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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02

The Jack ksonville (Fla.) Times Union Is disposed to cast reflections on the President--or on Harry Thaw. we are not sure which. Thus 1t speaks:
 We shall now learn whether Harry Thaw was legally insane when he had brainstotm. Some day we may be told whether a President Is merely '.mfsled" or is -crnzed by emotions'' when he thinks he has made all knowI- edge hIs own and insists on dissemi- mating 1t.
 We suppose it would not be consld- cred respectful to the President to say that he has brainstorms crazy spells or any other affliction which causes the common mortal to do all sorts of un- conth and uncalled-for things. That's where high official has the advant- age of the humble citizen: he can do pretty much as he likes and will not be halted. Some of Roosevelt's acts and words have been of such a nature that nothing but the broad cloak of charity can hide them or excuse them. Poor Harry had no such consideration shown him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02
IS THERE pANGERs

The following somewhat jlngoish statement from Pekin was printed in the newspapers few days ago,
 American official influence In Pekin strongly objects to the American fleet of battleships calling at Chinese ports % tions in Manehuria have brought about an international situation which Is re- garded here as dangerous. Further more, the spontaneous alignment of the RussosJapanese Russo war and the encoure agement to China discerned in, this Amercan naval demonstration have aroused suspicion. Germany, France to come. and Britain acquiesces to the proposition, but Russia's position IS uncertain. This is because Russia ana Japan are agreed in regard to the gov ernine of Russian and Japanese sup- jects In Manchuria, and Russia depends on d recast of the Russo-Japanese re- iatfons to insure peace in the Pacific.
 Some explanation of the situation may not be out of place. The Chi nese Government" says The Hartford Times. lis now endeavoring to resume it's sovereignty over that part of Man churia which was the scene of the prin- cipal operations In the war between Russia and Japan. The Russians have been left in undisputed possession of Northern Manchuria. Japan desires to retain permanent possession of south- ern Manchuria. although she has no admitted status outside of Korea. ex- cept the temporary control of certain railroad lines and ports. The Chinese Government would like to tell the Jap anese officials to clear out of Southern Manchuria, but cannot enforce such a demand without the help of some other power. Great Britain sis Japan's ally and will not help China to coerce the Japanese. Should our fleet appear in Chinese waters the people of that country will interpret the sending of this armada as intended to encourage them in pursuing strong course to- ward Japan. Plainly. there is danger of another war between China and Ja- pan. with both Russia and Great Brit ain lending sympathy to Japan. The Pekin dispatch from which we have quoted says it is believed there that Secretary Root does not favor the pro- posed course of the Chinese Govern. ment in Manchuria. But Mir. Root may not have the decision as to what course the United States shall pursue. We are on the eye Of Presidential cam paisn and it may suit the purposes of 1 a gentleman higher in authority than Mir Root to have the American fleet do a little bulldozing in the orient in September or October"
 Here. as can be plainly seen. is a fine chance for Roosevelt to needlessly butt into a matter that does not in any way concern our, Government and thus bring on or precipitate trouble and complications where there is no need of it. If there is any necessity for sending our fleet into Chinese waters 1t Is not apparent to the ordinary in- teliigence. As The Times elsewhere expresses it. there is evident danger lsof serious complications in this situa- ton. with which wise and cautious admtnistration of our :, Government | would certainly not mix in in any
 way That is true. but unfortunately
 we have not "a wise and cautious ad-
 ministration," and we may expect it to
 mix in If there's any hope of making
 political capital by so doing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02
PARKER AS A DELEGATE.
No Defeafed Presidential Candidate
 Ever Served in That Capacity.


