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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02

Club gives us nevertheless a clue to the hold President Roosevelt has up- on the great American public. The .dispassionate observer would, in our judgment, be justified in assenting at the close of the dinner that on the whole the President had the best of it. His reputation for integrity and mo- ble purpose was undamaged, and it is that after all which counts most with the American people. As we have said in the editorial columns of The Journal and Courier many times, the personality of Theodore Roosevelt is so many sided and so easily adjusted to good and doubtful policies of ad- ministration, that when one comes to enter a final judgment the confusion of mind is such, as between the things one is glad he has done and the things one profoundly wishes he had never undertaken the doing of, involun- tarily the scales settle from the weight of his acknowledged honesty Of pur- pose. It is that tremendous asset in fact which more easily overcomes in his case than in the case of any other man who ever occupied the office of President of the United States vaga- ries which would rum the ordinary man. So powerfully and rightly does personal integrity count with the American people that they require from it's possessor fearful errors of judgment and tremendous reckless ness in official doings to make them wholly withdraw their support At the same time President Roosevelt of all men should be more than ordinarily careful not to abuse this confidence. as one sincere man in the person of John w filling, for example, and another in the person of an equally sincere man, Professor William G. Sumner of Yale University, believe he has done in defi- nite instances.
 In a sense a better understanding vii be had of President Roosevelt upon the receipt of his forthcoming message to congress than ever before, He knows now what the criticism is of his official usefulness, and yet he knows better than his critics what the responsibilities and obligations are which confront him. If he cultivates a
 more impressive poise than he has yet shown to the public at large, 1t is en- tirely conceivable that he may yet earn the good will of those who to-day
 regard him with keen resentment but
 who have not yet questioned his seri-
 ousness of purpose or honesty of mo
 lives.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02
EASY ROTH WAYN.

The man who bet that he could stand on London Bridge and offer sov-
 ereigns for penny apiece without finding any buyers won his bet. He relied on the inability of people to know good thing when they see it and he relied not in vain. Equally, it appears, the inability of people to know bad thing when they see it can
 be relied on. A prominent maker of canned goods in this country awhile ago contended that consumers seldom read the labels and in order to demon- strate his contention he had some la bels printed, and, taking a grocery man into his confidence, sent to con sumers of the particular" class some strangely marked delicacies. One bottle bore on it's face in bold type: "This catsup is made from turnips and pota- toes, but is well colored and properly seasoned Pickles were marked;
 "These pickles were colored with paris green" and olive oil was sent out with this label: ''This pure olive oil is real ly the product of the cotton plant, but
 we warrant it strictly pure" Over the label on glass of jelly this label was pasted: This is make believe delicious apple jelly" Ut was an expensive ex-
 pertinent, said the man who practieed
 the deception, but it proved my as-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02
I Told You So.

I knew that you would lose your bet
 I told you so! Of course 1t rained, and you got wet!
 I told you so! I knew that stocks were going down, I said your tooth would need crown, You took the wrong pup out to drown
 I told you so! knew your watch could not keep time
 I told you so! I said that was a worthless dime
 I told you so! I warned you not to touch that meat, said that pack was incomplete, About that candidates defeat--
 I told you sol You wouldn't like that servant girl---
 I told you so! I knew your neighbor was a churl--
 I told you so! I said that story was a fake, knew that cut glass bowl would break, I could have saved you each mistake
 l told you so! Harold Susman in Lippincott's.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02
OUR CONTEMPORARIES
Hunt RaacaIIty.
(Wall Street Journal.l

(Wall Street Journal.)
 As the wrong that exists in the in- stitutional life Of peoples is incidental compared with normal and essen- tially sound condition of corporate character generally, the hunting Of evil with baying hounds, the exagger- ation of wrong by "damnable itera- tion," is essentially a mistake in the conception of the objects for which society exists. Society does not exist primarily for the prevention of evil, but for the promotion and preserva- ton of welfare, individual and col lective That is the dominant consid- eration when manifestations of wrong are discovered To sacrifice the life of the community, to break up it's or ganic relations, to blast the confidence between man and man with the dyna mite of distrust, is little short of the worst that could be done in the de- sire to correct wrongs.
 Let the hunt for successful rascality go on, but let it rather be still hunt than one which paralyses the commit nity with fear, stuns the business sense by unnecessary blows, and takes the heart out of the mutual helpful ness which has always been the savior of society in time of emer- gency.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02
How Would the President Endure Un-
 popularity If It Came?
(The New York Globe,

The President has been marvellously popular as fair-weather President. He
 has received an amount of laudation never before heaped on an American by his fellow citizens when alive. AS he has been praised beyond his merits. he now seems likely to be dispraised beyond his demerits. Whether rightly or wrongly, large number of persons Preference is not made to suspected flnanciers, but to legitimate investors)
 entertain a pretty fixed opinion as to whose hand smote them-as to what underlying influence withered the value of their property and their se- curity The conviction, although it be rated as a prejudice born of misinform- ation is too deep for disclaimer or ar gument to make much impression on 1t. During the sixteen remaining months of his term it will not be surprising if President Roosevelt experiences taste of the obloquy so plentifully heaped on President Cleveland from 1893 to 1897. Will the President endure the attacks, which, of course, will seem horribly unjust to him, with the dignified stoicism that MT. Cleveland displayed, or will he yield to the impulse to
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02
FEDERAL INCORPORATION.

