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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1904.
THE TERRITORIAL DELEGATES.

The Philadelphia Record calls atten-
tion to the fact that the Territories of
New Mexico. Arizona, Oklahoma, Ha-
wait Indian Territory, Porto Rico and
Alaska, added to the District of Column
bia. will have forty-eight votes in the
st. Louis Convention. and all of them
cannot give one electoral vote to the
ticket Then it adds:
1t is no mere political accident that
nearly every one of these outlying ter
ritories, where little Democratic organ
izations or Democratic opinion prevails,
sends a bogus delegation to st. Louis
for Hearst and Bryan. They were
simply for the most part bought up like
20 much merchandise. The only true
policy is to give each of these terrific
fies one delegate in the convention
without vote, as Is the case with the
territorial delegates In Congress. In
stead of this. 1t is proposed to confer
upon them a representation which in
possible contingencies might defeat the
wisest counsels of the Democratic
dent and platform.
1t is not at all surprising that these
delegates, and especially the foreign
ones. should be for Bryan and Hearst.
It should not be forgotten that in 1900
the Kanaka delegate from Hawaii made
Democratic defeat certain by casting
the deciding vote which fastened the
free coinage heresy in the platform,
and we may reasonably expect some
thing of the same kind from the dele
gates from these outlying dependen-
cies at the coming convention. Know
ing little of the political conditions ex-
listing in the United States, and prob
ably caring less. they will be influ-
enced by money and promises, and
H,arst and Bryan can supply them with
both.
1t is. TO say the least of it, an
anomalous condition in our politics
when a convention might be controlled,
and Democratic success rendered i'm
possible, by the votes OF Territories
which will have no vote in the election
In November. Circumstances might
be such that these forty eight votes
would determine the nature of the plat
form or the name of the candidate, and
in that case we would assuredIy have
ticket and platform that would stand
no chance to win. The policy suggest
ed by The Record is at least a safe
ope.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29
GRAY FOR PRESIDENT.
Grover Cleveland Said to Have Paved
Way for Nomination.

Grover Cleveland Said to Have Paved
way for Nomination.
wilmington Special to Washington
According to story current in po-
has been outgeneraled by Grover
Cleveland, and the former President
nos nsfiewdl ot Paved paved the way for the
his real choice for president, at the
Democratic National Convention,
Josiah Marvel. prominent lawyer
81 Rrv TINS s city, and originally a strong
closest and most active friends of
Judge Gray in his effort to land the
democratic nomination. has admitted
the Hoffman House, in .ew York, the
day before the latter sailed for Europe
several months ago. when he secured
the promise of Bryan that he would
support Judge Gray IL he received the
nomination at st. Louis. This visit was
made at the instance of Mr. Cleveland
who, 1t is said desired Bryan's hands
securely tied by promise before he
real candidate. Judge Gray's friends
here who know of this deal consider
the nomination already as good as
landed for the Delaware jurist.
In his interview published in the
Washington Post of May 80. Mr. Cleve-
land. while apparently predicting the
nomination of Parker, used these
words: In reiterating it at this time,
when there seems to be lull in the
Parker movement, l do not intend to
yield my original Judgment, which was
that either Mr.. Olney or Judge Gray
might have proved the strongest can
didatc for the Democracy to name for
the contest with Mr.. Roosevelt" This
Is considered by the friends of Gray to
have been killing with faint praise"
the Parker boom and the launching Of a
boom for Gray. his real candidate
The fact that Judge Gray was for
years identified with the Pennsylvania
Railroad as Its counsel is according to
those who have faith in the theory out
lined. relied upon to attract Wall Street
TO his support, while his appointment
by President Roosevelt on the coal
strike commission is expected to help
him with the labor vote. Whether
Judge Gray's belief in an income tax
Will ALLEVIATE the financial interests is
not known, nor is 1t known what ef-
feet with the labor vote his speech
made here on October 1, 1895. will have.
when he defended Cleveland's use of
the United States army during the
great labor strike at Chicago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29

