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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12
WHY NoTs

Noting the rapid strides towards centralization and autocracy during late years Congressman DeArmond of Missouri. proposes that the Constitu- ton of the Unified States be changed "to conform to the doctrines of rabid reformers," as he puts 1t. Commenting on this suggestion The Kansas City Journal says:
 The hope of the patriotic people of this country rested in the possibility burning out in order that the ascend ancy of law and justice might be re- stored There have been indications that patriotism was being revived m iR being seriously retarded by men of the LaFolletta and DeArnond stripe. To such men the constitution of the United States is archaic and hamper should not 1t be abolished. or. at least, reconstructed according to the view of a few ambitious spoilsmen? The pro- of the muckrakars. the socialists and all the other confiscatcrs of private property.
 We think The Journal does DeAr- mond injustice. for we do not under stand that he made this proposition seriously, but sarcastically in view of the course pursued or attempted by some who stand in high places. We've little doubt, however. that some of the ''reformers" would be glad to have all constitutional bars taken out of their way, so that they might legisiate and construe everything to suit their own advanced ideas of government.
 Whats a little thing like the Com stitution between friends?" once asked a certain American statesman. and there are many who think that instru- ment should not be considered when 1t stands in the way of the accomplish . ment of their desires. Fortunately for the country we still have courts to curb cranks and fanatics. and to hold lawmakers down when they would otherwise go wild and wipe out consti- tutional government forever. There are many who would be glad to take ,DeArmond seriously and carry out his sarcastic suggestion. Some of these are in high positions and some others would like to be. The hope of the country lies with those who insist on sticking to the old landmarks and re- fuse to be led astray by charlatans and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12
NOT rnn MAN.

Ii is hinted around that Mr. Roose- welt. when he has finished his present jeb. wants to be made chief engineer of the Panama Canal. weil. in that case the country would have the satis- faction of knowing that matters could not be much worse than they have been heretofore and might be better. We think, though that some of our contemporaries make wide mistake. in speaking of 1t when they claim that he would be an ideal man to take en- tire charge of the work. for that, in our judgment is just what he would not be.
 Tn the first place, we are not aware that Roosevelt possesses the reputation of being a good civil engineer. So far as we are informed be is not specially ntted by education. training or expe- rience to fill the place of chief engi- neer of the most stupendous undertak- ing of modern times, It Is work which might well tax the brain of the most competent engineer on earth, and to put the management In Incompetent hands is to invite disaster and failure. We have had enough of bungiing. it would seem, and there Is no need to invite more.
 It is no reflection on MT. Roosevelt to say that he is not the man for such a position. Aside from his lack of training and experience. his tempera- ment is of the kind that should render him wholly unit for the position. He has such a way of going at things blindly and tempestuously. and with out proper reflection and calculation. that he would be almost sure to bun gle this job from the very start. His admirers are fond of referring to him as the man who does things" but this is not all that would be required of him in the position referred to-. What is needed is a man who knows how to do things. and who will not try experiments or make ventures; a man who will first know what is to he done and how 1t ought to be done be- fore he goes to work. In short, the chief engineer of the canal job should be a man very different from Roose- welt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12

personally. A Judge Is held te justify his opinion by giving the law Tor it. A statute IS merely a minor form or expression ef the popular will. just as the Constitution IS the highest form Any man would appeal to the consti- tution as his protection against an un- iust stature.
 But the protection of personal and corporate rights h the same. and one cannot be invaded without endangcr- ,hx the other. otherwise fbere would be two popular wills. And If II vera possible that there should be popular will not expressed In the Constitution It would necessarily be a mere pass Ing whim. since It could not pretend to adopted upon the fullest consideration, and with every solemnity and precau- ton. Whatever the ccnstitution de- clares to be a right. either of person or property. is the fullest and truest ex- pression of the popular will. Who- sver combats thls Is the enemy not only of the Constitution, but of popular government. No suitor lays himself open to blame by invoking the consti- make himself obnoxious to criticism by expoundlng the Constitution. Whe- aver wcakens the defenses af corporate rights imperils his own home and lth- erty. These things were said when the laws were pending, and by none were they better expressed than by Presi- dent Finley of the Southern Railroad. but such was the bitterness of the anti, railway campalgn. that they carried less weight than they deserved. The country cannot afford at this time of Socialist agitation to have these safe kuards of true popular government be- come undermined. s@
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12

