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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07
HOW THEY ARGUE.

The Butte Inter Mountain Is of the opinion that the effort to impress upon the American people the neees- sity of spending a billion dollars a year upon a sea-fighting force seems to emanate from somebody with high influence in Washington. Then 1t adds;
 A force sufficient for defense will be paid for, cheerfully; but that America needs or would support a force ap- proximately equal to that of Great Britain, few Americans will believe. Disarmament may never come. cur- tailment will come within 8 few years Meanwhile, none of the American eolA onial possessions appear to warrant the output of more than is being ex- pended in defensive. naval operations. 1t is true that Japan might take the Philippines and England our West In- dian possessions; but For Porto Rico and as for Japan, there are ways to get to Tokio.
 We'll, our Montana contemporary must remember that this is a billion dollar administration. and that one of the boasts of the Republicans is that theirs Is "the party that does things" It is an administration of the big stick; of brag,- bluster and bullying. A billion dollars is trifling matter to it and to the party in power. if spending 1t will add anything to their power and influence.
 And it is doubtless true that the idea emanates from some one high in influence in Washington. but 1t has for it's supporters some who are not yet very high but who wish to be so, and who expect to use this fad as ladder to climb up higher. There is A great deal of self-eoneeit in the American people, They like to think of themselves as just a few notches abeve all the rest of creation. and if they can't reach their ambition in no other way why not spend 6 billion Q year in building bigger ships than any other nation has? The fact that it will be practically impossible to keep up the work of outclassins them Aa q matter of little importance in the,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07

the Third ward, left yesterday. after- noon for a brief business trip to New York in the interest Of the hrm ot which he Is a member. He e&pecks 70 return home In week or ten days.
 % 6 & Mfr. o. H. Warren of GeorBian@' came to Montgonery yesterday.
 4 % ss Judge 6. L. Brewer came to Montgom- cry yesterday from Tuskegee.
 sR Ef & Mr. D. A. Summers of Summerdale is Montgomery visitor
 6 g S< Mir. D. Harrison of Birmingham is q guest at the Imperial Mfr. V. B. currie of Birmingham is in the Capital City. Mir. 4. A. MOoty of Roanoke is at Mabson's Hotel. MT. Norris Morganstein of opp is in Montgomery.
 Mir. U, Guy. Park Is in MOntgonery from Selma. x, MT. B. W. Hsas os Brantl.y |. in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07

sstsnnation of the bss-shippess. for. 1t we build the biggest one and an- other nation goes us one better we must beat 1t. of course. That IS the program of the high steppers in naval affairs.
 The alleged fear that if we do not have navy strong enough to over awe all the world Japan may take the Philipines. England the West Indian holdings and some other power take Guam is q poor defence for the suuan- dering of millions on a navy. It might be the best thing that could happen to this country if Japan would take the islands and keep or sink them: It would relieve our government of q most unwholesome mess which, has been constant worry ana expense and bids fair to continue so' Tn short. all the arguments for big warships are witbout anything to stand on.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07
TODAY IN HISTORY.

Name Day: EngeIbert. Sun rises at s;57;
 isOs-Ths Hals Moon. under Henry Hud; mouth, England whence ho forwarded tid- tiiscoyeries disc to the directors of the East India Company at Anlsterdap.
 1ses-Thlsd frame of goyernment ef
 I75S-Lord bunmors declared Virginia to be in a state of Febelliqn; he proclaimed martial law. and invited the slaves to join -. Ise57-Lewis and clarke,s party arrived ct the mouth of the Columbia River in sight
 isIi-SBattis of Tippecanoe; the IAdiaus under the Shawnee prophet, brother of Ter cumseh were defeated I.o sy 1hs uniteq @ states is diana lost 800 killed; Americans lost 1ss killed and wounded.
 American under General Jackson, who kept possession of 1t until the BpaniardS could obtain sufficient force to Haintain their
 ls29-Five hundred troops arrived at Tamplco, Mexico from New Orleans an anti-slayery newspaper, destroyed for tbe third time at Alton, H.. by the mob. The Rev. Elijah P. LoveJoy. the editor. was
 islS--Wiliam McPheeters, a, distinguished American divine, and for many years a suc- cesstui teacher of youth, died at Raleigh 1sIs--Agreeabiy to an act Of the Ameri- can Congress all the States voted for elect ors for President and Vice-President.
 S1S7i--s2. .0besQ00 received in and of the Chicago sufferers
 IsT4-The religious press was discussing the probability of schism in the Baptist Church over the question of open or closed communion.
 19O4-United States Supreme Court up- held Wisconsin antitrust law in case of three Milwaukee papers which had combin- ed against a third one.
 (service by American Press-News, Wash ington. D. c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07
DRIFTWOOD
sY PHIL H. ARMSTRONG
.Ief fI.e ar.nnI.lne TrIlI

