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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-29
THE CAMPAIGN SO FAR.

The Republicans pretend to believe that Roosevelt will win his race in a gallop. It would be just as sensible for the Democrats to make like pre- tension. The simple truth is that while there has been an uncommon quiet per- vading the campaign on each side, no observer has been unmindful that a this thinking was going on is shown conclusively we take 1t by the enorm- ous registration in both New York City and State. There Is the accepted bat tie ground for both parties. Outside of the Southern States we think 1t in a high degree likely that substantial increases in the actual vote cast will be shown in November We have felt confident from the first that an uncommonly large number of voters would want to express themselves this year.
 It is in the silent vote that the key to the election Is to be found, and candidly we believe the Republicans know just as much of this as the Democrats do and they know just as little. The situation in its larger features is plain ly that of the two great parties strict ly aligned as parties against each other and both in doubt as to what the quiet undemonstrative. inexpensive body of voters are going to do.
 If Roosevelt is in fact very popular, he will as a matter of course carry the day Hill denied ever having called the President a fakir or rather the As sociated Press denied 1t for him. If he had said 1t. he would have told the truth, and Roosevelt's success would certainly mean that great numbers oe the American people like a fakir and a fakir's methods and ways. If the same body of citizens prefer an orderly and constitutional administration of the government. the fakir will be tumbled from his pedestal.
 The election is now very close at hand. We do not recall any contest wherein the issue is more clearly drawn between the sober and decent on the one hand and the vulger and theatrical on the other.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-29
A QUEER ENDoRsEMENT.

Andrew Carnegie finds some satisfac- ton in his own opinion of Roosevelt, to the effect that he is a good man, but needs watching" MT. Carnegie has the reputation of being one of the canniest of the canny Scotch people. He is a man who owns and conducts great business enterprises and has &C., cumulated many millions of dollars. He is a judge of men and knows how to select and manage them. Would he select as manager or superintendent of one of his great industrial enterprises a man who needs watching" even though he might be a good man in most respects2 Most assuredly he would do nothing of the kind, yet he advises the people of these United States to entrust practically the desti- nies of a great nation and the lives and fortunes of more than eighty mill lions of people to a man whom he de- liberately says needs watching.
 We may take Mir. Roosevelt at MT. Carnegie's own estimate of him. We may BO SO tO aoAiAt tldb AlO is a good man, however little we may like to go that far, but when our Scot tish friend candidly tells us that the
 man for whose success he says he intends to pray is of the kind who need watching, he sets seal on him which ought to condemn him in the estimation of all thinking people.
 Who is to keep watch on this danger ous man, If he shall be elected to a full presidential term? Already be has more than once made it plain that he is not a safe man to trust with the power that belongs to the office he holds and which he wants to continue to hold. He has given such evidence of erratic and bravado nature as to alarm many of his best friends and create in their minds grave doubts as to the propriety of giving him another and further lease of power. They reason that If he needs watching while he may be supposed to be on his best behavior as matter of policy, what may be expected If the American people virtually endorse his methods? May 1t not be expected that he will take off the bridle and give himself free scope to exhibit all his dangerous proclivi- ties?
 This country has had Presidents who were not altogether a credit to 1t, but God save 1t from one who needs watch fngl
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-29
THE NEW YORK HnRALDs FORE
 CAST.

The Advertiser has made an arrange 'ment with The New York Herald by which this paper will print simuita- neously with The Herald a synopsis of Its forecast of the probable result in the national election November sth. This synopsis will be very full and thorough. and will appear tomorrow morning.
 The Advertiser does not now know what will be the tenor of this fore cast. whether favorable or unfavorable to the Democratic ticket. But The Herald has been remarkably accurate in its forecasts of national elections heretofore, and The Advertiser knows that this forecast Is looked forward to by newspaper readers all over the country. It has great news value. and. therefore. The Advertiser will furnish it to its readers promptly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-29
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1904.
IF MILL NOT WORK.

