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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05
MT. Roosevelt lad a crltic,
Morgan City, La. orCrespondence New
 Orleans Times Democrat.

Morgan City, La. correspondence New
 Orleans Times-oemocrat.
 . A fallen idol. over whom great dent Of the United States, whose name would have ranked high among our Presidents. will be written of in the future thus
 He left his name to other times,
 Linked with some honor and a
 thousand crimes"
 Yes. crimes, for it is a crime for a that high office by becoming a low mud thrower. It is a crime for President to malign his predecessors who are. dead and gone, but whose de- wrung by wanton attack upon their ancestors It is crime for the high est official in this land to publicity ap ply the epithet. Liar" to many of the doubly a crime because his Righ office renders him safe from consequences. It is crime for President to use all the powers of this government to se- any office. It Is a crime. and forbid den by law, for any official of this government to take an active part in any political contest. Yet this Presi- dent, who loudly calls upon all to obey the law. shows an utter disre- gard for the law, and shows by his acts that he thinks, as one before him has said, T am the law" Because of
 
 look just a little into his acts and sayings. which he does not qualify as his opinion, but asserts as facts. Of President Jefferson he says (among many other things) that he was fin competent. intriguing. against Wash. ington and a constitutional liar" Of Madison he says: He was an imbe- cile and a disgrace to America" Of Monroe that he was an imbecile and mere figure head. Of Jackson he says he was ignorant. low. managed by politicians and that he corrupted Van Buren he says: "He was sordid. the sordid and odious politicians of Tor and Fillmore: They were small Presidents" Of Tyler he says: "He was puz2le-headed and far below me diocre as a man." Of Taylor he says: He gathered to himself. the most VI ctous, corrupt and criminal. and was the smallest of the line of small Pres idents who came between Jackson and Lincoln" Of Pierce he says: He was small, with mean capacity capacity and low politician and a fit representative or Pennsylvania" All this and much more he says of the dead. Turn we now to the living. this man sans re- proche," publicly brands as liars the following United States Senator T. C. Platt, United States Senator B. R. I'll ey. J. F. Wallace, Panama canal nngi- neer, Fl w. Bowen. Minister to Vene- zuela; H NJ whitney capitalist; ex- United States Senator W. E. Chandler Alton B. Parker; Democratic nominoS SS Austria, also his wife; P. Fl. Hartman railroad president; c. N. Haskell: Gov ernor of Oklahoma, Hearst o1 New
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05
JELKs FORESEEs VICTORY.
Former Governor Makes Business visi
 tn Mobile.

to Mobile.
 Moo e t"ersid
 Former Governor Jelks was at the Cawthon last nignt on business con- nected with Protective Lifo 1nSurance company of Birmingham. The goveI- nor stopped over in the city to meet Col. H. R. Shorter and MT. Walter
 MT. Jelks has just returned form a trip through Texas and is very san guine of MT. Bryan's chances of elec- ton, The ex-governor said;
 T think Bryan will be elected, That is to say such confusion In the Re. publican camp looks as If he might win victory unexpected fey days think Haskell did well to, resign proven against him.. It was better for him to resign, however, and he seems to have taken most patriotic view of the situation. Roosevelts s diatribe against the former treasurer has by no means helped the Republi- can cause" ,.,
 Referring to the financial situation, Governor Jelks said: ,-,-,--,.--.
 Money is very easy In blrmlnSham and we are looking for good season The farmers have made an eNpenslVe crop, will have a small yield and are likely to get a low price for cotton. but they do not seem to be worrying" "
 Mir. Jelks stated that he expected to spend considerable time in Mobile from now on and is looking forward to his visits which he stated were al- ways a pleasure to him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05
SUBSEQUENT PRosPERTTY.