Let the Sunshine Filter. Dey ain't no use or growlin' Cause de clouds am in dc sky. De sunshine am prowlin'
 Back behind 'em kinder shy. So des shout halelujah .. Kinder let de sunshine
 Filter through 70 soul. Dey ain't no use a-kickin' Don't worry cause yer shoes worn out An shows yer naked hoef. Des you keep smilin' Kinder let de sunshine
 Filter through 70 soul.
 EKis Answer. mound bgaiilders compare com are With With the S s9s srs chitecLure Of the modernsT An, # was rotten--they didn.t be- long to the unfop He--I have only known you ten min . utes. but adore you--will you fly she-Nos I think you're fly enough.
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 Notice. The editor of this paper thinks that there ts< no man so mean on this here
  his paper. eusses out the little sheet and then borrows his neighbor's. We wouldn't give him drink if he was ssne ens on bit yo1s a Sosa Ts sEs Ghrist5 tSs nel Democrat.
 Whyf Why is woman afraid of a mouse Is a mystery to me I declare. Why is a woman afraid of mouse When she weareth a rat fin her hair.
 New ORe. Your daughter has such taking ''Well. I should say so-she's taking more magazines than we can afford. !"
 Don't YOuP Don't you think certain kinds of plays have Q tendency to elevateT indeed I do--these real heart dramas with ehiii music make my hair stand
 A Difference. .T hear Jones said he will quit drink Yes; but he was drunk when he
 Get Ready. Fatten up your turkey for the day The day that I aIiude to Is the great
 Thanksgiving Day. Fatten up your turkey For the skies are getting murlky. Fatten up your turkey right away. Fatten up your turkey--and think about
 your blessing- Think about your blessing while you
 think about the dressing. Skies are getting murky, Getting cool and time for turkey Fatten up your turkey right away.
 Ss Se %
 Mince Pie Days. Oh, the dear old mince pies mother made
 It throws me in a trance. And 1t starts my recollecticns On the backward track to dance. Oh, the dear old mince pies mother
 made F What memories they awake. (The dear old mince pies mother made That made my stomach ache. Oh, earth 1t has no treasure like The minee pie days now gone. And oftentimes wonder how can yet live on. It is enough to make most any Body wonder why I still live on who used to eat Dyspeptic hot Ihince pie.
 Se Se iS Happiness is found in such unex- pected places that it is often nothing but little peasant girl barefoot and ragged,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07
A MARROW VIEW.

Under the heading. .worksr or TAlker? The Kansas City Journal has an article in which it declares that "the curse of American government by representatives is that the men who are elected to office consider as general rule that they owe the peo- pie no return foR the honor conferred, that their own merit has won it's re- wafd and that they have nothing to do but to look wise and draw the salary. what the people need. most Is con- seientious, practical men who will not accept the rewards of politics without doing the work: who will endeavor in a common sense business way to serve the people who hire them pre- cisely as they would expect hired man to serve them; who will do eff fective work to earn their pay"
 All through the editorial there runs a thread of reasoning which indicates that in the opinion of The Journal the first and paramount duty of member of Congress is, to serve. his immediate constituents Thls strikes US as rather narrow view to take of a public man. 1t is true that Congressman Is elected by the voters of one dis trict, and 1t is also true that he Is expected to look after the interests of his immediate constituents but as we view it his first and highest duty Is to the country at large and to all his own state.
 There are two classes of Congress- men whom we look upon as equally derelict in their duties as public men. One is the man who seems to feel that the destinies of the entire nation and of all the people have been committed to his care. He neither knows nor cares anything of home needs or re- quirements but apparently goes on the assumption that his own district can look out for itself while he takes care of the country at large. If his im- mediate constituents want anything fhey must appls eisewhersi he is too busy saving the, country to waste time with small matters.
 Opposed to this manner of Con- gressman is the one who can see nos thing beyond the district he repre- sents. To him his election is 6 barr gain. by which, in return for their votes, he sdeyotes all his time to local interests and cares nothing for the general good. Neither of these classes is of the kind of which the most use- full representatives are made. but of the two we prefer the former, for he is at least broad-minded enough to see beyond his own district.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07
FHn Nnw ronK nrnrtrrnn.


