The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-16
Famous Ohioan Discusses the Part Saloons Play
 in Politics.
Three hours. delay of the Atlantic

Three hours delay of the Atlantic Coast Line. train due to arrive at o'clock yesterday morning laid Govern or-elect John M. Pattison, of Ohio; now national figure in American poh.iSs' over in Montgomery four hours ana ne had another opportunity to shake the hands of southern Democrats in this city. It was on Tuesday, December D. that Mir Pattison was in Montgomery for seven hours. He then guarded the secrecy of his trip South as ne mas done very effectively since he left his home in Cincinnati December 4.
 But an Advertiser representative caught him yesterday on his ny, ing return to Cincinnati ana he was not so jealous to preserve the ouietude of his visit as he was over week ago. As far as the press IS concerned Governor -elect Pattison has wonderfully gum shoed" his way from Cincinnati to St. Augustine. This trip. done almost incognito, lasted twelve days sed yet he has not spoken to the outside world on single topic.
 The great victor of Republican ohio right after his strenuous campaign determined to rest and recuperate II possible. He had been South before and his eyes turned this way HIS mind was resolute on his departure from Cincinnati on December to avoid all business and social attentions on the trip. He said yesterday he had carried out this resolve satisfactorily to himself. Yet he has Florida or some other malarial regions in this section to blame for what he looks upon as failure of his trip.
 T had longed to regain some of my original strength" said MT. Pattison. sitting in the office of Holt & Strauss, ha trir nfnaG Der- sonally and socially has been failure. fear 1t has done me more harm than good. I do not feel rested as I ex- pected It must be that have caught a little malaria in my system. My physician advised me to take the trip which I am about to complete for the benefit of my liver trouble. have consulted with him recently and he still believes that when I return home and settle down I will get better. l hope so."
 The heavily bearded face of MT. Pat | tison betrayed by It's jaundiced ap: pearance that he had not succeeded | much in the recuperation which Inc sought. He was dressed in black | suit, a heavy overcoat which protected | his spare frame against the penetrat' | Ing cold and a dog-eared collar witf white dotted string tie lying careless l ly about his neck. He was in goot ! humor Tn Splte or ms UlScCuraB'H 'He l health. mostly the reaction of his trc I mendous fight in November.
 l T see that you have shut up the lit I tie ones and left open the aristocrati | ones in Montgomery" remarked Cover | nor-elect Pattison with a smile. H. was talking to Alderman Leopolt Strauss who had a few minutes befor informed the distinguished visitor O
 the recent closing ordinance that pass
 ed the City Council in rather dovetail
 ed style. Then Alderman Strauss ex
 plained the intent of the measure Il
 excluding the social clubs of the city
 from the restrictions. MT. Pattison wa
 convinced of the justice of the mat
 ter. He was told that club handlini
 drinks is different from saloon fl
 that it is only dispensed to member
 of the Club on Sunday and never fo
 profit.
 Further led into the liquor probler
 the famous Ohioan unfolded indirect
 his prohibition views which sustaine
 him nightly in his recent hot fgh
 MT. Pattison. in fact, talked quite free
 ly of the whiskey situation in Ohio
 in Cincinnati and in Cleveland. but h
 tabooed the idea of publishing hi
 views on any phase of Ohio politiC