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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21
HE JARRED THEM.

The resignation of Congressman Sha- froth, of Colorado, has given some of the Republicans a jolt that they find 1t difficult to get over. Mir. shaforth's plurality was put down at 2,766 but his seat was contested, and the investigation so convinced him that there was fraud in the election that he didn't walt for the committee to finish the investigation and make it's report, hut resigned his should not be unseated as a result of the contest he would not hold an office if there was reason to believe that fraudu- lent votes were counted for him.
 This is the case in brief, and the Re- publicans are unable to understand how that. In fact, some of them who are accustomed to seeing their party friends counted in when they are not elected apparently look on MT. Shafroth's act as a reflection on them. They appear to think that he acted as he did in order to hold up a mirror to them in which they could see reflected some of their own shortcomings in election methods. The Kansas City Journal says:
 MT. shafroth's merit consists in the fact that he departed from the usual custom and refused even to try to keep a place which he believed majority Of his constituents did not want him in He did only his duty, but his doing his duty makes his case exceptional, for in politics men, as a rule, try to get all they can and to keep all they get
 The Journal in its editorial on the sub ject really endeavors to minimize Mir. Shafroth's credit for his act by arguing that he only did what he should have done, but that is not the point, exactly. He did what Republicans are not in the habit of doing, and what few of them would have done in his place. He is Democrat and they don't thank him for his example. The Journal however, emphasizes the variety of such acts when it speaks of MT. Shafroth as Uniquely Honorable MT. Shafroth."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21
rs rr EvoLUrroNp

| We have never believed much in the theory of evolution. Perhaps that may be owing to the fact that we have never studied 1t as thoroughly as some others have done. All the same, we have never become convert to the doctrine. but we must confess that the recent decision of the Secretary of the Treasury has jarred our unbeiief to some extent We refer to the decision which classes frogs legs as dressed poultry in the tariff schedules.
 Evolution, we understand, teaches that all animal life began with a mere atom. From that 1t gradually rose through worms and fishes and reptiles and birds and animals into human beings. Whether 1t is to stop there or go on higher we are not apprised. but that isn't material. We are perfectly willing for 1t to stop where it is for we hold that the present stage is not a bad one. But. letting that pass, we are compell- ed, however reluctantly, to admit that this late treasury decision has put us to thinking for 1t would seem that the of hciais have bridged over one of the gaps, and have gone at one leap from reptiles to fowls. A frog is a reptile. if we are not at fault, and chicken is fowl shen if frogs legs are dressed poultry 1t follows that chickens, ducks. geese. etc., and frogs all belong to the same family. If that isn't good logic we should Ike to see the hitch in it.
 There is one period when frog and chicken are somewhat similar, or simul- taneous, or something of the kind, At one stage of his growth from tadpole to frog he has two legs and tail, and then there is some such ''similitude" as the officials found when they made their de- cision. Unfortunately for the argument. however, the growing frog takes on two other legs at another stage of his growth and that knocks out his resemblance to the fowl, and spells one step in the up- ward progression.
 It has been intimated by some captious critics of the department officials that the decision might have been made on the vocal attachments of the two creatures. The voice of a. fully grown bullfrog has about as much music in 1t as the lay of duck or goose has, and while that isn't saying much for the musical powers of either 1t may have had something to do with the decision of the tariff experts. If each has hideously ugly voice is not that an evil dence of similarity? Of course it is, and he would be a &hickheaded indi- vidual who would fail to see it. If 1t was not something of this kind that fortified the decision we don't know what it was.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21
The Postage Stamp.

