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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-22
TODAY M HISTORY

s,iS Name EPss. Day;s t. washingtOn'sss birthday. givinS in MassacSusetss s aay S p@ The das had been appointed for a general feast No ship had arrived in a great length of n stock t ot hRs laden with proyisions. and they, imme- dfiately changed & to day ytu of public fast
 I732-Birthday of George Washing ton. He was the third son of Angus tns Washington; and was born at
 i76s-Britisa stamp act repealed.
 ll70-A mob, princi- elly boys, at- tackled the house of MT. Richardson, to move the mark set against the house non-importation law. Richardson fired Snider. boy II years of age. who was recorded in the public nrints as the first martyr to American liberty.
 PhiiaSelphia. the fs' Ice bein- in ' seventeen
 Si2Eosdensburgh, N Y. attacked by ana nS McDonnsii' sna Forsythe D was com com twelve cannon i.i0o stands of arms, vessels and boats. American loss, 27; British loss, 64 killed and wounded.
 lS16-Adam Ferguson, an eminent SCoIJlSD WIT tfs QISu. t1c. was SEul to America as secretary to the mission in l77S to effect reconciliation between the two countries.
 ing held at Hartford. Conn.,, which la CT merged into e political crusade against that order.
 IS55-The San Francisco bankers sus- pended payment, and a serious financial
 is62-Jefferson Davis inausurated President, and A. Fl. Stephens.. Vice Pres dent of the Southern Confederacy:
 fS64--Senator Samuel C. Pomeroy of Kansas published his. farnous circular accusing President Lincoln 10 perpet- nate hls adininistrat tion by use of his OfT1cial nositton, declaring his. re-elec- ton 'impossible." and proposing Sec retary Salmon P. Chase as the Repub- lican candidate.
 IS64-A heavy reconnoitering force sent out from Chattanooga by General Grant met and defeated he Confeder- ates at Tunnel Hill
 IS65-The Union army took posses sion of wilmington. N. c.
 1S66-The President declares his hos Reconstruction Committee In a speech at he Executive Mansion.
 1S7S-The Greenback National Con vention meets at Toledo. C., and organ izes a national party. with Judge Fran els W. Hughes as President, the plat form advocated a national currency to be legal to~der for all purposes and op- Dor. and Chinese immigration. IService by American Press News. Washington, ID. O.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-22
BASEBALL SEASON IS HERE.

members of the two legislative bodies contemplate some crookedness. Even if they are innocent of such intenti"n, have hay invited an extreme watchfainess that must prove awkward before they conclude thelr sessions. When an at tempt is made to muzzle the press, the the reason; and the people. realizing that the press represents the public eye, supplements the espionage of the newspaper when an attempt is made lative or other public proceedings.
 Resentment of newspaper criticism has been expressed in similar form be- fore. and has utterly failed: It people are made more watchfnl and more suspicious in the belief that there Is some dark lantern proposition to come up which 1Hill arouse stern oppo. sition. The question Is uppermost. If the legislators are all right. why do they fear publicity? And If newspaper criticism goes too far the laws of the States are sufficient to give satisfac- tion.
 In Alabama we have not had to con tend with the Kansas and New York ideas of what shonla be done to the dominant legislative party, but the up per and lower house of the Alabama Legislature can give a wrinkle to their brother statesmen Of the Empire and. Sunhower States on the safest method of getting even with a critical press. The Alabama legislators did not invite public disapprobation by ordering their o the sae press Sat thes merely insisted on putting Into their railroad regulation bill a clause pro hibiting the newspapers from obtaining transportation without putting down recognizing the quid pro quo in an ad- vertistng contract.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-22
REMEMBER THE DAY.

This. as all good Americans, from the school boy up, are aware is the anni- versary of the birth of George Wash ington, whose eyes first opened to the light in westmoreland County. vir- ginia, 175 years ago. All the papers will be expected to say something about him, but what new thing Is there to be said? Probably of no human be- ing has there been so much written as about him. The English poet. Southey, spoke of America as the place
 Where Washington hath left
 His awful memory
 A light for after times,
 and Lord Byron called him
 "The Cincinnatus of the. West.
 Whom envy dared not hate.'
 Byron was mistaken, however, for the great man was both envied and hated as cordially as other great men since him have been. He was envied by those who could not reach up to his height and hated by those who could not use him or bend him to suit their purposes Much of the bitter feeling against him has been omitted or brief ly mentioned in the histories and biog- raphies, but it is nevertheless fact that he suffered to a very considerable degree the penalties of human great ness. Even while his few hungry, ill., clothed and dispirited troops were win tering at Valley Forge, when all was dark and gloomy before him, when hardly a ray of light or hope was left to him. a conspiracy among his own officers was formed to depose and hu- initiate him. But for the good sense and loyalty of Congress, and the cour- age and fealty of DeKalb, Lafayette. and one or two others. the mutinous cabal would have succeeded and he would have been removed from com mand. But amid all these discourag- ing conditions and evil machinations. in the cause for which he suffered. When others were without hope and were ready to give up the unequal struggle he remained firm and refused to despair of ultimate success.
 Such was the Washington whose an- niversary Is celebrated today all over the Union he did so much to establish. and which Is a legal holiday in every State of the Union. And In other lands, wherever Americans are gathered to- gether. they will find time to pay due respect to the memory of their great countryman and to join in thought and sentiment their people at home who are, in their various ways, celebrating the natal day of one who shed such glory over the American name. and whose life and deeds shall never be forgotten while the Republic lasts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-22

