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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05
WHAT OF FIFE INDEPENDENTLY

Much is being said and written about the independent vote, and 1t must be admitted that it is not merely an im- but in all probability it will be the controlling one. It is not such very difficult matter to estimate and tabu- late the votes of those who always vote for their party ticket for they are practically a known quantity and close observers can usually place them so nearly that the result of an election could be foretoid if all were loyal to their party. The disturbing element is the large number of men who care lit- in elections. They vote for one party or the other, or refrain from voting, just as interest or whim controls them.
 To show how the independent vote operates let us take two comparative ly recent examples. In 1892 Mir. Cleve- land carried Illinois by a plurality of 27,000 votes, in round numbers. Four years later Mckinley had a plurality of over 142,000. Here was a change of 170.Oo0 votes in four years. In 1891 the Democratic candidate for Governor of New York had a plurality of 4s,00O, and three years later the Republican plu- rality for Governor was 156.000. Here was a change of over 100000 votes in three years, and other elections in that State show equal or greater variations. and the same is largely true in other States.
 It is plain from these figures that the independent vote will control the result in New York, taking 1t as a fair example. If every voter should vote his party ticket 1t would still be diffi- cult to forecast the result, for we can't tell from the returns how many Democrats or how many Republicans there are in the State. When the tab ulated returns of the various elections show changes running up to hundreds of thousands in three or four years we are all at sea In any effort to calculate the voting strength of either, party We know, however, that If all, or prac- tically all. of the independents vote for either Parker or Roosevelt they will carry the State for him, and that is all we do know. As we view it the vot- CTS who have nothing to expect from Roosevelt or his administration should support Parker. but all the same we don't know that they will. We have, however, solid reasons for believing that enough of them will support him to give him the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05
LITTLE DELAWARE.

is Likely to, Give Her Three Votes to
 Parker and Davis.
 New York Special.
 R. R. Kenny. formerly United States Senator from Delaware, and now na- tional committeeman from that State, was at Democratic national headquart- CTS today. He said:
 We shall surely carry the State for our candidate for Governor on State issues. and the chances are that the electoral vote will go for Parker The voters of Delaware are incensed against Addicks and his methods, and the anti Addicks movement is growing stronger every day. One particular feature the Democrats are shouting for is against what is called voters assistants Un- der the law the Governor appoints two in every election district, one Repub- lican and one Democratic. These as- sistants are privileged to enter the poll ing booth with the man voting If he wants them to aid him to vote. They are totally irresponsible, and the only penalty for a refusal to aid the voter Is fine. These men are simply means of bribery by which man who bribes voter can keep tabs on whether the vote Is delivered or not"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05
ROOSEVELT cHAFINe.
Parker's Charges are the Disturbin,
 Quantity.

farker's Charges are the Dasturbiug
 Quantity.
 Washington Special to New York
 If the campaign was to last two weeks longer it would take a dozen Cortelyous and half a dozen National Committees to keep the President off the stump.
 Judge 'Parker's speeches and their erect and particularly the demonstra- ton which he received in New York have aroused all of the anger in the Presidents nature. The manner in which Judge Parkers charges are be- ing replied to by his cabinet members not suft the President at all 5He wants the Dere cratic candidate to be handled without gloves.
 In his extermity MT Roosevelt has called on the newspapers, which he considers his personal organs, to pre-. sent his views, The Washington cor respondents of The New York Tribune and Press, The Philadelphia Press and The Chicago Record Herald are sum- moned to the White House every day to consult with the President and receive instructions as to what they are to say in reply to Judge Parker. The Presi- dent tells them exactly what he thinks about the Democratic charges and asks them to send it out on their own res- possibility.
 So far Mir Roosevelt has refused to be quoted. in deference to the appeals and prayers of MT. Corte1you and mem bers of the National Committee, and has insisted that the opinions express ed by him should be made to appear as the views of the newspapers. That fact has prevented the Presidents views from being given the circulation he would like them to have.
 The Presidents opinions of Judge Parker and his charges would create sensation if they could be used as coming from the President, but none of his personal organs has so far cared to print them on its own responsibility.
 Such of his replies as are used are of the stereotyped variety, and while they are regularly used, they are not given the prominence they would re- cefve if it could be stated that they came from the White House.
 The New York Herald correspondent was invited to the first conference of "the newspaper cabinet" but as The Herald did not display the first inspired statement, its representative is no longer invited to the daily meetings. There is a belief that the President will finally allow himself to be quoted as the only way of getting before the public some of the things he wants to say about Judge Parker.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05
A FULL vorr NEEprp.