This is not slow country, and therefore it is not surprising to find that Senator McCumber of North Da- kota has drafted bill for federal in- corporation of concerns doing an in- terstate business. It provides that new companies can be chartered and exist | ing corporations with State franchises can be given new charters under the direction of the secretary of the de- partment of commerce and labor. This cabinet officer and his department would supervise the capitalization of the national corporations, which under the proposed law would not be allow cd to issue securities in excess of their assets. The bill provides only for vol untary national incorporation.
 If the country isn't ready for some thing like this it is ready to see it thoroughly discussed. The resolutions adopted by the recent trust conference calling on congress to appoint non- partisan Investigating commission rec commended that the commission make inquiry into the advisability of inau- gurating a system of federal license or incorporation "as condition for the entrance of certain classes of corpora tions upon interstate commerce." At the summer meeting of the American Bar Association Judge Amidon of the United States District court of North Dakota urged that both interstate railroads and interstate industrial cor operations be subjected 'solely to na- tional authority" and argued forceful- fly that this could be done under the constitution. President Roosevelt in his Mississippi river series of speeches commended Judge Amidon's paper land elaborated his own belief that
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02
NEW MORNING COURIER SATURDAY.

there should be national ineorpora- tion of all industrial corporations do- ing an interstate business. But the president insisted that as to these the necessity was not so urgent as in the case of the railroads. He declared that the railroads must bow to the will of a single sovereign''-the nation-and called for a "thoroughgoing and rad ical law for their control by federal authority
 It is going to be an interesting and important winter in congress. And not 'the least interesting and important feature of it will be the effort to have the federal incorporation plan adopted.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02
FEATHERS wHo ARExor UNHAPPY.

We don't want to say anything that will cause anybody to doubt the profit ableness of speculation, but it may not be out of place to call attention to the profits that some farmers are hauling in this year. The other day we noticed the fact that a farmer in Missouri had gathered in $12S, 900 for his sea- sons work, without counting several little items which would increase that sum. Now it Is announced that an Oregon farmer has just received a check for $7o,S427O for his crop of wheat, and that the check has been found to be good. 2
 This is fair. Of course MT. Morgan has probably cleared more from his transactions, but then it isn't at all likely that he could farm it'' success fully. And he shows wisdom by stick ing to his trade.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02
4 WORLD OF CHANG E.

The Halloween fun was perhaps a little more general and boisterous than usual in New Haven, and it has brought forth good deal of complaint from those who didn't make 1t. How we do change? The time has been when those who are now annoyed by the youngsters would have seen a lot of fun in clustering folks and things with rotten apples, putting dirt on door lsteps, ringing bells, unhinging and carrying away gates, etc, etc. But lit doesn't seem funny to them any more, and they can't understand how lit seems funny to those who do it.
 If we change so in this world, per haps in the next world much of what we now do here wont seem to have 1 been any better worth doing than the Halloween fun does. We may even look back on the making of money, or i the efforts to make It. as not a very splendid exercise. Now it is as inter- esting and absorbing as Halloween
 fun used to be and still is to those who
 haven't far to look back
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02
H0ARDENG MONEY.

It was startling statement Henry Clews of New York made at the din- ner of the Economic club that the de- liberate withdrawal from banks of de- posit and of savings of some $20O,- 100000 restricted the money market in such a way that had not MT. Morgan listened to the appeal of the president of the Stock Exchange and raised a protection fund the story of single day on the Stock Exchange would have been terrible to read
 This statement ought not to be lost upon those who with unwarranted ner- vousness are withdrawing their money from circulation in order to have it about them. It does not mean protec- tion for them. It does mean the more certain fall of the curtain of trade on the money market, which in turn means such an industrial depression that the possession of a few dollars in safe deposit boxes. in Stockings and in unused places will have no effect whatever in staying off the inevitable consequences of the act.
 The present is the time for cool heads and the exercise of good com mon sense. A dollar stored away where the market cannot reach it is not a dollar at all. It is a relic. The Bridge port savers who have drawn their money from the banks have injured themselves most of all
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02

sertion. The grocer told me that not one of the people whom he had served knew what was printed on the labels"
 Which seems to indicate that people can be fooled going and coming. And after they have lived long enough real honest people wont deny that they can be and have been.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02

