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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
APArHY IN NOTING.


 Apathy on tho part of voters is not confined to Alabama and is not due to any payment of taxes as prere- quisite to voting, The Birmingham Ase-Herald In an article published elsewhere. seems to think that the cumulative poll tax proposition ought to be done away with and leave the requirement of only one-years payment of poll tax. That would mean the loss of many thousands of dollars to the school fund. for 1t Is not certain that any more would pay the tax under the Age -Heraid's plan than would pay un- der the present requirement. It is a very small sum to require of the vot- CTS under 45 years of age and there ought not to be any complaint about paying 1t. Some men complain because they have to pay school tax and oth- CTS because they have to pay something for support of old Confederate soldiers. Here is a table of the whole voting strength in eleven Southern States in 1900 and the total vote cast for Pres- ident in 1900 and 1904:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
SIDEWALK PENCILINCS
The Lack of Labor.

T hear lot about the lack of la DOT, said a travelling man last night. and I know that because of this lack, the farmers of this State are losing thousands of dollars annually But in spite of the talk we, hear. t is my of Alabama in particular. Is lacking not so much in labor. as in the poor character of the labor we have.
 The negro labor we have here IS troubled with laziness, and lack of desire to work, and this is initiating than the actual lack of numbers For instance. was passing through some Of the counties in the western part of the State yesterday. The train on which 1 was travelling passed through field after field of cotton, ready to. be laborer In the fields. There 1t was, losing In value, and the owner suffer ing the longer 1t remained as 1t was. At the first station I asked man why the cotton was not cut, and was told that it was because of the lack of la train passed baseball field. A game was in progress. and gathered about that field, there were no less than thousand negroes. The thought came to me, What could not those negroes do In those wasting cotton fieldsT
 from the idea yet. Just how the diffi- culty can be gone around. I am. not sure. More stringent vagrancy laws might have some good effect. Other laws might be passed. At all events, there should be some way, when thou sands of dollars are being lost because of lack of labor to, cut cotton. there should be- some way. say, to bring the idle labor and the waiting cotton field together l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
self-Disfranchised.
Birmingham Ledger.


 As usual before election there goes up the cry that too many white men are disfranchised. The discussion IS understood to be more serious now, in view of the fact that many politicians want to remove the cobweb bar that Alabama has placed in front of the bal, lot box. These politicians are, joined by the school men, who naturally want more taxes for the schools than the volunteer polls now pay.
 So far The Ledger sees no good req son for thinking that the poll tax keeps any proper man away from the ballot box, Alabama only asks man for a tax of $1.5O to the schools from the time he is.twenty-one until he Is forty-fiYe years old. It is not asked of boys nor of old men,.
 The Ledger does not believe that Q man who will not give that much to the cause of edncation, Is fit to vote Sora on man to pay that little sum of money for the, voting privilege 1t would be much harder on him to be forced to pay. Let the voluntary clause stand until there is reason to change.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
WEDNESDAY. JUNE 6. 1906.
RUSSIA.

AhGSSAAs
 It would be idle for a foreigner so pretend to see in any detail the future of Russia, when the ablest and most sagacious of the Russians themselves. Count witte, for example. shake their heads in gloomy surmise as they look on the existing social and political confusion. There Is. however. fur nished in the history of France some sort of key to the probable course of events at St. Petersburg. And Judging from the French experience the only certain thing in the future of Russia IS that she has entered upon a prolong- ed period of agitation and unrest. with to class. or from groups of classes to yet other like groups.
 It can be fairly said that 1t took France one hundred years from the original revolutions of 1879 to find her self. Napoleon first curbed then seized and diverted the revolution to further his own colossal schemes for self-ag- grandlzement. When he was over thrown he left France so exhausted that she endured the Bourbons for fif- teen years. With returning prosperity, the same class in a new generation made in 1880 a grasp at power, but with such political alliances that the government then established was pre- destined to be short-lived. Imperfect or weak and unnatural alliances de- stroyed the government set up In 1S4S and made Louis Napo1eon's ascent to the throne possible Throughout his reign a free revolutionary spirit was present embodied in the French race and its manifest existence there drove the younger Napoleon to all manner of intrigue and wars to divert attention from the personal nature of his gov ernment. It was to escape 1t that he embarked in the war that wrought nis ruin. The new government consolidat- ed the various interests in France more firmly and though moving along with many heavy jolts and jars, has put thirty-flve years of peace behind it.. The recent elections show for the first time Republicans or a republicanism
 
