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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-18
TIme to Turn I,Ooae .
York Evening Post.

New York Evening Post.
 With Secretary Taft's announcement that Cuba will again be turned over to her own duly elected officials in 1909. no ono can quarrel. Americans have every reason to be proud of this epi- sode in our own and in Cuba's history. Officials and troops have won golden opinions, particularly Governor Ma fsoon, and the national good faith has been maintained fin word and deed. Moreover. the island is tranquil and prosperous, with @ handsome surplus in the treasury. If Cuba could only produce the men capable of taking over the government and running 1t well for a few years, the republic would be firmly established. But there Is the rub. What the hour calls for is q Dias, but there Is none in sight. As Governor Magoon points out, not one of the candidates has the force of character necessary to make success of the Presidency and to maintain the government when the American troops are with drawn. Eeverth eless, Cover nor Magoon and Mir. Taft are quite ready to turn over the island a year from next spring and to let the issue be what it may Tn this they are wise. If the right man is to be had in Cuba. if the partisans are ready to sink per- sonai considerations and unite in pat riotic effort to establish a stable gov ernment. they can as we'll oo SO in 1908 and 1909 as in 1910 and 1911.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-18
EXTENSIVE COSTUMES First Comes the Alleged Jewel Studded


 The Queen of Siam is the possessor of the most costly dress owned by any woman in the world. according to writer in Berlin newspaper. 1t Is a silken robe of state in which the fabric Is entirely hidden under an embroidery of diamonds. emeralds, rubies and sap Dhires. A rough estimate of the value of the garment is about $5.000.000.
 Next in value to the costume is one owned by one of the Czar's sisters. enia-Alexandrovna, the wife of the Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovitch !. It is a traditional Russian national dress, but is embroidered from the points of the three-horned cap down to the toes of the shoes with precious stones.
 The cap and bodice are covered with jewels. The weight of the rig Is so great that 1t is almost unwearabIe.
 Among the dresses in the tens or thousands of dollars Is said to be one made entirely of Brussels lace and pearls and owned by an American wo- man. The fichu alone is appraised at S20oO0 or about 200 times It's weight in gold.
 Then there is a Russian princess who owns a fortune in the shape of a siI- yer fox pelisse. The collar alone cost S2 500, and the whole garment is de- scribed as worth its weight in gold
 The widow of Ii Hung Chang Is also rich in furs. She has 800 fur gar tnents of every description, some Of them of enormous value, .i
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-18
SEES ONLY PEACE.
Delegate to the Hague Conference on
 the Outlook ;.

Delegate to the Hague Conference on Washington Post.
 There is no reason to fear a clash be- tween America and Japan, according to Edwin D. Mead of Boston. Vice. Presi- dent of the Amerinan Peace Society and delegate to The Hague conference. Mir. Mead took issue with Justice Harlan for his naval speech at the New Will lard Tn his address before the Uni- vsfBity Club he said:
 The respect in which we are held by the other nations of the world Is not measured by our physical prowess and our ability to create and maintain eff1- cient navies and armies. Mir. Choate and his colleagues were Represented and yielded influence at The Hague precisely in proportion to the power and reason of their arguments--which were great"
 MT. Mead reviewed in a comprehen- sive manner, the last Hague conference. Many severe things" he said, have been said of the conference. It has been termed a monumental joke, a hasco. But these characterizations are all untrue"
 Mir, Mead declared that an inter- change of visits. closing with a con- itoFs and the same number of Ameri- can newspaper men, would be an ex- cellent diplomatic coup, and that both nations would gain thereby.
 The selection of the Czar to convoke the next peace conference was, he said a most unfortunate move, as one of the prerogatives of that office Is the right to appoint the presiding officer. The last conference was presided over by A Russian, whose opening speech acted as a damper on the proceedings.
 The animosity between England and Germany," the speaker said, "also ham dicapped our progress."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-18

