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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-19
Robbery of State Rights.

New IOTk COIHHcTCIdl
 Albeit his theme was "E Pluribus Unum"-a choice of title that might easily suggest the screaming of the American eagle and flamboyant flights of patriotic sentiment-the address by the Honorable Judson Harmon of Gin cinnati delivered before the Kentucky Bar Association at Bowling Green was about the most sane, the most conser- vative, the most logical and the most timely defense of the Federal Constitu- tion that has emanated from any quar- ter since the new school of loose con structionists and nullifiers appeared on the scene and found opponents and leaders in high official quarters. Judge Harmon, a one-time attorneygeneral of the United States. took two of these latter sternly. rigidly and sharply in hand-those who have only recently subscribed to the startling proposition that 1t Is the right and the duty of the Federal government to. step in when ever, in the Judgment of the men Is charge of 1t. the State governments earnings matters that are assumed 10 require action by some government.
 One of them. 1t will be recalled. ,es- sayed to defend this notion by citing an opinion advanced by one of the framers of the Constitution, ignoring the his torical fact that this proposal was promptly rejected by the constitutional convention; the other made no pretense at projecting any high authority fol his declar ation when he said that. 1T the State governments fail in their duty sooner or later constructions or the Constitution will be found to vest
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-19
Canada Beats Us.

The foreign trade of Canada. ob- serves a writer in Harper's Weekly, has grown in the last ten years from $239, 100000 to $552 o0o, 900, and is now two and a half times per head that of the great American republic. The ex- pansion of ner home market Is attest ed by the statistics of her economic prosperity. Last year her railroads, in which $1.2S9, ,000.0 900 are invested, car ried 3o.000.000 passengers and 102, ,000.- 900 tons of freight and earned $106.- 100000. The paid-up capital of the banks in the Dominion is sS3.000.0 900. and the sum of their assets is. $787.- oO0, ,ooo In 1905 the revenue of the Do minion was $71.000.OO0 for 6.000.00 people: in 1855 the revenue of the United States was but s65.000.000 for 7,0000 900 people. No better proof could be afforded of the immensely greater purchasing power of Canada today than was possessed by our republic half a century ago. Tn view of these facts it Is not strange that Canada should face the future with supreme conf dence. It remains to add that the opening of the short route to Europe by way of Hudson Bay-a ronte which will be open for five months In the year. and will shorten the distance be- tween Liverpool and the Western ship pers of grain by about 2.000 miles-is now definitely assured. no fewer than six railways to Port Churchill. the best of the Hudson Bay harbors. having been already chartered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-19

the power where 1t will be exercised. in the national government" It was to this latter outgiving that our ohio de fender of State rights and of the Con- stitution against it's assailants particu- larly addressed himself. He said;
 + bs pspoys of to sS sss to them and to do 1t by applying to their grant and reservation the in- genuities of legal sophistry: for that is just what finding constructions" means. They are to be hunted for with discovering intent.
 and dseed Sh hs o Federal government with certain powers and their respective State gov ernments with other powers. All powers not so granted they have chosen to retain until they think best to grant mores Meantime the people need feeders to study and propose and to ad- vocate lawful measures for their good. But they do not need Euaroians
 T am not convinced that 1t would be better to have all our chopping and pruning done with one big axe. even if license were gwen in due form. At all events there must be no trespass- ing, so matter how beneficient the pur- pose. for 1t is a maxim as old as the law that while bad motives may make an unlawful act worse. no amount of good motives can ever make 1t right"
 He might just as well have said ''one big stick" and have called by name that altogether exalted parsonage who has abliviously come to believe that anything which appears to him to be right must forthwith be done-no mat ter whether the act would do violence to all the fundamental and all the statute law under which the American people live and move and have their being and under the protection of which our civilization advances. society is bettered and the nation is strengthened: that Federal executive whose good mo- tives nobody questions but whose methods the whole people are fast com- ing to criticize asd condemn: that un- compromising enemy and scourger of railroad rebaters who. not so many months ago. called the Honorable Jud- son Harmon into the special service of his then attorney-general, sent them out into the West to run down law breakers and who when this faithful emissary of the department of justice had returned and presented evidence on which the Honorable Paul Morton, then
 secretary of the navy. could have been convicted of relating, made answer that in such cases 1t Is the corporation. not its exec..ive officer. that Is the law breaker and must be punished! v The people have just as good memo ries as has Judge Harmon-but he has slightly better opportunities than they for~showing Up hollow mockery and dangerful doctrines in high places.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-19

