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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20
DRIF WOOD
BY PHIL n. ARMsTRONG.

To Drift Armstrong: Frank Adams of The New York Evening Mall, made i've pies and fifteen gallons of lemonade with the lemon. we sent him from our Houston orchard. Your little Alabama lemon wasn't even as big as footbail.--Houston Post.
 We suppose no controversy will be started by our observation that there are more live roosters in Houston than in any city of the United States and that the Houston rooster because Of his exultation over his celestial envir- onment. crows ten times as often and as loud as the chanticleer of any rival city Houston Post.
 Sure there are live roosters in Hous- ton, and the loudest ~crowfng one of 'em. all is right in the office of The ! What's the difference whether they have, Tn God we Trust" on 'em or not. so long as we get 'eIf?
 An American citizen has married his mother.in-law. Score another tri- umph for mind over matter.--Atlanta
 say, now. (which is which?
 Now for the great rivalry drama be; the Harry Thaw Comic Opera <A Ohao ititI 6QFtFLlSeS t0dL lL Wdutb experienced saleswomen in underwear and shirt waists" But then Texas has mild climate. we understand
 The peek-a,,boo. has gone and that's
 Put on your fannels and catch the next car for the Flower Show Waco Times-Herald.
 A 15-year-ola hov In p.,n.v,v.r,. has killed Ave bears. That kid is evil dently training for Presidential fa-
 A Chicago poet has been sent to ing.
 Aguinaldo says that Taft is all both run like skssred rabbits (tliouTh in different style.l
 So it goes--tfA city man sighs for a life on the farm, the farmer yearns for
 In fhe Grey Daxs. It's the grey days-its the grey days And a long time to tn May Days. But we'll Just be happy honey, Just as long as there IS pay days. With tn firelight . dancin' old Winter Times advancin, We'll never mind the weather Or the grey days When there's pay-days. It's the grey days--wintry grey days And long time to the May days@T- But I've got you an you've got me An Saturdays afr pay-days. With Thanksgiving drawin' near us, An q cupboard full to cheer us. Here's two hauda f0F V0tl f0fIfus Don't mind grey-days When -fhAfA,a nav dara
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20

psated deeiarstions to the contrary mean little. A man possessing the very highest form of honesty and sincerity may change his mind. He may have no desire for once. and may even say that he will not accept 1t, but he may be- come sincerely and honestly convinced that duty and patriStism require him to do violence to his own inciinations and yield to the call of his country. We repeat that 1t will be easy for Roosevelt to convince himself that his country needs him. and we also repeat that the anybody can beat him" the- ory would be fatal error for the De- mocracy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20
"This is My 41st Birthday"
Kenesayv M. Landls.

Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois who imposed the enormous fine on the Standard oil Company, was born near Miliville, O., November 20, 1866. His boyhood was spent in Logansport. Ind. where he carried papers and af- terward worked as a reporter. He was official stenographer for the Circuit Court of Lake County, Ind, from 1888 to 1SS6. and secured a certificate of admission to the Indiana bar In pur- suance of his legal ambition he went to Cincinnati and studied a. year in one of the raw schools. From Cincin- natl he went to Chicago and in 1890 graduate from the Union College of Law fin that city. After he had prac- ticed a year or so he was appointed private secretary to Waiter c. Gresh- am, then Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President Cleveland. When Secretary Gresham died Judge Landis returned to Chicago, re-entered the practice of law and took some inter- pointpnent to the Federal bench.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20
STATUTORY PROHIBITION