Hartford (Conn.) Couriant.
 It Is curious that with all the search ing after issues that has been going on for years in this country no party has taken up the postage stamp. The postage stamp of modern days is a nuisance in stead of a convenience. It often lac'-s sticking power, but 1t always refuses to tear along the line of the punctures, and often the stamps are so brittle that they break right in two. One half blows away in the draught. and the other half Is no good for carrying a letter. What 1t is that has been cheapened is not explained, but the fact Is there as plain as nose on a mans face that the stamp of today breaks crosswise and up and down and any old way except as 1t Is punched, and that 1t will stick to an- OtheY stamp so that nothing but des- truction of both will separate them, while 1t refuses half the time to stick to an envelope at all De gustibus non est, etc. but for ourselves we admit that the present style of adhesive qualification is not very palatable. The stamps of 1904 have no such taste as the stamps that mother used to make" In old times children begged the privilege of putting the stamps on the envelopes, Today, when they are forced to such work, they follow it up with a wash-out of ger micide and set in to recover a cheerful expression. The promise to produce a stamp that will stay put divide along the pinholes bend without breaking and in other ways fulfill some of the purposes of its erection, will prove a taking ap- peal; but it means a mighty change from what we have had to endure for twenty years
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21
IApAN,s CHEAP mon

Among the sidelights thrown on the ability of the Japanese to live cheaply is letter in Tie Chicago Tribune from Nagasaki, showing the wonderful supply and cheapness of fish. The entire harbor and surrounding waters seem literally filled with fish of almost every known variety, to be had for the taking, or at prices so low as to be almost without cost. For example, the writer speaks of a fish called tai, which Is SO hand some and palatable that 1t is called 'the royal fish of Japan.' yet of those of ''Just under a pound in weight" three can be bought for about cents of our money, while the numerous coarser fishes hardly command any price at all. Of the fish market the writer says:
 The fish market is a great sight, the four streets surrounding a city block lined on either side with shops and stalls where all the ishermen's catch of the night before is displayed each morning In this splendid winter weather, hoar frost on the ground each morning and bright sunshine mellowing the air by monday, the fish market has no unpleas- ant odors, only the moist. sea weed smell that befits the presence of the glittering, glistening, beautifully coiored fish.
 We learn that in other waters in and about Japan something of the same con dltions exist, and as these people can live on fish and rice it makes the cost of feeding an army a small matter com pared with the rations supplied to Euro pean and American soldiers. The cost of an American soldiers daily ration would feed a Japanese soldier at least a week. and this item, both in bulk and cost, is an important one in connection with military operations. It may have an inn portant bearing on the contest now going on.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1904.
oUAL1rrcArroNs FOR OFFICE.

Editor The Advertiser:
 I ask your opinion on this one point: can man become a candidate for office who is nOt a qualified voter, in other words, can a man be a candidate legally for an office who has not registered-or If registered-has not paid his poll tax?
 While general qualifications for holding office. and particular qualifications for holding particular offices (such as that officers must be males and over H years of age, must not have been convicted of certain crimes, that judges must be peksons learned in the law, etc.) are enumerated in the Constitution and requiring that officers must be qualified electors. It may be that under general principles of what may be termed the common political law no one but a qualified elector would have the right to hold a public office. It has been said that any other view would be at war with the theory of our institutions. Our Supreme Court, however. has never de- cided the precise question. It seems clear, however, that even if 1t is neces- sary to be qualified elector in order to be eligible to public office in this State the disqualification relates to the time of holding the office, and not to the time of the election. So if a prospective of ficer lacks only registration or payment of poll tax to be qualified voter he may easily remove either of these objections. He will have an opportunity to register and to pay his poll tax not only before the beginning of his term of office, but also before the general election.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21
TALKED WITH
 SOUTHERN EDIoRs
Leader Murphy Found hem For
 Cleveland.

