The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-23
BLIND MAN AND INDIAN
 FOR UNITED STATES SENATE
Messrs. Gore and Owen are Democratic Nominees in Oklahoma Indian Territory Progress
 Will Not Be Blocked.

but really looks ten years younger, and is exceptionally good looking In appearance.
 MT. Gore is a native of Mississippi and went to Oklahoma shortly after the rush to those new lands when the territory was opened to public senti- ment He is totally blind put has talk en active part in the contest which promises to result in success for the Democrats, being ranked among the finest stump speakers in this country
 Will Zeveley, for many years Sec retary of the Missouri Democratic State Committee, afterwards private secre- tary to ex-Governor David R. Francis when he was in the Cleveland cabinet and for many years a practicing law yer in Indian Territory said here the other day he was certain tho Demo crats had the upper hand and would carry everything before them
 Oklahoma will have seven votes in the electoral college, and thas Is what worries the Republicans so much. In the event of a close nationa! election next year they fear that Oklahoma might throw the scale in favor of the Democrats.
 Rural Mail Service.
 The rural free delivery service is growing right along. Some Of the Congressmen of influence in both of the great parties have been trying Tor several years to cut down the appro- priations but instead, they are 1dded to each year. Speaker Cannon has been chief among those who think the amount of money Is too large. But even he cannot stop the demand for a mall service that delivers letters, pa pers, etc. almost at the doors or the farmers of the land.
 A whiplsaw game Is going on be- tween Texas and Tennessee in the mat ter of the greatest number or rural ,free delivery routes in the Southern States. For a long time Tennessee was far in the lead About a year ago Texas forged ahead. The latest hg- ures. however, show that Tennessee once more takes first place, having had in operation on the 1st of June, l.o34 routes, and Texas, had 1,525. At this writing, Tennessee has pending In the department thirty-five petitions for the establishment of new routes. Texas has ninety seven. When the next re- port comes out, 1t is more than likely that Texas will once more lead Tennes- sec.
 Since the service was established. the record for Alabama Is as follows:
 Total petitions referred, 1,67O; total adverse reports, 7S3; routes in opera
 
 new routes now on file at the depart ment, sixty-one.
 There are more routes in the Third than any of the Congressional Districts of Alabama, the number being lSs: The Seventh, and Forth come next, II! and 103, respectively. The Fifth and Eighth have the same number-eighty- TWO. The Montgomery district has sew enty-two, the Ninth, sixty-three, and the smallest number Is the First being only nine.
 illinois has the greatest number of routes of any State in the Union-2,771 Ohio is second. with 2.494. The service for the whole country has in its employ 37 ,566 carriers.
 The First Virginia District, which is located In the Tidewater section of the State, ha sonly six routes, with fve petitions pending. This is strange IT view of the fact that even the noun tain districts of Virginia. Tennessee and Kentucky have hundreds of routes MT Jones, who represents the First Virginia District says his constitu- ents, however, do not petition for the service, and as long as they are satis- fed with present conditions he will not worry himself over the matter.