The statutory prohibiton bill has passed the Senate with an amendment providing that the law shall become effective January |. 1909. The House will. no doubt. concur in the amendment today and Governor Conner will sign the bill.
 II seems to us that the extension of tune is all that the liquor interests could have asked and we congratulate the friends of prohibiUon that this snirit of fairness was shown. We con- gratulate them. too. in the splendid victory they have won.
 . Several times The Advertiser has defined its position on prohibition We dc not believe that prohibition pro- hibits. We believe that prohibition as exemplihed in the past brings about con ditions worse than the lawful selling of liquor under strict regulation. Every argument that has been advanced for statutory prohibition has been an argument for regulation. |.
 Despite our repeated utterances mar row-minded. unfair persons have tried to put us in the attitude of fighting the battles of the liquor interests. This is far from the fact as has been pointed out by some of our friends who are ardent advocates of prohibition.
 Now that we are to have statutory prohibition the law has got to be en. forced. We are glad the prohibition organizations are to be continued. Their influence will go q long way toward enforcement of the law. There has been entirely too much intolerance. too much bitterness on both sides of the question. We hope it win pass away and that all good citizens will join in an effort to see that prohibitioa does prohibit.
 To this end The Advertiser pledges it's best talents, its earnest efforts. We will stand on guard for the enforce ment of the law and we hope it will be success.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20
.The Raia on Proeuerity.v

Financial Chronicle.
 A volume just Issued py Chancellor Day or the University of Syracuse on
 The Raid on Prosperity contains so many epigrammatic statements of so- cial and economic truths that it is not easy 10 select one or two for commenti yet the most striking and most .epit :
 Nearly every millionaire came up over the road or the common tOiler and they did not bring the road away with tanm; ta1 All property is the result of vel! to fortunes created by the rise of land in cities as to any other. Mil !ionaires who have become such by toiled; but of every other fortune 1t may be said that either the present holder or his family founder who be- oueathed 1t did come over the load
 It Is timely, and ought to be whole some. to recall this. now that we are in feverish attack uponN orosperi- E' The suggestion that a corporation is an octopus. producing nothing and devouring the bodies of the common people, has been expanded into ths no- ton that wealth Is naturally prcdato- ry. Put intC the plain language which blatant socialists, the anti-accumula- tton doctrine Is that property Is roh- bery because disturbing the natural equality Of men.
 Common sense instinGtiveIy perceives that without the right to hold prop ertY there would 1e no property; therefore nobody who has listeners dares announce accumulation. But how much accumulation may exist before wealth becomes predatory and at what line fortunes are to be discouraged or forbidden AS dangerously swollen IS not yet defined for us by the rhetorical dialecticians of the day. The truth of the matter is that the de- nounced fortunes are not predatory at all. The one avowed naonopoly created by our law has some incidental abus- es. vet the fortunes obtained through patent are the merest ttthe of the ben . iy. the Individual monopolies through so-called monopolies have come nv 2 very small share of widely dletriouted benefit; the public get the bulk or IT, hut this escanas nntina hV being spread.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20
The Danger of Politics. Savannah Nawa

The annual convention of the Ma tional Grange has just been lu ses- vention twenty years ago would have aroused national interest Now no- body pays any attention to it. This is not because the Grange is not a highly meritorious organization. It is because the Grange permitted itself to be drawn into politics, where its in- 1uenee for good was destroyed. The for al similar reason. The careers of the Grange and the Alliance furnish eloquent warnings to the several as- sociations of farmers that are now en- toying prosperity. So long as they keep out of politics they have noth- ing tc fear, but the moment they com init themselves to the fortunes of pol- iticians they are doomed,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20
DaAEerou. and vindictive.

BeBSemGr WeekIy.
 The Governor states plainly that he has called the special session because couple of minor railroad companies had brought action in the courts to test the constitutionality of some railroad isiature. The Governor does not. dare not, deny that these railroad compa- nies had perfectly proper and legal right to this recourse, but because they did it he calls a special session of the Legislature. that he may induce it to pass retaliatory and injurious laws as a punlgnment for these railroads appealing to the courts. We doubt if the like Of this procedure can find a parallel in the history of any State or country. The very Idea of punishing or threatening to punish one for strict Adherence 10 legal rights IS atroelous..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20
Today In History.
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November 20.
 14s7--cape of Good Hope doubled by Vasco de Gama.
 1613-Prince Henri de Condo, Vice. roy of New France, arrived at Quebec.
 l759-Admira1 Hawke defeated the French in battle of Quibefon Bay.
 1776-Washington withdrew his ar my of 5000 to Hackensack.
 1S06-Napoleon I. declared a block ade of the British Isles.
 1SI2--The Americans repulsed at Odellstown.
 1S66-First national encampment of the G.@A. E. met at Indianapolis. 1SS1--P. T. Barnum's menagerie burned at Bridgs rt, Conn.
 1SS2-rhe great Btrtke at Homestead, Pa, declared at an And
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20
AN rrcoNsrsrrrr coMrIArNr.

