The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-20
WHAT STATE PAPERS
 ARE SAYING
HIt che Wrong Place.


 HBt the Wrong Place.
 The mistake that Senator Joe Bailey of Texas made was In borrowing money from the octopus.
 Ss E Ss May the New Do As We'll As the old. Jelkss administration as Governor Is nearing a clese. Conner win soon take up the reins of office.
 Dylng Oh. Birmingham Age Herald.
 The Secretary of the Interior has 9S5.9Ti pensioners and LOTT buffalo on hIs hands, and both, alas, are dying off
 Onlx Tried Que. Pine Belt News. r" sf teS srass rehes Sgs %s aSots S tSs good authority We have never tried the riches.
 Sign of Wisdom.
 A man begins to acquire wisdom when he discovers that he Is capable of making inst as many mistakes as his neigheor' a 9 m
 Did Not Get It FFem URitCd States! Greene County Democrat
 spain is spending s72eSO,0oO on y is not known, as she has not unloaded any islands on us for some time
 Hsraiy ProSable.
 1t is whispered around that Hunts vile will have only one eandtdate for Mayor. This would be deHghtfully re- freshiug. but we fear it is too good to be true
 working, over Eight Hours. 9e1I,e The PTesident's stenographers must have q hard time these days, The great message was plenty and now the Storer letter has followed and still there remains two or three special messages to be g0'ssH 91''
 Must Re Right and Seem RiEht- Mobile Register. ...
 Alas! poor Bailey. His enemies naVs puil through in Texas, but he is done for as a national factor. He is exp@- rleneing the full force of the maxim that man must not only De risht' eu' must seem to De rlght: Fine Constructive" Statesmen. AlabamiAn Herald. If Senator Platt of New York an9 Senator Brown of Utah, are types oi our constructive statesmen, then | place Of honor should he awarded those ] oe the "destructlve' type who have recently used every effort to put ther out nf business, The AIisslssIppi Way. | HuntsVille Tribune
 The right to destroy concealed wear- ons found upon the person carrying the same is nos vested in Mississippi ofii- cers, This is in addition to a heavy penalty. Tho dealer who sells firearms l is required under a heavy penalty to keep the sales listed in public place These are both good amendments to the old systems.
 Bellamy and Teddy. Cullman Democrat, 1 in that jawsmith match they are engag ed in: there is n@ sort of doubt that Teddy made effort to have Archbishop Ireland made a cardinal. and there is no doubt that everything he says about jt%now is a lie. Ireland is the only prominent Catholic in America whc is | a Republican and there Is mass or in- disputable. proof that Ireland did hIs the Republican party both in 1900 anu ! 1904
 UppOsed tO Surplus. ! MOulton Advertiser. wearicd oyer the surplus in our state | treasury, but we could dispose or lt 1 in ten minutes If we had a chance. | FirSt-Ne Wouiu HANe our Oiu SVlN.S' 8 and their widows a round million. Second-We would pour two millions | more into the common school fund and | give every poor child in Alabama a 1 better chance for an education. If this | plan fails to reduce the surplus and ! keen 1T reduced, we would scale down taxation and let our people usc their ! own money as they deem best. Better Not Follow Roosevelt. Huntsville Democrat | Fort Payne Journal. lo ous precedent for citizens of other sec | ttnns and especially of the South to take part against cslfornia's race prob. l lem We have one ourselves, that mas | brought down anathemas from North erners who thought themselves capable of coping with and managing the South's local political aud social sttua' ton better than we. The California n' are not ignoramuses and should ns allowed a posi- tlon of strict antonoml in the matter of social educatlcns qualifications of foreigners in theh | pukiic schools. without impertinent in, 1 terference from the general government or inotviduslS