and calling out to them as they enter: Hats off or stay out" for that Is about what It will amount to in prsc- tice. The argument that this innova- tion will make the church more popu- lar and increase larger attendance is failacious one in our judgment; at least so far as the female portion is concerned. We do not believe they will be pleased If an attempt is made to enforce the regulations. It is all well enough to remove the hat at the theatre. the concert hall or the lecture room but the church is different. and enforced removal of hats will not be popular. we predict.
 Another innovation proposed by this Columbus tabernacle Is more reason- able and Is likely to be more popular. It is proposed to have a roomy hall In the back portion of the building, with where the mothers can leave their ba- bies during the services with the assu- rance that they will be we'll cared for. This. we say. is more reasonable and is lik ely to be more popular. for it will remove one of the obstacles to church going on the part of mothers. Many good woman does not wish to stay away from church and Is not willing to leave her baby at home. If she takes it with her 1t may cry and dis turh the congregation and the services or else force her to leave the church with it. If she can feel assured that it will be properly cared for and ere ate no disturbance she will attend the services. So we feel assured that the baby program will be approved. but as for the hat part of it we have doubts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12

Tn voting by a decisive majority for licensed saloons the city of Hartford. Conn. adopted what many thoughtful people look on as the best method of dealing with an ever-present problem. The best informed and most thought ful people of the city realized that to abolish saloons would not abolish the use of liquors. but would merely sub stitute illegal for legal drinking. They reasoned from observation and know edge of human nature.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12
Tais Ls Ny ZSth Brthday
Bishop Grafton.

The Rt. Rev. Charles c. Grafton. Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal dio- cese of Fond du Lac. was born In Bos- ton, April 12, 1880. He graduated from Harvard University and later studied at Oxford University in England. While in England he founded the Episcopal brotherhood called the Gowley Broth CTS, described in Hall Gaines story of "The Christian" Tn 1888 he became rector of the Church of the Advent in Boston. He established also the Sis- terhood of the Holy Nativity whose Mother House is at Fond du Lae. In 1883 he became Bishop of Fond du Lac. and during the nineteen years he has held the bish opric he has established q churches and missions all over North eru Wisconsin. He has been especial ly active among the French. Norwe. gians, Swedes. Indians and other nA- tionalities working In the, lumber and mining camps In Northern Wisconsin. Bishop Grafton is one of the few Epls- copal clergymen in America who wear the clerical garb as 1t Is worn by churchmen in England.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12

It is whispered around that there Is an effort to conclude what we may call harmony deal between the Taft and Foraker factions in Ohio. and We see no reason to look on it as improbable. Foraker knows he stands no chance for the presidency and Taft needs the harmonious support of Ohio. so a deal that will satisfy all parties may be concluded before long. That there will be something in 1t for both goes with put saying.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12
Another View as to Low Price of
 Cottem.
Mobile Register.

