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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12

the truth of the observation. and he may have come to reflect that he would have fared better if he had applied his acknowledged abilities sincerely to the cause of the people, the country and the State. rather than to the grat- ification of unreasoning, inordinate egotism and a sleepless antagonism tc the only party in which he might have achieved success for himself and the people of the South.
 It would be hypocritical to pretend to regret his fall AS a factor in fu- ture politics he may illuminate to his hearts content. not only with his pen, but from every stump in Georgia. The people will simply recall what has been the residuum of his fulminations during this tempestuous year, and take warning by his example. His power to arouse temporary enthusiasm. with his nervous periods. may remain to him, but there Is not a .:anse in Georgia which will not be weakened hereafter by reason of his support.
 He has made supreme effort to re- deem himself as leader and to dee ceive others--perhaps himself--as to the power he wields.
 But the voters in the November cleo. ton who followed him to the polls were pallbearers of Thomas E. Wat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
TAFT NEVER FRowNED.

Presfdent-EIect's BOdyguaRd Tell of
 Serenity on Campaign Tour. Chicago News.
 Unique experiences of President-elect William Howard Taft on his campaign tour through the country are told in an interview with a reporter for The Daily News by James Markham, sec retary to Chief of Police Shippy, who returned to Chicago and his duties af- ter traVeling with Mir. Taft for forty one days as & member of his body guard.
 "we travelled forty-one days, durink which Mir. Taft made from three 10 twenty speeches a day and covered about 5000 miles, yet during all that time I never saw a frown on his face and he never showed any irritation" said Mir. Markham.
 "It would have been a crime to keep MT. Taft sitting on the front porch or his home without making a campaign in view of the splendid demonstra- tions in his honor in the various States, Whatever else any. one may claim, the fact is that MT. raft did more to elect himself by his trip, speeches, and per- sonality than did any other factor.
 We had about fifty accidents, includ- ing broken platforms, engines off the track, overenthusiastic rushing crowds, but in not one of them was any one injured. This surely Is record which seems miraculous.
 Although the trips were strenuous for MT. Taft, they certainly were tri- umphal journeys, which showed that the people not only wanted him an President, but wanted to see him be- fore voting for him"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
DIsCoNTENT IN VIRGINIA.
Richmond News-Leader Declares in Fu-
 ture 1t VIII be Independent. Richmond Special to The Washington

Richmond News-Leader Declares in Fu-
 ture 1t VIII be Independent. Richmond Special to The Washington
 Herald.
 In an editorial in The Richmond News Leader Thursday afternoon. Alfred B. Williams roundly roasts Bryan. de- nounces the party primary pledge re- quired of Democrats in this State. and declares for independence of thought and action upon the part of Democrats in the future. He has, throughout his life been a stanch Democrat. and the paper, during its existence, has always been Democratic.
 Simultaneous with this announce ment comes a well-founded rumor that Henry w Anderson. lealer of the Taft Democrets of Richmond. who Is now in New York, will organize throughout the State an independent Democratic Par ty, which will vote as it's members think, and tear asunder the shield of tradition which heretofore has govern ed voting in Virginia.
 This Is in keeping with the announce ment of Wyndham Meredith, also a Taft Democrat leader, who aided in rolling up 1,145 for the Republican candidate in the city of Richmond. that the In- dependents will grow throughout Vir- ginia. Consternation among the rank
  here by these announcements. It Is be- lieved the new party will be foe to the State organization" headed by Senator Thomas s. Martin.
 Gains In Cities.
 The results in Virginia cities, based upon the latest returns. show big Re publican gains, compared with Roose- veIt's vote of four years ago, while they also show slight gains for the Democrats.
 Bryan has never been strong with the business men vote in the cities. This vote was against his indorsement at the Roanoke State Convention, and as a rule has always been cast against him.
 In Norfolk and Portsmouth. besides Richmond. surprise is expressed at the disaffection of Democrats, and the greatly increased strength of the Re- publicans. In Norfolk Bryan showed loss, compared with four years ago, while Taft doubled the Republican strength. polling the unprecedented Re- publican vote of 991. against 457 for Roosevelt.
 It is understood that the Good Gov ernment, or independent. vote of that city, was cast for Taft and Groner. D. L. Groner, Republican candidate for Congress, received 1,2O2 votes in Nor folk city, four times the vote given Hughes. Republican, two years ago. Portsmouth showed a Democratic loss of 400 and a Republican gain of ap- proximately 200.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
whv the pemocrata FaIIed.