The President is reported to have
said. when Fairbanks's name was FIRST
suggested as running mate for him:
What! that woody fellow from In
DIANA Now comes Senator Depew
and denies that he himself ever said
that the ticket suggested a bunch OF
fre-crackers and long piece of damp
punk. Senator Depew is to be believed,
for he never said as witty a thing as
that in his life.
The nomination of the gentleman
from Indiana will carry much enthusi-
asm among those Of the local politi-
clans of his State who were glad at the
prospect even of seeing him kicked up
stairs. Mrs. Fairbanks. too. it may be
conjectured. is happy in her expecta-
tions. The wife of Senator is some
body in Washington. IL the Senator
happens to be somebody or has the
money, and If he should be elected to
the vice-Presidency, ne would, Instant
ly with his wife. take higher social
position than they have ever occupied.
The once is much derided, but Mrs.
Fairbanks knows her ground in pre-
ferring the vice-Presidency for her
husband. IL be can get 1t.
As for the contribution the Indiana
man makes to the ticket. It is entirely
negative. He is a piece of damp punk.
and not all the crotchety. fiighty quail
ity in Roosevelt. the fire-crackers in
his makeup. could ever set fire to Fair
banks. He Is simply a good, heavy,
dull make-weight for the ticket. Roose-
Welt In the end will, we fancy. con-
graduate himself more on Fairbanks's
than he is disposed to lust
now. Roosevelt is the whole show In
his own opinion. and 1t would have dis
turbed him and made him unhappy IL,
during the campaign. his running mate
could have divided public attention.
AS 1t is. Fairbanks will be In nobodys
way; he will walk with his long legs,
slowly before the country. saying moth
ing. doing nothing, that would disturb
the sleep of an infant After all, that
is the right sort of man to be associated
with Roosevelt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29

Some of the strongest and most loyal
Republican newspapers in the Union
concede that the business men of the
country lack confidence in Roosevelt
and dread the consequences If he is
elected. At the same time these papers
tell their Republican readers that it
is better to take Roosevelt. knowing
HIS unreliability than to risk turning
the Government over to the Democrats
1t is curious argument-that 1T is bet
ter to take a man known to be unsafe
than II is to risk getting a more unsafe
one from the Democratic Party. 1t is
an argument that ought not to carry
much weight, and will not carry any
IL the Democrats at St Louis take ad-
vantage OF the great opportunities
opening up before them and give us a
good ticket ami platform.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29
A Matter Of Color.
New York Sun. Repuhllcan'

SUM-
But the nomination of rhooAo-.
roosevelt, the completion of the ticket
ana the adoption by the party of Mr.,
RDosevelts chosen fern Of party de-
nNeran2e do no. make up the issue for
S,lc Noters' The alternative is yet to
be presented. 1t remains to be seen
whether the other great party. in the
presence OF such an opportunity as has
come to 1t but twice at most In half
century. Will enter neutral colors
against the blood-red of Rooseveltism.
or viii try to match his vividness with
an even more glazing yellow; or again.
VIII put forward a man and a deciara-
ton of principles which shall inspire
c 1nfidence where mistrust and appre-
henSton exist concerning the preserva-
tion intact, for the next four years and
thereafter OF accepted principles, ac-
comp'ished ttSults ana constitutional
~ established method1 for the sake
of the welfare of our organized mil
lions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29
ASK OPEN 1e0s FIELD.

White House AspIrants Want Decla-
ration from President.
New York Special to Chicago Record
Herald.
The Herald tomorrow will print the
following from its Washington cores
pendent:
That President Roosevelt should de-
clare soon that he will not be a can
didate for the Republican Presidential
nomination in 1908 is the desire OF
certain aspirants for that honor. Sena-
tor Fairbanks practically is an avowed
candidate for the head OF the ticket
four years hence, and Secretary Shaw,
Senator Foraker, Ellhu Root Governor
Odell and Secretary Taft all are said
to be in line.
II is realized that If the Republicans
are successful next November II will
be Mr. Roosevelt's first election to the
Presidency. Evidently 1t is feared By
those who want to lead in 1908 that
he might seek the nomination again on
the ground that inasmuch as he was
forced to take the ce-Presidential
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29
TRY TO BOOM CLEVELAND.
Pennsylvania Delegates Urged to Vote
For Ex-Presidemt.


