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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-09
MANY CHANGES
 IN THE HOUSE Election Created Shake ups in ehairmanships OPPOSITION TO CANNON Clark to Succeed Williams as
 Minority Leader. President Taft's First Message to Congress VIII Deal Almost En- tirely With the Proposed Re-
 vision of Tariff.
BY ALFRED J. sTOFER.

Washington, Nov. .-(special. )-So far. only one Republican member has had the nerve to announce himself a candidate for Speaker of the next House of Representatives against Jo- seph e. Cannon. That man Is Repre- sentative Fowler, of New Jersey known throughout the country as the author of the currency bill which the Republican managers would not permit to pass.
 MT. Fowler for the past seven or eight years has been hammering away on what he is pleased to call currency reform. He is at present chairman of the House committee on Banking and Currency. Old Uncle Joe" took spe- cial pains to pack the committee against the chairman because he did not favor the sort of bill the Jersey course. made Fowler very mad, and &C., counts for his determination to op- pose the Iliinoisan for the position of presiding officer of the popular branch of Congress.
 In order to keep peace in the family, it is hardly probable that the friends of President-elect Taft will attempt to select a Speaker more in line with the Roosevelt policies than Speaker Cannon. The talk here at present Is, however, that Judge Taft and his close friends will at least make an efrort to Induce the House leaders at the very beginning of his term not to op- pose his policies as they did those of President Roosevelt during the past three years.
 Taft's First Message.
 The first message that President
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Taft will send to Congress will, 1t is said. deal almost entirely with the proposed revision of the tariff, Mr. Roosevelt has already thrown out an intiimation that In his forthcoming an nual message he wi1l not handle that topic at all. That is also an indication that no effort will be made by the
 .stand- -pat" Republicans to do any thing with the tarin during the com ing winter session. Some of the lead ing Republicans would like to rail- road a bill through before March next, in order to avoid the holding an extra session In the spring. But they realize that even if the House were to dispose of such a bill under the drastic rules of that body and the arr bitrary rulings of the presiding ofh- cer. 1t would not have any chance of passing the Senate; and they will, therefore, have to buckle down to work in the spring s q.
 The defeat of several of the most prominent Republican members of the House win make changes in the chairmanships of some of the most inn portant committees in the next e Con- gress. If hes had not failed of re-elec- tion, Charles B. Landis, of Indiana, would have been chairman of Foreign. Affairs. He i. is second to Cousins of Iowa, who declined to run again for Congress this year. The next man to Landis on Foreign ffairs is Chas. Breck Perkins, of the Rochester District of New York The latter. is also next to Laudis on the Printing committee. andNif Lands had not been knocked out Perkins would have gotten Printing Now he will have the douT ble luck of being made in the next Congress chairman of Foreign Affairs and will keep second place in all prob abflity on Printing. Perkins has lived abroad good deal. and Is the author of several histories relating to certain epoches in the life tof France as na-. < The chairmanship of Interstate and Foreign Commerce, owing to the de- feat of Representative Hepburp of Iowa. will fall to Representativef Wan ger of, Pennsylvania. At the election two years ago Col Hepburn had Ilaiorfty of more than 3,000.. He first came to Congress in 1881. and was chosen to a seat In the. House the same year Garfield was elected -Presi-' dent. He served three terms and was then defeated and did not come back to Washington until 1893, and has been continuously In the House since. His service up to next March will ih- clude twenty-two years. .-s,. ;si.4..
 ssstand >Patn TarifR.
 But colonel Hepburn belonged to the stand pat tariff crowd, and that doctrine is not as popular out in the Northwest as it was some, time, ago. AS Governor .Cnmmins will succeed. the. late MT. Allison fin the Senate, and as the Governor belongs to sors-father' lis the. leader of the victorious pro gressives." as the tarin revisionists. term themselves in Iowa, it is common gossip here that Senator Deliver will have 10 trim his sails a little during the. next. two years. or, . low tariff Re ;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-09
Dublloaa- or p.noera. ,wIn nab hIs

