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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-08
WHAT WAS TIT

The New York Times, commenting on Mrs. Chadwick's phenomenal perform ances, says that "every little while the whole banking system is shaken to its foundations by the operations of some bold and clever operator in credit who somehow manages to succeed in get ting money in almost any quantity from institutions ordinarily hypercriti- cal of business paper and still more so of everything which savers of ac- commodation paper. More often than otherwise they are women, not neces- sarily actuated by deliberate purpose to swindle, but distinguished by large desires with most uncertain issues" Men are much less successful in imbe- cile finance than women. They are more open to suspicion, apparently. As the rule. these people are not clever in of finance: they are not identified with magnificent schemes as promoters: generally they are commonplace people who spend what they borrow in reck- less extravaganza which should put the prudent banker on his guard rather than impress him. Perhaps they are hypnotists.
 The expression, perhaps they are hypnotists," may be the only way to | account for the ease with which Mrs. Chadwick carried through her schemes. but that doesn't help matters much. If one woman possesses such powers why may not others? and if any consid- erable number of them are thus gifted what moneyed man Is safe from them? By the way she ought to have tried her game on Russell Sage or Hetty Green Then we might have learned whether 1t was hypnotism or something else. for if she had succeeded in pulling the wool over their eyes no human would be safe from her operations We have always understood that they are among the hardest cases in the country to skin, and if she had succeeded with them she could have tackled any other member of the human family without much danger of getting turned down.
 And yet. the more we read of this remarkable case the more singular and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-08
BIGGER SALARY
Than is Paid to the Presideut.


 Washington Special to N. O. Times
 Democrat.
 Henry l.. Burnett, United States Dis trict Attorney for the Southern Dis trict of New York, has been for the last six years, and possibly longer, in receipt of an annual income from the Government larger than the salary paid to the President of the United States This State of affairs has been a topic of comment among men who had some nett received in addition to bis regu- lar salary, but no public cognizance has been taken of 1t until the present time
 In the annual report of Attorney General Moody, just made public, a page and a half was devoted to MT. Burnets and his fat legal pickings. MT. Moody, while scrupulously refraining from strong comment on what is commonly held to be glaring wrong, says that The compensation for the District-At torney of Southern New York calls for grave consideration" and recommends that he be given a fixed salary in lieu of all compensation now alleged. Mir Burnett has drawn the enormous fees allowed him under "a curious and stu pid law" Nothing illegimate or irreg- ular can be found in the processes by which he received from March 31, 1883, to June 30, 1904, $273, 800 in addition to his salary of $6.000 year. or a total His fees for the fiscal years 1901, 1902. 1903 and 1904, amounted to $219, S95 His salary brought the total amount re- ceived from the Government during this period up to $243,S95, or an ever age of about $61,000 year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-08
Fidelity of Northern Democrats.

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 The present situation in sense re- Democrats were assailed in the South, and when Robert Tombs. speaking in defense of Stephen A. Douglas, said from the stump at Augusta, Ga.:~
 No. I shall prescribe no new test of party fealty to Northern Democrats, those men who have hitherto stood with honor and fidelity upon their engage ments. They have maintained the truth to their own hurt. They have display ed a patriotism, a magnanimity rarely eoualled in the worlds history, and I shall endeavor. in sunshine and in storm, with your appreciation If I can get it, without 1t if I must; to stand by them with fidelity equal to their great deserts"
 From the day the great Georgian ut tered these memorable words until now faithful Northern Democrats have in deed occupied the position of the man of scripture who "sweareth to his own hurt and changeth not" All the forces of power and influence in their section have been against them. For years they were literally despised by the dominant elements in almost every section of the North. They formed virtually a disconsidered class and in a worldly sense apostasy would have well repaid them. Yet they steod firm, in the face of scorn, of taunts and of repeated defeat at the polls. because they sincerely believed in the principles of government largely originating with and for a century upheld by the party of Thomas Jefferson.
 Now is a good time for Southern Democrats to recall and reflect upon all this,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-08
Some Lessons of the Vote.