 Elections were held in forty-two States yesterday. In twenty-three Governors were chosen. and in all. except three. which had voted pre- viously, congressmsn were elected. It Is. however. a fact that more interest was felt in the New York election than any other. It was spectacular fight from start to finish. and political alignment was cast aside every where. It Is one of the strange events in the political history of New York that the old city proper. should have given so small . majority to Hearst. It shows that even in the house of his supposed friends he was mercilessly betrayed.
 There are . great many things com nected with this New York election which have never come to light. but it is possible all the inside dealings of Tammany Hearst and others will be given the benefit of full publicity. The papers owned by Hearst are not ltke- iy to spare those who may have pro- missed him support and at the last moment turned against him. The re- suit ought to show MT, Hearst that he cannot carry the State and that his Presidential aspirations are blasted. win 1t do SO. is the question. If he concludes to continue his pursuit of the Presidency the public may soon look for his open opposition to Mir. Bryan. Lively times are ahead. but the Democratic party we fear will not be the gainer by the strife.
 It is interesting to note that Rooss- velt's majority over. the Democratic candidate for Governor of. New York in 1898 was only I7.7se and odeli's majority over coier Democrat in 1903 was only S.s03.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07
SAN FRANC1sco's SCANDAL.
Discovery of Graft in City GOvernmen
 Arouses Public Wrath.

Discovery of Graft In City Government
 Arouses Public Wrath.
 Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 The people of San Francisco are en- gagged in a struggle to free themselves of as hateful a bondage as was ever forced upon a community. For many years the government of the munich palIty has been corrupt. 1t has been headed by good mayors, such as El- lert, Sutro and Phelan, buE they were ineffective in more than Temporarily checking the shameless boodlers.
 Party lines have virtually disappear ed from San Francisco. Control Is not by but in the name of, organized la bori and docking to thls stanaard, the swept aside the opposition of decency. They elected Schmitz, member of the Musicians' Union, as mayor, and he Is serving a third term. Early in his ca- reer he chose as his intimate adviser one Abe Ruef, a lawyer of unsavory repute, and from that instant the power of Ruef has increased until, in all save name, he is the chief executive. con- trolling the police and fire departments, dictatIng appointments, awarding con- tracts, and fixing the personnel of ad- ministrative bodies.
 ale of the Schmitz regime has fallen to the Ruef level Official rascality has become bold ,and in looking after the booty the officials have neglected their engaged In the sordid crime of theft, more or less open, the avowed crimi- nal has been left without restraint, and there has followed an unprecedent- ed outburst of murder and robbery, un- til neither life nor property is safe.
 Somewhat accustomed to being footed by politicians of the Ruef school ,the citizens were aroused to anger at the unbridled sway of violent crime and became of mood to clean out the re- sponsibile rascals. Schmltz. who had in a measure won public esteem by his devoted and f-sacrlficing course af- ter fine calamity of last April, had in the meantime gone to Europe In his absence Acting Mayor Gallagher, a that worthy such authority as remain ed with the office.
 The storm of indignation began to take definite form when suspicious arose that relief funds had been ap- noItionsgi among the freebooters, and srannhise rights had been bartered by Ruef Adolph SpreclSels. private cit Izen of large means, announced that he would adVance S100yOOO to bring about an investigation and secure the pun ishment of offenders rFancls J' Honey, prosectuor of the oregon land thieves, Syas retained to assist District Attor- nev Iangdon. A grand jury was sum nOned and was expected to return i'm dictments,. and of these the indictment of Ruef were expected to head the Sist At this critical moment Gala Iber arbitrariIy deposed Langdon. dis Snissed Hsney ,and named Ruef as dis trict attorney. This un5peakable trav- estv famed popular anger to a furor. TudRe Graham, by retraining From ae- Enowiedging the legality of the change. nrobabIy saved himself from the frenzy of the mob that quickly gathered, Judge geawell issued an order ahrogatlg the order of Gallagher. Thus the matter stands in, the troubled cityS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07
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4 WEAK DEFENCE.

