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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01
CLAIMING TOO MUCH.

The State pride of The Portland Ore
gonian is refreshing. 1t doesn't ex-
actly claim that its State is the axle
upon which the world revolves, but 1t
strongly intimates that oregon Is the
political guide-board and mentor OF
| this Union of ours. For instance, in
recent issue it declares:
Every newspaper in the United
States, daily and weekly, and every
magazine, notices the result of the
election in Oregon, and the Indication
from it that the country is for Roose-
welt. Nothing oregon at this time can
do. not the Lewis and Clark fair nor
anything nor everything else, can or
VIII obtain the attention or the coun-
manded 1t. This event has obtained
universal notice throughout the United
States. Do what we Will or may. MAGE
every exertion we can, and we shall not
get for Oregon the attention that this
incident has given the State.
For a newspaper that rarely INDUCES
In anything approaching bombast or
sensationalism that is piling it on pref
ty thick. To claim that every publ
cation in the Union notices the result
Of the election is a rather brash asser-
ton, but to top it off with the further
declaration that all the papers and
magazines regard that result as an in
dication that the country Is for Roose-
Welt is going just little beyond the
limit.
What is there IN Oregon or Oregon
politics that should make an election
in that State finger-board to point
out how all the other States will vote?
That State has gone Republican in
every election in thirty years, except in
1890, we believe. when a Democratic
Governor was elected, yet the Demo-
Gratis won in three Presidential cleo
lions during that time, and we are un-
able to see any reason why Roosevelt
should now be accepted as the man of
destiny merely because the State has
followed its usual habit and elected a
Republican State ticket. The claim of
The Oregonian Is about as reasonable
as 1t would be for The Advertiser to |
assert that the country Is against
Roosevelt because Alabama elected a |
Democratic Governor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01
LEADERS OF DEMOCRACY.


Change that VIII be Noticed in This
Years Convention.
hopert Adamson in Success.
In the first place, 1t should be stated
tnat the personnel fthe Democratic
convention will be vastly changed. In
double sense, the assembly will pass
VIII transfer the issues as well as the
reins. and the foremost parts in that
gathering. which now promises to be
historic for the party. will be played
either by actors entirely new or by
those who have been relegated to OBJ
security for eight years.
Four years ago. the only wish con-
suited was Mr.. Bryans, and he govern
AZ his pleasure. This year. reduced to
the ranks. he will lead the remnant of
MS following which Mr.. Hearst has
peen able TO hold together 1t will be
proadest contrasts. On one side of the
hall. under the flag of the radical
young editor-candidate, will be ranged
such famous lights Of other days. sur
Vivors of the Bryan idea and the Pop
ulist party, as the fiery and fiowery
Gen. James B. Weaver, twice a candi-
date for the presidency himself; the
,x voc Alexander Troup; the fight.
Bryan in the enemy's country" James
M. Griggs. of Georgia; James G. john
son, the national committeeman from
Kansas; John J. Fitzgerald, the fam
u.
and host of mining and agricultural
statesmen and doctriraire pub1icists
whose dearest antipathy is the money
ridden east.
On the other side, probably in control
at the opening. will sit the men who
nave been politically submerged for
eight years-David B. Hill, who was
Kissed and howled at Chicago, and who
was ignored at Kansas City; the white
haired Grecian-cast German, who has
been patiently hiding his time for eight
years and Is still young in the hope of
promising Smith. of New Jersey, the
exponent of Cleveland and unrelenting
foe of every shade of radicalism;
James M. Guffey. the coal millionaire of
party in that state. who has also waited
for Bryan to subside; Henry G. Davis.
the picturesque and rugged millionaire
ex-senator from West Virginia, who
has returned to politics at eighty-three
years of age to celebrate. the return of
the party to sanity" william F. Shee-
han, of New York, who bolted Bryan
and is managing Parker: and all the
rest of the list Of "reorganized" lead
who have held such paltry roles in the
party management for the last eight
years.
or Of new Zig figures who will be potent
Williams. the trenchant. humorous.
brilliant. Democratic leader in the
Lower House of Congress. will be
prominent IN the coming convention,
His nomination for President is
not one of the remotest of the posi-
bilities of that gathering. He has
been the issue maker in the session
of Congress which, has just closed, and
1t Is the Judgment of both parties that
he has done his work better than any
predecessor in that position in many
years. Williams is little man, with
frowsy brown hair that overhangs his
forehead, a dark-brown moustache, and
no disposition to give himself the airs
which are usually associated with
Southern statesman. He is distinctly
q new type of Southern leader.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01
POLITICAL POINTS

