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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09

4 recently made grave in the noun
taius OF Kentucky contains the body
of Col David O. Colsons a handsome,
fearless man. as cool as the blue barrel
OF his Colts As, and one OF the priuci-
pals Ia q tragedy in which three men
were killed, and four were seriously
wounded. He was one OF the wounded
and his death was the indirect result Of
injuries then received.
Dave" COlson served two terms ia
Congress, representing the Eleventh dis
Jrlct. up iu the mountains Before he
came 10 Washington he served as a
member Of the State legislature and
when le came here the first time IL was
70 become q special examiner in the
Pension Bureau.
Resigned from Congress.
Resigning from Congress. be became
colonel OF the Fourth Kentucky. during
the Spanish war.
Foolish " him 10 resign for the sake
Of "a commission. SAID mis- associate VINO
knew that his prospects were fright.
even " Ae was "a Republican iu Demo
cratic Kentucky. But they Gid not know
taa man they were talking aB0ut-at
least not until after the tragedy which
finally cost Colsou his lie
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1904-12-10

savage days when people clothed
themseles with the hides Of beasts.
With such advantages as this, our
power can be made so great that
all nations will tremble before it.
But, besides our supremacy in
cotton, we have one~half of the
United States. We have the
most fertile agricultural lands in
the world for the raising of Ill
kinds of grain, fruits and vege-
tables. We have the RICHEST iron
and coal fields in the world. We
have . climate that 10 uusurpass-
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1904-12-10

veIop the greatest natural re.
sources that havsnever blessed
any country m the world. We
have within these, resources .
power that aall-the enemies that
can be rallied against US cannot
withstand. 1t is q power that will
bring the world to our feet, If
properly used. We have the
woIld's.s supremacy in cotton.
Without the aid of the South the
teerhing millions sSof the worlds
population, or a great portion Of
Ii, walld have to 60 back to the
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1904-12-10

ed by any country in the world.
With all these advantages we can
make our power, if we will only
slo SO, bounded ouly by the limit
OF fiulte things.
There is nothing in the politi-
cal situation to discourage us.
We are able to protect our civilis
zation and we have the resources
tEat will enable us to live under
a bad government longer than
the North can. Let US then set
our faces to the future and 90 to
work. Let us build factories for
the manufacture of all our cot
ton, all of our timber, our iron,
| our wool and our hides. Thisswe
can do without outside help, If
necessary, and it would be bet
ter for us to depend more upon.
ourselves. 1t would make US feel
more independent. Besides, we
should have the profit of our re.
souces ourselves, and not let
others get the lions share. OF
course, we are always glad to
ma1onnoa outc.da canital huf wo
are no more dependent on it
than we are on the Eastern banks
for money Ito move our cotton
crop.
The South can and must be
made the financial and industrial
center Of the world, and then we
will be able to dictate politics.
For the present let US work. -
Meridian Star,
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1904-12-10

Tuesday moraing. Novem bsr
22nd, 1904, just as the darkness OF
night was fading and the frst
rays of morning were penetrs ting
the eastern sky with their beslti.>
full rosy light, the pure. spotless
spirit OF Theola. daughter Of Mr.. !.
and Mrs. John Boydstoa, Jr.
left the lovely little body and
winged it, way to its Saviour's
arms, there to rest etsrnally. ii
Little Theols was only about
ten months old, bnt even though
she was SO young she had alrsAd Ady
become the hope and the bright,
guiding star Of the lives OF her
young devoted parents.
While We realize that II is go
hard for thsm to give her Up, and
that there ID one less In the little
home, we also realize that there
10 one more II Heaven-thsre s
one more tie 10 bind them there,
and to those ve would ,say:
Mourn not the dsad. tho like the
flower,
just opening TO mornings ray,
Chilled by diseases cruel powse,
She fell from loves embrace away,g
Where breathss 10 ohillor tainted
air,
Where falls no darkness Of the
tomb,
Ehe,l prove the loving Baviour's
care.
And blossom In immortal bloom.
aGysyr DARER,a
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1904-12-10
A.Aas sk xkss tksszs 49, \ zzbsisa
Whatdhe South Can Do
The effort of the South should