St. Louis Republic.
 Tn his reply to MT. Bryan. Mir. Taft referred to Republican success in Mo- vember and subs eQuent prosperity. It is one of the jovia1ities of the situation that the Republicans habttually refer to a continuance of the causes of dull times and business depression as the remedy for them.
 In complete control of every branch and department of government, the Re. publicans produced g. panic. Indiffer- ence. mismanagement, extravaganza, lack of foresight. failure to adopt and apply corrective legislation, blind ad- herence to an obsolete tariff. and un- willingness to reform an antiduated currency were the contributing causes to the panic, and the Republicans were the sole contributors--the only posst- ble contributors
 It was a frst-class panic. too--not an underdone, half-hearted affair. but 8 iusty. wool-dyed, bottle-blown article. which the mighty prosperity of the prosperous times in the history of the world could not stem or cheek. It was 8 prosperity which came and stayed not because of She Republicans and their management. despite their n1ismanage- ment. But it succumbed in the end
 Now they come forward with promis- es to do everything just as they have been doing 1t. and ask nation of In" telligent people to believe that the per- petuation of the causes of business disaster will be a sure cure. Is 1t not effrontery?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05

we can assure The Union tha. its par ty has just ground for uneasiness. be- cause the negro vote In . number of States Is something more than a desir- able asset 1t may turn out to be an absolute necessity. The ghost of that Brownsville affair has never ceased to walk in the sight of the colored race. especially in the North and West. They sec 1t sleeping or waking. and all the spacious arguments of their Rpublican brethren will not lay the specter. They have never forgiven either Roosevelt or Taft for their action in that affair. and they are not going to forgive or forget. Some of the strongest and most influential leaders of their race are continually advising them against supporting Taft, and plainly the advice is not unheeded.
 And as if to add to the acerbity of their feelings the downfall of Foraker comes at the right time. He was their unwavering advocate in denouncing the discharge of the negro troops and the race was encouraged and sustained by him. Now that Roosevelt has virtual ly Kicked their advocate out of the party they have still another cause of discomfort, and still greater cause to refuse to vote the ticket. We do not agree with some of the Democrats that our party should bid for the negro vote. or enter into any pledges or ob- lisations in order to secure it. but we do believe in letting all the facts be made plain to the colored voters and let them vote as their judgment d. rects them.
 It is no idle boast when we say that anything like general defection on the part of the colored voters will serious ly affect the Republican ticket. With out going into details and figures 1t is sufficient to say that in several of the Republican States anything approach ing the general change of that vote from Taft to Bryan might give to the latter more than one State that is now looked on as absolutely sure for Taft Newspapers like The Union may try to convince themselves that their party will control the negro vote but they may sing quite a different tune after the election.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05
Let .. Have the Truth.

Louisville Courier Journal.
 Says The Knoxville tTenn) Journal
 "d Ftp to this time Henry watterson that Grover Cleveland didn't write snues saat eter and Bpi tba ae Sad wifi s stick to until after the third of November, at- ter which he will be at liberty to say what he pleases."
 sumption that the Editor of The Cour:, fer Journal IS that kind of a,spnt persSnl Snl. aecosation eS hSr aas reaairing firing any at ali. that the alleged Cleveland letter is not genuine.
 Frederick" Hastings. MT. ClevelandS executor. through a "literary agent" MT Cleveland's $ executor is not Fred why literary agent, or any inter mediary? If money were wanted, the document--proved genutne-would have commanded twice the amount which magazines. cash down. If money had been wanted. the Republican campaign Committee could and would have paid wanted is clear from the fact that the matter was hawked about in newspa- per offices. rejected in two of them as spurious Two weeks have since in tStNShC0. 1H6 uOuDI SxpTCSSSu OJ tLiS Courier-Journal has beenre peated by dozens of newspapers. Thus a distinct issue is made. Why Is The Times so silent2 Why is Mir. Hastings so silent? An authoritative word can in an in stant settle 1t. Why such destiny, not to, say specification, touching matter so simple? What is the nature of the cat in the tub of meal?
 Our original skepticism begins to become certainty. In any and every event We. would rescue the memory of MT. cleveland from such base uses. If the late exPresident, in his full senses and concious of what he was doing. did actually write the matter in question, then and there he fur former controversies between him and the Editor of The Courier Journal. We don't believe he did. Rather than make a case for ourselves with Mir. Cleveland for witness, we prefer to believe the matter fake. But, let us have the truth. s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05
NnT A sI-RE THING.