The Democrats of Alabama should not for, one moment lose sight of the fact that it Is their solemn duty to vote the full strength of Athe party next Tuesday. As we have heretofore said. the electoral vote of the State will 50 to Parker, and so far as the actual result goes 1t matters very little whether the majority is large or small, but there Is a moral effect of a large vote that can hardly be over- estimated. and that is what The Advertiser would impress on the Democratic voters of the State.
 One of the points continually made against us by Northern Republicans is the small vote cast in Alabama. They point out that two or three thousand votes will elect Congressman in this State while 1t requires eight or ten times that number to elect one in some of the Northern States. If the votes cast represented the actual number of Democratic voters there would be some ground for the argument but we all know that is not the case. There are two things these carping critics forget. One is that our elections are practical ly settled in the primaries, and thu other is that the opposition in this State is usually So weak that ..the Democrats become indifferent and do not feel it incumbent on them to vote. They reason, first, that the primary has settled the choice of tho people, and, second, that a small vote will elect their man as we'll as a large one.
 It is just this indifference that we implore the Democrats of Alabama to conquer. The ticket, from Parker down. deserves the support of Demo- crats, and should have it. Let them. show by their votes that we have live Democracy in Alabama that 1t appre- ciates, the moral value of large vote, and that our enemies shall no more have occasion to say that we are in- different to our privileges. A big ma jority for Parker, and big majority for each Congressman will convince our Northern critics that we have in Ala bama all the voting strength that we claim. That is not only good policy and good politics but 1t Is what strict fairness demands. The Democrat who fails to vote without a good reason for such failure has failed in a solemn duty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05
DEMOCRATIC ELECTORS.

Those who favor the election of Parker and Davis will on Tuesday next vote for the following gentlemen who arc the Democratic candidates for Electors in Alabama:
 RICHMOND F. ROBSON, WILLIAM IT SANFORD, EDWARD D. McCARTY, SAMUEL c. JENKINS, ERNEST l.. BLUE,
 w. B. BROWNE.
 J. w. OvERTON,
 w. c. DAVIS.
 JOSEPH H. ROBSON,
 WILLIAM B. BANKHEAD, c. ". DARDEN.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05
GOOD VOTE IS FOREcAsTED.
Lee County Citizens Desire to Empba-
 size OppOaitiOn to Roosevelt.

size OppOsitiOn to Roosevelt.
 Opelika, Nov. 4.-(Special )-The Lee County Board of Registration met at Opelika today to register young men who have become 21 years of age since the registration closed. The board will be in session two days.
 The election in Lee will be very quiet. For the first time in many years there is no independent county ticket. Notwithstanding there is practi- cally no opposition to the national Democratic ticket, the indications are that a good vote will be polled next Tuesday, as the people wish to empha- size their opposition to Rooseveltism.
 General George P. Harrison has re- turned from Ocala, Florida, where he addressed the reunion of the Florida Confederate Veterans Wednesday.
 At the request of Chairman Mallory, Hon. T. D. Sanford went to Enterprise today to deliver a speech in the interest of the Democratic ticket
 Rev. O. P Hunter and family and s. c. Dunn and family of Chambers Coun- ty have moved to Opelika and will re- side here In the future.
 Our Farmers had everything in readi- ness for the rain of the past few days. Most of the cotton is open and picked. Corn, potatoes and sugar cane have Deeu ndENeStSu' All SAVPS ndNo OeSh better than the average. As soon as 1t clears off. farmers will plant rye. wheat and oats.
 The Lee County school authorities are rapidly getting the schools adopted to the new law. Schools are being open- ed in all the districts in many of them new hoases have been erected.
 H NJ. Wilson, Register in Chancery, held reference yesterday in the mat ter of the claims against the Shepard Bank. which failed several months ago. The affairs of the bank are being set- tied in the Chancery Court.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05
"Speal Up."

