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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17
Politics and PoIiticians

vicc Prssidsnt Fairbanks is to spend the last week of October in the South nliing engaEeuents to speak in pai- pres.dsns ss'ief of the nnitsS geasss wifi Hi be held in Wisconsin some time this month
 by william I. Bryan as ,nne the glnfs sns ra at iitical announeemsnt on November 2s fore the Society Of Political Science r George Washington t'nivers ty.
 Col. Dan M. ewab. q millionaire mine owner has announced d,.ion nis ta saneiaaSy Rsprs sentative Brownlow of the First dis friot If Tennessee. Colopel Swab was a Republican candidate for railroad commissioner in the last state election pa,rn nm m Wsiisconsin on November ii, at a dinner to be given In Mlwau-' kee by the Jefferson Club of that city in celebration of the clubs twen- ty-first anniversary
 After completing e recent tour 0i sne seeretsry a of the American Protectixs cally aii the sentiment in that section D favor Of , the renominasion Of Pres iaenn,, iann,v Ssif X dozen of the forty-hve royernors ia the Union are to be elect ed this year and two of these are m New England, where Massachusetts and phode Island will ballot Tor cnlei maristrates Both of thsse states re- tair the system of annual eiecsions. s. waso s,na Of the other states to elect this yaar. Kentucky. Maryland ana Missis- strnnf choose their governors for four years and New Jersey for three years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17
That Extra Session.

Our friend. the Governor. has de- termined to put the State of Alabama to the expense of an extla session sim ply because the Louisville and Nash vile Railroad desires to test the con- stitutionality of the laws passed by the last Legislature. The L. N: and freight patrons. to be repaid by the company should the United States courts decide that the law Is consti- tutional
 The action of our friend Conner causes the thinking man to come to the conclusion that he has some doubts of the validity of the, law that he has teemed friend the Governor, really thought that the laws he had passed by partisan Legislature were able to he would quietly allow the law to take it's course. and not put the tax payers of Alabama to the great expense of the Governor has called an extra ses- e sion Is evidence that his much Yaunted railroad regulation laws are of the bum order, and are not what he has
 But what does Alabama's Chief Ex- as the State pays for it? He has one ulation. So great has this hobby be- come in his mind that 1t now seems to be a mania more than anything else.
 
 lines and look for the cause of every effect, there has been some little spec ulation as to what caused our illus trious friend the mighty Governor of Alabama. to turn the back of his hand to the very thing, coupled with child labor, that has made him rich. Had it not been for the railroads 1t would never have been possible for Governor Conner to have accumulated the wealth that he is credited with. The railroads brought the raw product toe his mills and carried the manufactured stuff to the markets of trade. It was through them, as great common carriers. he was able to visit the remotest parts of the State and canvass for the honor of governing them as president of the railroad commission. Again it was by them he was carried Go and fro all over the broad domain of the State in order to allow him to persuade the peo- pie that he would make good Gov ernor, although he had made 6 miser- able failure as the president of the railroad commission. Can 1t be possi- ble that the "Jim Dandy" meal affair has caused our friend Conner to become such railroad regulator?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17
KRELL FRENCH PIANOS
E. ID. FORBES PIANO COMPANY
 SOLE AGENTS.
The. south Carolina Situation.