 an observer as Bodley holds that France will ultimately revert to an older type of institutions.
 Tho photographer of the Republican members of the Russian Douma show faces of a strikingly intellectual caste. It is to the wearers of these faces that we must look. if autocracy Is to be made to take on reasonable guise in tho Czar's dominions. These men. it seems likely will with such alliances as they may be compelled to resort to, furnish certain propulsion to free institutions there. They may fail at first, as the like class failed in France. They and thelr successors may fail many times. There may be years when as in France under Napoleon, liberty may seem departed or dead. but the si- lent forces making for free air. for hu- man enfranchisement and betterment can never again count for nothing Tn the government of Russia
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
TODAY IN HISTORY.

Name Day: Ember Day. Sun rises at 4;3S; sets at 7:22.
 1z94-PoAnt a Petre, Guadaloupes stormed by the French.
 179S-Patrick Henry. an eminent Virginian patriot. orator and states he rs aed Sssd s Of Hs Virginia on abdication of Lord Dunmore. In 1765 he was elected member of the House of Burgesses,. with express reference to an opposition to the British stamp act. In this assembly he obtained the honor of being the first to commence the opposition to the measures of the British government, which terminated in the revolution, and finally the inde- pendence of the United States.
 1s13-Americans defeated at Bur lington Heights.
 IS61-Harriet Lane attacked the bat teries at Pig Point, near Fortress Mon roe
 1se2-Gunboat engagement. on the en Confederate boats were destroyed or captured After the naval battle Memphis surrendered.
 . Sktrmish near HarriSonburg Va, the Confederate General Ashby killed.
 Is85-The British and French gov ernments rescind their recognition of
 Ise6-The President issued proc lamation against the invasion of Can- ada.
 1ses-The Arkansas admission bill
 1s72-U. s. Grant and Henry Wilson nominated by the National Republican Convention at Philadelphia, Pa, for President and Vice-Prcsident of the United States, respectively.
 Isss-Grover Cleveland nominated by exclamation for reelection as Pres ident of the United States by the Dem- ocratic Convention at St. Louis, Mo.
 I9O3--Pacolet and Clifton, S. C.. swept by a flood, which destroyed prop erty to the value of $4,000,000, and caused the death of one hundred per- sons.
 (Service by American Press-News,
 Washington, D. e.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
Aid For old soldiers.

T am sure the State should provide literally for those of the old Confed- crates who need help. said a young son of a Yankee soldier yesterday. They gave health and life for the Southland and now grateful citizens should clothe and feed them not only with the mantle of their veneration and the mama of tender affection, but good garments and substantial food.
 The Jefferson Falkner Home at Mountain Creek needs the fostering care of the State to the extent of cash sufficient for maintenance and the wor- thy old followers of Lee there domicil- ed deserve. our tenderest, care Why grumble when the cause is so deserv- ing or hesitate when such men as these appeal to~ our regard? Let the provision for Mountain Creek be ann pie and the funds for those yet at home and among friends grow to vastly more generous proportions.
 There Is a million and quarter dollars in the treasury at this time idle. Suppose 1t were distributed among the needy Confederates of the State. The good would be two-fold; relieve those who need It and as they would spend 1t quickly add that much to the circulation of the State.
 Tt is all we'll enough to have plenty of money on hand. but rather poor policy to keep 1t tied up when It IS needed both by deserving ones, and the commerce of the commonwealth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06