The effort of the South Should
be to secure Industrial and com
mercial supremacy and then, ,she
can get what she wants in poll
tics. Let her people hold fast to
those eternal principles of fright
and justice which have always
been theirs. Let them point their
children to the cherished ideals;
that they have made our country
great. But while they are doing
this let them goxto work aud des
The daily sentinel., 1904-08-17

Some one VISA thought to be dy-
ing in the eastern part of the city
last night, on Main near 1lth. Inves-
tigation. however, showed that it was
nothing more than a balky automo-
bile. The writer did not get out of
bed to see whose auto it was, but pre-
sumably either Dr. Bull or DR.. Han
son was the owner. Such bucking
no wild and unframed broncho ever
did. 1t snorted and it pulled and
blew off steam or something else. but
it did not move or would not move.
At first, when noticed there was a
report like the going off of a shot gun,
then it quieted down to an unearthly
shrek, The writer went off to sleep
believing that one of the good doctors
would come to the others rescue and
knowing also that no animal or hum
an being was suffering. But if that
is the manner in which one of those
red devils buck. we will abandon the
idea of getting them for the carrier
boys. with which they would have
distributed their papers.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-09

The current balance needed in ordinary
times is not less than $50, 900. 600 The
remainder would not last three years at
the present rate of spending. and we
have no security that this rate will
not grow or that revenue will not fall
of.
The chief Significance Of these fg-
change they disclose; 1t lie in the fact
that changes are constantly taking
place, sometimes In one direction and
then in another. without the Govern
ment. either the executive or the legis-
lative branch. being able 10 foresee
them or to provide against them. The
yield of our taxes, especially OF our
tariff taxes, is not capable of anything
like accurate estimate. The tariff du-
ties are not imposed for revenue. they
are very high. they give heavy returns
when the country Is prosperous, and
they fall of rapidly and largely under
the influence of the first impulse to-
ward economy. While the returns are
large, the drafts on them are sure TO be
still larger. The protected interests,
dreading a possible reduction. press for
and little. join in the pressure. and the
rate of expenditure Is forced up. and
is not easily cut down again. This was
what happened under the administra-
ton of President Harrison q dozen
years ago, and 1t Is bound to happen
over and over again unless the system
Of taxation and the mode OF reguIat-
ing expenditure are changed. We are
rich and strong people. and we can
stand a pretty irregular method of life.
but in the long run IT will tell upon
US. 1t Is no more desirable or safe for
a nation than for a man to pass con-
tipually from a feast to a famine.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-09
cIeveIand's High Character.

Editorial In Boston Herald.
1t is the ordinary experience of man
to be much more thought of and re-
spected when in high public ONCE
than when out of 1t, the reason for
this being that Party loyalty, the un-
conscious spirit of hero worship, and
the less commendable desire to be in
favor with a man who possesses in
large degree the power of patronage.
all combine to make even an inferior
man a person worthy of admiration
and confidence.
But when these exterior influences
are removed and one who has held a
high official position becomes simply
a private citizen, and his acts of omis-
disinterested manner. he quickly sinks
to his proper level, whatever that may
be, and sometimes by reaction to a
much lower level than his record
really merits.
Mr.. Cleveland's experience has been
quite the reverse of this. In 1895 he
was thought to be, II one could Judge
by the comments and criticisms made
concerning him, both by Democrats and
Republicans. about the most unpopular
and disappointing President that had
ever been the chief executive of this
nation, with the possible exception OF
Andrew Johnson.
But after time had been given for
political and personal antagonisms to
abate, this Judgment has been singu-
larly reversed, and 1t has been recog-
nized by those who were most out
spoken in their denunciation of him
that his career in ONCE was, on the
whole. worthy of the highest common
dation; that he was misjudged be-
cause those who were opposed to him
were less patriotic, honest and far
sighted than he.
We believe the time Is coming when
it will be generally realized that Mr..
Cleveland during his second presiden-
tial term was in the true sense OF the
term the savior of his country, and,
that but for his stalwart courage in
insisting upon the maintenance, no
matter what the immediate results
might be, of true standard of cur
rency, the American nation would have
been plunged into an abyss of fiscal
disorder which would have destroyed
the possibility of national well-being
during the lives of the present genera
ton, an experience which might per-
haps have gone far toward shipwreck-
ting our political institutions.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-09

