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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
POLITICAL POINTERS

Asbury Park Special to New York
 Times.
 New Jerseys Auxiliary Democratic Committee. which is composed of four members from each of the twenty-one counties in the State. met here in con- ference. The Chairman Job H. Lip- pincott. of New Jersey. presided. Prom inent Democrats from this and other states were present, including John W. Tomlinson of Alabama. Chairman of the Bureau of Clubs of the Demo- cratic National Committee.
 City. Chairman of the New Jersey State Democratic Committee also att tended the conference. which was Tor the sab H5 a1f of Jersey. The State Democratic Com mittee will meet in Jersey City for organization and the selection of will be inaugurated early In Septem- her The Auxiliary Committee VIII endeavor to have Bryan and Kern Club organized in every election pre- cinct in the State.
 Oyster Bay Special.
 That President Roosevelt is consid- titude of the leaders of the State Re- publican machine In regard to the re- nomination of Governor Hughes was made sasP ydspt ta %asn a tns
 
 President exclaimed.
 My gracious! It used to be that when I said q thing was .e to be done. done. to be that way any more"
 The visitor who did not wish his name to be quoted. had come here to discuss State politics with the Presi- did not find MT. Roosevelt in a com placent mood. He said. in fact. that the President showed that he was con- slderably wrought up over the news that Timothy Woodruff and other State leaders had mutinied and were ready to disobey his order that Governor Hughes should be re-nominated. The visitor said that the President had talked freely to him about the State that he was not at liberty to repeat
 He said. however, that the Presi- dent was in a fighting mood and aI- thou~h he had announced that he nevertheless he wasn't going to let the young politicians who had selfish ends In view. defeat the will of the people at the convention. even if he ures. The visitor xave the impression for @ Timothy % = Woodruff if he persists in disregarding the big stick.
 Indianapolis. Ind. Special.
 As the plans of the campaign man. agers develop and become known. 1t seems more and more certain that the rural districts. The issues are such as to interest the centers of population. so cities like Evansville. Terre Haute. Indianapolis. Lafayette. nish the real battlegrounds.
 Farmers and residents of small towns have not become involved in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
Brought GIaduess.
TWENTY REASONS.
Why Men Will Vote for Taft or Bryan
 A Variety Not Without Spice. Topics of the Day in Providence Jour-

Why Men Will Vote for Taft or Bryan
 A Variety Not Without Spice. Topics of the Day in Providence Jour-
 nal.
 Of course the respective partisans want to see Taft or Bryan elected; that's all. They will mar their bal lots for one or the other candidate. according to deeply rooted political preferences, which do not appear on the surface in all cases. The reason ing that will seem to dictate stalwart party action is not the less interest ing, since 1t Is so engagingly varied. For instance, Republicans are going to vote for MT. Taft because
 .. He will pursue the Roosevelt poll icies.
 2. He will not pu-sue the Roosevelt policies.
 8. He is sound on the tariff (a) the standpatters are for him; (b) the re- visionists are for him.
 4. He believes in the sufficiency of the courts.
 5. He holds that modiications-in ju- dicial procedure might be desirable.
 6. Bryan is radical.
 2. Taft is not a reactionary.
 8. He Is a man of judicial temper
 9. His temper and experience will not be employed to check popular enc thusiasm for progressive measures.
 10. He is a friend of labor.
 II. He is a friend of capital.
 12. He stood by the President in the Brownsville matter.
 IS. He had nothing to do with the Brownsville naattan
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04

The anti-third term idea doesn't go au Mexico, so far as the Presidency is concerned. Porfris Diaz, the present Encumbent, has held the office about thirty years. and though he Is 7s years old and has no desire to hold the office another term, it is said that there ks now a determined movement on foot 60 force him to consent to reelection. whether he has made an exceptionally good ruler, or whether he just suits me Mexicans, or whether they don't know how to turn him loose; whether one or all these reasons may be ex- pianatory, the fact remains that he has been Mexico's President for about thir- ty years. We wonder If any Ameri- can aspirant envies the Mexican way. And 1t may be as well to add that from latest indications 1t is apparently pret- ty sure that Diaz will yield as grace fully as possible and stand for anoth- CT term. As the matter now stands We see no reason why Mexico shouldn't give him life tenure of the job.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
They Are Able and willing to Wait