Brooklyn Eagle.
 What a friend of Mir Roosevelt says" is set forth in various RepubIi- can sheets. What a man who can speak for MT. Cortelyou says" is also set forth.
 himself. MT. Cortelyou would better speak for himself Men, not masks, are preferred when the American elector- ate seeks information.
 Alton R. Parker is speaking for him. self. D. Cady Herrick is speaking for himself. MT. Harrison is speaking for himself. MT. Cunneen is speaking for himself.
 Messrs. Roosevelt. Cortelyou and or from behind masks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05
sATuRpAY. NovHMBER 5, 1se4.
MR. CLEVELAND ON TARIFF AND
 TRUSTS.

Mir. Cleveland spoke with his usual power last night at Newark, N. J.. to vast throng of people who crowded to hear him. His perception of politi- cal conditions is wonderful. He uner- ringly seizes upon the questions at the time uppermost In the minds of the people. He spoke last night upon the tarlff and It's offspring, the trusts, which undoubtedly constitute the para mount issue in this campaign. He re- minded his audience that twenty years ago almost to a day, at which time he was charged with the responsibility of his Party's candidacy, he appeared before @ Newark audience, on which occasion he said: "The right of the citizen Is limited by its actual feces- sittes; and every cent taken from the people beyond that required for their protection by the Government is no better than robbery" The average rate of duty on imports then prevailing was only something over 45 per cent. Yet the people at the polls condemned this rate as unnecessary and unjust and denounced its exaction as no better than robbery. Now it is something over 50 per cent.
 It is a fact that when the tariff has been made the paramount issue by the Democratic Party. as 1t was in 1876 and the three succeeding campaigns, the Democratic candidate has received a plurality of the popular vote. MT. Til den's plurality was 250,935. MT. Cleve- lands plurality in 1888 was es,o17. It is the opinion of nearly every Demo- crat who took part in the management of General Hancock's campaign, that, had it not been for his unfortunate Randolph letter written upon the eve been elected. As 1t was, Garfelds plurality was only TOTS. The cam pa;gns of 1896 and 1900 were. fought upon other issues than that of the tar in.
 Tn addition to the question of the tariff the question of trusts, the of spring of protection tariffs, has become more prominent. MT. Cleveland treats this question with marked ability. fol- lowing the rapid growth of trusts within the last few years, pointing out the hardships the people have to un- dergo on their account. while the trusts are reyelling In their abund- ance of wealth thus acquired. which they do not hesitate to lavishly use in political campaigns to perpetuate the ascendency of the Republican Party through whose policies alone their ex- istence is possible.
 The speech is characteristic of it's author and will be read with intense interest throughout the whole country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05
GOVERNOR wRIGHr's cABLEGRAM.

GOVERNOR WRIGHT'S CABLEGRAM.
 To get the key to anything done or any utterance made during this cam paign by Republicans. you must look for Roosevelt in it. Even Golfers Weekly that has supported him. ad- mits he has been too eager to win to preserve his dignity. He has put every member of his Cabinet on the stump and has by the confession of one of these Cabinet officers inspired what was to be said in eulogy of the head of the administration. Pretending to. be living in quiet, he Is in fact rush. ing round like mad, procuring declar- ations from individuals and from news papers in the interest of his election. The most shameless exhibition of this kind is his causing Taft to cable Gov ernor Luke Wright asking for a retort upon Judge Parker in the Judges charges that there are an excessive number of dollars spent in the Phil ippines and an excessive loss of life there among the soldiers.
 It might have been fair enough for the Republican National Committee to cable at it's own expense to Wright and ask him if he Is not bully fellow and doing the best he can out there So also his reply. ''Yes; I am bully fellpw and doinK the best can. night
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05
The Inselence of It.