publican or Democrat will nab his seat.
 In, the next Congress. Richard Wayne Parker of New Jersey will doubtiesss become chairman of the House Judiciary committee. as Judge Jenkins of Wisconsin, the present chairman. was laid out cold and stiff at the Republican primaries during the past summer. The followers of Sena- tor La Toilette. aided by the labor vote. settled his hash. Parker is not popular man and many members on both sides of the House will regret that he will fall heir to this chair manship. But these things go as rule by service and seniority. and this is where Parker has good luck on ac- count of having been kept in Congres sn many terms by his constituents. Another New Jersey man will doubt Jess succeed Jesse overstreet of h. diana as chairman of the House Com mittee on Postoffices and Postroads in tue, next Congress, in the person of Representative Gardner. He is at present chairman of the House Labor Committee. For years he has been sec ond on the Posteffice committee. Over street went down under the Democratic landslide in Indiana last week. As is well known. the Democrats came very near getting a solid delegation from the Hoosier State. If several of the other larger States in the West had done so well for the party as did In- diana, the Democrats would have se- cured control of the next House.
 The disgusted, and defeated Repub- licahs out there claim that 1t was the liquor issue that caused them to. lose so many districts. but others declare that the Indiana Democrats had a superb organization this year, and while. the liquor question undoubtedly hurt. the Republicans 1t was not re- sponsible for the crushing of the Re- publicans by many juKfuls.
 As John Sharp Williams has resign ed the minority, leadership in the House, the understanding is that Champ Clark of Missouri will be elect ed as his successor. by the Democratic caucus to be held the Saturday night before Congress convenes. MT. Clark is very popular in the House, and It Is generally conceded that he will make a worthy successor to the brilliant Mis- sissippian. MT. Williams declined to stand for reelection to the next House. even though he probably could have had another term in the lower branch of Congress before taking his seat in the Senate March {, 1911. His purpose during the next two years is to travel and study, and more than all he needs a rest from the grinding duties which have-fallen heavily upon him in Wash i1gton for the past six years. MT. Will Hams fortunately is man of inde- pendent means and will not miss ma terially the Congressional salary of which he will be deprived for two years. .e .f se x+ s-sv-.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-09
DATES ARE ANNOUNCED


 Atlanta. Ga. Nov. s-Announcement of the dates for the Southern Educa- tional Association annual con- vention at Atlanta on December 29, 30, and .31. was made here today
 Forty-five hundred placards will this week be mailed to every point in the South to be posted in conspicuous places to serve as reminders of the convention dates. Priliminary ar engagements for the convention were made here yesterday by a committee consisting of P. P. Caxton, of Knox vile, Tenn. president of the $. E. A: H. E., Bierly. secretary, of Chatta- nooga; E. P. Burns of Atlanta. treas urer, and Superintendent William M. Slaton. of the Atlanta public schools. MT. Slaton was made chairman of the local arrangements committee. Prep- arations are being made to entertain about l. 000 delegates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-09

Presidential election will probably be very close. Until recently the Con- servatives apparently had the better chance. based on confident expectations of defeetion from the Liberal party of Juan Gualberto Gomez the editor of La Lucha. and Brigadier-General Err nesto Asbert, who. a short time ago was selected Governor of Havana These anticipations have not been re alized, and it is now rumored that Senor Gomez will receive an Important diplomatic appointment in return for his loyalty to the Liberals.
 The result of the election will per- haps not be known for several days. despite the elaborate arrangements for the prompt forwarding of the re- turns from HAS polling places. The electoral college Is composed of i07 members. the various provinces being as follows:
 Pinar del Rio, 14.
 Havana, 2s.
 Matanzas 14.
 Santa Clara. 22.
 Camaguez, g.
 oriente, 22.
 The polls will open at a. m. and close at p. m. Each province Is en- titled to six Senators and a propor- tionate number of the eighty-three Representatives. according to popula tion.
 As a, final precaution against even a suspicion of intimidation at the polls, Governor Magoon has appointed fin command of the rural guards on cleo tion day. the American of1cers who served as provincial Governors at the last election. f-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-09
WATERWAYS CONVENTION.
Two Days Session wiIi Open At c,
 Iumhua. Ga. Today,

Two Days Session vii Open At Co.,
 Iumbus, Ga. Today.
 Columbus, Ga, Nov. S-The Gulf Coast Inland Waterways Convention will meet hers tomorrow for a two days session.
 River improvements. the supplying of the coast States with electric power by conversion of water power and the broader question of intercostal canals. will be atn6nE the subjects discussed Already men of prominence in civic and government work have accepted in- vftations to speak. In addition to the Southern States which will be repre- sented, Illinois and Michigan are ex- pected to send representatives who have been named by the Governors os their respective States.
 The convention will be presided over by President Craft, of Mobile, of the Gulf Coast Inland Waterways Associa. ton. Three sessions will be held Mon- day, and one or two Tuesday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-09
U. D. c. CONVENTION.

