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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24
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Philadelphia Record.
 We have been choosing Presidents in the united States every four years since 17S9. Thus fae, after 11S years of trial. the experiment of popular election has been quite successful and satisfactory. Rival parties and rtvel candidates for the favor of the olsct- crate have been accustomed from the out-start to predict merry ruin in the event of success of the opposition; but ths ruin does not eventuate. The na- ton has steadily waxed fat and pros- pered. The rule of the majority stands vindicated. Nobody really believes that the election of either Pryan or Taft will stop the wheels of industry or pre- vent seed grain from sprouting in 1908. It is folly to try to fool workinxmen thrust out of employment Into the be- lief that if the election goes one way or the other men will cease buy them selves new shirts and build themselves new houses and that the wheels Will cease to turn and there will be no mors buying or selling or goinO about
 The real thing to consider is whether the Republican party. intrusted witt. unrestricted management of State and National affair" of government, has suG- ceeded. in justifying further popular ap- proval. This is a matter of serious dubitationI There is a very general feeling abroad in the land that the par ty has earned vote of censure, ana that change of administration is de- sirable. The effort to prevent such change either by plot, purchase. preju- dice or persuasion we believe Is doomed to failure.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24
This s My 53rd Birthday
JAMES S. SHERMAN.

James schoolcraft sherman, Repubii- can nominee for Vice President of the United states Ess fsSDatss 6oFD ie UsSn trSm Ham Ufo; SGfe,, Coi1e@e in 1S78 and two years later later was admitted to the Bar In iSS2 he was made Secretary of the Re; Re; publican Committee of his s,c countyi i1fiea ana m nv inc largest majority ever given mayoralty candidate in that city up to that time. In 1886 he was eieeted Si SSsS hut was defeated and again was aS oE'T TTnsuccessful candidate in 1890; Two years later, however. he was elected and continued tO: represent his district oiined Ehnis re Wrenomination to accept the sec ond place on the Republican ticket With Wit Mir. Taft. MT; sherman was ,sa,I Conventior n 1892, and chairman of the New York Republican State Convention tn 1895 and again in 1900.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24
The pnnrer F1ag F1yInR.

washington Post ,... losing from two sources and losing from those two in every section Of the country from Maine to callfeTniaa It may also pc 1t Is not 50 marAedsin all sections of the United States as the heavy .defections In the labor vote and the lighter but persis- uiation. The Republican correspondents who have recently made tours of the warmly contested States STs ssa1enn labor n losses in all of the states they have vis- ited. The calling of Warren S. stone, Engineers; Patrick H. Morrissey, chief of the Locomotive Trainmen. and Daniel !. O'Keefe, the head of the .L9ngsnoremens Union, to the White House for conference with President Roosevelt Is public recog- nItion of the seriousness of the situation for the Republican party Ine SanSeI ali along the line when there arises an oc- casion that neither Hitchcock, ms neuten- ants. the candidates nor their LiIhus .,s,," control, but requires the personai a.'en ns tion the direct care of that master ot that ruler, of the princes or finance an1 captains of industry. the saar. oL,i, RoSseystt' quick eye and ready esg have deteetsd the false steps and the discordant treaa or tse Republican columnS: .x,n1 ne S,rss e and he has sfsrted to improve situation ere It pc too late to reetify the faults Of convsntien; ot Congress and of candidates. He nnos ths fsenubIican party making no progress and if not in retreat, oadlys put upoa the defensive by the resehtment or Iaeor tnS rscord of prominent Republicans ana ot ths Republican party. He may be able to hold a portion of those wno teeI otATHueI' 1I but it Is beyond even the power 0t t,,hi,csn ttar. Jn Is60 and 1904. After trying his hand on the labor vote President neeSeJ veIt will find the eeiTrnu oS S tbe Republlcsn party. and will have to take them in n~nu as well.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24
MADE CONGREGATION GASP.
pr. Myers Says There Are More Mes
 NNo...on nnH... nE..- na--