In one of our Northern exchanges some days ago we noted an editorial deiiverance under the heading. Elf forts of the Southern people to sec- tionaiize Democracy and the President.' = or something about like that. The comments of the paper were directed against what 1t affected to regard as a determination on the part of lead ing Southern Democrats to force the party to, nominate a distinctly south ern man and to let 1t be understood that the Democrats of this section would hatiy refuse to rally to any can didate but southerner.
 This was about the sum and sub stance of the editorial. and we were struck by its absnrdity, coming from the source it did. It is quite ttaie that there has been much unofficial and somewhat disconnected talk in the South about . Southern man for Pres ident. This has come from all parts of the South and from men in various positions, as we'll as from many news papers. It Is also . fact that one or more movements have been started looking to organized effort to assure the nomination of one of our own quaI- flied and deserving statesmen. but that the Democrats of the South have made, or are proposing to make, an organised effort to prevent the nomination of any but Southern man Is absurd and un- true. Because Southern Democrats gen. orally resent the imputaticn that we have no man fitted to i'll the high poe sition is. no reason for charging that we win not support . Northern or Western candidate.
 But if the charge were true that the South is trying to sectionaIise Dsmoe- racy we insist that 1t would come with poor grace from the North or the West. So far as the candidate for chief place is concerned 1t has been . sectional party without break for sixty years. Since the nomination of James K. Polk in 1stt the South has had no candidate for President on tho national ticket. John c. Breckinridgs was good and true Southern Democrat. but he was the nominee of one wing of the divided Democracy and so cannot be looked on as an exception to the continuous prac- tice of nominating Northern man.
 And So we repeat that if the impu- tation made against this section were true the Northern Democrats should not complain or object. If turn about is fair play" in other matters, they should recognize its. fairness in polit- icaI affairs. There will be no Democrat elected to the Presidency unless the Southern States supply the votes. and why should they not have the chief place on the ticket? In other words, should not those who do the work get the chief benents?
 We are not making a sectional ar. sument, let it be understood, or nling & demand on the National Democracy to nominate a Southern man. What we of the South demand, and what we have a right to expect. is the nomina- ton of good Democrat on sound platform. lIf the convention when it meets adopts a sort of split -the-dif. policy. both in candidate and platform. the South must accept it. but it wIIi be accepted with little heart or enthusiasm. We resent the idea that the South ought not to propose and adhere to . man of it's own,. but that does not mean that it will insist on that or nothing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20

There was something doing in the stellar and planetary world last Satur- day. Mercury "transitted" across the sun and a new star was added to the constellation of American States, but the latter event attracted much more attention in this country. We doubr if the average oklahoman remembe cred that there was such a, planet as Mer- cury.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20
PROBATE NOTICE.

State of Alabama, Probate Court, Montgomery county) November sth. 1901. Notice is hereby given that. J. HI. Phillips, Executor. Of the estate of Samuel n. Phif- lips. deceased. this day filed his account. vouchers and statement for . partial sat- and that the 3rd day of December. 1907, has been appointed for said settlement.
 J. B. GAST0N. wed-3t. Judge of Probate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20
Liquidation in Labor.

