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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-05
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 5, 1908.
WHAT WILL THEY por

There are people who refuse to eat any species of animal flesh. basing their refusal solely on the qHestion of humanity. They declare that it Is cruel, inhuman and even sinful to take the life of any creature merely to satisfy the appetite. They argue that every living creature has an equal right to live, and that therefore a human being has no moral right to sacrifice the life of anything that God has put on earth. But now comes wise guy-or one who thinks himself wise-with the startling information that the onion has a soul; that it lives. breathes, thinks, and has ideals and inspirations just like human beings do. How is that for a startler? All of us know that onions possess certain attributes not enjoyed by any other vegetable. but we were not prepared to learn that they are an intelligent being.
 Now what are these squeamish and tender -hearted vegetarians going to do about it? They refuse to eat fish, flesh or fowl because they cannot do so with out sacrificing life. but how about the succulent and odoriferous onion? When they slice one they will fancy that they hear 1t moaning and crying and beg ring that It's life may be spared. They will fancy that the juices that exude from it's pores are the bitter tears it is shedding over its untimely death. They will have to violate their principles oi cut the onion out of their bill of fare and if onions, why not other vegeta' bIes? Seeps to us that the vegetable eaters may 9Sa themselves in dilem' ma, or somer&e9T just as bad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-05
China and the Fleet.

New York Times.
 Evidently China is not Japan. The reception of the American fleet at Annoy compared with It's reception at Tokio, must be to the general observ- CT a pale and intellectual function. In the first place, 1t Is purely official. The people of the place or the country have little share in 1t. and no wonder. Very few knew or cared anything about 1t, and those who did were shut out, for various reasons. the chief being that the officials were afraid of assassina- tion. You can't expect 8 statesman. no matter how enlightened and jealous in his own ideas of his Governments re- lations to the United States, to dis play a great deal of zest in organizing a popular demonstration with the chances of sundry scores of murderers in the crowd making him their tar- get. Necessarily the proceedings were guarded in more than one sense, for In Keeping with the rest of the affair Is the Ignorance at Peking of Its pro- gress.
 significance. If it has been official only, we must remember that the pub lie life of China Is still almost wholly official. that the people have as little part and as little interest In their own business as they have in the visit of an American fleet. It Is true that there is. in some curious way. which Occi- dentals cannot understand, good deal of organization in China, apparently independent of the Government at Pek- ing or its representatives fin the prov inces. It is on the basis of this or ganization that the Government seems to be planning the gradual develop ment of a popular participation In im- perial affairs. But for the present if Is inchoate and puzzlng. The Impe- rial Government Is all that our own can consider and 1t Is a reassuring fact that our relations with that Gov ernment are so cordial. We must. of course, deal with 1t as intelligently | and satisfactorily as with one more In sympathy with our standards and | accustomed to our methods. But 1us- tice and kindness speak a language
 'understanded of the people," what | ever may be that peoples native | tongue This principle we have in the | main observed iowa I'd China, and our | policy is bearing fruit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-05
DEMOCRACY UNMovED.

The firmness with which the Ala bama Democracy withstood the efforts to lead 1t away from old ideals in Tuesdays battle of the ballots. is a source of pride to the Democratic lead CTS. The majority Mir. Bryan received in Alabama was up to the normal Dem ocratic majority. if it is not larger. when all precincts of the State have been heard from. The State Democrat ic ticket ran well with MT. Bryan.
 So far as Alabama is concerned the Republicans gained but small comfort.
 The Republican leaders, the office holding class. which is the head and front of the party in Alabama. had boasted of the gains they would make and of the support that Judge Taft would receive from the business men of the State. These claims were pune tured by the returns. Even in Mobile. where they expected to score heavily because of the dissatisfaction there with the present State administration and recent Legislature. and where the Republicans had held meetings and inn ported speakers. the results were dis tinctly disappointing to the Republi- cans who hoped to whittle down the big Democratic vote.
 Mir. Taft's vote may possibly show a slight increase over that cast for Pres ident Roosevelt in 1904, but this small increase is attributable to the large number of Northern business men who have moved into the State and voted as they did in their old home. The nat ural and inevitable increase of the Dem ocratic vote throughout the State, moreover, offset this.
 Tuesdays results in Alabama show conclusively that any attempt to break the solid South must be inaugurated in some other state than Alabama.
 It would appear on the face of the returns that all three of the proposed amendments to the Alabama State Con- stitution have carried. The returns so far received show that at least they are leading although later returns may de- eide their fate one way or another. Still they have met with great popular favor.
 Perhaps the greatest surprise is in the vote on the amendment providing for biennial sessions. There was no organization backing this amendment and until The Advertiser spoke for 1t, 1t had no support among the press. al- though a few papers later advocated it. while a greater number opposed 1t. The returns show that 1t has met with great popular favor and even though the later returns may possibly defeat it. 1t will be by the closest vote.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-05

steam power has become an important factor in industrial life and Is annually becoming more so. To drive machin- cry by steam has become too expensive and inconvenient.
 Electricity came when most needed. and 1t has changed the industrial life of the country to a wonderful extent. and 1t has barely passed the stage of infancy. In almost every portion of our State there Is waterpower going to waste which can be utilized in the de- veiopment of electric energy. and that energy can be conveyed in any direc- tion and to practically any distance. The process is so simple and so thor oughly practicable that the wonder is that its adoption has been so long de- layed. The water power of Alabama can be made to develop enough elec- tricity to drive all the mills and faeto- ries and shops. and all the street cars that will be needed in Alabama as long as the water itself remains. and no coal or wood need be wasted. The cheap power furnished by nature Is here to be used whenever and wherever there is need of it.
 When We come to speak of all the many products of the soil it Is difficult to grasp the extent and possibilities that are to be found all about us. We sometimes feel that the farmers of Ala bama do not yet understand the vast resources at their command. Almost anything needed for man or beast can be grown In some part of Alabama. yet the consumers of the State. and in many cases the farmers themselves, send 10 the North and the West for al most all they eat. Certainly this Is not good business or economy. The farms can not only supply all their own needs. but could feed the towns and cities if they would only see 1t that way. It may seem presumptious In newspaper to be advising the farmers but the observing newspaper man can see many things that the farmer has no opportunity for learning. and we know that it is not good policy or good bus mess to depend on other sections of the country for what we can produce at home.
 And so, to return to the starting place. as We are done with politics for a time we can all take thought for the upbuilding of Alabama and join in the good work of making it the great State that nature intended.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-05
Be Your Own Tree Doctor.

Every man should be his own tree doctor. says the Outing Magazine If properly trained he has been busy all summer removing suckers from the trees. fighting fungus and discourag- ing insects. When the leaves are of he goes all over his plantation, diag- nosing each tree, shrub and bush. He will find some borers not yet killed and these should be thoroughly eradi- cated from his quinces and apples be- fore winter sets in. Use a flexible wire and a sharp knife, and when the larvae are killed pile coal ashes free- ly around the tree He will probably ind in his currant and berry fields more or less bushes that cultivation has loosened in the soil. These are liable to heave out during the winter. He should slip a narrow shovel un- der the plant, draw out the dirt and let the bush settle until 1t Is vel! planted. Tread heartily and then, if YOU have them to spare, place scut- tie of coal ashes about each one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-05
This Is My 53rd Birthday
EUGENE V. DEBs.

Eugene Victor Debs, who in the re- cent election. was the candidate of the Socialist Party for President of the United States, was born in Terre Haute. Ind. Nov. 5. 1855. He received a com mon school education and in 1871 went to work asia locomotive fireman. In 1879 he was elected city clerk of Terre Haute. About the same time he be- came treasurer of the Broth erhood of Locomotive Bremen, of which organi- zation he continued to be one of the leaders for many years. In 1885 he was elected to the Indiana Legislature and served one term. In 1893 he organized and became President of the American Railway Union, which organization con- ducted the great Pullman strike, as result of which MT. Debs became in- volved with the Federal authorities and with several of his associates was sen- s*enced to jail for contempt of court. Ii 1897 he became chairman of the NatlO. ' Council Of the Social Democ- racy an1 in 1900 he was the candidate of thst ljarty for President of the United States. The Socialist Party namf1 him for President in 1904 and kagAin in 1908.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-05
CnmpaIrn oratorr YnIusIsss.

St. DouIs RepubIIc.
 Among the mysteries of the day is the value of campaign oratory. It's underIy- ing purpose Is, of course. to expound party principles. throw light on vexing and vex- atious questions. impart information to the doubling. and by so doing induce them to vote in favor of certain things and certain men. But 1t is doubtful if a single speaker of the ordinary class wins a dozen votes for hIs party with a dozen speeches Pos- sibly this is a broad statement. but the members of one party either keep away from meeting of the other party, or they attend with hteir minds 20 steeped In pref udicA that appeals to their reason would fail in any case. and their conviction is impossible The doubters and the inde- pendent voters. who might be won by Ap- heals to their intelligence, soon learn that ,bera is little for them in the words of the ayatorS. -
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-05
PRESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY.


 Mir. Roosevelt a Political Factor to Be
 Taken Into Account.
 New York Times.
 whether he has done MT Taft more good or harm is a question on which there is room for difference of opinion everywhere except in the mind of MT. Roosevelt In hts mind, probably. if Mir. Taft is over whelmingly elected. the size of the ma- Jority would be due to the popular confi- dence in himself; if Mir. Taft be defeated there will be the conviction that the de- feat would have been far worse but for that confidence. But that Is way of looking at things to which all intense minds are prone, and no one can deny that there has been much in MT. Roosevelt's career to incite to 1t, if not justify it. of Mir. Roosevelt. wish the President had kept more quite, had shown more caution. had been more respectful to facts. and, especially. had not so persstently occupied the center of the stage. to which, by con vention and by his own importance in the cast Mir, Taft was really better entitled. There is an impression, especially in the East that Mir. Taft would have been stronger if public attention had been al- lowed to concentrate upon him. without the distractions due to the demonstra- tions from the White House; that he is quite adequate to himself, and Is more fitted to inspire confidence than the President is. But we must not forget that we live under a government of public opinion, opinion which acts on all the facts presented. and Mir. Roosevelt just as he Is, with his record and his present activity and his plans for the future ii internationally fact to be taken into ao- count
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-05
DELIGHTED.

can. We were never personally ac- quainted with any toes that could sing. but we saw some educated ones twin- kle in the footlights at local theatre yesterday.
 One man in 1,243,e71 has . perfect beard. says an authority. That re- minds us: Why does physician us- ually wear beard when he knows 1t is depository for germs and mi" crobes9
 Now everybody you meet says. T told you so."
 At a church fair out in Kansas sign reading Pay as you Enter was placed over the door. This was su- perfuous; who ever entered church fair without paying:
 Mir. Rockefeller says he believes fin the friend who will lend you money when you ask him.
 Through the MaaI Bag.
 Montgomery. Ala, Nov. 3i Dear Drift read what you have to say in The Advertiser every morn ing. and think you very clever. Eight of us girls want to call pur bridge club for your "Driftwooti. 1" Have you any objeetionsR =
 Sincerely yours
 Blue-Eyed Blonde. (Dear B. E. B.--You do me a great honor. Sure you have my permission to call your club "Driftwood" pro- vided you will keep the score in a iog- book .-P. H. A.
 Wellsford. s. C.. Nov. 8. Dear Drift-There are only three words ending in "dous": stupendous, tremendous and one other. Please let me know the third word. Answer as soon as you can as there is much at stake. And oblige,
 Mrs. A. NJ. B. (What's the matter with "muItifi- dous." and hazardous" and "blen- dous," and-but this Is our busy day -see dlctionary.-P. H. Al -: +
 Birmingham, Ala. Dear Drift: You are always talking about the blondes: why don't you give the brunettes a chance2
 Sincerely.
 Brunette"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-05
OREGON JUSTICE.
Lave Under Which Two Men May
 Safely Beat a Woman.

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 Laws Under Which Two Men May
 Safely Beat a Woman.
 Golfers Weekly.
 On April 8 of last year at Baker City, ore. two men beat a woman on the public street with some kind of heavy strap. One of these men held revolver in his hand so as to compel the woman to stand and take the beat ing, while the other brutally beat her.
 The men were convicted under a statute that provided that If any per- sson assault or assault and beat an- other with a cowhide, whip, stick or like thing, having at the time in his possession a pistol, dirk or other dead ly weapon, with intent to intimidate and prevent such other from resisting or defending himself. such person upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by Imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than ten years"
 The District Attorney in his inform ation, charged the fact that the de- fendants held a gun while they beat the woman with a leather strap. The case was reversed on the ground that the information contains nothing to bring the strap within the class of in- struments mentioned under 'cowhide. whip, stick or like thing" Where the Instrument used is not one of those named in the statute," says the court, ''then it must te so described as to bring 1t within the term Or like thing. : and 1t Is not sufficient to refer to 1t as a feather strap. Therefore the in- formation is insufficient to charge the crime defined by the statute. '
 The remarkable thing about this de- cision is that a leather strap. accord ing to most any of the standard dic- tionaries, comes within the definitions of whip. Nothing was said by the Supreme Court about the gun. As a matter of fact, the very presence of the gun alone. without the strap, lev eled at the woman, with intent to do her injury constituted an assault in the first degree, the minimum punishm ent for which was equal to that which had been imposed by the trial court.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-05
NOW FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

Now that the strain and stress and worry of the campaign is over 1t is in order for the people of Alabama to get down to business, and to devote more attention to their industrial and com mercial interests and opportunities. Forgetting for while that they have been divided on political beliefs and policies, all the people may work and pull together in the grand work of up- building a great State.
 For Alabama is a great State; great in minerals, in forests, in water power; but greatest in her agricultural possi. biIities. The mineral resources of the State, especially coal and iron, are won derful in extent. in quantity and in quality. Nowhere in this great Union of States do the coals and iron ores present better facilities for the pro- duction of all that Is to be made of iron and steel than they do in the mineral regions of Alabama, and nowhere can there be found greater inducements for capital and labor to work together in harmony and to the mutual beneft of each.
 While it Is true that the forests of our State have been denuded to a great extent. and in some sections almost completely destroyed. there yet re- mains many millions of dollars worth of the finest of timber that ought to be | protected from ruthless destruction. Yellow pine is fast becoming a rarity in many portions of the South, but Ala bama still has much of the finest qual- ity which should be preserved from un- necessary waste. That which is now of marketable age and size should be cut in such a way as not to destroy or in- jure the younger growth which will be of increased value as time passes. To fell one fully grown tree in a way that will destroy several young ones is not the way to make the most of what we now have.
 The same may be said of the several varieties of hardwoods which yet grow plentifully in some sections of the State. Oak and hickory. beech. gum and other fine woods which are now in great demand have been exhausted in some sections of the country which have heretofore supplied the demands of builders and furniture makers. The supply in our own State is yet exten- sive. and 1t is in the interest of all who possess 1t to make the best possible use of 1t. To cut down and burn the hardwoods which now flourish is al- most like burning money. and every man who owns land on which such trees grow should bear in mind that he has a mine of his own for both pres ent and future If he will preserve il and work 1t properly.
 How many are there. we wonder who ever try to form an estimate of the value of Alabama's water-power; The time has been and well within the memory of some among us. when near ly all this power was wasted On tht creeks and rivers there would be found an occasional sawmfl or gristmill ol sometimes a cotton gin, for neighbor' hood convenience, and that was abou' all. The waters went their way to thu , Gulf without hindrance or interfer' ence. but that time has passed With the discovery and adoption of electric
 power the full value of our shoals anC waterfalls began to be realized. Th' ] scarcity and cost of fuel to produc'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-05
No Answer.

Macon Telegraph.
 We have seen one of the greatest of the trusts obtaining executive per mission to absorb a rival. Is this to be continued as a settled policy of the Republican party?-William j. BrEan: En: york Times submits the following item of news as in it's opinion, sumclehI ah@ @r6e St United States steel Corpora. ton has ordered $1,0oO,o0o worth of new machinery for the new blast Fur naces in the Ensley plant of the Ten- nessee Coal and Iron Company.
 huge mog9polyd yd,sT,ts withoSt, With eYeH it the possession of the earth may please Mr. Carnegie, Mir. Roosevelt and The New York Times, but not the people of of the tinted states; The Steel Trust TT t 1manY now spell it steaD is more than ever ytts,' in a position to insist on selling its product in this sS country at doY6if Tssf shiprnents to foreign lands, thus col Iecting tribute from every sfa9n: man ,S6o %oo rides on a railroad train. or other con veyance depending on the Steel Trust ma miniatures.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-05
Black on Roosevelt.

Black on Roosevelt
 Ex-Governor Frank S. Black. speak, ing Friday night in Carnegie Hall.
 T appeal to those whose party al- legiance has been solcly tested by the substitution of fantastic personal im- pulses in the place of established Re- of statesmanship has been applied to acts grotesque and shocking, but not by that was the just fame of one statesman tarnished or reduced. So has the power of the Republican name been used to cloak performances which no true Republican would father or condone, but not by that are Its .prin- cipies shaken or its history wiped out. Checked and perverted they may De. but only for a while. Tomorrow they will be on their way again with strength and courage al! the more splendid and assuring because of the punishments they have just passed
 governor Black represents a large class of Republican supporters of MT. Taft despite their disapproval of the present administration. His view of President Roosevelt. at whom his re: marks were patently aimed, is one of the diverse estimates of that remark able character very widely entertained. His remarks serve also to show the very mixed condition of public senti- ment and the diversity of the clements that enter into the Presidential cam paign. , evidence of a transitory state in na- tional politics. Within each party | there are elements held there by con- alterations outside of allegiance to either candidate or platform. There are signs of disintegration and real Iignments in both the old parties. The country has forgotten many of the old | issues and the parties in the future will divide more on radical and con- l servatiVe lines.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-05

No doubt the end of the conflict will he a great relief to son-in-law Long ] worth, who will now be at liberty to make a blatant ass of himself, If he likes. without danger of injuring Tafts chances. The big stick has kept him quiet since he broke loose some weeks ago and upset the Republican apple-cart. Perhaps 1t was hard on Nick to keep his mouth shut but he had to do 1t, and we suspect he would have been almost willing to have Taft de- feated if only that would have turned his tongue loose.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-05
This Date in History
NOVEMBER 5.

NOVEMBER D. 16S5-Thomas Parr died In London at the age of 152 years. 1yS2-The America, the first line-of- battle ship built in America. launched at Portsmouth, N. H. 1s14-Fort Eric destroyed by United States forces. 1s1s-Gen Benjamin F Butler born in Deerfield, N H. Died in Wash ington, D. C.. Jan. Il, 1893. 1862 - General Burnside succeeded General Mcclellan in the com mand of the army of the Poto- mac.
 1s60-Congressman Nicholas Longworth born in Cincinnati. 1s75-Richard P. Bland of Missouri introduced free silver bill in the House. IoOO-Cuban Constitutional Convention met in Havana. I0O6-Stensland and Herring, Chicago bank wreckers, sentenced to the penitentiary.