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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
The Result In Maine.

Ne" 1oFk HeralQ.
 It may be too early to determine ex actly how far the marked reduction of Republican pluralities in Maine on Monday was due to the burdensome and oppressive effects of high protec- uonism. but It apparently indicates a publican camp itself against the enor- mites of the Dingley tariff. which the radical clements of the party In power sternly refuse to revise or reduce. With all it's magnificent natural resources Maine Is forging rapidly ahead in the development of her manufactures, and according to the census of 1900 she had invested $122,91S,S26 of capital in her mills and factories. with an<nnual pro- duct of $127,361,4S5 Would 1t not be strange indeed if there were no move ment now among her manufacturers and wage earners to secure the reef procity which Mir Blaine so long cham pioned, a reciprocity by which they could obtain foreign raw materials free of duty for the extension of their in- dustries and the lucrative increase of their export trade?
 So far as the undercurrents of pop ular opinion throughout the country are indicated by the Maine elections. it is evident that the great battle for constitutionalism, judicious reform of turn to economy in governmental ex- penditures and other reforms to which Judge Parker's candidacy Is pledged will now be pressed with new hope and spirit in every State of the Union. When Judge Parker's forthcoming..l let ter of acceptance, which Is soon t~ be given out Is placed before the national electorate, and his campaign is fully inaugurated, the political outlook may undergo a radical change and the fight for constitutional government will not be apathetic.
 But the people must decide.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
< CRrprTAnLr prIrrERENcE.

It is singular and discouragins phase ef our politics. and of the chang ed ideas of our government, that most of the Republicans and some Democrats
 are continually criticising Judge Par ker for his calm and judicial temper and comparing him unfavorably with the explosive and spectacular Roose- welt. It Is becoming q common cause of complaint with this misguided ele- ment that Parker lacks strenuosity, that he is too calm and equible. and that. he has none of Roosevelts ex- plosive and reckless responsibility in
 his makeup.
 We say this is discouraging. because
 1t indicates a wrong view of the char
 acter and theory of -our government. If
 ours were a government of force and
 military domination, like Russia or
 even Germany we could understand how a man like Roosevelt might be considered the proper sort of man for ruler, but this is supposed to be government of law, of judicious and calm statesmanship and of conservat- ism. If the theory of the government is adhered to the best man for Presi- dent would be the man of broad states manship. of a judicial turn of mind and of weil-balanced judgment We do not want a Louis XIV with his T am the State" for President. nor does the country need a man whose greatest qualification in the estimation of his party friends is that he is "a man who does things" Roosevelt wants to do too much.
 If Judge Parker is in many respects the antithesis Of Roosevelt. that fact Is Ito his credit, and should strengthen him with the American people. Not in half a century has there been more urgent need for cool, conservative Judgment in the Presidential office than is now. Republicans sheer at the idea that there is danger to the country from such a man as Roosevelt, but they know it and many of them do not hesitate to express their apprehension. He has shown himself to be dangerous to the peace anu WclldIc Ol thS N"eh try even while he Is trying to repress himself for political reasons. If elected he will take that election as an endorsement by the American people of himself and his methods and he will then remove all restraints from his con- duct He has already shown that he has little respect for the Constitution, or for decency and probity in official life, and his continuation in office will mean the rule of a thoroughly irrespon- sible autocrat.
 Not only Democrats. but good men of all parties, should welcome the op- portunity of electing a President who combines knowledge and statesman ship with calm, conservative tempera- ment and judicial mind and training which will lead him to administer the affairs of the government with more regard for its credit and stability than for his own aggrandizement. In short, let us have in place of a President who only does things" a man who does things right"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
VIEWS OF AN ALABAMIAN.
Who Has Been Canvassing in Nc
 York and New Jersey.

Who Has Been Canvassing in New
 York and New Jersey.
 Hon. Thomas II. Clark has returned from short campaigning tour in be- half of Parker and Davis in New York and New Jersey. When seen by Post discover the lack of interest in the campaign that so many observers claim to see.
 at Orange, N. J. There were more than 5000 in the crowd, and 1t was agreed there had never before been such rally at that placs. did not particularly. but l did take the throng of people as showing there is a deep interest in the Presidential contest.
 The really significant point in all man may at this time intend to vote, he frankly confesses to a distrust or the temper and character of Ptesi- dent Roosevelt In my speeches dis covered l could everywhere win ready applause in defending Lincolns repu- tation against the implication of Sec retary Hay, that his present chic: is like Lincoln Having a profound ad- miration for Lincoln, I could conscien- tiously and with a more or less strik- ing effect. as a Southern man. protest that the embodiment of breeding gen tleness l recognized as the great eman- cipator, was the direct opposite, the perfect antipode of the man in impet- uous retirement, turbulent quiet at Oyster Bay
 Tt seems clear to me the Presidents 8 personality will be one of the com manding issues. His dramatic hiding out assures this. eve& if the labored ef- forts of good men like Secretary Taft and Senator O. H. Platt to eXculpate e him did not provoke sharp inspection of boiSterous career.
 The really commanding issue, in Sly Judgment. will be the tariff. This country has outgrown the protective system. If not menace. it is a hind rance to our highest development, and venture to predict that this issue will be pushed steadily to the front during the remainder of the campaign"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17