 Ever Served in That Capacity. Holland in The Philadelphia Press.
 Since the day when the people took away from Congress the power to nom mate Presidential and Vice Presiden-' tial candidates, substituting the pop ular convention for the Congress eau GUS, there has never been case when a defeated candidate for the Presidency ever sat as a delegate in national convention. It Is possible that some one named as a candidate in one of the side issue conventions, as GenSrai Weaver was by the Greenbacks, may afterward have sat as a delegate in the convention of one of the two leading parties.
 The Democracy of New York State has named as one of the delegates at large to the Democratic National Con v0ntion at Denver, ex-Judge Alton B. Parker, and he will probably serve as chairman of the New York deleKa- tion.
 Judge Parker was named notwith- standing some apprehension that he would decline to serve as delegate. But instead of declining he has inti- mated that he regards service of that kind as a high honor and one which should not be declined. excepting for imperative reasons, snch as health.
 In view of the impression enter friends. and very likely suspected by himself, that his defeat in 1904 was in part due to the fact that many or the more enthusiastic supporters or Colonel Bryan. who declined to vote for him. Judge Parker may find some embarrassments at the Denver conven- tion. He is sure to be as consptcuoua a delegate as any. and he will go to the convention In the belief that revItaiized Democracy. naming some other candidate than Colonel Bryan, may have fair expectation of success in the eelction of next fall. unless President Roosevelt himself be named and be compelled to accept the nomt- nation
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02
A Real Estate Deal.

Springfield Republican.
 Back in 1888 John Jacob Astor bought at foreclosure sale the John Cozine farm, located beyond what was then settled part of the city. in the vicinity Avenue. He paid Se3,000 for the prop crty. which has just been partitioned into thirty-two parts and divided equal ly among the eight living Cnanler Astor Delano. a granddaughter of the founder of the Astor fortune, who re- ceived the farm as her wedding por- lion, The land altogether makes up over 800 city lots and is given a pres ent value of s3.250.0O0 The eight ben- cficiaries of this settlement are Leu tenant Governor Lewis s. Chanler, John Armstrong Chanler. Robert Winthrop ,ChanIer. William Astor Chanler, Win throp Astor chanler. Margaret L. Ald- Winthrop Chapman. There Is a bewil- dering array of Winthrops and Astors in the nomenclature of that family.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02
Jade. Harmon. Candidacy.

Boston Globe. a tI..roo have taken an interesting means n,l Q. presenting his candidacy TOT .ne pa ocratic nomination for President. Fam phlets are appearing coniaining the Judges views as expressed at rariVss ess times in the past twelve years on the most important questions or puoiic ih- terest and discussion. ,s
 Among the subjects upon which Judge HarmoI,s views are quoted are the tariff. railway regulation: the rnil,p- tlon of private fortunes, and the liml- tation and division of the power or government. But in the most conspic- ,,ous place in the pamphlet is the quo- fatIon from his lettsr of resignation as special counsel for the government to prosecute the Atchisou rebate case, when he was instructed that the prose cution be directed against the corpora- lion instead of the individuals:
 .J,uilt Is always personal. When the government searches out the guilty men and makes corporate wrong mean personal punishment and disnonor, he laws will be obeyed."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02
Hitting the President Over the should
 CTS of the Press.

uuirement of a two-thirds vote to sus- pend the rules was indispensable quick iy was revealed by the vote to author ize Cannon's dilatory paper and pulp inquiry. Stln he cracked his Speak CT $ whip over the mujiks whom he had be- frlended by official favors and they re- buked the President again. far more bitterly than when ignoring his four hattleship request. Only a tattered shred Is left of my pollicies' now. No preservation of forests. no cheaper prices for. means of enlightening the people and all at the behest of a trust Not one servile manikin of the majority dared resent the Cossack g lash. If the tariff has no connection with higher paper prices. why not re- move it as surplusage? The next chapter comes soon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02

is in power fears to act, lest 1t may fall, and the party that is out also hesitates lest it may be kept out. It would be a good thing for the Govern ment if the impossible could come about and we could have political par ties led and controlled by men who would refuse absolutely to be swayed from plain duty by popular clamor or public sentiment. As that Is hardly possible the next best thing is to put the Democrats in charge of the Gov ernment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02
PARTY rrMrDrTY.