New York Times Feb. 19.
 Although State Senator Patrick H. Mo- Carren, the Brooklyn Democratic leader, declared yesterday that he regarded didate for the Democratic party to name for the Presidency, while at the same time Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall reiterated with emphasis his dec make the strongest candidate, 1t was learned on the best of authority last night that there has been no break of any sort between the two leaders They will go to the National Convention at St. Louis working in complete unison and abiding by the prevailing sentiment in the State Convention which MT. Murphy almost without question will control.
 Mir Murphy last night said that he had met several of the Southern editors who are now in the city attending the meet ing of the American Newspaper Publish CTS Association at the Democratic Cluo
 couple of evenings ago; Am Among a9nsta 1nsn (Ga.) Chronicle, F. F. Glass Of THe Adler of The Chattanooga Times, D. B. Stahlman of The Nashville Banner; MT Palmer of The Houston Post and Le- land Rankin of The Richmond Times; "One or two of the men spoke or the candidacy of Judge Parker In pleasant terms" said MT. Murphy. but all were were practically agreed that MT. Cleveland | would be by far the strongest man to name. and all declared that he would be elected by an overwhelmingly large ma Jority if nominated. Not only this, ou5 they were of the opinion that he SWoula be nominated by exclamation on the nrs' 1 ballot if his name were presented.
 Since that meeting the Tammany Hal leader has been talking extensively wltn | Democratic editors who have been In tne city attending the publishers meeting, and has been seen frequently about the 1 Waldorf-Astoria with William J. Con ners of The Buffalo Courier and Eh- | quirer e,
 Senator McCarren was at the City ftali 1 a while yesterday afternoon, and then said he lad not retreated at all from tnt tnnt position he had taken in favor 0'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21
Turn Their Backs.

Birmingham News.
 Whether or not Hearsts candidacy be regarded seriously, he is drumming" up a considerable following by methods that should be frowned upon by all self respecting Democrats. With a string of newspapers he Is footing his horn all over the country, and advertising him self far and wide. Agents are beating the bush for him and his tactics are not only devoid of that dignity and good taste which should characterize a man aspiring to a high political honor. but the evidences of q lavish distribution of money in his own interests are them selves sufficient to cause Democratic voters to turn their backs on him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21

A Canadian inventor declares his abili- ty to construct a steam-engine of 5O- horse power so small that boy can hold 1t in his hand, as he expresses it. He has constructed one, 1t is announced, which is no larger than an ordinary watch, but which exerts 6 horsepower. Such claims are absurd, but if they could be verified in practice it would go far to solve the question of flying and of successful flying machines. One of the difficulties in the way of successful
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21
Boasts at Zero.

CentreVIlIe Press.
 report, there are eighty-seven standard breeds of chickens We do not know just how many standard breeds of man. kind there are, but the no-poll tax payer is not of standard calibre. He surely roost at zero, or below.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21

flight has been the impossibility of find ing motor of sufficient power which is not so heavy as to make its use irni practicable to a great extent. If. a machine can be constructed which. will weigh but a few pounds, but which has power to drive the propellers of large airship, one of the bars to successful flight will be removed. This Canadian must be fake, we should say.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21
Want to Know How.

MOblIe Register. ="
 Do you know that this is Mardi Gras? Now for a new union depot.-(Memphis Commercial Appeal. If you know any connection between Mardi Gras and the getting of new union depot, please reveal 1t to us. We have had the one and We want the other.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21

Through the esteemed Birmingham Ledger we get the exclusive information that "the Democrats not only thought they could elect MT. Bryan to the Presi- dency, but they did elect him in 1896" Then you must explain how four dozen electoral votes got in the wrong column.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21

The Birmingham Times asserts that the present Is "a bad time for Democrats to urge the abandonment of protection" Doubtless 1t will sound strange to a Republican newspaper, but our opinion is that there caD never be a bad time for Democrats to fight great evil and that is certainly what we consider the present protection policy to be.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21
Curious Animals,

Attalla Mirror.
 When you hear man cursing the town or the community in which he lives you may know right then and there if he were to die the world would move on just the same. Some men are curi- ~Gs animals-long cared.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21

Should Bryan and the silver question curtail the vocabulary of- the distin- guished Advertiser?' asks The Brewton Standard Gauge. all because we do not refer to the former as "the silver-tongued orator." We are not aware of any cur tailment, but we see no necessity for misapplying epithets.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21
They Wept.
Mountain I

