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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-13
Ax rMrossrnr.n rHEoRY.

Congressman Burton of Ohio, has im- bibed the conviction that the appropri- ations for rivers and harbors are en- tireiy too promiscuous, so to speak. He holds, we are given to understand. that all national appropriations should be made chiefly for undertakings of distinctly national character" This leads The Hartford Times to say:
 The adoption Of this rule would mean the abolition of what Is known in the halls of Congress as the pork barrel
 At present the members of Congress, seeking aid from the Federal Govern ment for small rivers and harbors in their districts, combine in support of each others projects. and the result Is a great waste of public money. This waste has got to stop some time, and
 All very we'll, perhaps. as a theory, but who is to decide what rivers and harbors are of national importance? The Mississippi would be such river, we presume, but would the Hudson. or the ohio, or any of the rivers of Con- necticut? How many members of Con- gress could be brought to agree on the rivers and harbors which are of ma tional importance and how many of them would vote for an appropriation bill which would be confined in its application to the waters of only few States? We apprehend that it would be a difficult job to get a bill through if only comparatively few of the Con- gressmen were directly interested in it.
 And yet there is a measure of jus tice in MT. Burton's contention, for there is no doubt that Congressional courtesy, to call it by no harsher name, often leads members to vote for ap- propriations which they know are without merit, and which should not be made. Certainly we must look on 1t as sound and proper theory that the money of the Government, contrib uted by all the people of the Union, should not be spent for interests and projects which are merely local, and in which but comparatively few of the people are interested. That is the proper theory, but we have long since abandoned it, and the plan now is for each section to get all 1t can. And we repeat that It would be almost or quite impossible to get all the Senators and Representative to agree on what rivers and harbors should get money under MT. Burton's theory. In fact, we do not expect them to undertake it. The present practice is too firmly establish ed to look for change.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-13
EetterS tO tbe Gdftor
Farmers and Cotton Holding,

Editor The Advertiser:
 I have read great many plans to hold and advance the price of cotton, many good and practical suggestions complete plan that will force It's exc cution, and 1t will be most difficult to enforce any plan that will result in the object desired and intended. First, whatever plan Is agreed upon and adopted must be practical and a sufficient number of cotton raisers must agree to 1t to make 1t effective; and then if it can not be enforced, it will be of little value.
 The plan must contemplate a con- tinued control and influence upon the price, by regulating the supply as well as to provide means to take and hold the surplus. Continue from year to year, so as to come as near creating d regular value according to the cost oT production as possible.
 To do this. I believe the influence of the Cotton Exchange on the price of real cotton will have to be destroyed. It should be put by law upon the sanIe basis as other gambling machines; pre- vent binding contracts to deliver real cotton from being sold on the board for future delivery.
 Then, the cotton farmer must be or- | ganized in the beat, county and State into cotton growers association for the purpose of regulating the supply and price of cotton. and must obligate themselves to abide by the rules neces-
 
 | this Is done, let each farmer agree to | plant a certain number of acres in cot l ton to the blow, which number of acres | must be uniform through the State, and | a committee appointed from each beat | association to investigate and see 1t ex- | ecuted. A violation of this rule will | demand a forfeiture of CD. 1 Then let each farmer subscribe for
 stock in a bank to be paid in cotton at | 10 cents pound, to be located at mar | ket place of selling; this fund besides doing regular banking business, to
 assist in holding any surplus in cotton, and. to build and own warehouses To-
 cated at the nearest and most converta
 lent railroad station, where cotton can
 be sold by telephone or otherwise to | exporters upon the basis of middling | Stock in warehouses should be sub
 scrlbed for in cotton at 10 cents per | pound.
 The cotton unsold in the farmers 1 hands now can be subscribed for stock and drawn upon (say $25 per bale) to start the banks and the cotton held for | better price by the bank.
 Any solvent bank with a paid in cap | itai can obtain money at per cent, and | this cotton so subscribed will be taken | off the market and the owner receive | full value in paying stock, and in a few years the farmers will control the | banking capital of the South. ] A B. Brassell,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-13

