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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25
MONTGOMERY WELCOMES THEM.


 Today in the Capital City of Alabama the Democracy of the State will meet for consultation and action. It will be a very different kind of convention from the many which have been held. Heretofore these bodies have had a much more extensive task than has the one which assemblies today The con ventions previously had before them the task of nominating candidates for State officers and for members of Con- gress. as well as selecting delegates to the National Convention and electors for the Presidential ticket.
 Naturally those old nominating con ventions were of great interest and frequently of much excitement. There was always a hard contest between strong men for important offices, and sometimes these contests were pro- longed and bitter. Local jealousies and interests were always in evidence, and political trading and log-rolling were features of the occasion.
 Now it is entirely different. There are no State officials to be nominated and no candidates for seats in Con- gress to be provided for. The contest now is for delegates to represent the Party at St. Louis, and we do not an ticipate a lengthy contest. Naturally the greatest interest surrounds the se- lection of the four delegates from the State at large. However that may re- suit, we have no fear that the conven- tion will not act wisely. Democrats of all shades of opinion are here, but VIC take 1t that they will act for the best interests of Democracy. They may differ as to their choice of men or measures, but we predict that all diff. ferences will be harmonized and that the convention will act in such way as will be best.
 It is essentiol that wise and prudent action shall mark the deliberations and actions of this convention. Alabama is not only the first State on the roll, but it Is an important State, and 1t is essen- tial that its action be wise and con servative. At St. Louis the twenty two votes of our State should be cast solidly for a good man and a sound Democrat All appearances now indi- cate that Judge Parker will be the man to unite and harmonize the Party, and Alabama, casting the first vote, should act as a unit for him. We look on him now as the man to nominate, and there should be no break in Alabama's vote for him. It will start the ball in the right way. There should be no suspicion of Hearstism in Alabama s delegation. It should send to St. Louis delegation which will be solid for a good Democrat on a good platform. If it cannot be Parker, let it be some Democrat equally safe and equally re- liable.
 And so, with full confidence in the wisdom, patriotism and conservatism of the Democrats who assemble today, The Advertiser bids them welcome. It not only hopes but expects that their | action will be such as to reflect credit | on the State and on the Democracy of the State
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25
sITuATIoN iN ILLINOIS.
The Parker~ entfment May Prevail ii
 CamwRuffor

The Parker~ senttment May Prevail in Convention. Washington Special to New York World
 Ohio will Switch to Parker if he ap ton, but he must be in the lead to gel the State at St. Louis.
 The situation in Illinois is so mixed because of the Hopkins Hearst alliance that there is no telling what win happen before the State Convention on June H Hopkins hopes that the Parker senti- ment will be so strong by that time, and that Hearst will be so dead, that there will be no trouble, but Harrison has Vice Presidential ambitions and is cloak ing them with his little lot of delegates for Representative Williams. It Is an open fight there yet.
 The Hearst people are making great claims in Michigan; ,,', m Dan n,,s, CampaI says ho should know. There is doubt if/ il will instruct for Parker, but is believed that Hearst will be beaten. The conven- tion is on June l.
 to instruct for Parker. If Alabama and Tennessee are for Parker next Wednes- day 1t will help materially Mississippi will instruct for Parker on June 15, and Georgia is expected to do the same on June l.
 The probability IS that most of the Southern States will send uninstructed delegations to St. Louis and that they will join in what seems to be the strong est move
 From what can be learned of the tenn per of Democrats in the West and South it Is not thought that Hearst has a chance, although he is not yet through fighting. Parker is leading, but the rank and file of the Democrats are not as yet showing the enthusiasm that is expec- ted to develop later.
 The trouble in Ohio, Illinois and Mich igan is that there has been no effort A- f..lt wala f-1r A khA nPGf f1fx reasons why they should support parker s candidacy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25
FOR SECOND PLACE.

Looking at 1t from a strictly parti- san viewpoint we would be glad to see the Republicans put Gas Addicks or some equally unsavory character at the tail of their ticket, for that would be playing into the hands of the Democ- racy. The President himself is a heavy load to carry, and if they will tie to him man who would be still less ac- ceptible to good men. we should count victory sure for our man.
 But there is something higher and better than partisanship and the future of the country ought to be regarded before everything else. Looking at it in that way, we would prefer that the Republican nominee should be a man of high character and fitness for the first and most important office if he should be promoted to it. The Repub- licans may win, and 1t is not impossible that the man elected as Vice-President may go a step higher. Accidents do happen to Presidents; death .s no re- spector of persons. and the assassin's s deadly work may remove a President as it has done before. In either event we could wish the man who Is to be thus promoted would be better man than his principal. The country has almost been discredited by the bullet which killed Mckinley, and no lover of his country can wish for another such possibility. It will be we'll if both the great parties will select for second place men who would them selves be a credit to the high office of President. That Is not partisan view. but it is a patriotic one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25
nEpuBLrcANs WORRYING.
Situation In wisconsin Gives Them Deep Concern.