CTS already on the rolls and who were receiving less than si2 q month have applied for the increase which the new law grants, but all save . compara- lively few of the men who served their country and who either do not need or do not want the money. have aeciined to ask for It,
 There is some sentiment even in of- fcialdom The pension once author tiles are willing to say that the dis. inclination of former soldiers to ask for pensions the Government is willing to give them. is a sign of hieher kind of patriotism. There are men now on the pension rollss and who draM regularly their share of Uncle Sam.s money, who spend more than their monthly allowance in cigars. In other words. 1t is known that many rich men who have no earthly use for. the money are getting their pension checks regu. Iariy. It is something to know that there is an army of men, probably composed of rich and poor together. which does not care to pront py s ,ne fact that once 1t served under the nas in the field.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-18
How Bryan's Money Comes lrlnRfiAld RAnnhlican

AG40 ASCPuDilChHs
 William Jennings Bryan is the hest paid lecturer in the United States re- celvlng more money for his Iecturas and writings than President Roosevelt gets TOT his; Details are not wanting to manages MT Bryan's lecture tours as serts that he filled 175 dates in 1907 ana that his receipts for the season yielded more than $500 for each an pearances or total of $52,5OO There cap be no sort of doubt that Mir. Rrvan stands at the head of the platforna speakers of today for the size of hJs audiences, for the receipts at the box oInce. ana Tor the demands for his ap- pearance. Here are the details as set forth by the Secretary of the bureau which directs MT. Bryan's movements:
 MT Bryan's regular charge at Chan. tauquas IS the first $250 taken at the sats ana half of all the receipts above $500, not including season tickets. He IS the only man who can make such a liberal contract. For evening lecturas Tn course his charge is $200 cash as q guarantee and half of all the receipts at the door. For single evening Iec- lures, not in regular course, he asks half of the gross receipts. Re starta5 out on January last and spoke aInost every day until September 10. frequent. " twice day. In addition to these he has made a large number of nnIift' cal speeches. Thus the man who is booked for another presidential nouois nation mas been able to perform what had been deemed impossible-the rae vival of the palmiest days of the oId lecture system. This is done, however only in his own person, for no one aIse begins to rival this star of the lectuSe platform When to the income inns received be added the returns from Sr Bryan's Commoner, and from his exten. slve agricultural operations, 1t will ba understood how far MT. Bryan iS In1oS oe pendent of Wall Street. He is n rich man. put scarcely now to be regarded as a "malefactor." "eu
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-18

There's a well-known principle of the civil service says The New Haven Register. which, nationally, seems in some marked instances to be just now honored in the breach rather than fin the observance. It Is the principle that a man holding a Federal office shouldn't be openly hustling for another, either on behalf Of himself or somebody else" Then The Register mentions Hitchcock, Cannon, Taft, and Cortelyou. and only refrains from mentioning Fairbanks because it thinks the Fairbanks boom. like the baby in ''Midshipman Easy" is such little one. Of Taft. it says: elf he were a postmaster who wanted to be collector of the port. he would be brought up with a round turn"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-18
IMPROVING OCEAN TRAVEL.

One of the disadvantages and dis comforts of ocean travel. and one of the objections to crossing the ocean, espe- cially among. the rich and fashionable, Is the monotony of the voyage, and the absence of the many sources Of amuse- ment and interest open to the well-to- do denizens Of the large cities. No shopping. no dress-making establish meIits. no jewelry stores no theatres in short, they are for a short time cut off from many of the things they are accustomed to and the absence of which is keenly felt.
 It is quite true that on the finest ocean liners there are many of the luxuries as we'll as the comforts and conveniences of the best home life. but still there is much lacking, and now we are told that all this is shortly Co be remedied. The best class of passe l- ger ships are to be so thoroughly fitted and equipped that life on one of them will be very little different from life in fashionable New York. Berlin. Paris
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-18
A LnAnNEp yUDcE.