 on the vreeiand bill to relieve the cur reney situation. one of the Republi- can members of the House honestly asserted that mo political party would dare do anything revolutionary just before an election" Certainly this is true of the party now in power. and the remark we have quoted leads The Pittsburg Sun to say:
 For more than a decade the Repub- lican Party has been in absolute con- troi of the Feedrai Government This growth of independent political senti- ment in the States. due to a revolt against the open alliance between Re- wilh interests bent on exploiting the people.
 The glamour of war and the cIamor of protection have conspired to blind their representatives In Congress are no longer theirs. that they can get no adequate Legislation, that tSeir Gov ernment is paralyzed.
 This present session of Congress has been barren one but because the ma jority in Congress does not dare do anything. It has not dared do any thing for long time. The President scolds. and the people applaud him, but they do not realize that he and the loafing lawmak CTS are each playing the game to keep the Republican Party In
 And yet none better than the Re- publican leaders know that their party is now in hands which. will permit 1t to do nothing. Without this permis- sion 1t does not dare act, and they lack the courage to attempt anything.
 The Democratic Party is the coun- try's last hope. It must dare to affirm Of political faith. and select men who will subscribe to those without reservation or equivocation, and stand by them to the last.
 Otherwise this country will soon be- plunged into a chaos of dangerously ebbing and flooding factionalisn. An portunism or 1t will make an end of proper conservative popular govern ment.
 of securing good government, and the expression of the popular will. IL mist rescue itself from the evil hands into which 1t has fallen or be cast out
 In the main that is just and true indictment of the Republican majority in Congress, Take the tariff as one example of that body's timidity on the eve of an election. There seems little doubt that there is enough sentiment in the Republican majority in favor of revision of the tariff to insure it be- ing done. were 1t not for the fear that any attempt to formulate a just and honest tariff system would give of fense to the powers behind the party and probably bring about the defeat of It's candidate in November, As for the majority's refusal to be influenced by the scolding of Roosevelt. We do not consider that as at all to the party's discredn. The President is scolding or bullying most of the time and even the members of his own party have grown | callous.
 Conscience" we are told. doth make towards of us all" and we might add that politics seems to have pretty much the same effect. The party that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02
ROOSEVELT STAMPEDE
Is One of the Great Possibilities at
 Chicago.

Chicago.
 Washington Post.
 As the convention draws near the talk of Roosevelt stampede increases The Taft managers are credited with more fear of Roosevelt than of the field. Has the field no such fear? Pol- Hicia1s assert that the field does not want Roosevelt any more than 1t wants Taft. and that It will concen- trate to defeat a Roosevelt stampede even more quickly than 1t will concen- trate against Taft. They admit that in New York a feeling has arisen among anti Roosevelt Republicans that the surest way to prevent a Roosevelt stampede Is to nominate Taft but they deny that this feeling is widespread in the party.
 The favorite sons and their support CTS. constituting the camp of the all lies. must be counted ss much anti Roosevelt as anti-Taft. If it were otherwise. the Taft boom would have swept everything before 1t by this time. If the allies find 1t difficult to cope with Taft. they must realize that with Roosevelt. Therefore it Is fair to assume that the probability of a Roosevelt stampede has been discussed by the allies. and that they are doing what they can to make it impossible.
 Events are now moving rapidly. The allies are face to face with fate. The Taft strength is compact. solid. and aggressive. It moves like an army.
 
 captain of the age The allies whose combined numbers are greater. hover about the Taft forces. sharpsh ooting and plotting. but manifesting no dis position to coalesce under one banner. The Taft army moves where 1t will running over any single adversary without dlficulty. It can be stopped only by the opposition of a stronger single body Under which captain wll1 the allies fght?s Have they se- cretly agreed upon their leader, and are they leading the Taft army into ambush? Or are they unable to agree, with each chieftain almost ready to join the enemy in order to save him self?
 in public Ignorance of their plan. if they have any plan. Tho Taft army Is visible and draws strength because it Is tangible and inspiring. The leader of the allies whoever he is Is un- known, and therefore he cannot rally the stragglers, Sooner or later, if the allies are to save themselves. they must unite. If they have already agreed upon their plans at Chicago they have heen very successful in keeping them gaCret.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02

It is intimated that not one of Harry Thaw's family wants him re- leased from the asylum, and the reason assigned is his expressed determination to make it up with Evelyn if he gets free. That is a poor excuse for his family. we call it. Evelyn is not a saint but we have not heard that any halo is lying in wait for Harry. If they can make up and live together it might be the best solution of the mat ter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02
This Date in History
May 2.