The Columbia State says that the Governor of South Carolina will have no trouble In getting the right sort of men to wind up the affairs of the State dispensary. because men who wouldn't touch the SMving institution with a fortyfoot pole. will gladly help get rid of the dead carcass. The Savannah Morning News says. What a com mentary on Senator Tillman's states. manship is this dispensary business! He raised up the dispensary and now the people are burying 1t out of sight. Was 1t intended in the first instance to be a political machine? If so, it has served it's purpose"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-22

which led to murder began. We be- Iieve that such safeguards in the mat ter of opening and closing saloons, of publicity by banishing screens. by such a license that dead falls can not do business, and a system which would put every dealer in the light of q watchman to aid in enforcement of law. can be adopted and enforced. We favor minimizing the evils to come from the sale of liquor, but we do not believe that relief will come by allowing those outside the localities to be affected to force their wishes upon the overwhelm- ing majority of citizens in the territory which they, by right ought to have voice in regulating.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-22
Representative Wiley said:
Good Results.

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 That the Central Alabama fairs have been of great benefit to Dallas County has frequently been demonstrated In various ways The latest circum- stance going tc prove their value to this county was told to The Times yes terday,
 About ten days ago gentleman. who had read of the fine blooded cattle that were exhibited at the Selma Fair last October, arrived in the city from Western Texas and purchased two car loads of Dallas County-raised cat lie From Mir Joe Baker, he purchased one car load of registered Jerseys and from Mr. Bry. Martin of West Dallas he purchased one car load of blooded llrrefOrds. for raising fine beef cattle.
 Recently pr, J. r. Conner. meat in- spector of this city, sold, for shipment, lot of iinee blooded Berkshire shoats and pigs. These hogs. or the stock from which they were raised, were prize winners at the Central Alabama Fair last October.
 Thus 1t is seen that Dallas County is just now beginning to reap benefits from the advertisement 1t has received from these annual fairs; hece it is to be hoped that our people will leave nothing pndone that wifi tend to make our next Central Alabama Fair a greater success than ever before.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-22
ALABAMA CoNGREssMEN
Opposed to Government Ownershlp of
 RaiIrORda.

Railroads.
 Several days ago The Washington Herald submitted the following propo- sltions to Democratic Senators and Congressmen:
 First-Do you favor the Government ownership of railroads? Seconds the present regulation of railways interstate traffic sufficiently strong to protect shippers? If not, can 1t be strengthened?
 Third-Do you favor a plank on this question In the Democratic national Answers have been received from Representative Burnett said:
 First-I do not favor Government ownership of railroads unless, after full and fair trial. Government control proves ineffective.
 Second-The present regulation of railway interstate trafic has not yet whether it is strong enough to protect the shippers l am of the opinion that in some important details 1t ought to Third-I do not favor a plank in the national Democratc platform pledging the party to GoVernment ownership of railroads, but 1 do favor plank de- mandinG efficient Government regula- tion of railroads in so fal SIs Congress has the power 10 pass such legisIa- tion.
 Representative Wiley said:
 First--I do not favor the Government ownership of railways
 Second--I am in favor of giving the rate law far trial If it is not strong enough to protect shippers and the public generally against alleged rate inequalities and discriminations I am sure 1t can be so amended in the tu- ture as to attain the desired end
 Third-As l am opposed to every movement or proposition which smacks, even remotely of purpose to furthei cncroach upon the rights of the States l do not favor the insertion in the next Democratic national platform of any tal ownership of public utilities.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-22
The ignorance of some newspape me

The ignorance of some newspape men is deplorable. Here. for example, is The Northampton (Va.) Times saying in plain English, that Jefferson never married" referring to Thomas Jeffer- son. One would think that a newspa- per printed in his own State would not be ignorant of the fact that he was married before he was thirty years of age to Mrs. Martha Skeiton, a rich and beautiful young widow. and, so far as the public knows, his married life was a long and happy one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-22
The Roanoke Leader, in referring to a letter from Senator overton, says:

In regard to the passage of the anti pass bill, he states that he only agreed to support the bill without the amend ment offered in the case of newspaper passes after the Governor stated that inc amendment would destroy the use- fulness of the bill, and with the belief that the newspaper men can still make advertising contracts for transportation under the law as passed. The State law, he says, is an exact copy of the one passed by Congress.
 If Senator Overton knows anything about the Federal law. he must know that the Interstate Commission, basing Its action on that law. issued the order which forbids railroads making adver- Using contracts with newspapers pay able in transportation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-22
NIokn. ul,n.eIf FeIt,

Tuscaloosa Times-GaZette.
 Judging from the press comments, representative in the Sen ate is not an unknown quantity in any opposition to an admin strait on meas nre may have slightly impaired his present political influence with some Of the Capitol forces. he is nevertheless recognized as a man ready and wiling to cone with any matters or importance which present themselves to him. He iR unquest stioRably one or the stropgest men in the Senate. and is regarded by ful factor in our legislative body
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-22
THE CONSTITUTION FoRBIDs.

Montgomery correspondent of The Birmingham Ledger has written letter which Is causing some discus sion in papers over the State. The conclusion os the letter is in these words:
 A well-informed man, who is in line with the administration, has ventured the suggestion that Conner is the logi- orship. He gave his beliefs on the subject something after this fashion:
 According to the plans. of the Ex- binding on this Legislature, Colonel Bankhead has been selected as an al- ternate Senator. Now Colonel Bankhead Is not in sympathy with the policies of been on the side of the reforms for which the Legislature has stood. His son Is railroad attorney and the Con- gresman himself has been more or less affiliated with corporate interests
 "The Constitution of the United States prescribes that the Legislatures shall elect United States Senator's Un- is Governor Conner.
 ''It has been freely hinted that Colo nel Bankhead would never succeed either of the Senators.
 "The Governor. it is true. is bound by pledge to appoint Colonel Bank head in the event of vacancy. but this appointment Woulu ohly last unIlI tne next regular or special session of the
 Tn the event that the Legislature should decline to elect Colonel Bank head, other prominent administration leaders have been suggested. It is doubtful, however. if those mentioned in this connection would be named by the Legislature.
 friends ability to elect him to the honor there is no doubt.
 Let 1t be emphasized that the Gov ernor has not given out the slightest intimation that he would like to go to the Senate His enthusiastic friends would like to push the matter. The disappointed with certain parts of his noise of battle and the smell of DOW der. When the Legislature adjourns and there are no more bad interests to fight. his task will grow dull Would call of ambition?
 MT. Conner. in view of his oft-ex- pressed devotion to the "peepul," could hardly afford to fly in the face of last years Senatorial primary. The Legis- lature Is just as much bound by that 1 declaration as the Governor. | The Consultation of the State, which Legislators and Governor are sworn to support, expressly provides, in Sec ton 1l6, that The Governor shall no, I be eligible to election or appointment to any office under this State or to the Senate of the United States, during his term and within one year after the expiration thereof" t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-22
SIDEWALK PENClLINGS
Preparine s,r .sPony Circuit"

David Johnston, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Is max ing extensive Improvements in his or nce In anticipation of the revival oL the pony circuit. Workmen are now engaged in overhauling the office. ana when 1t is completed, the clerk says ne will be ready to receive the courts
 There Is no doubt now that the pony, circit bill will go through the Legislature" said Mir. Johnson yester- day. Tt has already been passed by the Senate. and it is expected the House will pass it tomorrow. The tuS of war will come over the appointmen of the judge for the circuit by GOV ernor Conner. I expected to have the court open In March.
 By this act, the Circuit Court will have judge who will be ready to transact business at any and all times, and the court wilr open practically all the year around. We hope to give prompt service in all matters and 1t IS beieved the importance of the court will be greatly increased.
 The pony circuit comprises the coun- ties of Montgomery, Fillmore. Autauga and Clifton. A former act of the Leg islature creating this circuit was de- clared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Judge T. Scott Sayre was elect ed judge for the circuit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-22
The Two HObsona.
Washin gton Star.

There are two Hobsons. First. of course, comes our own eloquent cap. tain. calling for a hundred thousand or more battleships and breathing death and destruction to Japan. He fail to hear or read him are short on entertainment. Next comes Hobson of Belfast. a broth of boy, who has come whose object. he tells us, is to persuade America into an alliance with. Great Britain for the purpose of fighting would double up" for the lecture platform. what a stunt they would give! How audiences would cheer. and rapid firing, whether the weapon is a cannot; or a mouth. of big guns and long tongues of red Are and red lan- guage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-22
InVltIng Criticism. MohiIa ReRlster.