The Washington Post summarizes Chairman Babcock's explanation of the Democratic trend of the city vote in the last campaign: Tt was, in his expert opinion. the direct result of Republican policy. It was the protest against the enormously increased cost of living, the protest made by many thousands of salaried men and others whose incomes had remained in statu quo while the cost of subsistence had gone up. up, up, until the era of unexampled prosperi- come to them an era of maximum pri- vation."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17

The Attorney General of Kansas will be sustained by the entire fraternity of school children in his expressed opinion that a teacher has no legal right to compel one pupil to inform on another. It has always seemed to us that 1t is hardship to clothe teach CTS with the powers of judge and jury and allow them to force an honorable and high-minded boy or girl to give testimony against another. It is true that this may in many cases be the only way to bring a culprit to justice but it is hard on the unwilling wit ness in more ways than one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
Rich Man and Ills Money.

BTUOKTyH EaRIt.
 Whether Mir. Rockefeller is to start a bank in London or not, the statement is of interest because. it indicates how does not know MT. Rockefeller and has no money in his enterprises is de- voting its leisure to thinking about his business. MT. Rockefeller is so many times a millionaire that unless he hires a secretary to do nothing but make daily estimates from the stock quotations he could not tell within s6.000,0 900 or $S000, 900 just what he Is worth. Unless Mir. Rockefeller gives away money much faster than he is giving it now his wealth Is sure to in- crease so fast that everything in the country Is his for the buying.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
Sympathy for the Greater Rogue.

Hartford ICOnn. COurant.
 To our notion the most singular de- tail of the whole green goods transac- tion is that the public almost invaria- bly sympathizes with the fellow whom the professional rascals succeed In duping. Now, such a person is. even more contemptible than the open knaves who do for him. He sets out to get counterfeit money for the pur- pose of working 1t off on his own friends and acquaintances, the persons with whom he Is daily in contact and so far as he has character and standing to just that extent he trusts to his good name to help him unload what is bad. He goes in to cheat oth- CTS and in the end he Is cheated him self. He Is at least as mean as the other fellow and any sympathy be- slowed on him Is worse than thrown away,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
electorate would be greatly improved
 if all the States would raise the stand

electorate would be greatly improved if all the States would raise the stand ard.
 Mir Roosevelt will continue to force incompetent negroes into Federal of fices in the Southern States. That Is one of the domestic policies" which he is now carrying out, and which he says it would be disastrous to reverse or abandon"
 To think of the insolence of the man in saying. in effect, that the problem of the South Is the same as that in the Philippines! The Southern States were long ago readmitted to the Upfon as States on equal terms with the other States, and the treatment of them. as such, since 1876. has enabled them to become once more sources of wealth and strength to the whole country. Roosevelts proposed policy would soon make them so many fostering sores in the body poliric
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
NATION PAYS OFFICERS TIPS.
Navy Department Authorizes Expenditure
 of Fifty Gents a Day.

Navy Department Authorizes Expenditure
 of Fifty Gents a Day.
 Philadelphia Record.
 Washington.-Tipping on legal schedule will be a boon to the great travelling and dining public. According to Secretary Paul Morton, of the navy, who comes direct from the management of a great railway system. and therefore ought to know. 'an officer and gentleman should salve the hand of the railway porter and the din ing-car waiter with at least a quarter apiece. Foreigners. however, are entitled to just twice that amount.
 This valuable dictum originated with Paymaster General Harris, of the navy, but it is endorsed by and issued over the signature of Secretary Morton The ul- tmatum as to naval expenditures comes as a general order. It includes not only the tips to be gives at hotels and on the train, fifty cents per diem. but prescribes Sl meals on the rails and hotel rates of S5. The baggaeeman is allowed S1 for carrying a trunk to from the hotel and other ex- penses are in proportion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
APerorntiop That Is a Threat.

