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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16
ADvANCrNG THE WRONG WAY.

The New York Tribune has been illuminating It's readers. taking for it's text some recent speeches of Congress- man Mccall. of Massachusetts, and Mayor Mcclellan, of New York, both of whom took occasion to refer to the dangerous and demoralizing tendencies of Republicanism-or Rooseveltism, to be exact. Naturally, a newspaper like The Tribune can see nothing wrong or from the course the administration and tho party are pursuing, and tells us: ly quickened in the last six years. The federal machinery has been improved and strengthened and the government is giving every citizen larger, share of the benefits to secure which gov ernments are instituted. In this pro- cess the ConHtitution has not been strained and the laws have not been broken; Only the siestas of some and their discomfort has voiced itself and will continue to voice itself-in exaggerated lamentations and baseless prophecies.
 We can heartily agree with The Tri- bune that the national life has been enormously quickened." but its covert sneers at those who sound notes of warning are not in good taste, to say the least of it. It would do more credit to itself if 1t would join in warning the country against the dang CTS that are apparent to all who care to see the truth. That the country has E- Asak rrrn deny that it is any the better for 1t. More advance in the direction of im- perialism and absolutism has been made in six years than was done in all 1 the previous years of our national ex- istence. but one must have a strange conception of a republican form of gov ernment if he views that advance with either approbation or satisfaction.
 Take the recent embroglio in San Francisco as an example. It is need less now to discuss the right or wrong of the position taken by that city, but the Legislature of California proposed to stand by the city in defence of local self government. TO carry out that de- termination legislation was under way providing for a State law prohibiting Japanese or other Orientals from ad- mission to the white public schools of California, so as to settle the question for the future.
 That the Legislature had the right to pass such a law Is beyond dispute in our Judgment Whether such legis- lation would be a lust or commendable policy is not the question. but the State of California has just as much right to separate the races as Alabama has to separate the white from the black children in the public schools. Such law was not acceptable to Roosevelt however. It was going back on the eX- traordinary contract he had wheedleo or bullied the Mayor and school au- thorities of San Francisco to make. anC he doubtless looked on 1t as a rebukt to himself. so he a once wired th' Governor of California to please se cure suspension of further action un til you receive a letter from me" O course the Governor really had no pow CT to order the Legislature to suspend action but he did so. and that bod! promptly submitted. The New Yorl Commercial says of the affair.
 But contemplate for a moment tn ] nerve" of tbs thinR-tha sang trold
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16
A RpvoLrrra rrcrunn.

Poultney Bigelow has been at it again. and we may expect another clash in high places. He has been in- vestigating the Hudson river Ice. of which much has been said recently. and here Is part of what he says of 1t:
 'Yesterdayi I visited one of his (Mr. OleTs) ice houses. It is one of those which he describes as holding only pure ice. I found sixty-seven men at work chewing tobacco and e1ecting 1t In graceful streams over the surface of the Ice which we are invited to melt into our drinking water; These tobacco-sQuirting men were all Inside the building. The gentlemen working outside were also coloring the frozen luxury. Reverting to the sixty-seven indoor expectorators, they were spit ting at the rate of at least one quart quarts of poison per day distributed indoors oyer the ice of one single Ice house.
 That is we'll calculated to cause some more talk. The other time he was in the lime light he butted against the President of the United states. This time he will probably have the presi- dent of the fee trust to try taking a
  however, that he has better fortified himself than he did in his canal re- port. Then it was charged against him that he spent such short time in the Panama region that 1t was mani festly impossible that he could have seen and heard all that he claimed. It was charged that much of what he stated was either manufactured out of the whole cloth or else he got 1t at second hand from unreliable authority. So 1t was that Poultney was discred- ited, though we have always entertain ed an idea that he told a great deal more truth than he got credit for. and that some of the most vehement denials of his statements came from those who knew even less about the matter than he did.
 However, that may be. he has taken the precaution to be Johnny on the spot" as 1t were, in this instance. If they dispute his statements he will tell them that he saw them with the goods on them, caught them at it, and witnessed all the foulness of which he writes. We should say that his dis cl0SuFSS WOulu cause d SShSo1ipits ASS only on all who read them, but In the stomachs of those who have been using ice thus favored
 Can such things be?' we might we'll ask. and Poultney would reply that they not only can be but that they do be-" for he has seen them. and what more can any one do than that? In all seriousness. Is 1t not a nauseat- ing story7 Immense quantities of ice are used. it is true. for cooling pur- poses alone. but other immense auanti- | ties are taken into the human stomach, and 1t is not at all pleasant for those who use 1t to read of the ingredients added in it's preparation. So much has been said about disease germs in the natural ice taken from the polluted lakes. ponds and streams up North that 1t should be no wonder if people fear to use 1t. but when to these causes of objection we add those specified by Mir. Bigelew 1t should not be surprising fl there is a revolt against such a brand of coolness as is described. Wonder
 what MT. oler will have to say about 1t?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16