Atlanta. Ga, Nov. s.-The fifteenth annual convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, will be held in Atlanta this week, beginning a four days session at Cable Concert Hall Wednesday morning, preceded by a meeting of the executive board on Tuesday evening.
 The convention will be called to or- der at 10 a. m. Wednesday by Mrs. Edward G. Warner, President of the Atlanta Chapter U. D. c. Addresses of welcome will be delivered by Cover nor Hoke Smith, Mayor Joyner and General Clement A. Evans, command er-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans. These addresses will be re- sponded to by Mrs. Cornelia Branch Stone. President-General of the U. D. C., after which the convention will give consideration to the regular program.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-09
VOTE IN OHIO.

Cincinnati. Ohio, Nov. s.-Eighty- seven of the efghty-eight counties of Ohio Oucas being still incomplete and not included in these fgures) give Taft 555.977; Bryan 4S1.S67: Taft's plurality 74.610.
 Eighty-seven of the eighty eight counties Belmont being still incom- plete and not included in these hg- ures) give Harmon, Democrat 540,7sS; Harris. Republican. 52s.ss7 Harmon'a plurality 16.S91.
 Total vote for President (eighty- seven counties) 1.OS7,344; for Gov ernor 1.064.6SB.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-09
JORDAN OPTIMISTIC.
says the Price of Cotton wini Now < Rise Rapidly.

Says the Price of Cotton win Now f~ Rise Rapidly.
 Atlanta. Ga. Nov. s---Harvie Jordan, presidenttof the Southern Cotton Crow ers' Association. speaking tonight of the outlook for marketing the present cotton crop. said:
 ''The National election is past and millions of dollars of orders for manu- factured goods have been placed in the past few weeks. Raw cotton will feel the impetus given to other lines of in-. dustry. While the ginners reports inc dicate a larger amount of cotton ginned to date than at any previous period in the history of the Census Bureau. the gTnnings for November and the suc- ceeding months of the year, will indi- cate a heavy and continuous falling on. The total yield of this year will. in my opinion, fall far short of the two big crop years of 1904 and 1908"
 MT. Jordan emphasized thts belief that the price of cotton will rise speedily.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-09

swept into the room. The moment she entered the door her eyes fell indig- nantiy upon my hat, gloves and stick swooped on the outfit like a fish hawk. and threw them out of the window
 Then she left the room without paus- ing Tor speech, as one who had taught someD ody that the hall was the place Tor hats and canes and similar things.
 T was inclined to get trife wa rrn; but Greeley stretched out his hand in a deprecatory way and cheered me with the remark: Never mind her. Asa: sha thought they were mine ."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-09
NIrn GreeIer,a NIIntnlre.

Amos Cummings used to tell this story about Horace Greeley. He al- ways called me 'Asa-never could re- member Amos. One day I went out to see Greeley at Chappaqua about some newspaper business. The old gentle man saw me coming as he stood look ing out of the window and opened the door himself. Come in here, Asa he followed him into the room, and, as I was only going to remain a moment, I laid my hat, gloves and cane upon a centre table.
 'Greeley and I had just immersed ourselves In a talk. when Mrs. Greeley
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-09
PHYSICIANS TO MEET ..

Atlanta, Ga, Nov. S.-The Southern Medical Association will meet in At ianta November 10, II and 12. At the opening meeting Governor Hoke Smith will deliver the welcoming address on behalf of the city and State and pr. J., c. Olmstead of Atlanta, will welcome the visitors on behalf of the Atlanta Medical Association.
 Among the social features of the con- vention will be a reception on Wednes- day evening at the Piedmont Driving Club, given by the Atlanta physicians
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-09
A NEwsPAPER sUsPENDs.

