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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
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A Correction.
A SVIICSttOhs .lladega, Ala, February IS, 1894.

Tailadega, Ala, February IS. 1904. Editor The Advertiser:
 Will you permit me to make correc- tion in the report of me Alabama Live Stock Association, published in The Ad- vertiser on yesterday? Said report does the railroads injustice as well as myself I stated that officials of the Southern ana the Louisville and Nashville told me a reduction in the rates on farm products two months before the Alabama Railroad Commission issued the order for said re- auction to be made.
 I stated that I had an expense bill showing ehat e higher rate had been pad point in Shelby County, fifty miles by rail from Birmingham. than the rate from Kansas to Birmingham.
 Relative to the Gads5en shipment stat ed that the rate on hay from Chattanooga to Montgomery via Gadsden was $2.20 p r ton. That Judge .Lovejoy wishing to ship Q car of hay from Montg omery to Gads- den for Etowah County, was named a rate of s5 per ton. Very truly.
 c. T. M.Elderry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
WHAT MIGHT RE

The Portland Oregonian has some inter-
 csting reflections on the results tha,
 might follow change in the manner of
 selecting Presidential electors. starting out with this:
 It is within the constitutional power, of the Republican Lesisiature of the State of New York to make the suecsss of the Republican ticket sure in the com
 siIsr m so tSst n,cs sStsst sy Psssing lay Michigan passed just before the election Of 1882. by which the electors were chos- en by Congressional districts. This would break the electoral vote of New York in two. 70 that the Democratic half would be of no avail.
 It is true that in isso, the Democrats Of Michigan. having control of the State Government. passed a law under which the Presidential electors in lss2 were chosen by the Congressional Districts, as stated by The oregonian. and that this arrangement gave MT. Cleveland five electoral votes in 1ss3, although the State went Republican by majority of about 20.0oo. Of course if the electors had been chosen on the general ticket as they are in most States. the entire fourteen cleo
 toral votes would have been cast for Har-
 rison. instead of being divided: It is interesting 10 consider what might have happened in 1900 under this method
 of choosing electors It is true, the poet Whittier says:
 For of all sad words of tongue or nen The saddest gre these: Tt might have been,'
 and what might have occurred under diff.
 ferent conditions doesn't help us much
 at present, but speculation is sometimes
 interesting. In 1900 the States of Illinois.
 Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio
 and Pennsylvania elected 3s Democrats to Congress. and 1t is presumable that
 the same districts would have chosen
 Democratic electors. We admit that this
 would not have elected Bryan. but if the
 Democrats iu that year had put out A
 good and strong Democratic ticket on sound platform, and the proposed plan of choosing electors had been in force in
 all the States. there seems no reason to
 doubt that Democrat would have been
 elected and the country spared the fin.
 aiction of Republican Rooseveitism.
 There is another feature of this specu-
 Iation that is not uninteresting. Under
 this method of choosing electors q Pres
 ident would be almost sure to have, for
 two years. at least. a majority of hts party in the lower house, for the dl3-
 trlcts would be likely to elect Congress- men of the same political faith of the
 Presidential electors. and thus each nsw President would have one house of Con- gress with him to start with.
 As We have said, this Is all speculation
 but 1t shows what might happen if the suggested change should be adopted. It is not at all likely that it will ever be tried in any doubtful States, however, for
 1t might be like John Trumbulrs guns And though we'll aimed at duck or blower Bear wide, and kick their owners over. In fact, such a law might prove
 boomerang in a doubtful State, for poli-
 tics are so chsngeable that this method might eventually defeat the party which
 inaugurated 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
REJpcTs WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Massachusetts House Quickly Dis
 poses of the Proposition.

