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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
NEW YORK POLITICS.
William R. Hearut Expected To Be
 Independent Candidate.


 Independent Candidate.
 wniiamn K' sh Hearst according to re- port, Is not to be renoininated Tor Congress In the Eleventh District. Thomas F. Smith. Secretary or Iamnda- nst Hearst. The district is Democratic by 2 good majority. Mr. Hearst has been member of the Fifty-eighth ana rlr- ty-ninth Congresses, his last plurality having been 9.661.
 serday that on July 4. either in New York City or Syracuse. he would os nominated as an independent candidate for Governor They say he. has pe- come convinced that he Will not pe s,a ssRen up by the regular pemSera1c ,es,Ss inc formation indicates that the regulars Will nominate either Mayor Adam of Bpnaio, ex.Judge D. Cady Herrfck of Albany. who made the race in iyO4, or District Attorney Jerome e,sd or ,,sns Msw for Governor the conservative. Demo crats expect to win with their man, and expect that tna Republican canoi. dates will come second and Mr Hearst last fn the race.
 Cord Meyer. chairman of the pemc- cratic. State Committee, Is to call the committed. together on or about May 15 and resign as chairman. ana ex-hep- resentative Francis Burton Harrlson is to be elected in his place. The con ing the state for weeks past, and # was their testimony yesterday mat IT Mir. Hearst Is eating Into any vote tt Is the Republican vote. The evldence was, ft was added that the kepubli- fneuvering of Chairman odel1 and are looking to his retirement as state Chairman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
Letters to the Editor.
A TRUE nxpRpssIor.
Sentiment of Conservative ThInkfu~
 People of the State.
Eclectic, Ala, April 90. 1sos.


 Eclectic. Ala, April 30. 1906. know that aoyea your able and m inlinsedntisaii lisd si Dsspsr P r Is, Is supporting the genial docto- he will make Alabama true, consci- entlous. able ana conservative Cover nor. have been reading and study stum~ in his campaign for the nonii- nation. and have been induc- CT by said study, to believe prejudicss. would p not Ia be a safe s person. soa sql 10 IoIluo5 sAIlnosxs uI sopId ol snairs of our great and prosperous In his race for chairman of the Rail. road Commission, l gave him my free and hearty support, believing that by nis business tact energy and zeal he M e spr anS abuses of ra road Transportation, that might oc- cur within his Jurisdiction as head of saiu commission. But according to his own administration. he has proven an absolute failure, so far as advocated py .h.m him m his race for commissioner IT IT tnis pc true. how will 1t mend the on1es purely and solely executive in it's True. he might recommend iegisla- commission. but he could go no fur. ther Now, believe that Doctor Cum ntingnam ItIg IS as sincere. and conscien: tIous Tn his advocacy of necessary rail servative lines, as Mir. Conner can pos- sfbiy be, and if Governor would be as likely to advise and recommend the necessary legislation as would MT. Co- mer.
 With Cunningham Governor, we would have, not a novice. an untried man in charge of the business and executive affairs of our great State, but man who knows some things of the duties and responsibilities, by actual experience. of the great office to which he honorably aspires. Further more Doctor Cunningharn's record in the various official capacities in which he has served the state, shows him to be man of broad statesman like views and feel that we can safely and with honor to ourselves elevate him to the exalted office of Governor for the next four years. Nor am I by myself in these views, for the Doctor has hosts of friends In this section of the community and he will get a fine vote here.
 Yours truly.
 R. w. Knox.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
Al Exasserator Caught Up With.