history was past and that the platform
should declare for new things.
Mr.. Bryan either did not believe that
the Democratic congressman meant
what they said. or he did not care what
their wishes might be, for when he
held his State convention in Nebraska
he put in plank for the reafffrmation
OF the platforms OF the last two ma
ttonal conventions
The general thought Of the leaders
during the period of the holding OF
the State conventions has been that
the contest would come between Mr.
Bryan and the conservatives over the
question of reaffirmation or non-affirma
ton. Many of these leaders have felt
that they would be accomplishing
enough If they simply defeated Mr.
Bryan's efforts and remained silent on
the money question. They wanted the
sumed that the money question: was
settled and that no population was
due the business interests of the coun-
try.
May Demand a Gold Standard.
find growing feeling In the West
that the party must go further than
that in its platform. Many bankers
and merchants who wish to support the
Democratic ticket once more will In
sist that the party not only repudiate
the free silver position Of the party in
the past, but take an advanced posi-
ton in favor of the gold standard.
They say that only by doing this can
the party regain the confidence of the
business community 1t will not do
to remain silent on the money question
for that would be cowardly and would
enable the Republican orators to go
on the stump and say that the Demo-
cratic party was still in favor of free
silver. because 1t had taken no new
position, and the old position necessari-
ly was being occupied
Here Is the embarrassment which
confronts the party on the money
question: The national leaders of the
conservatives want to get all the sound
money men back in line for the ticket,
They also want to hold the free silver
and free everything" element. Many
of them are strongly in favor of doing
nothing at all but vote down Mr.. Bry-
ans reaffirmations. Senator Tillman
is understood to favor such action. He
Is delegate at large and will no
doubt represent his State on the Com
mittee on Resolutions. Senators
Daniel and Martin of Virginia. and
even Senator German, of Maryland
are believed to take the same view.
senator German desires to be chairman
OF the Resolutions Committee
Many gold standard Democrats will
go to the convention and tell the dele
gates that such a step would be un-
wise. 1t would not insure more votes
from the Bryan wing of the party, nor
would 1t inspire confidence among the
business men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01
MOT OF A SUPREME JUSTICE.
His Clever Reply to Hostess Of Vegetarian
PrOclivities.

new 1 ork Evening Post.
Speaking of toads, with Incidental refer
e7ce to other saltatory animal life, recalls
a mot attributed to one of the justices of
the supreme court, which has been giving
the Washington gossips a good deal of
amusement Of late. He was dining the otn-
er evening with the family of disting-
utshed ex-senator who noted for their
extravagant advocacy OF the vegetarian
diet
over the delicacies OF the table, which
included pretty nearly every form of edible
plant life suited to the season. conversation
turned upon the familiar theme, and the
hostess. after trying in vain to convert her
beef reared guest by arguments based a
the chemical constituents of various food.
pleaded:
But surely Mr.. Justice. you must admin
that vrgctarianism means strength and agil-
lily. when you remember that the rabbit
which feeds wholly on vegetables can mako
such great leaps through the air from hid
ing place 10 hiding place"
True, madam" answered the turist
graNely, but We must also rrnember that
the minute creature for which naturalists
claim the ability to jump more times its
own length than any other belongs in the
class of pure carnivora."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01

into q routine This is true especially
OF those committees having the bien-
nials In charge. For three successive
Diennfals says an exchange, almost
Iuentically the same speakers have APP
peared. What they had to say was ad-
mirable. and their own standing in the
world of education. philanthropy, and
Ietters was not to be questioned. How
ever. Mrs. Decker intends to have a
oIand new set of speakers and topics
at the next biennial Altogether II is
saie to predict a strenuous administra-
ton In clubdom
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01
Kipling's Gentle Rebuke

