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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-03-10

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-27
GE- TING AFTER. THEM

Senator Bacon, of Georgia, Is guilty of an act which Is liable to cause much em-
 barrassment to some of the esteemed trust benefciaries of the country. He
 has introduced resolution, or some hing of the kind, requiring the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to Inform the Sen. ate just what American-made and tariff.
 protected goods are sold cheaDer in foreign countries than they are at homo
 The Senator ought to see that com. pliance with his demand will get verv close to the men who are getting rich off the tariff and the trusts which are founded on the tariff. It is a fact too well known for dispute that articles unon which there is a high tariff are sent to foreign countries and sold at lower prices than our own people pay for the same goods here at home. This is possible, because the tariff rates shut out all com. pletion from the outside and enable manu- lecturers here to charge virtually their own prices to home consumers. Then with all our advantages of cheaper mate, rial these same manufacturers can send their goods abroad and undersen the for eign manufacturers. Our producers wan all the foreign trade they can get, ana in order to get and hold 1t they put dow1 prices to the foreigners, knowing tha they can literally hold up home customer I for profit enough to make good any los
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-27
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 97, 1904
A pERpLExrNa SIT LAYTON.

One Marcus Alonzo Hanna Is serious conundrum, not to say thorn in the flesh, for our President. The latter would give much to know what the Ohio man is doing and what he is going to do next. The New York Times hears a rumor that Senator Foraker is going back to Ohio with letters of marque and reprisal from the President of the United States, au- thorizing him to sink. burn, and destroy Senator Hanna or to tow him into Wash ington for adjudication"
 While it may be true that the altogether strenuous Roosevelt may detach Foraker from his duties near the throne and send him on a special mission to Ohio we pre- dict that there'lI be no satisfactory re- turns. Foraker is probably as thoroughly rattled as the President is. He wants the world to understand that he is Tt" self a great man until he probably be- heves it. He doesn't want anybody else putting on airs and pretending to have grazing license in what he considers his own pastures.
 But Hanna is some, himself, and the
 man who undertakes to unravel and spread him open will find a job on his hands. He is just about the shrewdest politician left in the deck and can come about as near hiding his tracks as any statesman living. He has frequently and with apparent earnestness stated that he is not a Presidential candidate, but the deuce of it is that nobody believes in his sincerity. He makes a great show of sincerity and openness and at tine same time he creates the impression that he is not sincere. That this uncertainty is worrying the President is p.ainly appa- rent. He knows that Haqna's candida cy will make his own chances decidedly doubtful, to say the very leas, of it, for he canot fail to see that he has no cinch on the nomination, and that the open and avowed candidacy of Hanna will make h.s own chances beautifully less. As mere matter of politics We prefer Roosevelt's nomination, because We believe he will be more easily defeated than the other mar would be.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-27

the night and make sure that no matches
 are left lying around where they might
 be set off by heat or friction and
 Well, go on!'' she urged in Lady Mac
 beth style when he hesitated.
 q could go on for an hour," he an-
 swered, but I'll not. I merely want you to understand that I'm not going to have these things on my mind after tonight.
 You've been thinking up one chore after another for me to do before I can go to
 bed, until I've got so that begin to feel nervous when ever night approaches. If I didn't have anything else to do, if 1t were not necessary for me to earn liv- ing, I might keep these things on my mind simply for the purpose Of exercising my mental faculties.
 Now, as far as I'm concerned. I don't care a cuss whether the bird Is covered up at night or not, and I'm willing to trust the girl to turn off the gas in the kitchen. and if burglars get in here be- cause the dining room windows happen to be unlocked, some night they'll have their trouble for their pains. that's all. I'm willing to go down to the basement and see that the furnace is all right be- fore I go to bed and I'll bolt the front door and do anything else that is neces- sary for our safety, but I don't want you to send me down stairs any more because you happen to feel nervous about the cat or the parlor lamp or the matches. And don't want to be compelled to remove a spread from my bed any more, and if find pillow shams on it, after this, I'm going to throw them on the floor instead of folding them up and carefully laying them away. Pm going to have happy home here by George, if I have to go to bed with my clothes on or sleep on the floor. I don't propose to do a days wo.k after I get here at night. I believe you got the bird merely for the purpose of giving me something else to do. If you want a black cloth put over its cage here after you'll have to put 1t over yourself or get somebody else to do 1t. I'm through
 Hortense Dalrymple gasped. permitted two big tears to tremble in her eyes, and then went back up stairs. She refused to speak to her husband at breakfast the next morning, but during the day she at- tended a meeting of her club, where the subject of making home happy was dis cussed and during the proceedings she made an eloquent speech. declaring that love, money and a telephone were the three essentials to gladness within the home circle.
 When William Dalrymple read his wife's plesF as it had been reported fer the pa- pers he lit a cigar and wondered why he had ever been fool enough to get married.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-27

