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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-13
A CONTINUAL DRAG
The Exact Term.

Only those who have experienced the pain and suffering incident to Piles or Hemorrhoids can know what a drag and handicap this complaint is; how even the mildest forms hinder the patient from putting forth his or her best efforts while those afflicted with bleeding and protrud- ing piles realize all the tortures of the Inquisition.
 It may surprise the reader to know that there is sure. permanent cure for this disease, as the following testimony from MT. E. A. Leonard, an American resident in the City of Mexico will show:
 For twenty years suffered with piles, sometimes being confined to my bed for days at time. The relief received from doctors both In the United States and Mexico was temporary, and more fre- quently l received no relief; other medi- cines had no effect. It was a continual drag. was fit for nothing l finally tried Pyramid Pile Cure; first application was magical; l could not believe I was awake next morning; I experienced a re- lief that l had not known for twenty years. One box cured me: but not bellev- lng Dyselt cured, bought two more, but they are still in my trunk. I first used the remedy in July, 1909; HAVE HAD NO OCCASION TO USE IT SINCE. The world should know of Pyramid Pile Cure. have no words to express its merits"
 Fyramid Pile Cure Is in the form of a suppository. which Is admitted by all phy- sicians to be the best preparation for treating piles; 1t comes in direct contact With the painful tumors and does it's work quickly and painlessly. It is sold by druggists, generally. for 50 cents a pack age, and there is no other remedy just as good"
 Write Pyramid Drug Co. Marshall. Mich, forstheir little book on the causes and cure of piles which Is sent free tor the asking. ged-Hu, '.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-13
BRYAN AT THE cApIToI.
Urges Purchase of Permanent Homes
 American Legations.

washington, Jan. 12.--William JenninSs Bryan was at the House today. where he met and shook hands with a number of his former colleagues. He dis cussed with the members of the Commit- tee on Foreign Affairs the need of the possession by this Government of perma- nent legation buildings at foreign capi- tals.
 Mir Bryan said under the present sys- tenn the house of the American diplomats were shifted from one place to another, The safety of the archives and the im- portance of having a legation permanent ly located in one place impressed him with the urgent need of the purchase by the Government of appropriate buildings. He said he would commence at The Hague. because of the location of the peace tribunal there. observing that he believed that would become the most irn- portant court abroad. He also said that the United States was regarded as one of the strongest packers of the peace tri- bunal.
 MT. Bryan also visited the Senate. Prac- tically all the Democrats and many nr the Republicans met him In the lobby. MT. Bryan stated that if any one had quoted him as favoring any particular candidate for the nomination he had done So without authority.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-13
HANNA AND FoRAKER.
Factions in a Contest for Control of Ohio.

ClevelanA Special to New York World. The row between the Hanna and For aker 1actions of the Republican party in Ohio, which, has begun over the selection of delegates to the Republican National Convention, Is only recrudescence of the row that has broken out periodically ever since Joseph B. Foraker became prominent politically. ;..--.t
 Years ago MT. Foraker used to fight John Sherman. He posed then as the leader of the Blaine forces in Ohio. just as he Is today posing as the leader of the Roosevelt forces. Then he was against Mckinley. Now he Is against Hanna. y'53- Ever since Roosevelt became President Senator Foraker has posed as his special champion in Ohio. He early declared himself dn favor of the nomination of the President to succeed himself. A year ago when Mir. Hanna was first suggested az
 a candidate for the Presidency, the For
 aker people proposed that the Ohio Re
 publican Convention adopt a resolution of Endorsement of Roosevelt, and it was de
 clared to be their purpose to 'smOke' Senator Hanna out.
 This aroused the wrath of MT. Hanna
 and he opposed the adoption of the in. dorsement resolution until he discovered l that the President desired 1t. Then he favored the resolution, and in his speech
 at the convention he made a strong plea for the indorsement of Mir. Roose welt. He did it heartily too, although fl
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-13
Crime in South Carolina.

