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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-04
DIFFER ON CANAL POLICY

Taft, Root and the President Are At
 odds, Dispatch Says.
 Washington Dispatch to New York
 Globe.
 The grave complications regarding the Panama canal construction have put the friendly relations existing among the President Secretary Taft and Secretary Root to @ severe test, according to excellent authority It is not meant by this that these relations have been strained to the breaking off point, but that there have been wide differences of opinion which, with men less broad-guaged, would have meant a serious breach.
 That Secretary Root has had great influence with the President in canal matters is unquestioned. It Is large ly due to ham that the Oliver bid was
 rejected. He contended all along that it was too low, and that should it be accepted the government would suffer He wanted to accept the bid of the Me ArthurGillespie combination. Secre-
 tary Taft would not consent to this, however, fearing the political effect of accepting such a high proposal. Taft and Root could not get together on this nor on other phases of the question. For one thing, Taft has not liked the
 idea of keeping Oliver and his asso-
 ciates so long in doubt as to what was to be done.
 Secretary Taft is declared to be get ting weary of the tremendous strain of the canal problem. He would welcome an appointment to the head of the Fed eraI Supreme Court; in place of Chief Justice Fuller, whose early retirement is again rumored At the same time he is being constantly impressed by his friends with the advantage of remain ing in the limelight and running for the Presidency No one has yet dlVulg- ed the real secret of the retirement of Chief Engineer Stevens, "A bad case of blues" said a member of the Interoce- anic Canal Comittee today.
 There Is no doub that Stevens had become disgusted with his place and weary of the difficulties of 1t, and that he aroused the Presidents anger when he forwarded a variety of complaints. The letter made it impossible for the President to retain the Chief Engi- neer and he accepted the latter's resig- nation with a suddenness that amount ed almost to a discharge.
 There is talk of a resolution being lintroduced in the Senate to bring out the full facts, but there will be strong opposition to this. The canal question has been largely solved by placing army engineers in charge, though gh many look for complications in the new arrangement through probable friction officers of high rank.
 Great interest surrounds Secretary Taft's coming trip to the canal. On his information concerning the Gatun Dam foundation will probably depend final settlement of the question whether the lock plan Is to be continued.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-04
DEATH oF srnAKra MARTTN.

The people of Alabama will learn with profound sorrow of the death of Hon. William L. Martin. Although he had been in the public eye for some years. he was just coming into those close relations with important events which would have made htm a most conspicuous figure in the future history of the State.
 MT. Martin was a man of undoubted ability. and unquestioned integrity. No man stood higher in the estimation of all who knew him. He was consider ate at all times. just and impartial This quality was illustrated to high degree in his conduct as Speaker. Those who at one time were understood to be opposed to his election to that high office received every possible consider ation in Committee assignments. and 1t is doubtful if any incumbent of the of- flee in discharge of it's duties ever gave greater satisfaction.
 Although his condition had been crit ical for some days. still the announce ment of his death. last night came as a great shock to all who heard it.
 A good man has paid the debt of nature. The State has lost a loyal and noble son and his family devoted hus- band and father. The people of the State shares in their grief, and extend sincerest sympathy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-04

ious to let Oliver into the game. when they scanned his bid they made the trivial and evasiye objection that Mir. oysrs arsy Dssctar MT RaTnss The M yer went to New York and connected himself with John B. Mcdonald. prop ably the best known New York con- tractor. Ample bonds were put up and every possible requirement. in the bids
 To the shame of this government be 1t said. I. has acted In bad faith tration seemed determined that Oliver should not be given the contract. for defeating Oliver? This Is 1t, taken from the Presidents letter to Chair man Shonts: .'The President states that the purpose of the contract was the services of the best, most expeE rienced and most skilled contractors in the country at the least risk to them and at the least expense to the gov ernment. This purpose failed. he said. as the contractors, whose personal ser vices in the work are what the com missioners sought, have made arrange ments to divide the profits under the percentage bid with bankers and oth- CTS to whom the contractors have had to look for the needed capital"
 In other words, MT. Oliver. not hav- ing sufficient funds to finance the big contract, and having to secure back ing. is dlsqualified: What can be said hibition of bad faith on the part of our government? Perhaps If MT. Olf-- yer had gone to the right bankers in Wall street for his backing his pro- posal would have been approved. Un- der the circumstances, this deal to brush Oliver aside Is one of the black est indictments against the federal ad- minigtration
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-04
Letters From A Green Member