Tn his report of the Hon. Hoke Smiths recent speech at Carroiilon, Ca, the correspondent of The Atlanta
 Tn order to hear the. speech the people brayed one of the hardest rain storms of the season. There was perfect deiuge shortly before the speaking began, and this continued with urabated fury during part of the time the candidate occupied the rostrurn. from which he spoke.
 Now comes The Carrollton Times which. in commenting upon The Jour to the readers of the Journal to learn that during this hardest rain storm O, the season, and the, perfect deluge. as we'll as throughout the entire twen- ty-four hours from six o'clock Sunday evening until six o'clock Monday even ing, the government official rain guaEe showed a rainfall slightly less than two-tenths of one inch! This rain guage Is situated less than zoo yards from the public square.
 we have had according to the same guage as much as 2.05 rainfall dur Ing twenty-four hours this season. Just what purpose actuated the writer to make such an exaggerated statement we can not conceive. This editor was out in the rain. most of the time With out an umbrella and thought nothing of 1t. as were hundreds of others de- spite the 'deluge.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
William c. oates.

ErsIey Enterprfse.
 There Is no man in the State of Alabama that holds a warmer place in the hearts of his fellow citizens than Gov, William C. Oates. who has an- nounced his candidacy for the alternate senatorship from this State. He is a man that has discharged with honesty and ability every trust that has been confided to him. As a commander of troops in the Lost Cause he was brave diers; as a member of Congress. he was ever watchful of the interests of the people of the State of Alabama As governor his administration was excellent. Such a man would undoubt- edly reflect honor upon the State should he succeed in obtaining an election to the United States Senate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02

If Father sherman, son of the late c neral sherman. wants to march through Georgia over the route fol- lowed by his father in 1s64-65. he has as much right as anybody else to do so. When, however. he is given an escort of United States troops there is an im- piled insult to the people of the coun- try which he will traverse. and the President, if he is responsible for such an arrangement, has made an- other of his ridiculous blunders. Fa- ther sherman ought to go along like any other ordinary citizen. hire his own conveyances and go his own gaits. He would be perfectly safe. He is not entitled to the consideration of an arred escort. Such performances are not calculated to sweeten the temper of those against whom 1t is supposed this escort is provided.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
NforettI.

Talladesa Mountain Home.
 Moretti promises to be magic word for Talladega. No one can appreciate tbis iiee The Home which feels the pulse of the State through its numerous exchanges
 Since Bruce Kennedy's well coneeiv- Advertiser on Moretti and his faith In Talladega marble. the papers have taken it up and our town Is getting Teiiadega, Moretti and Marble.
 Mark itl We put Talladega first. You do the same.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02

Because the African tn the United States, when released from slavery. did not prove to be a capable citizen, and because the bowling abolitionist newspapers of the 1S60-1Ss0 period are now denouncing their own partisan records as foolishness and insanity. Filippinos are incapable of self govern ment?
 The black man in the south at the close of the Civil War was unfit to be a voter. Every intelligent man ought to have been able to see that such was the fact But the aboutionists who
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
nn. nf the Grent Men.

Augusta fIia) Tribune
 Hobson Is real hero but he is more than that. He IS very able man, Tn varin,1s ways he has demonstrated his ability. AS naval constructor he ac- compiished great things, so that the government tried its best to hold him won national fame, in field in which intellectual giants contend. Tn action and in thin king this young Alabamian Is one of the great men of the time1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
Imnroner QuestIon.
MashinRtn

w WdSHllBlOn county Times.
 People frequently inquire of the ed itor where we received our informa- tion concerning such and such a per son; or who wrote this or that article. To ,mpart information along this line is against the rules of a newspaper office, and our friends and patrons will please bear this in mind and not annoy us with inquiries. We always stand ready to correct a wrong or misstata- mCnt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
Don't Need such Advice.

JUUTNNT,
 The average negro doesn't need the advice of Ida Wells Barnett to carry a pistol and "anticipate the white man's deviltry. There are too many negro pistol toters already for the good of the race; The colored man will never shoot his way to a higher plane Of civilization and the less attentIon he pays to the pistol and the more to the shooHYel and pick, the mo- progress he will ma Ike
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
Let Them Celebrate.

f1uHISVITIe MerCufy.
 The Birmingham Ledger is disposed to criticize the friends of Capt Hobson for their exhuberence of joy over his election. Let the boys shout, it was d hard won victory and naturally they are elated over 1t and probably a llt- tie indiscreet in some of their express sions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
That Hotel in OueIiIxa.