Perhaps enough has been said about the Pitfsburg judge who sent man 10 jail for saying, "To hell with the President of the United States" but The Chicago Tribune In an excess of loyalty for It's President undertakes the defence of the judge in this fash ion:
 'Tn condemning the incautiousiy 5ail for voieing the ohnoxipns sentl- reed his diity or offend the popular sense of justice Divinity does not hedge the chief executiye of this coun- encompass an emperor or a king, and his position does not exempt him from aignlfied criticism or even reproach But the proper spirit Of the people, Feasonabie respect for high place. and . public law Of courtesy should pro- feet him from such coarse utterances Rs are likely. to bring not only him but hally was this emphaaized by the cap-' tain who assailed the president sby place and not by name. One hour for sngs was light punishment for an Cffense that would serve as q dange- pus precedent sf allowed to go unre-. as not jeopardized by drawing the line 9arefully between criticism and yulsar. Bmbuse.s s
 However The Tribune may try to be- | fog the issue. the truth seems to be. that 1t holds that the uailoF's rRal' crime did not consist in the language used, or in the place in which 1t was uttered, but in the fact that the words referred to Roosevelt. That a man ! should not use such an expression about any other man is true enough, but The Tribune knows that 1t is fre- quentIy done and that 1t is not eonsid- cred a prison offense. unless made a rnisdemeanor in consequence of the place where the language was used or in presence of those who might have been disturbed by it. That 1t is a viola tion of law to speak dlsrespectfully of 6 President is something new in this country and shows how far we are drifting from original Ideas of government and of the personal free- dow of the people. If the methods of the aubOcracy are to prevail in this country 1t is time the people should know M so that they may not com init offences against the rulers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07
nsnsat. from MT. Root,n Trip.

lNeW OfIeans FICAyUHt-
 It is not to be denied that a general feeling of dislike IT not of hostility, Americans, but it has to a great extent heen assuaged and dispelled by the visit of Secretary Root to the various countries south of us. Now is the time for our people to follow up the ad- vantages gained by MT. Root and it shouid be done in a systematic and in- teI!igent way, by reforming our bear ina fo our neighbors and seeking trade on a basis of mutual benefit. One re- otiirement is to learn the Spanish and French languages, and for business In Brazil the Portugese is necessary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07

It is not too late for The Advertiser to express its appreciation of the splendid Homecoming number of Ad- vance. the clever magazine published in Birmingham with J. R. Hornady as editor. This edition of Advance is a real achievement, an achievement that reflects the greatest credit upon the staff of the magazine. There is much of value in the magazine for its read CTS and much of interest to every patriotic citizen of the State. The cover design, showing the great seal cs the State affixed to a pink ribbon triumph of the decorators art. AL. together the magazine Is worthy or Preservation in every Alabama homo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07

This queer item is from London paper: Every sympathy -must be felt for the duchess of connaught against whose car boy. ran the other even- ing and was so injured by the impact as to have soon died" It-does not ap- pear that the Duchess was hurt or that her car was damaged. yet all are expected to feel sympathy for her because a boy bumped her car. Why not save e little sympathy for the boy and his family?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07
Reo.evelt aa Cltlnen ana I.Eealdsnt.