The truth is, the skipper keeps about as close watch on the measures that float down to him as any body that has been in the gubernatorial chair. Not all or them are sent back because they are not rigged out to suit nis private taste; lots of them are hove back upstairs be- cause they have little flaws in them that might make trouble afterwards, whereas little caulking makes them seaworthy. But that's all riEbt, any howl am through tomorrow--at least till July IS. can't think of anything else.
 The other night slipped out of my seat--or desk, or whatever they call It --and went up into the gallery for the first time. l have been faithful about staying on watch. Bill, and this is cam- paign literature. But this night l went aloft. so to speak, to have a look at the turbulent legislative sea. I hadn't known before now we looked.
 They were quiet as you please. when they brought in a message from the Governor, and in a second 1t looked like a mob, and I couldn't see anything but heads and arms. They made so much noise that they would have been arr rested if they had not been protected by the Constitution. I was expecting the Sheriff to come in any minute. You couldn't make out any distinct noises 1t was just like camp stew of all the sounds that humans can make.
 It lasted for about fifteen minutes. and then supsided gradually. I went down and asked what they had done, and found out they hadn't been doing nothing, just like schoolboy that has poured a bottle of ink down his desk mates neck. I was afraid at first that they had found out wasn't in my seat. but afterwards decided that it couldn't be anything less than an impeachment of the Governor. But I found out that they had not missed me at all. and were not really going to hurt the Governor.
 Talk about prohibiting Jesse James shows--Bill, if a son of mine had seen me in that riot I'd be ashamed to look the old woman in the face. Only the pistols was lacking. think they had all been out in the lobby sapping up that Dopa-Mopa lady's grog they are so much opposed to.
 We all have been busy and have done tots of work. The Governor has signed lots of bills, and we have passed lots of them, and hope we shall all be better men for 1t. There were already more laws than was ever able to obey. but the other people needed them, and l like moral safeguards flor my brother. We are going to take a recess and see how they work, and then in the good old summer time we are going to come back and pass, resolve, propose, dispose, amend, repeal, appeal and do every thing else that a wel regulated Legis- lature ought to do. We are glad to stop; nobody likes to do anything that becomes work: you would have to amend the human constitution to change that, and you can't amend the human constitution even If the Cover nor tells you to.
 This Is the last letter. Bill. and you can't be any gladder than I am.
 Yours. John.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-04
MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1907.
A POINTED LETTER.

