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The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-11-07
Rhode Tslaiin Shifts.

Providence, r. l., Nov. 6.--Goy-
ernor Higgins, democrat, is rs-elect-
ed by a little over two thousand
votes. The next assembly will be
strongly republican, insuring the
election of George Peabody Wetmore
to the United States senate.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-11-07
SOUTH AMERICAN WAR?

Montevideo, Uruguay Mov. g.
The relations between Uruguay and
Argentina are strained 90 the result
OF the detention by the Argentine
authorities OF GmaH ttrngnayan
steam vessel. I H.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-11-07
Anti-Graft Big Winner

San Francisco, Nov. 6.-The cleo
ton in this city yesterday proved a
landslide for the anti-graft: leaders,
the returns showing that the good
government ticket was overwhelm-
inSIy elected from top to bottom.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-11-07
The Fight I'm Irfab

Salt Lake, Nov. 5.--Great interest
was shown in the early balloting in
the efforts Of the American party
(nnti mOrmon) to defeat the demo-
Gratis and republicans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-11
The Cocktail fin Politics.

New York Times.
 When B. Gratz Brown of Missouri, candidate for Vice-President on the ticket with Horace Greeley, in 1872. buttered his watermelon at New Eng land political banquet he helped to pre- cipitate a catastrophe. We have el- man. Just because MT. Brown ate his watermelon with butter, it was as sumed that he was under the influence of ardent spirits. No effort was made tain whether tho clstom of bu.terins ones watermelon prevailed II. MT. Browns native State Yet. at that time the practice of ca :lhg tomatoes throughout New Englaud. Indeed. it has not yet been abandoned by the old families.
 The pathetic fate @f Gratz Brown comes to the mind in view Of the rre dicament of Vice Pres,aent Fairbanks in the matter of forCy Manhattan cock tails. This scandal has been smolder ing in Indianapolis since Memorial Day. unveiling of the Lawton Statue. went to lunch at the Vice-President's house, and has now burst forth in a blue flame which threatens to grow hotter was served forty Manhattan cocktails were ordered from club by teleph Q and arrived in time. It Is asserte1. also, that three kinds of wine were served.
 The total abstinence members of the Methodist Church are consequently op- posing the selection of MT. Fairbanks as a delegate to the ouadrennial con- ference of the Church in Baltimore next May. MT. Fairbanks, it is well known. wants to be prominent figure at the Methodist Conference in May preparatory to being a prominent tlg- ure at the Republican Convention in June His religious and political pros pects are thus threatened, as it seems to us, most unfairly
 There Is not a particle of evidence that MT. Fairbanks drank one of the cocktails, and 1t is known that he did not order them. There Is no proof that he even tasted of of the three kinds of wine. The luncheon was in his house. but 1t was served by a public caterer. Let the caterer be questioned. We are sure that the blame belongs to him.
 The Vice. President, until quite late Iy. was the foremost living eXemplar of the buttermilk habit but a superior States deliberately deprived him of that honor. Now, because Manhattan cocktails were served at luncheon given to that same superior officer Manhattan cocktails. mind you, the Methodist total abstainers should bear the brand In mind-his political plans are endangered.
 Manhattan cocktails are named for this island and municipal borough At their best they arc swedish appetizers. with a red cherry in each glass. What has the Vice-President to do with Man haitian cocktails? dry Martini, now, would be more in keeping with his per sonality. We do not believe that MT. Fairbanks was responsible for the cocktails or the wine. He is of the same temper and quality of mind as his foremost fellow citizens, some of whom are unreasonably agitated about the cocktails, and of whom he re- marked in a recent speech: Tt is a reassuring fact that our citizens take hold of those things which tend to pro- mote the welfare of the entire body of our people,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-11
"This is My 69th Birthday"
John WanGmaker.

