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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
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Bible Among Catholics.
Montgomery. Ala, Dec.

Montgomery. Ala, Dec. S' 1SVo'
 q1s1 Your special Correspondence from Dothan, Alabama anent the proceed ings of the Methodist Annual confer ence contains the foiiowing inc Apo5hSc Pocitic Coast was that handled by pr. E. R. Price. who made an earnest appeal Tor aid Tn rcscuing that section nroR tns n Price spoke very feelingly of condi- tions west of the Mississippi as he sees and understand them. The reading or in some Instances and is suppressed as far as possible, he stated" Advertiser Dec. 9.) We have not the honor ot hut we respect the dignity of his call ing and the pre-eminence ne enjoys ''The conditions west of the Miss,s- sippi" had reference. we presume m to remark, en passant, that the religious ism" savers of protest and Is there, fore .ill-applied, from the etYmoiogical the fundamental feature of which is reliance on authority; Our interest, however. Is mainly directed to the the Word of God is actually prohibited in some instances and is suppressed as far as possible. What revelation ihs lbsd is the S hoDs Ea Ss s 9aay fhs
 lightenment of. this progressive age would not take seriously i1i f1allacy that has been so oft We T
 Where R the Word of God Is "aetualiy p0st s and pp our cH
 Price Is lamentably ignorant of Cath ollie practice and belief. "Quandouue bonus dormitat, Homerus:" Do not Catholics know that the Word of God is read for them at their services, that their prayer books contain 1t in the vernacular. that Catholics are urged with 1t. and that their priests are obliged by the laws ot the church not only to preach the Word of God to an % hour every day to the reading % of the Scriptures in their offices? Priests are not free to read the. Bible. or omit the ad th undegr pan Ooqna Of 8 read sd according to the regulations of the Church. There is no exception to this binding law; under ordinary ,condi.. the Mississippi, and this, we fancy, is more than Dr; B D. Price can say in his defence, Moreover. who can read late Leo XIII. or note the impetus giv- en to Biblical study by the Commits sioA directed by the present Venerable ollie Church "prohibits" and "suppress- es' the reading of the Word of God
 Even if the church was inclined to a not possibly effect either. No nriest would dare forbid his people to read an authorized version of Gods fnspir- ed Word; He would overreach himself has been. always true. pr. Maitland will not be accused of Catholic favor itism. As He writes of the so-calied Scriptures were more accessible 10 those who could use them, were in fact more used and by a greater num- ters would lead us to suppose" (rhe bark Ages, P 22O, Hodges, LondonS. The eontenti1;an n,t;asnso is supported bv over
 ths attitude of the church beforaS inc se Reformation is abundant Thus Adol- phqs oes91; ss1:e cafSGIIna ffSerIma3 physician tells eY cnrist receives additionai rIorv sie 1Eiog anS
 meets her bridegroom with fhs new
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10

.nIv wisdom which 1t (the printing nress) has furnished her, and Jans- zen. the impartial historian that "up to inc year 1900 the Vulgate had gone through nearly one hundred cations: while in addition to the German Bible of i4sS from Koberger's press, nfteen other versions were issued by the same house before the eJclose of the century and nine by the house of AmerDacn, CT Basle between 1479 and 14S9" Jans- sen, German People, Vol. l, Pp l5. Zll. The Bible would not have been m cur possession today were 1t not Tor the fostering care of the early church: And vet we are told that the Worn or God is prohibited and suppressed'. There is an answer made famous by Dr. Johnson which we would like to use m controverting such an accusation, ous we refrain. We have. we trust. saia enough. Time or desire does not war. rant us to say much more that might be said We shall remark in concln- sion that our non -Catholic 5frlenus might at least extend to us the contro- yersial courtesies that we are bound py justice to exhibit. The first Of these IS fo be conversant with what we teacn, before attributing to us principles that have no place in our beliefs or prac-
 AS a mark of justice to Catholic readers, we would ask The Advertiser to give us little space.
 {Rey) T. J. Eaton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
CAN HE DODGE THE ISSUE.