= .
So far as we can see, the end seat
man has a pretty good case. 1t Is, of
course, the desirable seat. What call
has the man who has secured a desira-
BILE seat by getting upon the car first
to get up and yield 1t to any Tom, Dick
and Harry who butts in afterwards?
1t would be just as sensible to expect
him to get up and give his seat in a
steam car to the man who gets on at
the next station.
But. as we have said. here as else
where, common sense and politeness
should govern. No man Of proper
sensibilities would stick to the end seat
and make woman or an old and fee
BILE iman crowd by him, unless he ex-
pected to alight shortly and would In
convenience passengers more by NOV
inc than by keeping his place.
In short, the man on the end seat
should be governed by the same rules
as the man who has a seat in a crowd
ell car.
1t is not the custom in the South for
gentlemen to sit while feeble men or
ladies stand. The same code should ap-
ply to the man on the end seat. He
should yield to woman and old mel,
but he is under no obligations to yield
to anybody else, and to abuse him for
not doing so is to talk rank nonsense.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-09
THE PRESS ASSOCIATES.
President VERIFY Calls MeetinS OF Ex-
ecatfye COmnattee.

President VERIFY Calls MeetinS OF Elk
ecsative COMMITTEES.
To the Members Of the Executive Conn
mittee, Alabama Press Association.
Gentlemen-From facts and informa-
ton before me. ! deem It OF the utmost
In portance to the welfare and interest
Of the Alabama Press Association that
meeting of its Executive Committee
be held at as early time as possible.
/ am informed that the chairman OF
the special committee on arranging Tor
the press trip to st. Louis now mas
$500 on deposit in bank for Pullman
reservations for eighty persons.
That committee desires TO submit 20
the Executive Committee important
matters pertaining to that press trip.
and upon final action of the Executive
Committee depends whether that press
trip shall be perfected ,or be aban-
doned.
There are other matters to be con-
sidered by the Executive Comnittee.
Matters which the Executive Commit
teo must give their attention in order
to avoid unpleasantness at the annual
meeting at Bessemer.
For reasons stated, 1 call the Exec
utive Committee of the Alabama Press
Association to meet at the Commercial
Club rooms In the city of Birmingham
Oh Wednesday morning. June is, at 10
o'clock, at which time ! urge every
OF the Executive Committee to
ba present.
Respectfully.
w. e. W. Yerby,
President Alabama Press Association,
Ex-omcio Chairman Executive Com
mittee,
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-09
PARKER's CHANCES.
Failure So Far to Make a Combs
Against Him.

Failure So Far to Make q Combine
Against Him.
Washington Special to The Chicago
RecordHeraid.
Unless the eminent politicians of the
Democracy who are or who pretend to
be anti-Parker are able to make much
more progress toward forming a com
bination than they have made UP to
this hour. 1t may be assumed mat
Judge Parker is to be the nominee at
st. Louis. States which have indorsed
him or instruction for him up to this
time are: Alabama, %; Connecticut,
II; Georgia, 26; Indiana, 80; New
Hampshire, 8; New York, is; Tennes-
see. "a; total, 202.
Little or no doubt exists that he will
have the solid vote of the following
states under the unit rule: Vermont,
8; Virginia. "a South Carolina, 49,;
Mississippi, 20; Louisiana, Is: Texas, 36:
Arkansas. 1S; MICHIGAN. 2s: North Da-
kcta, 8; Alaska, 8; Total, 1874.
To these 3s6 secure votes, Minnesota,
Montana, Florida and Kentucky, with a
total of "a. are quite likely to be
added. carrying the total up to $50.
But this does not by any means ex-
haust the Parker hopes. l have In
formation from New York that Judge
Farker's friends are counting on Jae
twenty-four votes of New Jersey, eth
er with or without the cooperation of
former Senator Smith. They claim
they have an arrangement with Col
onel Guffey which will land Pennsyl-
vania's sixty-eight in the Parker col
umn. and say Colonel Guffey Is only
flirting with Mr.. German. They be-
lieve the Judge will get Colorado with
ten votes. They have long had COM
munication with Josiah quincy and
other friends of Richard Olney in Mas
sachusetts, and they assert that after
Mr.. Olney has had a chance at the run
ming. the Bay State will swing her
thirty-two votes for Parker. Indeed,
1t is declared, Olney was brought out
as a candidate only for the purpose of
defeating Hearst. AS with Massactis-
setts so with Wisconsin, whose TWEEN.
ty-six votes are counted on after u
complimentary ballot or two for Wall.
Mr.. Sheehan is now on his way to st.
Louis to see what can be done in the
way of getting the thirty-six votes of
Missouri. after Senator Cockrell has
had his complimentary ballot. Nor is
1t certain that the Democracy of ILL
nois will be so foolish as to throw IT.
self away on the declining, discredited
Land hopeless Hearst chase.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-09
A Feast or a Famine.