Charleston NeWS ana courier
 The peromtion of MT. Roosevelt's s letter, for a letter that is merely a written oration may very welt have a peroration. cannot fail to arouse the South and the North as well, for it threatens the renewal of the horrors of reconstruction and carpet bagging In the South if MT. Roosevelt Is re- elected to the Presidency. and can con- trol the action of Congress.
 The assertion made as the excuse for this threat is purely maliciovs, the ut terance of a diabQHcal mind bent on mischief. MT. Roosevelt says:
 Gan our opponents deny that here at home the principles of. the Four teenth and Fifteenth amendments have been in effect nulllfied? In this as well as In many other matters we at of those responsible for the actual management of affairs in the Philip pines. In our great commonwealths here in the United States We as q of securing fair treatment to each man regardless of race or color. We can do so only if we approach the problem in the spirit of courage. common sense which has enabled Governor Taft, Gov ernor Wright and their associates to do so noble work in giving to the Philippine people the benefit of the true principles of Ameriean liberty.
 We do not stand still. We press steadily forward toward the goal of moral and material well-being for our people. of just and fearless dealing to- ward all other peoples, in the interest not only of this country, but of man kind There is not policy. foreign or domestic, which we now are carrying out. which it would not be disastrous to reverse or abandon"
 We have said that MT. Roosevelt g assertion that the principles of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments have been nullifed in the South is ma licious. It Is also false. The princi- pies of those amendments are that the qualifications for suffrage should be alike for both races, and that the ne- gro should not be discriminated against in public places. So far as our State laws are concerned these amend ments have been obeyed. The qualii- cations for suffrage are alike for black and white. It is the negro's own fault If he cannot measure up to the stand ard required of the white man. Our law as to the suffrage is about the same as that of Massachusetts. but no attempt is made to Interfere with that State because of it's educational quali- hcations of the right to vote. All that has been done in the South, has been to raise the standard of suffrage. The
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17

According to an announcement of The New York Sun it is on the cards that as one result of the interparlia- mentary Congress in St. Louis this week President Roosevelt will be asked to call a second peace conference simi- tar to that held at The Hague. The New Orleans States very aptly says: It would have been obviously out of place at this juncture to ask the Czar of Russia to further interpose in keeping the peace of the world. He Is other wise engaged. But is 1t any more suit able to appeal to the Rough Rider in the White House? No other nation is quite so sedulously engaged in making ready for war as our own nation under its present strenuous guidance. True, our President is a professed friend of arbitration: but he would arbitrate with guns. As an apostle of peace he is q deeided misft."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
Pianos.

Finestgrade, latest style up- right; all in stock to go at factory cost. Going out of the business is the reason. From now on will sell Sew- ing Machines. We also have a large lot of Guitars, Violins and MandolinS to close out.
 R. L. PENlCK.
 Montgomery, Ala
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER IF, 1904.
srUFFrNG THE PAY ROLLS.


 IT we sometimes incline to the opinion that our Legislatures are not as econo- mical as they might be we ought to compare them with the California pro- auct There has been proposed an amendment to the Constitution of that State allowing members pay for eighty days at each session, at SS a day, and also allowing each member d clerk of his own selection. There are forty Senators and eighty members of the lower house. so that the pay of the members would amount to s76.S00 at each session. and if the clerks get half as much as the members these two Items would foot up $115,20O per ses- sion. We wouldn't look on that as much of a limitation" in Alabama, but The Sacramento Bee says:
 The need of such a limitation will be understood in view of the fact that the last Legislature paid out $1,600 a day for attaches. few of whom did any work. The Assembly had 222 attaches and the Senate 195. There were twenty mine Assistant Sergeants- Arms in the Senate--a most ridiculous and barefaced stuffing of the salary roll.
 We should certainly call that an ex ample of ridiculous and bare-faced stuffing of the salary roll" If The Bee had characterized it as barefaced stealing 1t would have been nearer cor rect. There were. as this shows nearly four attaches" to each mem Der of the two Houses. and 1t must an- these hangers-on employed. And 1t is not without interest to note that two-thirds of the California Legisla- tors are Republicans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
Big Stick. Spurs and six-shooter.

NeW 1OTk AIneTICdn.
 If. on the other hand. they (the Democrats) should come in and re- verse any or all of our policies. by just so much would the nation as a whole be damaged"
 The big stick, the spurs. the six shooter and the flannel shirt may be hidden now. but in the event of his election the Broncho Buster will again take the saddle.
 That is the keynote of MT. Roose- velt's letter. and he cannot smother 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17

The men who get up statistics and things assure us that this years apple crop will furnish barrel of apples for every man. woman and child in the United States. That Is interesting, but they fail To tell us how to secure an equal division.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17

So far as we have been able to keep the run of the procession the Republi- cans are not keeping up with their record as campaigners We don't re- member that one of, them has yet as- serted that the election of Parker will shut down all the mills and factories and put out the fires in all the foun- dries. They are shamefully neglecting their opportunities.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
Old Sewing Machines
 Wanted.