Mobile Register.
 pr. R. V. Powers one of the biggest raises between a.5oo and s.oo0 bales an- nually. has been interviewed by The Times Democrat on tho subject of the recent enactment in hls State against trading. in cotton futures. In the ket should be booming at this time somewhere between l2 and IS cents for middling, because of insufiicient supply and large requirement., and he attrtb- ntes the low prices to the mistakes of Southern Legislatures in passing "un- commercial and non-economie trading laws under the misguided belief that such laws as the Mayfield bill of Texas, the Boddie bill of Mississippi and the Boykin bill of Georgia are anti-bucket prohibit gambling" The Mississip- plan, in addition to the cotton he raises buys up some 2,000 bales a year from his tenants, and 1t is conceded that he knows what he is taking about. He, is and business men of the State who res gret the passage of the Boddie law and who have already experienced it's harm in depressing prices Br. Powers is the pioneer in suggesting movement among cotton raisers throughout the South for the repeal of the laws that have done injury and the enactment in their stead of practical and effective legislation which will attain the end sought without injuring cotton trading, Other interests have acted in reauesf- Ing national enquiry into cotton trad ing so that evils may be eradicated and the good remain. and the sugges- ton of pr. Powers brings the farmers long and practical experience ilis. opin- lon Is of far greater value than the knowledge open to legislatures based for the most part on theory. *'s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12
PRICE OF THREAD FALLS.

Price Has Now Dropped to Five Cents
 a Spool. New York Special to New Orleans
 Times Democrat.
 The price. of thread has fallen back to five cents and 1t Is going still lower, 1t is believed. During the era of high prices the price was up to seven and eight cents a spool. and as late as September of last year the prediction was made that the trust would raise 1t to ten cents. The Thread Agency and the Spool Cotton Company, the big selling factors for the thread trust, held up prices all winter and up to March 3, when a reduction of five per cent was promulgated on two, three, four and six-cord threads. The latter is the domestic grade.
 The dry goods district has a report today that still further reductions in prices are to be made. To offset the cut in prices, the thread trust reduced the yaFdage of some of the coarser grades, known as Nos s to 20, from goo yards a spool to 150 yards.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12

Howard Gould. whose wife recently left him. or he left her. or they both left, is telling tales out of school He avows that his wife was accustomed each day to drink quart of brandy as a steady bracer. interiarding it with champagne and other wines with oc- casional cocktails on the side. If Howard is to be believed the woman must have been real fond of booze.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12
This Date in History
Anrii IT.

1777--Henry Clay. American states man. born in Virginia. Died in Wash ington, D. C., June 90. 1852. of the United States. disd. Born i73s.
 fa2f--Samuei e. Arnold. historian. born. Died February 12, 1880.
 i6z6--Aniline discovered by URynE- dorben among the products of distilla- ton of indigo.
 issi- General 0renvilie M. Dodge born In Danyeps Mass
 1ses-union flag hoisted at Fort Sumter.
 meet surgeon to Admiral Farragut. died In Philadelphia. Born In Lancaster. Pa, April 25, 1sfo
 iss6--Thaddeus Fairbanks, scale in- ventor. died. Born January 17. 179s.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12
The Popular win.

New 1ork Times.
 The Supreme Courts decision in the North Carolina and Minnesota cases already are bearing fruits as their principles are applied. Circuit Judge Pearce, in Alabama. has annulled the triple damage act. District Judge Calhoun. in Texas. has annulled a State Comm ission order regarding ac- counts, because 1t was too Arbitrary, and also conficted with the Interstate Commerce Commissions order. And temporary injunction which was the This is perhaps the most significant of the three fresh cases, because this opinion was written before the Su- preme Courts. and yet anticipates the reasoning of the higher court. Tn this Judges opinion. Life would be intol- Arable in any government claiming to be at all free wherein the citizen had no redress against wrongs done by of- ficials in the name of the State"
 It is only In the loosest way of speaking that these and similar decls- Ions can be said to be the Judges de- cisions. They are the peoples decis- Ions and orders. made in anticipation of the cases which have arisen. This point Is worth insisting upon at a time when there Is such restlessness against authority, and when criticism of decisions claimed to be unpopular declare hem to be rendered aecordin g to personal opinion, or even in usur- patton of auth ority. Never, theoretl- cally. and with fewest exceptions as ma tier of fact do Judges condemn n statutes because they disapprove them
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12
WHAT WILL HAPPEN
When American Protection is Wtth-
 drawn from Cubar