The South CaroIinn Situation.
 Chattanooga Tradesnan.
 r Tss Ss St ssgh saE isss cssroSs sRSs as SGds were constantly in the lmellgnt' re volving around one central figure. who had the facility of keeping everyoooy, a high stage of agitation and ferment- ation regarding fiis doings and say ings until there was no other SouIh- ern State so badly handicapped in the ind,istral race in which all were ent- cred and so vigorously contesting.
 Politics was everywhere uppermost in the minds of it's citizens and there was little room for the more import dustrial progress, but the end of all this has come and today South Caro- Is the most tranquil in It's inter. nal affairs and has less of political This has been brought about by its business men taking charge and rei- egating the politicians to the rear, sen ator Tfllman alone remaining, but so tempered by local changes as to be ab- solutely harmless within his own do- main and perhaps gifted with greater wisdom as to the real needs of his peo- pie. Carolina has won the most important and decisive victories for her own peo- pie and the South that could possibly have been obtained, since 1t was here country was raised and q system of corn and cotton cultivation inaugurated that promises to revolutionize these two great wealth producing crops of the South. This State has no quar- rels with her railroads or corporations, but all are moving along smoothly and working in harmony for the gem eral advancement of the State. We are pleased to commend this example to the rest of the South since it Is pre- cisely the condition that we have sought for all alike.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17
me Autocracy of Labor.

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 The cotton screwmen yesterday re- iected the proposition of the eornmer- clal committee that they resume Work upon the ! asis of 200 lA.es stowege eraI inquiry. The Dock and Cotton Council later ratified the decision or the screwmep. The attempts at com- promise have failed. because there ap- pears to he no middle ground. The efforts of the Mayor. in his capacity of volunteer negotiator, have served only to show the futllity of further negoti- atlons and the absolute necessity or breaking the power Sf SfoI men wn4 wns,t,on are even after 1t is proved beyond. cavu to be unjust and absurd.
 The establishment of an armtstice on the basis of 16o bales stowage IS un- thinkable. The injustice of that stand ard has been established beyond dis pute. It was buried past resurrection by the records made by nonunion la Dor during the past ten days. When unskilled cred from the four corners, unacclimated, totally un- familiar with the Work-can stow up- wards of 215 bales per day, the prop. osition that skilled men, who command higher wage than their fellows by reason of their supposed skilI, ar egiv- ing an honest days work, by slowing only 160 bales, becomes ridiculous.
 The suggestion that a thorough In. vestigation be made of levee and port  ering such other abuses as may exist. Is excellent, but 1t can hardly be used to condone the action of the screwnen, or as an argument for the further suf- ferance of abuses already discovered and practically admitted. On such . theory every convicted pickpoclret might gain immunity from prosecution on the plea that other pickpockets were at large. It Is easiest to wage one war at time, and it is likewise. wis est to correct each abuse as it Is dis covered, rather than permit its con: tlnuance because other abuses are thought to exist,
 Until the screwmen manifest 8 dis position to listen to reason and to deal justlas further attempts at compromise are worse than useless, tending only to encourage these political laborers to fresh exactions and their unfortunate victims of the allied unions to con tinue 8 hopeless fight by which they have absolutely nothing to gain. The commercial interests have the situation on the river front well in hand. All that Is needed to effect the desired reform is time and the preservation of order To the latter both municipal and State authorities are pledged. There seems nothing to do but to fight the extortiante demands of the screw men, until the allied unions realize the folly of their course and the misfor- tunes which they are bringing upon themselves, without hope of personal advantage by their illJudged violation of contracts, and Ghrow of the yoke they have worn much too long.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17
KRELL FRENCH PIANOS
"a. E. FORBES PIANO COMPANY
 SOLE AGENTS.
What fhe State Pdpers
 Are Saying and Doing