John Wan:.h.aker the great Philadel- phia merchant. was born in the Quaker City. July II. 1888. After few years of country school life. he obtained em- ployment in a bookstore, where he re mained until 1856. when he removed to Indiana with his father. He remained in the West but year. however. re- his own account and soon won for him turning to Philadelphia in 1S57 and starting a small newspaper. The pa per gave promise of success, but jour nalism was not the path that the young man had mapped out for himself. Af- ter working as a clerk for some timN he went into the clothing business on his own account and soon won for him- self great popularity and financial suc- cess. MT. Wanamaker was one of tho first to establish what Is now com monly known as a department store Despite his vast business Interests. he has found time to connect himself inti- mately with prominent movements in the social and religious worlds. He has been active also in Republican pol itics and from 1889 to 1893 he served as Postmaster General of the United States,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-11
THURSDAY, JULY II, 1907.

Over in Georgia there Is a bill be- fore the Legislature for the creation of County to be called Bryan. We take it- that it is an honor of William ,. Bryan. This reminds us that in Alabama one of our Counties at it's formation. was called Benton in honor of the great Missouri statesman and mother was named Hancock, after the great revolutionary patriot and signer of the Declaration of Independence. In after years Benton became unpopu- lar and the County which bore his name was changed to Calhoun. Just why Han cock was changed to Winston we do not know. There could be no reason assigned against him, and we pre- surns 1t was simply to honor Alabama's distinguished son nd former Governor John Anthony Winston. This thing of naming counties and cities after liv- ing men is some what of doubtful wisdom.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-11

They are likely to have pretty ket- tie of fish in Belgium, according to in- dications. It appears, so the story goes. that King Leopold. is the father of an illegitimate son. ty woman of the lower classes, who was formerly the wife of a coal heaver. It is stated that Leopold proposes to marry this woman or 10 have his connection with her lega- ifzed by religious ceremony. In that case the boy in the ease, may become King of Belgium some day, and the prospect of that is causing quite a little stir among the people of that. little country. Possibly, however. he might make a better ruler than some have done who were born in the purple"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-11
Today Ln His tory

1So2-Flemings defeated the Count of Artois at Courtray
 1450-Jack Cade. who raised an in surrection in Kent, killed.
 1609-Samuel Champlain discovered the lake which bears his name.
 1708-Battle of Oudenarde.
 1744-Pierce Butler. the son of an English baronet, who became Senator from South Carolina, born in Ireland. Died in Philadelphia. February Is. 1922.
 17s2-savannah evacuated by the British.
 1S14-A British fleet captured East port, Me.
 1s4S-Fremonts expedition sighted Pike's Peak. Colorado.
 1S64-First organized national bank opened In Philad e;phia
 1SS2-Bombardment of Alexandria
 Is90-The President signed the Wy ominE Admission bill.
 1S92-Ravachol. anarchist and dyna- miter. guilotined in Paris.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-11
NOT A CORRECT ABATEMENT.

All the talk about supervision and better teachers and better houses for our schools will come to naught unless we first provide the sinews of war money. First get the money and the other things can be easily obtained. The money needed will be rather hard to secure so long as the Legislature appropriates as much to three schools schools of the State. Too Anuch money to few schools and too little for the many Is the error committed by our representatives in the Legislature Marion County News.
 The paper from which the above Is taken is one of our best State ex- changes It is conservative at all times and usually very correct in statements We submit, however. that 1t has not stated the case correctly as between the three schools" to which 1t refers and the other schools of the State.
 The amount appropriated for build ing purposes for the University, the Polytechnic Institute and the Girls School aggregates ss26.ooO. This is carried over a period of four years and is therefore only $2O6.5o0 per annum. The University has been receiving $s6,- 900 per annum. as payment of interest on a debt of the State to the institu- tion, and that by no means. even at 4 as was properly due. An addition of 5000 for maintenance was made and that Is all that can properly be said to have been appropriated for expenses of the University.
 The Polytechnic Institute receives $20, 2So but that is only interest upon the money received by the State from the sale of lands donated to the insti- tuition in 1870 by Congress. The State kept the money arising from thefsale and the payment of interest should in no measure count as an appropriation to the institution from the State. In addition to this the Polytechnic has been receiving part of the fertilizer tag fund. This fund has been devoted to general purposes and in lieu of the Polytechnic receiving direct from 1t, will receive a specified amount from the State. For 19O7-0S 1t will be $32,- 900, for the next year. $S6,OOO; for the next. sSS,oOO, and for the next and con- tinuously $4o,OOO. This is to go to- ward maintenance of the institution. This is all the State does for the Poly technic.
 The Girls School at Montevallo re- ceives $36,OO0 towards maintenance and Is all that the state does for that instl- tuition.
 Now the amount that will go to the schools per annum is not less than s1.- 400. OOO This is exclusive of the poll tax, of the additional tax voted by the people in forty counties and Of the amount given by towns and cities from their treasuries. It is as $1.40O,oOO for the schools to s25,OOO for the Univer- sity, S4o,OOO for the Polytechnic and SS6, 900 for the Girls School. these be- ing the three schools. which our Marion County friend asserts receive as much "as is given to the balance of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-11
Politics and Politicians