When American Proteetion Is With
 drawn from Cubag New York Evening Post.
 Governor Magoon has followed up his removal of the six Cuban provin- cial governors and his appointment ot six army officers to their places by of- fering to install Cubans if all parties will agree on worthy men. This they are not likely to do. The erstwhile Liberal insurgents are now as jealous of one another as they were of Palma's government, and the Cubans of charac- ter and wealth and responsibility re- fuse in most cases to take part in pol tiles or government. Tbfs is partly due to their unwillingness to associate with the Cubans who now loom large as candidates and leaders. and partly to the absence of real patriotism among them. In this they are not dif- ferent from many Americans who look down on politicians, hut will not enter politics lest they or thoir business sui Is ominous, in view of Mr. Roosevelt's determinati ion to withdraw the troops as early as February l. 1909. If satis- factory provincial governors are not available now. can there be supplied satisfactory governors. congressman heads of departments, and presidents within tine next ten months? Inciden- tally. this event will revive the dis cussIon as to whether so small an is- land. with only l. goo 000 inhabitants, needs subdivision Into six provinces, and whether the resulting costly pro- vincial government haS any value be- yond providing more ofi9es for vora- cious politicians.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12
pansover sn New YoElk.

K0M8UBGE
 The Passover festival win be cels- br&ted by fhe Jsws this year in the week beginning April IS. Every year the people who are too, poor to provide themselves with unleavensd bread ana other food articles which are used m Pa ssover time are taken care of In that York. The calls upon them will be greater this year than ever before and several societies have been formed te help those who would otherwise be compelled to break the festival laws One organization hae made provision for the distribution Of 10000 pounds Of uuleavened bread, 5000 pounds of eefs fee, 5000 pounds of sugar. s,eoe pounds If Passover flour, which Is made by grinding the unieavened bread. and for large quantities of unfermented wine and Passover delicacies for invalids and eonvalescente.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12
Judge Jones on States Rights. L h. d.Al EI In

3 3HAAdoClPulA 4uAuttGAs
 Last fall Judge Jones of the Federal District Court of Alabama was about the most unpopular man in the South. He had taken the ground that when the Constitution said that interstate commerce should be under the control of Congress 1t meant what 1t sad and that 1t was not possible for a State to set up its authority above that of the nation. The circumstances were pecu- liar in that Judge Jones had fought for the Confederacy. had been Democratic Governor of his own State and was not, therefore, sectionally biased In his views. When he handed down his injunction forbidding the State author ities from interfering with interstate commerce and holding that the laws as to passenger and freight rates were simply prescriptiYe, he was considered an enemy to the South and a foe to the people in general. .-
 The whole situation reverted to the Supreme Court of the United States on the important questions of constitu- tionality, but in the meantime Judge Jo%n 5oRss ar SRns2o, SRnSP epinien was in type at the ting the renedered its decisions in the various fact to And that the court was Gilsni. nous save for a single exception.' ana that of a Southern Republican, while that Of the higher court in every de- tail that 1t is remarkable and most satisfactory.
 Apparently the matter has gotten be: yond the borders Of sectionaItsm or of partisanship. It seems now pretty well settled that. a state has power to regulate its own affairs only when hey are purely local. It Is not local affair to regulate rates for goods which come from other States or to say that passengers coming from outside points shall pay such and such fares. Inter woven with his Idea is that principle which the Anglo Saxon has made mo- table in the civilized world, that you may not take private property with out compensation. that you may not ruin a corporation simply to pander to the sociaiistic or economic views Of a few people.
 If Judge Jones had opposed the, su- preme Court or f the matter had been beer ly different grounds, we should have felt uneasy, As 1t is. the decisions | North and South are in favor of the fun damental principles of life. liberty and prosperity. On these the nation was founded. and when they are over | turned We may expect a lot of trouble
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12

Replying to our suggestion that what the President needs worst of all is a balance-wheel The Columbus En- quirer-sun doubts if that would do any good. because such a wheel would be forced to work over time. Well. so much the better. for then 1t might be able to hold him steady.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12