Charleston News and Courier.
 Attorney-G General qunter has completed the compilation of the criminal statistics or the State. comparing the number of crimes of each succeeding year with inc one previous, from 1888 to and inciudins lSOS. The comparison Is not encouraRinE, ana, indeed. in some respects 1t Is a show ing that must give all law-abidin9 citjSeTs cause for serious concern over the seem- ing increasing tendency to Iawlessness The crime of murder shows an awful rec ord. there being 222 manslau@hters report. ed for 1903. This record was exceeded in lSg7 when there were 225. Tn 1900 there was the same number. tIr. Gunter is ore. pairing comparative table as to man. plorable fact has developed that we lead In North Carolina last year there were N such cases. and they thought that a fearful record. but how insignificant 1t is few crimes has there been shown any de crease in the number
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-13
Turn to Cleveland.

Washington Special to Chicago Chronicle. Before w. F. Sheehan decided to come here he visited Judge Parker and had a long conference with him. At its conclu- Democrats that the New York jurist was candidate and that the nomination would be acceptable to him. Soon after his arrival here, MT. Sheehan detected the ming so strongly that he confessed 1t might overwhelm not only Judge Parker, but all other Democrats who are being groomed for the nomination.
 Sheehan. .'has many of the outward as- poets of the movement in 1892. that cu1- minated in MT. Cievelands nominate at Chicago in spite of the opposition of the Democratic organization in his own State. It seems to be gaining strength every day. and as sincere friend of Judge Parker I confess that do not like it."
 Democrats from Chicago and Illinois. Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan. Iowa and other Middle Western States made d similar discovery. None of them was sur- prised and a majority was clearly dis posed to rejoice. Enlightened Democratic belief in that part of the country Is that Illinois. Indiana Wisconsin and Michigan than any other Democrat.
 Even Senator Stone of Missouri, who is implacably hostile to the ex-President, ficult for him to make a choice between Cleveland and Roosevelt, had to admit that Cleveland sentiment was growing and that 1t will have to be reckoned with Tn the forthcoming convention. The poli- ticians who are here do not care to go on record for or against the ex-President, with few exceptions. They prefer to await developments and let the future decide what will be their course of &C., tion. That is a popular expedient with profession al politicians.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-13
SOME UNEXPECTED ADMISSIONS

On this page will be found part of an editorial from The New York Tribune reviewing the paper of Carl schurz in McClure's Magazine on the Southern negro question. The Tribune, as is we'll known, is both a staunch and an able Republican newspaper, and what it says and what it. fails to say are of interest when 1t touches racial affairs or ques- tionc. /
 The first sentence in the article quoted shows that The Tribune at length sees what we of the South well know--that "the policy of negro enfranchIsement has been a failure 1t is failure very largely because it was begun at the wrong time and in the wrong way. Any one not hopelessly blind should have been able to see that the people of the South were not in a state of mind to admit and &C., ccpt the political equality of negroes just out of the ignorance and the barbarian of slavery. And If they were not willing to accept 1t child ought to have seen that they could not be forced to accept 1t, except while 1t was held to them by mili- tary force.
 And 1t is just as true that negro en- franchisement began in the wrong way as well as at the wrong time. For anything we can see to the contrary negro suffrage was possible and might have been made permanent if it had been administered gradually. If the privilege of voting had been given at the start only to those who could read and write, and had been ex- tended to others as fast as they became qualified we do not say that negro suf- frage might not have become permanent in the South, but the time and manner of trying to force 1t on the South were wrong in principle and bound to fail in the end. And 1t is just possible that the policy adopted by the Federal govern ment during the era of reconstruction may result in the permanently practical disfranchisement of the negro race in the South. Thus do radical measures often work their own cure.
 And the latter part of The Tribune's s editorial Is significant. in that 1t almost In plain words lays down the doctrine that the Caucasion race must in seIf-defence and in defence of its own integrity and supremacy cease from further attempts to lift to its own level, or to incorporate 'debased and inferior races" And why !? Because, in it's own language, the in- stincts of the white races are such that theories of equal race opportunity. by whomsoever formulated or applied, must fight in vain"
 Is not this a patent admission that the South has all the time been right in its determination to maintain racial purity
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-13
Tune to Dig-Not to Argue.