with which the head of the Federal government reduests-almost orders action by the governor of a free. inder pendent and soveReign Statel He
 one whit differently had it been an or der to the attorney-general to po4t- pones the trial of a government case In Federal court or instructions to Gen
 an exhibition drill for the entertain ment of the British consul-general at this port. The precedent thus set is not an altogether wholesome or inspir- ing one.
 It is an affair that cannot be com
 templated with any satisfaction. It was an example of assumacy that amounts almost to the inconceivable but 1t was done and submitted to as an assemblage of school children would submit to orders from their teacher As we have said, we are not discuss ing the moral or polite side of such legislation. but the State had the right to enact it, and the Governor showed precious little self-respect or indepen- dence when he obeyed orders. Imagine, If the imagination can stretch that far, a President sending such message to Esrover Cleveland while he was Gov ernor of New York-and we think we can imagine the result. Even imagine Roosevelt ordering Governor Hughes
 of that State to hold up action on that proposed bill until you get my letter"
 ---the bill being strictly State legisla- ton. We don't think Hughes would show himself quite so complaisant as Governor Gillett, of California did. And so we might multiply examples of the same nature, but it is needless. for 1t Is going on all the time. and is not encouraging. There is such thing as advancing in the wrong di- rection and the country Is thus nov ing under Roosevelt. Some members of his party have the intelligence to see the danger and the manhood and independence to condemn Roosevelt
 ism, but for the most part they are
 as clay fin the hands of the potter, and allow their judgments to assume what ever form the master chooses. Some day, perhaps, the scales will fall from the eyes of even the politically blind | and they will be able to see what they have been warned against. We confess that we see little hope of that good time coming until the Republican party is turned out to graze. and that time will only come when Democrats of the whole country unite in defence of good government.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16
SATURDAY., MARCH IS, 1907.

A correspondent of The Advertiser in yesterdays issue comeatted the idea of legislative enactment, fixing the pronunciation of Alabama ana suggested that a committee of three persons be designated for that pur- pose. There Is no doubt of the tac' that there is great diversity of epin- ion as to the proper pronunciation oi the name of our State, and ,Aere should be uniformity. Whether the Arlransas way of pronouncinE the name of that State, as ordered by the Legislature, was right or wrong, we are not prepared to say, but we do know that there would have been two accommodations if the one had not been ordered by law. It will be the same way in Alabama until by formal act oi the Leglslature one way of pronounc- inR the word Alabama has been nxed upon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16

The Kansas City Journal is our au- thority for the statement or informa- ton that 'Presidsnt Roosevelt will come west this summer to speak in favor of the ship subsidy policy, and it is to be hoped that he will convert these who are blocking the way Thirty-nins Western Republicans Joined the Democrats in defeating the very modest ship subsidy bill in the last congress" win 1t not be an sdi- flying spectacle to see the President of the United States eanvsssing the country in favor of such a thoroughly discreditable measure as this7 Roose- welt has done many things that were no credit to the country or to the once he holds, but nothing to equal this.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16
HD IS CORRECT.
Says the Hartford (Conn)) Times