If MT. Roosevelt thinks he can hold with the hare and run with the hounds --in other words. if he expects to stand with the stand-patters and run with the reformers and revisionists on the tariff question he is destined to a very rude awakening in our judgment. The demand for revision of present out rageous tariff rates is too general and has too many strong advocates to be brushed aside or ignored.
 It has ben but short while since the President was outspoken in advo- caey of a revision of the tariff so as to do away as much as possible with It's inequalities and unjust and unfair favoritism. The advocates of a fair and just tariff system were very much encouraged by lis position. They thought that the weight of his name and influence would go far towards bringing about the reforms that are so badly needed. and had no doubt that his message would bristle and roar with demands for a just and equabIe revenue system as applied to imports.
 But. alas. and also alack. The tariff is largely a political question. in that the present schedules are the work of Republicans. and 1t did not take tho bosses and trust benehciaries long to decide on their course. To have their President advocating revision all along the line: to have him demanding Of Congress in his usual positive manner that the tariff must be modified. and to +eel that those who opposed revision would be down and out so far as any
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
A CANAL FOR TIE FUTURE.

The Boston Herald has some argu- mefits in favor of a sea level canal which arc not without weight. But few years ago a canal with locks which would accommodate a steamship 500 feet long would have been looked on as ample. Already we have ships 700 feet or over, and if the locks should be made large enough for them. how do we know that they would be large enough, say ten years from now? The Herald thinks it not improbable that we shall have within fifteen or twenty years ships of 1900 or 1,50o feet in length, and then locks to suit the present vessels would be useless.
 This is certainly an argument in fa- vor of q canal without locks or an ar gument in favor of making locks great deal larger than now seems nec- essary. Of one thing we may rest as- sured, and that is that vessels in fu- ture will be built of any size that will pay. When tho Great Eastern was built nearly fifty years ago it was ahead of its time. It was too large and unwieldy for that date, and proved a failure, but we now have longer ships than it was. and they are eminently successful. If ships, twice as long as any we now have can be profitably built and run they will be built. beyond a doubt.
 The fact is, we do not now know what may be the limit in size and l length of steamships. The tendency is in the direction of longer, heavier and more powerful ships and no one can tell where it will stop. If lock ca- nal Is built this will probably be con sidered. but 1t will be great mistake to build the locks for such vessels as are now in use. To alter them in fu- ture to fit probable conditions would be a serious expense. and 1t may be that these considerations had much to do with the conclusions of the foreign en- | Rineers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
The Editor Dreamn.
Fort Gaines Recorder.

FOrI GdIneS heCOrUeF.
 Our dream. or air-castle. if you please, is nothing less than a high way constructed and maintained at Government expense. connecting each State Capitol with those around it. Tben snnnIensnt thess Govarnm,ant er S, if roads with State roads, built and main tained by the State, with a road from each county site to county sites around. Follow the scheme down into each county, and build. at the county's ex- pense, a road to and from the center of each political subdivision of each county. Each subdivision then to build such good roads as its citizens wish and can afford. This is but a dream, who knows but that our grand children may undertake tive are un- dertaking taster enterprises than this of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
Federal Control of Messages. ,w Work ETarald