New Orleans Times Democrat.
 If the United States were forced ct go to Nicaragua what assurance have we that we would not receive the same treat ment that we received from Colombia The people of those States have an exag- gerated idea of the wealth of this coun- try, and imagine that Americans are ut terly regardless of the price of a commo- dity. They seem to have lost sight of the fact that countries become wealthy as do individuals, by conserving their wealth, not by dissipating it. There is left, however, no question of the choice of routes. The time has come to dig, not to argue about different routes. The question of route has been up for discussion for more than a cen- tury, and it is certainly time to call for the previous question. The previous ques- tion has been called and the time has come to vote.
 A vote for the Panama Canal is by no means a vote to indorse the Roosevelt ad- ministration. It Is mere coincidence that Roosevelt was President when the situation took its present shape. His policy was mapped out for him by Demo- crats years ago. Whatever the people of Panama may have been led to expect from this government in the way of as- slstance in their revolution, it is as cer- tain as anything can be that they had no official assurance of help, and the land ing of marines on the isthmus, whatever may have been it's significance to the peo- pie of Panama had no other significance to us than the landing of the marines a day or two ago in Corea. It is no con- cern of ours what effect the landing of these marines may have on the govern ment of Corea. If it should cause a revo- lution, so be it. The purpose was to pro- tect the American legation, and that is one of the functions of this government The purpose of the landing at Colon was to protect American interests and to en- force treaty obligations, and if the act proved disa strous to Colombia that is none of our affair.
 Mississippi has gone to the front for the canal and that is where such great and patriotic State belongs. It is time for sulkers to take to the rear and for patri- otiO men to advance
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-13
NOTED WOMEN MEET.
&x-Emprsss and Ex-oueen Hold a
 Conference.

Paris Special Cablegram.
 4 royal chat about prospective royal wedding was had when ex-Empress Eu- genie called on ex-taueen Isabella on Wed. nesday and the stately old ladies vied In the Graciousness of their greetings. It was something like return to the days of the '6Ds, when each reigned over rope.
 On account of the personalities of En- cali excited more than usual interest There are those who still remember the spiendor of the court of Isabella H.. ana not less fresh in memory are the fr1voi- ities of the jolly old Queen. Paris of to- day has been not infreauently amused Dy her somewhat eccentric life in her beautiful palace opposite the United States embassy, Avenue KOebler. one or her chief objects in life now is to bring Empress Eugenie, revered by French tmperfaiists as much for her saintly life as for the fact that she is the widow of Napoleon III, would seem to have little the proposed betrothAi between King AL fonso of Spain and Princess Alice of Ba- varfa Is an alliance dear to the hearts of the old grand danes Princess Alice. who Is only 15. is the granddaughter of Isabella. So the little princess father, Prince Louis Ferdinand, Is one Of the most popular of the Bavarian princes.
 His fame as Q musician is assured and his prestige increased when he went into the orchestra of a public theatre not long ago and, seizing a violin, played a difi- cult piece with much briiliancy, greatly to the delight of the audience. Princess Alice and her father were on their way to Madrid, where if mutually agreeable, the betrothal of the boy King and the little Princess will be arranged. The marriage would change materially the present political aspect of Europe. It would mean the alliance of Germany with the Spanish court, nullifying the sought-for rapproachment between Spain, t'rance and Russia. Spain would beSden- tified then rather with the triple alliance and the marriage might possibly upset the understanding between Spain and France on the Morocco question.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-13
"WEDNESDAY, JANUARY IS, 1904
rHr sourHERN pFMocRAcY.