The occasional spasmodic attempts of the Republicans to infuse some life in the financial issue shows how dif- ncult they find it to carry on the cam paign to tLeir satisfaction. It would be great boon to them if they could find some tenable ground for attacking the Democrats in connection with free silver If some prominent Democratic speaker would insist that free coinage Is still an issue and that the Demo- cratic Party will adhere to it, the claim would help our enemies wonderfully. They know that nothing more would be needed td make the Democratic cause absolutely hopeless.
 But that satisfaction Is denied them. Even MT, Bryan himself is not trying to make any one believe that if the Democrats succeed. they will upset the gold standard and commit the govern ment to tbimetalism. Failing to find anything in the platform or the Demo- cratic speeches to build on, they hark back to Judge Parker's famous tele- gram to the St. Louis convention. They claim that when he said, T regard the gold standard as firmly and irrevoca- bIy fixed" he made a blunder, for they say 1t is not so firmly fixed that the Democrats could not change 1t. Then they affect to believe-for we do not think that any of them really believe it--but they affect to believe that if the Democrats should control Congress, they would upset the present standard and declare for free coinage.
 These sophists- seem to forget, or fail to quote, that to the words of Judge Parker which we have quoted he added this significant expression: aand shall act accordingly" By this expression he not only declared that he considered the standard firmly es- tablished, but that if he should be that conviction. It was as If he had said: '"The gold standard is fixed and I will not suffer it disturbed while I am President"
 This is the plain meaning of his Ian guage and his critics know 1t. They know the pledge was not lightly made nor was it made in a spirit of bravado. and they know he will be true to his word. They know that the money standard cannot be changed without the consent or connivance of the Presi- dent, and they know Parker well enough to know that he will not go back on his pledge. It is a weak at- tempt to make capital where there is none and to twist plain and definite expression into an ambiguous one. It will not work.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-29
THrIR OWN MEDICINE.

Our Republican brethren are so fond of bringing charges of inconsistency and changes of opinion against Demo crats that they ought to be willing to take an occasional dose of the same medicine. Mir. Edward B. Whiting, in The New York Post. has this one for them to swallow:
 At a time when MT. Roosevelt was the Republican leader of the New York assembly, he made public address at free trade gathering, speaking with such men as Parke Goodwin and Henry George. Mir. Roosevelt said that he had been warned by two or three good friends that 1t would be his political death if he publicly committed himself his stars, however, that he was not de- pendent in any way upon politics, and as soon as any disagreement upon sub- jects of public importance arose be- tween himself and his constituents. he was prepared to step out of office with out reluctance. Representing a city district he foresaw that courage would be needed for a long time, saying, that the first people with whom free trade doctrines would be successful would be the farmers, who certainly had nothing to gain from the present tariff policy" He said: There is certainly a reac- tion in public sentiment against our doctrines, but this should not encour- age c0wardice in the ranks, it should rather make the advocates of free trade more persistent in their efforts to bring about the desired reform"
 public or private, to change his opinion when convinced that he has been wrong, but rather credit to him. Emerson says. "a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds and a man who persists in known wrong course merely to be called consistent is not the safest of guides for one to follow. So. if Roosevelt should candid1y admit that he now knows he was wrong when he was advocating free trade. we would he has gone to the other extreme and Is uphold.ng an equally indefensible and hurtful theory.
 But this he has not done, so far as We are aware. and his supporters do not refer to his former position. They can charge Democrats with all sorts of offences against consistency, however. If atDemocrat at any time advocated free coinage, or even if he voted for Bryan, they bring it up against him as an evidence that he cannot now be a sincsfe advocate of the gold stan dard, or that he Is too fckle to be de- pended on. Why don't they apply the same method of reasoning to their can dfiate?~ According to their own arktl- ments Roosevelt is not sincere in his advocacy of protective tariff. or he is too fickle and uncertain to be recog- nized as a leader. Which horn of the dilemma do they choose? One or the other is waiting for them
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-29