May 2.
 14s4-Jamaica discovered by Colum- bus and named St. Jago by him.
 1519-Leonardo da Vinci, noted paint er, died at Fontainbleau. Born 1452.
 i61n-The Hudson's Bay Company forfl1ed in England. |.
 oS--Spanish organized as revolt against Napoleon. sss
 issi-First sod turned in the con- struction of the Canau4 dcific RaiI- way
 iSS2-Charles S. Parnell. the Irish leader, released from Kflmainham jail.
 lSS5-Colonel Otter attacked the Ca nndian rebels at Cut Knife Creek.
 IS94--Intcrnationa Bimetallfc Con- ference met fin London.
 19O5-Steamer Falk wrecked orr Lands End. with loss of nearly 100 lives sta
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02
SOLOMON BOY HURT.
Child at LuVerne Breaks Arm While
 Skating

I.uverne, May Special )-Gather Solomon, son of County Treasurer A. J. Solomon. while skating this after noon fell and broke his arm between the wrist and elbow. Drs. Horn and Tankersley were called to dress the broken limb.
 pr. c. R. Rushton has a patient with smallpox near Rutledge.
 The Luverne baseball team played Highland Home today at Highland Home. Score. and g.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02
Not Bryan Enough

" 5snst9r Ss,, s't9 .o simmons of North Caroline
 is mentioned for the chalrmanship Of
 the Democratic Natonsl CoH,shlt'b Hs bss h ad i some 9r ssUm success "a" at home and locally Is accounted a good politician. But 1t VII he wei to consider that the nominee Of ths ,sn to 6xht the battle, If Mir. Brvan is the nominee Mir. simmons
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02

Somehow the national game does not seem to be going on with it's usual spirit this, year. So far. as we have heard not an umpire has been mobbed and that makes the sport seem tame in comparison with other seasons. Pos sibly the unusual coolness so far has kept down the mobbing spirit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02

That Pennsylvania Dutchman who bears the name of Frieze Quick, is get ting a whole lot of free advertising. One of the best points made on his name is that ne ought to pin his for tunes with those of Fairbanks and let the two freeze in company.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02

They tell us now that in the days of primevaI man the oyster was foot long. We don't know whether the first men had stomachs in proportion to the oyster. or whether they had oyster steaks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02
WAS ELKINS
'The Person for Whom the shaft Was
 Intendedf Va sl,fneton Sneciat to Chicago Record

Herald.
 cisl message to Congress aiming at Senator Elkins of West Virginia when he referred sarcastically. to the multi millionaire whose son IS fool ana This is the question the members of the Senate are discussing among them selves today with great gusto. No much gossip in Washington as this and and :" the Yves West Virginia Senator is be- ing ''joshed" by his fellows at every turn. To his credit 1t must be said that he faces the batting good nal uredly. ,-
 It is true that the Senator's daugh- ter is not vet a foreign princess. but Washington society believes she Will ht. and Sooi..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02
Ch,Ie R.duce. ito Budget.

Santiago. Chile. May 1.-The Govern ment today announced a reduction in inc budget for the next fiscal year of 22 OOO. 900 pesos. This reduction has created a very general good impression.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02

will hardly be selected. The North CaroIfniar, Is not a Bryan man. ai- fhnngh of eourse he will accept the Nebrsskan if the party decides for the latter. It Is all the merest spscuiaa9,n as to the man. but it seems rsasonaDIs onIy a capable manager. but familiar with the territory East and m the middle States, where the battle IS 70 pc fnurhf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02

"Choate on Taft" is the way a com temporary heads an editorial We sup nose no harm is done. but if it had been Taft on Choate there might have heen grounds for an inquest
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02
Nofed Pnet in nenh

Haseldorff, Holstein, May 1.-Prince Emil Schenach Carolath a noted poet and novelist. died here yesterday. He was born in 1852. Prince Emil had suffered a long and painful illness He toured America in the eighties.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02

!. Of all the hard luck stories we ever heard here is the limit. A Colorado man. who food and then couldn't eat 1t. because he had no teeth
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02
ContemptiSIe Business All Around.