We fail to see why there should be any hare-ups over the announcement that Evelyn Thaw is going to write q book. Worse people than she are to be found among modern authors and some of their books are popular.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12
Some More Talk Abut the "sTareh
 HaFe.S

AShvillA Aegis.
 The Montgomery Advertiser got into q muddie the other day In quoting the old jibe about the cranky March hare. AS The Aegis often finds use for this apt illustration of the pranks Of some politicians. and as the expression Is more classical and less vulgar if not so emphatic than the "damphool" defnt- ton given to 1t by late author in his Hubstltution of the last characteriza- ton for 1t, we are real glad The Ad- vertiser came out on top as 1t usually does. Doesticks "damphool" may ex- press the truth more correctly as more emphatically in characterizing the Co., mer Legislature. for instance, but it would be more consistent with our ad- vaneed moral refinement to adopt the figure of the March hare in defining the pranks of the body, reserving the more emphatic distinction "damphool" for the most conspicuous lndividualities in that legislative drama of folly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12

A contemporary wants to know why some foreign nobleman doesn't marry Evelyn and take her away. The req son is that she hasn't enough millions to tempt one of that sort.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12

The Republicans of Hartford, Conn, elected their candidate for Mayor, but 1t was by a close shave. His majority was 352 out of a total vote of 14,s57 and that is little too close for conn fort.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12

The Republicans won out in Chicago last Tuesday and the Democrats did the same in Kansas City We have really
 forgotten what effect these results will have on the Presidential election.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12

London Punch tells us that "an ap- pie q day keeps the doctor away" but we are left in doubt as to whether the apple is to be eaten or thrown at the doctor. Tn the latter case, if apples are scarce why not try a hmon?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12
eRoRN CIRcuLATIoN.

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees It's advertisers (and makes tt Q part or the contract when requested) that its daily eff circulation is larger than that of any morn. ing newspaper printed in Alabsma-ana that it's Sunday edition has the largest eir- eulatien of any edition Of any newspaper printed in Aiabama without exception.
 The figures for March printed below rep- resent the actual net circulation. all rs- turns having been deducted
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12

Race track gambling and dealing in futures may be suppressed by law but most people will hall from Missouri until they see 1t done.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12

How many clothes must women have?" asks a contemporary. We'll at a rough guess we should say as many a they want and can afford.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12
ahockinr Precoclty.

"vvhat is the result" asked the teacher of the primary class in arith- metic, when you put two and two to.
 "A kith,'' llspsd the curly headed little girl in the front row. 7.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12

We don't know that Howard Gould has any right to chunk bricks at sis ter Anna on the marriage question.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12
f,h,ef Rerouvnenaatton.

Mrs, Slmpkins-"HVw do you like your new boarding houseT"
 MT. Jobkins--"Oh,, the rooms are fair, the table Is only toIerabie-but the gossip is excelient."--Clevelan Leader.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12
ahntn un and pewn.

Yonkers Statesman.
 Yeast--"When a house burns down, 1t burns ups doesn't -ttT &
 Crimeonbeak--"Yea; and when q shops shuts up 1t shuts down, doesnt S,S- -f
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12

Delaware instruets for Taft and that helps the big man some. for we are assured that every little helps.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12
Fatal st All Ranges.

Atlanta Georgian.
 The noiseless politician has long been in business--and he is about the deadiiest of the bunch, too.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12

Phila dslpi1ia Public Ledsef In asserting that there is not art In this country, Professor Zueblin Sights
 the spring hat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12
Riches Not Everything.
A NTnmterusen@.

ProVidence JournAI.
 Riches and domestic felicity are not terms.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-12
Mrs. Rosa Becker has been appoint-

Mrs Rosa Becker has been appoint ed claim agent and United States pen . sion attorney for Missouri. She has been we'll known business woman in St Louis for a number of years, being both notary public and an insurance agent. As young woman. she was known in her section of the country for the assistance which she rendered Federal soldiers during the civil war.