and inquires: Are they men who would ccnspire together to hoodwink and bamboosie the American people with iiesT" We do not believe The courant itself will dare give a satisfac- tory answer to its own question. The word 'lies",is not one that we should use in this connection. but that some of the Presidents Cabinet are trying 'to hoodwink and bamboosie the Ameri- can people" is plain to any one who will read their statements. That much The Courant must know and ought not to deny. Perhaps 1t considers 1t good politics to fool the people. but 1t is not good policy to deny that 1t Is being done by its friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-29
HARRISON ON ILLINOIS.
Tells Parker that silent Vote Will
 Carry state for Him. New Yorl Suecfal

| s-G~~~~~a Tells Parker that siIent Vote win
 Carry State for Him.
 New York Special
 Mayor Carter H. Harrison of Chicago made another fierce rush to New York today. He was summoned. he said. by William F Sheehan. chairman of the mittss. to discuss the situation in Iii : nois. Harrison was with Sheehan from tne time or his arrival at s:s0 a. n. un- III p m, when he went to the Seville the Presidential candidate haif an
 "Did you as. MT. Parker to go to Chi caEo to speak?' he was asked.
 son; son; ssa. havsn.t' T macs hope ' that % h.
 What is the situation in riiino,sYr s expect Parker will car0 the Republicans out there who are going to vote for Roosevelt are saying so There are thousands who are saying
 To hear the Republicans talk you might think there Is no situation in Illinois, but I assure you there Is. Al- though the State Is nominally Republi- this fall. and I reported SO to New
 Chicago, and Cook County can swing the State if we can roll up a big can. We have done effective work in Chicago. Reports from all sections of the State indicate that the Republicans are weak. Perhaps the members of the committee and MT Parker wish to know little more about this.
 "As to Wisconsin, we think there is a chance to win in that State. Ostensi. bly,. the La Toilette and Spooner fac tions have declared a truce, but there are many sharp knives out. I am quite familiar with the Wisconsin situation, and I believe Parker has chance to carry the State.
 about Indiana. Our reports from tha1 State are that Bryan by his speeches made 1t safely Democratic. From what we heard of New York, we think our candidate has it as good as carried, and victory |"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-29
RussIA,s TARGET PRACTICE.

There have been sundry humorous de- liverances by way of St. Petersburg during the war now waging. The standing joke has been since the battle of the. Yalu River that the Japanese were being steadily lured away from their base; that every Russian disaster followed by q nasty retreat was simply a bit of strategy that in the end was certain to deliver the laps into the hands of the Cossacks. The genuinely heroic stand the Russians have recently made does give a little bit of color to this theory. though 1t is apparent enough that the cabal of Grand, Dukes who conspfred to bring on the war, ordered an advance without which the war party in the councils of the Czar would have been utterly discredited. An unsuccessful effort to dive the enemy back would bring more credit to the army and the Russian cause than by any possibility could be derived from continued back steps in the direction of St. Petersburg,
 
 North Sea and one of the explana- tions of this act dispatched from St. Petersburg heightens the humor we have been favored with hitherto by the Russian army staff. It is conjectured at St. Petersburg. that the Russian ships were engaged in target practice when they suddenly opened a murder ous fire on an inoffensive fishing fleet the sailors of which were busy cleaning their catches. Convenient targets must naturally have been scarce in the North Sea. Whales for instance no longer frequent those waters. wreckage cannot be so common a feature of sea faring life there that floating hulls would offer themselves to the voyaging fighting sailor as a proper object to be shot at. Coast towns on neutral shores would hardly be picked out by Russian admiral even as constituting good. available targets. But fishing smacks. yes. Some of these are operat- ed by steam. they have smoke-stacks and altogether constitute about as ser viceable thing, as much like a Japa- nese torpedo boat as would be likely to be encountered outside Asiaic waters. Bang! bang! go the guns and good hits are made and the fish that escaped the nets listen with wonder as they see | their mortal enemies. the English fish CT folk sent to the bottom by Russian | shot Surely the theory of target practice here is much the most humor- ous development of the campaign.
 There will be once again a cry raised that Russia is seeking to embroil Eng land in this war. Nothing could be more insensate and we do not believe for moment Russia has any such idea 4 Japan in slang phrase has got on Rus sia's nerves. Russia is as scared as the proverbial coon in the top of a tree and the sight of anything afloat makes Russian mariner be he admiral or comon sailor, tremble in his boots for fear he Is confronted by an armed Japanese torpedo boat or cruiser.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-29
Fastest Train fin Europe.

