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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07
The Late 1fr. Bennett's $5o,o 900

MT. Bryan's friends, as we can readily imagine, must regret his present position In the matter of the Bennett money. Even those who are not his friends or admirers, but who consider him only as man for whom some six and half millions of American citizens voted few years ago even these must view his course at this time with sorrow and astonisnment.
 ment. to the effect that he does not want the money for himself that no member of his family will be permitted to touch penny of 1t without the consent of the testator's widow; that should the S50,0OO be awarded to him in accordance with the injunction contained in the sealed let ter" he will vse 1t for charitable and ed- ucational purposes. MT. Bryan has never impressed Us as less than a high-minded and incorruptibie gentleman. But we do not think any judicious friend of his will challenge our suggestion that his present pfedicament Is most unfortunate ana u.- dignifled. Let 1t be admitted that the late P. s. Bennett wished and intended him to have the money at the time at which the letter was written. There is nothing dis creditable, either to MT. Bryan or to the deceased. in that hypothesis It happens, however. that two Connecticut courts iy this fact is enough to forbid it in the name of propriety. If Mir Bryan were a poor man, in dire need of the assistance. and if 1t were unrnistakably clear that the lAte MT. bennett nd0 sought tO dlu him out of his abundance, the matter would wear another and very different aspect But MT. Bryan is prosperous; he Is young. at the zenith of his mental and intellectual powers, and. moreover. Nhas publicly proclaimed the purpose of de- voting the beQuest to objects entirely out side the sphere of his own personal inter- ests. Why, then. should he persist 80 stubbornly. not to say indelicately, in a contest which can serve no useful end which. indeed, win result, if pushed to entire amount to the profit of the attor- neys, and thereby defeating the supposed intention of the deceased and the ostenta- tiously declared desire of Mir. Bryan?
 This, however, Is not the aspect Of the cause which especially concerns us. Nelth- CT the relict of Mir. Bennett nor the appa- rent beneficiary of "the sealed letter will be measurably injured should the $50. .0OO involved fin this depiorable litigation dis- appear beyond recovery. What we have in mind Is the predicament of Mir. Bryan himself. He says that he doesn't want the money-that he will not touch 1t for his own advantage--and, as we have al- ready explained we are willing to take his word for It; yet he goes on with the contest as obstinateiy as though he hoped to reap some personal profit. and incl dentally contrives an extinction of the entire fund. The effect of his activity will be to defeat any worthy purpose MT. Ben nett may have had in view, and at Che however, lofty and unselfssh hls motives he is neither wise nor careful of his repu. tation.
 The attitude he has assumed does moi constitute a pleasant spectacle in the eyes of thoughtful men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07
WILL GET IN LINE.
Parker Managers in Albany Say
 They have Assurances to That Effect.


 Albany Special to N. Y. world.
 The Parker managers obtained today what they regard as clear and concise statement of Tammany Leader Charles F. Murphy's real attitude toward the Democratic Presidential nomination. The Tammany leader probably. will continue to insist until the State Convention as- sembles here on April IS that New York's delegates be not instructed for any one. in order to be consistent. but to avoid giving his Temmany followers the im- precision that he Is a gutter before a battie has been finally lost. As soon as 1t has been demonstrated in the conven- tion that Mir. Murphy Is In a hopeless minority. which will be the case, he will abandon his position as gracefully as pos sibie. and in all probability will make delegates li be instructed for Parker. If MT. Murphy should not feel inclined to go that far in abandoning his position, f.; Is understood now that he at least will asR the State Convention to make the Parker instructions unanimous. AS practically all of the elements in the convention excepting Murphy's fol- lowing will favor instructions, the ac- cesston of Leader Murphy to the Parker a wave of Parker enthusiasm as will on it's feet
 If MT Murphy. although beaten. should receue rom HIS pOSltlOn D6IOfe tile Otdte Convention meets. the effect on the Par ker boom would be less beneficial, 1t IS believed here, than II he should remain 1 firm in his present demand for an un- instructed delegation.
 Judge Parkef's friends, confident that when the State Convention meets Tam | many will join the upstate Democrats | in demanding Parker's nomination, have conceived the plan of asking Mayor George $. Mcclellan to present Parker's s name to the National Convention. This 1 suggestion has been preached to the May or and to Leader Murphy, and Is now | under consideration. If the Mayor should | consent to furnish at St. Louis this fur | ther proof that Judge Parker is the choice of all New York Democrat. it
 would be highly pleasing to the Parker managers. In the event of Mayor Mo CleIlan's acceptance 1t is probable that | he will be made one of the Big Four
 to St. Louis MT. Murphy adhering to his 1 expressed preference of going to the
 National Convention as a district dele ! gate
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07
Do Not Need New York, Says Bryan.
Register.

