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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31

rotary Taft in advocating tariff re-

rotary Taft in advocating tarin re-
form:
speaking of my individual opinion
and for no one else, ] believe that since
the passage of the Dfngleyl Dill tnere
has been a change In the business con-
ditions of the country, making II wise
and lust to revise the schedules Or
the existing tariff. The sentiment In
favor of a revision of the tariff is
growing in the Republican party. and
in the near future the members of the
PARTY will doubtless be able TO agree
on a reasonable plan.
but the work of the present SEES
sion, which was pressing in its urg-
ency, could never have been accom-
pIished IL there had been introduced
into Congress and the councils of the
party the heated discussions certain
to arise over the questions of the re-
vision of the tariff. How Soon the
feeling in favor of revision shall crys-
taIlize into action cannot be foretold.
but it is certain TO come. and with 1t
those schedules of the tariff which have
inequalities and are excessive VIII be
readjusted.
THE reasonable prospect or revi-
sion of the tariff by the Republican
party on conservative lines should GER
tainiy be greatly preferred by those
who favor revision and yet believe in
the protective system of legislation
which is always threatened by the
incoming of a Democratic Congress
and Democratic administration
under the battle cry: A protective tar
III is robbery of the many for the ,bene-
fit of the few and TO the disaster to
general business which inevitably fol-
lows"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31
state Flower.


South Carolina Is without state
flower. but is not alone in that re-
spect. for many other States have no
flowers for emblems. says The Colum-
bia state 4 list of State flowers re-
Gently published and supposed to he
correct follows: Alabama. soldenrod'
Arkansas aster: California. column
bine; Delaware. peach blossom: Idaho
syringa; Iowa wild rose; Maine, ptnH
cone and tassel: Michigan. apple HOS
som; oklahoma, mistletoe (the last
three states nave adopted the flowers
given by the Legislature of their re-
spective States); Minnesota, moccasin
flower; Missouri. goldenrod: Montana
bitter root Nebraska, goldenrod; New
Jersey, the sugar maple; New York.
rose and sugar maple tree; Oregon.
oregon grape Rhode Island, violet and
maple tree; Vermont. red clover;
washington. rhododendron.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31
Austrinn Police Dogs.

Some interesting experiments were
made recently with police dogs in the
Schwarzenburg park, says a Vienna
report. The animals used were Ger
man sheep dogs, greatly resembling
wolves The dogs proved successful
in carrying messages. They covered
over half a nile in three minutes,
bringing a message from an outpost,
taking back an answer and then re-
turning to headquarters" A trial to
illustrate the use of the animals in
saving drowning persons nearly had
a fatal ending. The victim was drag
ged by dog across the pond in which
the experiment was made. but as the
animal kept his head under the water
the subject of the test was half
drowned when he reached the bank. In
another case a supposed burglar. who
was pursued by one of the dogs. was
so ferociously attacked by the animal
that he had TO be rescued from his
ca ptor. The Archduchess Isabella
after the trial ordered a number of
trained police dogs for the protection of
her family when living in the country
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31
FRIDAY. MAY 81. 1907.

Through The New York World, Col.
John Temple Graves renews his sug-
gestion. made at Chattanooga that the
Democratic National Convention shall
nominate sMr. Roosevelt. In the eyes
of The Houston Post. this proposition
'can be properly designated as a mo-
ton to dissolve the Democratic Party,
for, If the Convention should ever &C.
cept his advice. there would never be
another Democratic Party in this
country worth the name" The Post
reasons well. beyond a doubt. To us,
1t Is strange that an Intelligent man
should put forth such an absurd. I'M
tenable and undesirable proposition
1t seems strange that any man, sf
whatever political faith. should ask
the Democratic Party to completely
stultify itself, turn it's back on all its
history and dishonor the good men
who have led II, by nominating such a
man as Theodore Roosevelt. Mr..
Graves must have brain-storms, or
something of the kind, to lead him to
believe our Party should, or could, do
such a thing. By the way, we suppose
Colonel Graves is not a tobacco user,
as Woodrow Wilson says that chewing
II causes a man to think.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31
Letters to The Editor
County superintendents.
Georgiana, Ala. May 30. 1907.