Tt Is a certainty that we are going to build a hotel at Opelika," said a member of the United Commercial Trav- elers yesterday. Our committee has recently been to opelika and we now have the purchase of suitable site hn- der consideration.
 ''In a short time we expect to com plete a deal for this property or other that might be more desirable. Then 1t will not be long before the erection nf the hotel will begin. .
 ''1'he hotel will be modern and 1t will be adequate. especially to meet the de- mands of the travelling public. We pio- pose to expend about $25.0O0 and that should build a good hotel In a town of that size"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
It'n Here N0M..
Birmingham News.

NtWs.
 Much to the satisfaction of the public the time Is approaching when Prophet Dowie will cease to make any further bids for notoriety In other words he will be SD completely down and out that his interviews will not be accepted except at ro~ular advertising rates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
OYer Cnnfidence.
Jackson SOiit

Q eN hsVII oUUIII AIdDdIIIIdII.'
 Over confidence is said to be the main cause for the defeat of Col Bank head, as his friends never counted on anything but success for Bankhead It is further proof that 1t does not pay to under-rate your opponents strength. That has caused a lot of men to wake up with a surprise in store for them
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
THAT rNHrRIrANcp rAx.

CpHoiuefS or hoOSeHeits s inner1tdnce tax proposition have been somewhat worried because of the opinion held by eminent lawyers that such a tax would be a direct tax and hence it would be in violation of the Constitu- tion. However. some man who has been delving among the musty records of the past has unearthed an opinion rendered by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Knowlton vs. More which has braced them up considerably In that opinion the court held that an inheritance tax '1s not right to devise property. and hence is not a direct tax in the meaning of the Constitution"
 This, it occurs to us. while 1t may relieve such a measure of the charge of unconstftutionality. only renders 1t more objectionable. Leaving out the legal and constitutional aspects of the matter we cannot conceive how the government can have any moral right to interfere with a mans right to dis pose of his property by will. If it can do that can 1t not also tax the property if he gives it away during his life time? And can it not also tax gifts and bequests of any other na- ture. such as those Carnegie and oth- CTS make? In short, if bequest made by will Is taxable will not one made in person come under the same head?
 The Chicago Journal, in its anxiety to uphold the President. declares that under the common law and under the laws of all civilized nations. there is no such thing as a natural right to and all modern laws hold with it., that property can be owned by a man only during his lifetime, and that. upon his death, 1t reverts to the nation. un- less the privilege is granted. by the government, to bequeath 1t to his heirs It is true that this privilege has al- ways been granted, but no principle Is better established than that it Is only a privilege and not a right"
 Tn plain words, The Journal takes the position that the government has the right to take the entire estate of any person on the death of that per- son and prevent any portion of 1t go- Ing to the heirs. We apprehend that what the Roman or any other des- potism may have done in olden times will hardly be taken as a precedent for the people of this free Republic to follow. We have not yet reached the point where we are ready to submit to the theory that might makes right
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02

The May issue of surm's Statehood Magazine shows Uncle Sam gazing through a telescope at a large and brilliant star labelled "Oklahoma' and saying to the President, That is an unusually bright star Theodore" We fear the old gentleman will need a stronger glass to see that star at any time in the near future.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
RendLng nIographle. .. . stlmuIu..

In the May number of Success, O. S. Marden says: We cannot help living In some degree the lives of heroes who are constantly In our minds. Our lied, shaped, and nodded by the sug- gestlons which are thus held" These statements are quite true, and apply not only to biography but to all other literature as we'll As a man thlnketh. so IS he, as a man readeth. even so doth he think
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
Give the Boys a Chance,

Now Is the time when all good and bad office boys have summary calls to the bedsides of sick relatives and take an unwonted interest in the sports col umns of the daily papers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
One Consolation.

Bullock County Breeze.
 We find only one consolation In the San Francisco disaster. It gave tho Atlanta papers something else to get interested in besides the Hoke Smith vs. Clark Howell contest for the gov ernorship of Georgia.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
ghoea From snnke skins.