Washington Post.
 According to close figures 1t appears that of the Bryan vote of 114.o13 in Nebraska in 1900 Parker got only o2. 975: 16.000 went directly to Roosevelt 2S.500 were given to the Socialist and Populist candidates. and 17.0O0 did not go to the polls.
 In Wisconsin the total vote increased less than 5000; but Parker's vote fell short of Bryan's 33,4S2. while Roosevelt gained 13,192 over Mckinley. And while the Socialist-Labor vote in 1900 was only 524. Debs got this year 27,- ITO. This indicates. like the vote in Nebraska, in Missouri and other States a preference of mhny of the Bryan over a conservative Democrat. There is likewise a pretty plain inference from the figures that considerable proportion of the Bryan men manifest ed their hostility to the ''reorganizers'' by staying at home or voting for Debs. So that, while McKinley's large plu- ralities were increased by the votes of conservative Democrats. Roosevelts unexampled popular plurality was due in part to the action of the radicals.
 In the face of such figures. 1t Is not to the radical views of Bryan will not be encouraged by Democrats in Con gress, who are mostly Democrats of the conservative type. It is also not difficult to understand how a party. each of whose two wings has been lacking in loyalty at the polls. one wing at two Presidential elections and the other at one Presidential election. should prefer to wait developments rather than launch new policies in the Senate and House
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-08
Mistaken About the south.

Savannah Morning News.
 The Northern papers will get tired after awhile probably of printing and commenting on letters they are receiv- ing from Alabama, Virginia and some of the other Southern States in which 1t Is said that the thirteen States which voted for Parker should secede, that the South will never fight another political battle. that the Southern peo- pie have abandoned all hope of ever having another Democratic President and stun of that sort. As far as we have observed the Southern people are not in despair over the political situa- tion. The few who are had probably picked out the office they expecter to get in the event of Parker's election. Their disappointment has been so great that they have been compelled to give expression to 1t in doleful letters to Northern publications.
 Of course, the people of the South are greatly disappointed at the result of the election. but they don't feel that the Democratic party is going out of business or that the South is not going to have any voice in the government in the future. On the contrary, those who look at the political situation philosophically are practically sure that at no very distant day the South will have a big share in the government
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-08

inexplicable 1t becomes. Tn at least some of the transactions those who loaned her the money appear 10 have exercised unusual caution, and had taken what they considered ample measures to assure themselves that the checks offered were genuine, and the endorsements equally so. or that the. securities pledged for the loans were beyond suspicion. It is true that some of the transactions can only be ac- counted for by admitting that the suf- ferers were simply the victims of the woman's powers of persuasion. hypno- tism or whatever we may call 1t, ana these are not entitled to much sympa- thy. but If the testimony already brought out is genuine there seems no reason for doubting that forged checks with forged endorsements were freely passed and cashed. What manner of woman is it that can thus gull so many hard-headed bankers and other finan- ciers?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-08
FAR-sIGHTED WISDOM.
Prompt Returns from Money Expendeo
 in Railroad Building.