That staunch Republican organ. The Manchester (N. Y.) Union. is not at all sure that all the negroes in the country are going to vote or Taft. It tries to ease itself in this way:
 As a matter of reasonable supposi- tion. it is probably safe to say that the negro vote will not be cast en- tirely for any one candidate: and that the colored voters, like the white, will show 8 difference of opinion at tho negro Republicans. This has been true for years, and there is no reason for supposins that it will be otherwise this year. That there are more color ed Republicans than colored Demo- crats is generally understood. and it will not be altogether surprising if next November finds this majority in- creased.
 There isn't any great amount of con- fdence embodied in that argument. and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05

A writer to The New York Sun asks if the Republican politicians do not realize the danger in letting the They do, but he has broken the hal- ter, spit out the bit, jumped the pas fure fence, and is now tearing up the d1Ist on the highway. Who can bridle him again ?-Americus Times Record. CT. The Republ can politicians would like mighty well to be able to put. check upon the President, but he ia the whole mustard in this cam paign. It's his fight, for his policies Columbus Ledger.
 Wont somebody head us?" shouted the poor fellow who was yoked up with & wild steer and found the animal was running away with him. That's about the way the Republicans feel just now.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05
This Is My 41st Birthday
Frank H. Hitchcock.

Frank Harris Hitchcock. Chairman tee and manager of the campaign for the election of William H. Taft as President was born October 9th. 1887; at Amherst, Ohio. He was graduated from Harvard University and later at tended Columbia Law School. In 1891 he entered the government service at Washington as a clerk. While q clerk in politics. and after serving as assist ant secretary to the Republican Ma tional Committee he was made eh. ef clerk in the Department Of Commerce and Labor, whence he was promoted to the position of First Assistant Postmaster General. Prior to the Re- publican National Convention in Chi trusted with the management of the Eastern end of MT. Taft's campaign for tie Presidential nomination.
 SPORTS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05
A MORNING THOUGHT
 BY ;. MARVIN NICHOLS.
Tragedy 
One of the great

HE8&03y one or the BFcAs-
 of the Age. est tragedies of this age is the almost universal di- vorcement between the fathers and the sons of this country. That man Is far too busy when he hasn't time to be me real partner in his boys froiic and fun. And that man is ten thousand terious hand drops a dark curtain be- tween him and his boy: It's an un- speakabIe tragedy. Far better Is 1t IT that boy were privileged to weep m silence beside hts grave. Many Doys are more familiar with their pony and their dog than they are with tneir own father. We don't mean it. It IS an the awful hurry of this commercial age. For the love of gold we forget the fireside and the boy. We see hIm maybe. at mealtime. ana when sa,,; ws has long since gone far out into slum. berland. Home Is more often less Inan q boarding house and the best or us 3uSt to gsasp one .aSar more of oSi,ai well born street waif. I wish I could say thS word that would, bring us Daek ~ nas1 times when the father was the Ths churn q boy had in all the Woriu. 1ne proportion in which you negIect you, yss, boy to make a dollar is the p.let yh yyhs put upon him. Who'll deny that SsaS ssi old familiar rslation oeionss the father and the son are comparative ,stfahse.ss That man Is doubly rich who Iorsets the toll of the day in great DIE r9mp IF with his boy A parnership iormsd f,St, m childhood has no future disspius,5Sn' spig51, Down in the heart of every pris nl nta eyed boyed Is Q zone of loneliness: he is longs to touch the deeper springs an the father-heart. It's homeiy pieGISi of verse but 1t has the ciarioh e@H back to the olden days:
 In shora. I don't want anything as
 daddy's here. ,-.. ua
 don't get out of gear. ,. And best of all the things l nave U"
 sure you'll find IL true. ..,,, There's nothing like daddy thSe "'A'
 always play with you.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05

''NIr. Taft is not to be blamed for de- ciding not to answer everything that MT. Bryan says" sapiently observes The Oklahoma State Capital. That is an undeniable truth. No man is fairly to ba, blamed for not trying to do any thing that he knows he cannot do. Taft is wise in his generation--almost as wise in this particular respect as one Theodore Roosevelt shows. himself.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1908.
DEMOCRATS SHOULD