Washington Special to The N. o. Times
 Democrat
 The political situation in Wisconsin is giving the Republican leaders here deep concern. Owing to the fact that the reg, ulars and the anti-La Toilette men united on candidates for national electors. is was at first thought that the row would en- danger the prospects of Roosevelt carry ing the State. It IS now represented, however, that Gov. La Toilette proposes to put in another set of electors in order to more thoroughly repudiate Senator Spooner and Senator Quarles, the leaders of the bolting faction. If this is done 1t will undoubtably lose the State to the Republicans.
 Republican leaders here do not attempt to conceal the alarm they feel over the warfare in Wisconsin and Illinois, and 1t Is feared that the losses they will sustain in the congressional election may result in the loss of the control of the next House. The tariff revision question. which will be Democratic issue in this campaign. always was popular in Wis consin It enabled Cleveland to carry the State in 1892 Prospects for Demo- cratic harmony in the State are said to be good Ex-Gov. George W. Peck Is the prospective candidate. He has twice car ried the State, is popular, and although he has always been regarded as a humor- ist he was by no means an inefficient Governor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25
Herbert spencer,s Sure Thinw.

A true story of Herbert Spencer-none the worse. perhaps. for being a little be- lated. He once won a curious wager. He was staying for fishing holiday In the house of Sir Francis Powell, the president of the Scottish academy. and, while angling for trout, he happened to drop his eyeglasses into a deep pool of the river. In the evening he related his misadventure to his host and the guests, and said that he was prepared to bet that he would recover the prince-nez from the bottom of the pool His friends declared that this was an impossible feat, but Herbert Spencer still offered to make the bet. His challenge was accepted by one of the visitors. Upon the following evening Spencer returned to the house with the missing eyeglasses. He had fastened a strong magnet oh the end of his fishing line, and fished for the glasses until 1t came into contact with their steel rims.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25

rightly or wrongly. they were inclined to charge him with the wreck of their hopes of independence and the down. fall of the loved Confectionery for which they had sacrificed so much. All the blame and all the reproaches were vis- ited on him.
 And yet, there seems no doubt, in the light of after events, that he would have been a great friend of the South if he had lived. He was of large and kindly heart, without malice, and full of desire for reconciliation. If he had lived we of the South would have been spared the horrors of reconstruction, and the bitterness of negro domination. He would neither have approved nor permitted the brutal measures insti- gated or connived at by Andrew John- son and enforced by Congress. Tho savagery of Stantoi and Thad Stevens and their kind, would have been held in check while he was President and the cup of humiliation which the South drained to the dregs would have been turned aside. Of that much we feel assured, for Lincoln was not the merci- less tyrant who would exult at the suf- ferings of others.
 That slavery was dead was not a matter of argument. Whatever cause may have operated at the beginning of the conflict it is certain that no conn promise would be made with slavery in the end. The fortunes of war and tho triumph of the North had settled that much for alr time, but the events which followed were not the natural or logi- cal results of the conflict. Had Lin. coin lived and invited the Southern leaders to meet and consult with him. the bitterest, most humiliating and discreditable page of American history would never have been written. Re- construction. reconciliation and rehab- ilitatlon would have been the work of a year or two instead of dragging through a generation filled with little but bitterness and resentment. "It might have been." but was not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25
He Smoke I'm snnn.

In a magazine article on Max Won Pet tenkofer,> who has been called the found CT of scientific hygiene and, next to Hum boldt the most popular of all German the professors abscnt-mindnedness. He lost a fortune in umbrellas seldom bring ing back what he had taken away. Once. however. he made a trip as far as Eng actually succeeded in bringing back his umbrella to Germany. At Augsburg he stopped on business. but sent a telegram reading: At 6 o'clock I return with my umbrella" He did return at o'clock, but as he entered his house in Munich he saw to his dismay that he had no um- brella. He had left 1t at the telegraph station.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25
TENNESSEE FOR PARKER.
Nearly Certain that the Delegation Will
 Be Instructed for Hina.

Memphis Special to The World.
 Politicians who have watched the trend of events in Tennessee for the last few weeks are of the opinion that the dele gation from this State will undoubtedly be instructed for Judge Parker. Sena- tor Carmack will lead the Parker fotocs and with Gov Frazier, who has no ops position for renomination, and Senator Bate will dominate the Convention.
 Though only about a. dozen 50 nt'es have instructed for Parker none has spoken for any one else.
 When Shelby County under the guid. ing hand of Senator Carmack, came ou, strongly for Judge Parker it was a fore gone conclusion that the movement tc send an uninstructed delegation to St Louis was a lost cause. When Tennes. see instructs for Parker it is certain that Arkansas and Mississippi will fall into line.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25
DIR. BUCHANAN, The Specialist. Treats Without the Knife, WIthOGt PaIn or Loss of Time from
 Business.