Chicago Record Herald.
 The annual report of the Union Pa cific Railroad recently made public would seem to be an answer to the criticism madezin some quarters that the rebuilding<sof American railway systems Is being carried on upon reckless and extravagant basis. More than a year ago it was officially an- nounoed by the management of the Union Pacific that the extraordinary expenditures for Improvements had practically been concluded. and as the result of the use of between $30,000.00O and $40.000.000, the company would be able to materially reduce operating ex- penses, and consequently reap benefits in the way of increased net earnings.
 The report for the year ending last June shows an increase in gross earn ings of over $4,200,000 and an advance in the net earnings of more than $2.- 500.000. The increase in gross earn ings is not remarkable by comparison. but the increase in net is. This occur red during a year in which the major ity of railway systems showed a mate- rial decrease, which in instances reached into millions. Reaping the harvest of its extraordinary expendit- ures. however, the onion Pacific was able to keep the increase in operating expenses down to about $1,687.723. g. figure which left a generous margin between 1t and the increase in gross earnings.
 The secret of the whole matter is shown in the statement that the com pany. by means of the best of physical conditions and ample provision for equipment. was able to reduce the ratio of operating expenses to gross earn ings from 52.32 to S1.52, and by in- creasing the average trainload to move a greatly increased traffic with a de- crease of 716,3S9 Locomotive miles," Nearly all the big railway systems of the country will soon be in position to reap the harvest which the Union Pa- ciflc Is reaping. The Pennsylvania is rebuilding at a cost of more than $100A 00.000, the Baltimore and Ohio at g. cost of more than $S0,O00. .00o, the Grand Trunk is expending over $50,000, 900. and many others are being rebuilt up- on similar scale.
 The Union Pacific's annual report ap- parently indicates that these expendit- ures were dictated by a wise foresight into traffic conditions and were backed by a we'll grounded faith in the future. It may be also true that the result in the case of this Western road may be taken to prove the wisdom of the new idea of centralization of power and ! management The Hartman lines were the first to try the plan of cen- tralizing the traffic and operating de- partments under single heads with su- preme power, which has undoubtedly conduced to economy of administration.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-08
sTAHLMAN WINS.
In . Libel Suit Against The Nashviiis
 NeHa PuhliahiAG Co.

In . Libel Suit Against The Nashvtiis News Publishing Co. A judgment was entered on Monday last in the Circuit Court of Nashviile. Tenn. against The News Publishing tor of The News, in favor of Major E.. B. stahiman for $1.2oo and costs.
 This suit grew out of publication in The Nashville Daily News of an ar which sought to revive and magnify the various forms of attacks previously made upon Mr. Stahlman by newspa- pers. political enemies and persons mls- led or unfriendly. to him.
 MT. Stahlman had in print ana oth- erwise said comparatively little re- specting the previous attacks upon him. but determined when he they came ntsa,n in sna, the bracing as 1t did in substance and ef- feet every form of criticism and abuse formerly heaped upon him. to supmis ssnss S ssoh prdmpg nSsgtsss Brought ths sn.
 The suit was not brought by Mir Stahlman for pecuniary gain, but sim Ely ana only as asrssnrs means or as oniy for a sufficient sum to pay MT. Stahlman attorneys fees and the costs. The case has been pending for over two years, set and the case about to be tried, the defendants submitted to a judgment.
 The decree of the court, among oth- CT things, said:
 'srhis action for libel is grounded on an article published by The Nashville Daily News a newspaper published and owned by The News Publishing Com pany. a corporation, in its issue of July 29, 1909.
 After diligent effort, the defense is unable to find proof to sustain the said article-its allegations or inferences and implications from the same-and is constrained to admit that the plain tiff Is a person of honesty, honor and integrity and that the article Is libel ous per SC. and that plaintiff has sus- tained damage therefrom and Is enti- tied to recover in this action"
 The case as to defendants R. M. Dudley and John M. Gray, Jr.. who were at the time of the publication the owners of the News, and who having 'disclaimed all agency in or connection with the writing or publication of said article" was dismissed.
 While the decree is gratifying to MT. Stahlman's friends, those who under stand and know him best have never looked for any other result.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-08
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1904.
THE RIGHT OF SEARCH.