MoDlle Register.
 Mir. Bryan. so we are told by teie- that the Kansas City platform will be reaffirmed at St. Louis. His opinion Is that the men who were in control in Chicago and In Kansas City will be in no allowance for a probable change in their opinion.
 Of course. If the Kansas City platform is to be reaffirmed the party will have to do without the support of New York and other Eastern States. This was brought to the attention of Mir. Bryan and he answered:
 "The Democratic party win have to be in very bad shape indeed when it depends for tis success on carrying your State. Out here in the East you people have the Idea that the centre of the popuia- tion Of the country is in New York. It is not.
 The centre of population is 700 miles from here, and 1t has been frequently demonstrated since I have known any thing about politics that New York State Is no particular factor in the determi- nation of elections"
 Bryans favorite method of argument. Substituting populations for Democrats, he can easily prove that New York's vote Is not needed. because the centre of popu- lation Is out in Indiana! Then, again, accepting transcendentalism as a practi- cal matter. he says that the party ought to deserve so well to win that 1t should win without New York or any one State. The third statement is that 1t has fre- quently been demonstrated that New York Is no particular factor in the deter imitation of elections. That is true notably in Mir. Cseveland's second cleo ton and in Mir. Mckihley's election; but the question Is not whether or not 1t has been factor. This time it Is a factor No one who will take the trouble to figure up the probable electoral vote, can make out Democratic victory without New York's vote. MT. Bryan himself cannot do it. Give the candidate tho vote of every State that voted for Bryan In 190o when Bryan got the largest popular vote ever cast for Democratic candidate, yet the candidate will have to have New York's vote and tliirty-three votes in ad- dition In order to win. That Is a plain fact and Mir Bryan's effort to ignore 1t but serves to show how unreliable he Is as a public leader
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07
MURPHY BEATEN.
Defiant A;ti::de of His Friends Pu1-
 gle His Opponents.

Defiant A;ti::de of His Friends PuE-
 gle His Opponents.
 New York Special to New Orleans Times
 Democrat.
 Close friends of Charles F. Murphy said today that the Tammany leader would oppose to the very last the attempt to ln- struct the Democratic delegation from New York State for Judge Alton B. Par, ker They admitted that D. B. Hill would control a majority of the State convention on April IS. but added signi- ficantiy that 1t might not be good policy for Hiil to use his power: Hill would not dare, they said, to ride roughehod over Tammany Hall
 Murphy, as things stand now, is beaten That the State delegation will be in- structed for Parker Is conceded by all but the Murphy following, which admits that 1t is in the minority.
 The defiant tone of the Murphy men, in the face of overwhelmingly adverse con ditions, caused much comment. It is gen eraIly accepted that Murphy expects to gain concessions from the Hill faction ana will make fight in the State con yention unless Hill comes to terms very shortly. Nevertheless political observ- CTS are greatly puzzled as to what Mur- phy expects to gain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07
THE HEARST ELEPHANT.
Sterrett of Texas Tells How It Will
 Disappear.

Washington Special to N. Y. World
 Speaking of the present status of the Hearst boom and it's probable condition at the finish reminds me of the predica- ment of an old friend of mine who awoke one night after a long period of convi- vality." said Col. Bill Sterrett of Texas.
 Much to his astonishment, he found there was an elephant in the room, It the entire room and stopped over some on the bed. My friend viewed the ele- phant with some alarm. He was inter- ested to know how 1t got in there. but, inasmuch as 1t was in, that problem became secondary to the problem of how he could get 1t out, as 1t was too big to go through door or window.
 While he was nervously debating this proposition the elephant settled the whole affair by slowly backing out through a knothole."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07
A Voice from Iowa.