IndianapoIIs Sentinel
 But for downright and insulting in science we have yet to see the equal of that of Roosevelt and his personal advisers. Think of it! Cortelyou, Cab met officer that was and Is to be again. collecting funds for the President Nothing could so completely demon strate the fact that the ''country Is no longer governed by principles, but by interests" as Judge Parker said; as does this openly boastful, insolen@ al- liance with all that is bad in corpora tion life Every one of the 440 con tributinr trusts to Mir. Cortelyou's fund of $1O,OOO, ,000 has paid for privi- lege, protection and immunity,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05
PARKER AND ADAMS.

Colorado Poll Points to Success of the
 Combination. Denver Special to New Orleans Times
 Democrat.
 A postal card poll by The Denver News shows the percentage of changes indicate result this year of 111.232 for Parker and 104,46S for Roosevelt, giv- ing Parker the State by 6,764.
 This poll was made entirely in Dem yer. There are numerous counties out side the city where the Democratic vote will be propoftionately stronger. and four or five counties in which the Republican vote will be stronger. The entire Democratic State ticket will run ahead of the electors, and Ava Adams, the candidate for Governor, will run far ahead.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05

Know exactly what Tom sims to do with the country after hs has saved it, but that is for the future to decide. We only know that asfa saver he stands high in his own estimation. and all the indications are that he would turn 1t over to Roosevelt and his crowd as a reward for favors received. Tn that event Tom should be made Secretary of something 50 as to even things up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05
chonce to Beat Roosevelt.

T don't believe that Democratic nrospects for defeating Roosevelt were ever as good as they are now" said prominent and conservative Montgom- ery man of affairs. Two weeks ago, I thought the battle was lost, now that Judge Parker has shown in his speeches and by his aggressiVeness that the Democratic candidate is more than a puppet of politicians, believe that the chances are good. I believe that if we had two more weeks of campaigning that the result would be a Democratic landslide but as 1t is, look for a neck and neck finish under the wire"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05
Gossip of men
 and >n1atterS
Governor Goes to Albartvllle.

Acting Governor Cunningham, left Montgomery yesterday afternoon, for Albertville, where he will speak today by appointment In accordance with the schedule of Chairman Mallory of the State Democratic Executive Committee.
 The Governor does not expect to be Joined by any particular orators. but believes he will receive plenty of assis- tance from the Marshall County Demo- crats.
 From Aibertville, the Governor will go to Russellville to speak Monday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05
.untll the Doctor come.n

Will appear in the 1905 St. Nichols, an important series of six brief papers contributed by pr. E. E. Walker. These little emergency talks will tell, brieAy and clearly, what to do in case of acci- dent or sudden illness in the interval between sending for the doctor and his arrival-the few simple, safe, and help ful things that can be done, and the mistakes that can be avoided.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05
A COLUMN OF FIGURES WHICH IS A
 SPLENDID VERDICT.

For the benefit and guidance of mer- chants and others who advertise. the foi- lowing statement for the month of septem- Der, 1904. has been compiled and sworn 10 by our Circulation Manager.
 To the many readers and friends wno are interested in our growth. it Is satis- faction to show such sturdy and perma- uent increase. It is not only the quantity. but the class and quality of it. of which we gre so proud
 The Advertiser is acknowledged the lead Ing newspaper in the State and fs thorough ly up-to-data in every particular.
 Watch Us Grow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05

ject in a novel and valuable way. Beau tiful copies of the pictures selected by MT. Caffin from the worlds master pieces for discussion have been pfe- pared especially for St. Nicholas 4Rd will appear with the articles. Each month the pictures contrasted will be printed on opposite pages.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05

The first Japanese newspaper was published in 1868, only forty-one years ago, and contained some news trans lated from the Dutch papers. Today Japan has over 1,500 daily newspapers and periodicals. Tokio has over twen- tx The Japan Times of Tokio Is pub lshed in English. but Is edited exclu- siyely by Japanese.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05
RHODE ISLAND

May Surpriae the Trust Owners. Washington Special to Louisville
 Courier-Journal.
 Governor Benton McMillin, of Ten. nessee, who has been campaigning in Rhode Island. stated to your cores pondent today that the Democrats would certainly re-elect their Governor, and had an even chance of carrying the State for Judge Parker. {
 Hon. B. F. Shively, of Indiana, is speaking in New Jersey and Connecti- cut and is warmly welcomed. Mir. Shively Is one of the best stump speak CTS in the country
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05
I Must Cast Ny Vote for Parker, sna |
 Wfir Tell You why.