Georgiana, Ala. May 30. 1907.
Editor The Advertiser
To those uninformed by acqualnt-
ance with cold facts. and correct fig.
ures. some things seen in print present
a very strange sight, and when read
loud produce very confused sounds.
In your issue Of today the foilowin Z;
Superintendent" fell under my eye.
and beginning its perusal, which was
induced by the source, In the hope of
learning something. /! confess to dis
appointment from the very extrava-
First. the writer puts Alabama down
as the only State in the Union that
does not require some qualifications
for the very important place that a
County Superintendent of Education
Second. that Alabama has had men
in this office who could not read and
write" land so far as the law Is con-
cerned she may have now"
Having watched with intense inter
est the steady progress of our public
school system from it's incipiency back
In the forties and fifties. and having
tion in localities where lived during
the reconstruction period. / must con-
tess to surprise at the charges brought
against 1t by The Age Herald.
And while am ready to confess that
political rings do mot always do the
right thing. and that all the men elect
ed to off1ce by them are not immacu-
late. yet l am not prepared to accept
the wholesale charge made by The
Age Herald, that sixty-seven of these
rings will line up against a pending
bill in the Legislature nor can / per-
suade myself to believe that these six
ty-seven rings have succeeded in elect
Ing sixty-seven men who. upon per-
sonal selfish grounds, will oppose a
good law, law proposed, no doubt, by
the legislator to enhance the educa-
tional interest of Alabama, and not as
a thrust at those who have had the
direction of the system, and have done
the very best possible good with the
limited means at their command.
Indictments are very easily found
but far more difficult to sustain.
Into every highway there are many
devious pathways leading. and some OF
these very devious routes lead those
who travel them in the way that leads
into the courts.
Citizen,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31
"This is My 18th birthday"
RedfeId Proctor.

Senator Redfield Proctor whom 1t is
'rumored may soon resign his seat In
the United States Senate in favor of his
son, who is now Governor of Vermont,
was born in Proctorsville, VT, June l.
1881. He began his political career in
1867, when he was elected to the Yer
mont House of Representatives. In
1875 he was elected Lieutenant Cover
nor, and two years later he was elect
ed Governor. He was lieutenant in the
3rd Vermont regiment at the opening
of the civil war. and was later on Cen
eral w. F. Smiths star. After the
war he practiced law and left that
profession to become a merchant. I'm
der President Harrison he was Secre-
tary of War and in that position made
a dne record. He paid particular at
der his influence sites for fortifications
were purchased, money was 1Sn = t, oI.i +.
and mines. the great gun factory at
waterviiet was taken for the manu-
measure for similar guards Of the ma
TONS safety were adopted. Since 1891
he has represented Vermont in the Sem
ate,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31

punciation and meaning. and 80 many
that are spelled differently and nave
the same sound, that the best of US are
likely to go astray. and he who sets
out TO correct others may need to be
corrected II he isn't very careful If A
spells word in a way that gives the
correct sound and meaning, why should
insist that 1t should be spelled in
some other way? How can B know
that he Is certainly correct?
And the same contention comes up
over the plural forms of various COM
mon nouns. What is the plural of mo-
lasses? of mud? of gold? of silver? and
various other words about which some
Of our Virginia and Carolina contem-
poraries are keeping up heated and
lengthy discussions which have no re-
suit because they fall to convince each
other. What's the use OF 1t all? Bet
ter talk about the weather.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31
Today In History


june i.
1593-Christopher Marlowe. celebrat-
ed dramatist, killed in a quarrel.
1794-Lord Howe defeated the French
In the Bay of Biscay.
1S07-General John Buchanan Floyd,
Secretary of War, born. Died August
26, 1862
1S2e-Thomas w. Ferry. United States
Senator from Michigan and acting
Vice President of the United States
born. Died October IA. 1896.
1S32-Thomas Sumter, last surviving
general officer of the Revolution, dfod
in South Carolina. Born in Virginia,
1894.
1S57-Chinese fleet destroyed by Sir
NJ Seymour and Commodore Keppel
1S65-National fast day proclaimed
for the death of President Lincoln.
1S6S-James Buchanan. fifteenth
President of the United states, died.
Born April 10, 1891.
1S11-Canada issued its first post
cards.
1s79-Prince Louis Napoleon killed
during the Zulu war in South Africa
1S9l-Trial of the Tranby Croft case
begun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31
MASONIC HOME.
For widows and Orphans Likely to De
RuiIf.

