilization and are great in- strumentalltieS for the advancement ana development of the State.
 These facts being granted. the raIl- roads should be treated fairly and just ly, They have invested millions of dol lars of money in the State and pay tens of thousands of dollars into the State Treasury annually for taxes.
 Suppose a candidate for Supreme Court Judge should go before the people and attempt to arouse prejudice against a certain class of people and announce m | advance that he would decide any case coming before him against them, would he be proper person to nominate lor l such a position.
 Justice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
STILL UNDECIDED.
The Question of Precedence at Wash
 ington Official Functions.

4AG GAC0SAVAA OA S ASSS0SASS SsS SsS~~
 ington Official Functions.
 Washington Correspondent ho Chicago
 Chronicle.
 Sergeant at-Arms Ransdall of the Sen ate refused to constitute himself arbiter of the nice distinctions of precedence which are the cause of unceasing warfare in official circles in Washington. On the day the Hanna funeral ceremonies were held in the Senate chamber Colonal Randall worked out plan that was as impartial as a judgment of Solomon. Remembering the row that occurred at the White House because a marine officer steered the diplomats in to the Presl- dents circle ahead of the Justices of the Supreme Court, the Colonel judiciously decided that the only way to avoid d repetition of 1t was to arrange for a division of honors.
 In pursuance of tfls idea he admitted the diplomats to the Senate, chamber in advance of the Justices, but, he placed the Justices in seats directly behind tfie President When the services were con- cluded and everybody had risen to leave the Colonel wait just long enough for the President and hls cabinet to start for the north entrance whens he slgnaled Chief Justice Fuller to follow him to the south entrance. The other Justices fol- lowed in the trail of the Chief Justice. Then Barney Leighton led the Ambassa- dors and ministers out, and once more the burning question of precedence re- mained unSolVed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
It Is Literally True.
New York Times,

NeW IOrk Times.
 The abolition of protective tariffs be- tween the States and the establishment of absolute free trade over an area now larger than the entire continent of Eu- Federal constitution to the people of the Union formed thereunder. It is literally true that our immense progress in wealth and prosperity has been due t0 free trade and has been in spite of protection.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
DIR. ALDERMAN

Struck With the Mixture of the
 Races in Cuba. From Interview in New Orleans Times
 Democrat.
 "One abiding impression of my visit to Cuba was the enduring wisdom of the Southern people in preventing the mon- grelization of our society by racial mix ture. It is said that 60 per cent. of the Cubans arc of mixed percentage. If thIs be a fact, 1t Is a source of intending weakness. Nowhere in the world will one come to the conclusion quicker that the separation of the races Is necessary to the growth of both. Both races should be given the opportunity to oe men and to cultivate the human quail ties. but the opportunity should be gwen separately"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
Bryan, Silver and Wheat.

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 One of the principles" to which Mi Bryan was wont to attach the most lnl- portance was the alleged connection Dc- of silver, and this taking assertion in- duced great many simple-minded as- riculturists to think that if the price CT silver could be forced up by free coinage the price or wheat and other farm pro- ducts would follow As Mir. Bryan says
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
FOOLISH oPPosrrroN,
Of Some Southern Men to Bourke
 Cochran.


 Washington Special to N '. Times.
 Representatives Williams of Mississippi. the Democratic leader, Is receiving Fi- merous protests from the South against the appointment of Bourke Cochran of New York to the Ways and Means Com mittee. The protests are made on the as sumption that Cochran is an "anti-South- In the campaign of isss. when he op- posed Bryan. he spoke in the border States, and while there was badgered and provoked by his audiences into saying things which have been treasured up against him as indicating hatred of the South.
 'T am certainly going to recommend MT. Cockrans appointment on the Ways and Means Committee. despite these protests" said MT Williams. He is qualified for the place. These charges against him are founded on misapprehension. At the Montgomery Conference of 1900 he went so far as to advocate the repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment, ywhich dem0n- strates that he is not an anti-southern man."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
About the First.

Dothan Stftings.
 An Iowa man has gone crazy because he recognized his inability to reform the world" says The Savannah Morning News. He's about the first one to 50 anywhere when he found too big a Joh to tamper with the affairs Of the world, known as everybody's business. He was iustifiable; He did the only thing left when he made his discovery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
Must Be Independent of Roosevelt.