Massachusetts House Quickly Dis
 poses of the Proposition. Boston Special.
 The proposition to allow women to vote in caucuees and elections for municipal officers was put to sleep by the lower branch. of the State Legislature today without even the dignity of . roll calf. After discussion lasting nearly two hours only twenty-four members wcreHa favor of ordering 6 roll call. which was six less than the required number, and so the measure was rejected by an over whelming voice vote.
 The opposition was led by Robert Luce, chairman of the Committee on Election Laws. who spoke more than an hour. His was not an inalienable right. since edu- cationa1 qualifications restricfed 1t; that ballot; that. after all. government rests place for women, and that only four wo- men out of every 100 asked for the privt. lege at a referendum in 1895.
 During his address. Mir. Luce referred to the civil war and made . sensation by saying: Tt was the greatest political blunder of the century to put the ballot in the hands of ignorant negroes just re- leased from slavery"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
OPINIONS OF EDITORS.
Democratic Issues and Presidential
 Possibilities.

Democratic Issues and Presidential Possibilities.
 New York Special to New Orleans Times Democrat.
 A poll was taken by The World last night at the banquet of the American
 Newspaper Publishers Association to as- certain the individual opinions of news paper editors and publishers of the whole country as to which of the possible Dem- ocratic candidates for President whose names have been mentioned would be most likely to carry the doubtful States of New York, New Jersey. Connecticut. Indiana and Illinois, and also what issues
 will be prominent this year.
 The vote was as follows: Cleveland. 2; Parker, 8; Mcclellan, 8; Carter Harrison, 5;
 David R. Francis, 1; Richard Olney. l;
 German, 1; George Gray. 1; D. c. Wall. 1;
 Francis M. Cockrell. 1. The Cleveland voters gave as prominent issues the following: Trusts. IS; tariff. IS: Panama Canal, 3; foreign policies. 1; old
 fashioned Democracy, |; conservatism, l. Those voting for Parker Eave: TariR.
 {: trusts, 2; expansion, I: Panama Ca- nal. [.
 The Mcclellan voters declared the tariR the most important issue. The Harrison supporters voted the trusts as the uppermost issue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20

ing to take that platform as the ground work of the resolutions to be adopted at
 Ss sna wsn to sse tbs In . truly Democratic spirit.
 As for rewards for new platform. The World will undertake to secure. by an offer of 90 cents, platform more Demo cratic and a thousand times more likely to carry the country than was the hodge -podge of Populism, Socialism, Free Silver Republicanism and misguided Democracy which Mir. Bryan and his and 190O.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
Bryan Does Not Expect a Majority

LOuISNllle IOuElcT-JOuTlaI.
 Mir. Bryan, who is going about the country organizing, as far as he can, delegations to the National Convention committed to his opinions and fortunes, does not expect to attain a ma ajority in that body. His hope is that he will be able to control the one-third essential to a vote under the two-thirds rule. Thus he may dictate at least the nominee A ticket of his own choosing in hand. he can take some chances on the platform, tolerably sure of giving this his complex ion, if not actually repeating the plat froms of 1896 and 1900 in specific terms. No sane person could look to elect a ticket so constructed and placed. II would go. as 1t went in 1900, to assured defeat. But Mir. Bryan would be vindi- cated and kept in the foreground. It would mean four years more of prohta- ble newspaper publishing and successful featuring to MT. Bryan, and, at the end of them, the precise situation which now stares the party in the face, If there should be enough of the party left to stare anything in the face.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
AGREED NOT TO REsroN.
If Herricks Keeps His Promise He
 Is Out of Race for Senate