MT Roosevelt. in his message to Con gress, has suggested that general Fed eral control be authorized of every thing and everybody in. on, under, above, below. around and about all that certain piece and parcel or tract Of property. being. lying and situate pe- tween the lakes and gulf. the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. sometimes known as the United States of America. And the proposed departments, commits sions, courts, bodies, and so-forths, are to enter upon and into and to have and to hold, and to farm, letten and enjoy peaceably the said tract. free of all encumbrance or he, the said Theodore Roosevelt, will know the reason why. certain things may be all right. within limits But any wholesale attempt to make a Federal baby farm of these amount of opposition on the part of the infants concerned.
 However, if MT. Roosevelt wants 90 make an experiment and one that is likely to meet with, unbounded popu- larity, why not get Congress to under take Federal control of Presidential messages? 1t will certainly stop any more 25,000-word documents foisted on a public who want to read a Presiden tial statement over the morning cof- fee and rolls before the coffee can get cold and the rolls turn stale.
 Why not have an Interstate Message Commission, who shall fix maximum rate beyond which the President is not to meander? On complaint of any citizen that he. the President, Is long winded, the Presidential writer could be held down to say 5000 words. at the Commission could get off the alarm clock and tell him to quit.
 Yesterdays Presidential message was read probably by half million per spectacles this morning. The other S3,5O0. 900 people of these United States are congratuIating themselves. And all because the President didn't boil 1t down"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
SUNDAY, DEcEMsEa 10, 1905.

TO writers, speakers and scholars fhe death of John Bartlett win come as a personal loss, though his work remains after him. His Familiar Quotations is book that has been of snastfnabfe service to all who write or speak. Other compilations of prose and poetry have been made. but none squalls his in completely covering all literature. ancient and modern. sacred and profane. extracting gems from all and putting them into form for all to select from. In the wordslof The Chi caeo Tribune his book lis the readers as well as the writers friend. It makes for accuracy. The memory is the most notoriously treacherous of the faculties. Let d man be never so con- tident in regard to a quotation, he is that his memory has been misleading him as to some word or phrase. Charles Lamb was excusable for the many, misquotations he made. If he had looked through all the authors he had at his fingers tips he would not have got much writing done. Life be- ing too short to look up everything, he seemingly decided not to look up anything. An author of our time who made as many mistakes as did the ami able Charles would b. inexc1sable. John Bartlett has made them needless. Readers, thanks to him. have a recog- mixed right to demand greater accuracy than was formerly the rule. and quota tfons no longer are subject to the ex- traofdiaary metemorphoses that they once took on. Misquotation has be- come sign of literary laziness and sIovenliness"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10

Presidential favors were concerneo--ah this was dangerous to the tarin bosses and they lost no time in showing him that If he pursued the course he had so blusteringly pledged himself to do he would not only ruin the party, but cut himself off from all hope of support and countenance from the stahd-pat wing of his party. which they con yinced him was the wing that would hold the reins.
 It was enough. Like the Missourians he had to be shown and they showed him. No doubt when his eyes had been opened to the enormity of his proposed treason against the tariff bosses he promised them, T will roar you as gently as any sucking dove" If he did not say so In so many words, he inti- mated 1t to their satisfaction. though 1t Is probable q at. knowing his dis position to change positions. they kept watch on him till the message was ready. Be that as 1t may we see that he didn't even roar as loud as a suck ing dove fight do on this vital and important question. His roar was not even as loud as the nightingale. In short, he obeyed the demands of those of his party who profit most by the tariff.
 We repeat that If Roosevelt expects to stand Tn with the Cannon crowd and oppose needed tariff legislation there is good chance for him to get a fall In the great manufacturing East as well as in the great producing West the demand for tariff changes is both strong and imperative, and 1t is growing. The South has always been in favor of moderate tariff duties and may be expected to join in the demand for revision. The President will be compelled to take one side or fall be- tween two stools.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
Farmers Becoming Business Men.

Louisville Courier Journal.
 Viewed from all sides. farming is a great business. And 1t is as a real, live, substantial and serious business that the farmers should regard an@ conduct their affairs. Fortunately, system is rapidly revolutionizing the business. In the golden Northwest the successful farmers are managing their estates like great manufacturing plants. There are no leaks, no slipshod meth erops rS ne and aae aee mppkins pi fGptnnes 9 % pown our way, through Kentucky and the South. too, the farmers are beginning to look upon their occupation as a sure- enough business and not as a specula- tive pastime.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
JOURNALISTIC NOTES.