Heavy Faring Mystery. Huntsville Evening Banner.
 sHeavy firing has been heard rom Roosevelt's camp Wonosr "ho
 The Measure of Man-
 to One good man following 2 dociie worth a dozen street corner rhAese-
 Only the Hotel Keepers.
 ilG nontromery nrSs s'I: Is pleased at the state ment, 'i win call them together again. if necessary" made by Governor Co- mer. 1t means money to her for the Legislature to convene
 rervent Hope Expressed.
 Governor Corners call to the Lsgis- iature gives enough latitude @ our law makers to drive the nsd ra,asoaaSS aSaf pud ninca m being with the people the legisiators may have absorbed enouhg wisdom to repeal sorne of their laws and adjourn
 Ills Kind of Democrat.
 Another one of those queer kind of Democrats who advocated the nomina- tion and election of President Roose- YelE, mas UGGA 0iHCUtONC CQs ANE oAf v v name is Helm and ne lives in Missis- sippi. Ten to ohe he Is a direct benz efictafy of the Dingley tariff ,or he or some of his people hold ofiice under a Republican President.
 sl A Legimlat0K's J0b. Greenyiiie Advocate,
 The members who were elected to the Legislature thinking they wouid have an easy time, have found out al- ready their hopes will not be realized. They have had two good sessions, and now there will be another. and from the number of items to be considered as mentioned in the Governors mes- sage calling the extra session. it will take some days to consider them, un- less most of them have already been prepared. Tn that case there will be nothing to do but to vote on them. 1t goes without saying they will be passed if the Governor sufficiently urges their passage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17
.Side1aik Penciiings
Fire Chlef Browder Returns,

Captain John F. Browder. Chief of turned to the city ysstsrday morning of Amsrica in WasSington, ssson to 5. m 0. aSf Chief Browder had been absent from Mont gomery week and his vacation. aside his many friends rejoice because Of tns nns nsya rnyslsai condition he is in; were aSout hs oS s soSs ressnt convention. and the Business before si us was interesting as well as helpful In aaaition to the chiefs, there were many representatives of manufacturers of hre-hghting apparatus present. and the display of the tools we work with ' was !, gI.hout \ doubt the greatest ever
 ";rhe addresses made to the eonyen. tion were fine and the practical Illus. trations unsurpassed. Washington ia paratus- making places and the exhibi. best that could bs had
 5s ss' SsRssHsl0a Of gsns NSrtos k tained. "A great oyster roast was giv- sn sIyrs., us but t was lar from being the were afterwards taken to Fort Henry, treated to . sight of the Afe savers ,r9sEs.. work: and e%scortsd % to every ISint h Of The entire meeting was both delightful and benefcial
 Yot a,ssrrsa ssrss Yet Bst Sc sce9 IerhEap,; lE members of the City Council ike being or ssss s sSas sass s'iss ss of eontsntmsnt of aii kinds think i expressed as 1t was upon the phizzes they gathered ami fiIled as much A d they possibly could, their chairs in that sometimes lively assembling room called the Council Chamber.
 crossed their legs; some sat erect, some nonchalantly leaned upoL their et 5ows; % But they were all pleased ass as the most consistently delightful of al the articles upon tta directory of the quick lunch counter. They had all sit and speak and look; not one but smile he had adopted as part of his sc's sss ana ssra wss saacatos osai in ss ons the branches of the study of human
 But they are all right. Last night 4ly and with admirable regard to dis patch. There were but few speeches yet vithal : k.sa but arm dstsrn,nAs- A smile Of satisfaction Is going to be taken over by the popuiace for I be- lieye.. the new administration win do we'll"
 Secretary B. P. Kennedy. of the Rail- road Commission, returned yesterday morning from Anniston, where he went to vote at the prohibition election held Tuesday. Mir. Kennedy said that there was practically no opposition on the part of the liquor peopie.
 Messrs. M. A. KilIian and & c. Love, of Salem, were ct the Capitol yester- day on business connected with the sch ools of their community. Both are members of the school board there.
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 Deputy Insurance Commissioner A. C. Sexton is still confined to hts home. His condition was but little improved yesterday.
 Secretary H. J. Wlllingbam, of the State Examining Board, left yesterday afternoon for his home at Wetumpka.
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 State Treasurer w. D. Seed left yes terday for Tuscaloosa on private busi- ness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17

Things have coming to a strange turn" remarks The Brooklyn Eagle. 'when 8 vote for Tammany is a vote for the preservation of the purity of the Republican Party" Well. we should think so. but as The Eagle views the situation. the idea is that all hon est Republicans should fall in with Tammany in order to down the unhoIy alliance between certain Republican machine leaders and the Hearst aggre- gation. It is hardly likely that any thing of the kind will be done but it would be a lesson to the Parsons crowd.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17
This IS My 62nd Birthday"
JAMES N. DAY.