Aa SuS ok &b8C9 TOT senate.
 cSISmpns %Sn D Sp2 Special to New York World VIII caucus on Saturday evening, Feb ruary N. to select 6 candidate for United states Senator to succeed Senator Hanna. Leaders Of the old sherman Mckinley. Hanna Republican regime are telling of an agreement made by Governor Herrick when, he was given the nomination for Ss.n,r SEySrn9r, h;. that that he would not resign it vas made at Akron a week before the Republican State Convention, last sum- mer. Warren G. Harding a Foraker Re. publican, was working hard for tho guber- as an aggressive and popular young man and George B. Cox of Cincinnati urged mat Harding be given the nomination for Lieutenant Governor.
 He proposed it as an overture to the anti-Hanna Republicans to make A har- monious campaign. The proposition struck senator Hanna favorably because he de. sired to be reelected to the Senate, ana still more to carry cuyahoga County. He was for tlYis reason anxious to ioin hands with the McKisson Repubiicans After discussing the risk they would run of ,osins the State administration by possi- Die succession of Harding to the Cover. 1orship. Senator Hanna said: 'FIerrick, am not In very good health and might not fll out my term if elected again to fns So senass nos out you are young and sound think we can afford to risk death. If you will agree not to resign the ofSice of Gov ertlor I will agree to nominate you for Governor and Harding for the second place." S
 It was agreed to and the slate went through. Now they say that exactly the emergency against which Senator Hanna sought to protect his faction confronts it. ny evident now that either Governor t4errick or General Dick will be elected to the Senate. Many other names are mentioned In connection, but probably no others will be voted for in the cauciIs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
The Democratic Platform.

NeW EOrk WOFIu.
 MT. Bryan Is unnecessarily borrowing platform. His offer of a reward" of S100 for a declaration of princiniss oDS policy that will satisfy ten IeadinS Democratic and independent Journals a poser. W
 It might be sufficient to remind Nr- Bryan that these journals and aII th: rest of the Demoeratic and independent press found no dif1culty in agreeInS mnnv the Chicago platform of 1892, upon vvhIoh the Democratic party triumphantlv eiact cd it's President and carried the Con Srsss The papers named will no doubt be vSilI.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20

Evidently some members of The Mas sachusstts Legislature are not satisfied with the size of the bottles in which they have been getting their Ticker" as there is now a bill before that body under which a quart bottle shall hold a quart. That wlll be a good law. but why not require a pint tickler to hold pint and a gallon jug to hold gallon? There is as much deceit in one case as in the other,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
aUAY's ILLagDss sxnrous.
Knocked by foiitical Complications
 at Home. {T-F- Washington Special fo PhfiaAa,rh,.

ord. x ' .' - seS nv
 Developments here today lead to the belief that Senator Quay is not deriving the usual benefit from his present yisff to Florida, or that, if he improv4d for n while after he went there, the improve ment has been interrupted and he has had a serious turn for the worse. Mrs uay sna less Was ners tos a1 sa,s oTanns tonight that the Senator might not be In Washington until the first of April, d. though in letter received from him three proved, and indicated q purpose to come North in about week. The feeling hcFe Is that he Is stili . seriously sick man.
 The character of the statement he sent to Washington for publication on Tues day morning, 1t is now remarked, indt cate that he was hardly himself, and that he had allowed the controversy over GOV. ernor Pennypacker's Judicial ambition to get on his nerves to an extent without q parallel in his career.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20

Editor Hearst's reason for building the tallest skyscraper in New York is that he may stand at the top of it and watch the Presidential contest. You can't tell what Hearst intends to do. He may in- tend to build a balloon and get up thei e to take a good start.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
Not Q City. Marion Standard.

Marion Standard,
 While Demopoiis lays claim to being city the ancient wheeiharrow Is still used to transfer the mail from the depot to the postofiiee. We'll 1t takes nearly as long to get information through the malls and then get your express out of express to come from Cincinnati. But Marion is no city
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20

It Is downright amusing to read in some of our contemporaries that MT. Cleveland lost his standing in the par- ty." because he refused to follow Bryan in 1ses. while these same papers will not admit that MT. Bryan has lost his stand ing. although he Is doing all in his power to destroy Democratic chances of suc- cess,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20

"A yellow-jacket. you know. stings wi;h both ends." says The spartanburs Her ald. No. we do not know 1t. and we have found from actual experience that one end Is an elegant suhiciency when the It, tie things get down to business in real Aarnest
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20

ess Government as we understsnd. re- fuses to accept foreign recruits. but m the time shouid come when she viii need and welcome assistance she viii And many of Uncle Sans boys in hsr ranks on both land and soc. Our people are born scrappsrs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20