The North Eastern Railway Company proposes to run next month from Leeds the quickest train in Europe
 The 230 miles to Edinburgh will be covered in four hours nineteen minutes, or thirteen minutes faster than the Mid land trains. The speed between York and Darlington will exceed sixty-one miles an hour The speed between Leeds and Edinburgh will average nearly a mile a minute. The coming expresses to the Scottish capital from the capital of the West Riding promise to beat the worlds record in the way of speed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-29
West Virginia Oil Men Will Oppose Re.
 publican Ticket.

Parkersburg Special to N. Y. World.
 Prominent oil producers representing all the oil fields in West Virginia met oil representatives to discuss the mat ter of State taxation so far as 1t af- fleets the oil interests, and to consider which ticket they will support. No action was taken binding the oil men to vote for any candidate or set of can didates, but the prevailing sentiment among them was that they would vote for the Democratic State ticket.
 A State organization of liquor men met here this week in secret session and decided that they would vote and work for the Democratic nominees for Governor and the Legislature.
 The Democratic national ticket will run behind the State ticket but the tide seems to be strong enough to carry the State for Parker and Davis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-29
NO CORPORATION CASH HAS AIDED
 DEMOCRATs.

Nieoll Is Ready to Publish List of Con-
 tributors if Cortelyou Will. New York World .
 Delaney NicolI, in charge at the Democratic National Headquarters yes- teddy declared that he would publish the list of contributors to the Demo- cratic campaign fund if Republican Chairman Cortelyou would do likewise Mir. Nicoll was being questioned about the statement of the Standard oil Com pany denying that 1t had taken part in politics.
 will you make statement for the Democratic Committee?" was asked
 NO; why should IF" said he.
 But 1t has been charged that the Standard Oil is contributing to your fund"
 | Absurd" replied Mir. Nicoil. If any one can show that any corporation has given us money I'll give him a gold medal"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-29
POLITICAL POINTS

ton, my oath as free man, behind all party interests or the discussions of the hour. compels me to vote for Par National Committeeman Cummings said today: s 8
 The fact that Secretary Cortelyou. who is now managing the Republican campaign and Is engaged in obtaining campaign contributions from the great money getting combinations of Amer tca,' makes clearly evident the fact that the Republican party has entered into a America"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-29
SHEPPARD ATTACKS ROOSEVELT.
Declares that President. Accounted Courageous, Never Took His Po-
 lltlcal Life in His Hand.

New York Herald
 Edward NJ. Shepard. of New York, ad- dressed the Parker Independent Demo- crats in Montelair Club Hall. in Mont clair. N. j., last flight. devoting him self chiefly to President Roosevelt's g Vaunted courage. He said:
 MT. Roosevelt never had the cour- age to stand up In minority and be counted. He opposed the nomination of Blaine most vigorously. but failed to join those Republicans who protest ed against the nomination by tempo. rarily leaving the party. Stiil earlier he was warm free trader, a member of a free trade club and member of the Golden Club of England. Rut ha kept quiet on this subject in 1885, to further his own political ambition.
 Mir. Roosevelt promised to follow Mckinley in a policy of trade liberal itv. but when he entered upon the Pres idency his courage failed him. and every note of freedom has gone from his mind. When or where did our Chief MaEistrate ever take his political life Into his hands?
 Roosevelt represents the temper Of militarism. the temper of recklessness and the temper of lawleasness. ffA wishes to do things, law or no law"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-29
Thinks Connecticut Will Be Carried by
 Parker.

dHrLIOFu (COnn.J 0peclaL :"
 The Hartford Courant will print to- morrow a statement of the States finances during the past eight years taken from official sources, in answer so.at, so she cnsTses s p,1,aa mace ny Democratic State management.
 Commissioner Deleeuw said today that all indications pointed to the car Rev John Scott of Deep River came out today with q card in which he said: T have heretofore voted only with the Republican party, yet in my far-reaching significance in this cam paign which as a student of citiviiza-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-29
A COLUMN OF FIGURES WHICH IS .A
 SPLENDID VERDICT.