One of the most significant utter ances on the Shoot expulsion matter Is contributed to The New York Post from Granville, Ohio. signed 'FW. H. J." We do not know who the writer Is but we commend his letter to all Southern Democrats. He writes:
 Recent comment on the utter lack of leadership in the Democratic minority at Washington could not have bet ter illustration than the almost unani- ment against Senator Smoot, a move- ment as inconsistent with any sound Democratic theory as could well be imagined. That movement, if success full, would have meant simply that elth- CT House of Congress could add at will to the qualifications for mem bership named by the Constitution; or. if expulsion rather than exclusion had been adopted, 1t would have meant that either, House could expel for reasons ber's conduct in his position as a mem Der. Such precedent would nave opened the door wide Tor the esSSinbslGn sohtbapn Democrats who have sat in Congress since the Civil War. It would be ten for example, holds views which make if impossible for him to support the Constitution Qncluding the war that smoot's views of MorTnonism were of such a character. And yet practi- cally every Southern senator support ed a theory which would allow a majority at Washington to dictate to any State in the Union what kind of a representative" it might send to the Senate. The same senators may as well go ahead and support Senator Beyeridge's new measure, which, if passed and sustained in the courts, would at once make 1t possible for a Northern majority in Congress to say tI.at no common carrier should receive for interstate commerce any cotton raised in any State in which negro la borers and their children did not en- joy rights and privileges identical in ali respects with the rights and privi- leges of any other race or color.
 if the Southern Democrats are de- fermined to go on aiding. in the breaking down of all re restraints 1 upon pSa1 them rest assured that that power is not going to withhold its hand in any particular case merely because South tion happen to Se involved.
 This pointed and strong defence of the theory and doctrine of States rights, coming as 1t does from Ohio Is a severe rebuke to the Democrats who voted for Shoots expulsion, thus tacitly admitting that a sovereign State has no right to exercise its own choice and judgment in electing a man to represent it in the Senate of the United States. As we have here tofore contended. if that body could expel Shoot on the grounds urged against him it could expel any other senator on any ground, If two-thirds of them wished to do so. The writer in The Post puts the matter much stronger than we have ever done. but can any Democrat say that he does not reason correctly?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-04
Today M History

Name Day: Veronica. Sun rises at rsS 11 eSsess Sx ssent s of ''The Governor and Company of Mas sachusetts Bay In New England" Mat th1% cesaecs sbaaFst st os signed and sealed by Charles IT.. con stituting. William Penn and his heirs, province, saving to the the crown their aie
 1776: The Americans took posses so far comDleted by daylight as to ex- cite the astonishment of the British, and render their position in Boston ex-
 I77s.-New Providence taken from the British by the American Commo- stores, fell into the hands of the vic tors.
 l7S2.-The House of Commons re- mics sf to ' his majesty % and the country mt y all those who should advise or attempt the further prosecution of offensive war on the American continent"
 11Ss.-The first Congress of the Uni- ted States assembled at New York.
 1791.-Vermont admitted into the
 1865 Thomas Jefferson inaugurated for the second time President of the United States.
 of the United States expired by its own
 1874. .WBattle of Longwood, about United States troops defeated ,supe- rior British force. British loss, eighty {; Americaq loss; eight. - brig Aspasia, three guns and twen- tyfve men, captured by the British
 iSoo Andray., TacLso~, tnaua,,-o 4a d President and John c. Calhoun sworn in as VicePresident of the United
 1S$o.-william Cramp established his famous ship yard at Philadelphia.
 1854 The block of marble sent to the United stateS 6y the Gon at Washington, D. C., destroyed by Irn- known vandals.
 Kansas assembled at Topeka. passed by the Texas convention and by to the @aoTE1 sqERe of SboS 900; the. convention declared the State out of the Union.
 Ferdinandina, and st. Mary's, Fla, ;, captured by Commodore Dupont, An- drew Johnson appointed military Gov
 1884 4.-Generai sickles and Double day testified before the committees on war conducting the Gettysburg inqui- " tnal GeneFdI hSeiuo NnVte dn onuot to fall back seventeen miles, and but for the rebel charge retreat would have been ordered.
 1901 .-Theodore Roosevelt inaugu- rated Vice-President of the United States.
 1904.-Sixty United States marines sent to guard American-owned gold mines, north of Pingyang, Corea; or der creates surprise in Washington
 1905. .-President Roosevelt inaugu- rated President of the United States; he repeated the oath after Chief Jus tioe Fuller in the snappY vigorous way characteristic of him.
 (Service by American Press-News, Washington D. CD
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-04
PredIctn . DIg sun spot.