sion of Congress for the revision of the tariff is a question, in the ex- pressed opinion of several leaders of the Senate, that must be determined by the President and the House. They con- tend that the responsibility of tariff revision Agitation must be borne by the House, while the Senate will join in perfecting such legislation as may be provided if an extra session is call- ed by the President and a bill be pass ed by the House.
 Senators who plan to place on the House the burden of an extra session argue that certain House members. in discussing the relative positions of the two legislative branches of Congress, have not refrained from advancing the charge that the Senate does not repre- sent the people as does the House, and say that if opposition to an extra ses- sion is made effective 1t will not be the Senate that erects the barrier.
 Few Senators are to be found who are willing to discuss the matter for publication, beyond saying that if tariff session is called 1t should not be held before autumn to be convened in October preferably.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-13
HUMMELSHINE, NIAGARA

From time to time references have been made to the stupendous project of harnessing, as it were. the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, and putting its immense energy to an- other use than furnishing a grand spectacle for sight-seers. The follow ing extract from an editorial in The London, Ontario, Advertiser. of Janu- ary will give an idea of what is go- ing on:
 The formal opening of the Canadian Niagara Power Company's powerhouse on Monday was an event in the indus trial history of Canada. The contract with the Ontario Government required the company to have 10000 electrical horsepower ready for sale and distrl- button on January l, 1905, and tun- mel capacity for producing 100000 horse power. The company has con- structed a canal, tunnel and wheelpit capable of producing 10000 horse power and Is installing five electrical units of 10000 horsepower each, two of which were put into successful op- eration this week. The first delivery of the power on large scale will be made in the city of Toronto for rail- way and lighting purposes. The trans mission lines are now building and will be in use within year. The Canadian Niagara Power Company is identical with \the Niagara Falls Power Com pany, which is developing 5000 horse power on the American side and furnishing Buffalo with power for her lighting and street railway systems. The Canadian and American plants will be connected by cables and oper- ated as one, SO that customers will be doubly protected against any stoppage in their supply
 Thus the falls which for ages have been laundering away without beneft
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-13
WAS DUKE TO BE KIDNAPpEps
Another Sensation Alleged by Chicago
 Detectives.

Detectives.
 Chicago Special to Baltimore Sun
 The most sensational development In the Duke-Webb case, as far as the Chicago end Is concerned, was the statement today by detectives working on the case that they had uncovered die l.. Duke in the event he did not become the husband of Alice l.. Webb. The officers working On the case insist that the kidnapping plan was one of the last resorts if other methods fa11- ed.
 Another note besides those liquidat- ed yesterday, which runs against Alice l.. Webb and Charles F. Taylor, sign ed individually by each and also by the firm as Webb. Taylor & Co.,. was Lain. The note was for $500. Davis lent the money to Alice l.. Webb and the note was indorsed by McLain as security. It was not paid, it Is ale legged, when due. and was put In the hands of the Union Trust Company for collection last November. The note was not collected and was returned to the holder, who Is a customer of the bank.
 Miss Webb, it is charged, owed her maid, Mary Ryan, $60 back pay at the girl notified constable. secured a writ from Justice Keogh and removed the piano from the Webb flat. This action on the part of the maid but H. G. their guard. They attached the rest of the furniture to collect the rent.
 George Packard, attorney for the German National Bank of Little Rock. Ark. Is suing to collect two notes for $5.000 each held by the bank and given for lumber purchased from the Pritch- ard Lumber Company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-13
Gas in Mndinon County.
Huntsville Mercury.