Built
Judge j. NJ. Carmichael in Ozark Star
I trust that I may be permitted to
say a few words in favor of the adop-
tion of the amendment to the Masonic
Constitution looking to the establish
ment of a Masonic Orphans and Wild
ows Home. AS may he already under
stood the amendment to the constttu-
ton provides an increase OF dues OF
each Mason to the Grand Lodge of so
cents per annum. This extra amount
of dues Is to be devoted to the es-
Enlistment and maintenance of the
home. The several churches which
have organized orphans home are de-
pendent upon the voluntarily contri-
buttons of the Homes friends to main
tain them There is nothing compul-
sorry about the payment of funds to
MAINTAIN them.
we, as Masons propose to tax each
nf ourselves a fraction less than one
cent a week that is fifty cents per
annum This gives US neat sum upon
which we can always rely and togeth-
with voluntary contributions
which liberal minded Masons VIII
make to the Home will giYh us the
best Institution of its kind in the state.
But some one will say, VIII the volun-
tary contributions be made? I an
awer they will be, beyond question.
Good men everywhere will desire stock
In any concern which proposes TO care
for the widows and orphans aud to
keen the members unspotted from the
world and the contributions Will there
fore come. and all OF us will rejoice
that we did this good work.
There is an orphans home in Eng
land BEGUN by man with two orphans
aud not dollar in money and no smell
Ter aver their heads. The founder
lived he had under his care in the
nome thirtv-flve hundred inmates, and
TIE buildings and equipments We're
worth hundreds and hundreds OF th"n-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31
FOR TARIFF REVISION.
Secretary Taft Makes His Attitude on
Question G'lain.

Washington Special to n. Y. World
Secretary Taft is now squarely be-
fore the country as the tariff revision
candidate for the Republican Presl-
dental nomination. and he is not DIS
turbcd by the denunciation of him by
the Protective Tariff League as a free
trader He regards this characterize
ton as extreme, but he will gladly
accept the challenge of the high pro-
teetionists and go before the country
rs favoring a modification of the tar
III
The Secretary of War said to rep
resentative of The World:
Il am a tariff revisionist. No man
can win the next election who does not
favor changes in the tariff. agree
with the position taken by the Ameri-
can Manufacturers Association. which
recently declared in favor of revi-
sion"
Following is the language OF Sec
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31
The Boston Herald prints the follow
ing special from Washington;

There is much elation in congress
sional circles over claims that the
Presidents successorship campaign is
practically circumvented Several in
fiuential Senators and Representatives
have dropped in" here this week week
York en- route. All are giving about
the same account of the situation. They
say that as far as the prelimlnaries
have taken shape. the President will
not be able to dictate the name of the
candidate They -concede however, that
he may hold a veto power over, the
convention That is. he may have
enough authority to prevent the nomi-
nation going to any one he does not
approve.
That. it Strikes us. is a distinction
without a difference. 1t means, if it
means anything, that although Roose-
welt will not be allowed to tell the
convention whom it shall nominate. he
may tell It whom it shall not nominate
and IT will obey him. Where is the
difference in the end? He is to be the
boss, at last, it appears.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31
WHAT Is TIE TSEt

If there is one thing more unprotit-
able, and unconvincing than another,
it is the discussion on the subject of
English grammar that some of our be-
loved brethren of the press are con-
tlnually indulging in. Possibly it is
because they have nothing better to do.
but some of them keep up a hammer
and tongs controversy about the con-
struction of sentences, the spelling of
words, the plural of nouns, and mat
ters of like kind about which there
always has been and always Will be
differences OF opinion. The Norfolk
Landmark is one of the greatest sin
ners in this respect, though 1t must be
confessed that II takes much greater
delight in putting perpiexing dues-
tions than it does in answering them.
To PROFOUND a question that will set
ether newspapers by the ears is nuts
t, The Landmark.
The truth is that the English Ian
guago is what might be called an I'm
certain quantity. and especially is that
true of spelling words. In fact both
photography and pronunciation are
glarlng absurdities, and we have often
contended that one remedy for the
numerous perplexities and inconsistent
cies would he to spell each word as 1t
is pronounced We remember an old
country citizen of Clehurne County who
wrote to his merchant to send him "a
Dair of sox." on being taken TO task
for his manner of spelling the word
his reply was; Well. If s-o-x don't
spell sox, then what do it spell?' Right
there he had his critics.
The truth is, we have so many words
spelled alikA but with different pro-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31
STANDS PAT.
And Clings to Joe CannOn's Band
Wagon

