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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
PRINcIPLEs sTILL LIvE.
The People Rejected Mir. Bryan and
 Not Democracy.

The People Rejected Mir. Bryan ana
 Not Democracy.
 > We believe as does The Journal, that the people have not rejected the Dem ocFatic principles. But they did reject W. J. Bryan in a most emphatic man ner. The Democrats elected Governors and other State officials in a number of States that gave their electoral vote Bryan will oe forced on the party again in 1912. We do not know whether any one else would have done better than did Mr. Bryan, but we know that q large majority of the voters of the country voted for the other fellow. Mir. Bryan dominated the convention and had just such a platform built as was pleasing to him. And we were told during the campaign that the party Bryan received very few electoral votes except those given him in the South, which ones would have given their votes to any one nominated by the Democrats All through the campaign we were told that the Republicans we're "gpiit up' and the Democrats were as solid as stone wall. General Grant is credited with saying on one occasion that You could count on the Demo- crafa acting the d--n fool at the proper time" and tt seems to work that way. We have Always been an adnnirer of Mir. Bryan and we think that he ranks LID with the greatest Americans of to- day But all the great msn can't be elected President. So we think that it would be good politics to give Mfr Bryan a much needed rest. and look around for some man who has not run so much and been left as 0ften.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
This Date is, History
December IA.

177B--British under Lord Dunmore defeated by the Americans at Norfolk. Va.
 I7ss--charles III of Spain. whose war against England helped the United States in the Revolution. died. Born January 20, i716.
 1S07--An unusually large and briI- liant meteor was seen in Connecticut.
 1s19--Alabanna admitted to the Union.
 ls5s--Joal Abbott, commanding the American squadron In the East Indies,
 1S6i-The Prince Consort, husband of Queen Victoria. died. Born August 26, 1873.
 iss4-General Dix issued an order for reprisais on Canadians because of the St. Albar's raid; order annulled la ter by President Lincoln.
 1s73--Louis R. Agassiz, celebrat- ed naturalist died at Cambridge. Mass Born May 90. 1907.
 ls7s-Destructive fire at Little Rock. Ark.
 Prime Minister of Ontario, Issued an address declaring vigorously against American assimilation.
 1S94--E. V. Debs sentenced to six months imprisonment for contempt of court during the great railroad strike In Chicago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
Are We All sncIkernR

Scottsboro Progressive Age.
 The people of Jackson County may not have done much In the timber or farming or mercantile business this year but we are sorry to say they have done Ah'g business buying patent rights. A better name for this wen derfully fascinating commodity is blue sky or fox fire.
 This editorial Is not written for those who have been caught for suckers but for the benefit of the few who have not yet been caught. We do not like 10 encourage extravaganace, but, if you have more money than you know what to do with, give it to the poor, or buy an automobile, or puy your wife a gold watch, 0r your baby a poodle dog. Don't buy something you can neither see, feel or smell
 If 8 man comes to your house sell ing this sort of stuff, show him fhe gate and tell him to get. Don't give him time to draw a good breath.
 It will be a great day for the peo- pie when prohibitive license tax is placed on the vending of patent rights promiscuously through the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
Wrong Jurymen.
oANNoN IN THE MKT HOUSE.
He win Have to ~sIodlfy His TORe,''
 at Least.

He win Have to ''AIodlfy His TOne,"
 at Least.
 San Francisco Argonaut.
 General conditions as related to the House of Representatives point to the reelection of Speaker Cannon but at the same time to marked curtatlment of his autocratic powers. Cannon has on Rules Appointed by himself and made up of men both competent and and willing to sustain him in the full Sa' ia the dsASHsS new Congress the Speaker. while strong enough for reelection, will be reratively lacking at the point SheFnan Of New York. the Speakers other. wing of the Capitol as Vice. RrssS1aent 1ntba- on ~ srna H aunnorter o5 tbe M Speaker, declined renomination to run for the ,Governorship of his State, only to be beaten; ,nS; EspresenIaatiye rnns 0ysr- supporter of Mir. Cannon. failed of re- election. Another important man lost in the Indiana disaster was MT. Lan- ole of Mir cannon's friendship, always lined up with him in every crisis. An- other loss is that. of Representative ed for re-election. and a still greater loss is that of Hepburn of Iowa, who likewise went down to defeat.
 In view of these many changes, MT Cannon viii come into the Speakership next March shorn of many elements of his power. He will lack friends and agents for some of the greater chair. manships, and he fill be without that defensive organization which has stood him in such good stead time and time again within the past five years. The situation Is one in which a few hostile RepubIicans, by Joining with the nli- nority, might subject the Speaker to Infinite enbarrassments. Mir. Cannon will be compelled in. common dtscre- tion to modify his tone, for he will moi have the power to wield the rod Of iron with which, if the truth be told. he has been some what too ready and too severe in recent years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
A coon SUGGESTION.