Decatur, Nov. 8,-(Special. )-The Twin City Herald, an afternoon news paper which has been published in New Decatur for the past year or more. has suspended publication. It it an- nounced that the suspension Is only temporarily. and that the paper will be revived lates on.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-09
UPRisING Is FEARED.
Only Temporary Peace Established in
 POrtuEuese Guinea.


 Lisbon. Nov, 8-Advices received here state that in response to ener- getic representations on the part of the French and German ministers on the subject of killing of French and Germans by natives In Portuguese Guinea, the Portuguese government has admitted that 1t was unable to put down the last revolt because of the lack of troops.
 The governments however, brought about peace temporarily by reducing the tax, but in doing so, stood in dan ger of losing all prestige with the natives, who are cannibals. A general uprising is feared.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-09
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

= ~ ~--- = --~--~~------~-~--s SALESAAN WANTED to represent us ex- and expenses or commission. Yale Cigar Co.,, Indianapolis. Ind, -
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-09

Dandy BIacE-face Act See GiIlihan de Murray this week.
 MateAtdc Theatre
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-09

Z--BIG ACTS--7 Besides music and moving pictures. Don't miss it.
 Majestic Theatre this week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-01

courteous request that no opposition
be made to the usual resolution en-
dorsing the state administration, the
ex-governor rolled his eyes in fine
frenzy and between his pearly white
teeth Kissed these burning words:
GO back to Governor Deneen and
say to him that l agree TO nothing. |
concur in nothing. Let aim go ahead
and indorse himself. | shall appeal
to higher court, the people"
This means, of course, continues
the Post, that if Mr.. Deneen expects
a denomination he must prepare to
meet every slushfunder in the. state
with Richard of the lion heart al
| their head, somewhere in the vicinity
| of Philippi. Illinois republicans who
have had no intimate acquaintance
with democratic quarrels will now be
lgiven an intimation of one in theil
own household that will be enough
to last them for a lifetime.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-01
First Impression.

Almost all men feel irritated if a
book agent or sewing machine
agent pushes his way into their
houses and demands attention at a
time devoted to domesticity and re-
Taxation" says Profitable Advertising.
''They feel the same sort of irritation
when opening mail which proves to
be advertising matter" First impress
sion strongly influences the subse-
qUent attitude of the consumer to-
ward the advertiser who solicits his
patronage. The impression produced
upon the prospect by attacking him
with a deluge of circulars is almost
Invariably disagreeable
1t is not only more tactful, but
actually cheaper to begin by news
paper appeal The home newspaper
advertisements and all, is cordially
welcomed where the circular argu
ment is fatty denied a fair hearing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-01
"PeIorus Jack"

Near the mouth of Pelorus sound,
on the Nelson side of Cook strait. Is
the home of remarkable sea animal
known throughout New Zealand as
"Pelorus Jack" He is gray I'm color,
about fourteen feet In length. and his
pastime is to await for coastal steamers
and to escort them for several miles
on their journey. AS boat approach
es Jack" may be seen. heading to-
ward her TO take up his accustomed
position beside or in front of the bow
Of the vessel. There, sometimes for
twenty minutes, he hoyers round, rush
ing so quickly from side to side that
the eye can scarcely follow his move
ments. When he considers he has gone
far enough. with last sudden plunge
he dives once more and for the last
time. disappearing in a whirl of foam.
to be seen ne more that trfp.-Sydney
News
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-01
8he Hrgus Daily Short Story
Alias the Plumber."-By Olive Roberts Barton
Literary

My Dear Mr.. Van Nor;on-Perhaps my
inexperiencc will account for the fact tina.
do not know how much-or how little
to expect OF my f;ance. / have been here
at my aunt's for three days, as l inform
ed you in my letter before ! left thome,
and you have not given the slightest sign
of my existence
1t may be that 1 expect too much OF
the man whom 1 have promised to marry,
but il such is the case | am satisfied that
my easonable demands on your time
and attention would make us both miser-
able
l beg to return your ring, with many
thanks for the honor; also your letters,
the scarab and the set of coral you sent
me from Naples. Very cordially yours.
NINA DORRINGTON.
Nina threw down her pen and walk
cd to the window of the darkening
room. The library was frigid, and the
girl shivered as she pulled aside the
curtain. 1t was showing hard, and the
wind had piled the feathery stuff in
huge mounds, obliterating steps and
curbstones. A small hoy headed his
way through the storm, looking in vain
for the numbers on the houses.
Nina opened the door herself and
called him. Then, giving him careful
directions about the>Dacka@e and let
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-01
Half a Loaf.