f1unlSVlltS MeECuTy.
 Readers of the yesterday morning Mercury must have been very much impressed with the report of the gas showings from the wells Of the New York Alabama oil Company, at Hazel Green, sixteen miles north of the city Conceding that none of our people are experts on this subject, there are some facts that can not be brushed aside by the most stubborn of doubting Thomases. One fact is what a United States Government expert says who visited and inspected the wells Another fact is that gas wells are on line with the oil wells that have developed in paying quantities near Somerset, Ky, and on the same line are oil wells in the upper Cumberland River counties In Tennessee that were operated before the Civil War and since, being off rail- roads and not able to compete with those that had been opened up on rail- road lines, they have been plugged When all these facts are put together the conclusion is inevitable that there Is gas in large quantities, and as you come south the gas is found nearer the surface, Going east of Somerset, Ky, oil fields and following the same vein or oil region you strike the great oil fields of Pennsylvania. This is the common sense view we take and 1t is based on facts every man can know if he doubts
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-13
FRIDAY, JANUARY IS, 1905.
MHEN Hr uAs ELrCrEn.

No doubt the great majority of the American people still think that a President of the United States was elected in November last. That Is the general opinion. yet as matter of fact It is mistake. It is an absolute, legal and constitutional fact that Roosevelt was not elected until last Monday. In November the American people voted tor a certain number of Presidential electors, and of those then elected a large majority stood for Theodore Roosevelt. Thls is so well understood that we say Roosevelt was elected in November, 1904.
 And yet until those electors met in the various States and cast their bal lots there had been no man elected President. Not one of those electors was legally bound to vote for Roose- welt or Parker, and not one of them could have legally been forced to vote for him. It is admitted, of course that they were morally bound to vote for cts, and for whom they were supported as electors, but If a majority of the Roosevelt electors had violated their moral obligations and voted for Parker he would be the Constitutional Presi- dent of the United States when the returns were opened. counted and yer ffied by Congress. Roosevelt was elect sd last Monday, but he must wait for &he two Houses of Congress to official Sy notify him. It is a complicated and roundabout way of getting at a result, but 1t is the constitutional way, and 1t goes.
 By the way, we notice that Professor simon Newcomb has been discussing our method of electing Presidents. and The Norfolk Landmark gives this ex- planation and illustration of one of his suggestions:
 It is that the Electoral College be abolished and that the States, with the same number of electoral votes as they would have If it existed, ascertain the will of their people by letting them vote directly for President and Vice President in each Congressional Dis trict the two additional electoral votes of the State to be cast according to the popular plurality in the State at large. Then the State would officially certify the result to Congress, as 1t now does the result of the deliberations of its . electors. The only change which would be made by this system, out side of the vast improvement in sim plicity and reliability, would be the abrogation of the prevailing unit rule in the electoral vote of States. Where as Virginia casts twelve votes for Par ker, by the system which Professor Newcomb proposes Virginia would cast eleven votes for Parker and one for Roosevelt. Roosevelt would have re- ceived twenty eight of New York States electoral votes, and Parker would have received eleven. The sys- tenn would be entirely fair It would represent the will of the people more accurately than does the existing sys- tenn, and it would not increase the in- huence of States which are in the habit of piling up enormous maJorities for a particular party. There ought 10 be new constitutional amendment correcting the Electoral College anach- ronism.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-13
KILLS GERMS OF oArARRH.
HyOmei Goes to the Root of the Dis
 ease and Makes Astonishing Cures.


 Catarrh cannot be cured by the use of pills. liquid medicines and so-called system tonics. Under such treatment the germs of the disease will still live in the air passages and increase and multiply.
 Hyomei is the only scientific and thorough way to cure catarrh. Killing the germs in the air passages, 1t en- ters the blood with the oxygen, de- stroys the microbes in the blood and effectually drives from the system all traces of catarrhal poison.
 Thousands of testimonials have been given as to the astonishing cures made by this remedy
 Mrs Le Rendu, 76 Western Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. writes: 1T believe Hyomei saved my life. am better now than I have been in thirty years. Many doctors, both in England and France. treated me for catarrh, but was not cured until used Hyomei.' Probably the strongest evidence that ctn be offered as to the powers of Hyo- mel to cure catarrh Is the fact that E. G. Fowler will agree to refund the money if you say Hyomei has not cured you.
 The complete Hyomei outfit costs but $1.00, consisting of an inhaler, dropper and sufficient Hyomei to last several weeks. This will effect a cure in ordi- nary cases, but for chronic and deep seated cases of catarrh, longer use may be necessary, and then extra bottles of HyomeI can be obtained for soc.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-13
May Lose Prestige.