Walter k. Frear. the new governor of Hawaii, though born in California, began his education in Honolulu and has passed most of his life there. He Is a poet as we'll as an emnient lawyer and . judge.
 The platform adopted by the recent Democratic state convention in Penn ing investigation of the auditor gen erals office, and demands speedy prosecution of those responsible for the alleged frauds in furnishing and
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 Secretary Taft will spend most of his time with his family at Murray Bay until he departs Tor the Philippines. Upon his return in l. emher. one Of ton. and 1t is likely that he will se- lect that occasion on which to announce his views on the subject of railroads and corporate wealth.
 
 Unperturbed by the notoriety at tending the connection of his name with the violette Watson scandal, Thomas F. Walsh. the millionaire mln- enter the United States Senate as the successor of Henry M Teller of Colo rado. It is likely that his candidacy will have the support of the mining ana smelting interests of Colorado.
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 The first lineup of the Democrats of Tex--s on the Bailey issue will likely be made in the contest for Attorney-Gen- sraleral. This is the most important State next year. The second term pre- cedent insures the renomination of Governor Campbell without opposition. Things are already shaping them- selves in Iowa for an interesting con. test for the Republican gubernatorial nomination; Two candidates are all ready ready .rs receiving prominent mention. auditor. Both have heretofore been known as ar lent Cummins men. A Republican primary election will be held in Oregon next April for the United States Senatorship, Several of the party leaders are already planning to enter the race for the toga. among H. M. Cake. It is probable that when the time arrives Governor Chamber lain and ex-Governor T. T. Geer also will be found in the lists.
 The senatorial fight in North Dakota may now be caid to be on, with Senator Hansbrough against the field. Senator Hansbrough has opened political head quarters in Fargo and will put up 6 warm fight to be his own successor. Congressman Marshall. former Con- gressman M N. Johnson, Justice Spald- ing Of the Supreme Court, former Gov ern Frank White and several others are named as possible oponents of Senator Hansbrough in the approach ing contest.
 Senator Murray Crane of Massachu- setts, whose name has been mentioned by some in connection with the presi- dential nomination, Is a man of fine ancestry. The Cranes have been the foremost paper manufacturers of this country since the dawn of American history, when Mir. Cranes great-grand- father built the first paper mill at Dalton, Mass.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-11
May Get fhe Bird---But :?


 sical ills, whereas the care of patients suffering with mental and nervous troubles really calls for still hignsr grade and competency of nurses. My information is confined to the state ments made by paid patients. members of families of high standing. What the conditions are with regard to the charity patients. know nothing abouf. but common sense tells us they must be worse. spirit of animosity towards the man agement of this institution, nor to- wards those nurses, no doubt the ma jority, who have been guiltless Of ln- humanity; in fact, in no spirit of ani- mostly towards anyone, but with the desire to further the interests of fair and thorough investigation. If there has been mistreatment and cruelty IT should be exposed, and the guilty in- dividual punished, and its Recurrence guarded against If there has been none, such an investigation would vim dicate the reputation of this state fn> stitution. In neither event would harm he done, while the chances are that great and lasting good would be the result. . Montgomery. July 10.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-11
HE IS THE LIMIT.