 According to an article in The New York Sun the courts of that city have a somewhat knotty problem to settle, and one of importance to the police. It seems that a son of J. J. Higginson, while walking along the public road with a bundle under his arm, was stopped by a policeman in plain clothes, wearing no badge, who com pelled him to open the bundle and dis close Its contents. The father has brought suit for damages, and The Sun says of the case:
 Should MT. Higginson's suit end in a verdict against the policeman all mo- licemen would be likely to give up the practice, even when they might be justified in following it. If, on the other hand, the courts should affirm the right of a policeman to stop any citizen, examine his person and require him to give an account of himself, the abuses to which 1t might lead are obvi- ous. For these reasons the litigation will be watched with much interest by the officers of the municipality and by ell its citizens
 The police justify what really looks like an invasion of a private citizens tights on the ground that they have Q right to suspect that any stranger carrying package may be a thief with stolen goods in his possession, but is not this carrying the right of search entirely too far? If that contention is sustained no man carrying a bundle will be safe from the humiliation of being stopped and searched unless he ts known to the police, and even that might not save him. We may admit that if they are not allowed to stop any one without warrant many a thief may escape. But has an officer Q right to suspect any one he meets and act on that suspicion? As The Sun eays, to admit that right would lead to abuses without number. It the courts sustain MT. Higginson the police will have to abandon the practice of search ing people without warrant, and 1t might be that some guilty persons would escape, but 1t seems to us that ft is better for some of the guilty to escape than that policemen should be at liberty to stop citizens at will and humiilate them in the way young Hig- ginson was. It will hardly be claimed that all policemen are so constituted or endowed that they will make no mistakes, and to give them full liberty in this respect will not have a tendency to make the citizens more tolerant or friendly to the guardians of the peace, nor will it make them more careful of the rights of the citizen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-08
ANOTHER TREASURY RAID.

Again the question of raise in Fed eral salaries, administrative and Con- gressional, is to the front. Some of us have not forgotten the bobbery that was caused some thirty years ago by the enactment Of the salary grab" law, and how the support of it sent some Congressmen to their political graves, but we suppose the Republi- cans are so elated over their great may do will be endorsed by the peo- pie. The salaries of the President and of the Senators and members of the House are to be doubled and that of the Vice-President is to be raised to s2O,OOO.
 All this will be good for the pockets of those who get the increase, but how they propose to raise the money, and how they will reconcile such a course to their sermons on economy, we do not see. Neither do we understand how they will defend such a grab in the face of their own admission that there is a defict now and a prospect of larger one in the near future. The extra money will have to come from some source and we predict that if the bill becomes law some really useful and proper appropriations will be cut down to supply it. However, such g. measure, if passed by a party vote. would be good club for Democrats to use-but would all of them vote against it7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-08
A VERY IMPORTANT MEASURE.

One of the most important measures to come up in the present Congress Is the bill for preventing the adultera- tion or misbranding of foods or drugs. and for regulating trafic therein and for other purposes" Actually, there will be few things of more importance before that body. though there will be various others which are seemingly so. The object of this bill strikes at the root of a great and growing evil, for 1t is an evil that affects both the purpose and the lives of the American people. It has reached point where we do not know what we are eating, drinking or taking in most cases Even the druggist himself doesn't know that he is getting pure drugs, while the person who busy any drug or medicine already prepared Is in constant dam ger of poisoning. Hardly a day passes that we do not see accounts of injuri- ous effects caused by taking medicines which are supposed to be pure. There is no means of prevention at present. and the most conscientioussand care- full druggist in the country may sell bottled preparation which will not only not be beneficial, but may be danger ous.
 We have not seen the text of the bill in question, and do not know how far 1t goes, but 1t can hardly go too far in the direction of prevention and punish ment. The man who so adulterates any food product that it will De injurious to health or a menace to human lifo, Is just as guilty of crime, at least morally as is he who poisons a spring or a well, and If any law, either State or Federal, can be enacted and enforced which will prevent this great wrong, 1t should not only prevent the sale of articles which are dangerous. but should go further and punish the sell ing of any article of Food or drink un- der a false name. Stop swindling as we'll as poisoning, if the thing Is pos sible.
 This bill has already passed the House of Representatives but The New York Times thinks that there may be an influence at work which will pre- vent 1t getting through Cthe Senate at this session. It says that while a ma jority of the Senators favor it, there are a few who oppose 1t and that Sen atorial courtesy" may be stretched to the point of allowing 1t to go over. If that is done, the people should remem- Der those who are responsible for 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-08