Th!ladelphia ubIlc Ledger.
Rudyard kipling, when last in this
country, dined with a party which in
cluded several other we'll known writ
ers. a Mir proportion of men and wo-
men who knew something about liter
allure, as well as a large number who
knew little, making up for their lack
of knowledge by pretense, Several of
the last started a useless discussion
concerning RECOMMENDATIONS. synonyms,
antonyms, etc, and, apropos of moth
ing at ali that had been said. one. fir
Ing his remark straight at Kiplng as
being the lion of the evening said
II (lnd that sugar and 'sumac' are
the only words beginning with 'su' that
are pronounced as though beginning
with 'sh.
Bored though he was, Kipling's po-
likeness did not desert him. and, asSum-
ing an expression of interest, although
his eyes twinkled behind his glasses,
he replied:
Are Won sure p
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01
One Way to Reduce Municipal Expense.


Our foreign exchanges report that at
one of the meetings of the South Afri-
can Lighting Association, to account
for the shrinkage in the consumption of
gas. 1t was explained that the govern
ment of Cape Colony has adopted a
standard time which moved forward the
day one hour. Now. the people of South
Africa regulated their daily affairs by
the clock before this change, and they
still do so. They rise one hour earlier,
and go to bed accordingly. This shift
ing forward of the day in effect ex-
tends twilight into the night. Street
lamps are lit an hour later-according
to the clock-and as they are extin-
guished at the regular time, an hour of
lighting is saved. II does not appear
that the new life is less enjoyed than
the old. as doubtless the chickens, cats
and other domestice animals have also
adopted the new day. This is surely an
exceedingly simple and effective meth
Cd OF reducing one item of municipal
expense, and we recommend it to those
towns which. owning municipal plants,
each year have the hard problem OF
making the income meet the expenses.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01

Club women arc waiting rather anX-
tously for the announcement Of the
new committees in the general fedora
ton. Mrs. Decker, the newly elected
president, has said frankly that she in
tends to make come unexpected APP
polntments, her desire b4<ng to get in
to service come new influences. The
General Federation, like most large
organizations. has q tendency to fall
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01
Turn to Cleveland in M,..,.s,vp,.

Jackson Special to Chicago Chronicle.
A well-defined movement booming
John Sharp Williams of Yazoo City.
minority leader of the National House
of Representatives. for Vice President
on the Democratic ticket was started
in this city today by Mr.. Willams's
friends and admirers. The negro suf-
frage plank in the Republican platform
seems to have changed sentiment here
and there is much talk of Grover Cleve-
land and John Sharp Williams for Vice
President
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01

The Monterey News says Roosc-
welt can play on anything. He could
even play a mouth organ and create
enthusiasm" 1t thinks. Well. If there
is any instrument in existence on
which he can successfully play, 1t is
most assuredly a mouth organ.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01

Whatever other claims may be made
for the Republican candidates, their
best friends cannot call them hand
some. Even the adage. Handsome is
as handsome does cannot be applied
to them. politically.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01

Mayor Tom Johnson, of Cleveland, is
another pipe dreamer who thinks Pres
idential lightning may strike him.
Some men have a wonderful amount OF
assurance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01
Guarantees VS.. Claims.

relieving a long established custom, the
suerAnteed net circulation of the Daily and
sunday Advertiser, for May. Is herewith
submitted 1t Will be noted that the state
nent - compiled after all returns are de-
Sucteo. and the results not only sworn to.
Das gaaranseed- The Advertisers guaran-
.seo circulation. Daily and Sunday. exceeds
the actual issue Of all other Alabama
rates absolutely invarfabIs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01

Daily average for May .iosoSV
p. J. Kelly. Circulation Manager OF the
Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn.
says: The foregoing statement of The Ad-
vertfser's daily circulation for the month OF
May, 1904. is true and correct and complied
after all returns from newsboys. news
agents and leftover copies have been de-
Quoted
p. J. KELLY,
Circulation Manager.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
9th day Of June, 1904.
+. w. JACKSON.
N. p, EXC. ]. p.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01

Mr.. Bryan declares that he has no
candidate to present to the St. Louis
Convention. However. as nobody has
asked him to do so. it is all right.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01

1t occurs to us that 1t is long time
between revolutions in South Amer
lea. though there may be one OF two
going on right now.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01
Glow and Shadow.

ot LUUIS HepuDIlC.
The Republican is platform of H.
fusion. In which tariff revision is de-
clared unnecessary and still is prom
1sed. It's a danger maze-light that
casts a lurid glow on enc path and a
shadow on the other
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01