NCh OTh
The Treasury statement at the open
ing of the present month has attracted
more attention throughout the country
than any like statemen made in half a
dozen years. This is not surprising
when we consider the actual situation,
compare II with that existing one short
year ago. and try, from the comparison,
to forecast the immediate future. Last
December Secretary Shaw, reviewing
tha operations of the Treasury for the
fiscal year closing five months before,
yentured to predict that there would
be, by July l.. surplus of receipts of
$14. 900, 900. We are within a month of
the close of the current fiscal year and
there is. instead, an actual deficit in
revenue of a little over $50 ,000, 900. IL
is explained that this is due to the pay
nents on account Of the Panama Canal
and the Louisiana Exposition, which
have been $54, 500, 900. without these
payments there would have been in the
eleven mouths of the current year an
excess of revenue over expenditures or
a little less than $2,000,000. The total
excess for the year, exclusive of the ex-
treordinary payments, would possibly
have been $4,000,000.
1t may be said that an error of S1O.-
1915, 100000 is not very important, and
1t is not, but when IL is recalled that
the Secretary estimated in the same re-
port that the deficit for the next year
would be s23, 900, 900 1t will be seen that
tho same ratio of error in calculation
would bring that deficit up to at least
$50. 900, 900, and that this follows on a
surplus for the fiscal year 1903 of over
$4,000, 600. 1t is a change for the
worse in two years, leaving out the
Unusual demands on the Treasury. of
some $S4,000,00O. Including the Pan
anna and exposition payments, the diff
ference to the Treasury is at least
100000. 900 in two years. And we are
bound to remember that the payment
for the purchase money of the Panama
Canal and to the Republic of Panama,
though 1t is, of course, extraordinary,
and will not have to be made again,
must he followed by very heavy ex-
pcrditure for the construction of the
canal, and this will be pressed as rap
idly as possible. That is an element In
the calculations of the Treasury for
years to come that cannot safely be
regarded as extraordinary at all; IL is
definite and Inevitable and must be con-
sidered. 1t is now absolutely certain
that we have passed from a period of
large SURPRISES in the Treasury to a pc
Rod of deficits, which. If the revenues
anu the expenditures are not radically
modified, are bound also to be large
Nor have we a very considerable accu-
mutation to fall back on. The net
available balance is now set down at
tl6S,000, 900. That Is not tnexhaustihla.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-09
Up Against II.

Chattanooga Times.
Mr.. Bryan has pumped sQuarely
against a knockout proposition by his
foolish and unreasonable opposition to
Judge Parker. of whom he says in a
recent statement: He is a creature
Of the reorganized." And now the
friends of Senators Carmack Bailey.
Culberson, Daniel and whole host Of
Congressman and lesser leaders who
are ardently for Judge Parker, are at
ter the Nebraskan with a sharp stick
Bryan who arrogates to himself the
authority to dictate to Carmack, Dam
iel Bailey and the rest? Who gives
him the authority to question their
Democracy or to accuse them of
treachery?" In fact. Mr. Bryan has
got himself very cordially disiiked bv
his course. and the indications now are
that he will be totally without follow
ing at St Louis
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-09
Keeping Up European Armieu.

InIIdueIphIa Ledger.
Conscription as it is now practiced
In Europe is a modern development of
the Roman military system, and while
it has been adopted in one or another
form by all. it has reached its most
drastic shape in France and Germany.
1t was the terrible power of conscrfp-
ton that enabled Napoleon to carry on
the gigantic wars which placed all
Europe at his feet Prussia's inRenu-
ity in evading ths bard conditions i'm
posed upon her in the treaty of Tilsit.
by adopting the short term and re-
serve system, was the foundation of
the practice by which entire popula-
lions pass under military training and
by which Europe has been turned into
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-09
He Was Not There.