4ACW I0fh SOuGHdl Ot (Ou1ltCAC6 anu
 Commercial Bulletin.
 Every day brings its announcement of the discharge of a large number of workmen. This means that liquidation has already entered the field of labor, just as competent students sIl along foresaw would be the case. It cannot be said that labor in every instance used It's power tudiciouslv: the agita- tfon element imagined that they could domineer the whole sItuation--and, to tell the truth, they succeeded in an un- warranted degree. It now remains to be seen whether labor will accept the changed conditions without an attempt to kick against the bricks. The Butte miners have agreed to accept a subj stantial reduction in pay following the fall in price of copper Railroad work CTS have not yet been asked to forego the increases granted them some six months ago. but so many men are be- ing discharged that competition will become sufficiently keen to cut down wages. Labor. however. should recog- nize that a dollar ;-lreadY goes far ther than 1t did three months ago and hence it is likely to go still far ther Tn other worlds prices are de- clining all around. This means that salaried men who have had to bear the brunt of the recent imitation of com modities will now come into their own. From 6 broader standpoint the return to a normal basis Is highly desirable.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20
A Difference in whxsf

New York Evening World,
 Why a man with wife and family and with only $t in his pocket should steal can be understood. Why rich Wall Street firms and wealthy banh directors should steal Is hard to .sK plain except that 1t iE habit on Wau Street-And that Gamhlin" or. the stock exchange Is more demoralt2inR than not be .ompar&tive. but absolute
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20

That Massachusetts Judge who granted divorce to husband on the ground that his wife persisted in going through his pockets at night has es- tabiished a new precedent in the di- vo-ce business. and probably opened a wide door for dissatisfied husbands.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20

There is a man now living in Kansas who claims flat he, all by his lonesome. surrounded and capturei General Pick ctt. at Gettysburg. Fortunately tue latter was rescued by a squad of Con- fece rates. Wonder who saw the incl. dert?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20
Army Pay LegIaIatIon Needed.

In order to encourage enlistments in, the army. it Is proposed to increase the wages paid and also to relieve the men of some duties which they are now compelled to perform and to which there has been much objection made
 The question of keeoing the ranks of the regular army filled has become such Q serious one that 1t seems lha, offered if 1t is to be satisfactorily
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20
What LeeisIatIon for the FiIipInoss

V New York Times.
 The next Federal Congress should adopt a different one from the last, and by measures of broad statesmanship conduer the hostile sympathies Of a people who are our destined allies. As first reduisite to binding the de- pendencies to the paternal government, fair commercial relations must be es- abolished. The Secretary of War spoke ot legislation already planned that should restore the former prosperity of the planters by admitting to the country free of duty. but limiting their importation, Philippine sugar and to- bacco This would reverse the i'll rev. ord of the previous session. Dissent. CTS from such moderate plan will find more determined resistance in the Con- gressional committee rooms than that hitherto offered through mere consid- erations of square deal" to the Fil- ininos.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20

The New York Sun calls on the next Congress to make an appropriation for the purpose of adding an amusement han to the White House More room neoeed for the Teddy bears. we sup pose.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20
Can Have It.
Chaffanonpa

Chattanooga Times. t
 MT. Bryan can have the nomination. of course, since he wants 1t, and there was no need for him to qualify his an nouncement with the statement that he would accept if the party regards him as the strongest man." he appears to be the "only man and .whether the strongest or not. that goeE
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20
sWoRN CIRCULATION

The Montgomery Advertiser guef1n.sc,sss s, ' it's adyartfsers (and makes 1t part or Sns contract when requested) that it's daiiy CIT culation fs larger than that of any mornins z newspaper printed in Afabama-ano thes ns Sunday edition has the largest cireuiatton of any edition of any newspaper printed m Alabama, without exception.
 The figures for October printed peioM fep- eeBenting the actual net circulation. all re- turun hAytnG been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20
Let TAem Name Him.

Suppose that someone with the power should take The New York World at it's word and put Mir. Bryan aside" What then? Does The World know or Democrat who can be nominated who could make as good run for the Pres idancY as MT. Bryan?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20
PROBATE NOTICE.