All the papers of tho State are snow ing decided improvement in business. Many of them for the past two weeks have had twelve and sixteen pages and all filled to the brim with news and advertising. They deserve the good that is ce ming to them.
 The Paisley Enterprise is to be added to the list of those to bring out special Christmas edition on the 1zth inst. 1t promises to tell of the great prospects of the Steel City.
 The Anniston Star proposes to out do itself ip its issue of the 17th with all its numerous sections filled with interesting matter.
 The annual industrial review of Bir- mingham and the mineral district was the feature of The Age-Heraid of the srd inst. It was a splendid paper and outside of the exploiting of the great industries, had much other matter of a high and interesting type.
 Rev. George w. Read is well known to most of the members of the Alabama Press by reason of his connection with The Ensley Herald of which he has | been the editor for several years. He is a prominent member of the North Alabama conference of the Methodist 1 Church, South. and at the last meeting his field of service was transferred to Tuscumbia. In a published card he 1 says his connection with The Herald | will not be as close as heretofore. but 1t will not be severed. He expects to still write for its columns, and direct its policy. Mir. Read is much esteemed | in the newspaper fold
 For meny years Rev. Samuel F. West l Gas actively connected with the Ala bama Press Association and has held several positions at the hands of it's members. He is very popular with lis associates. By his recent appointment to the active ministry he has given up his place as business manager and as- sistant editor of The Alabama Christian Advocate. In a card he says:
 Having received my appointment to another field of labor, no school boy. l when his days work was done, ever went home with a freer, happier heart than enter upon my new duties.
 The Fairhope Courier last week was a sixteen-page special winter resort edition" and showed up in fine style the attractions of Fairhope and vi- cinity for those who want to spend a few months, or permanently locate in that delightful portion of Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
Profnnitx in Converan tlOn.

Douglas, Kan, Tribune.
 Suppost some seemingly sanstified person should go around the streets ut tering audible prayers in the hearing of other people and mixing them up. with his conversation. People would call him crazy and would look for an excuse for sending him to an asylum. The general opinion would be that he was daffy. And yet there are fellows by the dozen who in public and in private mix senseless oaths and causeless profanlty with their conversation. Why should the man whose seeming devotion to divinity exceeds good sense and pro- priety be graded as lunatic while the numerous fellow who Is given to causo- less cussing be regarded as all right. only g little rough In his talk2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
Rarring Out the LObbyIwt.

Springfield, (Mass.) Republican.
 Governor Warfield of Maryland feels very strongly that the coming Iegisla- ture of that state should be organized with a view of devoting itself exclus. ively to the public interests without in terference from outside sources. In the hope of helping to this end the gov ernor will strongly recommend that lobbyist of all kinds be excluded from the floor of both the house and the senate, except in cases where either legislative body may decide to grant the representatives of corporate inter- ests joint or separate public hearing. Otherwise the work of the professional mittee- room,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
ONE MoNE srEP.