41e 41Suu O4 GVSntS
 Fort Gaines Recorder.
 Just now the Democratic Party seems to be in a sort of unsettled and fo. ma tive condition. It doesn really know US own mind. and no wonder Its experience for eignt or nine years has been enough Captured in 1S96 and bound last to the glitLering chariot of free silver, 1t was helpless and captive to sentiment. That sentiment was the result, vefy lal gelJ, ], of the glittering words of an eloquent builder Of brilliant sentences and ddzz.ing metaphors. who carried the convention speech and forced 1t to adopt him as it's leader and his false theories as it's plat form. It was the triumph of a winning personality in a weak cause.
 racy in 1900 permitted the same man to again dominate 1t and lead 1t on the downward path to deserved defeat. It the better judgment of Demochrats who felt and knew that success was improb- able. If not impossible, but who saw no way to successfully stem the tide; They grave because there seemed no alterna- tive.
 But the Democrats have had their eyes opened at last. They see now that free silver was a fallacy an dthat its triumph would have meant ruin for our f1nanc al system. Those who were most ardent in following Bryan and adopting the ee sill their error. and have no intention of re- beating it. They see now that 1t was not possible for Bryan and his false financial theories to succeed. and they also see that 1t was best for the country and for the party that defeat came.
 But many of these Democrats. though fully convinced of the error into which they were led. have not fully forgiven those true Democrats like Grover Cleve- land who preferred to bear abuse than lay aside their lifelong Democracy and vote for Bryan and his platform. And among all the men who are charged with Bryan's defeat not one has come in for a fuller share of abuse than MT. Cleveland himself. Rightly or wrongly. they look on him as the man who made the tri- umph of free silver impossible. and all though they are no longer blinded by the glare of the white metal they cannot for give the man who made Bryans success impossible
 But that feeling is passing and bids fair to be consigned to the tomb of other dead and gone fallacies Democrats all over the Union are beginning to realize and to admit that Cleveland was right. and if sent to take him uu as the candidate they are fast reaching the point where they will demand a man lust like him to lead the party in November. From a man just like him to the man himself is not a long step and it looks now as if noIitical wants were shaO'ng themselves for the nomin' ton of Cleveland. THe partV never d'd move sensible thinR thau his nnOn'nntinn would he ard wa ve~'1v believe that he can he elected W1ii the ~+V a~t sens'h'n ord coll him [?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-27
JUST ANOTHER SCHEME.
Argentine Government Knows Noth-
 inr of Alleged Land Company.

HE or AlleSeQ 0au0 SO4uPanJ'
 Washington. Jan. 25.-The State De- partment has received from United States Consul Meyer at Buenos Ayres. Argen- tine. report dated December 13 1903, as follows:
 T am informed there exists in the city nf Minneapolis. Minn.. a company with branch offices throughout the United States: that they are issuing a booklet called Homes for Our Poor in Southern America;" and that they are selling shares of $500 each, each shareholder be- ing entitled to certain lands and privi- leges In the Argentine republic.
 My informer, who asks my advice in the matter before he invests. Is J. R. Sartian of Chickamauga, Ga. He tells me also that the company claims to have made certain arrangements withArgentine government whereby the colonists will be exempt from taxation for ten years, ,and will be allowed to carry all their house. hold goods. farm machinery, etc, into the country free of duty. They claim to be able to buy lands in Argentine for from 50 cents to g per acre and will divide the said land among the shareholders.
 II have called upon the chief of the land office in this capital, where have been informed that this government does not know the company and has made no arrangements with it whatever
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-27
MAHr~r@ rro~~E HAPPY.
How One Mar u~-ueht ANou+ Re-
 form