Richmond News Leader.
 It is to be feared that MT. Bryan will lose prestige in the rural districts of the South from buying at a stiff price an old-fashioned hominy pounder-such as used to be on every Southern planta- tion-under the hallucinatiou that it was Thomas Jefferson's punch bowl Probably somebody will be selling him one of the ash hoppers that formerly stood at the back door of every country kitchen for MT. Jefferson's wine cooler. There is no reason for surprise, how ever. The man who could take Thomas Jefferson's Democracy and imagine it to mean free silver. public ownership of utilities and the referen- dun and initiative, would very natural ly permit his imagination to convert a hominy pounder into a table decora- tion around which statesmanship and elegence sat and Quaffed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-13
WE HAVE rHpM Ar HOME.

Travellers and tourists through the old world often speak of the frequency with which they are buncoed by sell CTS of what purport to be antique and rare curios. It is found that articles manufactured in modern factories and shops are so treated and mutilated as to give them the appearance of im- object which he is assured was taken from the ruins of Thebes or Nineveh, or some equally ancient resting place, and he is made to believe that there is not another article like it in existence. And yet. when he examines 1t careful ly he is likely to find the trade mark or imprint of some French. German or American manufacturer. Instead of being centuries old. the article may be less than a year old. But 1t is antique to the buyer till he learns better.
 But it Is mistake to imagine that these old world people are the only ones who can thus throw dust in the eyes of curio hunters, for we have
 
 some of them among the aborigines of our own country. The South McAles- ter q. T.) Capital thus tells how its people do the visitors:
 Idols and household articles sup posed to have been dug up among the homes of cliff dwellers in -Colum- bian days are made by the carload and sold to his unsuspectIng brother in white. Crack specimens If plastic art ascribed to the pigmies before the Christian era are made daily in some wigwam by squaw of an Indian far mer. Mortar and pestles with a coun- terfeit grime are chiseled ana wrought for the white mans collection of an tiques. The Indians are especially art full in the manufacture of articles from clay that bear the stamp of age upon them and will bear scrutiny, Indians have many tricks in pottery that they the grime of ages Is put on a vase made yesterday. Burial for a few weeks in damp soil gives a rusty color U an efigy that some squaw nodded edges of a bowl gives the appearance of use in early American homes"
 Evidently Poor Lo" is catching on to the ways of ihs white brother, and is becoming something of an expert himself. Why shouldn't he, when he has so many instructors? A Connect icult manufacturer will turn out any number of genuine smyrna rugs" a Massachusetts maker will sell genuine Turkish pipes of LIs own handiwork, and so 1t goes. The Indian himself has so often been bitten by fakers that he has come to look on it as right and proper for him to fake the fakers. And why should he not pay them back in their own wares? It is business for one as we'll as for the other.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-13

to humanity. are to be made subservi- ent to man and made to do their share of the work. The two great plants. as will be seen, are to develop more than 100000 horse power, and it will be noticed that the power of the two companies will be practically inter- changeabie, so that the breaking down of one will not stop work in either country. This is but one of the many evidences of the wonderful develop ment of electric possibilities, and the extent to whicn the power is being used
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-13
MortgGge SaIe.

Notice is hereby given, that unf and by virtue of the power of sale contAed in a certain mortgage executed to ThlHome Building and Loan Association bl O. T. Smith and her husband, H. c. SmitE dated the 16th day of October, 1893, and forded in the office of the Judge of Prohte Of Montgomery County. Alabama, in mort gage book 12s. page S4. tho said ThHoms Building and Loan Association will Mon- day, the 9th day of February. 1905At the Court Square Fountain in the City dMont- gomery. Alabama, during the lega hours of sale. sell at public auction for oh the following described real estate sitded in the City of Montgomery, to-wit:
 Lot number Four in Block l of Vt End. according to the plat of West Endas re- corded in the office of the Judge ! Pro- bate of said County of Montgomery. hd be- ing the same property conveyed to aid O. T. Smith hy deed of s. D. Seelye dated TIE HOME BUTLpiNG & LoANAsso-
 CLAYTON, Mort.gee. C. A' ana N S' AAAAS' A''0'n'y ns-As
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-13
Lypchinm Becoming Unpopular.

