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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1904.
A sHREwD SCHEME.

Staying on top of the political fence man is an expert in the art of bal Rncsng, the top rail is liable to teter and. tumble him off on one side or the other. The task Is much more difficult for newspaper, if 1t ever touches on politics at all. It matters not how fair the editor may be when speaking of political matters, one or the other of the parties. and generally all of them. will charge him with unfairness and be ready to swear that he is taking Bides.
 There is a paper up in Connecticut called The New Milford Gazette, whose editor thinks he has made himself solid by the course he has adopted. He has seen and felt the dificulty of try ing to remain neutral. and he has such a divided patronage that he doesn't want to offend either side. He has al- 30 experienced the worry and embar- rassment of allowing advocates of dif- terent parties to use his paper slmul- tah60uslyI IoF then one or the OIneP will charge that the opposite side has most space. In order to make every thing lovely, he announces that while the Presidential campaign lasts, he will tissue 6 series of supplements, Re- publican and Democratic. alternating weekly"
 We,venture to say that no one but 0 shrewd Yankee would adopt this meth- cd of carrying water on both shoulders. It is understood that the supplement one week shall be absolutely at the disposal of the Republicans, who are to say what they please and as much of 1t as the paper will hold. Next week the Democrats will have their innine and make things warm for their oppo- nents. Each side will have a week to come back at the other, and we may reasonably look for some warm num- 'bers when they get fairly at 1t. If one side gets the best of the argument it will not be the editors fault. He will have nothing to do but open the gates and tell them to sail in. It's g great scheme and ought to bring the paper subscriptions from all the politi- clans and voters of both parties.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
Cetters to tbs GdftOr
THE FOUNTAIN SPACE.
Belongs to the People in Moral Right
 and Good Public Policy.

ana GOOd kNuDiAc POA1cys
 Editor The Advertiser:
 The Fountain office building no lon- ger bubbles and flashes as a job and a corruscation of wet; it seems to be taken seriously by some of our citi- gems. If accomplished, it will indeed be lamentable joke. Permit me to offer an earnest plea. I have complete re- spect for the legal opinion of the City Attorney. He has presented sim ply the aspect from legal standpoint. He has not meant to speak save ascoun- sel. There are some things which tram scend legal techntcalities. The Amer lean people never hesitate to brush a. side technicaltties as so many cob webs where they would obstruct or stand in the way of. right, equity and the higher interests of morals. It Is profoundly true that as our clever car toonist has shown, a few thousand when weighed against the lmpondera- ble interests of the citizenship of Montgomery. This open space has re- ceived a dedication in morals to the erations of our people. It belongs to the men, women and children, vet to come upon the scene. It Is breath ing space. It cannot be appropriated to private use without depriving hu- man beings of their rights.
 When Ahab and Jezebel deprived Ma both of his vineyard they first offered him money or another vineyard NRNeflnGleSS lhS ldhAilE Ol NudN llNNlt peace of vineland the birthright of its obscure owner wrought the utter downfall of Ahab and his dynastey. This birthright was sacred thing and many kings suffered death and ruin for that injustice. Our people are not sunk in commercialism. They will never barter the centre of their busi- ness living place for any sum of money.
 Let this vital centre be beautified. kept neat and forever remain breath ing space. If statues of great men of Alabama and Montgomery could be put there, the inspiration of manhood would speak to our youth and lead them to noble and even noble accom- plishment If statues of Justice Fair Dealing. Learning. Art Equity. GSner- osity or merely might be put there, our young men and women would get impulses to emulation worth ineom- parably more than all the mines of Jefferson or Nevada or the Transvaal With all due respect for those who be- liNHA this proposition dAsarves a mom-
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far and wide in the land. It was the more noteworthy, the more pathetic, because all her testimony was the of fering of a faithful heart and unsup- ported by any shred of fact, as was af- terward effectually proven. It was the more affecting, too, because she was a female of abnormally deplorable repu- tation and character. Having little, she gave bountifully out of her meagre store to keep the Republican party in a position indispensable to the welfare of the country. and from which it took eight more years to oust It.
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 Those eight years are proudly in- ciuded by Mir. Hay and Mir Root in their retrospect of the record of the in comparable party. We think these gen tMr Hay says) and losing their grip on the flaming torch which Is to show the truth to coming ages, ought, before they go, and when they have leisure from the labors of the present cam. paign, to get together and put up a monument somewhere to Eliza Pink ston: as to one who saw her duty and aId II. It was not that her individual services were of such indispensable value but that they were typical in Il particularly picturesque and strikinS way of whole group of services rer's dered between election day. 1878 and March 4 1877. which were indispensa- ble to the continued supremacy at that time of the party which. Mir. Hay says has done everything great that has been done in this country in the last fifty years. through which as MT RoSt declares. the moral sentiment of Amer ga hnds expression, and of which MT root ayers that it cannot depart from the direction of its tendencies.
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snt's consideration especially to the gentlemen of the committee let us plead with the City Fathers to legaiiy their public use forever If this techni- cal step be advisable
 Let the men, women and cni1areh keep this space as an open ar rem pie of Fame, consecrate to that Iest fulness of mind and heart ana pody, which. propeIy beautified by coo, waters, flashing over green leaves ana improved as skill and taste may oeIer. mine 1t will afford to them when urea Of the cares, of trade ; let thls smaLI ,circlet or Heavens air and Ignt pc lasting symbol testifying that the twentieth century cultured people or Montgomery value for them ana tner chaildren the noble and more peauti- full vital things of life. .,
 An Tncommerical Traveller
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
REPUBLICANS JUST GETTING UP STEAM.
What They Have Done Mere Play to What They Will Do the
 CfoxinR Weeka