 The esteemed Norfolk Virsinian-Pilot is trying so hard to be Democratically good 0g late that we rarely find anything to lecture 1t oh. In a late issue 1t copies soma of the comments made by The Advertiser and The Chattanooga Times on tho speech of Governor Montague at the Mcclellan banquet, and adds:
 Of course, the comment of our contem- knowledge that neither supported Mir. Bryan. That fact has led them to em- nhaziEe somewhat unduly, perhaps, Gov ernor Montasue's indicated opposition to free coinage as an issue-an emphasis that is wholly unnecessary as 1t is ad- xnittedIy not an issue--but that apart, the comment of our contemporaries may be Southern opinion. Of course. it is un- likely that Governor Montague had any candidate in mind. He was probably merely attempting to outline the situation and to indicate the desirable attitude for the South, and we agree with The Times that he did it admirably.
 1t seems to us, however, that in inter mreting the passage as having reference 10 specific men and issues The Times and The Advertiser possibly miss the real point, viz: that in the Southern DemOc- Tacy is to be found the salt that shall give the right savor to the national Democracy.
 Naturally, the v.-P. couldn't let an oc- casion pass to insert its sting, though in 4he present instance it was in a mild form. We don't mind 1t, because we are 7sarning to feel good-natured. and like to see the boys enjoy themselves, and there are few things that give certain of our brethren of the press more enjoyment than to prod The Advertiser. It gratifies them and doesn't hurt us.
 But that was not the point We intended 10 note. What we wish to speak of is the concluding sentence of the article uuuked-sthat in the Southern Democracy ss to be found the salt that shall give she right savor to the national Democ- racy.'' That is the sentiment of which we are ready to endorse. We are per- Suaded that the Southern Democracy has 60 far recovered from it's temporary aber- ration that 1t can confidently be intrusted with the duty of assisting very material ay in the important work of shaping the policy of the Party. In the old times the Southern Democrats were the salt of the Party and we see no reason now why they should not regain their prestige and lead the way to complete rehabilitation and success. Our section cannot, in our opinion. be again led off or dominated by western fads and ideas, and we see no reason why it should not become some thing more than @ tame follower of others-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-13
Ravages of Pneumonia in Chicago.

ChlcagO ReCOrd-HeraId.
 Notwithstanding the gratifying decrease In the total death rate. the increase m rant the gravest concern The total of l39 deaths from pneumonia last week is the largest for any December week on record. The bulletin of October N Ven- tured the prediction that there would be, between November 1. 1906. and May sl, 1904. upward of 2.lOO deaths from -' pneu. monia. and hardly more than 1900 from consurnptiou'' in this city. There have already been TAO deaths from pneumonia and 3sa from consumption. and the worst four months of the year for pneumonia are yet to come. The percentaRes of in- crease in deaths from this disease are almost incredible. For last November the daily average was III, an increase of 7S per cent over that of the previous thir- of December the daily average has been N.3. an increase of 66 per cent over Inc previous Icecember average
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-13
A Republican Paper on the Race
 Problem.

New York Tribune.
 There Is. indeed, no fact moro patent of negro enfranchisemet has been a fail ure. In the States in which the origina- tors of that policy meant to give the black man power, he has no power, He votes-and will continue to vOte-only in States in which he is negligible politi- cal factor. Justice Harlan, of the Su- preme Court. said at 8 dinner given in his North had grown cold to the wrongs in fiicted on the negro voter. No one can we'll deny the truth of that statement. not not enjoy that equality of political 0ppor: tunity promised him by the framers of the reconstruction policy. What was guaranteed him in the days of reconstruc- tion has been largely taken from him, and apparently he has no prospect of coming to hts own again within our gener- atton.
 enfranchised negro? What is responsible lifted him to citizenship? Instincts defy not not possible that the national conscious- ness is beginning to view in an altered light the dogma of equality of political S6o2s aS ali raSsY ens'Sr fpr a in recounting the achievements of the last half century that the American peo- pie have wrested the last vestige of pow CT in this hemisphere from an old and proud llation, who once occupied the place that England his since occupied and which 1t seems likely that We are to occupy here if the Caucasian races which have settled fin the United States are to take the next great step forward in civilized progress. If we are to lead In the next larsreaching process of social evolution, might we not instinctively and rightly shrnk from inn pairing our efflciency as a people through the absorption, politically and socially, of debased and inferior races? If the ideal of equality of political opportunity which we have now attained Is to be supple opportunity, what place In the working out of our problem have the negro. the Malay and the Caucasian? Against in- stincts like these theories of equal race opportunity, by whomsoever Formulated OF applied, must fight in vain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-13
Both are lTisnomers.
Washington Post.

