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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31
AND STILL ANOTHER.

The newspapers of yesterday brought incomplete details of another hobo caust, evidently due to faulty material or construction. The collapse of the immense steel bridge at Quebec by which scores of human beings went to their death almost without a moments warming adds one more to the horrible happenings of like nature within q comparatively short time.
 Again must go forth the verdict that some one had biundered." How many lives were lost, how many homes made deselate, how many widows and or phans left to mourn and perhaps to suffer. is not yet certainly known but the harvest of death has been terri ble one at best, even though 1t may not yet be fully as gseat as first re- ported. Even if later and fuller re- ports may show that the catastrophe was not as bad as was at first feared, there can be no room to doubt that it was fearful.
 Of course there will be an investi- gation and possibly the verdict will be mo one was to blame" Such fnd- ings have more than once been the end of such alleged accidents" but will it be possible in this instance? In this day of advanced engineering and mechanical skill and of our almost per- feet knowledge of the strength and endurance of metals it would seem al- most impossible for such an accident as this to occur without gross fault or negligence somewhere. Whatever may be tho final verdict it will be in teresting to note the results of a full and complete investigation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31
SHAPING UP
For . Rig Tariff Fight in the Next
 CamnafRn

For . Big Tariff Fight in the Next
 Campaign.
 Washington Special to N. Y. Globe.
 That things are shaping up for a fierce struggle over the tarih features of the platform of the next Republican National Convention is becoming evil dent. One recent sign that such a struggle may be expected is to be seen in an interview given out today by Representative Payne of New York. chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and one of the foremost of the high tariff men in the House or in the entire Congress. MT. Payne is a believer in the idea of letting the Dingley schedule alone, and is a leader among the element that c,p- trol1ed the Ways and Means Commit tee last session. and will retain that control.
 In- discussing tariff revision here MT Payne made 1t clear that he expected no revision before the presidential election, and would not say whether he favored revision after election. and would go no further chan to say that the revision after the election would be settled by the next Republican Na- tinal Convention.
 Strong influences are already at work among the leaders of high tariff thought in this country to prevent the Repub- licans from nominating for President . man who favors revision of the tariff, even after the next administration boz gins. All the batteries of the Ameri- can Protective Tariff League have been opened on Secretary of War Taft. Lead ing organs of the league have raised the question whether the tErfff would not suffer worse at the hands of Taft as President than at the hands of Bryan if he were in the White House
 But while the high tariff forces are giving attention to the nomination Of man who is satisfactory to them, the resolutions committee of the next com Nr, Nut1 M hA fnpuAffAn tariff men control that committee, it may be taken for granted that the tar- if plank will be adopted that will not compel Congress to undertake any, thing more than a nominal revision of schedules. Of course, even if a plank that spelled revision clearly were adopted, there would still undoubtedly be a bitter struggle in Congress when it came to the question of settling what schedules to readjust.
 Another matter that the high tariff leaders will not lose sight of Is the House Ways and Means Committed Some work was done at the beginning of the Fifty-ninth Congress in that committee. Representative Me- Cleary of Minnesota was taken from an appropriations and put on Ways and Means. His district, however, defeated him for reelection. and he will not be in the Sixtieth Congress. Neither will Grosvenor of Ohio, an ardent high tar if leader. On the other hand, the re- visionists lose Babsock of Wisconsin, Curtis of Kansas and Smith of Micht- gan, both of whom inclined to favor the stand pat doctrine, have gone to the Senate. The committee will need @ general overhauiing by Speaker Can- non and the accession of several op- ponents of revisions before 1t can be anything like as satisfactory to the high tariff leaders as it was last ses- sion,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31
SATURDAY, AUGUST sI, 1907.
STATES, RIGHTS NOT INVOLVED.