The most complete reversing of posi- ton ever induiged in by a man seeking high ofice in Alabama has been that of MT. Conner in reference to the es- tablishment of the Georgia rates for railroads in Alabama He sang that song a thousand times in his race for President of the Raiload Commission and was really elected on it. Not long ago he wanted present rates in force in Alabama to be made the maximum rates by the Legislature and leave the people at the mercy of law which would have to stand four years, unless the State was put to the expense of an extra session of the Legislature His latest declaration is for the Legislature to adopt the Georgia rate on 100 articles and no more. giving as his reason that the adoption of the whole Georgia rate list for which he has been clamoring for years, would destroy the whole plan of railroad rate salvation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06

In the dispatches of Tuesday morn ing from Boston a pr. Wood Hutchin- son is reported as declaring in almost so many words that after man has become useless from old age, he should be put to death"-thrown into the scrap heap" as he expressed 1t. Now, the question with us is, should such a man be allowed to practice medicine2 Could he be trusted with the life of an aged pattent2 If he really believes in his own words and should be called to attend an aged person he must eith- CT put the patient to death or allow him to die without relief. else he Is not consistent. We confess that we had rather take our chances without a doctor than with one of his kind
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
Birmingham Age-Ho,Iad.

Birmingham Age-He; lad.
 The Montgomery Advertiser says The change in our organic law requiring payment of poll tax by those subject to 1t as prerequisite for voting" The Advertiser does not mean to be un- Just. but still 1t wholly mi s1oprehends the position of The Age-Herald. The article that it objects to asks, "Is the cumulative feature of the poll tax wise or bit needful?" This question sums this subject.
 Registration and he payment of the poll tax of the year, to be paid on or before the first day of February, are State. and no one should desI-e to .e them abolished, but Alabama TO mere needs the cumulative poll tax prov's- ion than dog needs TWO tails. Not adopted cumulative poll tax prDvis- lon. Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama are the three. Virginia re- ouires the prepayment of poll taxes for three preceeIIng years before vot- ing. As rule he payment If a poll tax Tor the curreat year SufIices This and Texas. In rhI 5c-f0uc:hs of the states tax pdylng las no relation what ever tt voting.
 Section 1S7 of the constitution cf reading, "all poll taxes due from him for the year 1901, and for each sub sequent year." it should read, 'all poll taxes due in the year in which he of- fers to vote" This In addition to reg istration under the requirement. of be- ing able to read and write any article oi the federal constitution would give the State good electorate and it ChIsed white voters. There are probably 100000 whites IT. his Stats who do not vote, and who cannot vote even when they become AS yelrs of age unless they first pay all poll taxes that had been fss 9s1ed az inst them and including that 0s t5e year 1861.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
N,Ied m. Commnndments.

While the rate bill was being debated in the Senate MT. McLaurin offered an amendment prohibiting the running of all railroad trains engaged in inter state commerce between the hours of sunrise and sunset on the Sabbath day MT. McLaurin read several verses from the twentieth chapter of Exodus in which work of all kinds was for bidden on the Sabbah. T want every Senator to realize" said he, that in casting a negative vote he Is voting against the tenth conimandment-re- member the Sabbath Day to keep 1t holy" The amendment was voted down without any Senator showing knowledge that the MisSisslppian had mixed up she fourth and tenth com mandmentA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
Textile work At Auburn.

'The plea of President Thach for a textile department at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute is certainly a timely one,s' said an alumnus of Au- burn yesterday. Other States have gone ahead of Alabama in this line of education. Georgia Is notable illus tration with It's excellent textile school connected with the Technological Insti- tute in Atlanta. This department of the Georgia college has grown to be one of It's most important branches.
 "A textile education is especially valuable in the South for here we have the raw product from which to manu. facture all kinds of fabrics. We want factories to come to the South and our young men must have textile edu- cation to be able to operate such facto- more valuable to the young men of our country. They should know every thing in the category of Manufacturing cotton goods.
 T congratulate Professor Thach on his asking for textile deparmtent"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
Making Unsupported Charges.