WdShIHBIOn POSt.
 The pomp and pageantry of royalty call for heavy outlay but the English people do not grudge 1t. They are proud of their splendid figurehead. and vote millions for support of the branches, twigs and sprouts of the royal family. But while our Presidents make free use of the power to annul the will of the people no English sovereign dares attempt the ex- ercise of that prerogative. Things are seldom what they seem.'' Great Britain. as illustrated by a royal parade, looks more like a mediavel monarchy than a. republic: The United States are some times referred to in England as "the great democracy across the ocean" Roth ara very remote from the truth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-13
POLITICAL POINTS

was said that there was an element
 of humiliation in it for him, and it was
 announced that he had been forced tc support the President The only purpose of the Hanna people Is. 1t Is said. to maintain their oreaniza. tion in Ohio. They have the power and they desire to exercise it by controlliup the Ohio delegation at Chicago.
 Our purpose is,' said one of the Sen. ator's friends, ''to give the Ohio delega- ton to President Roosevelt, but Senator Hanna, not Senator Foraker, must get the credit for it. That Is why we are seek
 ing to have Hanna men elected as dele- gates to the National Convention. If the States delegation he is mistaken' If a fight is necessary to prove that fact to him the fignr will come.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-13
TALK ABOUT CANDIDATES.
That About Cleveland Will Not
 Cease.

Washington Special to N. Y. Herald. The feeling that MT. Cleveland is more than a possibility is very acute among New York and New Jersey Democrats. Judge Parker's friends have taken the alarm. and former Lieutenant-Gover William Y. Sheehan of New York, who does not like the way things are looking. came to Washington tonight to sec that the advantages of Judge Parker as a can didate are properly placed before tine Democrats of distant States.
 The newest Cleveland boom has been of comparatively recent growth. It has sprung up almost entirely within the last week. and dates from about the time Richard Olney. of Massachusetts made hls speech at the Mcclellan dinner in New York, on the night of Monday. Janu- ary {.
 Parker men, who expected to get great comfort from the Illinois delegation, found when the men from that State ar rived tonight they were so much taken with the new suggestion of Marshall Field for the nomination that they would no longer listen to the arguments in fa- gor of Judge Parker.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-13

the sane srsumsnts that our own psopls have been ustnx for almost swo-scors years. and points cut the obstsclss h ths way of any further attempt at lifsing up the lower rscss to . level with the cauca- sian. either socially CT politically. As an instance Of advanced thought on the part of . Northern Republican papar the article is signincant.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-13
cnosvENoR PREDICTS.
He Allows the Democrats Few
 Electoral Votes.

Special to New York Tribune. -.s General Grosvenor, of Ohio. whose political prophecies have given him an international reputation predicts that of the 4Se votes of the Electoral College the Republicane will certainly obtain 21. He gives the Democrats 161, and the States which he classes as doubtful have total of @ electoral, votes. He believes that the Republicans will carry the following States:
 California, Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, Indiana, illinois. Kansas, Maine, Massa- chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota. Nebraska, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Hampshire, Oregon, Pennsyivania Rhode Island, Washington, West Virginia Wisconsin, Vermont and Wyoming:
 The Democrats, he predicts. will carry Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky. Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennes- sec, Texas and Virginia.
 General Grosvenor classified New York, Delaware, Idaho, Maryland, Montana, Nevada and Utah as debatable ground, and, conceding to the Democracy the solid South and all the doubtful States, 1t would be possible, he asserts to throw in Indiana, Connecticut and New Jersey and stfll hold the election of the Republican candidate absolutely safe.