Senator Morgan of Alabama has been quoted as saying that the essen are embodied in the first ten amend ments to the constitution. These amendments relate chiefly to personal present conditions the ninth and tenth are probably most important The ninth declares that "the enumeration in the constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or dis parage others retained by the people. The tenth is as follows: The powers not delegated to the United states by the constitution, nor prohibited by IL 10 the states, are reserved to the states respectively. or to the people.
 Senator Morgan is one of the sound est constitutional lawyers in the United states and withal he is strict constructionist of the old Democratic tyne. He believes that our Federal Constitution is vital. undying part of our system of government and that 1t was and is intended for the guidance as we'll as the restraint of all citi- gems. from the highest to the lowest Ha ia correct in saying that the frst ten amendments embody the essehtlai principles of Democracy. but among all of them none better typtfy what Democratic principles are than the ninth and tenth quoted above. They are brief, but in them is contained the doctrines which make Democracy some thing more than a mere party name for those amendments are the wall which stands between the usurpatlons and encroachments of an irresponslole Federal administration and the rights of the states and the people when overridden popular liberty and popu- lar government will be among the | things that were. but are not.
 -rbe Times argues that the essential thing "is not the insistence on one oi another specific declaration .of the amendments. but acceptance of then ,n tbeir spirit and intention. Taken 1T this way they are strong check te dangerous centralization of power II the national government, and this ten dencv is doubtless what Senator Nor gan particularly had in mind. It II inc spirit of independent, self-respect | ing citizens. WnO NO hSN
 guaranteed rights, or neglect to defend them when they are openly attacked ar indirectly threatened, And this Il the true course for strong, law-abid ing people. We know substantiall' where it will lead: no one can sa! what may come of the other"
 The Times Is correct in its broade view of what is essential-that is. tn acceptance of the amendments In thel spirit and intention, and we may ad' that the language of these amend ments is too plain to be mistaken N intelligent official, whether he b President or any other, can set aslo ! or violate these amendments ignor antly. If he does either he does 1 with full knowledge of what he doing. We see 1t being done almos daily. and we see the dangers ahead Senator Morgan is right.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16
DRIF TW
The nrenmn Q, May.
RY pHIL H. ARMsTRONG.

The Dreams O May. O the dreams O May. the dreams O. May When the song birds sing where the roses sway. o the lovers troths that are plighted Where dank with perfume Is the twi- light air. o the dreams O May meath the crescent moon
 When Day in the arms of Night doth swoon. When the future looms so bright and In the beautiful Land of Some Sweet Day.
 Oh. why do we look through the misty haze?
 And always dream O the distant Mays2 Oh why do we let our fancies roam To a fair -girl-face and Home Sweet Home?
 Q thsss are the dreams where the roses These are the beautiful dreams O May.
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 Broken Reflections. ' Men wear clothes to ball, but wo- men don't usually wear much of any tBlng but an air of conceit. Se % a The Government will install a for est reserve telephone service in the Rig Horn Reserve in Wyoming at a cost of $5,oO0 Its purpose is to summon help in case of forest fires. New. who says 'aiN i' 'n'ap' eSsn n tee w0oosF Glass bricks are the latest German achievement. We'll, if we get to using them for house building purposes In this country. the old adage will stul
 % @ % The wealth of the United States if strung out in ono dollar bills. would reach round the earth .anG from earth to the moon and back thirty times-- By the way, If you'll just build this kind of a railway there we'll start to the moon on journey at once in a ba- loon. 100 even ven 1T I've we do fall back when we get a hniie h's9; x %
 It is said that buzzards and vultures can scent their food at a distance of forty, miles. Does their food consist mainly of himOSFsSE x < e9se'e' x The gowns alone worn at the New York Horse Show recently cost half 9 million dollars. No doubt the horses were ashamed 9s @ Ssoh % < %sx'ravasnnoe. Leslie's Weekly Is worrying over who will spend Rockefeller'e millions Don't worry, maybe somebody will try to start a daily paper with 1t and then it
 An Easter Lay. If the rabbit lays the Easter eggs, By getting over Zealous, If the rabbit lays the Easter eggs Why don't the hen get jealous?
 Ss Ss q
 Won't They. Little drops of chocolate
 In fancy box,
 Makes the ardent suitor
 Part with hard-earned rocks When he's wed he'll need them
 To buy himself some socks, Also wifey'll need them
 To buy herself some frocks.
 Ss $ Ss
 Didn't Work. Laugh and the world laughs with you. That won't always work. At the show the other night, l laughed in the wrong place, and everybody laughed at me,
 & E %A The Brute. You say ,woman's jaw is stronger | than a man's--why? | It ought to be, professor she exercises 1 it more. | The Club Woman. She ought to be arrested.
 Yes; she killed her husband with a club.
 Yes: she went out to one continually and the poor fellow died from neglect
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16