This paper has often had occasion to speak of the arrogance, intolerance and want of fairness displayed by the labor unions whenever and wherever they have an opportunity to show theft hands. TO submit to the demands Of . union Is simply to prepare the way fol other apd more intoierabie ones, foi unionism is one of the blocdsuekers that grows with what 1t feeds on. and any effort to p1acate or satisfy it Is futile in the long run.
 recent occurrence tn the office of The Rome (Ga.) Tribune Illustrates the spirit of unionism as nothing else could do. That office has been operated by union labor for several years. When the unions demanded that the hours Of work be cut down from ten to nine 1t submitted when the further demand was made for an eight-hour day It again submitted for the sake of har- nony. It paid the union scale or wages. though they were not always fair or just. It kept men in It's em- ploy because the unions demanded 1t who were not only incompetent, but were ain injury to the paper and an out rage on the treasury.
 All this was submitted to because the unions demanded 1t. Last Tuesday when new contract was presented 10 the editor for his signature he found this clause incorporated in 1t: NO one shall be allowed to practice on a type- setting machine unless he or she is q member in gocd standing of the Inter. national Typographical Union."
 when the proprietor saw this out rageous proposition presented for his approval and signature he naturally refused. He had reached the limit of submission to unjust demands and TO- fused to pass it. The editor asked him self this question:
 If we concede that we have no right to lay an intelligent finger upon our own personal property. that, we can not even seek to understand piece ot of s3.5oo' how long will 1t be before the union demands to keep our books. run our bank accounts. and regulate our advertisine rates?
 ThA question is pertinent. The Tribune owns it's typesetting machine, but if the editor had signed the scale as required he would have had no right to set a line on the machine without first joining the union. The demand is but another evidence of the determi- nation of organized labor to take all liberty of action and all control of property from those who refuse to join the unions That the next step would be to take control of the entire busi- ness of the offce Is not an extravagant prediction.
 In this instance the refusal to sub init to the outrage was followed by the usual union practice. All the em- pioyes walked out in body and thought they had the paper and it's proprietors in hole, and that they
 would be compelled to come to terms but there the strikers were mistaken The editor declares for free labor and an open shop. saying that outraged manhood will stand no more of brow beating insolence and arbitrary meth ods.v Good for The Tribune, and may it find that manhood and freedom are more profitable than wearing union col lars
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
Admj1istrafor's' Sale.

Under authority of an order made by the Probate Court of Montgomery County, on November 14, 1905, in the matter of administration of the es- tate of F. c. Randolph. deceased, the undersigned will, within the legal hours of sale on December II, 1905, at Court Square Basin in the City of Montgom- cry. Ala. sell for cash the following to said estate, to wit:
 Volume 1, Alabama Code. 1896; Ala bama Local Acts, 1900; Alabama Gen eral Acts. 1900; Volumes to a6, South ern Reporter; Volumes 42 to 49. Ala bama Reports annotated, with contract for complete set; Volumes l and ?. 1st Ed. Encyclopedia of Law: 2S vol umes 2nd Ed. Encyclopedia of Law; volumes Wigmore on Evidence; 15 units Wernicke Bookcases; tops and bases for same; roll top desk; folding bed; 1 dictionary and holder; desk chair; trunks; 2 horses; l cart; l set double harness; cows: 1 incubator
 Frank Randolph,
 Admnr. Estate of
 F. C. Randolph, deceased. Fred S. Ball,
 Attorney for Administrator.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10

Commenting the Presidents declara- tion that he will welcome Democratic support in effecting railroad rate reg uIatipn. The New York Post asks why not adopt the same rule as to tarin revision? It thus answers its own question: Undoubtedly. the theory to be acted on is that Democratic sup port is altogether wholesome in one case. while It Is pollution in the other" Let us revise the tariff by all means, but it must be a strictly Republican revision Such was the noble declafa- tion of Lodge of Massachusetts. The delegation of railway employees that called at the White House to ask the President to call halt on railroad rate regulation used this noble decaa- ration" rather. neatly. You know. Mir. President" the spokesman said, that there have been many and insistent demands for revision of the existing tariff, but we note that the general public and also this administration. be- Meve that when such tariff revision is made. it shall be by its friends and not Its enemies. and we would re- spectfully suggest a similar course be followed in rate regulation" This is sound in logic. One of the two meas ures is as much--but neither less nor more-entitled to be left to the treat ment of it's friends as the other
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-10
Too Many Bosses.

And right about now we want to say one word-and in this word tell why so many country papers make failures--they almost invariably have nected with them, to do the 'honors" and wear the kid-gloves. and do not a hands turn of work, for the business to succeed In order to make a paper taches. and every one of them must do his full share of work Drones are not needed or wanted about a printing office, and as certain as you have them. just so sure will your paper be con tinually on the ragEed-edge and finally go down altogether.