Fort Dodge Post
 To those Democrats who are looking for a way out The Post suggests that the voice of the solid South should have more potency than all others put together. That section utterly repudiates the sug- gestion being so persistently made In the Hearst newspapers that Mir. Hearst is the only available candidate. General Fit1- hugh Lee would be about the right sort of timber; theEe are no greater names in American history than the Lees, and Fitzhugh is Hs bg a man as any Of them. General Lees Democracy is unprecedented and unquestionable. MT. Haarst's nsws- papers are socialists.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1904.
A CASE ON THE RIGHT OF
 AGYTnM

An amusing illustration of the so-called right of asylum was recently furnished in Washington. A negro man, an em- ploye of the Japanese legation, was riding on a bicycle and was going at such rate of speed, that a bicycle policeman called to him to, stop. The negro made hurried estimate of the officer and his wheel and decided he could outrun him. Away he pedaled, the officer in hot pur- suit, down one avenue. through side streets, and up others. until he drew up in front of the legation where he was employed. As he lifted his wheel over the fence aud threw his body after it, the policeman called to him. The negro dis appeared down a pair of steps; the officer following fell over the wheel left in the area and rose only to rush fierce footed through the basement door after the fu- gitive. He proceeded to SCOUT one room after another only finally to be confront ed with the Minister from Japan in per son, looming more largely than Is the custom of the race and afiame with an- ger at the intrusion. T want that nig-
 
 He didn't get him at that time, but prob ably will later. In the meantime we may trust there will be no severance of diplo- matic relations followed by war because the Washington policeman wanted "that nigger.'
 Like many other questions in interna- tional law. the right of asylum is not very well settled. In this particular case the officer was at fault in entering upon the domain of Japan, as the legation Is by fiction, and attempting the arrest of an offender. He should have made his demand of the minister himself and the minister would have been compelled un- der the law and usages to give up his ser want to be dealt with by the Washington Courts In event of a refusal to surren- der the negro, 1t would have become a question for the police department how most agreeably to the feelings of MT. Jap to pull the offender out; but pulled out he surely would have beent When Gallatin's coachman in England took part in a street brawl and was charged with an assault. he took refuge in the lega- tion. After due notice given Gallatin by the authorities the coachman was arrest ed in the legation and haled away to trial.
 Our South American brethren compel a very liberal interpretation of the law of asylum. Down there 1t is so much the habit to pursue your defeated opponent for the Presidency and kill him to assur, your own safety in the future. that for eign legations in simple obedience to tn, instincts of humanity are compelled tc stretch the law little. When canal date in a South American State learn, he is defeated at the polls, he make straight for a foreign legation building and awaits his opportunity to escape un der cover of darkness to the nearest sea coast town. Thence he flies with hi plunder to Paris The more powerful ma tions have rarely had the heart to refus, these men shelter when their only offens' has consisted in mastering a smalle army than the opposition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07
POLITICAL POINTS

left that to my good friends
 The candidate in tn Prsidential race VIII nave great weight with the voters. Cftiens today think more of candidates and less of platforms than they did years ago. The tariff, In my opinion, will be the chief issue in the campaign. The Oemocrats can come nearer to agreeing on It than on any other issue. In this connection, of course, the trusts will come tn The Postal Department scandal will help us There have been uprisings agalnst grafting all over the co,Intrv ,S
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07
Probots Notice.

Letters testamentary under the will of Will liam j. Johnston. deceased.
 The state of Alabama Montgomery County. Notice Is hereby given that on the ioh day of March. A. D. 1904 letters testament tary under the last will and testament ol William J. Johnston. deceased, were granted and Issued by the Honorable Probate Court of the County of Montgomery in the State of Alabama, to the undersigned, and all persons having claims against the estate of the said (estator are hereby notified to present the same within the time allowed by law or the same will be barred.
 EASON T. COOK Executor ot the will of William J. Johnston, de ceased thu-3t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07
Much Co1nmoner.