"One of the most unique things in the line of footwear" said the propri- etor of a Montgomery retail shoe store yesterday, lis the pair of ladies' low They belong to a young woman, nurse at a local sanitarium. The shoes are made from the skin of rattle snake and the best of 1t is that the young woman killed the snake herself. The skin has been well tanned and 1t makes one of the toughest and most durable feathers in existence.
 Besides being durable, The shoe is beautiful because of its oddity. have had a number of ladies to come into my store and ask for a pair of shoes like them, but of course I couldn't accom- modate them."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
WIn Re Watched with Curious Interest totot,p,opd Naws I,eadar

Lieutenant Hobson's career in Con- gross will be watched with curious In- terest He has maintained so much courage and strength, so much weakness. so much ability and so much folly, that everybody will want to veloped finally from all these contra dictions. Therefore. we are glad that MT Hobson will be kept in the public SSe SSye AnE Siven 1S' bim n % tSe opoortmntv m m to see what Is in him after all
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
roIan Coodn.

Editor: See here boy-do You khUV you have your feet on my deskI
 office Devil: Yes sir; put en there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02

That MT. Conner Is not averse to de- liberately misleading the people was never shown in d more palpable way than in card over his own signature which was published in The Advertiser soon after the Gadsden meeting of the Commercial and Industrial Association of the State. It will be remembered
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02

The Columbus Ledger intimates that all the hullaballoo about Gorky Is mere- ly a Russian scheme to advertise the book he is writing. If that is the case they are making a pretty good job of it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02

Texas is suing the Meat Trust for twelve million dollars on account of its alleged violation of the States anti trust laws.,If the company should De forced to pay it we may all expect to pay at least one cent a pound more for our ration of hog.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
Then u CouIdn,t satisfy Them.

bIIIIIfHB HHIII AtuBET.
 The Montgomery Advertiser would have to print verified count of the men who attended the Conner meet ings to please some papers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02

Now we are told that the Senators are tired of discussing the railway rate bill. To this we may add that about all the rest of the people are tired of 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
WHAT ST ATE PA PIERS ARE SAYING
If You want It Ask for It.

Carrolton Alabamian- Herald.
 A rural free delivery route has never been esta blished unless the people ex- pressed the desire for it in the form of a petition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
Getting Along Without Nexroea.

Harttord IImes-J0urnaI.
 We venture the assertion that there are fewer negro farm hands near Hart ford than anywhere else in the South, almost. The white farmers are doing their own work, diversifying their crops, and living at home. Verify, this Is Gods chosen country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
The Octopus Showing Its Teeth.

HuntsVIIIe Mercury.
 As was to be expected, the opposition to the free alcohol bill in the senate is developing. The Rockefeller inter- ests are well cared for in this branch and as he is against 1t. the bill wilt have rough sailing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
Can Hold It over for Two Years.

Birmingham AEe-Herald.
 The Boston Globe says that Hobson Is running for Congress down in Ala bama, but hasn't begun kissing the babies yet. The esteemed Globe should wake up. Hobson is elected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02

The proposition to substitute the American hen for the American eagle As a useful member of society the hen lays all over the eagle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
Hobson Is not a Spring Chicken.

Alexander City outlook
 Tom Hefiin will no longer be known as Kid" of the Alabama delegation in Congress. Captain Hobson, of MerrI- the next Congress.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02

An Atlanta judge holds that a man must obey his wife-"and what differ ence would 1t have made had he de- cided otherwise?" asks Editress Myrick. of The Americus Times-Recorder Hang'd If we know
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02

The Philadelphia Item declares that the South "is still an advocate of free trade" and in the same editorial it says that Southern leaders 'are still advocating, as the Democratic doctrine, d tariff for revenue only" Such pa pers as The Item may be able to re- concile those two statements, but oth- ers cannot. We suppose. however, that anything less than practically pro- hibitlve tax on imports Is free trade to them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02

dead and not know it. but that seems to be the condition of Gas Addicks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02