Those women who indulge in ten- dency to extreme masculinity. and who are so boistsrousiy demanding the right to vote, to hold the offices and enjoy other privileges heretofore looked on as mans prerogative, should not forget that If they obtain their desires they may also be called to share the pains. ss well as the privi- leges. of their desired equality. It may be looked on as a hardship to be denied the right to vote and to hold the offices, but the sisters should bear the fact in mind that this deprivation carries with it freedom from most of the unpleasant duties that men per. form. They are not required to sit on turies. to bear arms. to work the roads, and a great many other oner- ous and unpleasant duties that men now prevent them from performing.
 Nor is that all. for the chivalry of good men shields the women against much else that would be unpleasant and galIins to them. The Boston Globe touches on one phase of the subject in an interesting manner as follows:
 This is a good time for those op- posed to woman suffrage to intimate that if the ballot Is ever given to wo- Club as well as an Ananias Club. For did not Sapphira lie as glibly as her the S5 mDHsy @sposa hsY tssf ssEs tS hys aye lsS q
 Ths muitituds of tSsm sE' tSt sSnSShists SsiieSed
 bad all things in common" men are liars (women included) is true, then the ability to lie was the only property sapphira and her spouse for Ananias kept back part of inc money he ought to have turned into the common fund. and his wife aided they lied to the assessors. z :. No wonder Peter, the president of the apostles. steruly rebuked them for their mendas:ty Ills words were by President Roosevelt. Another President, Abraham Lincoln, whose love of truth Is well known. could antagonist, Douglas. a liar.
 Even the philosophers have not beg itated to apply the short and uEIy con was ''boundlcss iiar.''
 Nor has the historian rofrained from severe cenurciation of the men dacious. Macaulay is somewhat in discriminate in handing out Anarias diplomas. Greene, whose "Sholt His tory of the English People" Is marked with dignity and caution: makes no bones of calling Queen Elizabeth an indefatigable oF some other kind of liar.
 If the sapphira club should ever need an assistant pntrouess, they can easily find one m Queen Hess.
 Now. what do the strong minded sisters think of that? Ananias and sapphira are intimately associated in sacred history as well as in the minds of men, and if we are to have Ananias Clubs why not sapphira Clubs as well? Would not the latter be a natural sequence of the equality serves the name will call a woman a liar. and We suppose it Is very rare for one woman to apply that epithet to another but if they are to stand on the same plane with the men they may expect the same fare. and we submit that that would be neither nice nor pleasant to those whom we are wont to regard as the gentler sex. We think the ambitious women should study all points before they go too far.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
What the State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing

Eiba Clipper.
 All heroes gre not in the limelight D man se1 ~ho denies @ R Rinssf 'rc Comforts es os life that those dependent on him may have ia the truest hero. though he sell dom knowsit.
 nRngeR 1n 1t. Gadsden Tirnes-Newg.
 The Coosa River News thinks Mir. Bryan is on the right track to deci- ty. That's figuring pretty close, but we guess it's so.
 Camnon The Bar. Opeiika Morning Post.
 Judge Parker has little faith in the Republican plan of tarin reduction and there are legions of others in the same frame of mind, if we allow ourselves is but little hope Of much tariR reform 60. long as Speaker Cannon. and shiz aids have the management of affairs. t matters not yhRt Republican plat forms promise th people.
 For the General Good. Sheffield Standard.
 For the information of the public The Standard will state that the news papers are not receiving one cent for publicity given the williamson corn method. It iS simply a labor of love on the part Of the press Of the Sfate, with only one aim in view--the inl- provement of the farmers condition. Tn his prosperity the whole State is in- terested.
 T,
 WROng Jurymen. Florence Times.
 one of the members of the Jeffer- son County grand jury was last week arrested in a gambling room and car ried to jail. So there you are. Is it any vonder that fhe law is losing it's force when such men are selected to serve on grand and petit juries2s In the time was, and not long ago, when people generally said law breakers could not be convicted be- fore any jury for certain offenses. That meant in it's last analysis that the right sort of men had not been select cd as jurors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14

Montgomery has each year more and more assumed the character of a city of homes. The people of Alabama have come to regard it a city of cul- ture, of a wholesome atmosphere and of a delightful situation. There is none to dispute it's right to be called the cleanest city of the South. Much of this splendid reputation which has come to 1t in recent years is due to the policy of extensive Improvements which has been steadily followed. The approval of the bond issue today will mean a continuance of that policy and an increase of that reputation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
Letters To the Editer
THn TosIB OF sEvIER.
Former AIabamian Wfftea of Wos
 Vymrd,~ Reuafnian~naem