For the benefit and guidance of mer- chants and others who advertise. the ioi- lowing statement for the month Of Septem- Der, 1904. has been compiled and sworn 70 by our Circulation Manager
 To the many readers and friends wno are interested in our growth. 1t Is satis- faction to show such sturdy and perma- nent increase 1t is not only the quantity. but the class and quality of it. of which we are so proud
 The Advertiser is acknowledged the leao- jag newspaper in'the State and is thorough ly up-to-data in every particular
 Watch Us Grow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-29

We had almost forgotten Perry Heath till we saw an item stating that he has taken up his residence in Egypt for an indefinite time" Perry was one of the grafters of the Republican administration who is trying to lose himself and also trying to save the administration from the farce of pre- tending to prosecute one of its friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-29

In card to The New York Post Hon, Charles A. Towne denies with some heat that he was ever Populist. We ran to see how he missed it. as he has been almost everything else in politics.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-29

Are the people of the United States dissatisfied because the expenditures of the government are larger" asks The Portland oregonian, with apparent sur prise. We can inform it that they eer- tainly are. and that's one reason they want change of parties.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-29

They profess to have discovered a kissing microbe and have given 1t the name of "eraw-craw." That may do for cold and imaginative scientists, but the young folks will stili call 1t yum-yum.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-29
Federal Oincials Working Hard to Save MarylaBd.

Baltimore Special.
 The Maryland Federal officials have begun to take an unusually active part in the campaign work-in Q desperate effort to prevent the loss of the State. Collector of the Port Stone, who is Sergeant-at-Arms of the National Com Treasurer Dryden are now taking the stump in the State and city.
 Murray Vandiver, Chairman of the State Democratic Committee, was asked today upon what he bases his confi- dence of big Democratic majority In this State. He replied: Because there's not & Democrat going to vote for Roosevelt. That's enough to base 1t on, isn't 1t?
 'Then we are ahead on the registra- ton again. We beat the Republicans by 1879 on this years registration and about 2,100 on that of last year. There is about 5000 majority at once. But our majority will be much larger than that" N
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-29
No One Disputes It .

BirmfnKham News.
 A Republican campaign document. after discussing the Con gressional rep resentation, winds up with the asser- tion that man in Alabama is worth four in Minnesota. No one in this State is likely to dispute that.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-29
ODDS REcrDE ON INDIANA RESULT
Betting thsf She state win Go Republi- can Chansrs from 1 or : to 2 to 2 to l.

 Indianapolis Special to N. Y. World.
 Alter interviews at both hsadauarters tonight, 1t seems that the State Is re- garded as more doubtful than ever be- fore. One of the Republican managers says confidentially that "the claims Of some Republicans that Indiana will give Roosevelt so,ooo plurality Is the merest rot. We will be satisfied if he pulls through with 5000 or 10000"
 There are no bets today of four or five to one that Indiana will go Repub- lican. They range from two and three to one.
 The Democratic chairman claims the State on the ground that the larger por- tion of the doubtful vote will be Demo cratic, and the Republicans acknowl- edge that the Democratic organization is almost perfect. Bryan finished his tour tonight, and telegrams are to the effect that the Democratic vote in northern counties where he has been canvassing will be greatly increased.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-29
Wants to Know.

DOthan Sfftfngs.
 The Atlanta Journal wants to know "what has become of the fat girl who used to wear common sense heels. !" Honest now, don't you know? Well. she took anti-fat and wears anti-fiat heels as she's growing old.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-29
To he Satisfied.

Hartford Journal.
 If the greater the man the greater the deed, Grover Cleveland has req sonable cause to be satisfied with the speech he made in New York the other day.