The national wealth of Switzerland is rapidly increasing, and two-ffths of 1t is represented in the hotels of the country. The annual income of the hotelkeepers of the country Is ,esti- mated at sS0,0O0, 900.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02

This is a topsy-turvy world. At the Donegal county asylum in Ireland there is a lunatic who speculated in sheep. In this country there are many lambs who are lunatic because they have been speculating.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02

Paris has a new kink. It Is put ting girl models in talors' show win dows, where they sit and chat and walk, displaying the latest cut gowns to the utmost advantage.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02

plunge into joint debate with his crit ics? Will man of his temperament be able to endure the strain? The tone of the Cortelyou letter and the quickness with which 1t was written suggest that If the President has a courageous friend in the world he should hasten to brave his anger by beseeching him to blanket his sensitiveness.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02

A Pennsylvania boy, fifteen years old, with an old-fashioned rife, has killed five big bears in ten days. Wouldn't he be valuable member of the Cabinet?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02

While advocating cold meals for churchgoers on Sunday, Rev. D. S. Ingram, rector of Great Oakley Epis- copal church, Essex, England, is said to have spoken in favor of golf on Sunday for business men who found no time for amusement during the week.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02

Oklahoma isn't quite as paradisiacal as the Houston Post says Texas is. One of the stories told of it is that one day, after many days of dry weather, big snow came and visit ed the drouth-stricken land. The faces of the farmers were all smiles, because it meant wheat crop. But, alas! An old-time wind came up from the south that blew about forty miles an hour and drifted the snow north ward for a day. Then came an eigh- ty-mile-an-hour wind from the north that drifted 1t back south again. This condition of wind continued daily un- til the snowstorm was blown and worn out and not a snowflake could be found anywhere in the country.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02
SAYINGS AND DotNGS.

There is Society in Italy. She has a king, four hundred princes, and forty-five hundred dukes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02

More coal. A large tract of coal land in the province or Alberta has been purchased as result of recent investigations, and claims have been filed for 12,OOO acres of what is said to be the best coal land in the North west. In connection with the devel- opment of the coal lands the Great West Coal Company has acquired the charter of the Great Western railroad, which extends from Calgary through the coal fields to the international boundary. A major part of the stock in the new company, which has ap- piled for a charter, will be held in Port Arthur.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02

According to Danish medical journal the Roentgen rays were re- gently used upon boy five years old, who was treated In hospital for a dis ease of the hair. After twenty-five applications of the rays the lad was sent home cured. But whereas his nature had previously been bright and intelligent, now he became ab- |sent-minded and unreliable, and was sent back to the hospital. He has been for some time since under medi- cal observation, and the pronounce ment of the doctors attending the case is that the Roentgen rays can easily penetrate the thin scalp of a child and have an undesirable influ- ence on the brain
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02

A negro was lynched near Macon, Georgia, recently for stealing seven ty-fve cents. Probably ne couldn't is- sue any new stock or bonds.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-02

THE WEEKLY JOURNAL. Nssued Thursday. One Dollar Year
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-07
REV. JOHN MATTHEWS.
Well-knOwn and Beloved MethOdis
 Minister Died fin st. Louis,

Well-KnOWn and Beloved Methodist
 Minister Died in St. Louis.
 dispatch from St Louis says that Rev. pr. John Matthews. the oldest Methodist preacher in active service who was a noted circuit rider through out the Southern States. died at his home in that city at 3:30 o'clock Sun day afternoon aged S1 years Dr. Matthews, weary from protracted ill., ness, tainted while telling a policeman he had summoned about the visit of burglar to the room of Miss Tracy. maid in his home but apparently re- covere during the day. At o'clock In the evening he began to hover be- tween life and death, and at midnight the attending physicians announced that he could not live another twenty four hours, Between 6 o'clock Satur- day night and 2:30 this Sunday after noon he ceased to breath six times, the quick work of the trained nurse at the bedside reviving him each time.
 The funeral will be held from the Centenary Methodist Church at 10 o'clock this morning. The services will be conducted by clergvmen of the various Protestant denominations. The pail bearers will be selected from the younger Methodist clergvmen. Inter- ment will be in Bellefontaine Cemetery here.
 Dr. Matthews was born In Philadel- phia Pa a and had lived In New Or leans Montgomery. Ala Nashville Tenn, and Sacramento Cal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-07
ONE IN THREE
Every Third Person Poisoned by Cof-
 fee.

