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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04
WHY HE DID TT

It has been but a short while since Mir Bryan announced, with apparent sheer ity, that he had retired and would re- fuse to again appear in public in any political function Those who knew, him best and knew most about him thought at the time that he was promising inn possibilities. and they were correct. Be- fore the people had time to accustom themselves to such wide departure from his pledge. hires a. hall and launches out into virulent and altogether uncaIled for attack on Judge Parker and the AL bany platform.
 We say uncaIled for. and that Is to express 1t mildly. There was no earthly reason for his going to Chicago and making that speech except through a combination of vanity and malice There had been no authorized demand on the part of the Democracy of the country on him to express his views on Parker or the platform. No Democratic organiza- tion had called on him or expressed a desire for his opinion. No prominent Democrat, so far as we now recall, had invited or advised him to go to Chicago or anywhere else to enlighten the coun- try on Democracy or anything else. He was self-invited, for nobody asked you. sir, she said"
 To speak in plain terms. the Chicago performance was an inpertinence. Had Grover Cleveland made a trip to Chi cago for the purpose of criticising Hearst and the resolutions passed by some of his followers. the English language would have been strained to find lan- guage strong enough for Bryan's use in conforming the act No one can con- ceive of him being guilty of such an act. however, and the only explanation in Bryan's ease Is that it was a desperate effort to keep himself from sinking into utter obscurity and oblivion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04
Faw nivorcea in canada.

Philadelphia Ledger.
 sideration in a comparison of the divorce statistics of Canada and the United States, While this country has popu- lation which averaged twelve times that of Canada during the period from 1887 to 1901, for which a compilation has been made. its divorces have been l0,00 times as many as in the older provinces of the dominion. The power of granting divorce is notN committed to local courts. as in dominion parliament itself, and the pro- cedure insuFes that most potent deterrent of nasty or collusive divorces-publieity. All the proceedings must be in accord anee with an appointed routine, the pre- iiminaries must be advertised six months in advance and the applicant must ap- pear in person before committee of the Senate and present his own case.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04

fast coming to have negro problem of It's own and they will tend to show why our Northern friends are looking more and more tolerantly upon the efforts made by the South to save itself from
 any sort of negro predominance socially or politically. They show at the same time why the Republican politicians are mauoeuvering always to keep control of the colored vote The figures given by no means state the facts of today more than four years after the census was actually taken. It is estimated that the increase in New York City alone during the past year from negro immigration was as much as 1o.00o. The whole State has now probably more than 100000 ne- groes and not less than 25000 negro votes. The South can look on. if not cheeyfully. then with resignation in seeing the North brought face to face with real difficul- ties that carry them daily lesson of the need of bearing and forbearing amone the whites in dealing with the blacks We know the negro gets sorry well come, above Mason and Dixon's line. That Is none of our business and we make 1t none of our business. We are content for Roosevelt and his cohorts to rally the black voters by buncombe at Washington and wedge them down to the very bottom of the industrial life at the North. If the South is to be permitted sanely and dispassionately to go about the ordering of her own household.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04
A LEGISLATIVE GREEK HORSE.