Pittsburg Special 10 N. Y. Times.
 John A. Brashear, the astronomer of fhis city. has discovered indications of another sun spot, which should de- velop within few days. Several days ago Mir Brashear observed five small spots, He thinks there may be electrl- cal disturbances the middle of next week cause by the great solar phe- nomenon On Friday the spot should make it's appearance in the western part of the sun. It will then gradu- ally move toward the central meridian:
 Mir Brashear says the statement of Professor Mateucci of the Mount Vesu- Vius Observatory, Italy, that the earth will be in danger if 1t is struck by the tail of Q new comet recently dls- covered is rot" !"
 "stories of that kind make me an gry," he continued. "The tail of a comet is more attenuated than pun of steam It takes 100,00O.000 miles of a comets tail to obscure a star of the first magnitude. The tall of comet swept the earth in 1861, with no harm full result"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-04
Montgomery. March 3. 1907.

|
 Montgomery. March 3. 1907. Dear Old Bill:
 Here I am going round my last time. Well adjourn tomorrow, Bill, and then me to the soughlng pines and the soft oozoone Of the Mexic Gulf. where name of Mahmud Is forgot as some of our orators might say. This ain't cam paign literature. Bill. but l ain't the only Solong that is tired of this legis- lative business.
 Way long. back wonder, when Conner and Cunningham were spouting and laundering and jointly debating and otherwise disporting of themselves. we all caught the candidate fever and wanted to have Hon. before our names. We just wanted to be something unu- sual, that's all Of course I was ac- tuated by patriotic motives when I an- nounced at the urgent request Of in- numerable friends; said it when I first run. and ain't fool enough to quit saying 1t now At the same time, he so common and frequent, I wouldn't have been in such sweat about 1t.
 Instead of working crew. the old Ship of State has regular man-o'- wars quota. Bill. there's nigh on to two hundred of us. We'll as I said. We all 1ounQ out there atn't so much Tn being Hon. which Is skipped over by your friends and sneeringly snorted by your enemies, anyhow, and I thing ev- erybody wishes the whole session was over instead of being the end of the first split. If had the nerve. I'd intro duce q resolution to amend an act en- titled an act to amend an act to repeal the act creating the Legislature, It's all right, and $4 is more than usually get, but the darn thing is so eternally wearing. I know one legislator that is not going to run again.
 I thought you understood about that per diem. It isn't pronounced like dime and doesn't mean I get dime. It is Latin and means by the day. Some pro- nounce 1t "d-i-m-e," others say 'd-e-e-m," but it's $4 either way you say 1t.
 Speaking about not having a Legisla- ture reminds me. as the Doctor says. The other day we were talking about an appropriation for the militia. Some wanted to give s15,0oo and others $2O,- 900 q year. Finally, one fellow got up and said the citizen -soldiery-that was the phrase made every speech-was all right, but one regiment was plenty. Yep" said another feller. whispering to me. and one legislator would be enough, too, If we could pick out the one we want'
 Well matey." answered him, they say we have. just one"
 Which may, or may not, be senatorial courtesy.
 But speaking of that one legislator, I must say that his sending back of bills ain't so foolish-like as it seems.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-04
WHERE TARIFF WAS BORN.
MT. WattersOn Revisits the Shrine of the Protective System.
 

MT. WattersOn Revisits the Shrine of
 the Protective System. Henry Watterson, in Louisville Cou-
 rier-Journal.
 Spain. both on land and water, has made deal of history to the square mile and the round cycle. and the re- zion about CadiZ-particularly the sea- front betwiXt Gibraltar and the Isle of San Fernando, embracing Tangier on one side of the Straits and Tarifa. Nelson fought the famous battle. mid way up the coast-has had its share.
 Tarifa! Does the name not sound trifIle familiar? In the olden and corporation lawyers had learned how 10 frame ptllaging statutes and slick politicians to hamboozle confiding con stituencies-when they cen took who had the power and they cen kept who could-the gentle pirates of Tarifa laid broad and deep the foundations for the protective system in the United States.
 To take by law from one man what is his and give 1t to another man who has not earned it and has no right to it, was an invention of the Moors copied by the Spaniards, and elevated thence into political economy by the Americans. Tarifa took its name from Tariff Ben-Malik the boss robber baron of his day, and thus the lords of Tarifa were the progenitors of the robber barons of the Rhine and of Pennsyl- vanta. Tribute was the name they gave the robber, which was open and above board. The coal kings, the steel kings and the oil kings of the modern world have contrived to hide the process of their stealing; but in CadiZ and in Seville the palaces of their forefathers rise in lonely and sol- emn grandeur just as a thousand years hence the palaces upon the Fifth Avenue side of Central Park and along Riverside Drive may become but roosts for bats and owls, and tho chronicler of the anthropophagi, whose heads reach Ia alrfpe f tell hnm he people of the great republic were bought and sold with their own money until "heaven released the legions north of the north pole, and they | swooped down and crushed the putrid mass beneath their averaging snow l shoes?"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-04