If Is dificult to make people believe that coffee is an absolute poison to at least one person out of every three, but peopla are slowly finding 1t out al- though thousands of them suffer ter ribly before they discover the fact.
 A New York hotel man says; Each time after drinking coffee I became restless. nervous and excited, so that I was unable to sit five minutes in one place, was also inclined to vonit and suffered from loss of sleep, which got worse and worse.
 "A lady said that perhaps coffee was the cause of my trouble and suggested that I try Postum Food Coffee. laughed at the thought that coffee hurt me. but she insisted so hard that I fln- ally had some Postum made. have been using 1t In place of coffee ever since. for noticed that all my formcr nervousness and irritation disappeared I began to sleep perfectly. and the Postum tasted as good or peter than the old coffee so what was the use of sticking to a beverage that was ruin ing me?
 "One day on an excursion up the country [ remarked to a young lady friend on her greatly improved ap- poarance. Sre explained that some time before she had quit using coffee and taken postum She had gained number of pounds and her former pal ritation of the heart. hummins in the ears trembling of the hands and legs and other diearroeobIe feelings had dis appeared. She recommended me 10 auit coffee and take Postum, and was Very much surprised to find that had al- ready made the change.
 she said her brother had also re- ceived great benefit from( leaving off coffee and SfiSS on Postum Food Cof- fee" There's a Reason." "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-07

punishable by heavy penalties. under the provisions of SecGion 55OS of the Federal statutes. and 1t is declared that any arrest by which It was sought to keen a working man from pursuing the duties of his position, as secured to him by the injunction under those statutes. would fall within the provisions of the section. and would subject any person responsible for such interference to the penalties prescribed.
 It is even urged that any such em- ploye would have right to sue any such arresting officer for false impris- onment. Such suit, inasmuch as 1t would involve Federal question, could be brought in the Federal. as well as a State court
 Many Penalties Incurred.
 The penalties, also. that are pre- scribed by various sections of the Fed eraI statutes for the obstruction of justice or any processes of the court, and for interference with the United States mails would also be entailed, 1t is argued, and any person inteffer- ing with the Federal Court injunction would also be liable to arrest and punishment for contempt of court.
 All in all, any person, it would seem, who would run counter to the Federal authority, by making arrests in defiance of the injunction, or caus- ing such arrests to be made, or who would interfere with the control and progress of trains in connection with the case. would run grave danger of subjecting himself to severe penalties by so doing.
 The situation as to the roads that have consented to make effective the two and a half cent passenger fare and the reduced rates on 110 commodi- ties, pending the litigation, remains the same. None of the four roads that have been standing out has given any indication of coming in" and putting the two laws in effect The Louisville & Nashville, the South and North AL abama, the Western of Alabama and the Central of Georgia are still out, and from present appearances likely to remain so.
 The Alabama Great Southern. line allied with the Southern, put the law Tn effect Thursday In accordance with It's agreement with the Governor, The eonsummation of the agreement made no difference locally, however, as the Alabama Great Southern does not touch Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-07
CAME LAW IN EFFECT
THIRTY DAYS AFTER ADJOURN
 MENT OF LEGISLATURE.
No Question Now Bnt That it Is Oper- ative, Regardless of Construction Placed On Enacting
 Section

The State game and fish laws went into effect yesterday, the Legislature having been adjourned just thirty days yesterday. Under the construction paced on the bill by the Governor. judges and lawyers. despite the fact that the Attorney General and the State Game and Fish Warden decided that the act became effective immediately. the act became undoubtedly and unde- niably operative yesterday
 During the month of August there were twelve prosecutions which result ed in eleven convictions, under the game law. A prosecution, to say noth- ing of a conviction, under the Iot al laws erstwhile existing was a thing un- heard Of in Alabama. The State Game and Fish Commissioner has sent out instructions to the wardens directing their attention to the fact thnt the game law will probably be violated by persons hunting game just before the closed season expires and hunting without license.
 Reports received by the Department of Game and Fish disclose wonderful increase In all varieties of game In Ala bama, and indicate that the. people in every section of the State have main Tested, as rule, no desire to violate the law.
 Reports from Probate Judges show that large number of hunters licenses have been sold during the month of Au- gust. which is gratifying in view of the fact that the hunting season. except for squirrels. will not begin until Novem- bcr 1. Montgomery County leads all others in the sale of hunters license, Judge Gaston having issued to date six ty-two State and nineteen county hun- ter's license, making a total of eighty one, the receipts from the sale of these being $205.
 The warden service and the constab- uIary of the State is thoroughly organ ized for the rigid enforcement of the game and fish laws. and but few who violate these statutes will escape ap- prehension and conVfction
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-07

It ia not thought here at this writ- ing that Mfr. Burton will resign his seat in Congress to make the fight against Mayor Johnson. Some people have thought that for the effect on the voters he might take that step. and if he should be defeated would be taken care of by the administration, The prevailing belief at this writing is that he will be sharp enough to hold on to his $7.500 a year salary as Con- gressman. and if he beats Johnson it win then be time enough to hand in his resignation