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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12
Incidents and Opinions Throwing Light on
 The National Contest

ous. said one Republican with whom talked; What does 1t rnean7 Moth ing, so far as can make out i.ere revision. In a sealing of the sch eduies. Why should we guarantee . reason able profit to the American manufac- nations on esga ffsmpste fsnps afser i@posr ornsr ing tariff that will offset the cheap CT wages paid abroadY' .ig
 under RepuSican aa ,nS State nss sdminls ssia & trations.
 The Campaign Draggiag.
 cans; a lack of something in the sss%npiaiEn' ssniad repSarts that the Sanvsss Is Is variousiy. placed: nobody seems to know who is responsible. Some Re- publicans deplore Roosevelt's injection saying that the President eclipses and harms Taft more than he helps. oth- CTS welcome MT. Roosevelt.s Monday TSs 1ssfs o f5 5 dysaSt snS ysge to be about equally divided.
 It was a Republican who has held itmSporpIshh: tSss pshs state sSs cfiSe who told me President drew as many people to the Auditorium to hear him speak as Mr. Taft did. Debs charged an admission Taft meeting. Debs was here iust one week before the Republican candidate. My informant attended both meetings
 Socialists VIII Double Vote.
 The Socialists boiled about 1000 votes slecsIon InnesGsS snS the last g,resiasnsis snat M thstr vote will be doubled this Xr Xeer; The railroad employees vote is aoIa this year, the Republicans say. t vii be % east for i4Ess DsSsp psETSsstfgs Tss bsS ot Q. % sra n. IT Minnesota was not almost the Republican column every }onr ar years, the campaign managers of that party here would be appreh ensive. for the GoverSOrshinn Sonnhspn snsn snd JScobson publicans seems to prefer Johnson. yacobson Is Norwegian and Johnson as ss possiS1s Swsds. Tp phrase t as politely sentabte man than. his opponent. Re. ppuDaMscSans ppsDasSans expect that the Democratia SSoonndldats Son will carry the State by 3o.- when Roosevelt ran for President was Es slscted for second term by 7s'sss R ssSls The ssSss swsasS ySte sns p 1906 was 2f the State election. There are in Mslnnaesota saa i26.zs3 residents born in way. 'ts A VI NUT v sensimsnt fer Bryan in New Ysrk.
 According to Francis Burton Harri. son, the sentiment in this State in tayof of MT: Bryan has changed ma. terlaIly In the last two weeks"
 Mr Harrison is chairman of the executive committee of the Democratic
 All the county chairmen report that an undercurrent Is working in favor. pf the Democratic Presidential candi- cate: The report is that the santi- ment does not seem to be the before siecLion enthnsiasm that Is generally shades of Democrats and many Re- publtcans who are in favor Of thA election of the Democratic candidate"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12
NEW HAMpsHIRE PoLITrcs.

The State of New Hampshire is re- garded as one which is nailed down to the Republican party. from which no human power can release 1t. but there apepars to be some clements of doubt this year so far as the State election is concerned. The Manchester Union, in long editorial, cautions its readers that victory is not assured and that the feeling of apathy and indifference now prevailing as to State politics must be overcome or the party may find itself wallowing in the slough of defeat. It details a number of causes that may divide voters, and adds:
 It Is politically folly to undertake to ignore the fact that the serious-minded people throughout the. State are non- doing it sfiii with open minds. What ever can be done by party managers and by candidates. to allay that Ais trust trust should be done, one; If # IS fully Is easily assured.
 The fact that the voters yet have open minds as to the candidates and their policies should encourage the Democrats to use all proper and avail able methods to break away ffFeHa the monotony of Republican victory. Our memory doesn't go back far enough just at present to take in the time when the Democrats carried the State, but certainly they have not done so fin more than thirty years. though at times the contest has been close one. Two years ago the Republican plural ity was slightly below three thousand, and at other times 1t has been small, but they have controlled the State all the same. Even though the Democrats can have little hope of carrying the State for Bryan. it will be quite tri- umph to elect Governor and other State officers this year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12

Even the paehydermatOusly Republi- can New York Globe is gratiAed that the President has concluded not to go out on . stumping tour in the present campaign. Of course. if he had gone on the stump. The Globe. as in duty bound. would have flung up its hat and shouted for the Great stumper. As 1t Is 1t expresses itself gratifed and gives various reasons why he should abstain from active campaigning. but 1t fails to give the zeal reason for it's gratifica- tion. which is the knowledge that Teddy would be sure to make bad mat ters worse.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12
POLITICAL. POINTERS.
geh.ser win Carry M,pns.e..:

St. Paul Special to New York Even-
 Here is a State conceded to be for Taft by both the Republican and Democratic politicians and State cam paign managers. In this respect the different from those existing in Wis consin, Indiana and Ohio. The prob. lem here is less complicated. and the outcome Is not made uncertain by fac Republican managers here do not tell States visited: You can't teii about snaT Su Sss sIs have very
 This has been the invariable preface 10 guarded admissions of the possibil- ,ty ,ha, Sts BsySn a miEnt get their Siss The Republicans say. "Taft will get and the Democrats concede the val ;sS ssns or InensdlSis ns that syan carry such rock-ribbed Republican state as. Minnestota."
 DaTs Tas workslps ryal party leaders and is unanimous in making another predic tion--that John 4. Johnson, the pres ent Democratic Governor, will be re- publican opponent. The polls. test votes. and canvasses conducted by both parties. have indicated this out come appdSre1rdtiy Se1d has IS. lost factions, respect and admiration of all classes and conditions of the State. The men one meets casually in st. whether they be Republicans or Dem: ocrats, are proud of the Governor. and pleased with the. credit with which asroad S 3 sae'eo some Of nss his stancRest e sa ad miTers are among the Republican State officials here in St. Paul.
 RepubIicanv, Modest Claims.
 Not even the most ardent Republl can claims that Taft will carry Min- nesota by anything like the plurali. sI to say sVso notiSs of the m s @ vote vote polied by Roosevelt against Parker four years ago; For public consump- n9 f9n ths ne sssgs Sx Ee are fer c & but but i privately many 'Vf of them are are viii, ing to admit that they will be grati- fled with a plurality Q I half that and pretensions. in State 50 sturdy in its Republicanism that 1t did not go. for Cleveland in 1892 when Wis consin and other neighboring States ocratic candidate, becomes striktngly apparent when contrasted with the hgures. of three previous Presidential Tn McKiniley's first campaign against Republican national ticket a plurality of 63.76s. and four years later when scented. McKinleys plurality was in- creased to 75560. Roosevelt broke all the records and received 16l,4s4 votes over Parker. A claim of even 50,O00 plurality for Taft, the highest now made. seems unassuming in the face of what has happened In other years.
 4 variety of causes are addueed to in the Republican vote and consequent Increase in the Bryan strength. Here again. singularly enough, many Der1s cord.
 Dissatisfaction with the Chicago platform is apparently general
 Our tariff plank is simply villain
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12
Outraged Virtue,

New fork world.
 Y As leader of the Grand old Party Mfr. Roosevelt is morally outraged by the thought that a person like Charlie Haskell can hold public office and be identified with the management of 6 great political organization.
 Mir. Roosevelt himself was uomlnat- ed for Governor of New York by that eminent jurist Thomas Collier Platt. His nomination for Vice President was forced by those equally single-minded Matthew Stanley Quay. Mir. Roosevelt used 4o call Marcus Alonzo Hanna Uncle Mark" and when that unsslfiKh political philanthropist was not sum- ciently enthusiastic over the RoOse- welt candidacy the President used jo- seph Benson Foraker to club Uncls Mark into submission.
 Standard Gil is a stench in the Pres idential nostrils but the Standard Oil bank still maintains It's intimate ra- lations with the Treasury Department Hartman is hateful; but Hartman has not yet been compelled to answer tis questions put to him nineteen fnonthS ago by the Interstate Commerce Com. mission.
 No Presidential lightning strikes Uncle Joe Cannon for protecting the Paper Trust. John Dalzell still repre- sents the Steel Trust in Congress. and MT. Roosevelt Jumps him among the Republican candidates whose election
 
 ment from corporation influence. The virtue that cannot abide Haskell coun> sells freely with Aldrich. Penrose, El- kins and Scott.
 Elihu Root, who was Thomas F.. RyaD's personal attorney, remains In the Cabinet as Secretary of State. One of J. P. Morgan's partners Is Mir. Roots Assistant Secretary; another is collect ing Republican campaign tribute in Pennsylvania, and a third came back from Europe recently to express his great satisfaction with the election re- turns from Vermont. George R. Shell don is still in Wall Street divorcing the ruthless indicators from their campaign contributions.
 Surely it cannot be the Haskell cor poration afiliation alone which so in- censes MT. Roosevelt. Neither can 1t be the Eordid fact that Haskell has been caught with the goods. The au- thor of the letter to My Dear Sher- man" in the matter of the Hartman $260,000 campaign contribution would never repudiate a fellow statesman simply for being the victim of q little unexpected and undesired publicity.
 MT. Roosevelt has weighed the DeIa- ocratic Haskell and finds him more of fensivA than all the Republican Has, kells combined. except such as happen to be in opposition to My Policies Can anything short Of personal and partisan prejudice account for the in tensity of this disfavor? Surely Has, kell has given every proof that he, too, Is "a practical maR."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12
Standing Sponsor for a Lie.


 Now tshe only basis of the Presidents assertion that $300.0O0 was found in the Democratic treasury, ana that Haskell had tried to brtbe Monnett, was a mere state ment to that effect by Mir. Hearst. whom the President himself over and over again has denounced as wholly untrustworthy, has compared. to a skunk. and has pronounced the virtual assassin of Mckinley. Haskell seems to be a poor lot. but not a particle of evidence has been produced to support the bribery story. On the contrary every person who might be supposed to know. including Monnett himself. had denied it flatly before the President had made hIs incidental" remark. The S30O 900 yarn was too silly. of course. for even words from any other source. Even the Hearst papers had taken it back before the President spoke. Not that retraction was necessary. No person possessing a grain of sense ever believed for an instant that MeSsrs. Ryan and Belmont had kept this large sum of money to turn over to Messrs. Mack and Haskell for use in a Bryan campaign. Did the President believe 1t? Not for q second He has many more grains Of sense than one. He knew. of course. that the story lie. And yet he gave to 1t the sanc- ton of his great authority. hIs Kreat posi- ton. his reputation as man sof probity pledged above all things to fair as well aa honest dealing. Now this may be effective campaigning or may not. It may help Tart or may not. We don't know. What We do feel is that every intelligent and fatr-mind- ed person must realize that such talk ta inexpressibly cheap and deEnsgogie.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12
A WEAK ARGUMENT.

In it's anxiety to find some ground upon which to fight Mir. Bryan. the once Democratic Brooklyn Eagle calls up the plank in the Republican National platform demanding the strict enforce ment of the Thirteenth. Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the constitu- ton. and which incidentally denounces the Southern States for regulating suf- frage down here. It refers to the den- nite language used in the Republican platform on the subject. and adds:
 This declaration cannot be compared with Democratic doctrine--there isn't any. The Denver Convention did not nsN ons on the sSbject " It % psefsged @ the safety of silence. Ditto, as to its can date. While he is willing to discuss anyth Ing ,o.;n and syssrytnns else there Republican platform plank regarding which he will not have a word to say. Let those who doubt 1t, try him.
 If there is one thing more than an- other which should bind the South to Mir. Bryan, it Is his refusal to join in the hue and cry against the Southern States for their determination to regu- late the suffrage and to rid themselves of vote that menaeed the people of this section. Left to regulate this im- portant matter in their own way. as the Northern States do. they can assure the supremacy of white government and the peace and order of society which can be done in no other way. The Republicans are forever ranting on this subject. and do it for political ef- feet and nothing else. That plank of their platform was designed and adopt ed solely to catch the negro vote. which is their only object in coddling the eolored race.
 MT. Bryan Is pursuing the proper course In not discussing this matter. The Denver platform makes no mention of it, and he has no cali to refer to 1t. There was time when The Eagle was an exponent and defender of Democ- racy. but in its anxiety to perpetuate the Roosevelt dynasty. 1t is glad to seize upon anything that it believes will tell against MT. Bryan. It will not weak en him by dsnouncing him for refusing to endorse crumpackerism.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12
A Naval Attaehe,. TSvt,e..


 Commodore w. E. Beehler writes In the October Cent ury of his experience following his appointment, after the Spanish war. as naval attache to the United States embassies at Berlin and Rome and che legation at Vienna:
 ra 1hs psSgiiadr pnsd duties duties @ Sf naval Sttache ton of the chief intelligenca officer of the navy, to whom the attache sends his reports to be filed for use by the of the Navy Department. Tbe duty Is chiefly to collect naval information abroad, the importance of which can be rapid progress in ali details of naval
 I had the honor of being one of the was then In the United States fiaa gship Brooklyn at Rio Janetro. An elaborate series of printed question were sent with the appotntment. These questions ture in the construction. armament and equipment of warshtps. torpedo boats and auxiliary vessels; besides elaborate queries concerning the defenses. facilI- ties, resources, armaments. communities tion. etc. of the ports visited, together with questions on ali the naval and racks and hospitals of the poEts and countries.
 The information required seemed al- most like taking a eensus of ti@ naval and military resources of the country. and the instructions required that ev. cry reply to the queries should be ac- companied with the authority for the reply. Intelligence officers were requir- ed to state whether the information was obtained from their own personal observations, hearsay. official &9uolica- tions or: newspaper reports; and the reliability of statements in the reports was thereby clearly shown upon the fact ok-the report. As to how to obtain the data che instructions were silent and no funds were available wnerewith to purchase publications or to defray expenses Incurred in going about to as- certain tho facts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12
MONDAY, OCTOBER IF. 1908.
DEMOCRATS SHOULD

HELP THE PARTY The Advertiser appeals earnestly to the Democrats of Alabama to come to the aid of the party's Campaign Fund. Other states are responding Iberaily. If every Democrat in the State would give q 1t would help nightly" The Advertiser, pledges itself to work un- ceasingly to secure the money.
 Let every beat in the State organ ize. Every white man in every beat should be solicited. The Advertiser will receive the money and forward 1t to the National Committee.
 The campaign fund received by The Advertiser to date is as follows: Sonn SaE,d,.11 Ks Mccain c1rncwisd.:S 'sS eS Total . .ssss.s""ss.sssss". .'SOlI. 50 Money should be sent to 'Campaign Fund. care The Advertiser" All con. tributions will be acknowledged In the paper daily.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12
This k My SEth Birthday
Arme. HeIena sIodieska.

Mime. Helena Mcdjeska, the eelebrat. ga actress who has been living in re- tirement for several years, was born n Cracow,. Poland. October f1a, iS{4. Though Polish by birth 1t may be said that her entire historic career has been identified with America Tn 1878. when she was 32 years old, she abandoned the ambition of making a great reputa- ton for herself in her rative land and with her second husband, Count Bozen- ta Chlapowski. and other Polish seek CTS Of liberty. came to the United States and founded 6 Polish colony in California. The colony proved fail gre ana the following year Mme. Mod geska returned te the stage, making her first American appearance in San Francisco. In New York she repeated her san Francisco success. Three years later she appeared in London, and before long she was hailed as one Of the foremost tragediennes known 70 the English-speaking staRe. Her tour with Booth in 1sSS-s0 is memorable. The remarkable testimonial given her in New York two years ago marked her retirement from the stage. t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12
Hearst Candidate q Hobo. Indianapolis Special to New York

Times.
 Robert Owen of Bedford. this state. nominee on the Independence party ticket for State Statistician, got the alternative in police court today or leaving the city within three hours or going to the workhouse He got a dol lar from Hearst's agent here and took the first train out of the city.
 owen has been trying to be a detec- tive for several years. having become inspired with the belief that he could detect something when Miss Sarah Schafer the Latin teacher in the Bed ford High School. was mysteriously murdered. He did not succeed at the trade and turned loafer and on more than one occasion he has been threat ened with arrest for lettering
 Last night he reported that he had been robbed in resort, and when the police investigated it developed that Hearst's man at Chicago had sent him S25 with which to come here with the petition. which is required to get his name on the ticket. He confessed he spent the money and was not robbed. and the police arrested him for loiter- ing.
 Tn the police court Hearst's agent made a plea for him, but the court ordered him out of the city, and told him If he were caught here again, he would be sent to the Workhouse. A. w. Dab of Hearst's Chicago news paper said that a new man would be selected for State Statistician.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12
CORPORATE OWNERSHIP.
IncreasInS Share of Public in Big In-
 duHtFHal Enterprises.

Increasing Share of Public in Big En-
 dustrIaI Enterprises.
 New York Globe.
 To the thoughtful man, therefore. there is great reassurance in body of figures recently compiled showing to what degree the general and unidenti- fled public is the owner of the big corporations. Ten years ago the raii- roads of this country were owned by 360,000 persons. Now they are owned by 800. 900 persons. Distribution of ownership has been at a faster pace than growth In population. Since 1904 the number of Stockholders of eleven creased from 114,400 to 1s0,000-an in- crease of fifty-seven per cent.
 The question has been often asked anxiously as to who was to own the trusts and through them the country. It is being answered. The general and unidentified public. consisting of per sons of small means, are coming more and more to be the true owners. It is quite probable that more persons now have a proprietary interest in aggre- gated industry than ever had a pro- prietary interest in ante-trust days. Now the workmen can become part ner in the business, whereas formerly 1t was practically impossible. The class of small capitalists is growing. member that in addition to direct stock ownership, 5000. 00O savings bank de- positors really own the securities car rfed in the name of their bank. and 10. 900 900 insurance policy-holders real ly own the securities carried in the name of their companies. It has been fairly demonstrated that trusts do not ed that they do not concentrate owner
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-12
ONE DANGER FROM WITHIN.
LawIessnesa Making it Impossible Flo
 Industry to Exist.

Lawlessness Making it Impossible For
 Industry to Exist.
 Wall Street Journal.
 Your republic win be as fearfulIy plundered and laid waste in the twen- tieth century as the Roman empire was in the fifth. with this dtfference. that the Huns and Vanuals who ravaged the Roman empire came from without, and that your Huns and Vandals will have been engendered within your own country and by your own institutions. --Macaulay.
 The above was Lord Macaulay's prop hecy of Americas future made half a century ago. The burning by night sdsTS % ussG sSTe by 9 coorsd peop in Georgia, and the convening of special session of the Indiana legisla- ture. for the purpose. among other ing evil, prove again that the coun- try's danger is as the eminent his torian predicted. not from without. but from within. not from the foreigner on foot, but from the native anarchist mounted on horseback with the cover ing of a coward to conceal his face.
 This new phase of the man on horseback" simply puts anaSchy arch in the the local desperado in organized form in. vading the realms of civic freedom and deprivlng the individual of the best There Is nothing ambiguous about this manifestation of lawlessness. whether 1t shows itself at the foot of the Ln- coin monument in Springfield, H., or in the tobacco belts of Lower Indiana, or in the mountains of Kentucky. or in the black belts of Georgia, or in the cotton district of Alabama.
 It means that lawlessness ana cowardice are doing their best to make 1t hopeless for capital and labor to exist. la. T.,
 But there are night riders" in might riders" in corporations who violate law, and corrupt legislatures. There are likewise night riders" in lions and IeRftimate business in Wall Street and elsewhere simply to gain votes by the methods of lawless demagogy. .., .. tury. like the vandalism of the fifth is savagery.