Pittsburg Special to New Orleans
Times Democrat.
1t came out today that the first vote
of the Pennsylvania delegation at St.
Louis will be cast for Robert L. Pat
tison as a compliment. The question
as to whom Pennsylvania will favor
after that remains unanswered. Col
onel Guffey is still silent. 1t was said
at his home tonight that he had left
the city.
Western Pennsylvania delegates to
st, Louis are being urged by the Dem
ocrats in and around Pittsburg to vote
for Cleveland. There seems little doubt
that Cleveland would poll more West
ern Pennsylvania votes at the fall cleo
ton than any other Democrat. One of
the delegates said tonight that he had
been approached by at least a hundred
Democrats and urged to vote at ST.
Louis for Cleveland.
The name of Mayor Mcclellan is fire.
quently heard. Ex-County Chairman
Howley said tonight that in his opinion
the Convention would deadlock or then
nominate Mcclellan. II an attempt be
made to stampede the Convention to
Cleveland, Pennsylvania will oppose It,
Notice has been given of this fact by
William j. Brennan. than whom no man
is closer to Guffey
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29
Who Cares for City Laws.

AluHlSNliie mercury
II has come to that stage in Hunts
Vile that the average citizen cares no
more for city ordinances and mayors
proclamations than he does for a dogs
bark. How many citizens have cut the
weeds and grass from the walks in
front of their lots in the last two
weeks? And yet the Mayor proclains
mar II must be done. How many sew
Er connections have been made in the
last twelve months? And vet ordI-
rance after ordinance has been passed
recurring that the Mayor see that the
connections are made. How many va
Grahts have been arrested and put -
%crk How many of the lazy, loafinS
plack bucks. who hang around the sa
ioon doors and the corners, occupying
every inch of space that can be used
70 SIT on-how many of these fellows
have been questioned by the Mayor NE
pShce? The fact is the enforcement
OF city ordinances has become so Iay
.hat the citizens forget that we nave
CITY government and are only le-
nnlnded OF 1t now and then when some
unfortunate happens to have a fRlt or
shoots gun on the streets.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29
FAVOR CLEVELAND.
Marylanders Think Ex-President would
be Strong Candidate

Marylanders Think Ex-President would
be Strong Candidate,
Baltimore Special to New York Times.
The change of sentiment which has
swept over Maryland Democrats the
past few days regarding Cleveland is
remarkable. Even friends of German,
who less than one month ago pronounc-
ed Cleveland's nomination for the Pres
idency as impossible. and said that
such course would be disastrous, now
admit that the ex-President would be a
powerful candidate.
That this sort of talk comes from
out-and-out German men seems contra
dictory, considering the feeling sup
posed to have existed between Cleve-
land and German for the past decade.
1t is not certain that German has sent
a quiet tip down the line to the effect
that IT would be better to drop state
pride for sure winner, but this is be-
lieved to be the case in certain quar-
tiers.
Local democratic leaders assert that
Cleveland's nomination would assure
Maryland to the Democracy by 10000
Conservative Republicans
although they do not concede such a
majority, admit that. with Cleveland
to beat, they would have great difficult
~ in carrying any congressional dis
trict except the Sixth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29
Suppressed Dlspatchea.

New York Evening Post.
Among the congratulations received
at the White House, but not given out,
were the following:
Mountains of Morocco,
Raisuli agreed not to release me until
after the Convention. Is a perfect gem
tleman. Promises to abduct me again
whenever II will do good Both our
congratulations. Perdicaris.
Caracas
Glad to learn from Black that wars
must go on. Hope IL is the end of pa
cifc blockades, Down with arbitrat-
ing damages. Fluctuations.
Castro.
Santo Domingo.
Best wishes. Have arranged with
Hay to stone a Foreign Minister
month till election. Vive la Monroe
doctrine Morales.
Paris.
Bonl a bien tot. Am planning an up
rising of downtrodden Fuegans. Send
light cruiser.V ive la revolution; anu
sez-Vous Dlen. Bunau-Varilla.
Manhattan.
The best news since Knox resigned.
Ion run amuck. Wall Street.
Westminster.
All success. Would like such a plat
form myself. Chamberlain joins in .lo
prevail of reciprocity plank.
Balfour
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29
GROSS ELArrrRY