Chancellor James Roscoe Day of Syracuse University. who attracted considerable attention to himself by denouncing President Roosevelt for his attitude against the Standard oil Com pany' was born in Whitneyville. Mo. Oct. l7, 1S45. He received his first schooling on his fathers farm and later attended Bowdoin College, from which institution he graduated in lS74. On the completion of his eolle- gate course he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church. and preached to important charges in Portland, Boston and New York. In church in New York to take the chan ccllorshipp of Syracuse University, a position which he st.ll retains. Chan cellor Day is the author of numer- ous magazine articles. sermons and lectures. He is recognized as one of the most capable educators in the state of New York and as preacher he is said to have few equals in the Methodist communion
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17
admit that almost anything is possi- .bie in Pennsylvania.
Dons HE DoDGns

The Chicago Journal expresses some surprise at the silence of the President on one important subject. It says that his speeches have covered everything from deep waterways to Government regulation of the predatory rich." but not once has he alluded to the subject of tarif revision. "The President" it says. "couid do his party the greatest possible service if he would use the in- fiuence of his office and his personal- Fity to induce Congress at once, before the next national election. to revise the tariff in at least few of it's large abuses. With such reform to it's credit the Republican Party could be sure of being retained in power for four years longer. Without 1t, the party Is in grave danger"
 It is plain. in our judgment. that the leaders of his party do not agree with The Journal that he would be doing the party a great service if he would come out boldly in favor of immedi- ate revision. We have little doubt that he has received his orders on the sub ject and is obeying them. whether the course referred to by our contemporary would strengthen the Republican Party is a matter about which those who control it evidently entertain grave doubts, if we are to judge from their expressions. They know that a mere pretense of revision would be worse for them than letting it alone. and they also know that real reform would alienate many of those upon whom the party must largely depend for the funds to carry on . campaign. On the whole, they seem to. go on the theory that the less that isNsaid the better. and the President has shaped his speeches ac- cordingly. 'sh
 And while the Pesident in all his multifarious speeches has carefully avoided any ailusion to tariff reform he has also remained silent on another matter about which great deal is be- ing said, and that il the third term proposition. So far as we are aware he has not expressed himself on that subject in any of his speeches. though he must know how it is agitating his party aII over the country. Is he re- ally an artful dodger, after all?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17
THURSDAY, OCTOBER IF, 1907.
A WEAK REASON.

General Helm, of Jackson, Miss, who is alluded to as Ian old Confederate veteran and lifelong Democrat" gets into print in favor of the re-e{ec- tion of Roosevelt. We have not read his letter. but one of the reasons given by him is notable. and that is his as- sertion that 'the achievements of Roosevelt have made Democratic suc- cess impossible. Without going into any discussion as to the correctness of his opinion we should like to know what it has to do with the policy or the duty of Democracy. General Helm would have been a very poor speci- men of Confederate if he had quit his own army and joined the Union forces and given as his excuse that Confed- crate success was impossible.
 And yet General Helm is a type, not altogether uncommon, of Democrats who can see nothing in politics but suc- cess. With them political principle seems to cut no figure and party and governmental policies have no concern. For Democrats to surrender their prin- ciples and go over to the enemy be- cause they think Democracy cannot win in the next election Is political cow ardice as well as treachery. If it were known beyond peradventure that ]ha fod hry hfr would be elected it would be no shadow of excuse for Democrats to abandon their principles and join their enemies General Helm should take a rest.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17
To-day In History
OCTOBER IT.

l44s-Turks defeat tho Hungariana at battle of Cossev0
 l6e6--Augustus III. King of Poland born.
 I775-Town of Falmouth (Portland) Isos-Congress assembled in extra session to act on the Louisiana Pur. IS2S-The Delaware and Chesapeake IS16-Nathan Clifford of Maine he. came attorney general of the United 1S49--Chopin, the great musical com poser, died in Paris. 1x,,, IS53-FiIibusterers under Col. VII liam Walker sailed from. San Francis- co to establish a pro-slavery colony !" 1sSsslAustria evacuated Lombardy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17
Enrfiaalnnn.