A LEGISLATIVE GREEK HORSE.
 The Legislature of Alabama at its last sitting passed a statute against Sunday base ball. This was done in the face of strong fight against it. The opponents of the measure left no stone unturned to defeat 1t.
 This law seems to have been effectivs so far. Sunday games have not been tried either in Birmingham or Montgom- cry. where there are league teams Games for Sunday have been scheduled to be played here, but they were not un- dertaken. evidently because of fear of the execution of this State law.
 It Is plain, therefore. that there is no need of any city statute on this subject. Nevertheless one has just been intro duced in the City Council It was offered by request, and 1t is understood that it is being pushed by those who favor Sun day ball. It Is. therefore, open to sus- picion of its sincerity.
 On it's face It pretends to be more stringent than the State statute, In that 1t provides, in the discretion of the Re- corder. for a sentence of hard labor in addition to a fine But closer exani- nation shows that the measure is really Greek horse providing safe retreat for Sunday ball players.
 Under the State law the minimum fine is s25. This multiplied in the eases of the eighteen or more players necessary in a k1- 1ax live hibition. But under the proposed city statute the minimum fine Is $1, and this cannot be more than doubled under second conviction. Furthermore, the costs shall not exceed the fine in any event. Yet the costs in other cases are about g. It is possible, under this ordi- nance for the fine and costs not to ex- ceed g per player. and undoubtedly the baseball organization would gladly nay that sum as a virtual license.
 Since those favoring Sunday ball are pushing this ordinance. it is plain that they don't expect any heavy fine, or any hard labor sentence. in the administra- ton of this law. What may be their ground for this expectation is a matter of conjecture. They plan for the city statute virtually to cancel and annul the State statute. They probably intend to see to 1t that they are arrested by the city police before the Sheriff acts under the State law, and thus under the doc- Urine of concurrent jurisdiction and form CT jeopardy to avoid the operation Of the State statute. .
 This being the apparent purpose of the ball organization. the question arises, are the members of the City Council goinG to cooperate in the undertaking to veto and set aside State law? It ought not to be legal for any State law to be trod- den under foot by city legislative body. but, even if 1t is legal, should 1t be prac- ticable? Should men of the character and standing necessary for election to the Citys Council lend themselves to scheme of this sort? Can they afford to declare such a principle? We think not and we hope not. The baseball Greek horse should be cast without the walls of the city. It contains bad principle and establishes a dangerous precedent. State laws should be upheld by muni- cipal legislatures and not thrust aside.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04
Were Pooled Once.

CnattanOOBa IlnleS.
 Judge Parker if he should be elected President, will find a fine large treasury deficit awaiting him, if reports are true just as President Cleveland did In 1892 BUt Judge Parker and his party leaders wi.l take care this time that the great party of moral ideas doesn't shunt the credit for wastefulness and extravaganza upon the incoming administration, The budgets of Republican expenditures of the past eight years when made up for campaign purposes ought to open the eyes ot the public as 1t will. During the last campaign everything else was forgotten in lace of the blighting consequences req sonably expected to follow the triumph Of FopuHsm. fiat money and socialism. This year the battle is to be fought out on economic lines, with the 'blighting'' feature on the other fellow. The people were fooled once as to the responsibility Tor a depleted treasury, but they will know better thls time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04
aoRMAN FOR PRESIDENT.
The Maryland Senator May Be in
 the Presidential Fight

<~-% &6A AyAuh0 84u1tox 4Auy 06 HI the Presidential Fight.
 Washington Special to New York Times.
 If additional evidence that Senator German is still a candidate for tho Presidential Democration were needed, that evidence Is furnished in the opin- Ion of politicians in Washington by the information just received that Murray vandiver. Democratic State Chairman or Maryland. has reserved sixteen rooms for the week of the convention, De used as Germans beadquarters.
 None of the Democratic conventions are instructing their delegates. Out or total of z66 delegates elected, 134 are unfnstructed, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Oregon, Kansas and West viIe ginfa having refused to commit them selves. It Is declared in some quarters that the word has gone that 1t would PC unwise to Instruct any more deiega- lions until the actual strength of the Bryan- Hearst element can be ascer- Heved that dark horse" may yet stand an excellent chance of securing the nomination, and that Mir. German bility
 Senator German believes that the Hearst movement in the South has been checked, that he is strong in the South ern field on account of his attitude on the race question, and that with q York between Hill and Parker, and possibly a bitter fight in the National Convention, he stands an excellent chance of becoming the party leader, while his friends are determined that no opportunity shall be overlooked.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04
THE NEGRO AT THE NORTH.