They Are Able and Willing to Wait. Union Springs Herald.
 Last Friday morning, The Montgom- cry Advertiser published an article re- garding the publication, in each coun- ty of the state, of the three proclama- tions calling attention to the proposed constitutional amendments which will be voted on in the November election. In the face of the fact that the law requires the proclamations published in each county and that there Is now no Legislative appropriation to meet the expense, which will be something more than $1S,000, immediately after the publications are finished, the ar ticle referred to appears to make light of the situation.
 The situation is nothing but a straightforward, business proposition to the newspapers. The order will go out to the papers to publish the proclamations and-is there a paper in the state that will reject the order? Not much We all would be too glad to get 1t. The Herald would, we as- sure you. Such business propositions have been transacted formerly by the State. This one is simply this: there being at present no appropriations to meet the cost, the papers will publish the proclamations, enter the item against the state, and quietly and willingly await the next legislatures tO SONSA. P0PCa the state is not willing to do this? What paper has not sufficient confi- dence in the law makers to assemble next time to believe that they will, for the sake of the good name of the state, willingly make the appropria- tion, and, perhaps. thank the papers for doing their part to have the law carried out which makes necessary these publications, their part being ac- cepting the order and making the pub llcations and waiting a time for their money The country press Is able to wait, and willing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
What the State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing

Pay Your Money-Take Your Choiae. Lafayette Sun.
 The photographs are non-partisan. choice ''i of a Bryan ryan or % a inS Taft @ Speech.
 Don't Like To Face . Gun. Troy Messenger.
 The London brokers doubtless went under tables and behind counters when the shooting commenced by the insane man. They may not be afraid of bears and bulls" but can't face the muzzle of a gun.
 To Fatten Hogs. Luverne Journal. binders, peas and potatoes will do so at a cost of not more than { cents per pound. Any farmer can grow peas. binders and potatoes and as they will pound of meat.
 Gas in Walker.
 That there is natural gas down in the bowels of the earth about Jasper there is no longer any "DoubtinE Thomases." It has been demonstrated that there is, and many people have eyes.
 COvingtOn's Growth. Andalusia News.
 So great has become the business Of Covington County that 1t is necessary to foot up the values on an adding ma chine. At the August meeting of the was purchased for ss75 for the uss of the county officials.
 Can't Be Too Friendly in Texas. Mobile Herald.
 You can't afford to be too friendly In Texas. A Houston travelling man bought bottle of beer and asked a fellow traveller to take drink with him. the Sheriff of Fort Bend County. and the bottle of beer cost the Houston man $25.
 stay in Alabama Sylacauga Herald.
 The time of the year Is approaching when some of the farmers get 1t into their heads to go West to live. If they only knew 1t. they are right now in the best country on earth. all things considered. Don't go to Texas but stay here and improve what you have
 Good Times Ahead.
 The door of opportunity is once more about to open in Alabama and espe- mains for each one to make an honest effort in order to enjoy real prosperity Work will be here in abundance, de- velopments will be made in all lines and Gadsden will once more so tor> ward as of old.
 
 Brought GIad1ess. Gadsden Times-NewS.
 The comments all over the State up- on the end of the miners strike indi- cate that a feeling of relief and glad ness pervades all sections. The glad ness expressed indicates how heavily fine strike was burdening the State. already suffering from a prolonged pe- rfod of financial depression. There is in the air now and every body is confidently looking for better times
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
Partie. and the Issue.