Does Roosevelt really think that
there were never any great men in Of
flee before himself and his cabinet? In
his letter to Attorney General Knox on
the occasion of the latter's resignation,
he said:
Many great and able men have pre-
ceded you in the Office you hold, but
there is none among them whose i'd
ministration has left so deep a mark
FOR good upon the country's develop
ment. Under you 1t has been literally
true that the mightiest and the hum :
blest in the land have alike had IL
brought home to them that each was
sure or the laws protection while he
did right and that aeither could hope
to defy the law IL he did wrong. In
what you have done you ThaVe given
PROOF not merely of the profound learn
ing OF the Jurist, but~of the bold ini-
tiatiVe and wide grasp of the states
man.
Was there ever such indecent and
gross fiattery on smaller foundation?
AS on previous occasions, he belittled
and totally misrepresented all previ-
Gus Presidents, so in this case he dis
misses as not worthy of notice such
men as Edmund Randolph, William
Pinckney, Roger B. fancy. John Y.
Mason, Reverdy Johnson and other
great men who held the office of Attor-
ney General in time past. and who have
been recognized as eminent lawyers
and men who shed renown on the DO
sition. All these men were pigmies
in comparison with this Ben Adhem,
whose name leads all the rest.
Roosevelt's admirers are continually
claiming for him honesty and fairness,
but no man in high position is either
honest or fair when he uses the infiu-
ence of his position to cry down and
misrepresent his predecessors. There
were brave men before Agamemnon,"
and there were great men before
Roosevelt and Knox came onto the
stage. 1t is not merely that he exalted
Knox far beyond his merits, but that
his undeserved praise of the latter was
distinct slur on all who preceded him.
If Knox has any sense of decency and
fairness about him, he must have been
ashamed of the fattery he received.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29
POLITICAL POINTS

nomination In 1900 and became Presi-
dent by accident, the traditional third
term prohibition is not brought into
question
Fair Field for AspirantA.
President Roosevelt is taking every
precaution in this campaign to spike
doubtful States and to prevent weak :
ening of those already Republican. 1t
Is deemed likely that some Of the party
leaders will urge that 1t is a political
necessity for him to assure the coun-
try that he has no idea of seeking the
nomination again IL he is elected this
year With such a declaration from
him the aspirants for the Republican
nomination could begin strengthening
their fences.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29
Promoting sickness.

The interested principles and the
sordid convictions which dictate the
tariff plahks of Republican platforms
are abhorred by right-thinking men.
but we confess to another emotion than
that OF adherence. II Is the emotion
of pity for the intellectual pauperism
of men as to whom the assumption Is
permitted that they are botn able and
educated who feel Obliged to repeat
year after year that stale and offensive
dtctum that IL Republican protective
tarin should ever stand in need of re-
adjustment the work II revision can
not safely be committed 10 any other
hands than those of the Republican
party" Does 1t not make them fairly
sickf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29
TOM JOHNSON
Prefers Judge Gray as Things Now
Stnnd-Snys bryan will Not Rolf.

Prefers Judge Gray as Things Now
Stnnd-SRys Bryan will Not Bolt.
Cleveland Special 10 New York Times.
Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland
in an interview tonight, said that he
was certain that neither Parker nor
Hearst could be nominated at st. Louis
The conservatives will not have
enough votes to control, and the rad y
Gals cannot win out in the convention
with the present candidates suggested"
said the Mayor. Il believe a dark
horse. who can draw from both fac
tions, will be named. Surely no other
candidate would stand a show of being
elected.
I'm my opinion Judge Gray of Della
ware would be preferable to any man
yet named, though l favor Joseph Folk
of Missouri. 1 doubt very much If he
Will allow his name to be mentioned.
however.
The Mayor said that there was no
danger of Bryan boiling, and that. n
the Nebraskan Joined forces with
Hearst. he would probably have power
enough TO dictate to a large degree the
action of the delegates
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29
TEXAS LABOR LEADERS.
Down on State Democrats for Oppos-
ing Hearst.

ing Hearst.
Galveston Telegram to The New York
Tribune
some of the prominent labor leaders
or the state are charging that the Dem
ocratiC-Snlitical machine in Texas has
oV trauu and corruption, knitted Hearst,
ana they are vowing to have vengeance
by combining with the Republicans ana
ousttng the Democrats from every
county and State office. A letter re-
Gently sent to various Republican Ex-
eeutlVe committeeman of the State and
organizations, reads in part:
Ihe laboring people of Texas have
WELDED a blind allegiance for years to
as talthless a set of politicians as ever
If the Republican Party viii pledge re-
Forms and the passage of lust laws for
all the people, in return the laboring
men will give them 200 600 votes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29

Two peerless leaders chosen" is the
way The Buffalo News announces the
nomination of Roosevelt and Fair
banks Out OF the numerous public
men in the Republican ranks only two
can be found without peers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29