pr. Myers Says There Are More MeaR
 Women Than Mean Men.
 The Rev. Cortland Myers, D. D., of the Brooklyn Baptist Tabernacle. has encountered rebellion among some of his women parishioners against his edict that they remove their hats in church. Speaking of the opposition to the request. says The Brooklyn Eagle. Dr. Myers used some very strong language.
 T have heard it said" he remarked that a certain woman has announced that she will not come to this church if the order to remove hats stands. say. then, let her stay at home. They say that will speak to empty pews. I'd ratber preach to vacant seat than a vacant woman You could put ten thousand souls such as hers in a mus tard seed. And there we could well let them rot"
 pr. Myers dwen upon the selash- ness that impels women to obstruct the views of others at a church ser vice by wearing what he designated as "an umbrella" He said that selash- ness was back of the opposition to removing hats during service And in Illustrating this Dr. Myers advocated suicide for some sort of selfish people.
 The most pitiful thing in the world to me-" said he. 'is the home in which the father Is not welcome. It Is the home in which his coming is looked upon as a ca lamity. He comes and brings no sun shine He speaks, and 1t is the hiss of the serpent. His wife and his children fear his coming. To such a man would say that he ought to- get his. earthly belongings together-straight- en out his business and then commit suicide
 pr. Myers congregation gasped when the minister gave voice to these remarks Then when he further illus trated his talk on selfshness as exem- pIifed by the wearing of hats in church and the lack of consideration of others
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24
Repubs WiN Pay S35 a Man
 To Get Circus Men to Ohio

Alexander City. Oct. 33. 1908.
 Interesting facts, bearing upon the political situation of the national cam paign, exhibiting the outrageous methods to which the Republican Par. " managers are resofting, and also showing thf dire strai9hts into which the hepublicans are being run, have just been brought to light here in AL exander City. Ala. The facts obtained are from pr T. A. Goggans, a prorn- inent surgeon of this town. who relates this story and vouchys for these facts:
 pr. Goggans states that while on the train from opel.ka to Alexander City oi the 18th inst. be was engaged In conyersation with the advance agent of John Robinsons big shows. On learning his informant was from Ashiand, O., the doctor very naturally Inquired of Ohio politcs. and among other things the asent stated that he, together with the other show men. had on the. day previous received pressing letters from the Republican campaign managers in Ohio to return to Ohio on November 5. and vote for the Re-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24
ANNIVERSARY OF PANIC.
Financial FIurry of 1907 Occurred Ju
 t1 One YeaE ARn

FinanciaI 'FIurry of 1907 Occurred Just
 One Year Ago.
 New York, Octl 23.-It is just q year ago yesterday that the financial furry of 1907 struck New York. and husi- ness and financial men are talking of the wonderful recovery that has been made from the depression which fol- lowed.
 During the furry, fifteen banks in New York, the majority of them small institutions. were forced, for one req son or another, to close their doors. In the year that has passed since the beginning of the trouble, all but one of these banks has reopened for busi- ness or has paid off its depositors in full. That bank has already paid 90 per cent of its deposits and will make another payment of 5 per cent within ten days. N
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24
MORNING THOUGHT
 BY J. MARVIN NICHOLS.
Inaccessible Wealth
The eyes that have

Lnaeceestnfe The eyes that nave
 Wealth looked upon the Grand in Arizona. will always feast upon that wondrous vision. Old Captain Hance, a genial, sunny soul. made that can yon his home for eighteen years. His lute. feariesspess has made its descent by different trails comparatively easy After years in the Apache and Conan che country. In many a hard fought Tn. sought the depths of the great canyon For seven years his nearest n sighbJr was seventy-three miles distant For five long months in tae wieter he Canyon? No. indeedT" was the in variable reply. And that canyon--who copper. galena. gold. sil1 er anu iron. But they do not readily y.eld theIr treasures to the explorers, captlin Hance discovered mines and owned an access renders them vaiueless. Do you grasp the thought; What Is gold mine or an abestos claim worth when inaccessible? Many man is loaded unused talent Is worse than no talent at all. To use a ccmmetcial ph ase, you must put your goods on the mar ket- Inactivity Is self destructive, Don't profess too much. Be careful how you give in your holdings. Don't fancy greatness because of exeesslSe resources and endowments. A man may own vast quantities Of gold ore in some mountain gorge and the1 oe very poor. After all real wealth -s 10 be measured by availability M man is rich until he can realize on ms pds- able. Put your goods on the market-t that's 1t!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24
A BRUTAL ARGUMENT.