A short time back, the judge of the Federal court here was roundly de- nounced for political purposes. He was called an usurper of States rights. and all manner of things because he said the Federal court had an ''undoubted jurisdiction" to enjoin a rate, while Investigating to see if it was confis- catory. Some reckless politicians ad- vocated resistance to the courts or ders, calling out the militia, etc. and it has attracted unenviable attention to us The Portland Express, published in Portland, Me, where the American Bar Association is holdings its meetings, has this to say of President Parker's address in this connection:
 It so happened that this statement of Judge Jones that he had undoubted Jurisdiction is borne out by no less a person than Judge Parker in his ad- dress yesterday. In the course of 1t
 When a judge in the performance of what he undoubtedly conceived to be the legislation of a sovereign State, 1t seemed to some, doubtless, but the cul- imitation of a series of assaults by the Federal government upon State gov ernments. And yet We know that, by the Fourteenth Amendment, the power has been conferred upon the courts of the United States to set aside State statutes and State constitutions as well, if they deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law And while that amend ment remains . a part of the constitu- tion, the Federal courts have jurisdic- tton to pass upon the question whether a given statute does or does not vio- late the Fourteenth Amendmen.
 Alton B. Parker, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New York, and former Democratic candidate for Pres ident, certainly knew what he was talking about. Men who are so parti- san they won't take the Supreme Court decisions as settling anything, will hardly accuse Judge Parker of not knowing what he Is talking about. In our Alabama cases, the greatest con- sideration was shown for the Railroad Commissions side of the matter. The commission had over a month to put Tn evidence contradictory of the state ments in the bills of the railroad com panies. The commission didn't put in B particle of evidence. Their lawyers did not resist the injunction. because they could not Yet, some continue the foolish cry that the States rights were Invaded and it's laws ruthlessly swept aside. As MT. Lincoln said, You san't fool all the people all the time
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31
DIFFERENCES OF OPINION.

The Atlanta Georgian argues that the locker club" law recently enacted in Georgia will not apply to or affect any prohibition county or locality in that State. It says:
 We desire to say once more that we do not see anything in the situation to cause any alarm to the friends of pro hibition in Georgia. The concluding paragraph of the locker tax provides in express terms that it shall not be so construed as to license the keeping of liquors in any place prohibited by law. The prohibition act itself pro- hibits liquor being kept at any place of business. No locker enterprise could be maintained anywhere without a manager. Such a locker would be the Every man, therefore, who placed liq- uors in such place would be subject to indictment
 The Columbus Ledger in it's issue of Thursday argues with The Georgian, yet in the same issue it quotes an in- teryiew with "a prominent Columbus lawyer"-name not given-from which we make this extract:
 As a matter of fact there Is no law in Georgia and never has been that prohibits clubs from maintaining these lockers and the members keeping liq- uor in them. Int prohibition bill does not prohibit it. but a large number of people in Georgia seem to think that 1t does and that the amendment to the general tax act, placing a tax of $500 on these clubs if they keep liquor in lockers is in effect an amend ment to the prohibition bill.
 If the $500 tax had not been placed on the lockers these clubs could have kept all the liquor they want in them without paying one cent into the State treasury, because there is no law pro hibitiug them. As an illustration of the point, every merchant in Colum- bus has to pay an open door tax; he can't do business without paying this not be prohibited from doing business just the same if no tax was required of him. Before the open door tax or dinance was adopted men were doing business here therefore the open door tax is not in the light of a license to do business, but is tax on the busl- ness.
 It is the same way with the social clubs with lockers. There is no pro hlbition against them, there has been none at any time, but under the new law, they must pay a tax to the. State is they must pay this tax, whereas before the amendment became a law they did not have to pay any at all In a word they must now pay to do what before they could do without pay ing anything.
 Now, we make no pretence of un- derstanding the intricaries of law, or the mental workings of lawmakers. but if that" prominent Columbus lawyer"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31
MT. sheehan in Blrmingham.