According to a dispatch from New York. stock market values have sunk more than s1,5oo.ooO.OoO in the last few days. How much the people at largo have lost will never be known. for there Is hardly a community in the Union where one or more men have not been dahbiing in railroad, mining or some sort of stock, If losses could be confined to the men who create false values and operate upon water rather than substance. the country would be better off.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16
Turn About is Fair Play.

Elba Clipper,
 The California Legislature may not be much along other lines, but It nay certainIy brought about one new thtng under the sun, in the shape of She mes sage President Roosevelt has sent tc ii. The Governor of California might reasonably assume that since Mr Ar. . Roosevelt has dabbled in State aikairs he has a right to dabble In Federal affairs, and send message to. Cop- gress when 1t reconvenes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16
Most obedlent of Legislatures.

Commenting on the servility of the present Legislature, an old-timer Who had been watching the alacrlty wltn which the gang moved when Boss Co., mer popped his whip, said: saw the Legislature in 1874, when the ma jority of the members were hegr oes; Stroback, the political boss, was In the Legislature giving instructions, when several negroes sprang to their feet, saving, You ain't de Legislature; we's de Legislature, and we'll vote as we xaIa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16

Auditor Brandon has sent out a circular letter showing several things that were made taxable by tho Legis- laturs and to be put on the assessment rolls for current tax year The item of several million dollars worth of eot- ton mill property which had been exempt for some years prior to Feb ruarv IS. of this year. was not In the list This. however, Is not the fault @s the Auditor. but the Legislature.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16

before the election were along the line of rellef for the people rom unjust rates and regulations of railroads. we do not criticise him for doing what he said he would do, but for that he is doing he did not say he would do. Yes. relief. Save to the people few thousand dollars from freight charges and then give it all and more away 10 new and old public ofiiclals-siei5ns of hand transfer-not a cent trans fsrred to pockets of the people
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16
noe,n,t Live Up To Its Name.

A scientist says comet will strike the earth during March. Ye delin- quent subscribers come and get straight with Spot Cash before that comet puts you out Of business Dadeville Spot Cash.
 This shows that our contemporary is not living up to its name-that Is. requiring spot cash for subserip- 1nnH
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16

The universal sympathy that went out to Alr. and Mrs. Roosevelt when their son was dangerously i'll shows how unquestioning is human sympathy There was no question of party or creed, but the feeling of sympathy for parents watching over the sick bod of loved child. The spirit of human kindness is everywhere when death threatens loved ones
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16
rEBRUARY CIRCULATION.

Day after day, week after week. monsn r.a after month and year after year aan1 Advertiser continues to be the oniy uAs s1a or Sunday newspaper published III o bama to print sworn statements or 's ~N tuai net Daid circulation A
 The February figures given oelow s further emphasizes The Advertissrs guar antae that its circulation is the IaISess of any morning or sunday he"s1~SN printed in Alabamr.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16

The announcement is made that an Atlanta girl eloped with a Chinese laundrymaB, and the inference Is that che wanted to make sure of getting her white waists laundered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16
,Ahen rhronrh .ANIth CaIifornia.