At&kAkV0&AAAS SAAOOA~
 HELP THE PARTY. The Advertiser appeals earnestly to the Democrats of Alabama to come to the aid of the party's Campaign Fund. Other States are responding nberally. If every Democrat in the State would give si it would help nightly. The Advertiser pledges itself to work un- ceasingly to secure the money.
 Let every beat in the State organ ize. Every white man in every beat should be solicited. The Advertiser will receive the money and forward 1t to the National Committee
 The campaign fund received by The Advertiser to date Is az follows:
 Total ssssssss.s.ssss.'' .~0' 'o'f0 Money should be sent to Campaign Fund, care The Advertiser" All con- tributions will be acknowledged in the paper daily.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05

The Ashland Standard reports that there are & lot of blind tigers loose in Clay county and wonders how the oficers can travel over the county and not catch some of them. But The Standard should bear in mind that there's such a thing4as getting caught. as well as catching, and tiger. even a blind one. Is not a safe animal to monkey with.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05
7his Date ir History
October Sth.

October 9th. l710--An expedition of British and Provincials appeared before Port Royal in Canada. l7S3--Zenger's Weekly Journal, the second paper in New York. first appeared. 176S--Hurricane in Havana caused great destruction of life and property.
 Is13--Chief Tscumseh, ally of the British, died. Born in TITO. 1S39-Business portion of Aiken, S. C., destroyed by fire. 1S54--Abrahana Lincoln challenged stephen A. Douglass to a joint debate. 1s7s--MarQuis of Iorne appointed Governor General of Canada. 1893--Dr. William Lawrence consecrat- ed Bishop of Masachusetts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05

Up in New Hampshire last week a prize of $500 was offered any man who would chop. split and pile five cords of wood in one day. and man won 1t with some time to spare. That was good work and good pay.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05

Wish some Marconi would find a way to get wireless messages from the Mar tians We want to know what they think of our efforts at flying. Perhaps they might give us some valuable hints.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05

Now that cool weather is with us perhaps Taft may make spurt for the post It has been too hot of late for a man of his heft to put on much speed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05

Those of our readers who have not forgotten the Arabian Nights Enter tainments" of their younger days will call to mind the Old Man of the Sea who rode poor sindbad almost to death. Whenever we recall that old story we think of poor Taft with Roosevelt on his back. It is a more intolerable and persistent burden than sindbad had to carry,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05

The solemn old Boston Transcript al- most got funny the other day. Speak ing of the retirement of Haskell and the choice of his successor. it remarks that "the Democrats hope that a good riddance has been exchanged for a good Ridder." As The Brooklyn Eagle says, that is not half bad-for Bos- ton.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05

York. and many others. including the this man, while denouncing the muck -rakers,' has becmoe chief among them Surely the people know ing This. will turn away and cry say. Let us have change"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05

The Republican organs boast that the President defends his own acts. Of course he does. Has he ever done or said anything that he will not detend, however bad it may have been?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05

How can Bryan win?' solemnly asks The Kansas City Journal. That's dead easy. He will win by getting the most votes, of course. Any more COD unarums to propound?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05

If Eugene Debs is sincere in his that he does not conside himself fitted for the position of Presi- dent he ought to come down and let some one else take his place. There are plenty of men who think them selves both fitted and qualified for the office.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05

Somebody tells it that the French cavalry are to be- equipped with felt slippers. Why not give them gum shoes if the object is to enable them to slip off without giving an alarm?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05

The cartoonist of The Kansas City Journal thinks he has found striking likeness between W. J. Bryan and P. T. Barnum. Well, Barnum always got there. didn't he?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05

The Chicago News wants to know you know-"who Is running for PreSi- dent, anyhow. Taft or Roosevelt?" That is 6. problem we've been trying to work out for quite a while, and have about come to the conclusion thats they are rnaking a twin race of it. Roosevelt guides Taft and Taft totes Roosevelt. and has the hardest job of the pair.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05

If Hearst digs up and publishes some of Roosevelt's discriminating letters we may expect an eruption at the White House.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05

Vice Presidential Candidate sherman has also been doing some campaigning on the side as one might say.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05

Candidate Preston doesn't seem to be cutting much ice in this campargn. so 4ar as the public is aware
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05
npN CIRCULATION.