Philadelphia Record.
 The more the thoughtful voters of the country reflect upon the platforms of the two parties and upon the re- spective speeches of Bryan and Taft, the more thoroughly they must be convinced that the only hope of relief from tariff burdens and iniquities is in the National Democratic Party. Ap- pealing to reason and experience MT Bryan truly says that a lower tariff breeds no panic, causes no industrial depression and results in no reductions of wages. On the contrary. business is thereby stimulated. opportunities of labor are increased and reduction of wages is averted.
 The masses of American mechanics
 -the carpenters, bricklayers, stone masons. gas-fitters and typographers, and the clerks and salesmen in count ing houses and stores-what share have they in the tariff save it's extor- donate levies on the earnings of their labor and services? They must pay tribute to the tariff -buttressed trusts for their woolen clothing and blank cts. their carpets. the earthenware. glassware and cutlery on their tables. numerous other articles of necessity and comfort. Let them look around and see how little escapes this rapa- cious system. If they build or repair or rent a dwelling they must pay fresh tribute to monopoly for nearly every material that enters into its construc- ton. When one of the family dies they are taxed for the shroud and the stone that marks the grave. At the same time they owe the maintenance of their wages thus grievouslv curtail- ed solely to their organizations and their earning capacity and skill. How idle. then. is the Republican platform pretense that the wages of the em- ployes in mills and factories of the trusts Gas a rule much lower than the wages of skilled mechanics) are not due to the same causes but to the won der-working power of the tariff
 4 reduction of the tarin. then. will put an end to the spoliations to which the masses of the American peo- pie are subjected. By this reform more men will have a greater purchasing capacity. With the demand for more commodities thus stimulated the num- Der of industries will be increased and there will be more demand for labor. A lower tariff will promote the coun- try's export trade. 4 secure hold will never be taken upon foreign markets as long as American manufacturers are obstructed by high dulles on ma- terials of production from which their English, French and German rivals are exempt.
 Such is the irrefragabie position of the Democracy in the tariff issue So masterly defined in MT. Bryan's Des Moines speech. Instead of the dam gers predicted by calamity howlers and trust benficiaries the Democratic policy in moderating the burdens of taxation to the millions of American toilers will bring only blessings in It's train. Where sinister industrial con- ditions exsit. prosperity will prevail. The whole position of the Democracy on the tariff. as on every other ques- ton of public policy, so striking in its contrast with that of the Republican Party, is summed up in the one great special principle of equal rights for all and special privileges for none."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
NOT SOLVED.

cone by one great problems are solv- ed'' remarks The New York Tribune, but the grounds upon which 1t predi- cates that opinion are shaky. It was referring to the recent decision rem dered by Federal Judge holding that imitation whiskey must be labelled and sold as such, and not as the real ar ticle. This ruling" says The Trib- une, may have to the uninitiated a rather axiomat tic flavor. yet it has been strenuously maintained before the courts that no one could ever author itatively answer that age-old conun- drum, What Is whiskey?' If no court of appeals reverses Judge Thompson. of the Southern District of Ohio, & psrpiexed public will at last be able to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
Letters to The Editor

A Vile Book.
 Editor of Advertiser:
 If there Is authority in law to sup- press books that are vulgar. immoral and contaminating "The Yoke" by Hubert Walls should be taken from every home and every book store and burned. The moral of this book Is SO low that 1t should shock the sense Of propriety of the lowest and most un- scrupulous rouc who walks the earth, if he comes from a civilized race. It upholds and lauds vice and gross i'm morality and scoffs at morality. It breaks down the barriers that make home and motherhood sacred, 1t places the holy state of matrimony upon plane below that of the Mexican plan of the lowest type, or even the bar barian.
 It breaches a doctrine destructive of virtue, home ties, friendship. jus tice honesty and common decency and lawful wedlock. It Is too foul and filthy to be read by Tarquin and should bring a blush of shame to the cheek of the average harlot, when read In Gods name let the fathers. brothers and sons of this state unite in an honest effort to prevent the fur ther spread of this miserable cor rupting book. which is a disgrace to American literature.
 Reader
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
Why He. Has Such a Hold.
Nashville American.