The proposition to make the inspec- tor of sixty-seven iails in this State the inspector of cotton factories also is farcical, and we are amazed that members did not realize that 1t simply means no inspection at alL If the in spector has any spare time it ought to be devoted to the poor houses. We venture if the Governor had not insisted on the farcical amendment of the jail inspector inspecting cotton factories it would not have passed. God help the poor and helpless fae- tory children if this Is the only help they will get from this Legislature.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-04

And now it appears that speeches not delivered in Congress are to get in The Congressional Record. We note that at the request of Mir. Towne, of New York, consent was given by the House to the printing in The Re- cord of the speech delivered by his col league. Mir. Sulzer. at Jersey City. on L4neoln's birthday. That is opening the gates to much trouble in the days e come.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-04

E. S Noble Circulation Manager of The Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn The foregoing statement of The Adver- kaserss circulation for the month or Janu- ary. 1907 is true and correct, and compiled after ali returns from news-boy~ news agents, spoiled and left-over copies have bean dedyieted E. g. NOBLE.
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this Nth day of February. 1907.
 Notary Public.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-04
IANuARY cIRcULATIoN.

The Advertisers January Circulation fig- uses sstablished A new high-water mark The figures given below represent the ae- tuni bcna-fide circulation, from day 70 uay. then the unsoId, spoiled and left over Sop- cop tes are deducted in the final result; .h 2 Advertisers circulation is unquesuohaoy eao 2 largest of any morning or Sunoay ne"sp@- DOT printed in Alabama:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-04
Edison Gold Moulded Rscords sor March.

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 (Song) butSg Gslsstts 950i Guardmount Patrol Edison Symphony 0rcAsstya 9502 Merry WhlstIlng Darky (song) s H. Dssdtsg 9503 Rudolph and Rosie at the Roller Rink
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-04
A VENERABLE EDITOR DEAD.

The thousands and millions of peo- pie who have read enjoyed and prof ited by reading The New York Scien- tific American will learn with regret of the death of Orson D. Mum which occurred in New York last week. In company with Alfred E. Beach he bought The Scientific American a few months after it was established in 1s46. and he has been it's head dur ing all these three-score years. Mir Beach died about twelve years ago but MT. Mum continued at the head of the business until his death in the eighty fourth year of his age.
 Half century ago, as many of the older readers will remember it, The American was rather a modest sheet as to size and appearance, but 1t con- tinued to grow as 1t deserved to do, until 1t has become an acknowledged authority on all mechanical, engineer ing and scientific subjects, and is re- garded as textbook by all who de- sire to keep up with the invention and progress of the world. Besides con- ducting their high class journal and The Scientific American Supplement, the firm of Mum and Company did the largest patent office business of any firm in the world. and 1t has long been looked on as the highest author ity that inventors could apply to. To be head and manager of one paper for sixty years is an unusual record, and when it is such a paper as The Scien- tific American it Is proud record for any man to leave behind him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-04
Resintinr remntntion.

Washington Herald.
 ''No railroad wreck today"
 Shall we get out an extra?"
 q think not It seldom pays to be sensational"