The story comes that the Due de ChauInes and his friends knew that he was in the grasp of heart disease. They had a physicians assurance that d marriage with an heiress and the might prolong his life So, with the utter want of consideration for the wo- man, the man married her. Of course. those nobemen have a contempt for American women who marry them for rheir titles
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02
DRiF " oD Df PHrI. n. AansraoxG.
ceel Msy pay. wasa.. l.,

CooI May Day' wasnt "
 Did you attend the benefit performancss day. | but hs make. 'sr prsftwooa hn, 1i the % rsai s'as se%srv s'1 ses; 'd d.olsi.a won't,
 P,,tssurs ne, reported tn. first heat pros rally Is hot old town.
 of all the hard luck stories we ever heard here Is the limit. A Colorado man. who was starving pawned his false teeth to buy food and then couldn't eat tt. because he
 There is one fellow tJust one. mind you) n sea s . sa wnea ySS public saSns not tell you that 1t amt anything to what he has. sean in New York or some
 Cheer up-,hs last et April wss cold; but snowdrift in London recently,
 Really. the th.mometer~is as whimsical as woman.
 Some men are born great, others merely to grate on your nerves.
 Tn. Hartman contest promises great things for the Erie
 one thing certain--w. never do things by have a,Eood one.
 Evelyn Nesbit Thaw will swear that Harry is sane in order to get him out or the asylum. strikes us they, were sending across the ocean and everywhere else Just a short while ago getting people to swear Doesn't justice Ioop-the-loop sometimes.
 New York has bank no years old. Morse probably didn't hear of 1t. i Magnanimous Montgomery came nobly to the aid of the storm sufferers.
 .Ninety-five per cent of the capital stock of American railways is water. says MT. Ryan. per centY
 were chesty over. our. ball ieam--but then why shouldn't we be?
 It is said that George Ade is rh:kins the night 1t is delivered
 { ney to the top of Vesuyius. Mebbe the lady just did this, as a terrible warning.
 Some boys come out of college to meet fancy hat-band. college yell. and eriar- wood pipe tNtsn K Never before within our recollection have 2 the little atar-eyed blondes of Royal Ricnr mona looked So ravishinsiy peekabuoysnt. k --Richmond Times Dispatch. E Now come off your perch--yon'ye surely never seen the bewitching bius-eyed blondes |, of Montgomery. who when incased in real ! lace. peek "a -boo-ti-ful waists thro' which they glow like dimoied Eibertas, clad in merry widow hats. tan skirts. tan shoes, and openwork stockings are the most tempting. taptalizing. kute. kissable deli cious, delectable. meiiferops mouthed, maids k iaginable Montgomery.
 spend and the world laughs with you.
 It's wonder babies ever get over that fool talk women hand out to 'em at every me iiias ssrlds and tn. June apple will soon De with as.
 me Reston Globe says seeiety girls are are F expensive. Important discovery that should so down in History E The city council, of Milton. wash. has passed an ordinance taxing bachelors sS year.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02

, Pittsburs has reported the first heat pros trstion of the season. Well. she just natu- rally Is . hot old town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02

There is one fellow (just one. mind you) in Montgomery. who. when you compliment act at the theatre. public building or a pretty woman. in his presenoe will not tell you that 1t ain't anything to what he has seen in New York or some where else
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02
Tbe oId yillaee.

Where the grasses are A-wavink \ And the birds are singing sweet. lAkIn the little country village That, has only got one street. Where each front yard has its flowers. oldsttIns psnks and miguonette, Where you dream away the hours. forget
 fprgeti where the folks are plain and honest, where each giri with rosy claeek-- Goes to prayer-meeting on "Wednesday And to church sure every week, Where the mocking-bird is singing, In the old magnolia yet I would just lie in hammock, And forget.
 forget
 forget.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02
Opposed 10 Instructions.

Mobile Herald. to instruction because they have no way of kno wing how New York and other doubtful States may regard the effect of MT. Bryan's nomination. That Denver and our delegates should be m a position to accept the man who can probably carry the doubtful States
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02

Cheer up--the last ot April was cold. but think of those people who perished in snowdrift in London recently.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02

Drift Armstrong does not work on Sun day. but he makes "Drtftwood'' the real thing six days in the week on The Mont
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-02

Did you attend inc benefit performs