The negro population of New York in 1890 was 70.O92. In 1900 it was 9,2s2, an in- crecse of 416. New York Is the great en- trepot for foreign immigration, many thousands of Europeans not only landing there, but remaining in the city or the State seeking employment. and making homes for themselves. In spite of this abnormal gain and the normal gain through the birth rate, the negroes had increased approximately far more rap idly than the whites. In this same dec ade the white increase was POS. pre- cisely half the figure for the increase among the blacks. n.6.
 In Indiana during the decade the me- groes increased from 5.21S to 57.3O5. I.2 per cent or nearly twice the per centage of the whites. 14.5. In Illinois the ne- groes mounted from 57.02s to s5.078; the whites was 25.6; the negroes 4s.2.
 In Pennsylvania there were in 1890. 107.- 596 negroes; in 1900. 15s.S45. showing a rate of increase nearly three times as great as among the white population. In New Jersey there were in 1890. 47,6SS negroes and in 1900. 69.S44. showing an increase of 46.6 per cent while the whites had in- creased 2s.S per cent. In West Virginia the negro rate was 3S1 and the rate for the whites, 251. Even in Massac chusetts there were in 1900 sl,s4 negroes and they had rate of 44,4 IS against 25.O for the whites. For the whole country the ne- gro had increased at rate of 1s.O from [. 7.4sS.7ss to s,slO,7ss the white rate being happily 2l.2
 These figures show that the Nsgth is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1904.
THE CANAL ANp THE souTH.

Messrs. Fisk and Robinson, New York. have just issued an Industrial Map Of the United States on small scale, show ing in the most graphic and conclusive manner the vast importance of the Pan- anna Canal to the Gulf States. The map shows diverging ship routes from the ca- nal to Galveston, Port Arthur (Texasl. New Orleans, Gulfport. Mobile, Pensa- cola and other Southern ports. with the distances, showing the advantage in dis tance which these ports will have over New York, For example, Pensacola is S7 miles nearer the canal and Calves ton 800, the average for the six towns named being ESQ miles.
 The important point in this saving of distance is shown in another connection by the map. By a line beginning at Charleston. and rising in pyramidal form Into North Dakota and descending at or near Tuscon, is shown the immense area of rich country which is in direct com munication. either by water or rail- with the six ports and cities mentioned above. It Is the great Mississippi Valley and the territory wholly or partially drained by the Mississippi River and its tribu- taries-a territory almost fabulously rich in Agricultural. mineral, arboreal and industrial products. It Is "the Hinter- land" as the description calls 1t, and all of it will be affected as we'll as ben efited by increased facilities afforded by the canal for reaching the markets of the outer world. As the map says 1t shows the advantage which the Gulf ports will have over any other portion of the Union, and that advantage will be shared by an area of country large is c land of wheat and corn and cotton. rich enough to feed and clothe the world
 The descriptive matter on the map speaks of the territory embraced within the line we have mentioned as "ths heart of the continent in which the great est commerce of the world originates. and this commerce must, from the gray ity of costs, flow down the railroads and the rivers to the Southern Gulf ports" and further declaring that St. Louis. Memphis. Cincinnati, Louisville. St. Paul. Kansas City. Omaha and Indianapolis must all pay tribute to the gateways of the South" Altogether 1t is a glowing prospect for Southern commerce, and one looking at the map from our point of view can only wish that the work of ca- nal-making may be soon begun and quickly finished.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04
ON THE WAIVE.
Nebraska Democrats Returning
 True Party Principles.

N6UIa6kd OCuAoSk&tS &sStNtuAnS " True Party Principles.
 Lincoln Special to Chicago Chronicle.
 Evidences are multiplying that Democratic sentiment has undergone a radical change in this State within the last year or two, both as respects MT. Bryan himself and the principles and policies for which he so conspicu- ously stands, and this change will be even more strikingly manifest when the convention meets June at Omaha than 1t is now. A determined effort will be made then, under the leadership of men who in former years were reckoned among Mir. Bryan's most faithful and influential political supporters, formally and finally to rid the Democratic party in Nebraska of the taint of Populism and to put 1t in line with the best tra- ditions of the national Democracy.
 No one is more keenly alive to the fact that Democratic sentiment in thfc State has undergone a radical change of late than is MT. Bryan himself. It Is significant that the men who are lead- ing the anti-Bryanism movement in Ne- braska are men who in former years were Mir Bryan's political friends and supporters. The movement was not organized by the so-called .'gold men. such as Dr. George l.. Miller. Jddge Will liam D. McHugh and T. J. Mahoney of Omaha, but 1t was organized and Is led by such men as R. E. L.. Herdman, clerk of the State Supreme Court, who not only voted for MT. Bryan in 1896 and 1900, but worked strenuously for and with him and was accounted free sil- yer Democrat of the first water.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04
Cetters to tbe Gdftor
Lynehing of Gaines Hall.