wflI Tell You Why. Get out my grey suit. Liza. for am
 going to town. To east my vote for Parker. before the You need not raise objections. and say
 I am too old, I know I'm far past eighty. but my
 votes as good as gold. I've been studying over the question.
 and [ tell you things are blue, And the times bid fair to be the worsc
 we ever knew, ~ I IS swore I'd never vote. Or tend another lection, me and my
 old grey coat But the subject nov % of Panama to us And these unjust high tariff laws. all
 honest souls are vextng, With our soldiers going crazy, in far
 of distant land, or 'nGs Filipine ip aefsa ban6! 9Y 0'''s'' '''A ~ We have enough to, stir us up. and agi-
 tate each heart, But this IS gthns ,Sa to naw sne start For again we hear the thunder or aoo-
 litfon guns. And the times seem rife with sorrow.
 for our daughters and our sons. For if Roosevelt is elected. there will
 be no end of strife. And then there'll be no saf'ty, for the
 white man or his wife. For this question of equality Is pound Tn North and South, and East and West.
 as 1t has done with us. With Roosevelt ns and I Booker and A white girl with nigger lad, march,
 ing for their fun! The more I think about it. the worse And I a ask isHS myself sH tho the question. what is With our farms now all in ruins. the
 niggers stalking round, Idling in the cities, or playing craps In With the Federal Courts decision, a
 curtailing of State rights, We are bound to have hard old time.
 and see the very sights. This was a glorious country, made so
 by our forebears. But they little knew the hardships that
 would overtake their heirs, If they could wake from their long
 sleep, and see to what we've They would curse the day a Yankee
 bought a nigger with his rum. Yes, the Yankees sold them to us, they
 couldn't make them pay. Their climate was too bleak and cold
 to work them a full day, And after we had bought them, and
 they had got our gold, They came and took, by force, from us,
 the very slaves they'd sold. And then they raised a hue and cry,
 about their human souls! They forgot the time, they had them
 chained in slave ships deadly
 holds.
 For they brought them here in fetters.
 and put them on the block, And sold them in the market place just
 as we do live stock. They needn't say they didn't, the. truth
 is all too plain; The rascals swapt for them with rum,
 and sold them here for gain. They held the money tight and fast;
 they would not give that up. But the South must let her niggers go,
 for slavery was corrupt. I ain't thought much about these things
 for thirty years or more, 'Twas no use dwelling on the past, we But with Roosevelt and his bloody
 shirt" and threatened nigger rule. This county's bound to come to grief,
 or "I'm a dad blast fodl." So get me down my old grey suit. and
 brush 1t "spick and span" The South must vote 'gainst Roosevelt,
 and fight him to a man, For If he rallies at the polls and over
 rides Judge Parker, We'll live to see a hard old time, or my
 name aint old Nick Walker. Anna M Gav1A Fry
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05
If They Knew It.

Troy Herald. N
 Many things concerning men and wo- men come to newspaper men that are suppressed and allowed to go no fur ther. And while complaints are some- times made that newspapers fail to print all the news, many have reason, If they only knew it, to be thankful for what they fail to print.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05
worL ou FedernI BuildIng.

"Work on the postofhce bulIdlng seems very slow" said a gentleman. who takes interest in all things of public nature. Tt seems to me that the work should have been practically completed by this time, but l see that there are months and months of work ahead. In the meantime the public is suffering. Everything in the building is topsy turvy and Judge Jones has been unable to hold middle district court for nearly "a half year. The work should be pushed"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-05
DEMOCRATIC HOPES
Are Keyed Up to the Highest Notch.

ed to dozen or more of them and they reported Democratic conditions t,n State as most encouraging. The hish- est estimate of Roosevelt over Parker up the State was 10000 and the low est S0,0o0. The general opinion seems to be that Roosevelt would come to the Harlem bridge with about 100 900. The estimate for Judge Parker below the bridge is 130,000. The opinion 10 growing here that the President will lose his own State.