The family were gathered in the li- brary admiring a splendid thunder storm. when the mother bethought her self of Dorothy alone in the nursery, says Brooklyn Life. Fearing lest her little daughter should be awakened and feel afraid, she slipped away to reas- sure her. Pausing at the door. how ever in vivid flash of lightning which illumined the whole room, she saw her youngest olive branch sitting straight up in bed. Her big brown eyes were glowing with excitement, and she clapped her chubby hands. while she shouted encouragingly, Bang it again, Lord! Bang 1t again"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17
A Good Reason.

Years ago when the G. A. R. annual department encampment was held in Boston. as the veterans were marching along one of the avenues a sition on a wagon in a side street, be- came conspicuous by the enthusiasm she displayed and was dissatisfied with the lack of 1t by the bystanders.
 "Cheerr she said. "Why don't you cheer? I guess you'd cheer If you'd lost two husbands In the war as did"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17
Perjury and HypocrIsy.

LUHuUH MeHIcaI Magazlme.
 coETts ETery one. one familiar with the lay swear that which ss false, and how rare it is for any hotice whatever to be taken of the paIpable perjury which goes on day by day. Yet English peo- pie are resentful when foreigners in- sinuate that hypocrisy is prevalent among them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17

The Charlotte Observer insists that Quigg is the proper man for National Republican Chairman. So far as get Sing the money goes he would doubt less make a good one. but wouldn't the party have to get somebody to watch Quigg?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17

The Government has rather badly scattered administration just about now, but perhaps 1t is just as well. There's less danger of mischief than when they are all together.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17
AuausT cIRcuLArIoN.

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees 7ts advertisers (and makes tt e part of the contract when rsqusstsd} that its daily cir culation is lar ger than that of any morning nev tper printed in Alabama--and that its Sunday edition has the largest circulation of any edition of any newspaper printed in Alabama without exception
 The figures for August. printed below. representing the actual net circulation. all re- turns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17

If the Government is determined to send the fleet to the Pacific, why not wait till the Panama Canal is ready: It would save lots of money.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17

Wonder if anything serious has hap- pened to Harry Lehr. To the best of our information he hasn't made a spec tacie of himself in some weeks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17

The advice of The New York World that Kentucky should now become fe- nous for It's drinking water" is d de- liberate slap at that goodly State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17

Tn London is the iazicst man in the world. He never worked in his life and he went to sleep while judge was sentencing him to the work house. The report failed to state whether or not his home was in Phiia- deiphia
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17

'The automobile must go," declares The Portsmouth Star. That's the dick ens of 1t now--they go too fast.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17

E. S. Noble. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn. says.
 The foregoing statement of The Adver- ftsers circulation for the month of August. 1907 is true and correct, and compiled after all returns from news boys, news agents. spoiled and left over copies have been de- ducted E g. NOBLE,
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 11th day of September, 1907 (sEALA) INCA ALEXANDER.
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17

That the bear tracks were discov- cred by a colored guide may be that the echoes of the Brownsville affair are asserting themselves.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17

The Queen of Belgium wants to sell the s3o,0oo diadem presented to her by her subjects on the grounds that 1t ie not valuable enough to be dubbed work of art." Yet 1t cost thirty thou. Queenie should make some al- iowance for the> spirit in which 1t was given.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17

When two women kiss. it's more like than anything else.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-17

!. If Mars is really inhabited and her people take a squtnt now and then at our canal. they must think we're ex- tremely slow.