Mountain Eagle.
 The Presidents ultimatum to the Re- publicans of Alabama was that they must either fall upon Sambo's bosom and weep tears of repentance. or they would get no pie. Most of the leaders in Birmingham last week Wept
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21

An editorial in McClure's Magazine de- clares. by implication at least, that John D. Rockefeller. &N corrupter to youth and corrupter to everything he in- spires" Don't know about that, but he muddles the oil pretty often.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21

Admiral Urin, who is making such a educated at Annapolis, but we have not yet learned that he ever lived in At lanta. Possibly he passed through.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21
SCREENING sYcopHANcY.

| When mere politician plays the sycop-
 hant we can look on it with some de- gree of patience. for usually 1t means
 that the politician wants or expects
 something as a reward for going down
 on his knees in adulation before a great
 man, or a man in high place. This, we
 say. Is not unusual. for. whether right
 fully or. not. we have come to expect the mere politician to bend,
 And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee
 Where thrift may follow fawnlng.
 but we certainly have right to expect something better of ministers of the
 gospel: Yet, in Brooklyn church last
 Sunday minister used this language: This last week. when I was in his | private office with him and had the honor-the supreme honor--of shaking his hand-I do not think have wash | plause.) do not think i will ever wash | the memory off that hand, I would like 1 to take that splendid grip with me out part of my @ fs ana nave far tbe m ! man who shakes hands with Theodore 1 Roosevelt has shaken hands with a
 man and more:.. He, has shaken hands with a representative Christian man. We are not at all surprised at seeing the world applause" appearing in the
 printed text. The audience evidently expected some such specimen of boot licking and doubtless enjoyed it-part of them, at least, for it is hard to believe [ that sensible men and women would feel pleasure or satisfaction at hearing a min- ister make this kind of a spectacle of himse1f Thara oro Sor,a x,ho co ko church with the hope of hearing-or wit messing cheap vaudeville performance, if their minister is a man who may be expected to thus lower the dignity of his calling, but 1t is hard to believe that any church has a majority of members who approve of such an exhibition as this Brooklyn man made of himself
 We think this ministerial misfit hasn't taken sufficient precautions with that hand of his. He should have had a thick glove. fastened permanently to his hand so that the odor of that shake would remain on it forever. He can hardly expect to continue through life without finding 1t necessary to use soap if he allows his hand to remain un- | OONSASuB anu II tlO hSA CdioAuA hc II kSI
 the Roosevelt off before he gets a chance to renew the supply.
 Then that is a great idea about carry
 ing the Roosevelt grip with him into the
 hereafter. but if he isn't careful it may cause some complications. Unless he is
 dead sure of his destination that grip may not give satisfaction in the other world, for there's no telling who'll be the
 first one for him to try 1t on. and he
 may make a mess of the operation.
 Seriously If we could see way to offer
 advice to this fellow we should advise
 him to go and soak his head.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21
Never Too Late..
Hanceville

Hanceville Hustler.
 That Montgomery Advertiser Baby" that came to our table was just the cutest. sweetest little f1ng, and looked just like its pa. We are too late to be god-mother, but never too late to add our need of praise
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21

A contemporary declares Tsi-An to be Yes, she Is a few laps ahead of our Carrie.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21

''This is so sudden!' exclaimed Miss Bear when Japan proposed to her with red hot torpedoes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21
cuRE GUARANTEED OR MONEY REFUNDED.