Kingston, Ala, May 2, 1904 Editor The Advertiser
 Allow me space in your paper to correct special of May 1st in regard to lynch ing of Gaines Hall. I was in PrattviIIa when a warrant was issued for Halls arr rest and promised the officers to assist In his arrest, that I would go home and meet them where the crime was com mitted. On my arrival at home found the negro there, arrested him and started to meet the officers as promised and was waylaid and the negro taken from me by a mob of fifty or 100 men. Five miles from Kingston. I don't think that because l was compelled to give up the negro to a mob of unknown men thai your correspondent from Prattville should have stated that 1t was a Kingston mon when 1t was in no sense of the term a mob from that place. J. l.. Carter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04
A New Syrup.

Atmore Spectrum.
 That interesting newspaper. the Mont Gomery Advertiser, fills up space by dis coursing upon watermelon syrup, the protltabieness of its manufacture, etc. We would remind The Advertiser that milk Now why shouldn't we encourage the benighted farmer to adopt means and procure utensils for the making of syrup from milk No doubt goats milk and way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04
HARMONY
To Be the Policy of the New York
 Democrats.

0VAnbGA&bos
 New York Special to Louisville cou-
 j rfer-Journal.
 The result of the meeting of the New York Democratic State Committee at Albany last Saturday Is entirely satis- factory to Democrats and disappoint- ing to the Republicans, wno hoped that there would be a clash and a row be- tween the upstate and city Democrats. Happily for the Democrats of the country, the meeting was harmonious. Mir. Hill. seeing that he could not make his man, Haven. chairman of the com mittee. made no opposition to the se- lection of MT. Cord Meyer, who is not only good Democrat. but a man of ability. sagaeity and wealth. In fact, the entire committee Is the strongest the Democrats ot the Empire State have had In years.
 It was openly declared at the com mittee meeting by the friends of Judge Parker that they did not intend to all low MT. Hill to submerge their Presi- dentia1 candidate, and 1t was given out that if Judge Parker was nominated at St. Louis they would witness the nomi-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04
Sanity Among Democrats,

PhiIadeIphla LedBeF.
 The State Democratic Convention of New York did two excellent things: First, 1t adopted platform upon which every sane, public-spirite5 Democrat In the country can stand with the assurance that his position is a strong one, because a right one; second 1t instructed, by an overwhelming ne jority, the delegation to support the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04
POLITICAL POINTS

nation of Mayor George B. Mcclellan for Governor next fall. and Judge Par- ker's friends went on to say that Mayor Mcclellan and the Mayors friends m New York City were entitled to the very highest credit at the hands of the Democratic party for the sagacious and upright administration of affairs in New York
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04
Little Encouragement.


 There Is but little encouragement in the fact that only six of the thirty-two delegates from Massachusetts to the Dem- ocratic National Convention are for Hearst, and it is observed that the most unkindest out of all was the defeat of George Fred Williams in his own district.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04

We congratulate The Atlanta News on the latest addition to the Hearst news paper supporters. It Is a ten-year old hoy, this time, who publishes a little thuub-paper and has announced for the New Yorker We can well believe that the colored supplements of the Hearst ayndiczte would catch a boy of his age. and he would be as likely to endorse Dick Deadeye If he were a candidate. F1o~ever, we congratulate The Newr an its saIest helper fin a weak cause
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04
Sufficiently Educated.