Birmin gham AmerlChIl.
 If the President finds time hang, ing heavily on his hands he might get busy and put an end to the little Hon' duras-Nicaragua comic opera produc- tiDn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16

The Oklahoma state Capital reprints one of our best editorials and credits f. to "The Montgomery Constitution" and eve hereby register robust kick against the insinuation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16
sIel~ht of Hano.

Oueonta Democrat.
 The Legislature, under the whip hand of Governor Conner h been less regardful of the rights of the people than even the so-called gr sping rail- rad cornarntinus G1np1af Q EuasnheH
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16

q had rather be right than be prasidant." said a former eminent American statesman. MT. Roosevelt prefers to be President.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16

A contemporary defines an expert alienist' as a man who gets from one to two hundred dollars a day for prov ing that man either was or was not insane at a certain time, his opinion
 depending on which side he is serving.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16
Better Read the Law Before Hunting

~ We SI,e'' wish to warn everyone to be careful how he shoots game birds in Alabama. or he will violate law which is. in our opinion, intended to be prohibitory Get the law and post vourseIf before venturing out for bunt ePse you will be sure 10 get into trouble, and be forced to contribute to the suport of the county game war
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16

n s Noble. Circulation Manager of The MontRomsry Advertiser. being duiy s"ora- says; - Aa~.. me foregoing statement of The Adver- ttaerss circulation for the month or Feo1u. mry 1901 is true and correct, ana eompleo after ali returns from newa~hovF neWs agents, spoiled and leftover copies na"S w" Circulation Manager. ~eworn to and subscribed before me tnia sth day of March. 1897. x~so,,
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16
p...h,,I 1UiII PIense Them.

Baseball will Please Them. Advocate.
 The Alabama Legislature mas ad- iourned and the Thaw. trial in New Xork will soon be ended, what are the neonle to talk about next-baseball? |?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-16

But contemplate for a moment the nerve" of tbs thinR-tha sang troid
The Alaska prospector. [volume] (Valdez, Alaska) 1902-1908, 1907-10-24
Wortman's Burned


The roadhouse building belonging to
Pontus Magnusson, known as Wort
mans, burned to the ground day be-
fore yesterday. The fire started in
the kitchen of the main building, and
socn spread, enveloping the whole
house in flames MIR. Magnusson was
away at the time and before Mrs. Mag
nusson could secure assistance the fire
was so far advanced that none of the
contents of the house could be saved.
The cash register was taken out but
everything else was destroyed
Business bias been resumed i'll
building across the street from the ola
house.
A. l.. Levy, who has been at Portland
for several weeks, with bis family, re-
turned to Valdez this morning
j. C. Martin, cashier of the Reynolds
bank, returned from Seattle on the
Yucatan. He is confident that the
affairs of the bank can be cleared up
in time.
Mrs. o. j Hosford, who has been at
Fairbanks for some time. Is now in
Seattle Mr.. Hosford will come from
the Tanana over the trail.
The Yucatan arrived III port early
this morning after making record run
from Seattle. Tue trip Was made III
four days ard five hours, no stop be-
ing made at Katalla. This Is the best
time ever made from Seattle tt Valdez
except by the Oregon, which made one
trip in four days and two houls. Far
weather was encountered all the way.
An addition is being built on to the
Northern Steam Laundry building to
accommodate the increasing business.
Wall Paper. See Rudolph.
For Sale-Two large fat COWS, nearly
dry. Also fine young bull, two years
old. Phone So Valdez Dairy.
New photograph records on each
boat-Olympic CLUB.
| viii remain in my office Thursday
evenings from too.
G. r. DAGGETT, Dentist,
Next to Seattle Hotel.