Samson Ledger.
 ago that the press ot Alabama was subsidized and the charge Is yet made by some minimizing people. Those making the charge nevtr stop to con slider. but when a paper opposes measure which app Ils u than they Immediately question the motive. Watch MT. Conner, He has charged all the papers opposed to him with being dishonest and Is not able to pro duce one iota of proof. On the other hand MT. Conner owns two cotton mills and Is in favor of child labor in these mills. He can give no plausible req son for such views, yet he boils over with rage when charged with a per sonal feelings in the matter. He has also expressed himself that as man ufacturer he would like to see cotton sell at five cents per pound. still he would have us believe he is the only true friend to the people in the State We fear the State has some dishon est papers but the person ~ho is contin uaily making the charge will bear watchiuH
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
Total ,. a,sss.7si i.Tss,i4s i.ssS.sss

Here is ample evidence that Alabama Is not alone in the smallness or her vote. It Is shame that so many re- fuse to qualify themselves in this State. Take the -Herald's statement that payment of a poll tax for current year sufices the voting. and see that out of 5e9.sS1 white voters in Texas where that is the law only 24s,oos votes were cast in 1904. That is sn ample answer to the Age-Heraids conten- tion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
Harpn on One Subject only.

MT. Conner Is out in a long letter which Is styled "unansw srIble arraign. rent of Cunningham's in, sen ?ies, in which he endeavors e und 'uotediy nrova something. Most of the space is devoted to the railroads. part of it to Dr. Cpunningham and part of It to The Montgomery Advertiser. He side of the roads thereby showing his inconsistency. As he is a large manu- facturer a reduction of rates would help him, but he falls to say the prod net of his mills would be cheaper. The education of our children Is an impor- fant matter, but he did not mention the matter. as that would have been coming too close home. Tc is about the most inconsistent man be.ore the people in Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
MT. Conner Issues an Address.

Talladega Mountain Home.
 Hon. B. B. Comcr, candid Lte for Gov ernor, has issued an address to the Democratic voters of Alabema, a great State that has all the needs and com and prosperous commonwel |. n. Te treats fully of the issue when involve s the regulation of railway and other similar rates and well does he :nil portant subject which is engaging the mind of the entire country. And that there is vast roolo for reform along this line no one VII deny. So far, so
 But. alas. so imbuad with the spirit of regulating ti.e railroads is most mos casual way mention any other in- terest In the State. This address, wa suppose. is Mr. Corners most conser- vative idea of the needs of our State. IL Is not the production of a heated political discussion, but a careful and studied product given the people ar Alabama through the press, The taxes, immigration, Confederate pen sions, agricultural interests. financial interests and the numerous phases of State government. have no considera- ton at his hands. He holds up his de- liant and dictatorial manner and dis- credits every institution and individ- ual who fails to fall in his wake and to a pitch so high that nothing else nan be heard. To his opponent, Dr. Russel M. Cunningham, MT. Conner con- cedes no honesty of intention or con- viction, and brands him as an moon sistent politician dominated by the raii- roads To Dr. Cunninghams friends and supporters he accords the same shortcomings.
 Thus we see the temperament and dominating characteristics of the man who would ask for the votes of the people of Alabama to elect him to the highest office within their gift. But. we don't believe the people will do it. They will vote for a man who has more Ideas than one, for man 1ren, for the needy Confederate sol diers for measures that will promote the prosperity and happiness of our people; for the education of the youth that they may become intelligent ctii- zens and solve problems of State by ca stinr an Intelligent ballot.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06

ming for the legislature in their re- spectfve counties what disposition they propose to make of the large surplus said to be in the State treasury. This is almost as important a. question as railroad rate regulation. The public schools in the towns and country dis tricts and the old soldiers should most certainly get the larger share of 1t, but strenuous efforts will be made to get the lions share of it for more fav- pred and less needy objects Let's keep our eyes open,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
A New Game.
Columbia Breeze.


 new game has cropped out called '"The Editor" and a country weekly tells about it. Take sheet of ordin- ary writing paper. fold nicely, enclose a banknote sufficiently large to pay all arrearages and one year in advance. eyes on him. and if a smile adorns his face, 1t works fine and dandy Now Is the time to plan the joke; 1t beats ping pong, pit and finch all hollow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
AIabama's Timber Supply.