What They Have Done Mere Play to
 What They Will Do the
 Closing Weeks.
 New York World.
 Here is the actual status of the Re- publican National campaign and Presi- dent Roosevelt's chances of election to- day as viewed by his managers.
 First-Presidential campaigns are won or lost in the last three weeks be- fcre election.
 second-Mr. Roosevelt is we'll in the lead, but not absolutely certain of elee- tion.
 Third-The uncertain element is the large per centage of doubtful voters in Maryland, West Virginia, and Indiana
 Fourth-Polls of these States arc be- ing made more thoroughly than ever before by means of the card system de- ing practically every voter. ~
 Fifth-The figures show that the doubtful voters hold the balance of power, although ah equal division of to MT. Roosevelt.
 sixth--Campaigning to date has been mere play compared with the steam that will be put on in another week. urged in many different ways to vote the Republican ticket.
 Bryan Ahead October 1, 1898. The card system of classifying vot- CTS came into politics with the intro- duction of business methods by Senator Hanna in 1896. It's value was demon srated at once. A month before elec- ton that year the poll showed Bryan ahead. An election on October 1st would have put him in the White House is statement freely made by the man. agers of that campaign. The Hanna card system revealed the weak spots. Money orators and liter ature were poured into the doubtful aV,6 NI GGf a q ln- certain had pressure put upon him by friends, political leaders and business men. Even society ambitions were gratified and creditors put pressure on debtors.
 MT Cortelyou's polls are not com pleted. Another week will give him ] the name of every man in doubtful States whom 1t Is necessary to convert this work that the largest campaign | funds are saved, the best orators held | in reserve and the power of the admin | istration stored up.
 Red Fire Out of Date. Torchlight processions, parades and | old-style rallies will have small part | in this campaign. That kind of work | Is reIegated to the rear and supplanted | by so-called business methods. Bands, parades and bonfires will not be seen to any great extent in New York next month. Instead of that, | bankers will have serious talks with dellnquent ueDtoTs, WHoSe ndnhSS dTS oh MT. Cortelyou's list, and give them easy extensions; other doubtfuls and their | wives may receive -wished-for so- | cial invitations; some workmen may get increase of wages; Senators, Con- gressmen and judges will make a point of honoring number citizens with ap- parent friendship; while, on the other hand relentless screws will be put on l the doubter who casts his lot with the | other side.
 This is the new business method of electing a President.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
PnIicx of Large Cities.