We have read and heard of exhibi- tions of cheek and gall and impotence and various other things of like na- ture. but we think Mayor schmitz. of San Francisco. is easily the limit. As the reader well knows this man was charged with almost every form of maladministration that any official could well be guilty of. His criminal ing that even misgoverned San Fran cisco became nauseated. and after a long and hot legal fight he was con- victed and has been sentenced to a term of five years in the penitentiary. He is now in jail. awaiting the result of the final attempt of his attorneys to save him from the penitentiary. but there is hardly room to doubt that he must serve his term.
 Such is schmitz. who has served three terms as Mayor of his city and who. although in jail. still claims to exer else the powers and duties of the of- flee: but that is not the extent of his gall. From his place in jail he an- nounces his candidacy for a fourth term as Mayor. and has issued a lengthy pronunciamento to the people. setting forth not only what he has done but what he proposes to do for the dear people. One would suppose that with his record standing before the people he would hardly dare allude to what he has done. but that shows his impu- dence. One of the suggestions he makes in his bid for support is Q fair sample of the man. He says:
 What San Francisco urgently heads is a bond issue of s5o,ooO.OOo Tor the complete rebuilding of the sewer sys- tenn the restoratio of the streets. and ths erection and repair of public build ings. Such an issue could be made without exceeding the total bonded confess it would be difficult in the present condition pertaining here 10 float such debt: but that amount or money must be available during the next two years if San Francisco Is to be municipally restored.
 Now. considering the record of the man. and the shameless manner in which he and Ruef and their copar- ceners in inquity footed the city's finances. he might just as well have said to the people of San Francisco in plain English: T want an issue of fifty million dollars of bonds so that I may have good grabbing when I again get into office" This is about what he means. if we are to judge him by his own record. We do not sup pose he will escape his penitentiary term, and if he does 1t Is hardly sup possible that the people will again elect him to the responsible office of Mayor If they do they will deserve to lose what the robbers have left them, but his announcement as a can- didate shows the brazen impotence of the man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-11

The Recorders court over in Colum- bus had an unusual case before it last Monday. a negro woman having been arrested for whipping her husband. Sue said he failed to turn over to her his weeks wages on Saturday night, so she took a Iath and felted him all over. His
 plea was that he hadn't been paid off but the family court refused to accept the plea and he got the lath. The Re corder held that a wifes rights didn't extend to lath-ering husband and fined her $2.5O for her fun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-11
INVESTIGATE THE CHARGE.
A Prominent Citizen Has Heard Some
 Serious Statements.

A Prominent Citizen Has Heard Some
 Serious Statements.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 I am glad to see that a movement is on foot in the Legislature to investi- gate the treatment accorded to the poor unfortunates in the Insane Hospital at Tuscaloosa. It is to be hoped that the investigation will be a thorough one. and that the committee appointed for that purpose will not be a white washing committee. but one that will go to the bottom of this matter.
 The charges made in the affidavits published are so shocking as that the average reader will be inclined to dis- miss them from his mind as utterly in credible. In this connection. wish to say that reports have come to me through parties of the highest standing and character, who were placed in this institution for a short while. and whose statements could not be doubted by any fair minded jury or committed, which show that a terrible state of affairs has been existing in this asylum. The conduct of some of the nurses and at tendants thus recited from such re- liable sources. is more in keeping with the cruelty and barbarian of the dark ages than with the humane and fond of attributing to this day nnd time. Rut for the family and personal pride of those people of good stanuIng who have unfortunately been inmates of this institution. and but for the ah- solutely helpless and defenseIess state of those within its walls, no doubt a demand for an investigation would have come much sooner. With the vast number of patients. some 1,50O, to be looked after by & handful Or physicians, three l believe. at Tusca- lnosa 1t is impossible for the superin- tendent. Dr. Searcy, and his physician assistants, to keep up with what goes on in that immense e tablishment. The unfortunate patients are absolutely at the mercy of the so-called nurses-a ciass nt So men WHo H per Week and tbsir hoard. You can imagine the quality of man which this wage will command We have to pay from $15.00 to $25.00 per week for competent nurses for phX-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-11
Views to Be Commended. ...