NEWb.
 Perhaps one-half of the merchant able hardwood timber of this state has been cut. and the standing half will last possibly twenty-five years The state, at the end of a generation, will be timberless, unless indeed we adopt a policy of timber culture or forestry extended to every one of the sixty seven counties of Alabama. This is worth thinging about
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
A HumilIatIng RefIection.

fidTIIOTu VOuTdnI
 It is a mighty humiliating reflection on honest production to find the ''Bos- ton News Bureau calling attention to the remarkable fact that MT. C. D. Bor- den of Fall River, the great manufac- turer, has made his millions follow ing strictly his business as a manu- facturer," and not by the floating of corporations or manipulation of stocks Think 1t over
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
Just Try It On.

LeIBnIOn NeWB.
 The mayor of Selma has had five or six ''young-men-a n-about-town" arrested and fined on the charge of vagrancy, because they toll not, neither do they spin" If the same rule were adopted in some other towns we know of eith- CT the city treasury would be filled to overflowing or the population of the towns greatly reduced.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
It's None of Their Bustne,.,

Bullock County Breeze.
 People frequently inquire of the edi- tor where we received our information concerning such and such a person, also who wrote this article or that. To against the rules of a newspaper oflce and our friends and patrons will please hear this in mind and not annoy us with inquiries. We always stand ready to correct a wrong or mis-statement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06

There is considerable human nature in this world" remarks the Washing ton Post and proceeds to exemplify the statement by showing that negroes in the North are no better protected from violence than they are down South Human nature or what not, the color line is as plainly drawn in one section as in another when a real test comes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
Afraid of Publicity.

GdQSQen Times News.
 The Republicans in Congress are shy of the Gaines bill requiring publicity of campaign contributions and expen- ditures. They are evidently afraid that publicity would cause the trusts to sue for divorce from the G. o. P,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06

VI
 Since the lynching fever has spread so rapidly in the States above the Ma son and Dixon line. the sentiment against 1t seems to be growing in the South and the officials are becoming more active than ever to put down the mob spirit by arrest and prosecution of the participants.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
Danger In Bucket shop.

The arrest Of Gordon DuBose and the two Attalla bankers is but other evidences of the danger of cotton specu- lation. The Alabama bankers, recent ly in session here. told nothing but the truth about this evil in their resoiu- tions. Let the country put its condem- nation upon bucket shops.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
Aldermen As Repeater..

If the members of the City Council will refer to the records" said citl- zen. they will find fire escape ordi- nance has been on the books of 2ie city for years.
 Tt was in 1889, I think, when it was passed, and Jim Screws, who was then chief of the fire department, made a report of the buildings that would come under the provisions of the ordi- nance. Doubtless by referring to the index of ordinances. passed 1t can be found. "
 Tt seems to me the Aldermen would make their labors more effective if they would familiarize themselves with the laws of the city. There Is a dog ordinance practically the same as has just been introduced.
 There cannot be any good reason for loading the city code with repeated ordinances"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
Time VIII Tell.

ThomasVille Echo.
 The Canebrake Herald has refused to name a single paper that has been "subsidized" into supporting Dr. Cum ningham. and gets out of it by saying that it does not want to make any of its friends feel Embarrassed" and that positive evidence is hard to get. As- sertions never elected man to any office. The Herald asserts that "the masses want to see MT. Conner elected. ." We will find out on August 27 who the masses" want.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-06
Respect the Law.

MGIGHfy.
 Whenever a prisoner is in the hands hands of the law itself and respect and reverence for the law should be suffi- cient guard for his protection. There should be a determination on the part of all law abiding citizens to set their faces toward an Increased respect for the law and the enforcement of its penalties, or else we will get into all