BrookIyn Eagle.
 That Connecticut Judge has been treat ing Mir. Bryan as If he were a commoner indeed-a treatment Justified by the conn moner's behavior-and the commoner does not like it bit HN Is a deal com President. - W
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07

The New Bedford (Mass) Mercury has a list of twenty-four articles of food, fruits. spices, etc, compris- :, ing most things used in an or dinary family, and table of prices in New Bedford and Toronto, Canada. The list shows that prices are from 50 to 100 per cent higher in the New England town than they, are in the canadian-a differ ence that can only be caused by tariff duties, as we understand.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07
Monroe and Cleveland.

Brooklyn Eagle.
 In letter long after he had left the Presidency. James Monroe expressed him sell as follows
 Instances may occur in the course oi time in .-.e vicissitudes of human afatrs, in which the opinion of those wSc have bad long experience may be usefulh Et-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07
MT. Bryan Should Speak Out.

Norfolk Virginian-P1lot
 The Virglnian-Pilot has been favored with a batch of literature containing certain deliverances of Mir. Hearst, or of his hired men with which 1t was already familiar, as the deliverances had appear ed in the public prints months ago. The deliverances are far from bad, and, in fact, most of them are sound.
 But what puzzles us is that the liter ature in question arrived in the embrace of a newspaper bearing the legend:
 Bryan National Democratic Club,
 Charleston District,
 ''P. o. Box 433,
 Charleston, 8. C." Now Hon William J. Bryan has said in plain words that he is supporting no mans candidacy.
 Therefore. one of two things Is true either MT. Bryan has been far from frank in his statement. or his name is being used without his consent to for ward the candidacy of MT Hearst. Tn either case, MT. Bryan owes 1t to himself and to the public to speak out. If he Is for Mir. Hearst he should say so. If he Is not aiding his candidacy then he should denounce this unauthor- ized and promiscuous use of his name Self-respect alone demands that he should do the one or the other
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07
Judge Parker's Preference.


 MT. Bryan wants Judge Parker to in- dicate what kind of men he would name. fl President, for Supreme Court Justices. It IS possible that Judge Parker prefers trying cases in the court instead of in the newspapers or on the stump.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07
PARKER A WINNER.
Generally Conceded in Washington He Will
 Be Nominated.

that with the New, York delegates as a unit for Parker. his strength will be of such a character as to Insure his norni. nation beyond a shadow of a doubt. All that is necessary to contribute to as- sured success is unity of action In the New York delegation. Parker Is a win nef."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07

It was Benjamin Franklin, we believe. who proposed to give to the Vice-Presi- dent the title of His superfuous High ness" Ben could see long ways ahead sometimes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07
BARREL CLOSED.
And the Hearst Boom in Michigan
 Collapsed.
Detroit Special.

There mas been a collapse of the Hearst boom in Detroit. The principal reason is that Hearst advisers figured Wayne County out as & frost, anu ne declded that it would be a waste of time trying to make a showing here. The campaign barrel which nau oeen dipped into quite liperaly at first, to the extent at Ieast that half do1en or more of the Chicago boomers were sent here to do mis sIonaTv work, was suddenly closed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07

If there is such a thing as eminent ft- ness in political affairs we have a speci- men of it in South Dakota. Putting Pet tigrew at the head of the Hearst delega- ton is about as dttipR as anything that ia... ,. 7..,tssd @t-s-E sr-@rgF-,- 4.-e s,gsp
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07
n.rlNo1s's FAvoRITE SON.

uIuhb T dI AoA WY
 Reform the Issue. Washington Special. x,,,,,,.r,s who bas a modest boom in Illinois for the Judge Parker it is the general SpIni- nri- ion in Congress, will have ,oT Ms" The South. it Is believed will consult New York. With New York and most or the ne Southern States Judge Parker would pc most formidable candidate. have paid little attention to my boom. nave
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07

Slavery, secession and the Kansas City platform are three of kind. so far as vitality is concerned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07