James, Ala, July 9. 1907. Editor The Advertiser:
 The article in your Sundays edition under the caption of Taxation and Government" written by that old. true and tried Democratic guard, Hon. Wm. q. Oates, will be commended as being timely and to the point by every loyal Democrat and taxpayer of our State. It strongly sets forth the cardinal prin- ciple of Democracy, which is a reason able taxation of the people for an eco nomical administration of government. which would be well for our present
 The cry for cheaper freight rates, something cheaper" swept over our State, and caught the ear of the voters and carried our present State officials alone, which lower rate seems now to be in the sweet by and by" The people did not expect higher tax rate and the unjust special taxes now sad died on them. What difference does it make to the people to put money in one pocket-lower freight rates-and take it out of the other pocket-in higher taxes-yea. great deal more Mir Solons and those in authority. the dear constituents at rome will not stand for such departure from good old Democratic doctrine. and you had appearing on the wall" and protract the present session long enough to re- peal some of the pernicious laws en- acted at your last sitting.
 A majority of the people are also demanding more Nstringent laws in re- gard to the pistol toters," and dram shops, especially in the Piack Belt. where there is an element that can us- ually be found with a pistol in one hip pocket and a flask of whisky in the other, which combined makes a very dangerous class to deal with. Have the moral courage to give us laws ad- equate for the suppression of these two greatest evils. then you will have done something of lasting benefit to your present constituents and to the gener- ations to follow.
 Billy Sykes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-11
Too Much Alike.

Mobile Register.
 If MT. Roosevelt should be reQuisi- tioned as the Republican candidate can We count on MT. Bryan to beat him? How would MT. Bryan go about doing 1t, when he so heartily approves of Mir Roosevelt's policies? We must get a man to fight MT. Roosevelt who Is not obsessed with admiration for that gem tleman, and who differs frou him radi- cally as to the way to run this govern ment
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-11
Prattville, Ala.
The Synodical College fer Women at
 Talladega.

Editor The Advertiser
 In your issue of yesterday in a com munication from Birmingham, the fol- lowing statement appeared: Taiiade- gas bid for the Synodical Seminary viii settle the location of that institu-, tion Members of the School Board ap- pointed by the synod to select g ioca- tion for the Seminary met here Noday with Rev. Sterling J: Foster. Rev: Neai W H. Boynton in attendance.
 The institution referred to above was located in Talladega nearly fifty years ago .and has been under the tn vIse present nt has never been so prosperous. and the question of it's location In Taliadega has not been raised at all: The pros perity of that institution has made 1t necessary for the board to enlarge the facilities of the school, and in this work the people of Talladega are heartily interested. At no period in the history of the college has the institution been manned by a better faculty, or received more hearty support from its constttu- ency., and to this is due the efforts of the board to provide for larger build-
 Neal L. Anderson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-11
Graves and His Burden.

John Temple Graves for the past sew eral months has been engaged in the president making business. He un- duestionably has the right to engage iR this business, but fortunately for the country he cannot monopolize 1t. The renomination and election of Roosevelt is the job he now has in hand. In 1904 he undertook to carry the state delegation of Georgia and Florida to the national Democratic convention for his friend, William Randolph Hearst. He failed-as it was naturally expec- ted Of course he himself attended the convention. but simply as a spectator.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-11

"The Montgomery Advertiser wants to know how did Methuselah die? Why,
 from heart failure, of course" says The Charlotte Observer. Nevertheless there are some who insist that he died from an overdose of water.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-11

A buffalo fish weighing sigthy-two pounds is reported to have been caught in the Missouri River some days ago. Seems to us they would better call it an elephant fish. from it's size.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-11

schools of the State" or. if 1t wants to Include as part of it's charge the special appropriation for needed buildings for the great State institutions, then let it add the annual amount of $2oe,5oo, winch is limited to four years.