CbINep- Peco~S Ha-o'd
 "IIa~tense" @eo'a-e% Wy Dalrvnple. "I -nF',s~ to cnve- the h'-d''
 "wiN D"l~vmp'e." hl~ wife cr'e] f-o-n the ton oF the stairway ''vvhat do you mean hv spAaking that wav?'
 'T raen what say. I will not cover the htrd"
 There was the natter of slip-ered feet upou the stei-s and in a moment HortArse DalrymrlA faced her h"sNand, who defi- antIv looked her in the eyes.
 The rnonent was traei deathlv si- lerce nreve'led for eleven and one haIy seconds. THen it was hrnren bv the lodv ''verv well |" she said in Ne- iciast tones ''I ~'i'l cover the hird mvselF."
 '"That will re1inve me of an i-lrsoro Hutv." the qentIeunan arsve-ed tend T wish to 'rtorun von -ipht have and pou, that you rnev herAafter mt ont the n,rlor Iarcp yourself and 500 thot tho gil hosr,t left the gas turned on in the titchAn ard examins the dining room windows evarv night to be sure they are locked and trv the back door before you go to bed and look into the pantry to find out whether there is anything that the cat might get at and get pitcher of water so you will have it if you happen to ret tl,irztv in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-27
LET TT BE coxrLErE.

We agree with The Chattanooga Times that the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections did just right when 1t re- solved to go into full and fair investi- gation of the charges against Reed Shoot There has been so much said and writ ten about the case that 1t would be wrong either to retain or to unseat him without an investigation which will clear him of all charges and remove all clouds from his title. If he were suffered to remain with out any attempt to ascertain if tho charges are true, there would always be those who would insist that the Senate had discredited itself by the act, and if he should be unseated without such investiga ton both he and his friends could justly claim that he was unfairly treated.
 The two specific charges. as we under stand the situation. are, that he Is polygamist, and that he holds that his allegiance to his church is superior to his allegiance to the government. Both of these charges are specifically made by those who want him unseated and both are denied by him. In case of this nature 1t Ia obvious that plain justice demands full investigation and that the action of the Senate on the case be founded on evidence which can be made public If the objection to him is founded solely on his religious belief 1t would be manifestly unjust to unseat him, because that would he punishing him for his reli- gious views. If, however. he practices polygamy he would be living in violation of the laws and the Senate would have the right to unseat him. So, too, if he holds his oath to his church as superior to his oath to support the Constitution of the United States he is not proper man to occupy a seat in the National Senate.
 As we have stated. MT. Shoot denies both charges, and we must hold him in. nocent until he is proven guilty. If his accusers can bring no evidence of his guilt he should retain his seat without any more question. The Senate is the judge of the qualifications of Its own members. It would compromise or lower its dignity If 1t retained member who lived in open violation of the laws, or whose first allegiance was not pledged to his government. By all means let the matter be fully and fairly investigated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-27
PROTECTING WITNESSES.
Some days ago Judge A. A. Coleman, in charging a jury. used these words:

Some days ago Judge A. A. Coleman, in charging a jury, used these words:
 In the arguments before you reference has been made to the charge of perjury of the judges charge thereon. This fact justifies me in saying 1t Is much to be regretted that the walls of this court house so often echo the bitter charge Seao.s Wnsssss ot n S SGapsd ntS wS latitude is rightiuliy allowed in sitting and weighing testimony and commenting on witnesses, 1t is your duty as sworn jurors never inconsiderately and hastily jump to a conclusion that witness has sworn falsely. Consider well before you thus cover with shame the character of any man, who may be a witness either for the plaintiff or defendant.
 It is high time that the judges were taking official notice of an evil practice that prevails in many of our courts. It is stated that another judge, discussing Judge Coleman's charge. declared that some attorneys abuse witnesses to such an extent that they dreaded to be sum moned or answer a summons to court" Any one who has been much about court rooms knows that the evil prevails to an extent that should not be allowed. There are attorneys who are above such practices as insulting and threatening a witness, but there are others of very different character. Considering them selves safe from personal danger they browbeat, threaten and abuse witnesses without limit, often accusing them of perjury, and otherwise endeavoring to confuse them or weaken their testimony. They feel that the witness Is practically helpless and must submit to all that the lawyer chooses to infiict on him.
 This Is great wrong and the judges themselves are the ones who should pre- vent 1t. They should protect the wit nesses and place a limit beyond which an attorney should not go. It is cowardly to strike the helpless, and it is no less So to assail the character of a witness on the stand and attempt to gain an ad- vantage for or against a client by using the methods of the bully. The judge who Is supposed to be impartial ought to be able to tell whether witness is swearing falsely. as well as a lawyer can. and | any judge worthy of his position can sec that lawyer often has it in his power so to confuse an honest witness as to make his evidence valueless. This is not only unjust but dangerous, for a lawyer may defeat the ,nds of Justice by destroy
 ing the credibility of a witness. Judge
 Coleman was right. as far as he went,
 but he and all other judges should protect
 the witnesses in their courts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-27
Didn't Go to Do It.
Chattanoog Times.
 The Moutvomarv AdverttQeY>

ChattanooR Times.
 The Montgomery Advertiser observes that when the es 'eemed Chattanooga Times copies from this pape" and g veg credit to The Montezuma Advertiser 1t rather knocks us out. We are not re- lated to the famous Aztec king We sup pose not. but all the same Col. Mergen- thaler had no knowledge of that fact, and ven if he had 1t wouldn't have made any difference to him. He Is no respecter of persons, and when he. wills 1t so the whole world. men that have been and he can make Mrs. Burlington the aunt of Kink Edward VII. or Susan B. AnthonS Why. therefore should he hesitate to set down a modest newspaper editor as the uncle of the greaser king? If he can, without Overcoming us like a suu1m CT cloud" transform The London Times, published on the banks of the Tennessee River into the great "thunderer' oi tne British metropolis what is 10 hinder h'm from converting th's over-Se~s'tive ne gh- bor into an o~gqn of the Aztec capital?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-27
The Kansas Girl
Miriam Nicholson in February Mo-
 CI1ra'a

dlrldm MlCneSon In FeDruary Me-
 Clure's.
 Me? Oh. I'm a dozen things, accord ing to your point of view. I'm the Kansas schoolma am. I'm Dickens's fat girl. I'm Lady Raw-and-Ready. I'm Bessie Back woods. There are lots of nicknames de- serve, but you cant make me mad by calling me them"
 You see," she went on, I'm nineteen I've been teaching school. off in the country. ever since my fifteenth birth day. I've saved every dollar could scrape together-there's nobody in the world to look out for me but my aunt and her hands are full-and I'm blowing it all in on this European trip that I've dreamed of all my life, and that's great CT than all my dreams. l may be crude and ignorant and fresh-but I'm happy; happier than these artistic swells who are bored to death, ashamed or afraid to say what they like and what they don't, and so penned in and tyrannized over by rules or somebody's opinion that they daren't be natural. I don't care a darn whether l know the proper thing or not, and l hate people who pose and pretend that they do. All that stun hasn't any, thing to do with life or living-How does that sound to you-vulgar?"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-27

they may sustain abroadeif they do sus- tain any. which is doubtful.
 Senator Bacon has made the right move ment, even if 1t fails. Nothing would be more likely to give our tariff system black eye than an official exposure oi some of its iniquities. among which not the least Is this same habit of holding up and robbing American consumers in order that he benehciaries may control foreign markets. We wish the Senator success, but hardly hope for it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-27
Union Power in Sa0 Fr"nc'sco. Ray Stannard Baker in February Me-