And CNnEa TO Joe CnhnOhB bhhu
Wagon
Springfield, Ill, dispatch.
Lieutenant Governor L. Y. Sherman
has refused the place of the Spanish
claims commission to which President
Roosevelt had appointed him. At the
same time Mr.. Sherman last night de-
clared himself for Speaker Cannon for
President, saying:
II am willing to go with Speaker
Cannon as far as the brush is cut and
then help cut the brush for him."
Lieutenant Governor Sherman's re-
fusaI of a $5,O00-a-year place under
President Roosevelt and his declara'
ton for Speaker Cannon is taken t"
presage a finish fight in the stat"
against the Roosevelt policies
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31
Rather Indefinite.

1 Louisville Courier-J ournal.
DATED Boston. Mass. Nav "a, 1907"
the Editor of The CourierJournal has
received among a variety of kilograms
bearing more or less on the same sub
feet the following
when will you name the candidate
described recently in your paper?"
(Signed) Boston Herald,
To all such inquiries the Editor of
The Courier Journal has returned the
general answer. Just as soon as Mr..
Bryan can be definitely heard from"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31
APRIL CIRCULATION.

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees
its advertisers land makes IL a part of the
contract when requested) that its Daily cir
cuIation is larger than that of any morning
newspaper printed in Alabama-and that it,
Sunday edition has the largest circulation
of any edition of any newspaper printed M
Alabama without exception.
The figures for April printed below, rep
resent the actual net circulation, all returns
having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31

ADMISSION HUI bIdst.
court be established in New York is
probably advanced in behalf Of divorce
seekers in that city. who find that
the few hours delay in getting de-
cree under the present system inter
feres with their remarrage in time
to catch the morning boat for Eu-
rope.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31

A correspondent of The Houston
Post informs that paper that he finds
fresh Jersey butter to he excellent
axle grease. We've no doubt that it
is. and so would altar of roses be, but
who could afford 1t?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31
New York city Politics.

mobile Item
n Met lellan Is put out and Hearst
Ia nut in the building up OF a Hearst
machine will begin At once This is the
history OF New York politics and would
be expected even IL Bill Jones should
happen ia get in as mayor
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31
SCHOOL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

The Advertiser publishes a communi-
cation in this issue commenting on
certain expressions which APPEARED in
an editorial of The Birmin CHAM Age
Herald and which was copied by this
paper.
We do not endorse the extreme ut
terances of the article of The Age
Herald, but are firmly convinced that
great deal of the money appropriated
for the public schools Of Alabama will
continue to be wasted unless there Is
better and more Intelligent county su-
pervision of the school interests.
1t is fact beyond dispute that many
men are holding the Office of County
Superintendent, who are totally unit
for the place, and whose only object is
to obtain the nice little salary attach
ing. Our correspondent cannot deny
the statement of The Age-Herald that
no qualification whatever is required
of a County Superintendent. If he is
a legal voter, and can get enough
votes, he can hold the office and go
through the pretence of being County
a single element that goes to the max
ing of a good school.
Some better regulations should be
adopted by the Legislature. Superin-
tendents ought to be men well quail
fed to tell whether or not teachers are
competent and doing their duty. How
many in Alabama to day could meet this
requirement? 1t is time to have Super
intendents do something else than dis
burse the money apportioned to their
counties. Whether elected or appoint
ed. there ought TO be a certain stand
ard which Superintendents should reach
and this to be certified to by a COM
petent examining authority. The pres
ent system is simply that of sixty
seven disbursing officers-that is all.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31

There Is something singular about
tobacco. 1t is usually considered a
tropical or semi-tropical plant. and in
the United States 1t is practically con-
fined to the distinctively Southern
States. yet the tobacco crop of Con-
necticut this year is estimated at five
million dollars. Must be something
peculiar in the Nutmeg State to cause
1t to be a good place for raising the
weed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31

The better elements in oklahoma
need the aid of the President re
marks The St Louis Times. Wen, they
are likely to get tin the neck
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31

Speaker Cannon claims that he was
born in North Caroltpa. but up to this
writing South Carolina is not putting
in any claims.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31
Let's Hope Fer More Cars.