For some days we have been endeav- bring to get at the meat, so to speak. of decision recently handed down by Ia Michigan Judge. Tn some way--ws do not now recall tho particulars--the question of sausage was before him.
 and the vital point of his decision was that sausage must be meat and that the addition of cereals or water was . violation of the pure food laws. Tt is refreshing says The Kansas City
 Journal ''to set hold of . decision that
 really decides and that decides in the
 plain. eolleagial terms of every day, Nothing could be iess ambiguous thaa the judicial pronoucement that saul sage should be meat. Tn sense. it is . breakfast food. but the judge did not employ this undignified and extraneous quip. Nor did he draw the line with undue severity and contend that saul sage should be hog meat. He took his stand on the broad. safe and ernsnently sane ground that sausage should vs meat. As the judges nafne is wiest, he Is evidently substantial. level headed Teuton. who knows what saul sage is and what 1t is not. what it
 should be and what 1t often isn't"
 Notwithstanding the satisfaction of The Journal. we are not entirely at ease about this matter. We agree with the learned jurist that sausages should be meat and we go further and hold that they should be composed of the meat of hogs. When we buy the article we don't know what we are getting, not every time. We have the word of Longfellow that things are not what they seern," and he may have referred to, sausage for anything we know to the contrary, for some of it. as old David said to himself, is "fesrfuily ana won- derfuIiy made" and there are times when we are in doubt as to the nature of the animal from which the meat is taken. saiil. we agree with the judge that sausages should be meat--that is, principally.
 But what we do not exactly catch onto is the judgfs prOnouncement against cereals and water; though as to the former 1t is not so bad 1t is possible that the specimen upon which the suit was founded was composed bf a little meat and good deal of bran, meal. or something of the kind. in which case it deserved condemnation. But how, we should like to be told, can sausage be made without having some water in it? Would not tic meat be as dry and harsh as cracked corn and about as palatable. we should say. However that may be, we agree with the judge that sausage should be meat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-18
Playing Both Ends.

GadS0en journal
 This has been our argument and prophecy ever since the anti corporate crusade was first inaugurated. You cannot regulate an industrial proposf- ton at both ends. There must be some latitude, one way or the other. When you fix by legislation the. income and expense of any enterprise you simply kill it, for men will not engage their capital and brains in a venture over which they have no control. Patriot ism does not demand that they should and common sense forbids, All enter prises present a constant struggle to keep the cost of production and the value of the product sufficiently wide apart to provide for all contingencies and leave a safe margin of profit for the capital employed-a sufficient mar gin to induce capital to seek such en- terpYfses as an investment. There must be fair probability of gain. When by legislation You seek to limit this mar gin to, merely a legal rate of interest on the investment provided all adverse. contingencies are eliminated. and put those who conduct the enterprises in position where they must keep adverse conditions at the minimum you rob the enterprise of opportunity and remove every incentive for men to engage therein.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-18
rHn coNsuMnn FArs norH.

The Oregon Wool Growers Associa- ton is praying Congress to pass a law requiring manufacturers .to. designate the percentage of wool. cotton and shoddy in their goods" The memorial was referred to the House Committee on Agriculture, and probably nothing more will be heard of 1t. Similar bills have been introduced before and promptly smothered at the instance of the manufacturers for whose benefit the tarif is levied. As The Philadelphia Record says: "Yet why should not the manufacturers of woolen fabrics be required to designate the percentage of cotton. shoddy and other aduItsrants in their goods. since like requirements are enforced upon the manufacturers of articles of foed and drink? There is. in fact, more cunning fraud upon both the pockets and health of the American people in the >adulterations of woolen stuffs for clothing and blankets than in many of the other adulterants against which partial laws denounce the severest penalties. The census re- turns showing the enormous use of cot ton and shoddy in the manufacture of woolens partially betray the extent ot this class of sophistications."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-18