The Advertiser yesterday stated that the land area of Montgomery at this time, which of course includes all an- nexed territory, was but little greater Ahan that of Birmingham and Mobile, To be exact we will state that Mont eomery's area is 4,31S.7 square acres; Birmingham 4.174 acres and Mobile 3,e35 acres. This gives us IA acres more than Birmingham and 6S3 acres more than Mobile Montgomerys gain in population for the five years includ- ing 1905 was much greater than that of Mobile or Birmingham, and blind man can almost see and feel that this city is going forward at a rapid rate, The average per cent. of increase of cities from decade to decade has been about 70 per cent. For the five years above referred to Montgomery's was nearly 30 per cent, and if kept up at that rate until the next census we will be crowding up to Montgomery's goal of 100000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-19
No Orator But . Democrat.

Macon Telegraph. "
 head is no orator "as Brutus is" and that he will rattle around in the snoes nf the late Senator John T. Morgan' but judging from a speech In accep. ting the nomination for senator by tne Alabama Democrats. he will do to tie to-" In his speech of acceptance. ne said. as we are told, that he was a Democrat because he believed in the greatest personal liberty consistent CTS: because he believed in home rule and the right of the State to regulate it's own affairs without interference or dtctation from the National GOV, arnment: because he believed In eauat and exact justice to all persons ana interests; because he was opposed to 6 high protective tarif which enriched the few at the expense of the masses and was the parent of trusts and mo- nopolies. He also expressed himseiI in no uncertain terms as opposed to Government ownership of railroads, which he denounced as menace 10 the life of the nation" On this subject he said:
 "When the Government owns the railroads who will direct their man agement2 Men skilled in the business or repudiated pol.ticians7 The latter, of course. The railroad system of the controlled by the party in power to perpetuate its own corrupt rule. Graft would be the watchword and condi- tions intolerable would result. Is the railroad \map in Alabama complete! Have we all the railroads we need Tor the development of the matchless re- sources of the State?
 Who are to build the new roads 30 much needed? Will pricate capital build them for the Government to take them over for operation? Surely not.
 Does any one think that the GOV ernment would build . mile of new road in Alabama during the next quar- ter of Q century? The location and construction of new roads would, de- pend upon political pull. All minor officers would be appointed under civil service rules. Many officers, ticket agents, train and Pullman conductors would be negroes. the separate car for whites and blacks would be abolished and thus accomplish by railroad own ership that which the Government mas not been able to bring about by statu. tory enactment or constitutions! amendment"
 MT. Bankhead doubtless cannot hold a candle" to William J. Bryan on the platform or hustings as an orator. but t. would probably kill the latter out or hand if he ever happened to utter as much common sense on any occasion as is contained in the above.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-19
SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE.
Cannot Resist Temptation to Kill Eel
 Iow-Men When War Is Declared.