OHdLIdNOOEd IIWtS,
That was a touching and beautiful
service at Arlington Cemetery-the
members of the G. A. r. and represent
atves of the army of the United States
participating in a ceremony in honor
of the Confederate dead buried there.
1t is noteworthy that the President of
withstanding the service was the di-
rect result of the initiative taken to
that end by the late President McKin-
been there to say a few words thai
would have still further cemented the
friendship between the sections It is
deplorable that Mr.. Roosevelt seems
bent on undotng what Mr.. Mckinley
was most active in accomplishing for
the completest harmony Of national
sentiment between the people of the
North and South.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-09
Do We Eat Too nInoh,
Rohert Webster Jones ln Inna I1ons

RODeTI WtDsIFT JOnes In june HOuse-
keeper.
Psychologist say that the Japanese
present the most perfect PHYSIQUE Of
any race in the world Most NJ the
diseases common to the occident are
unknown among the subjects of the
mikado, and this happy condition thew
themselves attribute to the fact thai
they eat sparingly and only of pIain
nourishing food. A Japanese visitinG
in this country is appalled, at the ouane
tity OF foud consumed by his host in
one day. Especially is he Impressed
with the extravaganza of our poorer
people. In japan meat once a dav il
q luxury even among tha XallstR-RG,
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-09
The Llneville HeadlIght

right road when it is talking for cot
ton factory at that place. II they
succeed in their railroad project we
know of no more appropriate place for
various small industries than LinevilIe,
and they Will pay. We beg to suggest,
however, that when they get adequate
shipping facilities they devote some
capital to the task OF manufacturing
some of the fine timber that abounds
in Clay County. We know there's
money in 1t for the raw material is at
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-09

The information is made public that
Governor w. d. Jelks of Alabama &c
suffering from tuberculosis and that 1t
Is not at all likely that he will ever be
able to perform his executive duties
again. Few of the younger men in
the south have made as promising a
beginning in public life as Governor
jerks. He took very advanced posi-
tons on public questions in behalf of
honest elections and good government
ana his influence in the politics of his
state has been distinctly elevating
That man OF such promise and who
had already made himself so useful to
his State should be stricken in his
young manhood is one of the inscruta-
BILE dispensations of Providence of
which we have frequent manifestations
and for which humanity has nothing
to do but to submit as reverentially
and uncomplainingly as 1t may.-ChAt-
tanooga Times.
All that The Times says in com
mendation of Governor Jelks is fully
merlted. We are glad to state that
the condition of his health is not such
as to warrant its forebodings. The
accounts that come from him are of
the most reassuring character and
there is every reason to hope that he
will return to Alabama fully restored
and fill out his term of office.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-09

The suggestion is made that II
Roosevelt fails to secure the nomina-
tion, or If he is nominated and de-
feated, he go out to some portion of
the wild and woolly west and start a
newspaper, a la Bryan. The Cow
boy" is suggested as a good title, and
we have no doubt that he and Mr..
Bryan could think of a number of
warm things to say about matters in
general
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-09
Wants n DOdger.
EirYnfp cham I,adpar

-
the millionaire Congressman, to the
Senate. We are for Sibley. He is
likely to turn up a Democratic Sena-
tor any old day, and we may need him.
Sometimes he represents his district
as A Democrat and sometimes as a Re
publican, and he may do the same thing
in the Senate from Pennsylvania.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-09

birmingham !

Mr. Reginald Vanderbilt is reported
10 have gotten perfectly furious be-
cause his horses failed to secure the
blue ribbons at the Philadelphia horse
show. An animate being is somewhat
excusable for losing his temper be-
set in Philadelphia.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-09
One ThinR sure, at Least.

Philadelphia Ledger.
Hicks-Of course we'll have to stop
for bit of lunch ia try that light
lunch cafe, but I'm afraid I wouldn't
get anything there that would stand
by me until dinner time.
Wicks-Oh. yes, you would.
Hicks-What?
Wicks-Indigestion.