Mr E, T. Sims, Brooklyn, N. Y, writes: .IJse my name as twenty-year drunkard boHcs of .ORRINE.' It Is wonderful and TnaTveious cure for the drink habit"
 Mrs Y, Wycliff. New York City, writes: "tORRINE' cured my husband, who was steadv drunkard for maay years. He now 6as no desire for sLimulants. his health Is oood and he Is fully restored to manhood. He used only five boxes of 'ORRINE.'"
 Mrs. W. L. D, Helena, Mont. writes: ''I have waited one year before writing you of the permanent cure of my son. He took sauitarium treatment, as well as other ad- vcrtised carps. but they all failed until we rave him 'ORRINE' He is now fully re- stored to health and has no desire for drink. :"
 Mir. U. L. R., Kansas City, Mo, wriies:, II am satisfied that drunkenness Is a dis ease and the worst in the world. 'ORRINE,' in my opinion, will cure any case if taken as
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21

The Advertiser prints in full this morn ing a carefully prepared article by Mir. Cleveland which not only indicates the prospect for Democratic success in the coming Presidential election but points the way thereto. The article first, ap- peared in The Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post and Is republished in our columns by permission of that paper. The great condition under which MT. Cleveland hopes for victory. is the ban ishment of discord from our councils. He plainly sets forth the Issues under which the Party with proper leadership can win the victory. Tariff reform and economical government are the great moving forces. One point in the letter will strike the thoughtful reader as in- dicative of MT. Clevelands broadness of view and that Is the suggestion that the question of locality should not figure when 1t comes to making selection of candidates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21

The Montgomery Advertiser will from now on issue a Monday morning paper. This will be a great convenience to the many patrons of this popular paper Centreville Press.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21
< < < < < %% < % % 4 ? WHAT THE STATE PAPERS :
 ARE SAYING.
Still Engaged.

COOSd ATBUS.
 William Randolph Hearst is still en- gagged in the pleasing pastime of nomi- hating himself for the Presidency.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21

France averages 42 marriages to | di- vorce.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21
Russians and Japs as Soldiers

PhlIadeIphla FTesS.
 An officer of the United States arm, who is qualified to speak both from train.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21
An Excellent Showing.

The following detailed statement of the net paid circulation of The Advertiser for the month of January makes an excellent sho~- ing. A1abama's only metropo'''-- newspaper, as The Advertiser Is known the country over. is pardonabiy proud of this splendid record.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21

The esteemed Montgomery Advertiser has so grown in the affection and confi- dence of its readers and so increased its business that it's management has found 1t necessary to publish Monday morning paper. The Advertiser has been one of the very few of the larger and more inffu- ential daihes in the South to hold out against the Monday publication hut it has been forced at length by the demands of It's patrons to make a departure from it's rule, and as a result the first-Monday pa- per appeared February b. The Advertise CT Is one of the brightest, cleanest and most reliable among Southern newspapers Chattanooga Times.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21

Grandma" began this week issuing seven papers a week It is, in other words. to be published every day In the future. We are always glad to see such signs of progress and prosperity.-Pratt- ville Progress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21

The Montgomery Advertiser announces that in future it will publish a Monday morning paper-making The Advertiser in fact daily paper. Heretofore The Adver- tiser has had an arrangement whereby it published Monday morDiug paper when anything unusual occurred on Sunday, but last Sunday week it got left on the big Western Union Telegraph Company and to this is probably due the decision of The Advertiser to in future issue a regular Monday morning edition. The Advertiser is to be congratulated upon Its enterprise. Russell Register.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21

The Montgomery Advertiser has announ- ced its decision. beginning with this week to get out paper every Monday. not simply during the war period but regu- larIy in future. This move Is piece of enterprise on the part of our neighDor that will be greatly appreciated by this section of the State. for the Advertiser. as it should be, is by long odds the most popular morning paper circulated hero. and its publication seven days in the week will only serve to increase its popu- larity.-Union Springs Herald.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-21

P. J. Kelly. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn, says: The foregoing statement of The Adver- tiser's daily circulation for the month Of January, 1904. is true and correct and com piled after all retu9ns from news boys, news agents and leftover copies have been de- ducted. P. J. KELLY,
 Circulation Manager Sworn to and subscribed before me this Eth day of February, 1904.
 F. W. JACKSON. Iseal.1 N F., Ex-o. J. P.