Cannot Resist Temptation to Kill Fel-
 lOw-Men When War Is Declared. Julius Chambers, in The Brooklyn
 Eagle.
 The phenomena of men voluntarily giving their services to any belliger- cents that will accept them are cur ious from ethical viewpoints. Men are supposed to fight because they have grlevances-whethe the contest be at long or short range. The love of fight ing purely for the sake Of fighting Is innate in some human creatures.
 Warfare becomes to such men trade. as legitimate as welding an ak against the trees of the forests.
 The character of the soldier of for tune, or free lance," is one that per vades history. Since the beginning or man mercenaries have had mention The desire for embodiment isn't con-
 Commentators upon the recent death in this city of Col. J. Y. F.. Blake ex- posed their ignorance of history when they asserted that the Irish furnished always have been the free lances of Europe. We know about the Hessians in the American revolution. In the wars of the sixteenth century thou under one and now under another or opposing banners. Sir Walter Scott, In his delightful study of Captain Du- gald Dalgetty. in the Legend of Mont rose." permanently fixed the type or the soldier of fortune in English lit- erature. The keen sarcasm of Cervan- tes. in that greatest of all lampoons, Don Quixote." could not discourage or ridicule the soldier of fortune suff1 ciently to render his race extinct. He continued to be born, to grow up, and to go to war with no other purpose than to make trouble for himself and others.
 Men of this type love danger. purely for it's own sake They seek the hap by chance of hard blows. Generally specimens of fidelity to their employer individual or national, they are indlf- ferent to the political Or moral as- poets of the conflict in which they take such active parts
 We have had many examples oi these adventurous spirits. Sam Hous- ton was Nirginian by birth, but ne couldn't keep out of the fight for Texas freedom from Mexico. William Walk CT. the Nicaraguan filibuster. was a Tennesseean. and had been a journal list in California; he cared nothing TOT the people of the Central American state. Gen. Ryan, well known to al working newspaper men of this me tropolis in the early seventies. dfsllkco the Cubans almost as much as he loveC liberty-the freedom of a fight. ft was captured on the Virglnius, stooc against a wall at Santiago and shot tt death. But. 1 am sure he died happy Hobart Pacha commanded the Turkisf navy during the war with 4tussia II | 1878 He was an English naval off1cel until he took that job
 Speaking of Russia, one marvels a
 the disclosures that a little research | gives regarding the pat Rritons | two generations ago played in her na | val battles. Englishmen, as officers o l Russian war vessels, and as comman
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-19
JOHNSON GRASS,
Experigsents Demonstrate That 1t Gan
 Be Killed.

Experissents Demonstrate That 1t Can
 Be Killed.
 Commissioner John Thompson of the Department of Agriculture has good news for the farmers of Tennessee who have been troubled for years with this pestiferous grass may be extermi- mated has been discovered and its value attested by W. J. Spillman, the expert of the United States Department of cd at the farmers institute here last year that he was experimenting with a remedy for the grass and he has since announced that he was convinced that his experiments have resulted In e successful remedy,
 The experiments have been made in Texas for the past two or three years, and the results have been very grati- pie and comparatively inexpensive one The lands which were overgrown by Johnson grass were moved for hay for two years. and none of the grass is a fairly good crop. In the autumn of the second year the lands were turn- ed under. deep blowing being used. The next year lands upon which this meth- to the acre.
 On lands of exactly the same char acter and adjoining the above, ana upon which this method was not tried, was also planted in cotton. The result was a complete failure of the crop, the Johnson grass fairly taking the land. The logic of the experiment Is that by cutting the crop two years and not al- lowing 1t to seed, the long tap roots which run down a long distance in tho soil rot. The surface roots are then plowed under and the freezes which follow during the winter completely destroy them.
 Much land in Middle Tennessee has been rendered practically useless for the farmers on account of the ravages ment made above will no doubt be most gratifying information to the farmers of such localities Professor Spfllman is recognized as one of the c.blest ex- perts that has ever been in the employ of the Department of Agriculture.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-19

dsrs of troops afield. did more than native genius to extend and cVnsoli- date the power of the Czar by land pr sea! EnElishmen appear to have been as fond of the campaign of hard knocks as the Irish.
 Wasn't 1t Char;As Darwin who as- serted that human nature has con stant tendency to revert to the prlmi- tive type? Does this explain why the savage love of combat revives indivi- duals from time to time? was hv. ing in London when the revolt against the Turks broke out in Herzegovina and spread to Servia, and among my small circle of acQuaintances were seV. ersl mild, scholarly. humane, eno amiable men. as known to their asso- ciates. who hurried off to the mountain fastnesses to kill men. mucn as they might have gone down to Devonshire for a week-ends pheasant shooting Guerrilla warfare was the last imagi' nable kind of life one would have sup posed such men to have desired; but they went mad at she prospect Of tak. ing human life. of spiliing human gore,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-19
Rich in Venerable Tradition.