MODIIG NtBI5ItI.
 The Kansas and New York Senates contain statesmen whose bearings are disturbed by newspaper criticism The oIution empowering it's clerk to eX- clude the representative Of any paper in whose columns appeared any article, any Senator, Individually, or to the Senate as a body. The Kansas Senate has adopted a resolution not as sweep- ing, but animated by the same desire to put out the newspaper which does not think aG the Senate thinks. The actions of the solons have had no efteet on the newspapers against which they IS to arouse public suspicion that the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-22
HEALY sNEERs AT AMERICA.
Says He Was Glad sa See British FlaE
 On Leaving Us.


 London Cable in New fork American.
 Timothy Healy, M. P, who is outside the breastworks of the Irish Nationalist Party, and who has just returned from a visit to America bluntly asserts tn 4t he does not like the frIvolity and sor- didness of American life
 What I tell Americans when I'm there, he said, lis this do not like your money making. your frivolities do not interest me and your liberty do not appreciate The first time l was ever glad to see the British flag was when my steamer entered Canadian port -tter leaving America, There ls an air of freedom under the British flag which 1t is impossible to find Tn money making America.
 The thing which impressed me most in the many interviews l had with Irish leaders in the United States was the extraordinary importance they at. tach to the attitude of the King toward Ireland. lrishmen of all types anC classes everywhere asked me: Is Il true the King is with us now% /
 "lhc feeling of patriotic lrishmen Tn the United States certainly has greatly changed toward the British monarchy sine the accession of King Edward Rightly or wrongly. they reEard hin as tn" friend of Ireland. Why, tht King now could walk naked througl Ireland from north to south and all tho people would offer him would be rost leaves The King could not be safer anywhere than in Ireland"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-22

A bride of a few weeks applies for divorce because her husband "pouted" on the first day after their marriage. That leads the esteemed Americus Times Recorder to comment on such d male person. The question of who shall make these fires" says our conte n- porary, may come later. but on the first day of the honeymoon. there should be no chill iu the atmosphere or any thought that a fire will ever bc needed. Carrying a night latch key and a corkscrew may later put a woman to the test. but on that first and glorious day she should not be tired with aught but word or wiles to see how quickly her feminine soul is ca pablo of responding to the divine pas sion. A honeymoon pouter, saint Benedictus, There are some just grounds for divorce. after all"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-22
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1907.
THE SENATE DID RIGHT.


 After four years of waiting. of de- bate, recriminations. charges and re- buttals, the Senate on Wednesday did the only thing it could consistently do, and what it should have done much sooner, by declaring that Reid Shoot is entitled to retain hls seat as Sena- tor from Utah. That action should have been taken much sooner. for the delay has served no good purpose and the groundless war on him has accom- plished nothing but to engender bit terness and hard feeling. There ought not to be two opinions among Christian people on the subject of polygamy. It Is in conflict with the teachings of the Bible. and, with Chris tianity, and is a violation of the best and holiest obligations of society. The practice of it Is degrading and has tendency to lower humanity and bestialize womanhood.
 Neither should there be any differ ence of opinion as to the Mormon be- lief, for some of It's teachings are sub versive of the best interests of society at large and of the purity of the fam fly relations which should be kept free from taint of immortality.
 But the religious beliefs of the Nor mons are not matters of which our Government can take official notice or upon which 1t can base official action. In the Senate of the United States there are men of all religions and perhaps some of no religion at all. The Sen ate cannot unseat a Senator because Of the religious denomination to which he may belong, or because of any other belief entertained by him. A Senator may believe in bribery and corruption even. if he only believes and does not practtce it, but when he puts his belief into actual practice. the Senate can aust him. as 1t has done more than once.
 There has been no evidence produced that Senator Shoot has practiced polygamy. He belongs to the Mormon church, as a man may belong to any other religious denomination, but that does not unit him for a place in the Senate. When Utah was admitted into Ine union II was tune "AtA tht AuAi knowledge that It's people were Nor mons. but that fact did not bar the new State from a place in the Union. It was provided that polygamy should not be practiced. and that was as far as our Government can go. There is no evidence that Mir. Smoot has ever violated this prohibition since Utah was admitted. He adheres to the gen eral doctrines of his church, but has violated no law In practice.
 We yield to none in our love and reverence for the holy doctrines and precepts of Christianity, or in our de- testation of polygamous practices, but We repeat that the Senate could not consistently act otherwise than to allow Senator Shoot to retain the seat to which he was elected by the people of Utah We care not how ve- hemently his opponents may denounce polygamous practices, but we are firm in our belief that Senator should not be unseAted because of his religion When his opponents convict him of vio- Iating the laws, 1t will be time enough for the Senate to unseat him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-22

We are in receipt of a number of communications which would take up several columns of space, and for that reason cannot publish them They re- late to matters connected with proposed school, temperance and reform legisla- ton, and about which one or both Houses of the Legislature have already acted