One of the most 'heartless, if not ac- tually brutal expressions that we have lately read comes from Charles R. Jones. chairman of the National Prohi- bition organization. As Is we'll known. there has been a good deal printed lately about starving children in Chi- cago. It is told on what has appeared to be good authority. that thousands of little children go to school each morning without having had a mouth full of food and go hungry during the school hours. That there was truth in these statements is shown by the fact that a plan has been formed to give breakfast each morning to 10000 of these children. who are described in a special report to the Board of Edu- cation as "habitually hungry"
 These are the facts. and 1t would seem that no man with any heart could oppose such genuine charity as this would be. but MT. Jones is against the proposition. Tt would he ridicu- lous." he says, ito spend 5000 a year for free breakfasts. It would mean that drunken fathers and mothers would have so much more to give to the saloons"
 Could intolerance go further than this? To begin with. MT. Jones does not know that these children. or any large per cent. of them. have drunk en fathers" and mothers" In all the large cities of the country there are many men who have no employment. and with whom the problem of living Is almost a hopeless one at present. but all these must be classed as drunk en fathers and moth CTS" and their chill dren allowed to go hungry because If food Is given the little ones the par Jents will have more money to give to the saloons.
 But admitting that this mans charge is true, is that any excuse or defense for allowing the children to starve in a civilized and Christian country" Does 1t help the cause to refuse bread to the little ones who have done no wrong? Can the cause Of prohibition itself be advanced by opposing giving relief to the needy children on the ground that doing so would leave more
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24

If the vote of New York goes to newspapers in New York City and Brooklyn will feel pretty much as man does when the ladder Is kicked from under him. Especially will this be true of those newspapers which have advocated Democracy and fought RepubIicanism until the present cam paign, but which are now whooplng up Taft and Roosevelt and all that the names imply. We have no enmity to- wards those contemporaries, but If they hit the earth. politically. with a dull thud, we shall not order any mourning erape.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24

publican nominees. and by SO doing the campaign committee of that State would bear all their travelling exc penses.
 Among other things. the agent re- fsrred to further said: ,7--
 You see, doctor, that means about $S6 fin railroad fare alone to each one Of the many nundred employees of this circus."
 The above interview was held on the train in the presence of others whose names are at hand. and the name of this advance agent of the circus can he had also on demand.
 Is not this a means of bribery by placing the men on the voting ground subject to direct intimidation and co- ercion for q valuable consideration gwen? The Democrats of Alexander City request that the Democratic Cam paign(C Committee in Ohio take cogniz- ance of tbIs outrage and assure them tnSt complete evidence of the sbcv ve VIII De forthcoming when requested.
 A. P. Fuquay.
 Correspondent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24

.. a
 World with the view to estimating the probable result of the Presidential election reveals surprising gains in the Socialist vote. According to these straw votes, the Hearst independence Party appears a comparative failure and 1t seems probable that It's candi- date, Hisgen. will run behind Debs. Neither win get any electoral woes, but Debs's gains win. it appears, be larger when the growth was quite surprising. The total Socialist vote In 1900 was only S7,S1f. In l90f 1t had grown to 4o2,2s3.t It may in the present cam paIgn reach a Iiiiiion. ss;st has revealed. is being drawn from both the Democratic and Republican par ties. The Socialists seem to have been the chief benefictaries of Mir old parties are corrupt and neither is to be trusted. Hs. s,ss 's z
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24
DRIFTW0OD