Macon Telegraph.
 Scarcely less interesting than the site of old Jamestown itself Is that of Williams burg in the same section of Virginia In the latter are the old William and Mary College and the historic Bruton Church. originally founded in 1888. the present edi- were brought the font and communion ser vce of the first EnRlish church in America that at Jamestown. The old church at Will liamsburg still has in it's possession e com = Tunion service of gold presented by Queen Anne
 King Edward recently presented a copy now given q beautiful lectern on which the Bible from Englanis King will rest. Tho inscription tn the fiyleaf of this bible IS
 ''Ths Bible ,s .resentsd by h.s Majesty King Edwar1 the Seveath King of Great Britain md Ir, ard and E..pcror of India, to the Church of Bruton Virginia. c shrine rich in venerable traditions of worship. in solemn memories of patriots and statesmen. and in historic witness to the oneness of our peoples The King will ever hope and pray that the ties of kinship and of langua se and the common heritage of ordered wor ship and of ennobling ideals may. through the saving faith of our Lord and Redeem CT Jesus Christ revealed in these sacred pages. continue to unite Great Britain and America in a beneficent fellowship for set ting forward peace and good will among men MCMVII.
 In this old church. which as King Edward notes. is rich 'in solemn memories of pa triots and statesmen" some of the most famous Americans of former times gather ed for worship. Among these ware Washing ton. Jefferson. Mason. Madison, and other Revolutionary patriots attending the sessions of the House of Bursesses in Williamsburg. as well as the Colonial Governors of the caller period.
 Every visitor to the Jamestown Exposi- tion :s apt to cross the Roads to Hampton and thence 1t Is but q short ride on the Richmond Line to old Williamsburg. one of the most interesting of the historic towns of America. The man with an eye only for modern industrialism would doubtless complain of its lack of progress" but Williamsburg with its ancient church and college Is rich in interest for the student of American antiquities.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-19
Should Be on The Side of Progress.

Birmingham Ledger.
 The Alabama Press Association will meets under now condition. but 1t is the same association, doing the same work and laying out new work.
 The Ledssr s 1St of fas belongs in the junior class and going up. It stands for the new and 1t hopes that 1t stands for progress It would like to add word of counsel the other papers. for consideration.
 Many of the politicians we have helped to make. have shown a vicious desire to injure us and some denounce does not think 1t good policy or good business to fight back through the association Denunciation of men in variably helps them. We may love help them to stay in politics. It is better to ignore certain wrongs and hit back in other ways. than In speeches and in editorials. There Is tician. aMnSS d He H@y always eh needs @ newspaper help and he can not travel far in poli- tics without 1t.
 great majority of the politicians who want to use the ignorant vote condemn newspapers.
 Right here is the next point There
 
 bama. The press of the state must in. sist on the education of every child that comes into the state. They must be able to read newspapers and to keep up with public affairs. That is essential to good citizenship and to civilization.
 It is not wise. as The Ledger sees 1t. to decry the appropriation to the Uni versity and to Auburn. The appropr.iaa, purse of the state and none. of that size, will have to be made again. The idea is to urge the building up of the schools not so well provided for and not to pull down those which are. The mission of the press Is to build up. always to build. never to pull down any institution of the State.
 It is well to join every movement to control and regulate the public service corporations of the state. with a view to improving them, never with the idea of injuring them. No war on the industries or enterprises of the state should be countenanced by the press Build. maintain and regulate. but never allowed to dominate the state, or any part of it. and no demagogue should be aided in his effort to climb into of flee by making war on them. There is one principle running | through these suggestions and that is | that the press should be on the side of progress and keep the people fully in- formed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-19
BIRDS TRAVEL ROUTES.
All Have Not Same Range-swallowa
 Great Distance.