The happiest time Of maiden Is the day she becomes bride, But the happiest time of a candidate Is when he can point with pride.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02

I think I shant let der boy De an CT.
 oS he's putting false notions in his hnnh
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02

The good old summer time may have been slow getting here but when it did come it was all in.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02

Dr. H. L. Abercrombie of Petrey is visiting the city
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
VIII Handle San FranciscO Supplies

The Traffic Manager advises that the Southern Railway will handle free over It's rails supplies when consigned to authorized parties at San Francisco or other points that have suffered from the recent earthquake. MT. Jno. J. Stevens, the Southern's Soliciting Agent in Montgomery will be glad to give any information desired.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02

Committee why 1t would be imprac- tfcable for government tribunal 70 dx frerfht rates
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
North Montgomery Fire Station.

Tt IS hardly probabIe, said Mayor Teague yesterday, that the fire en- be opened before the latter part of May.
 Tt will be almost impossible to get things in readiness for the commission ing of the station earlier than the end of May, although we had expected to have 1t open by the first of this month. While the engine house itself Is prac- tically completed, still it will take sew eral days to grade and gravel the street in front of 1t and to build a fence around it."
 With the opening of the North Mont then have five engine houses in oper- ation. The West End Station was com missioned on April 1.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02

l' takes a woman who wears false halr to sheer at another because she suspects her figure isn't all her own.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02

Mir. D. NJ Scott of Selma spent lost night in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
DRIFT W 0 o D
BY PHIL H ARMSTRONG
LETTERS OF A CHORUS GIRL,
(No. 25.)

(No. 25.) Dear Name: It's happened as you said Jack and I was regular spliced today. Really Maudie's promised to be good For Jacks the dearest man alive-and
 s--aay.
 It's me for the cOsy flat awhile now Me for the little suite just built for Honest if you're. .pinins dear for fame Get married, tell the stage to just
 Bkedoo. I think hear Jack canning now He's spending money free on he and I. Looks phoney but I'm huhbllng oAer Honest a to isSoodnsss Name hope Ato Next time a bum troupe tempts mo
 from my home Twill be when l am crazy or asleep I tell you what never want to. room As long as Jack his little Maude can
 keep.
 Here's goodbye to the oysters and the The siIItssGGins litter show is all a big darn Be sure and look us up when you So iong-me for married life. Curtain.
 Maud.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
First Month of New Hotel.

We have just passed our first on1 tbs New saa Manages Hcsey go,e eI has been open to the public just one month and the travelling public has shown a fine appreciation of our efforts to give Montgomery 8 modern hotel, with first-class service and equipment.
 The business has bcen as good as we expected. The building has been full of guests nearly every night since the hotel was opened and believe they have gone away well satified with their treatment here.
 II can scarcely voice my appreciation of and my gratitude to the people of Montgomery for the manner in which I have been received. I have become thorough Montgomerian myself and feel a deep and hearty interest in ev- erything the city and its people are trying to do. If all of us cooperate and continue the enthusiasm and loyal spirit towards our home enterprises that we are showing right now, the 1910 movement cannot be failure."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02

The New Bedford Standard is what we might term a moderate Republican paper, but it is no defender of our present tariff system. It wants Con gress to pass a bill suspending duties on materials needed in rebuilding San Francisco and 1t wants it done part ly for the sake of the San Franciscans themselves, and partly for the sake of the object lesson 1t will give the country in the truth that the tariff can be modified without producing widespread disaster and even to the advantage of the people. Perhaps 1t win even prevent the devastation which is invited by those standpatters who in their obstinate opposition to any change are inviting an experiment with too many and too great changes"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02
Monsyless.
IncOrrigibIe.

Have you known him long,
 Yes; and I've also known bim shor
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-02

Mir. J. R. Eornady, of Birmingham, editor of that clever magazine, Ad- vance, spent last night in Montgomery en route to Mobile. Mir. Hornady, who is one of the brightest writers in the state and has wide acquaintance among newspaper men. expressed great surprise at the progress evident on ev- cry hand in Montgomery.