When woman declares most ve- hemently to a man that she doesn't begins at once to entertain the sus- picion, from the size of the pun. that 1t must be boa constructor then. And SO BrandenburR. who sold the Cleveland Article. Is now in jail on the charge of forgery. Nobody but q chsld shl er s an idiot would have Imagined eepted as genuine.
 Such a blot upon the fair name nf o cpsan Ea RRaBRsn SS in bans ni of assassins can only be removed by giving the dastardly criminals the most there may % bs snOther side ts~ to the GH9Gs9 story but no matter what the cause, the outrage was unjustinable. An Alabama couple has decided that divorce is too expensive and that the would educate their boy.-Advertiser This is the most sensible view of the situation we have seen. Let others contemplating divorce adopt this theory. .-E Funny thing about money----it can talk right out loud in meeting and no one will attempt to suppress it. It's a long lane that has no turning auto wheels these days.
 + would seem to connict somewhat with compulsory education:
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 When life is empty the average man wants to go and get full
 Mrs. Jones said you were down at the department store Shis morning Uvb %a o sFs Sy. x0S b.sS sS1F as tS Ssre ssP Don't get angry, 'wtfey. dear; was only buying new ribbon for my type why didn't she buy her own rib bons..the hussy! Oh. I'll fix you for Gust then we left, as the atmosphere lon able residence section of South Court Street.)
 who. when he takes a picture. 6nds that his picture takes.
 Drift Armstrong says MontgOmsry wTm1n 6,cked s tSs her husband uss 9n ca help but wonder if 1t hurt.-Headland ,..E "I5as sa he any visible means of sup "Yes;, that two hundred-pOund wife  A Democratic victory Is 50 certain on November 3rd, that lot of happy Alabama citizens are already. shufflng letters and selling postage stamps in their sleep and making a noise like a village postmaster.
 Why does the barber never brush your hair the way you really wear 1t? Weak coffee isn't going to make his affection any stronger for you younG wives.
 Since Adam stole second.
 And Eve store first.
 Man for basebalrs
 Had a thirst.
 freddy Will Not Take the Stump" says q headline. Certainly not. when ldential cigar he will pass the stumr on to somebody more deserving.
 Autumn Roses. Oh, the roses O the Autumn,
 They are dreamin' O the Spring. When the south winds kiss has caught By the trellis as they cling. Oh. the noddin' noddin' roses,
 They are dreamin' sweetest dreams once again the bee reposes-
 Once again the sunshine beams. Oh. they dream O sweetheart'S kisses When they're dreamin' on her breass, And they surely know what bliss is To be by her lips caressed.
 Meath the cold winds as you stir. For the dream that there reposes Is a sweet love-dream of Her!
 Phil H- Armstrong.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24
RoosevcIt,s Panic.

PhIIadeIphIa RtCOru.
 Last years panic. the glib spell canoe, while the panic of 1893 came and went witt. the Cleveland adminis tration and was a strictly Democratic panic. This is preposterous rubbish, as The Record has proved over and over, The Republican silver, pu: chase law Of 1890 depleted the geld reserve nearly. $9O, 900, 900 before MT. Cleveland was ln- augurated. and for months before the change of Administration there were currency, while the commercial pros. perity of 1892 continued after Mir. Clcvefand's election, after his inaugur- ation and until one of the Republican. tariff-fed trusts. collapsed and created general alarm. The revival of business began with a fine wheat crop in this country and very poor crops In Europe, In consequence of which we had an un- commonly rood market for our grain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24

money to be spent for drinkY We do not believe thst any good, cause can be aided or advanced through the ef- forts of an extremist. an intOlerant. a bigot and, we might almost say, brute. In our Judgment. the country would be the better for the absence of such men as this.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24
Letters 10 The Edifsr
Patriotic oesosesnrlsa.. .

FQl1nap AlhB OSh' e. Dear Advertiser:
 Under the crisis that we now are going through, I am anxious to let yeu know that am a. Democrat anq the reasep- Swhy. I was eorn apo rocked in the cradle of Democracy, Tor my father was a Democrat. and my great grandfather and grandfather were Democrats; and I had several ura' crats. I would say that l have thousand relatives in Henry and Hous: ton CountIes who are Dem ocrats, ana never seen any cause why I should moi he a Democrat Democracy sprang from Jefferson: and I can remember fhen we had good times under a Dem. in power once more. I think we will have good times again: Please give this space in your valuable columns.
 M, e. kirk1and.
 P. S-I am like the Indiana girl. say hurrah for W. J. Bryan!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24
cHARGns oF NEGLECT.
Iieut. Edwin H. DOdd To Appear Be
 fore a COuFtmartiaI. -

fore COurtmartial. Vallejo. Calf, Oct, 23-Lieutepant Edwin H Dodd. who was in charge of the submarine flotilla at Mare Island when a disastrous gasoline fire occur red at the station on September IT. win appear before courtmartial next Monday to nswer charges of neg lect.
 It is alleged that Lieutenant Dodd should have taken the submarine Into the middle of the stream before pump Ing gasoline into the water in order that tho inflammable fluid might float away instead of collecting about the yasseis anchored there The fro cost the lives of c. T. May. a machinist. and Paul Martin. a local peddler.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24
Next Year !eIp For ThiS Year Hunger Cprip10aId ReDuhlfCap