NOrtolk NlTBlnldn-EliOl'
 Success for the Democrats was not possible this time. Roosevelts profess sions held one wing of the Republicans while Taft's supposed unlikeness to Roosevelt captured the other. Gray or Johnson would have shared the fate of Bryan, without his power to shake the Republican stronghOlds in the West to their very foundations. The future be- longs to others, but their mission will be to widen the breach in the Repub- lican ranks which Bryan opened and to utilize that revolt against the cohorts of privilege which he inaugurated. The Issues will not be so complex next time, and the battle for general principles need not be complicated with ephem- eral policies. A new leader will be a necessity. but Mir. Bryan deserves to be held in kindly regard instead of being made the scapegoat of an inevitable disaster
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
A MORNING THOUGHT.
fTyl
BY ,. MARVIN NICHOLS.

As ruts prove the usefulness of a road. so convolutions do not prove an idle brain.
 You're an optimist If you believe in upward.
 There is a vast gulf between nam mon and money. The first is wrong; the latter, right
 Don't be afraid to undertake a new thing. All such are world builders and history makers.
 Get into a steady stride that will stand whole lot of going and thatwili "get you there.'
 The best reformation in the world is the sort that begins by reforming ourselves, one by one.
 Houses, ships and men were never built for storms and tempests. evidence of its use. then some mems brains must be as smoothe as glass The commercial honesty that seeks tO ODty tuc lAH anu AVVP OhN of jail is not honest enough.
 %
 Dig for your coin--and dig hard: that's alright. But be the master of your dollar and not its slave.v
  In that age when money becomes the standard measure for greatness. then money will be the world-power.
 + Some flowers bloom all night against the dark. And there are those whom beauty apears only in the shadows.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
Ercentinns to All RnIes.

Walker County News.
 The MontgGmery Advertiser, Eener- read her grandchildren. the weekly press of the State, the following les- lure:
 "The Advertiser is too good friend of the weekly press of Alabama to criticise it in any cautious way, and Watehman that there isn't a weekly paper in Alabama that is not render Ing its community better service than the pay 1t receives. but we feel that a number of the weekly papers of Ala 1ama should be reminded of the op- printing the election returns of their
 "The elecion took place on Tuesday Papers which went to press on Thurs day and Friday and sometimes on Sat urday. in most instances contained ties on the three constitutional amend ments and practically nothing as to the vote on the county and State officers. These papers had. however, a full aS- count of the result of the national elec- tion and Of the result in the State. But in their owun counties they had not gone to the trouble of securing the vote in their own and neighborlng beats on State and county matters "
 Now If The walker County News is to he considered in the list, The Ad- vertiser overlooked the fact that this election early Wednesday morning full report on Friday, and today pre- sents a tabulated report showing the result in every beat in Walker Coun- ty. This newspa3er also wired The Advertiser on Friday night the result In Walker. All of which should be noted by The Advertiser in its note of priti.igU
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
aI.n.Ie.t Manr ia YInaIcated.

Death Thursday ended the career of Richard Simmer. long known as the laziest man in Millville. N. J., but with his death comes the announcement from physicians who attended him that the unfortunate man had been grossly misrepresented. Simmer could not be induced to work. He said he felt too tired. Efforts to have him do some thing for the support of his wife ana five small children were unavailing His little ones went out to beg, and the au- thorities caused his arrest. It was no use. He simply could not be induced to reform, and he was sent to jail. That accomplished nothing. for when the man emerged the situation was not improved Once not long ago charlt- ably inclined residents who wanted 10 do something for the suffering family, sent Simmer load of wood. He re- fused to accept it because 1t was not cut.
 Nobody had good word for the man, hut when the doctors were called 10 attend him in his. last illness they found that he had been suffering for long time with an organic disease which sap ped all his vitality and left him weak and practically helpless. They said ne had never merited his unpleasant no- toriety for laziness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
Tbe Fallen Watson .

Atlanta JOuEndAs
 The verdict of the people of Geor- gia in the recent election must have left but little doubt In the mind of Thomas B. Watson or of anyone else as to the impotence and uselessneRs of his discredited career.
 The 17ooo voters who supported him stand in significant contrast with the strength he yielded in other days, and he probably knows better than any man in Georgia that his name is Ich- abod. for his glory has departed.
 There Is no occasion or disposition to exult over hls fall. He has had his friends--many of them good men and true-who followed him all too blind- ly, but tEey who walked in darkness have seen a great lights
 They realize that he is not the lead. CT of a party, but an opportunist who has shifted his sails to every chang ing wind in order to Rratlfy his own ambition. The mask of patriotism has fallen from him.
 No man." said Lord Bacon, "sees worse days than he who, yet living doth follow at the funeral of his own reputation"
 It must be with a touch of bitter regret that the former Populist lead CT. left by the recsding tide, rsalizea
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12

In his address to the Waterways Convention In Columbus, President Gordon gave a statement showing that the capital now invested and engaged in manufacturing enterprises in that city amounts to between twelve and thirteen million dollars. That we con- sider a good showing for the busy town on the Chattahooche. Columbus has one great advantage over most cities; in that she has practically un- limited water-power at her very doors. Whether that power is used direct or for the development of electric power there is enough of it to make Coium- bus one of the greatest manufacturing points in the country. and the fact that more than twelve millions of dol lars is actually in use shows that nd vantage is being taken of the oppor- tunities nature has provided.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
Neyspaper IndeDenaeDc.

Chicago Record -tera ld-
 The newspapers themselves have been growing more and more independent and responsible" They have educat- ed thousands of readers to demand fair ness and truth, many discarding blind partisanship through enlikhtened self interest and the desire to extend their field and their influence. There has been intersection between readers and ed itors. and it is hard to decide which force has been the greater. The old fashioned hide-h hound organ" Is be- coming scarcer and scarcer. and it's in- fluence is slight indeed. The number of papers that depend on facts. on com mon sense, and on the sense of fair play is rapidly growing, and SO is the number of readers who demand dig nifty and responsibility from the press. The art of reading has been largely taught and fostered by the press itself
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
More Democratic Silver Lining.

New York World
 There is no more hopeful sign for the Democratic Party than the charac- ter of the new leaders who are com ing to the front.
 Thomas Ma shall of Indiana, Judson Harmon of Ohio and John A. Johnson of Minnesota were not eletced to the Governorship of their States by acci- dent, They are men of proved char acter and capacity.
 Marshall stands in the front rank of his profession in Indiana. Harmon is not only a great lawyer, but was one of the most efficient Cabinet officers of the second Cleveland dministration. Johnson, three times chosen Governor Of a Republican State, stands approved on his record a s a man of achieve ment.
 There will be three new Democratic United States Senators of equal abil- ity, force and chara cter-two of them succeeding Republicans Governor Chamberlain of oregon, who was se- lected for Senator in the primaries. Is
 probably the ahlest man In his State. Charles J Hughes leads the Denver bar. He will succeed Henry M. Teller, who went over to the Democratic Par ty on the silver question, but has nev- CT been Democrat in spirit or an az gressive Democratic leader. John W.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
Jananese Draperx.

The woman who loves beautiful eeoloring and design should go through the shops to see the new things for household decorations.
 The extravaganza of color in fabric is but surpassed in those for house draperies. Dozens of new things have been brought out, and. best of all. they are offered at small prices.
 In the Japanese stuffs there is the widest profusion of stamped designs, of embroidery. and of bullion work some are very expensive and are in- tended only for handsome rooms.
 Others are at small cost. and would delight the heart of the artistic woman. For less than fifty cents a yard there are extra wide Japanese draperies Of printed crepe in pale greens with faintly cOlored Japanese lanterns swinging down the outside edges as a border
 There are white and violet crepes with wonderful designs in wistaria floating all over the surface
 These could be used as silk curtains for any room except a formal parlor or reception hall.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
soHwAB,s PLACE CLOSED.
His S7,O0O, 900 Mansion Found to Be Toe
 Expensive a Luxury.

His S7,O0O, 900 Mansion Found to Be Toe
 Expensive a Luxury.
 New York American.
 After expending $7,000.000 in the erection of his magnificent mansion on Riverside Drive, Charles M. Scnwap' tne steel magnate, is said to have come 10 the conclusion that the palace IS too eA- pensive a luxury. It now has the ,sl 1p. pearance of deserted castle. the servants have been discharged, the Win dows and doors boarded up. and pur- glar alarms installed
 The abandonment by MT. Schwao or his ambitious design of maintaining tns finest town house in America IS sald to be one of the aftermaths Of the h. nancial panic.
 The grounds on which the edifice is located comprise the block bounded by Riverside Drive, West End Avenue, ana Seventy third and Seventy fourth Streets. The stables are at No. 20y West Seventy-sixth Street. string or blooded horses and fashionable turn outs was installed there, but they nave been sold.
 Some time ago 1t was announced that Mir Schwab would make his per manent home in Bethlehem, Pa., where his duties as president of the Bethle- hem Steel Company require his time: Ills position at the head of the steer company, however. antedated by many years the erection of the expensive XIV erside establishment, so that he must have contemplated originally keeping the New York and Bethlehem homes open contemporaneously.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
LOST HUSBANDS ASHES.

The VaIise in Which She Carried Them
 Was Stolen.
 A small casket containing the ashes of her dead husband has been lost by Mrs. Frances J. Hollis, of Schenectady, N. Y. It was in her Yalise that was shipped to Richmond. Ind. but went astray. The key to the casket was worn by the wife around her neck. Five years ago Mrs. Hollis was married in Paris She and her husband both dreaded the thought of their bodies ly- ing in graves after death. and they made compact that the body of the one who died first should be cremated and the ashes kept in the possession of the survivor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER ls, 1908
THEY WOULD CONTROL US.
Aliceville, Aia., Nov. 10. 1g

Aliceville, Ala, Nov. 10, 1908. Editor of The Advertiser:
 In your issue of last Saturday you discuss. editorially, the future of the Demoeratic party. Kindly give. us your opinion on this plan Let all Demo or meetings in next campaign, agree ing of course. to support the nominees, and vote for the candidate, most nearly nearer to getting what we want, and to defeating the objectionable wing of the Republican party. than we can af- ter they have nominated their candi- dates and have a united party? By this plan, could we not beat them in detail. and gain control of their party, cleaning up the premises. and using Bome disinfectants.) Having gained control would we not stand better chance to put our ideas of tariff re- Vocated by the Democracy, into effect. than we are likely to have in the fu- ture, through the Democratic party2 Would not this plan forever do away
 Yours truly.
 J. B. Cunningham.
 There is nothing in tho Republican party in common with the views of genuine Democrats, and we would brand ourselves as hypocrites if we adopted such a plan as is above outlin- ed. The present conditions of leader ship in the Democratic party will not always exist! There are thousands of men who voted for Taft. not because they endorsed him in toto. but as the choice as they regarded 1t, between two evils. There are thousands of men voting the Democratic party ticket be- cause they believe 1t is the nearest cut to Socialism or Populism. Both the classes above named will eventually seek the element most in accord with their views, and when the Democratic platform leaves out the outside issues which weighed 1t down in the recent election. 1t will lose some now adher- ents, hut gain three fold more than it will lose.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
DEMOCRATIC VITALITY.
It Will Continue an Effective Curb
 AhuaR Of Power.

It Will Continue an Effective Curb to
 Abuse of Power.
 Baltimore Sun. >.
 Largely as the struggle just ended was a contest between the two can didates. it cannot be forgotten that not only has a President been elected. but a party has been given a renewed lease of its already long tenure of dred thousand who. while preferring Taft-to Bryan, look with misgiving and distrust upon the party of which he is the head. This is true. not only of those Democrats who supported Taft, but of the growing host of independ- ents and of great numbers of Repub- licans upon whom party ties sit light ly. They believe that corrupt and corrupting influences have exercised a powerful sway In the councils of the Republican Party They know that such influences are not exercised In moment; that they may easily be driv- en temporarily into the background. but that they are ever ready to spring nance. If the Republican leaders i'm agine they can. with impunity, offend the conscience of the nation, 1t is quite certain that nothing in the returns of Tuesdays election justifies any such assurance. The strength shown by the Democrats Party in more than one of the doubtful States attest its continued vitality in spite of all the extraordi- nary shocks to which In recent years 1t has been subjected. With such candidate as 1t may be expected tO nominate four years hence-a 'candi- date representing neither obstinate conservatism nor haphazardous inno- vation, but standing for conservative, progress--the Democratic Party may prove Itself quite adeuuate to the task of visiting unon thc triumphant party of today. f IL shall abuse Its power. a punishment commensurate with the offeDSe
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
one state wIthout a ~Comle.e ,

Columbia State.
 It is at once curious. and gratifying to those of our bent. to remember that the good and conservative people of this State have had to depend for their comic supplements upon tho enterprise of papers published without the State The comic supplement has its first ap- pearance to make in the issue of any South Carolina daily-a fact that Is probably not true of any other State in the Union. South Carolina journalism has remained free from these curious monstrosities called comic supplements.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12

Kern. the Democratic candidate for Vice President, will probably succeed Senator Hemenway as Indiana has elected a Democratic Legislature lie is a lawyer of recognized position and wide knowledge of pdblic aEaIrs.
 All three of these men will be strong and useful in fortifying the Demo cratic opposition in the United states Senate. and will contribute greatly to the rehabilitation of the Democratic Party throughout the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12

According to The Montgomery Ad- vertiser. 'zealous officers are looking for liquor. Is the search confined to bia State. Of course 1t is. Anybody else can get it without a special search. Come over and have one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
Po..um Hunting ,n Butler.

GreenVille Advocate.
 'Possum hunting Is all the rage now and parties have been going out all most every night, lured by visions or things they caught were colds and chiIis. Last Friday night party of some sixteen determined young men and women accompanied by many dogs and armed cap-a-pie, sallied forth to hunt the possum to his lair. After long and wearisome chase they suc- ceeded in capturing four, and returned home triumphant
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12

New words continue to be added to our vocabulary. Here, as an example. is The Boston Herald saying that "the organized labor vote cannot be gom- pered." We suspect that no one knows that better than Samuel Gompers him self
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12

Andrew Carnegie says that the Elm peror of Germany has it In his power to abolish war between civilized na- tions." That is giving Kaiser BHi credit for more power than any other nan possesses.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
Improving Mad Dogs.

Boston has a hospital for the treat ment of dogs suspected of having ra- bies, and several cases have been im- proved though the veterlnaries do not say they have cured the dogs of hy- dropho obia. They have merely improved some dogs suspected of the disease.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
me People of BeAnemer.

GadSden Evening Joufnal. ,,
 The Birmingham papers are giving Bessemer much good advice on how to take defeat. It so happens, how ever, that it isn't advice or consolation that Bessemer wants, but new coun- ", and If we have put the proper es- innate on the Bessemer people they have only just begun to fight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
sWORN CIRCULATION.

The Montgomery Advertiser guaran.sos tfs advertisers (and makes 1t a part oL tns contract when requested) that its daily c@lF @ cufation is larger than that of any moEnans ,. 2 newspaper printed in Alabama-ahui , h,a its Sunday edition has the largest efcula- tfon of any edition of any newspaper print ed in Alabama without exception. ,
 The figures for october printed neio~ .nr turns having been deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12

There are plenty of men to be found who "knew 1t all the time" but they failed to tell us about 1t before the election.