What a pity 1t would be for us, just as we begin to grow, to violate every canon of civic policy that Is now be- ing recognized in old and large world centers. Anybody who has travelled knows how anxious the large cities are to preserve their little squares and to make new ones, even at the expense or tearing down valuable buildings ana leaving open for the public small souares, a few feet of which would cost more than our modest sky-scraper. Take New York, for intance, in the Rowling Green district, what neat sum for Father Knickerbocker If he should dispose of the little triangle where Broadway widens in front of the New Produce Exchange! Why turned into a park? What magnificent space was wasted for sentiment and to the retardation of business progress! Take Paris, famous the world over for its beauty. where can city be found that is more up to date or more prodieal of fabulously valuable space '? And so 1t goes. But Montgomery must be progressive, 1t must have sky scraper, and that modest sky-scraper must plant itself in the only public square in the heart of this city. No, we forgot there Is another open, a small triangle, in front of Court Street Church, where we might also put lit tie Flat Iron" building that would rival New York's Flat Iron
 The Proposition.
 If we are correctly informed. the city can dispose of Court Square for this building for ninety-nine years at an annual rental of about postage stamp to each present inhabitant. True, we might grow later and our annual in- dividual returns might become less than two cents apiece, and the property might become more valuable, but "a rd in ha hand VI know Again two cents apiece each year means d present valuation of our Court Square at say $16,666 2-S, money being worth only per cent. A truly magnificent magnanimous, munificent offer. Aside, let us not barter it for $150,0 900 cash But it would advertise Montgomery sol! Yes, surely 1t would. Do we wish to advertise ourselves as Esau did? Do we wish to say to the world that we have a public sentiment and City Council that Is so short sighted as to sell our only broad plaza for a mess of pottage. Yes, indeed, we should advertise our selves.
 It is easy to oppose, it is difficult to propose. Assuming 1t as self evident that an office building need not be right in the heart of the retail district of city, we suggest that there are numerous sites on which such a build ing might be placed and where 1t would really serve to encourage other needed Improvements. Too high in price they say. Yes. much too high compared with this Court Square prop osition. But If too high otherwise, the investment must be hazardous, the demand must be weak.
 Finally let us add that we are not paid to advertise any particular proper ty and therefore gratuitOusly suggest that the Baptist Church property Is for sale, and it. as all other down. town sights Is reasonably near everv- thing of bushes interest to denizens of our office building. Keep Court Square open.
 Sentimental Tommy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
THAT OFFICE BUILDING.
A Number of Arguments Against Fut'
 ting 1t On the Square.

A Number of Arguments Against Put
 ting 1t On the Square.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 A multiplicity of words may darken counsel, but at the same tune It may cause the citizens of Montgomery so bestir themselves and see that a ques tion of importance. one of real CIVIC policy, Is before us. Without apology, therefore, we contribute our mlte Io this discussion, and make bold 10 sus gest some thoughts in support or those who are opposed to this scheme.
 The earnest advocates of the plan tell us that the opposition is based on sent iment. Suppose 1t Is in some instaneus; rnsiIS no one need blush therefor. reaiIy frank business man must conceoe tnas he often regards sentiment as an asset in trade to be dealt with just as ms pecuniary interest directs. Today ne plays upon 1t to get his price. tomor. row when buying he cries 1t down. IT possible, in order to lower price. Tn this Court Square proposition, the au- vocates are on the buying side or tne proposition. We cast no aspersions, we are simply talking business. and the buyer wishes to make trade; ne uses business tactics. Hence, let the aoVo, cates consider themselves estopped from abusing sentiment as they are sc- customed probably to use this asset Tor or against a proposition as business sagacity prompts.
 Confidence in the City's Future.
 Have we so little confidence In the future of Montgomery as to believe that no business enterprise can hope to sue ceed unless located on one or two streets? Montgomery is unique. 1t seems to us, In the compactness Of It's business area. Must 10000 people con tinue to do business on two streets only? Would not our real estate men do the city a greater service by dissi- pating such an idea than by planting an office building on Court Square? Talk up Montgomery, but do not restrict your vision and talk to two snort streets. Adopt progressive ideas of ex- pansion. If location on Court Square is "sine qua non" for an office build ing. then let the building go, our charm for the investor must be too weak our need for the building must not be urg- ent. No, this Is not the real essence. We think The Advertiser in recent ed itorial touched the root of the matter; There Is a peculiarly strong financial attraction to an investor in the court Square proposition. But of this more anon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
POLITICAL POINTS