Now 1t is. said that Perdicaris is
preparing to write a novel. We feared
he was going to lecture.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01

1t is claimed that Paul Morton knows
something about shipping because he
was once general freight agent of a
railroad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01

II the Prohibitionists want to be
consistent. they might nominate Miles
and Carrie Nation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01

A Russian prince declares: I'VE must
crush Japan" Did he ever try to crush
a live hornet?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01

It's hard, this keeping Roosevelt in
suspense several weeks before Off
cially informing him of his nominal
ton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01

will be killed or injured by the acci-
dents which are the inevitable conse-
quences of the careless use of flre-
works.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01

AS the Vice Presidential lightning
failed to hit Hit, he may now take
down his lightning rod.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01

Is Cleveland in the air? Asks Ihe
Macon Telegraph. Just wait few
days and you'll find out, perhaps.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01

We are told that Roosevelt was not
at all excited when he heard the news.
And 1t was so unexpected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01

Appointing Paul Morton Secretary Of
the Navy because OF his railroad ex-
perience Is very much like Roosevelt,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01

The newspapers are already speaking
of the Fourth-of-July casualties anp
predicting the number OF people whS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01

Women live longer than men be-
cause they have no one to talk them to
death.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01

A nomination on the prohibition
ticket is a very dry affair.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-01-28
THE MICHIGAN NEWS
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Showing What's Doing In I'll Sections Of the State
Ihc nccrlnr sl.terr Vows.

Penance for disobcying their par
ents is thought To have been the cause
of the extraordinary scciusion or tn
two Deering sisters. the last of whom
Miss Susan. died In Buchanan the
other day AZ the age of 10. Ii Is said
that they passed their girlhood days
In New York city. where they were
as fond OF gaicty rs other girls. but
that their parents were strictly OPP
posed To dancing and such ike
amusements. one night when they
were dressed 10 20 60 Il ball their fath-
or came I'm and forbade their going
but they went anyway and when they
returned home they fOuuI their fathef
dead. This - wrought upon them
that they made VOW 10 shut them
selves of entirely from all pleasures.
They seem to have religiously al
hcred To their vCw for since coming to
Buchanan they have never been
known 10 emerge from the little cot
tage which they bought when they
first came here % years ago. Their
wants were all supplied 10y niece.
Miss Kate Deering. and the nearest
neighborS knew very little of Their
mode of life.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-01-28

TIE nrst One Cost s2.soo-Msds foo
Napoleon IBons parte.

A watch that tells the second, min
ute, hour. day Of the week. day OF the
month, and changes of moon is time
piece that until recently could be own
ed only by the nobility because OF the
high cost. The first one cost $4,000
and was made entirely by hand and
consumed over two years time In con
struction About fifty years later
Swiss concern placed some on tho
market which could be sold In this
country for about 5000 each.
This watch that has hitherto been
sold al price which only the we'll
to DO could afford, has just been put
on the market at low price and 1t Is
a watch which fills n long-felt want
IL watch tells us the hour and tho
minute of the day. why should not the
same machine tell us the day of tho
week, day of the month, and month
Of the year? A prominent manufac-
turer has realized the usefulness, TX
not the actual necessity OF such
timepiece and by simplifying the mo
chanism and arranging to turn them
out in large quantities, has, after sew
eral years OF work and the expendi-
ture OF q large amount of money, sue
ceeded in producing a watch thorough
ly reliable in every way. This watch
is n perpetual calendar as well as
timepiece, and what is of more inter
est to the public. is sold at price
hut a fraction above that of an ordin-
airy watch of like grade.
Contrary TO the supposition OF the
uninitiated. it is not an intricate as
sembly of complicated parts, but ID "a
simple as any regular timepiece. On
the dial. in addition 10 the small Sec
ond dial, il has three small dials OF
like character, one showing the days
OF the week. another the days OF the
month, while a third shows the month
of the year BY an ingenious attach
ment to one of the wheels, when the
hour and minute hands show midnight.
the small hands indicating the days
of the week and the days of the month.
move forward automatically one day.
| thus saving the wearer the necessity
of changing the calendar attachment,
and IN consequence the watch needs
no care or attention after being once
| correctly set except 10 be wound regu-
| lary. The manufacturers have been
| quick 10 appreciate the certainty OF a
| large demand for this article in this
/ country and have arranged to market
them through Delhart Mnfrs. and
Traders, Ltd, a prominent New York
house, who. as an Introductory meas
ure. will furnish them direct TO tho
| public. An article that so completely
| fills a want has seldom been seen,
and has hitherto been utterly diSre-
l)garded by manufacturers. II can con-
sistently be said that for usefuln ess
i and reliability this is one OF the most
attractive articles in the watch line.
4 An advertisement setting forth the
merits OF this watch appears else
| where in these columns.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-01-28