NaShVlIle American
 Supporters assert and opponents concede that Bryan Is an honest man. a man of his word. This is one req son why he has such a hold on the people. In a recent speech he very positively announced that the Demo- cratic platform was his guide: that he gave 1t strict adherence, and that if elected he would not. because he did not believe he had the right, interject or attempt to enforce any private views on any public questions which he might entertain which were not specifically mentioned and distinctly set forth in the Denver platform. Att tacls on him. therefore, charging him with entertaining any of these al- legged views, have no relevancy and fall to the ground. They mean noth- ing, and no regard should be paid to SzaRoundaA abuse.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04

get line on when whiskey is whis- key and when 1t Is only a meretricious foster brother of the real juice of the cornfield.'
 We are naturally curious to know how a judge or anybody else can set tie that question satisfactorily. even by tasting. In the older definitions whiskey was held to be 'an ardent spir- it distilled from grain." but as is we'll known, they make 1t out of other things than grain these days. How Is a court to know whether any grain was used in the manufacture of giv- en specimen? How small must be the product in the class of imitation whis- key? The problem will be harder than the courts have in deciding insanity cases.
 We may agree with The Tribune that ''one by one great questions are solv- ed" but even admitting that this is a great question we are far from admit ting that it has been solved. or that it is likely to be. The question of near peer" has been varying Georgians fer months. and they seem unable to get 1t straightened out. and we suspect that imitation whiskey will give even more trouble. One might almost as well try to give fair answer to the question, What does Republican mean by tariff revisionT
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
LIterarx PoIItIcians.

rlcnInoud IlneS-DeSpatch.
 Dispatches from Kennebunk. Me, state that John Kendriek Bangs has entered" politics in Maine. The word "enter" Is anachronistic. John Ken drick Bangs entrance into politics took place fifteen years or more ago, when he was walloped in a race for the mayorality of Yonkers, N. T.. This Maine affair Is only a revival, but it appears to be earnest. In laying aside the typewriter for the committee meet Ing, Mir. Bangs is following in the footsteps of Winston Churchill. Booth Tarkington, Gorge Ade. Brand Whit lock and other less known contempor- ary American writers. It cannot be said that the trail has been a very successful one. Tarkington gave 1t up as bad job after two years in the Indiana legislature. Churchill was beaten for the governorship of New Hampshire and has since made no furth CT essays. The modern popular novelist who wins to a governorship. or even a seat in congress. Is yet to be gotten out Of political experience. as Tarkington found, but from a flnan- cial point of view statesmanshtp Is hardly to be compared with editions of 100000 copies. John Kendrick Bangs is doubtless sincere in his re- susciated devotion to party causes, but 1t will probably be some time before he is governor of Maine. He ought to get of some good jokes on the oppo- steion candidates however. and pro- -dpoe some Eattling campaign poetry
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04

Some of the brethren are discussing a question which. strangely enough. the Norfolk schoolmaster has not butted into. It is the question of whether the words Yours, truly" should be placed at the close of a business letter. The New Haven Reg ister discusses the pros and cons. wind ing up with:
 And so. with the progress of the age, must we say farewell to yours truly?r It may be that business cor re.pondenss will presently pnsryer dlsPenss 1ibsoss are nowadays highly valuable, Yet the tendency to this sort of ecdnomy is far from commendable. We might dispense with yours truly" as mean ingless. if We would substitute some meaning. and should demonstrate that sentiment, or something above mere utilitarianism stiIl clings to our busi- ness spirit. For it is not true that we have squeezed all sentiment out of business, and to give that implication considering the fate of yours truly. might not the rest of the American business world tackle as side tssde the problem of suitable and signift cant substitute?
 That is all right, and We must have a substitute if we are to abandon the old phrase. In short, if we are not to say yours truly" what shall we say?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
 A STRANGE CASE.