The Montsomery Advertiser gu, SaaTof.h of inc sks Advertisers (and makes L aaiiy cir calafion is larger than that or snn,anNsnd snn md ng newspaper printed in tSs largest csrculaticn ,of any edition of any nsMsp~~ Srtnted In Alabama without exespsdsoAh exespNd helow
 The figures for August pia1tonl ali re- represent hae actual net cirSVA@s"
 turna having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05
Dangerous Characters.

TusKeRee NeWs.
 Whenever any set of men seek to they should know that they are wrong Night riders are dangerous characters. Things may not go to our liking, but violence and lawIessness are no cure for other Ills. Frow Town any man or set of men who counsel wrong do" ing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05
After YOur Uncle Joe. Tri.cities Daily

We'u inst turn ULcle Joe Cannon over to our Methodist brethren. They give good promise of taking care Of the roaring boy from the sedSe fields of Illinois. So 1t Is more than likely that MT. Cannon wil not have another chance to play his pop-gun tactics in congress after the Methodist brethren get through with hlnt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05
Get Ready for the Freeze. [. kE.wEHTA TAAs1

HunteVIiIe Democrat.-
 Thicker parks on the trees, richer crops of nuts, heavier wool on the South, are just a few of the old time indications by which homemade weath- CT prophets are telling us to look for an early, hard long. dreary winter. The Democrats advice Is to lay In your wood and coal and stir up the dying embers in your heart of sunshine and love ere you freeze.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05

New Decatur Advertiser.
 Foraker's case reminds us that before almost every great Exposure of cnarec- ter there is always an unburned letter which causes 1t and on which ~ is based.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05
The Change to Twelve Years.

Elba Clipper.
 Why all this out-cry against and unreasonably sentences for vioiators of the prohibition law? '' this law more sacred an others on the statute books Is 1t not rather q bid for pub lie approval by the Judges and other officials.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05
chanEiag . Bit.

Jasper NeWB.
 Row things do change. 1t was Roeses Hearst as an unscrupi lous demagogue. and Taft and Foraker were q short time ago as snuEly couchsd together as men could be. Not so today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05
LIke Free Adevrtising.

Some people like to see their name In a parer so well that if the editor fails a single time to ot> their coming Or going they got mad, yet run bust ness t1 elve -aslonths In year with out doing a line of advertising.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05

using Same wash Article. Shefiield Standard.
 Washerwomen have long used kero- sene to remove dirt and grease from clothing, and now the politicians are washing their Aoiled linen 1t the same article.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05

It may as well be understood once for atl that there is to be no night laws against that form of crime. and we are going to have all the laws en:: forced. The light is going to be turned on eYerywh ere and crime shall not be "permitfed." There Is to be no night riding or house burning, nor man. whipping. and if any does occur there will be punishment
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05
onrx Het Air.

Ihe repubiicans are preparing to SOW a crop of whirlwind speeches in the Seventh district and about all they will reap will Dc 8 harvest of hot ar.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-18
sCuRDIPF-BoonER.
Ceremony Uniting Couple Performed
at Golden Rule Hotel.

A very pretty wedding was cele-
brated yesterday afternoon at three
o'clock at the Golden Rule Hotel. The
contracting parties were William f..
Schrimpf and Miss Mary r. Boomer,
beth of Athena. They were accom-
panied by a number of friends and
relatives who witnessed the ceremony,
Mr. Walter A. Booher, brother of
the bride, attended the groom, and
Miss Eva Schrimpf sister OF the
groom, acted as bridesmaid.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schrimpf will make
their home just out OF Athena, where
he is engaged with his father in ex-
tensive wheat growing. The young
people are well known in Athena and
have a host of friends who join in
we'll wishing, Mr. Schrimpf is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William Schrimp
and Mrs Schrimp is the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Booher Both
families are old residents of this
county.
TIL ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Ralph f. Story. pastor of the
| Baptist church, of this city