CnAIIaMOOBN VISHH.J T IHIVS.
 There have not been many convictions and sentences during the past year for complicity in mob murder. but there have been a number. more, probably, than during any other years before. and that is encouraging. There has cer- tainly been more official activity to prevent 1ynchings than ever before, and that is even more significant of a growing salutary public sentiment. AL together the outlook is brighter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-13
sugar Geta on Ton.

New Orleans (La.) Times-Democrat.
 The dividing line between the cane and cotton crops of Louisiana has all ways been a fiuctuating one, as either of these two staples advanced. Last year cotton moved further south and invaded the sugar district with a larger acreage than ever before. The reac- ton has set in for next season, when nearly all this cotton land will go back to cane, and probably many thousand Rcrea mora.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-13
Better Informed.

Guntersville Democrat
 The Indianapolis News has an idea that country editors have q decidedly soft time. It Is fortunate that other are better informed on the subject The Columbus (O) Sun and Montgom- cry Advertiser take up the gauntlet and speak of the labors of the country editor with an intelligence born of ex- perience.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-13
Administrators Sale.

Under and by virtue of a decree of ale rendered by the Probate Judge for Elmsfe County, Alabama, on the 29th day Of Jre. iss7 the undersigned, as the administraNor of the estate of John D. Letcher, deceated, win sell at the Artesian Basin. in the aty of Montgomery, Ala, within the legal hq1rs of sale on the 9th day of December, DO4. to the highest bidder, for cash. the following described property, situated in the city and county of Montgomery and State Of tia- bama, eo-wit:
 Lot forty-one (41l and the west hal of lot forty-two (42) Cbeing one piece Of pop ertyl on the south side of Madison Avt4ue. fronting sevensV-five (75) feet on said And- ison Avenue and running back one hunGed and sixty (160) feet south. together fith ali improvements and appurtances thre- unto belonging. Administrator of the estate of John D.
 Ietcher, deceased. J. T, LETCHER, Attorney.
 The above sale Is postponed until the 23rd day of January. 1905. fist
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-13
Goes fin That Town.

Chattanooga News.
 The Montgomery Advertiser ex- presses very great surprise that Chat tanooga should have a regulation that compels the flremen of the city to stand by and watch property burn unless the owner can put up cash or a certified check to defray the expenses for water. It is a strange regulation, but nevertheless it goes in this town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-13
Lowerinr the Eatimate.

Birmingham Ledger.
 The United States Senators are low ering the popular estimate of Sena- torial honor, as one after another is in- dicted for bribery, fraud and land swindling. Then, too. there Is the ever present probability that MT. Ad- dicks of Delaware will become mem Der of the body.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-13
Im Well Posted.

Union Springs Herald.
 The dissertation upon fieas in Sum days Advertiser shows that the great daily is well posted as usual. Indeed, Grandma seems to be about as well posted about things low in the scale of life as she always is concerning men and events
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-13
d COLUMN or FIGURES WHICH IS 1
 SPLENDID VERDICT.

For the benefit and guidance of mer- chants and others who advertise, the fol- lowing statement for the month of De- cember. 1se4, has been compiled and sworn to by our Circulation Manager.
 To the many readers and frtends WHO are interested in our growth, 1t is satis- faction to show such sturdy and perma- nent increase. It is not only the quantity. but the class and quality of 1t. of which we are so proud.
 The Advertiser is acknowledged the lead mg newspaper in the State and is thorousn- v up-tc-date in every particular.
 Watch Us Grow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-13
A Hog Show,
Birmingham ,

Birmingham News.
 New York is to have a swell dog show next month. It's first horse, then dog, but considering the number of specimens there, its strange New York doesn't have hog show.