Governor, and for the Republican leg islative candidates They dictated Mickey's nomination two years ago and they dictated his renomination this year. Thousands of Republicans have openly declared their purpose to vote against Mickey. Berge, his opponent, is regarded as an honest man. If he should be elected the corporations and corruptionists could not control him. and therefore they are spending lots of money and energy to defeat him.
 If the Fusionists control the Legis- lature Mir. Bryan vii be chosen to suc- ceed Charles H. Dietrich in the United States Senate. There is no question
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
HAPPIEST MAN IN UNCLE sAM's
 NAVY.

T am the happiest man in Uncle sams Navy. I must have got the piles from always sitting on the guns, for have to get on them to clean them, as I am first-class gunner's mate in the after turret.
 T could not do any work when l had the piles, my shipmates did 1t for me. I cenrtainly was in bad condl- ton; today there Is no man aboard the ship in better condition than am and I can certainly thank Pyramid Pile Cure for the world of good it has done me. I used so many different medl- cines and spent lots of money until l used this remedy; 1t IS the only one of the whole lot that did me any good.
 The first box nearly cured me, and I don't think I ever felt happier in my life, that I thought I got the real stun al last. To make sure of a cure l used number ob boxes also two boxes of Pyramid Pills and one and one-half boxes of Py- ramid Ointment, and I still have four boxes of Pyramid Pile Cure left, that I keep in case I meet anyone that is sufferer of piles. thank Pyram-d Pile Cure million times Julius A. Rooster U. s. Flags--Ip Kearsarge.
 The wonderful cures effected by this remedy are subject for remark among members of the medical profession ev- anywhere. A little book describing the causes and cure of plies is pub lished by the Pyramid Drug Co. Mar shall Mich, and we advise every suf- ferer to write for it. II Is a singular feat that one out of every four suffers from this distressing complaint. and another peculiar feature is that 1t is no respecter of persons, attacking both those of high and of low de- gree, the laborer and the millionaire, the scrubwoman and the lady of fash ion. We have pleasure in recommend ing Pyramid Pile Cure to all such, as it possesses merit, and since it is sold by all druggists generally for the low price of fifty cents a package a prompt and speedy cure is easily within the reach of everyone. -su-tu.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
BOOKS WE'RE CORRECT.
Examiner Sedberry Compliments Cher
 Okee Ohicials.

''Ncthing Due" was the gratifying endorse ment upon the back of each of the reports upon the officials of Cherokee County, which were filed yesterday in the Executive Department by Assistant Examiner of Public Accounts George F. Sedberry.
 The officials were ali compllmented for the neatness and accuracy of their bookkeeping The Examiner was unable to find an yerrors of any sort in the Cherokee books and in his report Captain Sedberry gave the officials a deserved word of commendation.
 The officials complimented were Probate Judge c. C. Appleton. Circuit Clerk l. l.. Brock. Sheriff James NJ. Webb Tax Assessor James D. Wilder and Superintendent of Edu cation A. O. Williams.
 The Examiner says that there has been a gratifying increase in the tax valuations of the county
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
Put the Monument There.