The Democratic party has suffered other just as great defeats and within q comparatively short time was in con trol Of the government.
 The South Is the most conservative part of the country as it fs the most American. The time is coming when there will be need for her conservatism and Americanism, and it may come soon. In the meantime she is getting along all right. she is growing rich. She is turning her unoccupied lands into productive fields and is building factories and opening her ,mines. Her prosperity will not be checked by the failure of the Democratic party to get control of the government at the recent election. Let those who think there will never be another Democratic President write letters to the Northern papers if they want to. It will do them good to express stheir disappoint- ment. but let the people generally give their attention to their fields and fac- tories and rest content with the assur- ance that the South and the Democratic party are coming to the front again. They will not be disappointed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-08
Canada,s Commercial Future.

From the nature of things. Canada cannot long resist the invitations of comrr cree from other sources thaD Eng 4 |. The spirit of commercial ex- pan once instilled into her people, and with her great fertile plains. exten- sive forests, and ric. {. mineral deposits as yet unsurveyed. >re is an alluT- ing national future for her. So far as her allegiance to Great Britain Is con cerned. 1t Is almost entirely sentimen- pendent. Her people look to England as children look to parent. But there must come a time when even children grow up and strike out for themselves. Commerciall~, Canada is still a child. albeit a very lusty and promising one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-08

We can partially understand the de- cision of the New York Judge that a sandwich is not a meal, but not fully. If one is not a meal, how many would be required? What must be added to the one to constitute a meal? And. by the way, there are some brands of the sarIroad sandwich of which one con stitutes. a thoroughly filling meal for the ordinary stomach. Two would be 6 surfeit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-08
ANOTHER SUFFERING WOMAN
 ESCAPES PAINFUL SURGERY.
A WOman's Praise
 For Pe-ru.na.

Mrs. Sophia Calwell, box 3N, Nash- vile, Tenn, writes:
 s:After doctoring for . year and Hnd- igg,n reHeffr0m leuc0rrhea resulting from pr0lspsus uferi, and which was Sappi1g my life forces away, finally tried Peruna, and when found that k was helping me every dsy, # seemed almost too good to be true.
 "Buf, t not only helped me. # cured me and fin q very short time. am now enjoying the best of health. lam strong and free from pain, and cer- kainly feel that aN praise and honor are due t0 Peruna. "..S0phia CalWeH
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-08
Of Great Importance.

MOb1Ie Herald. .
 It is of great importance that the blame for accidents should always be properly located. When the higher officials compel employees to work a sustained period beyond that which strength avails, without time for re- taxation or sleep. subjected to ener- nous strain, the higher officials, more than the employees, are responsible TOT the mistakes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-08

The Pensacola News seems in doubt whether to call Missouri a Northern or Southern State, since it went Repub- lican. Well, as 1t also went Democratic we may as well classify it as "sorter betwixt and between"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-08

Those who are criticising that recent breakfast of Republican statesmen where several kinds of pie were served should bear in mind that Republicans are entitled to all and any kind of pie they want.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-08
Some Mean Well.

An exchange remarks: The negro problem has proven the pons asinorum of Northern editors since the war. Some of them meant well. It does seem. hard, however, that the Southern white people should be continually an moved. and the negroes in the South should be greatly retarded in progress, because of the ignorance and pre)udlce of outside meddlers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-08
. . . V < ' t NSS SS13SSSSS = A WHAT THE STATE PAPE13 . . ARE SAYING. = v v .N .ye v ' 1 y y .S 1 y v v y
would Stay, Too.

Decatur News. :,
 The editor of The Guntersville Demo- crat remarks: General Stoessel has remarkable staying powers If the editor were where General Stoessei IS he would stay there too.