Will take any make of old machine as part pay on one of our Improved Ball Bearing Machines. New Home, Im- proved White, or New No. g Wheeler & Wilson. Every one of our machines fully guaranteed.
 R. L. PENICK,
 Montgomery, Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17

We are totally at a loss to understand why Roosevelt and his friends should so bitterly deny the state- ment that he had received a visit from Pierpont Morgan. So many worse men than Morgan visit him that we see no cause for all the mysteries about his supposed visit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17

A Democratic gain in Maine of nearly 25 per cent. over the vote of 1900, and a Republican gain of only per cent, doesn't give the latter anything to brag about. If the Democrats do as well elsewhere the doubtful States will all go to Parker.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
Likes the Cartoons.

During the campaign we are reading The New York World. one of the great est newspapers of the country. While it's cartoon features are good, and are widely copied. to our mind they do not equal those of some of our own dailles notably The Montgomery Advertiser and the Birmingham Age Herald. For point. originality and humor the work of The Advertises and The Age-Herald artists is hard to excel.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
H sOITD FOUNDATION.

newspapers foundation IS its chSue tion Our circulation is solid and comoines not only quantity, but class ana qusn.y' The Montgomery Advertiser is acknowi- edged the ideal newspaper of Alabama and Is not only conservative but thoroughly progressive and reaches just the class oi people who possess both intellect and pur- chasing power which is pleasing to the high grade merchants who advertise in us columns. The following statement TOT the month of August, 1904. is compiled oy ano sworn to by our Circulation Manager, and is absolutely reliable.
 Watch us grow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17

It Is not known for certain that Roosevelt and Watson collaborated in the letter of acceptance. or whether it is because great minds run in the same channel. but there's a good deal of similarity plainly visible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17

Alabama, for example. If proper rep- resentations and inducements are made they will come and make their owf selections and purchases. That would be in every way more satisfactory than the lottery plan. as well as more equitable. We don't need any gold- brick business
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
Repair Work.

We make a speciality of re- pairing all makes of sewing machines and all kinds of musical instruments. All work guaranteed.
 R. L. PENiCK,
 Montgomery, Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
Is She Pretty.
Selma Times.


 young Kentucky woman orator has offered her services to the Demo- cratic managers to whoop the boys up. If a pretty woman orator cannot make the Democratic boys yell and throw their hats in the air. we would like to know who could do 1t. We are heart ilv in favor of accepting the young or ators services, prc~.5ed she Is pretty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
It Was Appreciated.

F1OraIa NeWS.
 We thank The Montgomery Advertise CT for a splendid writeup of this sec ton of the State, and Covington county in particular. The article in full ap- pears in this issue of the News. It can not be said that The Advertiser is not State paper.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17

Why shouldn't the participants in the latest battle of Bull Run be some day put on the pension list by execu- tive order, if we have a President like Roosevelt?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
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The Chief Figure.
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MObiIe Item.
 President Roosevelt is reported to have gone to a picnic last Monday Judge Parker is expected to be the chief figure in a picnic along In No vember next.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17

P. J. Kelly, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being du| sworn. says: The foregoing statement of The AdJ vartiser's daily circulation for the moi@ If August, 1904, is true and correct anu complied after all returns from news boys, news agents and leftover copies havS been deducted.
 P. J. KELLY,
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of September. 1904.
 F. ". JACKSON, N. P, Ex-O. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
The Recent Poet.
ne RirminRham N,

BlrmlnRham NEWS. - :
 A correspondent asks us what we think of the poetry of the future. We beg to be excused. We have not yet been able to fttingly express our thoughts of the poetry of the recent poet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
A Good Collector.
Eufaula Times.

It's reported that Frank James has applied to Secretary Cortelyou for job of collecting. If Frank hasn't forgot ten any of his traits before he become civilized he would make a good collec- tor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
Rough On Him.
RirminRh

Birmingham Ledger.
 Another ship Is being built for Capt Peary to go after the pole again. It will be rough on Peary if some ship stumbles on that pole. while hunting whales, or fishing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
A Good Predicate.

Montgomery Times. . The Advertiser admits that It's gram mar lis sometimes wobbly. If our contemporary is out for the seasons compliments it has in this confession hurled a good predicate for popular greeting
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17

The Russians may win In the long run, if Kuropatkin's breath holds out so that he can run long enough.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
He Does It All.

New York World.
 MT, Roosevelts letter leaves no doubt as to who makes the sun shine and the grass grow and the rain fall, the corn to ripen and the hogs to get fat. The Republican party does it all under the indispensable bossing of T. R.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
In Eight Years.
an nhBu Dothan Siftings.

Dothan Siftings.
 In eight years mans thumb nail would grow to be foot long, provided he didn't undertake to do little odd jobs of carpentry about the house.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17
Won't Say It All.

Washington Post.
 It is stated that Judge Parker's let ter of acceptance will be brief. He probably wants to save some of his best thoughts for his message to Con- gross.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17

First, locate the enemy, then dislo- cate him. seems to be the Jap, idea of doing things, and a pretty good idea it is.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-17

The Toronto World inrimates that if the Czar wants to inspect the baltic fleet he'd better get diving bell.