Judge Taft ought to retire one of his guments on behalf of the Republican ticket which he, Is making more ex- tended use of as the campaign ncars an end. This is the contention, as made yesterday in one of his New Jersey speeches that a choice between the Re publican and Democratic tickets Is n choice between immediate resumption of prosperity and continued depression through the next four years. That sounded well in Republican campaigns of the last thirty years but for the fact that we have had extreme panic a:.d depression under full Republican auspices, and this fact simply makes the contention ridiculous for further use. It Is better calculated to make voters smile tEan to win their sui frages.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24
von GALLANT CONDUCT.
sergeant Seth T. Weld Twice HonOred
 fin a Week.

Camp Ataseadero, Calf. Oct. 2S-For gallant conduct in an engagement in the Philippines, Sergeant Seth T Weld, of the sth Infantry. II. s. A.. has twice been signally honored within a week A few days ago in the presencc of hundreds of troops, he was pre-. sented with the Congressional medal of honor for bravery. and last night he received word from Washington that the President had appointed him a soc ond lieutenant of the Philippine scouIs { Lieutenant Weld, while seriously wounded in both arms. rescued fwc wounded comrades from band of Pql- ajanes on the Island of Leyte. severSt years ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24
TOTALS
Died in the Year 151S

slab of marble bearing the let terinr November 12. 15I5." plainly visible. was found yesterday about sev- e1 and one-half miles east of Shcf- field by J C. Gibson and several other narties. The slab was of dressed stone, about twenty inches wide. thir- tv inches long and one and one-half inches thick It was just below the surface of the ground
 As the date on the stone. 1515, is only twenty-three years after the dis nnverv of America by Columbus. the question Is. whose Inst resting place does the stone l. -rk?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24
UNIQUE STRAW VOTE.
The Literary Digest" Canvasses Businsaa Men, Preachers, Bankers and Other
 PrnfeaaionaI flnaaea

Below Is shown the result of A straw vote on tho Presidential election, conducted by The Literary Digest, New York. The pub fishers inserted blank vote in the period their choice, for President Tn addition thousands of circulars. were mailed to voters in every section of the country. The Lite fully s5 per cent. of its readers are of the professional classes-preachers, bankers lawyers, physicians. educators. and high class business men-and the circulars were mailed only to these classes of voters
 There were 35,710 votes cast, of which Taft received 1s,324 and Bryan 14,712, the remainder being split among the five other candidates ProhibitionIst Chain polling 94S or PA mora than the combined votes of Debs. Watson. Hisgen. and GIllhaus.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24
LoOse Party NIanaremcnt.

It Is related that in appealing to Dem- ocrat for his support in the approaching election one of the Republican nominees for office in Walker County said that he voted for Democrats about often ms he did for Republicans. One of the nelghbors of this Republican nominee when asked about t said he guessed 1t was so. as the candidate voted for Democrats in the pri- mary election and for Republicans in the general election.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24
This Date in History
OCTORER 9A

153S-Lady Jane Seymour died. I0OI-Tycho Rrahe. the great astron-
 omer died. 17SO-John Hancock. chosen first Gov
 ernor of Massachusetts under the
 new constitution. IsO7-Sir James Henry Craig appoint
 ed Governor of Canada. 1s2I-Elias Boudinot. first President
 of the American Bible Society,
 died. 1s52-Daniel Webster died at Marsh
 field. Mass. Born in Salisbury
 N. H. Jan. IS, 17S2. IS64-Petroleum discoveries made in
 Monroe County, Michigan 1Ss7-Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain
 born. I0OJ-President Roosevelt visited Bir-
 mingham. Ala
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-24

Taft says he likes the White House meals. since trying them last Sunday Well, if he will be real good no doubt Mir. Bryan will invite him to dine oc- casionallY.