Diseases of women-nervous. kidney, blad. der. skin. rectal and chronic diseases Re- member, in diseases of the womb and ovaries stricture. piles. fistulae and vari- cocele, I don't cut. give pain stop you from work My treatment of gonorrhoea cures acute ard chronic cases and does not strtcture. My treatment of the diseases of men Is secoad to none in America1 I have treated these troubles for l3 years I have in my office all Of the modern and improved mechanical and electrical appliances. every thing from the X-ray, violet ray and vapor outfits down to the smallest batteries. My treatments are soothing and beneficial. There is no exposure. have in constant at- tendance at my office an assistant physl- clan and nurse. Our massage treatment is all that can be desired. Write or call Office second and third foors. lsh Dexter Ave, Montgomery. Ala
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25

We don't want it thought that we are putting into the Republican factional fight in Washington, but we beg to offer our sympathy with each side and hope each will densolish the other. We are not expected to wish success to either and hope they will be able to split the vote so nicely that the Dem oerats may capture the State for both local and National tickets. Therefore, we beg each side to light till the last armed foe expires"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25
Republicanism
 And Reciprocity

that the farmer whom this tariff pretends to protect and in whose name the duty on hides was incorporated in the law 1t is possible that this farmer may pay to a stranger the very duty that was pretended to be levied for his benefit. That is what the shoemakers of Massa- chusetts say, and Senator Lodge responds that it is a reflection on the administra- ton and not to be tolerated for one sim gle moment.
 And the Iowa standpatters agree with Senator Lodge. The aggressive eloquence Of the Hon. Pete Hepburn-whose first tariff speech, by the way. was a plea for free lumber-the grandiloQuent eloquence If the Hon. Dave Henderson, and the dramatic eloquence of the Hon. Bob Cous- ins have all found expression in demon strating the beauties and profits of the duty on hides to the Iowa Ideaites, and that was what ailed the Iowa idea."
 The Republican party has had ten years Of continuous victory, and faction sis do- inS it's work. It was always so in poli- tics and in war. Of course, the situation In West Virginia is different from that in Wisconsin. West Virginia is a part of the solid South" a section where the Republican Party is. only an organized appetite and the ins and outs are always in a state of war. But it is different in Ohio. where Dick and Foraker are at daggers drawn and where the colored troops are practicing the tactics of Dalgetty to beat the band and without old Dalgetty's loyalty to en- gagemens. Given a united Ohio Democ- acy and a perfect organization and sev- eral additional Democratic Congressman can be obtained out there. In 1892 Ohio astonished both parties.
 Not long ago there were two Democratic United States Senators from Wisconsin. IL is true that a religious quarrel had something to do with that; but it was not more bitter than this political quarrel. With a sane, safe and united Democracy Wisconsin would be fighting ground.
 As for Illinois. It will go for the party that carries Chicago by 40,000, and Chi- cago is liable to qo anything. It may be that the election next fall will be a vic tory for the best political general and either party may find Austerlitz or Wa terloo in Cook County.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25
A Pretty Pass.
fA Selma Journal.

Things have come to a pretty pass in the estimation of this paper, when a president becomes so treacherous that he would have arrested and thrown in jail parties made up like him for stage purposes. The D 1c- stadder incident and the taking away of the films was an entirely un-Ameri- can occurrence and smacks too much of Russian monarchy to suit us.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25
RlowIng Rock Green Park Hotel.

Summit of Blue Ridge, 4,S40 Feet. Opening June 18th under the manage ment of the Messrs. Harper. Scenery and climate unsurpassed. Hotel first-class; fur mace and open fire-places; hot and cold water; superior turnpike roads, and excel lent livery; all amusements; large ball room and band: postoffice and telegraph in hotel Write for leaflet to
 GREEN PARK HOTEL. Green Park. N c.
 sun-wed-fA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25
Have the Advnntnre,

Birmingham Ledger.
 The Republicans say there Is no de- felt That's where they have the ad- vantage. A man who has the books can figure out surplus any day. whether there is a dollar in the treas ury or not. No human being can take a treasury statement and tell whether there is Q surplus or a deficit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25
The Hen AraIn.
Huntsville

HuntsVfHe Tribune.
 The probabilities are the hen Is on. disgust on account of journalistic com ment on her private business. The best thing to bring about better re- suits is for the journalists to ring off and take up something of greater con- cern.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25
Not Debnte-OnIy Language.