Editor The Advertiser:
 Being stranger in Montgomery, but greatly interested in the welfare of the city. l desire to say a word about Court Square, If public sentiment de- mands the removal of the Fountain, why not let the city donate the space to a patriotic cause and bring the Sol diers and Sailors Monument down from the Capitol grounds and place 1t there? IL would be a lasting adorn- ment to the Square, and would be seen by far more people than ever see it as 1t now stands. l. is stated upon good authority that the Capitol Commission would like to have the ground 1t now occupies to be used in the new im- provements to he made on the Capitol building. and surely\there Is no other place in the city where the Monument would show off to better advantage than on the Fountain space of Court Square. New Citizen
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

The Dothan siftings thinks the hap piest people in the world are the ne- groes of that town. They are the, hap piest people anywhere, if they choose to be.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

And now the unions have subsidized Bishop Potter's subway saloon, and hereafter no man can acquire a jag there unless he drinks union liquor. put of union tumblers and measured put by union bar-tenders. All the trunks acquired there in future must bear the union label to make them genuine,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

It is not known definitely whether Pierpont Morgan thinks he has gath cred in enough money 10 worry along on. or whether he merely wants to lake a vacation. but 1t is announced that he is going to turn his business over to his son. We suspect. however. klAAt he'll keep one eye on thA hO~.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

The best way to stop lynching Is at the point of the soldiers bayonet," says The Florence Times. Just so, but if the bayonet is pointless. or the hand back of 1t Is paralyzed. then what?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

''Why don't you try to make yourself one of the intellectual celebrities of your time?" Whats the use?' answered the bright but indolent young man. "The firm whose patent food l have been eating would come along and want all the credit."-WashinRto Star.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
Underfc,l ChiIhren

There are 122,OOO underfed children in the city of London. This, according to Dr. Eicholz, who makes out a strong case in defense Of the state ment that there is physical deteriora- ton in England.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

This finding some tenable ground of objection to Judge Parker's letter Is putting a severe strain on some of the Republican organs, and if they break down under 1t, there will be nothing surprising in 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

The Guntersville Democrat says they have no partners in Marshall County. but plenty of tigers-and the poor things are all blind.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

Tom Watson may be fighting Roose- welt. as he claims. but he isn't making 1t public to any great extent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

The French theorist who is claiming that old age is not a condition. but a disease. which can be avoided or cured. ought to find plenty of patients. Still. a condition, not a theory, that confronts us. If people can keep off death from old age. how long will the earth afford room for the accommodating population7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

Has it reached the point where even a railway train is unsafe with the President on 1t?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02
A sOLID F0uNDATToN,

A neWspaper'b f0undAfI0n t9 tt9 oltcuIB@ eion- Our circulation is solid and combines aot only quantity, but class and quality. edged the ideal newspaper of Alabama end ls not only conservative but thoroughly progre9siye and reaches just the clsss of chasing power which ta pleading to the hieh-grads merchants who advertise In its columns. The following statesnent Tor the sworn to by our Circulation Manager. and Is Absolutely reliable.
 Watch ue grow.
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ing the South. He will have a stiil harder time. unless he changes his methods.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

If Roosevelt calls Peace Congress. will he want to boss 1t with a big stick2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

P. J. Kelly, Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser.s being duly sworn. says: The foregoing statement of The Ad- vertiser's daily circulation for the mon% of August, 1904, is true and correct, and complied after all returns from news boys, news agents and leftover copies have been deducted.
 P. J. KELLY.
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of September. 1904.
 F. W. JACKSON,
 N. F.. Ex-O. J. F.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

Golfers Weekly declares that the President has had hard time dealing with that mart of the country" mean
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

Age in a bank indi- cates strength and ex- perience, and when age is the accompani. ment of large assets and capital, it is the best assurance of Sta- bility and safety.
 Through its long years of existence this bank has shown a steady growth in all of these elements of strength.
 New accounts are invited.
 T HE FIRS s T N A T l Q N A L B A N K
 Montgomery,
 Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

Miss Katie Booth will open a vocal studio at her residence. No. lI7 Sayre Street. octo- Der lst. 1904. su-2t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

City subscriptions should be paid to the following authorized collectors only; Q. T. Tinnigan. walter L. Johnson. ]. L. Mepes and Y. Shaver. 4-