Birmingham News.
 Will T. Sheehan, stan representative of The Montgomery Advertiser, who Is doing" the insane hospital investiga- tion for his paper, is in Birmingha.p, having come up from Tuscaloosa with the commission named by the last Leg islature, and will remain here while the investigation continues. MT. Sheehan is one of the best known and most popular newspaper men in Alabama. He has seen much of Alabama, having visited more Sections of the Commonwealth than perhaps any other newspaper man in the State. He has been with Tue Advertiser for many years and is con- sidered one of the star newspaper workers of Alabama. MT. Sheehan was kept busy this morning shaking hands with friends. many of whom werecon- graduating him upon his return to "real. live town" But he always mas a good word for Montgomery. being loyal booster for the Capital City.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31

is correct in his conception of the sit- uation we hold to our formerly ex- pressed opinion that locker clubs. with unlimited supplies of liquors. can be established and maintained anywhere in Georgia if there are men who are willing to pay the license. If we are In error we will have to be shown. but of one thing we feel practically as- sured. and that is that the law means
 many good fees for lawyers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31

It will be remembered that when the administration decided to have the ca- nal built by contract and advertised forabids the lowest bidder for the work was W. J. Oliver, of Knoxville, Tenn, but the administration refused to award him the contract and decided to undertake the work itself, which it is now doing. MT. oliver was naturally sore over the rejection of his bid and hasn't gotten over 1t yet. He declares that the Oliver Company could have finished the work in five years, but says the reason he failed to get the contract was because he lived "on the wrong side of the line.", Whether that was the real reason for his turning down we cannot say, but it is more than possible that his company would have done the work in less time and and at vastly less cost to the govern ment than will be done under the pres ent system. Red tape or something else wound Oliver up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31
DR nv o OD BY PHIL H. ARMSTRONG.
BIacIxberry Days.

BIaclxberry Days. Oh, Blackberry Days, sweet Blackber- ry Days. When roamed as kid through the Barefooted, bareheaded, barehearted, With nuthin but joy jest oOzin' The briars never bothered the tough An them biackberries were luscious
 an sweet. Oh I used ter git up fore the break O With a big tin bucket, skedaddle away. Along side my tow-headed big brother To see. which un tust could his big Through the long vacation life seem
 ed like a dream. As we roamed by the side O the ole
 mill stream. An we laffed an we shied stones
 through th air At the sassy ole jay in the trees up
 there. Oh, Blackberry Days. sweet BIackber- ssomehhow still in manhood the mem'ry
 stays. An there's never a summer so sizziin' That I don't wanter go back. thets
 what Go back ter tn big ugly farmhouse O
 ours 'Mong tn same ole bird songs an same
 ole flowers, With the same ole creek ami the same whar picked all tn berries thet two
 hands could. whar never knew nv the world be-
 yond, whar never heerd uv stock or a
 bond. whar the only society I knew Was settin' in churh, in straight
 backed pew. Oh. Blackberry Days. sweet Blackber- over my eyes thar comes a haze. Fer flies then thought uv a playmate who's long since gone away from here. She went ter tn city. think folks Fer jes then thought uv a playmate An think with a sigh O the days When I used ter help her climb over
 tn sty. She with her ole sunbonnet of blue. With her checks of the rosiest rosy
 hue, Of her sparklin' eyes an golden hair thought the Lord never made one
 more fair. carryin' her pail an mine we'd rush Together to find the best blackberry
 bush. Poor little May, she ct all O. hers. Bein' fraid O the briars an cuckie
 burrs. She wuz thet fraid O the snakes. you
 know. An alters picked her share an mine An she'd cling ter me like tender vine. An then in the twilight why home Her eyes all bright an her checks
 aglow. Oh, thinkIn' an wonderin' where now
 she strays, ] wish Ter ner DECK an the oidChpeEry
 Days.
 Now Marjorie, be good and you will But muvver. don't warner be dead" Docs your wife burn a light for you every night you stay out lateT No; but she burns the atmosphere with flow of oratory when l come in."  Mrs. Dechamps wears such wistT full smile."
 NO wonder-shes a wist splayer." (This ought to be good for six months in the pen.)
 why don't you buy a copy of this great book? It will teach any member of your family to become an orator or Look here, man; you forget I have a wife, @ parrot and a photograph. "Strike while the iron Is hot"
 Was a saying known of old. But the key men strike while the wire
 is hot
 And leaYe the wire all cold. To hear is human-with a woman on a party wire.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31
Tortune FOunaed on Nervs.