The Italian speaking provinces still
under the Austrian rule are To Young
Italy what Alsace and Lorraine were
10 the Young France of generation
ago. 1t will not be happy until it gets
them. Sometimes-just now, for m
Stancc-its impatience is more demon
stratlve than at other times, creates
embarrassment for the Italian Gov
eminent. and joggles the Triple ALI
ance. And Old Italy is, at heart, as
unrcconciled MS Young Italy TO the
present status. If there is national
hope and Gream-not to say n fixed
rational purposc-it is the redemption
ri these provinces. on the other hand,
il the Government of Francis Joseph
is reSolute in anything, it is so in the
determination not TO be pushed back
from the Adriatic.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-01-28
STATE NEWS NOTES.

Negaunce has new brass band
Niles. O.. suffered loss OF 100000
by fire sunday
South Haven is to bond for $4,000
for public improvements
Grand Marais logging camps are
closed on account of heavy SNOW
An Escanaba man claims to have
seen the first robin OF the season.
4 Bergman. OF Chicago. Is TO estab.
fish DIG cattle ranch at Escanaba.
John Doherty OF Flint lost the ends
of his fingers IN a sausage machine.
Milo Is booming There are no
empty houses and many being butt.
Fire Tuesday in the Goulden bi Ok.
Port Huron. caused loss OF Sd q O.
Fishermen at Thompson caught -.
900 pounds OF fish I'm one haul OF nets
Mrs Ursula Beech Of Jonesvill I,
weighs 3po pounds. She Is 81 yea :
old.
4 special grand Jury to Investigate
the lroquois thcatcr Gre in Chicago is
to he called.
Five children N Three Rivers fam
ily have never seen the inside OF a
school house.
\ passenger for Port Huron is said
10 have had wait % two days be
fore \ l-ain came ~.
Horace Richards. a Grand Rapids.
stock buyer. held up and robbed OF
$500 near Orangeville.
IN epidemic of typhoid fever is
prevalent In Grand Rapids Forty ono
cases have been reported
The state military board has sold a
lot Of cid Springfield rifles % west
ern dealer for sl.25 apiece
Attica people fear rural delivery
will deprive them ~ the pJstoffice
and prepare To make = eight
Unequal taXati n was denounce by
the state supervisors association IN
IFS annual meeting in Lansing
Battle Creek roal men claim from
one IN 1Xc tons Of coal are stolen
every day from ears passing through
the city.
Miss Grace Travis. Of Chase. was
| trying 10 remove the cover from n pail
that was upou the stove partly filed
with boiling water. when there was
IN explosion and the boiling water
ana steam flew IN her face. sea ldIng
her face and neck. Ouc eve was do.
siroyed. the other injured
The state pardon board Il favorable
20 granting q pardon 90 Dr ROY "
Griswold. uf this city. sentenced a.
two years IN the Ionia rcformatory = :
tho result of the death here two wears
Y ago OF Miss hguey Eberstein. OF BATH.
Greek. T. r Bennett Is also serving
sentence IN Jackson prison for tho
1 sa me crime.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-01-28

Bids for the state printing and bind
ing contract for the term of two years
commencing with July next were
opened by the board of state auditors
Wednesday Three bids were submit.
ted; One by the Robert Smith Print.
ing Co. the present contractors. the
Wynkoop-IIsllenbac elk Crawford Co
former printing contractors. and Chls
X. Esler. Of Lansing. ~ the bid OF
the latter was unaccompanied by a
bond. il was not considered. The gen.
eral impression Is that the Wynkoop
Hallenback. { IN wford Co. are the low
est bidders OH the printing contract
and tho Robert Smith Printing Co. or
the binding.