The Muskogee q. T) Democrat has the real breezy Western way of saying things. Referring to the Republican platform for municipal officers of that city it speaks of 1t as "a lot of empty platitudes and weak gruel pabulum. pro- mulgated by lot of carpet-baggers who do not give a damn about principles"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07

Now some irreverent scribe refers to the brilliant editor of The Atlanta News as John Temple Hearst"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07

Today and place your valua- bles and important papers in the burglar and flreproof vault of the First National Bank; if you delay, you are assuming an unnecessary risk.
 Boxes rent at $5 a year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07

and applies it to the restfulness of Park CTS course as compared with Bryan's.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07
HamIins Maks WIzARDE9N(
 t QIL~

will break up . cold on the lungs in night. R should be applied when the first symptoms appear. Rub the chest well with the medicine, lay upon 1t linen cloth wet with Hamlin's Wizard OH and cover over with flannel bandage. No ordinary cold can withstand this treatment. morning the cold will be broken up
 Richard W. Thornton, Ouray, Col, writes April a5, reoa My little girl, aged two years, has snfIered more or less with Cold since her birth and finally the trouble became serious We tried remedies of several kinds and they seemed to give DO relief. A friend of mine recommended Hamlin's Wizard Oil to me and after the use of one bottle she has become entirely well. | shall never be without Hamlin's Wizard oil in my house. 1 cannot recommend 1t too highly.
 There Is only one Wizard Oil - xHamlins - name blown In the bottle. Signature "Hamlin Bros" on wrapper Take no substitute. 50cs and Sl.O0.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07
FEBRUARY. 1904.

P. !. Kelly, Circulation Manager of me rtgonery Advertiser being duly s o..' says: The fussrotpg statement of rps Anse. tiser's daily circulation for the mcntn o1 February, ieO4, is true and correct and com piled affer all reta,ns from news boya. new agents and leftover copIes have been a0- ducted. P. J. KELLY.
 Circulation M3regs- Sworn to and subscribed before me this gun day of March. 1904.
 fseall N. F., Ex-o J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07

And silence, like a poultlce, came,
 To heal the blows of sound,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07

The Philadelphia Record quotes tn, lines:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-07
Pain in Chest Sore Lungs Grip

How easy 1t is to catch coldi How quickly h settles On the lungs, and how often If neglectedt Many desfhs are caused in the beginning by slight cold.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-10-29
WHAT SHALL We DO WITH
the WHITE men IN The SOUTH"

Chicago. Ill, Oct. 2o-"It Is not a ques-
tion OF what we shall do with the negro
In the south. but what shall we do with
inc white man. That is the problem"
said President w @. Frost Of Berea col
lege. Berea, Ky, in a lecture before the
Northern Illinois Teachers association.
President Frost depicted the condition
OF the poor uneducated white man IN the
mountainous districts OF Kentucky He
told what struggled and sacrifices the
mountaineors- -often-nndergo 10 get-an-
education and described the difficulties
under which a teacher was forced 10
labor In that part OF the country.
The need OF competent teachers I'm the
south Is great" said Mr.. Frost Those
best fitted 10 teach the elementary
branches are the ones who can perform
the most good There is a scarcity OF
elementary teachers today because the
average pedagogue aspires too high and
will not be content 20 teach the rudi-
ments Of reading. writing and arith-
metic."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-10-29
FEAR INVASION OF JAPANESE
INTO FIELD OF LABOR HERE

Chicago. oct 20 THE inFssion Of the
American industrial field by japanese la
borers is feared by President Michael
Donnelly OF the Butcher Workmens
union 70 head off the japanese. Donnelly
will introduce a resolution at the conven-
tion OF the American Federation OF Labor
in San Francisco next month calling for
the enactment OF legislation. excluding
them from the United States.
The matter was brought to Donnelly's
attention by a call made on him by X.
Okajomo. a japanese who said that he
had been told the employers In Chicago
could give work to 500 or $40 men Of his
nationality.
Pursuing his inquiries. Mr. Okalomo
asked IL japanese would be admitted TO
the Butcher Workmen's union Donnelly
showed the constitution Of the organiza-
tion which contains nothing operating
against the foreigners. Donnelly then has
tened TO prepare his japanese exclusion
resolutio>