The Richmond Times Dispatch refers to the extreme and unreasonable Fin nish prohibition law recently adopted. and says:
 There Is a tendency in this country to push prohibition 10 the same absurd of the present movement. Tn the gn- terest of temperance, The Tfmes-Dis- patch gives warning. The Government decided. to regulate or prohibit the liquor traffie, but there it's right ends in a republic like ours. It has not and wherever the prohibitionists of this trespass upon personal liberty, they strong % ma and resistless itlesn as seaeN5 that Wb,sS moved our forefathers to throw off the yoke of British oppression. v.
 In speaking of drastic legislation, we have sometimes referred to the famous laws of Draco. which were so severe and unjust that they could not be en- forced and were finally allowed to fall into total disuse because neither public sentiment nor the courts would enforce them. From the statements we have seen this recent prohibition law of Fin land Ia distinctly Draconian in some of its features. It hot only prohibits all trafiic' in liquors. as we'll as its trans portation in any way, but imposes heavy penalties on the possession or use of liquor by individuals. Even the use of wine for sacramentaI purposes comes under the same ban. The law not only closes saloons, breweries and dis tillsries. but seeks to Invade the church as we'll as the home.
 There are overzealous advocates of prohibition in this country who would have recommendation State and municipal--so as far as the Finnish law-malxsrs have gone. and therein lies one of the dangers to their cause. If they seek to so beyond the limits of
 reason, they will fail to accomplish what might be a real good. Govern ment. as our Richmond contemporary says, may prohibit the manufacture of all forms of intoxicants, and may also prohibit every form of trafic in them, but sveh government has no right to invade the home and place a ban on the actions of the individual in his own castle. To undertake this extreme leg islation would be to cause contempt for the law and it's evasion in every possi- ble way. Justice and moderation are as essential in this business as in most others.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-18
NEW ENGLAND MAN.
Tn Person of Governor Douglas Pro-
 posed for Vice President.

Tn Person of Governor DOuglas Pro-
 posed for Vice President.
 Washington Special.
 There is new boom out. Friends of W. L.. Douglas, former Governor of Massachusetts, are booming him as the best man the Democrats can find to run for the Vice Presidency on the tick ct, with Bryan as the Presidential can didate. The Douglass boom is given the color of reality because of his strength with organized labor through out the country, and especially in New York and the New England States. It was said here today that MT. Douglas nation. This, however. Is not authori- tative, as he has given out no an- nouncement as to what he would do if the place were offered him.
 Tn this city great interest is felt among the laboring people because or the report that a well-organized at- tempt will be made to put Douglas on the ticket with Bryan.
 Sam DeNedrey. editor of The Trades Union, is secretary of the Central Labor Union and organizer of the Amer ican Federation of Labor. said today:
 There is no man in the Democratic Party who would drew from the ranks of organized labor so hearty and strong a support for the Vice Presidency as former Governor Douglas, of Massa- chusetts. Always fair to his aEny or employees, ideal in his treatment of the subordinates in his large manufactur- ing industries, MT. Douglas commands the respect and admiration of the working people of the entire country. regardless of their political ties. In my Judgment he would receive the al- most unanimous support of orgapized labor all over the country. whether they be Democrats or Republicans. His nomination would command the solid labor vote of the New England States without question, and would, with the great labor vote of the Empire State, make him a factor for the National Democratic ticket"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-18
'Mongsf Pleasant Persons
Senator spooner Ind the Sou
By O c. PARrRfDoE

Senntor Spooner and the o0uth. A very pretty little story, of which the prettiness Is rather snhanched than iessened by Its inherent truth. was re- vived yesterday by The Person With a Political Past--who knows quite as much as The Congressional Journal. a newspaper rather learned than lively and far more sophomoric- than spriRht- ly indeed.
 The story has for it's place. the Ma tional senate Chamber. of course. For It's time. 1t has the stone age when MT. Cleveland was suffering his second term and leading the Democratic hosts along very rocky road--when he was President so many years ago that now some haa Just as soon try him again.
 At that time the now celebrated com- bination suit of underwear. The Union Blue, which. now, fortunately half forgotten ballad relates, was donned by some person who had but just laid away suit of Cray" had not been sung. There was not much fun in standing up for the South Supon which natives to the North'ard of Mason and Dixon's line were more down than they are now--whichN Is being down. some. lt took courage for Northern man to take the side of the South, and that, Is what Senator 6poQner had and did
 President Cleveland had sent to the Senate for confirmation the appoint ment Of the late l.. O. c. Lamar, of ~~.DveSNskRsS " " & 1u5tlCS Ql tu6 Cu~ preme Court of the United States. The appointment was confirmed with ma 5ortty ot just one vote; Senator Spoon- CT cast 1t. There was much disputation and protestation, but he stood firm.
 am not fighting the war;" he re- marked: you know that was completed several years ago"
 Begin fe Pay Poll Taxes.
 Ine Advertisers admirable articles AnAnt ftna aatk wa1A zR IA A uals towards the payment of their poll taxes created the necessary agitation" 1" remarked political person yesterday. Tne packwardness of many in offering 70 retain their full citizenship by payf Ing out thefT one and one-half Aimos Icons was dsplorable. especially in View or the fact that we are to have three big elections this year and every cft@ izen of Montgomery and Montgomery county who can vote ought to make
 T dropped into the office of the Tax Collector this morning and was de- lighted to find that there had been an encouraging increase in payments dur ing the day But with the few days left: there will have to be still more haste l hope for better results to-
 