State of Alabama, } Probate Court,
 Montgomery county) November 5th, ie07
 Notice Is hereby given that W. S. Black man. administration of the estate of B. B BIacknaan. deceased. this day filed his &C., count, vouchers and statement for a final settlement of his administration of said estate and that the 30th day of November. ls07, has been appointed for said settie- ment J. B. GAsTON.
 wedSst Judge Of Probate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20

We are now told that balloons are coming down-we mean in pries. They are in the habit of coming down ac- tually, and sometimes suddenly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20
Mass Women Bar, Kissing.

CaIVeston News. -l
 While # is certainly true that wo- man has heretofore been disinclined to seriously consider the pathological phase of it or to consult the board or health in lieu of personal, investiga. tion of the danger to which she Is subjected 1t de equally true that the new woman Fnay inaugurate a far reaching reform and make kissing q ceremonial or function at which the family doctors presence will be re- auired. The new woman Is common ly s-spected of a will to add fresh mis- cries to mans estate. and if she can change his joyous courtship into CO., school Of civics. turning the front parlor into A class room and the sofa 1nto dunce school. she probek- ly will do it. If she does. kissing will never again be what 1t once was. The kiss will. in that event. die of aness- thetics or Of neglect.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20

''The present quality of Congressional gas is non-illuminating." complains The Columbia State. The same complaint is frequently made as to actual gas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20

E g. Noble. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn. Rmya: The fcregofng statement oz Ths Adver- 2fser's circulation for the month Of Octo- ter 1901, is true and correct, and compiled sitter all returns from news boys. news agents, spoiled and Ieft-over copies have Bsen deducted. n. g. NOBLE,
 Circulation Manager. sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of November. 1907.
 (aEAL.l RIGA ALEXANDER,
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20

wealth of Democratic Talent. Nashville American. The Democratic candidates are Will liam Jennings Bryan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20

Commenting on the third term talk that is becoming so ccmnwn and wide. spread, The Richmond News-Lsadsr says:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-20

TO Drift Armstrong: Frank Adams of The New York Evening Mall, made i've pies and fifteen gallons of from our Houston orchard. Your little Alabama lemon wasn't even as big as footbail.--Houston Post.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-07-12

new laws are the direct primaries at
state expense, state commission to
regulate railroad rates, antipass, full
local taxation of railroads, two2cent
fares, unlimited damages, reducing ek-
press rates % per cent, uniformity Of
prices Of staples such as oil, coal, lum-
Der, ETC., life Imprisonment for yegg-
men, and limiting child labor to four
teen years of age during school term.
Allison Still In the Ring.
Senator Allison of Iowa has made
known his purpose to ask for another
term, and his friends are busy denying
the rumors that he is incapacitated by
age and failing health.
Hearst Moves For Recount.
Counsel for W. r. Hearst has. fled
bond to make good the costs Of pro-
ceedings for a recount Of the New
York mayoralty votes and moved that
the court order a summary canvass.
Acting Mayor MCGOWAN vetoed the
supplementary bill placing the costs on
the city in all case4 where the mayor
moves a recount. Later Mcclellan got
a court order stopping the recount
pending a test Of the laws constitu-
tionality. w.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-07-12

erection extends to the means and not
to the ends" In support Of this posi-
ton Senator Knox cited a long line
of judicial opinions, Including the re-
CEN decision Of the supreme court de-
livered by Justice Brewer in the Colo
rado-Kansas case. In this view it was
maintained that the %desirability or pop
ularity of a measure was beside the
question SO long as congress had no
power to enact it.
Lawmakers Disobey Hughes.
The New York Legislature adjourned
without having passed either the reap
portionment or direct nomination bills
which the governor in special messages
had demanded in the name Of the peo-
pie and a call for an extra session was
anticipated.
Nebraska Reform Legislature.
In the legislature Of Nebraska which.
has just adjourned the Democratic mi
nority Joined the Republicans In put
ting through many of the %anticorpora-
ton laws which both parties had
pledged themselves to before the last
elections. Among the more important
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