Can the dead be brought to life by mersfy human effort? is the rather startling question that has come up within the past few. days and is excit- ing interest. not only among physi- clans but among the general public. A few days ago 8 man Tn New York who was formally pronounced dead. was so far restored that he breathed naturally for two or three minutes. but that was all. Now. however. we have reports of a case which would seem to indicate that life can actually be restored to the dead. A negro boy twelve years old at the Emergency Hospital fin Washington was suffering from an infected knee which compelled amputation. While under the influ- ence of chloroform he suddenly ceased to breathe. his heart and pulse stopped, and the body grew cold. Artificial respiration was tried without effect anl after waiting six minutes 1t was determined to try heart massage, as 1t is called. Then the accounts con- tinues:
 The boys abdomen was opened and for seven minutes the doctor massaged the patients heart with his fingers. Finally when he was about to give voluntary breath. and for several min utes the heart pulsed gently. Plying the heart with his fingers to stimu late circulation of the blood. the physi- elan. after eighteen minutes. had the heart pulsating normally and knew that he had restored circulation. For day and half following the opera condition and every hope was held out for his recovery. But the infection of the knee had spread to the left side and affected the glands Of ,, the neck; k; further efforts the boy died.
 Now if this was not restoring life to the dead. what are we to call 1t? It is very true that people sometimes fall into a cataleptic condition and are to all appearances dead, but afterwards come to life. We have also frequent ly heard and read of cases where the apparently dead have been restored by aTIl4lCldl n0dhS. 0uCA cases AEo uOL uncommon, in fact, but this seems to have been different. Not only was the boy dead. pronounced so by those fully competent to judge. but the ordinary restorative methods failed to produce any result, and so far as human skill could decide he was actually dead. Perhaps. remarks The Hartford Times. "the most important fact in the case Is that after the original lifeless interval of considerable duratioW there should have been restoration of life which continued for a day and half and. apparently. would have continued indefinitely but for the advance of the disease for checking which the orig inal operation was begun"
 And the question which will interest all. both scientiats and others, is- was this an actual case of bringing the dead to life? Who can tell. and how is it to be decided?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
.. PoeticaI Brothers.
t1untbVlIIe Democrat.
 The Scottsboro Citizen says:

4A% OSOlNSOOEO N41NOh says
 Harry C. Armstrong, the editors youngest son, in writing from Wash ington. says: I sold a song "'Sleepy, Sleepy, Eyes" to Witmark and Sons the other day for cash and royal ties. They are the biggest music pub fishers of New York. and will make a. name for me" (The words are by Phil Fl. Armstrong, my brother)
 The Democrat congratulates MT. Armstrong on the success of his sons as verse makers and song writer They are talented young men, with a faculty for happily blending the humorous pathetic and sentimental. and touching a responsive chord In human hearts Three cheers for Phil and Harry Arm strong. may they increase in wealth and grow in fame in the world of mu- sic and poetry!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
A critical correspondent asks thi
A CIlI question

question:
 Where do you find authority for us- ing the word we in this paragraph in Wednesdays Advertiser-"Now comes another crumb of comfort and consola- tion to we who handle much paper money"
 It is an editorial custom to say we. where in ordinary conversation we would say I. In the above quoted pa- ragraph, 1t was the intention to get off little fun and if the word "we"' had been quoted, as it should have been. our correspondent would no doubt have understod our meaning and in- tention.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-04
snw Pnzzle Latest.

The latest society craze Is the saw puzzle, which, originating at summer watering and seaside resorts, has spread far and wide until now it Is en- tage fife at home. The puzzle consists simply of a copy of some well known picture by a famous artist pasted on wood, and then cut out into numbers less pieces by a scroll saw, the object being to fit the fragments back into the original form, and in the shortest possible time. The fad originated at Newport, and at once became the rage with all ages and sexes, and has only recently been taken up in Baltimore.