The late Speaker Reed was once en- countered by a friend in an uptown hotel late in the evening while the house was in the throes of a terrific debate. It was supposed to be the very crisis of the struggle. "HoY is It." this gentle man asked the speaker, .that you are not at the house and within <ange of that eontemptuously that's only fAnguage- only language" with which laSNaic re- mark he dismissed the subject.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25
In the Mountains of North Carolina. KENILwO ORTH INN

Biltmore (near Asheville), N. c. Switzerland of America: Cool. invigorating climate; unsurpassed scenery Inn adjona Biltmore estate; magnificently furnished FOUNTAIN PARK HOTEL
 Hot Springs, N. c.
 Hot mineral waters and baths famous for their wonderful cures. Both hotels modern in every detail; cuisine unsurpassed; orches- tra, golf, livery. bowling. tennis, hunting, fishing. Popular summer prices. Guests may use either hotel. Write for booklets
 EDGAR B. MOORE, Prop.
 su-wed-fri
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25
Am sortn nf nnrn.

Mobile Register.
 There are all sorts of days set aside at the St Louis fair: editors day, pho- tographers' day. stenographers' day. butchers day, and such like No bill collectors day. Probably, because bill collectors have no day. They are to come around tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25

The Hartford Courant is of the opin- ion that almost anything, except Bryan or Hearst, may happen at the St. Louis Convention. We predict that some thing win happen to them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25
Guarantees vs. Claims.

Following long established custom. the Sunday Advertiser for April, Is herewith supmitted- It will be noted that the state ment ts compiled after all returns are de- f1ucteds and the results not only sworn to. but guaranteed. The Advertisers guaran- teea circuldtions Daily and Sunday. exceeds the actual issue of all other Alabama morning newspapers combined Advertising rates absolutely invariable.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25

It was Senator Thurston who alluded to Roosevelt as "a man whom every body is for but whom nobody wants.' And many of them are for him because they can't turn him loose.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25

The Thomasville Times Enterprise thinks 1t is time for the Hearst work CTS to adopt the military q regret to report" style.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25
Where are
 you going
 this Summer?

Before deciding write to the Great southern Hotel. Gulfport, Miss. wlich will open for the $, inner sea. son, on the American plan, .Aay Ist.. at popular prices. This house is new. thoroughly modern, and up-to-dats in all its appointments. All doors. windows, and galleries thoroughly screened; boating, bathing, fishing. and all outdoor an-usements. Pa ironiz home industry.
 Address CYRUS H. CLARKE,
 Manager.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25
Adjusting Itself.
Mobile Herald.

MObIIe Herald.
 The Armenian question is adjusting itself with wonderful simplicity. There will soon be none but defunct .Armen- ians. and, naturally, no longer any question about their fate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25
VIII Be Warm.

BIrmingham News.
 There are predictions that the wealth CT in St. Louis this summer will be very warm. It Is not known how much effect the Pike will have in vim dicating these predictions
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25

It may be possible that the Russian commanders Fabian policy will be sncessfuL and that the Japs will be- . come over-sanguine. and fall in trap, but 1t doesn't look that way yet
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25

That the Populists are declaring for Hearst needn't cause surprise. It is an old adage that great minds run in the same channel
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25

When George Fred gets his new Party organized, won't he and the other member fall out over who shall be head?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25
POLITICAL POINTS

May 24; Tennessee. Nashville, May 25: Texas. San Antonio, June H; Utah, Salt Lake City, June2.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25
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Turns to Poetry.

Birmingham Age Herald.
 Pension Commissioner Ware is not willing to dish out pensions and cam paign poetry on a single salary His thoughts in a campaign naturally turr to poetry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-25
APRIL, 1904.

P. J. Kelly. Circulation Manager of the Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn. says: The foregoing statement of The Ad- vertisers daily circulation for the month of April. 1904 is true and correct and complied after all returns from newsboys. news agents and leftover copies have been de- ducted. ?. J. KELLY.
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1ith day of May, 1904. F. W. JACKSON,
 N. P, Fix O. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22

responsible positions. The interment will take place near Kincey. where he will be laid to rest by the side of his venerated father, Rev. George P. Kin cey, who died years ago. A wife, son and other relatives survive him.
 The annual debate between the two literary societies of the Agricultural School was held on last Friday even- ing and a large and appreciative audi ence listened to an interesting discus sion of the question: Should United States Senators be elected by direct vote of the people?'
 Messrs. Hawley and Tompkins. of the Franklin Society, spoke for the affirm ative and the John T. Morgan repre- sentatives. Howell and Fleming, up- held the negative. A decision was rendered in favor of the affirmative.
 Miss Lillian McDaniel was the suc- cessful contestant for the medal for elocution given by the two societies.
 Dr. Little Hutto. a prominent physi- elan of Newville, was married on Sun day the 18th, to Miss Turtle Wells of High Bluff. The groom Is former cit- izen of Abbeville. and is fast winning prestige in his profession. His bride is the beautiful daughter of Jim Wells. a substantial citizen of Geneva County.