 Great Distance.
 The routes by which birds pass to and from one country to another in spring and autumn are regularly fol- lowed. One great thoroughfare. of course. is in the spring from south to North. and conversely in the autumn from North to South: another Is South east to Northwest: e third Southwest to Northeast. with the return to the same starting points.
 The great Southern wintering region Is south of the north of Africa, and extends to far beyond the equator, and from it, under the breeding instinct in spring. birds hurry away to disperss themselves over the widespreadinG Pa learctic or northern lands. which ex- tend as far. in the case of some spe- cies as a long way within the Arctic Circle. South of the equator during the Northern winter the migrants fly towards the South Pole to breed. The sensational range limit of some of the Northern breeding birds Is enormous several extending from Patagonia to Greenland.
 All migratory birds have not the same range. some fly longer. some shorter. distances. The hest known of all the birds of passage the swallow. has one of the longest ranges-from 1000 to 10000 miles. In this extend ed range are also included such birds as the gray plover. the knot. the pec- toral and curlew sandpipers and the Asiatic golden blower.
 The long range-from 5000 to 1000 miles-includes such well-known birds as the cuckoo. the corncrake. the sedge warbler. the greenshank: the moderate range-from 5000 to 5000 miles-em- braces the turtle dove. the crane, the lapwing. mallard and 1acksnipe; the third range-from 1000 to 5000 miles such birds as the wood chat shrike, the stone curlew, the woodcock and black tern: and in what is called tho restricted area-with a mileage of H. 900 miles downward there are the waxwings. several gulls and the cider duck
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-19
FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1eo..
The Birmingham Ledger of Wednes' day says:

The Birmlngnam LeuBer ol Weohes- day says:
 Governor Gray has a choice. It is right up to him to allow or rcfuse the extension of the city limits. The eyes of the Birmingham voters are turned on the presiding officer of the Senate.
 The Ledger is willing for Governor Gray to rewrite the bill. so he will put its to proper size. Governor Gray, 1t Is up to you.
 We have no desire to butt into the Birmingham expansion idea. more than to say that we hope such a bill will be agreed on as will please the Sem ator Nnd Representatives from Jeffer- son County. When that is done the rest is plain sailing. We would like. how eyer, for The Ledger to give any good raason for the above statement from it's columns When did the Lieuten- ant-Governor become the potential and deciding factor in any matter involvin g Jefferson County? He has no vote, the committees have all been appointed, and legislation can go ahead without any direction from him. If there should be a tie vote, then 1t would 3e up to" him as The Ledger says, but not otherwise.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-19
Fighting the Absinthe Habit.

WdSnlHRtOf fOSt.
 It has long been known that ab- sinthe has been responsible for some of the ills of France, and now, 1t seems. there Is agitation in Great Britain pro- hibiting the sale of the liquor in that country. Already there is a large con- sumption of the stuff in the hotels of London. and the larger. cities, and the drinkers are not all foreigners In Continental Europe the movement to suppress the vice of absinthe drinking has met with considerable success. The sale of the drug has been stopped in Belgium and in the cantons of vaud and Geneva, in Switzerland. In Alsace movement has been started to stop the sale of absinthe, and the question of regulating its sale Is now before the French Chambers. The consumption of abslnthe In France has risen from L. 24S.O00 gallons year. twenty years ago to 4.4S5,000 gallons. In Great Britain they are using the argument of M Henri Robert, a well known criminal lawyer, who says. Alcohol ism is the chief cause of the increase In criminality. and Dr. Bertillon's statement. You condemn murdT; con- demn the absinthe that causes It."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-19

know of course. that some birds have . good eye for colors but were not before aware that the robin preferred white to brown. and that they he'd such nice discrimination that they would pick out . white ono and leave the others. That the lady should have stood still and suffered her head to be thus depleted can only be accounted for on the presumption that she knew what the robins were doing and was glad to have the white hairs removed
 If the President or any one else should incline to place this woman on the list of nature fakers she will be ready to make good her statement She can exhibit her head in evidence, and can doubtless produce the nest with its lining of silver hair. If that is not sufficient there are her two dogs. who witnessed the incident. and dogs are not in tho habit of lying. On the whole we think her story must be accepted. strange as 1t is.