 v.n MT F e Ragland, a prominent citi. guest of his brother. Mir H. T. Ragland, 1925 South McDonough street, yester- gay; MT: Ragland returned to his home in Pittsview yesterday
 Rev J. T.. Mahgum farrived in the city last night from Selma where he has been III for several days. Mir Man gum will leave this morning. for Enter prise where hesis pastor of the Metha- dist Church.
 
 MT. Jake Weiss. of Mobile, is a prominent visitor to Montgomery He Is staying at the New Exchange.
 Mir. D. B. smith, of opelika. was registered at the Hotel Summers yes- terday
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-18
CoRTELYOU TO LEAVE CABINET.
0GeiaI Announcement May Be Expect-
 ed at Early Bate.s Washington Post.

0metal Announcement May Be Expect
 ed at Early Date.e
 Washington Post.
 Knowing the fdenials, more or less explicit, of the report that Secretary Cortelyou is to reRiSn the treasury portfolio, information comes to The Post from such an authoritative source that Mir. Cortelyou will soon sever his Connection with the administration, that some credence must be given it.
 According to the information ob- tained last night, Mir. Cortelyou has al- ready told the President, verbally, that he-would resign, and the President sim ply Is awaiting the written resignation of the man who was first Secretary to the President and then a cabinet~oficer at the head of three different depart ments of the executive branch of the government under Mir. Roosevelt.
 Whatever may be the impelling mo- tive, there seems to be warrant for the assertion that MT. Cortelyou will soon retire from the cabinet. To a few in- timate friends of those high in au- thority, it would not come as a sur prise to hear of the official announce ment of Mir. Cortelyou's intention with in the next week.
 It6was said last night that following the 'cabinet meeting of Friday, Janu- ary 3, MT. Cortelyou told the President that he thought it best that he should leave the cabinet, and the President agreed with him."
 It is supposed Postmaster General Meyer will succeed MT. Cortelyou.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-18
HARTMAN AND ROOSEVELT.
Some PhtIosopAic ana, Edifyiag Renec-
 tionA.

Some PhtIosopAlc ana Edifyfag ReMec-
 tiOns.
 New York Evening Post.
 r. At the close of the Presidential cam paisn of 1s04, the Democrats. including Judge Parker. loudly accused the Re- publicans of extorting money from the veit. These charges were believed by many people, partly because the alli- ance between, the Republican machine and the large corporations has long fore the election President Roosevelt came out with a, ringing declaration of political purity. It had tremendous effect. Yet, after not many months, that if the Republican Committee did not extort money it at least managed to get $5O,000 apiece from, the three big insurance companies-to say nothing smaller corporations. Still later we have learned that the President him. self had persuaded F. H. Hartman to raise some s200,O0O ($5o,00O from liar That money was solicited and paid at the eleventh hour, when, as the Presi- dent well knew. 1t could be used for nothing but the corruption of voters at the polls. How are we to explain this affair and still hold up President Roosevelt as the shining example of political virtue? Why did Mir. Harsi- man lend his aid7 What promises did him? What did he tell his friends the President had promised? Why did they give ! Mir. Hartman $150.000?e Why were not the promises. if there were any, kept? Why has President Roose- welt finally ceased to pursue MT. Har- rirYan? We do not know. Perhaps no one can now lay hands on all the facts in this tangled affair. But some day from letters. diaries and other docu- ments the whole truth will be laid bare. We remain in ignorance. but our grand. children will be able to form a fairly just tudRm0nt