The negro's love Of titles of whatever
sort is amusingly illustrated by a story
told by the governor Of southern
state.
1t appears that the congregation of
colored church in Georgia conceived
the notion that it would add greatly to
their dignity if the pastor of the church
were enabled to add the initials d. d.
to his name. member, hearing Of an
institution in the north which would.
for value received. confer such de-
gree. entered into correspondence with
that end in view. Reply came to the
effect that the sum of $75 would obtain
the desired dignity.
A difficulty arose, however. In that
the congregation were unable to raise
more than $50. Finally, after much
Capitalization. the congregation dele
gated one of their number TO see the
thing out. The following message was
sent to the institution mentioned:
Kindly forward our pastor one d,
we being unable to afford the other al
this time."-Harper's Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-01
Muzzling the Rooter.

President ban" Johnson of the
American league has undertaken
task compared with which the labors
of Hercules were child's play. He
announces that the obnoxious baseball
rooter is to be suppressed in his
league. Discussing the proposition
President johnson says.
mo one opposes legitimate roofing,
but when a spectator uses a mega
phone to insult and taunt visiting
player until that player is angered INTO
making replies which are audible IN
the grandstand and are an insult 10
the men and women who are WITHIN
hearing, it must be stopped, any play
er should be punished for aiming IN
|sulting remarks at the spectators, but
the players, too, deserve some measure
|of protection
Genuine lovers of baseball-and
those who do not come under that de-
scription are in a, hopeless minority
will applaud Mr.. Johnson's decision
and encourage him in every way in
squelching the rooter, who has more
enthusiasm than sense. The specta-
tor who taunts visiting players simply
displays lack of good breeding where
he thinks he is making fetching show
lof loyalty.
The majority of men and women who
attend ball games have the attractive
moss of the snort married nv the eff.
fusiveness of so-called fans who are
as obnoxious to players as they are to
spectators The difficulty will be to
draw the line between real enthusiasm
which often finds expression in very
tumult of noise, and the outbreaks OF
the ill-bred rooters The temper of d
baseball audience is always an uncer
tain quality.
President Johnson will be entitled
to special pennant if he succeeds in
eliminating the rooter nuisance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-01
Wonderful Paraffn.

Paraffin was at first useless by.
product of the oil refineries, but has
now a thousand uses Besides the use
OF paraffin for candles, 100000 blocks
ST refined paraffin are sold every year
for an infinity of purposes. A liberal
arrangement with chewing gum
maker gave him the foundation for q
million dollar fortune, Paraffin was
applied to Cleopatra's needle in Central
park, New York, when the surface of
the obelisk began to scale off, and it
stopped 1t. Stone fronts Of houses are
protected the same way, an applica-
ton every three or four years being
sufficient to prevent disintegration.
Paraffin is made into colored crayons,
which will stick on glass as well rs
paper. Paraffin is used in laundries
to whiten the clothes and in polishing
the surface of starched pieces. 1t is
used for sealing canned fruits or any
thing put up in bottles by home folks,
manufacturers, druggists or chemists.
1t is used generally as a substitute for
beeswax, tallow and sealing wax and
for Insulating wires.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-01
kits as TARGETS.

Admiral Lambton at certain high
land society dinner told the following
tale: When the Gordon highlanders
were in Ladysmith the order came that
officers We're not to wear their swords.
This order was soon supplemented by
another. by which all highland regi-
ments were commanded to cover their
kits up. as it was thought that they
served too we'll as targets for the enc
my. Sir George Write knew that such
an order would not be popular. At last
he thought of way out Of the difa-
Guilty. "Let them cover the fronts of
the kits up" he said. THE enemy will
never see the other side."-London
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