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 Some day, perhaps. Secretary Taft viii explain to the people; .of the Uni President to have a dual personality one for use in the West the other for use in the East-ln political con tests Probably he will also be good enough to make 1t clear to those who have not minds which can solve great mysteries how Mir. Roosevelt can be anything but President flooSeyelt- anything but the Chief Magistrate of this nation; anything but the highest offlcial in the land--so long as nc holds his commission as such from the peo. Die. Can Mir Roosevelt send a mes Sage to the people of Idaho which does not carry the weight ana force of his oficial personality? Was 1t not his purpose to give the message far great ar importance than would rave att tached to 1t had 1t emannteo from Mir Rooaevelt before his election to the Presidency, when he was, in fact priyate citizen of New York? Of course, when the President is on a hunting expedition he does not speak to his companions or to his dogs in his capacity of President or the Uni ted States But f. ln the C. urse of the chase, he should make speech at a crossroads meeting either on inter national or national politics, he would be held accountable as nlef Magis- trate, and not as a private citizen en- loving a vacation
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07

Mir. Samuel ". Mccall, writing in The Atlantic Monthly, refers to the present and growing usurpation OF power by the President. and says that eunless there is scrupulous and re- strained exercise of these enormous powers. the presidential oiEice becomes e formidable engine for throwing the whole mechanism of the constitution out of gear. The practical absorption of the great prerogative of congress has gone as far as it can be permit ted to go with safety to our system of government" All we'll enough, but who will bell the cat7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07

The statement that q woman in New York threw burglar to the floor and sat down on him doesn't impress The San Antonio Express very much. It intimates that this burglar was not the only man to be sat on by a wo- man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07

About the hardest jolt the Ameri- can House of Lords" has yet receiv- ed comes from Hrs. Burton, wife Of the convicted Senator. She declares that she is rather glad her husband was sent to prison. because, she says, s'it removes him from association with the trust-tainted Senate" Now if the Senators refuse to be good 1t is their own fault.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07

If Sir Thomas Lipton is SO anxious to beat this country on water why does he not undertake to go beyond Peary's record in the Arctic? That swoula hola him for a. time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07

=. : m a Nphse Circulation Manager q Nne MonkMnxnary Advertiser, being duly sWosn' The SsrewofnB statement of The Aaysr- Ns48rW ciren1mtEon for the month 0k A1S1sr x4Aas fa &rske and correct. and compheo a- fe& all returns from news boyA pews ngsutgs spoiled and laft-eyer cop1ss n~'o hnRn dsdnefeA rIe.a,.tson M0SMf Manassr Nwoxn so and subscribed before me this 21fh day oe September 1908.
 Notary Public
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07
WILL HE TRY AGAINs

The Washington Times alludes to what 1t calls "commandsr Peary's Tri- umph.e as "a briiliant fsats sud per- haps 1t is proper to 50 regard it. for he went farther North than any other has done. so far as we have any record, True. he only went about thirty-two geographic miles further than the Duke of Aibruzzl did. but that Is not a small matter. The Tines says'
 Arctic exploration has cost hundreds of lives; scores Of them even since the day the iil-fated party of Sir John Franklin, Yet it is not the cold that other hand men commonly are very healthy while In the far north. Ae- cfdents and deprivation are far more dreaded than the cold The long night to distraction and almost to mutiny, for they can do nothing but wait.
 Commander Peary's brilliant show ing will doubtless assure that he will attempt, and his chance ought to be excellent, provided always that weafh- CT conditions favor him. As to this, the greatest element In the whole game 1t IS all pure gambling,
 There is no probability that the search will be abandoned, because human beings do net know what Is absolutely impossible, and the dis covery of the Pole offers such g. Nre- ward In the way Of fame and triumph over others. and over difficulties, that 1t will never be abandoned while dar- ing and ambition are part of mans nature. No human being knows that the Pole can be reached. but as none knows that 1t cannot. there will con- tinue to be men who will risk life and all else to accomplish the feat.
 No doubt the comparative success of Peary will. as The Times inti- mates, assure him practically uniimit- ed means If he wishes. as he doubtless will. to try another venture Whether another effort will be more successful Is for the future to decide. but we agree that there Is much of gambling In it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07

The Rome Tribune claims that it has poet. and tells us to 'just wait till you hear him sing" Well, trot him out; the elections are over and perhaps we may be able to stand your poet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07
Perfect Legal Proof.

john. I've lost our marriage certih- cate."
 "Oh, never mind; any. of those re- celpted millinery bills win prove the ceremony."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07

Any day tn the year yOa eAn ,oe& .tn$$A ts$A. here and find thts Sworn Det@heo sesrs meat af eiFeuiatisn ofs she preee0A~e , Tho net paid for eirculasion dsrins A"- swat WGs aa follows;