The Minneapolis Journal thinks ''it may be six months before the Russians will be ready to begin to fight in earnest." :" Present indications are that if they wait that long they needn't trouble to get ready, for 1t will all be over.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20

Tt strikes us that Mr. Bryan has about talked himself out," remarks The Chattanooga Times. Did The Times new CT see a blacksmiths bellows in action: No matter how much wind 1t pufrs out 1t always keeps up a fresh supply. M.. Bryan will never talk himself out whiie there is any atmosphere left
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20

The Raleigh. N. C.. Poet is not blam- ing Russia for not preparing an exhibit for our great Exposition. It thinks Rus sia is suffering too badly from her At- tack of Japanese grip to think of any thing clse.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20

The Chattanooga News has discovered that The Advertiser has not fully rec .v- cred from the effects of Mir. Bryan's re- cent visit to Montgomery" Why, bless you, The Advertiser is doing so we'll of late that 1t doesn't permit itself to worry about small things.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20

The Fort Gaines Recorder is putting in some hard licks in favor of good roaSs in its section of Georgia, and 1t could hardly engage in a better work. That good roads pay Is an established fact.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20

A contest for tine place made vacant by the death of Senator Hanna has al. ready opened. and if one Tom Johns on doesn't butt in we shall say there sa something missing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20

So fas as we have kept up with the procession ws hsVs not sssn the name ot any lFisAman among sas Japanese of- ficsFs' unless one is thers who has had his name SApanissd. but thsy'H be there. Can't keep at frishnasa out Of a good scrap.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20

We are told that Senator Burton "courted Investigation" and the indica- tions now are that Miss Investigation is about to take advantage of leap year and take him in.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
To Get Rid of Th:m.

Huntsville Herald.
 And now comes the patent medicine ao. saying that so and sos pills will make roses all the year. We know of some people who have roses on their noses who would like to get rid of them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
Consumption V. Wrongly : ..' Diagnosed
 as Malaria.

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
Good Guess Work.

Columbia Breeze.
 naval events between Japan and Rus sia and General Joe Wheeler telling what will happen on land in the event certain things do happen, the reading public will have the benefit of some pretty good guess work
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
Times Have Changed.

Mobile Herald.
 !How times have changed. Uncle Jos Cannon put through seven hundred private bills without having them read even by title. If this had been Reed few years ago the nation would have running the country
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
Getting Up High.

o,rminenam News.
 MT. W. R. Hearst Is reported to be Rlanning to erect the tallest building in New York. There's nothing like getting up nigh In the world some way or other, even # you can't do 1t through hot air Fresidential boom.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
If He Were Here.

Annieton Hot Blast.
 If Diogenes were here at this time, sprinting around the country with his lantern for that one supremeiy honest man. Mir. William Jennings Bryan would probably run up to him and exclaim, Heres at you, old boy"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20

Every physician knows how prevalent latent consumption is. It is frequently taken for maiarta. or some other erdlpary llI. for which the pAysictan prsteetSes. really not knowing and not wishing to know that 1t is consumption. s
 First. thers is a feeling of weariness, sas,lv recognizable a feeling oF Iarv,,o,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20

Gunner-Has she r4alIy such a bad voice? Guyer-Badf Why, phonosrapn actually hatters it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20

A mule never kicks the same object swsce. probably for the same reason that nehtntng never strikes twice in the same Rssce. # does'ut have to.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
Ought to Be Permanent.