One day the Mellon Bank in Pitts burg was amazed to receive from an unknown man signing himself I'll. C: Prick" q letter requesting the loan or the way of security. the writer said. but he pledged his word that if the loan was made 1t should be returned
 The audacity of the request inter- ested the banks head. and he sent a trusted agent to find out about the man Prick. When the agent made his re- port the bank decided to make the loan.
 The S2O,0Oo loan was the foundation of the colossal fortune of Henry Clay Prick. Not only did he return the principal with interest, but the busi- ness which he subsequently, gave the Mellon Bank was worth hundred times the amount of the original loan
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31
Cnmmon senae vn. ComerInun.

Philadelphia Telegram.
 A generation ago the grangers of the great West, entering the political arena as an organization, took the railroads in hand and devised and con summated legislation intended to make 'eIn stand 'round" This action "agin' the railroads" was carried fur ther in Wisconsin than elsewhere, and the experiment resulted in practically bankrupting every railroad company In their attempt to make em stand round" all right, but in so doing they nearly wrecked the entire transporta- ton system of the region affected. As further result progress in Wisconsin was brought to a standstill and, al- though the whole granger outfit was presently sunk out of sight, Legislation and all yet Wisconsin did not recover from their ignorant meddling for near ly half a century.
 Notwithstanding this example the Southern States are undertaking a similar campaign to dragoon their rail- roads. They are just going to take and who's who. They are going to put their officials in the chain-g gang They are going to run trains to suit themselves. They will have the man. agers do as they are told or go to jail. They will put the companies in the cate the properties. They revoke I- censes and forbid the roads doing bus mess within their borders All of which may gratify spite but there is such a thing as being little too spite ful. Spite Is a poor basis for business. To such energetic enemies of the rail- roads as are bossing things fin Ala bama and North Carolina we would commend a study of the experience undergone by Wisconsin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31
American Bene in Paris scandal.

has been stolen from the War Office. A beautiful American girl, Miss Diana Forrest is mentioned in connection with the strange case. Read about 1t in "The Powers and Maxine" by C N. and A. M. Williamson, which The Ad- vertiser will publish as an exclusive se- rial beginning tomorrow before it ap- pears as a book. It is first of a great new series issued by the Authors and Newspapers Association. Order early.
 any
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31

That Dr. Gluck, of Chicago, is just about the limit, we take it. He as- serts that if parents will live accord ing to his advice they may produce children who will be able to think coherently and talk freely at their birth. Seems to us that his name ought to be Dr. Cluck. but if he can really do what he says we move that he be incontinently suppressed. Most children talk too soon as it Is.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31
To-day In History

1661-Baron D'Avaugour took office as Governor Of Canada.
 1751-The City of Arcot. India. taken by Lord Give.
 179l-GeonSe Hammond, first Minis ter from Great Britian received by President Washington.
 1S52-Samuel D. Hubbard. of Connec- ticut became Postmaster General of the United States.
 1861-General Fremont proclaimed martial law in Missouri.
 1S64-Battle of Jonesboro. Ga.
 1SSO-General Roberts relieved Kan dahar.
 1S86-Sixty- persons killed in earthquake nt Charleston, S. c.
 1S9I-Santiago taken by insurgent Chileans.
 1S:6-Fresh outbreak of the rebellion against Spanish rule in the Philippines.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31

The venerable New York Sun throws off some scores of years and skips lightly into the poetic contest so joy OusIy maintained by the lightsome edl- lors of Carolina and Virginia. We must do the vlrile septugenarian the Justice to say that 1t brings forth some Hits that are almost as bad as any hing set forth by its competitors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31

If the price of cotton is high the price of most other things will also be high. That will be well for the farmer who raises everything he needs. but how about others?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31
JULY EJACULATION.