 Cures.
 With the law of surrly and demand working stronelv in their favor they have nut up ~es Tn San Francisco un- til they aye higher than in "nv other city in the world I hesitate to tell what so-ne workmen here receive for fear that the statements will not he credited. Within the laet few weeks plasterers have been paid eight dollars a day and fathers ten dollars day for eight hours work. The minimum wage of bricklay- CTS is $6 a day. of carpenters A. of tle- layers $5, of hodcarriers-who are prac- tically unskilled workmen-$3.50.
 But the advance in wages is only one of the results of triumphant unionsm In San Francisco. As I shall relate more fully later, the unions here, in their | character as business organizations nave entered upon many extraordinary enterprises. They have formed monopo- iistic combinations with employers asso- cations much more effective than those or Chicag they have developed in the | ouiding traces a Labor Boss by the side or whom Sam Parks of New York was the crudest of bunglers: they have reached out into politics. until unionism IS the dominating force in municipal at- r&s, with it's own mayor-Schmitz a nfcmber of the Musicians Union-tust re- elected in control at the City Hall; and they have even entered business on theiE own account as employers of labor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-27
Gossip of men
 ana matters
A Democratic Device.


 what device or insignia shall the Demo- ..ae sraue party use to head its election
 Chairman H. s. D. Mallory or any member of the State Campaign Con- nittee will be glad to listen to any one "nq may have an idea on the subject. ,Ine general election law, passed by rns last Legislature. provides that each ptalr,ty ucket shall have at It's head some .nalvidual emblem or device to d.st1l- s9isn H. The law declares that fac mls Sa .nis emblem or device shall be filed sta sHa record In the office of the Secretary Of
 Tnis feature of the election law was csiied to the attention of the members oI the State Campaign Committee at its meeting yesterday by Chairman Ma .lsry. me committee, until that time overlook su it: The question was brought to the aTmSempers HE of the committee too suddenly tuLney were unready with suggestions and the question was passed.
 E Aae device will not. however, have to pc nled in several months. In the mean. "niie suggestions are invited.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-27
RAID ON MAY WHEAT.
Bears Take Advantage of Absence of
 Armour's Man.


 Chicago, Jan. 26-The wheat pit on the Board of Trade was the scene of success sive bear triumph and discontinue to- day.
 Within a period of ten minutes the price of wheat for May delivery fell 21ac bushel. a loss which was more than recovered, the closing quotation for the day showing net gain of h cent as com pared with last nights final figures.
 For time A. J. Valentine, president of the Armour Grain Company and mana ger of J. Ogden Armour's interests on the Board of Trade, was in the pit per- sonally, buying all the May wheat of- fered. and at this time the owners of wheat for that months delivery seem- ingly could have disposed of any quanti- ty of 1t at S9%. After MT. Valentine had left the pit, the bears, confident in his absence, made a successful raid into the Armour domain and May wheat was worth STA.
 Such at least is one interpretation put upon the enigmatic operations conducted in the pit through the representatives of various commission houses. Other gossip is to the effect that the wholesale selling was really for Armour account.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-27
Daniel Re-alaotad

Richmond. Va, Jan. 26.--The two Houses of the general assembly. voting separately to-day chose John W. Daniel to succeed himself as United States sem ator for the full term beginning March 4' next, The Republicans voted for Con- gressman Slemp. The vote was, in the House: seventy-one for Daniel and IS Tor Slemp; in the Senate, 2S for Daniel and for slemp. The two Houses will meet in joint session tomorrow and rat. fly the choice of to-day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-27
A WOMAN TO BE PRETTY
Must Have Luxuriant and Glossy
 Flair No Mattar What Cnlnr

The finest contour of a female face, the sweetest smile of a female mouth, loses something if the head is crowned with scant hair Scant and falling hlir. It is now known. is caused by a paras c that burrows into the scalp to the root Of the hair. where it saps the vitality. The little white scales the germ throws up in burrowing are called dandrui. To cure dandruff permanently. then. and to stop falling hair, that germ must be killed. Newbro's Herpicide. an entirely new re- suit of the chemical laboratory, destroys the dandruff germ. and. of course. stops the falling hair, and prevents badness. Sold by leading druggists. Send lOc in
 stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co.,.
 Detroit, Mich. E. G. Fowler, Special AEAnt- wed