OWmal nam Ledger.
 A Milwaukee grand jury that indicted sorly-nve city and county ofiicials ac- eused of wrong doing. has just been dis rMnaHised: Such. grand jury ought to be
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
POLITICAL POINTS

i, Gray's adherent gave the trusts, Cor
 mans expansion and tariff, Olney's the
 tarin, Franciss the tariff, Cockreils the | tayin and trusts and Walls the tariff.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
Daily average for January. III 1OS
 Sunday average for Janualy. 14 ,177

F. ,. Kelly. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly eworn. sayB: The foregoing statement of The AAvef- tiSsr's daily circulation for the month os January. leo4, is true and correct and com piled after all retu9ns from news boys, news ducted. r. ]. KELLY, .5.
 Circulation Manager. gworu to and subscribed before me this l9tll
 F. W. JACKSON.
 tsoall N. F., Exso. J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20

The Cook-Sometimes I wISh had. heer q stenographer. The Butler-Why sof The Cook-rd like to see if any one would really have the nerve to dictate to me,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-20
An Excellent Showing.

The following detailed statement of the net paid circulation of The Advertiser for the month of January makes an excellent show ing. Aiabama's only metropo"'-- newspaper. as The Advertiser is known the country over. e pardonabiy proud of this splendid record.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03
BERGER NOTES
IEFFRIES' WORK
Olympic Club Amateur Has
No Intention of DOnning
Gloves at Harbin Springs
CHAMPION IN FINE FORM
Goes Through Great Variety
and Amount of Exercises
in the Course of a Day

HARDIN SPRINGS, June 2. - Sam
Berger, the big Olympic Club anna
teur, dropped into camp by this after
Moons stage, and, Of course, ii was at
once figured out that he had journey
ed hither to put on the gloves with
Champion Jeffries. Such is remotest
from the actual facts. however, for
while Sam may take a few pointers
for future reference. he came here for
a few days of rest and recreation
The Olympian has soured on the oox-
ing game since his unsatisfactory bout
with Rodenbach and may not strive
again for honors in the ring.
Jeff was feeling in fine fettle to-
day, and if some burly chap anxious
to find out whether he could go some
had only happened along there would
have been some business transacted.
The big fellow is rapidly rounding into
superb condition, his wind being the
one defect Short runs on the road
and plenty Of boxing and wrestling
will quickly remedy this. Both fore
noon and afternoon saw the champion
at work in the gymnasium. In the
morning he skipped the rope, worked
the pulleys and wrist machine and
punched the bag. Four fast rounds or
sparring with his brother Jack fol-
lowed AS Joe Kennedy is still un-
able to put on the gloves owing to his
lame wrist, the sturdy Slxth-street
fighter tugged and wrestled four
rounds with Jeffries. This is severe
work. and when through the champion
was perspiring as freely as though he
T., ar
without an umbrella
He then went for a two-mile run
down the Middletown road, and on his
return a plunge and rundown made
him look as fresh as a May poppy.
When the gong for luncheon sounded
Jeff was cne o1 the first ones away
from the work, easily distancing his
pretty and attentive wife.
At that Jeff dined sparingly. bowl
of broth sufficient TO feed an army of
unemployed and some Japanese rice
constituting the repast After lolling
about until stage time he again strip
ped for action in the gymnasium In
addition to skipping the rope, shadow
boxing and the like, Jeff wrestled with
the huge sand bag, which weighs fully
200 pounds, for fifteen minutes.
More than likely this will be the last
time Jack Jeffries will train with his
famous brother. He has wearied Of
stopping those sO-called love taps.
which dent the frame and keep one
rocking like a hobby horse, and will
probably devote his time to mining.
Jack is interested in an Arizona pros
pect, and if the ore is all as good as
a piece he carries about in his pocket
Jack may in future become multi
millionaire. He possesses a we'll
equipped library and will soon take
course in chemistry. Apparently the
champion has not fully determined
what vocation he will follow when the
ring and theatrical life cease to have
a charm While jeff admitted that he
would not be ashamed to again follow
his trade of boiler making, he will have
amassed a competence. ere many years
and the hammer and rivets will have
no fascination for him.
F. E. MULHOLLAND.