The edlct has gone forth from Albany to the effect that the next Republican nomipee for Governor must not be a man identified in any way with President by Governor Oden and the politicians who are seconding his efforts to secure absolute control of the Republican ma chine of the State Furthemore the pro gram includes the election of Frank s Black to be United States Senator to succeed Chauncey M. Depew.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
Rough on Democratic Party.

VickSbufg Herald.
 Editor Watterson announces that The will not be in the State convention or in the national convention. He has ai- ready entered into profitable and agree able obligations which during the whole period of the sitting of the latter wifi viii take him far away from St. Louis 'i ThIs Is a rough dispensation on Democran n,' ta'9 "State and National" "0S'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
POLITICAL FEUD ENDS.
Mayor Harrison and Banker Walsh
 to Unite on Presidential N0mfnAA

Chicago Special to N. Y. Times
 Political circles are astouuded by the announcement of an alliance between Mayor Harrison and John R. Walsh, President of the Chicago National Bank, Director and principal stockholder in a dozen big corporations and owner of The Chicago Chronicle, thus ending a bitter fued.
 The Mayor and Mir. Walsh have united to support Democratic candidate for President, who shall meet the require. ments of the "reorganizerR" of the party.
 To this alliance MT. Harrison will bring his City Hall machine, and Mir Walsh will contribute the support of his news paper and unlimited campaign furds.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
The Man Who Wins.

Columbia Breeze.
 In times past the man who said not 1lng and sawed wood won out: now it is the guy who lays an egg and cackles. Work of itself will not bring the plunks: 1t Is work along the right line that the world parts with it's long green to pay fUr. Even if you make a perfect product, you must tell about it in order to sell 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
MT. L. F. Gellerstedt of Tro
Women as Voters.

Chicago Chronicle.
 It is gratifying to hear a contradictory report in regard to the stuffing of ballot boxes by women voters in Colorado. Ava Adams of Colorado and Ellis Mere dith both repudiate the statements made ten days ago that women are responsi- ble for the recent Shafroth election. The story weot that one of the feminine ward bosses held a council at her home to de- wise ways and means of getting bogus ballots into the box and having them
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
The Two Men.

Decatur News.
 Bryan Is now making a tour of the Southern States, making speeches in fo vor of free silver and denouncing Grover Cleveland. the only Democratic Presi- dent we have had since the war. Cleve- defeated twice; Cleveland can be elected again, and Bryan would be defeated again.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
"A Liquor Ration.

Gausden Journal
 The pay of private soldier in the Rus sian army is only about one dollar month. Something like a quart of liqucI a week is included in his rations, how ever. and this probably makes him in ceiYeS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
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Railroad Passes.

Birmingham Age-Herald
 Railroad passes still continue to be in demand even if the United States Supreme Court does say deadheads have no rigpts the courts are bound to respect.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
Jump or Fly.

Shelby Chronicle. -
 Secretary Shaw mas decided that the frog is a bird when imported for gastto- homie purposes. The Secretary did not jump at this conclusion, but arrived at 1t by a flight of logic.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01

The Portland Oregonian somewhat con- temptuously remarks that 'the Demo- cratic party has plenty of Presidential timber. such as 1t is." Just so, and the Repnbliean party now appears to have anIy one piece, "such as t ls
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
Any Other Union.
Mnhila liz

MODiIe Item.
 The old maid III Chicago who advocates union girls discarding the attentions Of all young men who are not members of some union, forgets that most women ob1ect to any other union where their husbands are concerned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01

We don't know whether it was our aereolite that The Tampa Tribune man saw. but if 1t was 1t must have spread very much after it got to Florida. for The Tribune says 1t was about as big as a city block" How big was the editors scare7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01

In 1857 the people of Oregon voted three to one against having slavery in the State and about eight to one against free negroes. They were evidently against colored people in any way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01

The fact that 1t Is unsafe to hold eggs and equally unsafe to drop them leaves one in something of quandary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01

We'll, they can't deny Cleveland's hu- manity. at all events. He says let Mr. Bryan talk. knowing that it's talk or ex- plode.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01

The police arrested a man in Kansas City the other night because he lay down across street car track. Evidently a man isn't allowed much personal liberty in that town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-01
The Unpardonable Sin

Louisville Courier-Journal
 Although declining to say whether ba would bolt in 1904, Mir. Bryan never hesIs tates to hold guilty of the unpardona hio sin those Democrats who bolted in lSo6 and 1900 A''o