Birmingham News.
 A university president says he would educate a son of his even If he was to drive a mule so that there would be as much distance as possible between the son and the mule Those sons who have once come in contact with a mules heels are already sufficiently educated along this line
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04

cess this year lies in the cities of New York and Chicago. This Idea was put forth some time ago in these dispatchcs S, and l am glad to have the re-enforce- ing Judgment of such an eminent and astute politician as the Senator from Maryland. The argument of Democrats who do not like the idea of nominating Judge Parker Is that 1t would be foolish to name candidate to please the trusts and to drive away the support of the ele- ments that are reached by the tongue of Colonel Bryan and the newspapers of W R. Hearst. The question is asked, eff Bryan and Hearst bolt Parker, what chance would there be to carry Chicago and New York by big enough majorities to win the Presidency? Whether or not Bryan and Hearst would actually bolt Parker cannot. of course, now be learn ed, but If they did not openly bolt they could do the cause world of harm among the elemnts of society which are responsive to. their influence, and these are elements which possess vast num- bers of votes, even if they are a trifie deficient in intelligence and education. By thus looking ahad. the opponents of Parker and the friends of Towne think they see ample reason why the former should not be nominated, and why the latter should be.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04

Louis. The platform and candidate reI,reaent the highest ideals and best traditions of the Democratic party, and should the National Convention affirm the one and nominate the other, 1t will be very generally conceded that, though inc party should not achieve success at the polls. 1t vii have gone far toward daaarUfn1 if
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04
Bite for Keeps.
S,,emeld Reaper.

The Montgomery Advertiser furnishes the information that the difference be- tween the humps microbe and that of typhoid fever is the latter has longer tail Ths tail IS not what hurts their victims-it's their bite, and they bite for keeps!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04
Was Loudly cheered.

hOOlie tfeTdlu.
 Winston Churchill forgot his speech other day and was loudly cheered when he sat down, leaving 1t unfinished. And yet we say the English have no sense or nulnor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04
A Poor Democrat.

Clarke County Democrat.
 he Mobile Herald is flying the names Of Alton $, Parker and John Sharp SWu' Jams for President and Viee-President IL would be a, poor Democrat that would object to that ticket. We doubt If the St. Lotus convention does as we'll
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04
St. Jane.
springf~ld Cdass.) Republican.

SprlngffNld (Mass.l Republican.
 Miss Jane Addams of Hull house, Chl- Bohemians, and others of the foreign clement because of her vo-k among them, in behalf of health and housing and civilization and culture. So saiG Professor Graham Taylor of the sociolo- Rivai department of Chicago University in a speech to the Young Women's Christian Association Of New York city Sunday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04

When Polonius asked Hamlet what he was reading the melancholy Dane re- piled. Words. words. words" We would have thought Bryan's speeches were then In prtnt2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04
The Free Lance.

Birmingham, Ala. May 2, 1904. Editor The Advertiser Please do the kindness to announce in your paper that the editorial office of The Free Lance was destroyed in the First Avenue fire on Sunday morning last, including the subscription list and all other books and papers; and that sub scribers are respectfully requested to furnish their respective addresses and the dates to which their subscriptions were paid, and very much oblige,
 Yours fraternally,
 Frank Baltzell,
 Editor Free Lance,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04
Waste of Time.
Birmingham

Birmingham Age-HeraId.
 The old question of whether Ham waJ a white man or negro has been revived. It is a waste of time to discuss a man who has been dead so long and did not know anything about the race problem.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-04
Hearst Boom Lost in Maine.

A special from Bangor, Me, says Outside of Knox, Cumberland and An droscoggin Counties, little is heard of the Hearst boom in Maine. And only Knox can be depended upon to stick to Hearst until the last gun Is fired. Twu months ago considerable Hearst talk was heard, inspired, without doubt, by the expectation of a barrel. The bay rel has failed to arrive. except for small installments in Knox and Cum berland. It is possible that the Second District may elect Hearst delegates but in the other three districts the dele gations will be uninstructed, although there Is an undoubted tendency toward Parker. There will be no State Con- Vention of the Democrats this year to elect delegates large. The call of the National Committee said nothing about delegates simply pro- viding for the election of twelve dele gates, or three in each district. and this will be done in the district conyen- tions.