Mobile Register.
There is no cause for elatton IN dig
crops and low prices nor in big crops
ana an inadequate supply of cars for
their removal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31

rs Socialism declining? asks The
Chicago Chronicle Well. we have not
heard of it declining anything that
comes its way.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31

In Austria. we are told, every legal
voter who fails to vote is fined. What
do they do to him if he votes on the
wrong side?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-31

James Russell Lowell, we believe it
was. spoke of May as the pious fraud
Of the almanac" James was a good look
~hAe&aRr
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-09-13
SHAKE WAS SHARP
BUT NOT PROLONGED

HILO, September 9.-Some made a
rush for their babies. Others made
rush for the doors. This was when
the earthquake shook up Hilo at 6:42
O'Clock on Friday evening last.
Of course mothers first thought of
their little ones. So did Postmaster
Desha who slowed one under each arm
and started to make a hurried call
across the street. But the earth was
still once more, before he reached the
door, and the visit was postponed.
1t was a lively little shock while it
lasted, only few seconds, lively
enough to let everybody in Hilo know
that something unusual had happened
1t was long, steady motion that sway
ed houses perceptibly, made the timbers
creak and the foundations strain. But
1T was soon over and pictures settled
back against the wall, tea and coffee
stopped from splitting over into the
saucers, liquids in full bottles that had
been dripping over returned to their
normal steadiness. Only in Kennedy g
jewelry store, on Front street. is If
known that few pieces of cut glass
A10'Nd AAoh thCiA pidcc, anu couple
OF articles of silverware fell on their
sides. Yet in the Hilo Drug Store.
close by, nothing moved at ali, so far
as could be seen.
First reports by telephone came from
Laupahoehoe, then Kau was heard
from. These were at once sent to
the Herald. Next morning Hakalau
reported lively terrestrial movement.
while Kohala seemed to have excelled
IN shakes. E. Faxon Bishop came in
from Papaikou and said it was as bad
as he wanted. Waimea felt it. In
fact the tremor showed no discrimina-
ton but let its presence be felt all
over the Big Island.
One man in Hilo, who has been liv-
ing on Hawaii for nearly thirty years,
said:
1T was the worst shake l have felt |
since 'S2''
Other old timers would not 90 back
as far as that, but they shook their |
heads and acknowledged that cit was
1 bad shake all right, the worst we
nave had for many years. :
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-09-13
WHAT WILKINS SAYS
Of HAWAII'S JAPANESE

''The statement of Governor Carter,
made while in the United States that
there is no bitterness of feeling against
| the japanese in the Hawaiian Islands
is not true, so far as I have been able
to determine said Johnson T. Will
kins, a planter, who went out from
Louisiana seven years ago and now
resides in Honolulu. He is stopping at
the Arlington.
1.-The truth isl continued Mr.. Will
kins, that many thousands of Japa-
nese have been coming to the islands
during the past year or two with the
single idea of gaining final admittance
into the United States, where their
opportunities for advancement are
mach greater than they can possibly
be either in Japan or Hawaii. They
secure work of various sorts as labor
ers on the sugar plantations and as
domestic servants. For a long time
Americans who live in the islands
looked upon this migration as. a plan
of the japanese government to put
enough men there to overthrow Amer
icon control in the event Of war be-
tween Japan and the United States.
Stories went the rounds of Japanese
drilling at night. All this enhanced
a feeling of antipathy toward the Jap
anese which is racial, and always pre-
walls when the white and yellow races
are thrown directly into competition
My own opinion is that Japan's inten-
tons We're entirely peaceful and that
the migration was caused by the de-
sire of the Japanese to get into the
United States eventually. However,
many people over there disagree with
me. '-Washington Post,