The Montgomery Advertiser Cuaraett ss tra rts adyertisers tand makes t q part ot s.. .n contraes when requested) that its dAny S, culafton is larger than that of any no.n,s ra. ,ts newspaper printed in Alahama-anaa .nss a,a t,cs, ncf any edition of any newspaper printed ID Alabama without exception. s.r-
 The figures for July. printed oei9w, ,, .,nrra resent the actual net circulation. all re'uins having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31

III 2. Noble. Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly wofh' says: = The foregoing statement of The Adver- fiserss circulation for the month of July. 1907 is true and correct. and compiled after alI returns from news boys, news agents. spoiled and leftover copies have been de- 6nrtad IL 8 NOBLE.
 Circulation -anager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this eth day of August 1907. SsEAY,1 RIGA ALEXANDER.
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31
Active Climbing on New Band wagon

Sylncauga AdVanCe.
 There is promise of lively times in the next gubernatorlal race in Ala bama The State has e number of men well qualified for the position and the more we nave to select from the better selection we ought to be able to make
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31
nnrrn bun oF TowNe

: VlUTNG UNE UT AVWNs
 srfacribers who leave the city temporarily sRouId have The Advertiser mailed them. Addresses will be changed as often as re- ouested.
 You can keep fully informed about Mout- wenaery and Alabama affairs only through The Advertiser.
 dress to this office, Phone 230. City Ctreu- Iatfon Department.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31
Some Miseouceutisn.

Some Mfseoncepti9n. Camden Progressive Era.
 There is justification for the feeling that certain of our State officials have somewhat of a misconception as to just how many people 1t takes to make ev- erybody in this country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31

After all you can't convince the av- craze fellow that there Is any greater day than payday,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31
What the State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing
Slipping a Cog.

Anniston Star.
 Secretary Tafts invitation to the South to join the ranks of Republican States slipped cog. The south IS not freakish in it's political actions, at least 1t has not been so since the days of Popullsm.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31
Hlgh Priees and stiu Climbing.

High Prices and Stil Climbing. Dothan Journal.
 An interview with one of the lead ing grocers yesterday revealed the fact that eggs are now worth 22 cents. and hard to buy at that; chickens 35 cents. no larger than a partridge, and things of like kind in proportion. The situ- ation is really alarming, to a poor country editor, who can see no possi- ble avenue for increasing the income from his RYeekly sheet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31
If You Can Find Him.

MODIIe fttBI5ItIs
 Stop knocking the Democratic Partyi If that party gets a candidate on whom the party can unite it will certainly win the next election. The Republi- can political doctors are in a muddle, they do not know what to advise, their remedies have not acted as was expect ed and the patient public is very tired of them Give the public chance ana there WilI be a new deal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31
The Nations Backbone.

Enterprise Ledger.
 The backbone of the nation is not found in the manipulators or stocks and bonds but in men who cooperate with nature to bring forth its resources. and in the men who convert the raw material into useful finished products. They create legitimate wealth and pro- mote the comfort and wellbeing of all.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31
Paid Their Way.

Oneonta DemocraL
 Governor Conner evidently got the idea that the editors who went to Mo- bile on the Alabama River A)t free transportation, and to avoid repeti- ton of the trip he had the Legislature at its summer session, put steam boats under the control of the Railroad Com mission. He need not to have worried the commissioners with that matter as We paid our fare on that trip and paid 1t in cash. too, not advertising.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31

Mathematical Proposition Tor PrOhibL-
 tionhsts. Huntsville Mercury.
 The fact that the internal revenue collectors report shows that 11,409.252 gallons more of whiskey were drank last year than in any preceding year presents an interesting problem for the prohtbitionists whose cause IS also stronger than ever before. It Is pos- sible that prohibition Is double load ed?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-31

The Atlanta Georgian argues that the locker club" law recently enacted in Georgia will not apply to or affect any prohibition county or locality in that State. It says: