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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-20
SENATORS AROUSED
Discuss Plans to Bring tue White
 House to Terms.

DhsGu@@ FkaM1 70 BFhmE tue WmWe
 House to Terms.
 Washington. Special to N. Y. Times.
 Revolt was expressed in the strong est terms today In the Senate in the monopoly of Federal patronage by the White House. The revolution Is not to be one of talk <alona. Plans were outlined in executive session by which the President in the future is to be shorn of part Of his patronage. The first steps taken will concern the ap- pointment of postmasters. The scheme Is to see that hereafter these will be the men chosen by the Senators for the places, or at least that they shall not be men to whom the senators are opposed. ]
 The executive session lasted for hours and the debate Is said to have been one of the most acrid of the Sixtieth Congress. The case of Wm. H. Northup, the hold old-over-postmaster at Pensacola, has taught Senators that a new plan of campaign was needed. Northup was reappointed, rejected by the senators a year ago. but the Pres ident has kept him in office. despite the protests of the Senate, by simply falling to appoint q successor.
 The Senators now see that despite the refusal of confirmation and the "adytce and consent of the Senate become, in the opinion of the Senator's q farce. So they proposed in the exc cutive session today . plan for deteat' ing such tactics hereafter. as far as postrlasters are concerned, by includ. ing in the next Postofice appropriation bill a clause providing that holdovers under such circumstances should serve without pay. By this means Senators feel that the responsibility for failure to appoint postmaster will lie with the occupant of the White House n the President attempts to carry out his own wishes and names man tc ofiee who is personally and politically objsctionabie to the Senators from the State affected the plan Is to rejeei the nomination. The man whose pay Is stopped would quit ana the President either must satisfy the Senate in ms Appointment or shoulder the blame foi hanpering the Postofilee facilities oi | the section.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-20

rsmarkabie period Of industrial prosrsss
 the increase in raalroad consfruction ieil of sct per cent compared with the nintssn-
 And asricSiturs kept company with the
 riW THs srsstiy reduced progress in railroad
 building marked the proErsss In agriculture;
 not the pis iron. not the bank clearings
 not the bank deposits but railroad con
 struction.
 Bscanse agriculture is more intimately
 associated with. and more directly depend.
 ent upon railroads than any other indus
 sh.s upon rssssss .sss.sssen rs: rs:
 cnituss ~ns rD0e n: sfssss fsss and fsSres
 ss E p: p:pass sd rnsa:sd against prosperity by crusading asainst in- dustry. but the people will wake np af5sr .s
 2 while You cannot fool them ah or the the 'co Confidence In industrial bends and stocks
 been sr9ssa and asnss. mia Last year five railroads tn, this state
 sapsS.ss sasS wRitnn Ras sa year the common sssc of the southern Railway has fallen off I'ovsr half n vslus witnn hsvs swe ans into ths
 n-Bus But ws are told that the work of aestruc.
 ncs ssn been :s f.r ss S SS. c.ess plsdsss s ! even lower this bulwark of our ssricultural
 and ccmmerciai prosperity must pc ".
 % There has been one bite at this big cherry 1 of late. and another crunch will disccvef | the hard resisting seed. which b tns pso'
 There comes time in the history of sv.
 cry individual when he must decide whesn, ,,, 1 CT he will be bond or free--whether ne VII I be the master of his own fortune: or tne | submissive slave of adverss conditions. ss- | plneiy subnaitting to ~other wills than hts own So 1t 1t with the. people. state or | a community. A people misied is pee' | pie in bond. Their souls are h prison :. Popular revolutions such ss ws have VI. VI. l nessed in recent years, led bv denaEoguea show their fruits when the srir of cee man: l or d few men, begins to tighten and power l is concentrated h executive and bursencrAt- | ie heads. We have in Georgia bureau | making which its creator the LegislAture. Tefused to make. This E . fact signifscanss ,s : i of Inc times which ought to take hoia of the 1 conscinences of the people. Instead of re. | gaining their power the people are Iosina l if They lose when preiudices and passions are whipped ups and reason is rslegatea. We need return to sanity, and resto- 1 ration Of the fair deal which means justice l to corporate associations Of men enc square meal tosths posr. We need states l men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-20
This L My z7tk Birthday
Arehhlahop RyaA.

Most Reverend Patrick J. Ryan, Roman Catholic, archbishop of PhilA- delphia, was born February 20s 1851, near Thurles, Tipperary county, Ire- land. Until his sixteenth year he att tended e private school at Dublin. He then entered Carlow College, there he received his ecclesiastical training and was ordained sub deacon. In 1852 he left Ireland for. the United States and became connected with the archdiocese of St. Louis. At the age of twAntys one he. was appointed professor of English literature at the Carondolet Seminary and ordained deacon with the privilege of preaching in the Sls Louis Cathedral. On September 6. 1858, he was ordained priest and made assistant pastor of the cathedral, which position he filled until 1886, when he became it's rector. In fS60 he was transferred to the Annuncia. ton Church, St. Louis, where he re- nlained for twelve years, acting also during the civil war as chaplain of . military hospital and prison. He was consecrated coadjutor bishop of St. Louis in 1s72,, and while visiting Rome in 1884 was given the honorary title of r.Archbishop of Salaminia" by Pope Leo XIII. On June. S., 1884. Archbishop Ryan was removed from St. Louis to Philadelphia as successor of the late Arch bishop Wood.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-20

from their seats and off the cars would be likely to take possession of the womsn's cars; and drive them off. pniess forcs of policemen should be kept on each car. It would require something more than separate cars to make some people behave like sentie- men.
 But if this proposed arrangement can be made to work satisfactorily there can be no doubt of the good that would result. working women in large cities have their fixed hours to 60 to and from their places of em- pioynnent. and these hours are suf- ficientiy uniform to make the conges- ton terrible when the time comes to depart for their homes. As . general proposition each wants to get home as soon as possible. and as there is also likely to be much travel among the men--and many of them the kind re- ferred to by The Journai-it follows that the tired and often overwori<ed women have hard time of it on the cars. Even if all the men were dis posed to be as courteous and gentle manly as ali men should be where women are concerned the crowdins could not be avoided.
 If separate ears for the women could be provided. especially during the rush hours of the morning and evening, it would be . great relief Even though the cars might be un. comfortably crowded 1t is not to bs supposed that the women would be as brutally indifferent and selfish towards each other as the men are representet to be. Extra cars and employees would of course entail additional expense but that would be more than offset by the benefits. and by the increased patronage Of the iir ss. It Is reason. able to suppose that If these womer could have cars of their own where they would be secure from ann0yanc. and brutality of treatment more ol them would ride than now do. Ii every way the suggestion is a geot
 one and it may not be long before |
 will be adopted in the larger citiel ct least.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-20
BY REAR DOOR.
Taft Emiassrfes Now visit the Whii
 House.


 Taft Emisssries Now visit the Waite House.
 Washington. (Speclai1--At last the mystery of the apparent dearth of White House callers these days has been solved. So few statesmen have been dropping in to see the President for the past ten days or two weeks as to cause comment. It Is now learned that the politicians are going to the White House in the usual numbers, but they come and go by secret pas sages so as to escape the eyes of vigil lant reporters and correspondents thereby keeping rival politicians in the dark as to what is going OnI The secret was let out this morning when Frank P. Hitchcock, the new manager in-chief of the Taft presidential boom, was discovered mak ing his exit from a rear door of the White House.
 A big crowd of newspaper men vast ed more than an hour waiting at the main entrance for his departure. He got away without saying Q word. The Knox, Cannon, Fairbanks and other favorite son candidates are wondering who Is responsible for this new move on the part of the Taft men to get the ear of the President without let ting the fact become known.
 A strict tab is kept on the Presi' dents callers who come and go by the usual entrance, but nobody knows who has made the underground" triT and escaped without notice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-20
Political Tourn.

selma Journal.
 The people are getting little rest ress, over the junketing expeditions of the Governor and some of the state officials. It is all right for the comnais- sion to go-into different communities to ascertain the best l oca- tions for the proposed high schools; 1t is all right for them to talk education and have public meet ings but the plain everyday citizen who pays taxes does not care to know that these expeditions are assuming 6 the character of political excursions paid for by him and his fellow tax payers. Politics are closely interwoven into all state afairs, but if the Gov ernor is as smart as he is credited with being he should certainly be able to make an address on education without bringing politics into 1t. No matter how good his politics he should not talk on such occasions and no matter how sound his political doc- trines he injures the cause of education when he shows the people he Is not big enough to come In their midst to help them build schools without also trying to build political fences. School house building and political fence building cannot be carried on with tn C same tools and materials without the school houses being marred and dis fgured by the exigencies of the other part of the job.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-20
oreater Blr.alnshaaa.

Mobile Register. .
 ty-two square miles in extent, with 2 population estimated at 1so.ooo in 1910 figure which is questioned by The Beesemer Weekly as greatly exagger- ateAs Say that it is . reasonAoie es- timate, however, there will then Ds ia0,O00 people living in this area. area. Cities Of like area are Boston, VIII 4o6. GOO popuiafion; Cincipnati witn 460,000 .population; Cleveland wlLn l. S2b.000: and Los Angeles, with 2vO,' Oo0. Cities with . population approxi-
 nately equal to the estimate TOT Birmingham; are Atlanta. area ls sGiiars miles; Dayton, Ohio. n squars milesi Grand Rapids. Michigan. " square miles; Lowell Massachusetts IF sqaude miles, and New Haven. Con necticut, a square miles. London England, with population of As2S.' 06s covers 11s square miles. Btrm' ingham has one-gourth London's area and one-fortieth London's population The Birmingham Age Herold says thai the Birmingham people need room tc grow in. They have got it.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-20
AEriculture watts on Railroads.

Macon Telegraph .
 The anti-FailroAd war which culminatsd in business eonvulsion the past fall began about nineteen years ago as poIitic1I prop sgnndS It grey Witn SumsiStlxs ra ,sre EEree Ina, beginning, railroad building In America in- creased 25s per cent.
 that besinning. raiiToad- building increased
 Thsrs was a falling away of so4 per cent: in rail.osd building in the latter period
 Now. while this is true, during this latter period production of pig iron increased 2sg per cent Bank clearinga increased 225 per cent Bank deposits increased 2ss per cent But these and allied interests were not al is Agriculture. It shows that railroad building was not held back by anythine like gem eral business depression; on the contrary perity--striking an average-that the world has known It shows that railroad building Jagged far behind the advance in general business development.
 Ana here is the point
 Agriculture did not keep company in pro: gresg with pig iron. bank cIearings and bank deposits, but 1t Jagged with railroad construction during the last nineteen years prior to 1888 railroad building increased 35S per cent; that for the nineteen years after 1888, to 1901, the increase fell to 4s corn production increased 4s per cent, wheat production IT per cent. and cotton el per cent. Cotton and wheat show up . lit tie better than railroad construction be. cause of the revivificaticn of the South and because they are woFia market crops For the sake of better view let us stand these figures up in row for closer in spection.
 Progress of increase in the last nineteen years:
 Railroads. 70 per cent.
 Corn production, q per cent. Wheat production, 77 per cent. Cotton production, si per cent. Pig iron. 3se per cent.
 Bank ciearings, 225 per cent. Bank deposits. 2a9 per cent. The production of pig iron, the banl clearings and the bank deposits. taken to | eether make an unfaiiing barometer of bus | Iness progress. During the nineteen-yen | period (from 1888 to 1907) the world hai never seen its equal. But during the mos
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-20
TAR1FF TAX ON THE PRESS.
How Popular Paper Duty Enables the
 Trust to Uphold Prices. Ernra a anaNrh in fhA House by Repre-

Trust to typhoid Prices.
 From a speech in the House by Repre-
 sentative Hammond, of Minnesota.
 On January T of this year, the mar ket price of the grade of paper used by The Minneapolis Tribune was S52 a ton. Until recently that grade Of paper was purchased by The Tribune for $3s a ton. It consumes approxi- mately 5000 tons of paper per year. At sss a ton tss It's p65innt,papeF pp5n eHPsnnsss nss at the rate of s62 a ton it will be sSl2.- 900 a year, an increase of $S4,O0e q year But that Is not the end of the story. The publishers were unoi- ficially notified of g probable stlll fur ther increase of slo a ton during the
 Of course this great increase is not directly due to the imposition of tariff tax. which is, believe, thirty cents per hundred. or S6 a ton. The paper trust and the paer association know how to take advantage of a tariff rate as well as the other trusts and mono polies If a foreign competitor Is at tracted by the markets of this coun- try by the high prices obtained rom offices. and all the necessary adjunets of a permanent trade, at no inoonsider- able expense, the price of print paper will go down. With s6 Q ton advan- tage over the foreign paper, market. OSper OSp with just as iittis s4psSse seii at q profit of Sb a ton, and force the outsider, who pays 2e to enter the order to meet their price. No wonder to the control of the overcapitslizee ee companies exploiting 1t and fattenina on the high prices paid by the pur' ] chase of print paper.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-20
A DIME TO A DOLLAR.

The James R. Randall Memorial FunA.
 Retfcenco to offer its mite to q wor- xhy ana desired result, often holds back ths hand that fears competition with one better fitted.
 Hs who gives his dime to good ob- feet is doing his share with him who gives his dollars. -
 Therefore, this paper will receive any and all contributions of from Ten Cents up to One Dollar. and VIII hst 9his place for the James R. Randall Me u1oria1 Fund .
 No subscription of over s1 win be Hated here Any one desiring to give more San write directly to the editor or to 1T. O. DeLeon. Mobile.
 If any newspaper desires to aid this worthy and much-needed testimonial, ft can do so by keeping this paragraph standing at it's column head ana re- beating this note. ~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-20
THURSDAY. FnPRUAnY 20. 1908.

A prominent member of the United States Senate. remarked the other day that he considered the publicity be- ing given to various movements to amend the constitution to be about the worst sign of the times. He called att tention to the fact that there are about a half-dozen different amendments be- ing proposed to the organic law of the country, a document pronounced by GIadstone, EngIand's foremost premier, the grandest organic law of any age or any time. Each of these proposi- tions to amend the constitution repre- sents a propaganda of publicity throughout the United States. He said that while each was working for its own end, all tended to lessen the respect of the people for the funda- mental law of the land, and to hasten the day when public sentiment would would first of all amend it by making the machinery of amendment less intri- cate and less difficult of successful operation. His Idea was that those who respect the constitution in it's present form and who believe there are breakers ahead when amendments are made easy of accomplishment ought to carry on a counter campaign against amending that instrument.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-20
vVbv the steel Trust shouId Praise
 RoOaeveIt.


 Why the Steel Trust ShOuid Praise
 Roosevelt
 New orleans States.
 In New York the other evening tn an after-dinner speech Judge E. n. Gary. chairman of the governing board of the United States Steel Corporation expressed the opinion that the policies of the Roosevelt administraton ss nas holding positions of large, responsien- flies. "f know" he said, that the reiteration of the often-statsd Prin.ciS; ples of the President P or tne n1 sSc sesI. ing of responsibility toward the Stockholders represent towers our competitors toward Dua5 nS that our relations have been improved I don't hesitate to make this state- n1ent" = .hs x,.,s,sb. lican newspapers are applauding Judge Cary's remarks as "a splendid trtouts fo fhe President." But why should not the Steel Trust pay tribute to Pres hSsn in inc White House he has used the power, and influence of his great office against every movement iooklns to a reduction of the enormous duties DingIey tariff, which have been de. nounced by not a few distingulsned members of his own party, and .wnlcn were recently described by one or hSnni s ] Steel st Trust sto pick the pockets Of the 'eYi If is also we'll to remember that in the presidential campaign of l9O5 Ihe | iron and steel interests of the Pitts burg district alone paid anoth CT "splen- | did tribute'' to the President by con tribnting s5oO.OoO to his campaigsr l Mr Rrvan took occasion discussing the tar tariff question to show that the, steel combine which the President classei as one of the benehcient trusts. pale | SIs4' GOO 900 in net earnings, Ins wares of the lnfant industry, saic MT. Bryan amounted to si per cen cen, of its value and the tarin was sw.Ss rfs | SeIdix dacijnes to reduce the tariff"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-20

A negro over in Columbus drank a glass of ginger ale and followed 1t with liberal drink of beer--prohibi- ton beer. we suppose 1t was--and the combination made him so drunk that he went home and tried to Kill his wife with . stick of wood. Some com binations gre too much. even for a darkey who has just been shut off from his accustomed consolation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-20
TELLS THE TALE.
Of Great Falling off h HaiirOaA
 Busimess. f

os Great Falling off h Railroad
 Business.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. .,
 The January, 1908, report of the az. AaS bama Car Service Association was maas public yesterday at noon. The Eepe9tt Eepy9ft shows that during January the Ia III roads of the state handled ,e4o cars'
 The number of ears handled In saSsr Jansr ary is an increase over the numneI handled in December last year tne number handled last December was 44.- 715 cars. The number handled In Janu- ary this year, however. Is a much smaller number than the number oI cars handled in January. 1906 Ine number handled that month was To- 02I. That month, however. was an e1- ceptionaI month la the history Of tne association. .ns cers of the association as an tndicauon of the gradual increase in business toward the normal figure. The as sociation notes that business among the railroads is showing an improve ment, and expects that with the re- suming of business on the part or tne furnaces and other industrial plants the district win continue to hum as in months past.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-20

The statement that the journal of General zsbuion Pike. giving an ac- count of his. explorations. something more than 6 century ago, has been found. is interesting if true. The manuscript was taken from him by some Mexicans who captured him, so 1t is stated. and have only just been found. This journal is said to shed much light on General Pike's travels in the west. .l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-20
Congressman sulzer has bili bsfo,

Congressman suizer has bill before Congress to make Lincoin's birthday a national holiday. Of course Congress can enact such law but it can only be enforced in any State by or through the action of the State authority. We can see no reason whatever for such law. nor do we know of any reason why the Southern people should ob- serve the day. -sa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-20
southern- Cotton AEIIIs.

Huntsville Democrat.
 zens that Mir. J. ,. Bradley, the pro- gressive agent of the Merrtmac Manu- featuring Company, says that the cot ton mills of the south are In a better condition than those in Lowell. Mass, where he recently spent ten days Lowell mills are running on half time, only, and the mills in this section are running on full time and the financial as fn the East
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-20

If by any chance you should be called on to visit Houston. Texas, and stop off at restaurant let your first order be for stewed possum-tail and raw onions. We believe that is the fashionable dish in Houston.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-20
This Dote tn flistOry
FEBRUARY %.

i544--Diet of Spires opened. 1647--CoronRticn of Edward Ni'' l716-David Garrick. English ac' tor. born. Died Jan. 20, 177e.
 I7ls-Brussels taken by Marshal i7s1-congress appointed Robert Morris superintendent of finance.
 teiO.-Andreas Hofer, the Turolese pa triot, shot by the French. .. 1S67-Princess Royal Duchess oi Fife) born.
 Egypt, born. tff0 sA3
 isSs--court of Inquiry begun it's investigation into the allowing up oi the baftleship Maine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-20

We saw in Virginia paper a news item headed "oyster confab." and won- dered if the traditional dumb bivalve had broken silence. but further read ing showed that it was the owners of oyster beds who were going to com fabulate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-20

Judging by the general weather pre- vailing since Candlemas Day the ground-hog acted wisely in going back into his hole. He may consider him. self fortunate if he doesn't have to make another dive for shelter when his present probation ends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-20
An Emergency Measure.

What is before the country is the choice between an emergency measure that will really meet panic conditions. and the old trust in God that the right man shall be at the head of the Treas,
 liry, that strong enough leaders snail always appear In the banking com, largely exceed our imports, and that the government shagf have a large sur plus available for deposits. We snouio not be left at the mercy of any or these oontinRencies
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-20

JAP.A-LAC is household necessity. and can be used in a hundred and one ways. from "celiar to garrett" and Is especially adopted to furnishing old or new floors and woodwork. Ask your paint dealer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-20

The Columbia State complains that the city has been remarkably windy for two or three days. but The State certainly doesn't read The Houston Post when it talks of windy Columbia.