The talk of stampeding the St. Louis
Convention to Bryan or Hearst by a
namboyant speech, reminds The Mem
phis Commercial-Appesl of the effort of
BourlSe Cochran to stampede the con
vention away from Cleveland in 1892.
Cochran is an eloquent orator. but his
EFFORT fell Nat on that occasion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29
A DANGEROUS pnopos,r,ox

1t is intimated that an attempt will
be made at St. Louis to have a plank In :
serted in the platform demanding that
Congress shall pass laws regulating
the hours of labor throughout the
Union. We sincerely hope that moth
Ing so outrageous will be done or at
tempted. Such legislation would be
contrary to the spirit of Democracy.
which, in theory at least, leaves every
man free to conduct his own affairs as
he thinks best.
Such a plank in our platform would
be thoroughly demagogic appeal to
the unions and the union labor vote
and would be unworthy any great
Party. If there are union men who do
not want to vote for the Democratic
ticket as matter of principle, let
them vote otherwise, but let not the
great Democratic Party put itself On
record as favoring class Legislation.
and that is Just what 1t would amount
to II the platform demands the reguia-
ton of labor among private individuals
or corporations.
There is another reason why such a
demand might be made on the conven-
ton, especially by delegates from New
England If that section could get
laws enacted limiting the days work
in our mills and factories to eight
hours, 1t would so cripple Southern in
dustries as to remove effectually any
in manufacturing, especially In cotton
manufactures. For these reasons. II
for no other the convention should
make short work of any such PROPOSE
ton IL one is offered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29
Also Parker for Governors.

Albany Special to Baltimore Sun.
That Chief Judge Alton b. Parker
will be the Democratic candidate for
Governor of this state in event of his
allure to receive the Presidential nom
nation Is the ouinion of an influential
member of the Democratic State or
Ranization who is one of the Judges
most ardent supporters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29

The New York Sun used to be among
the bitterest enemies Mr.. Cleveland
had. but the contrast between Cleveland
and Roosevelt has been so marked that
The Sun has swung around to Grover.
Speaking of Cleveland's course in the
Chicago riots, The Sun says:
What President Of the United states
ever did Drawer deed, or instituted a
more righteous precedent, or built a
stouter safeguard against mob tyranny.
than this greatest and most successful
OF Trust-busters, Grover Cleveland?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29

This Boy Orator" business is re-
sponsible for the ruination of several
young men who might have succeeded
If left alone. Alabama has had two or
three specimens.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29

If, as stated by a contemporary, one
of the reasons for the nomination Of
Fairbanks was the hope that a con-
seryative man might enable the Re-
publicans to carry New York. we anti
cipate a disagreeable jolt for the G. O.
P. New York's our'n, this trip.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29

Harry Stillwell Edwards, in his sec
onding speech; boosted that Roosevelt
is half New Yorker and half Georgian.
That is true, but Georgia isn't Dragging
about 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29
That bombastic dispatch of secretary

That bombastic dispatch of Secretary
Hays, "Perdicaris alive or Raisuli
dead" was really sent to the Chicago
Convention, although ostensibly adj
dressed to the American CONSUL at
Tangier Hay wanted to do something
that would create a little enthusiasm
among the delegates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29

A contemporary wonders why Roose-
welt didn't have an Indian to second
HIS nomination, inasmuch as he had a
negro. No doubt the reason is found
IN the fact that SO few Indians are
voters
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29

Where was Billy Mason's voice at the
Chicago Convention? We don't seem
to have heard whisper from him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29

Aunt Carrie Nation is going to Eu-
rope, but she is not likely to visit Mo-
rocco or Bulgaria. However we doubt
II the bandits would have her
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29

Cleveland's contemptuous allusion to
this man. Hearst" has Disguised some
OF that mans adherents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29

VIII Perdicaris go on the lecture
platform? He might join in with Miss
Stone and tell all about 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29

1t is perfectly plain 10 The Phlladel-
phia Record that Bryan is hiring halls
and attacking all rational and prob
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-29
Guarantees VS.. Claims.

Following long established custom. the
guaranteed net circulation of the Daily and
sunday Advertiser, for May, s herewith
submitted II win be noted that the state
9ent - complied after all returns are de-
eut guaranteed. The Advertisers guarau-
Tea circulation. Daily asd Sunday. exceeds
me actual issue OF all other Alabama
morning newspapers combined Advertising
rates absolutely lnvartable