Former Alabamian wfites of Wood-
 wards RemiDlsceneeR.
 Plant City. Fla. Dec. 10. 1908. Editor The Advertiser:
 was mcuh interested by reading in Sundays Advertiser of December 3 under headline of General Woodward writes of Pioneer Days" for 1t brought hood days
 For when eight or nine years old I lived with my parents less than 300 yards from the original grave of Gen I note General Woodward states no stone Or board marked his resting place. When l lived there twenty eight years ago his grave was marked with . marble slab that showed age, of his birth and death. We'll do I re- member the solitary tomb. and also the solitary tree under which his TO- mains rested. These scenes were all nrmly impressed on my mind for my brother. then nearly grown, in pass ing this grave one evening, put about 25 cents worth of powder and shot Gan article as dear to me now aE then) dark. told me what he had done. and said if I had the nerve" to 20 up there, alone. and get the powder and shot. could have 1t.
 The night was dark, but 1 put on a bold front and went for 1t. Just be- fore got there saw something white waving over the grove, at first my nerve" came near failing me, but on I went. and found the white object a handkerchief he had hung upon the limb to frighten me with.
 l returned in triumph with my DOW der and shot and life became miserable for field larks ana other small birds for several days.
 You state in your remarks that Gen. eral Sevier's remains were removed to Tennessee about fourteen years ago, It must have been nothing less than twenty years ago. when this transfer to Tennessee was made. had just reached my majority and remember riding a red mule about fifteen miles from a railway station through the country to witness the removal cere. monies.
 Governor Seay was at that time Gov ernor of Alabama. and Hon. R L., Taylor was Governor of Tennessee,
 Yours truly.
 0 C. L. Worrell
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
vANDIVER,S WORK
STATE PREss PAYS TRIBUTE TO
 MEMORY.
Remarkahle Honors to . Private Cifi- sem Whose Active Life Was So Usetai to His
 State.
William y. vandiver.


 Mobile Register.
 For many years William Frank Van- diver occupied a commanding position in the commercial life of Montgomery, and Tor two decades participated Tn Statewide movements tending to the industrial and commercial upbuildin8 of Alabama. Ills death is a great loss to the State and to the city. with the adyancement of which he was long identified. In recent years MT. Vandi- ver's best efforts had been given to the improvement of the States waterways. and at the time of his death he was Vice-President of the State organiza- ton affiliated with the National Rivers and Harbors Congress. and forenspst representative of Alabama in the Con. gress This was not the only line of Mr. Vandiver's public activity. however, and while never in official life, he de- voted such energy and ability in the public behalf that Montgomery mourns him as It's foremost citizen, ahd the State as one of the men who have done most for It's material development.
 In conveying to the people of Ala bama. and particularly of Montgomery deep sense of the loss of one of the States most pubiic-spirited and able business men, the Alabama delegation in the Rivers and Harbors Congress reflects a public opinion that IS as widespread as 1t Ia sincere.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
Lax Public Sentiment.

Gadsden Evening Journal
 All this talk about an etxra session of the Legislature to pass more string. ent prohibition laws seems senseless and out ot place to us. While we are as anxious for prohibition as we ever were we see no reason for further leg islation at this time. Gadsden is en- toying practical prohih 'tion. as nearly absolute as ever will be had until all men become teetotaiers. And the same laws which afford protection against the liquor evil here should be sufl. cient for Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile If the officers of these cities do their duty in the matter of enforce ment as have our local officers. It is no fault of the law if prohibition is not public sentiment that allows officers to neglect the proper discharge of their sworn duties. If the present laws are strictly enforced a measure of prohibit tion will be enjoyed that is eminently satisfactory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14

but MT. williamson was educated at the south Carolina College when It inciuo. ed a, agrlcultural department. presided over by Dr. John M. Mcbride. It became the fashion among a class of politicians some twentw-five years ago to decrs the Agricultural department of the State College in Columbia. and the re suit was It's abolition. Which Of the ''Simon.pure agricultural colieges has trained farmer who has accomplished more than Mir. Williamson for his bro- ther farmers7 .ss.t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
me skeptlclsm of History.

There is q reaction from the cred. ulity of the past. Once learned men Accepted traditions of all kinds as @ matter of course. Now. like the hero of "A Pair Of Spectacles,' or like David In his haste, they have rushed to the other extreme and assume that. if all are not liars now, they use to be; or, at any rate. that they were very poor judges of the truth; It is told the truth except by accident, and Heroditus Is. or was, not much bet; little of what Is attributed to him. but even he is a better case than some painters who have lost nearly all their pictures, and to modern criticism are ike the stars too far off to be seen even with a telescope. known to exist only by their Influence upon other
 AS for the great names of legend such as King Arthur or Robin Hood they are worse off still. There never were such people at all; and many of the great persons of history have only go their fame by accident. The peo- pie of their own time were quita wrong in thinking them great
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
McIvcr Williamson.

CharIeston NeWs and CourloF.
 Had the gentleman whose plan of cultivating corn has revolutionized the production of that crop in this part of the South been educated at the Agri- cultural College of Texas. or North Carolina, or at Clemson, his contribu- ton to agricultural science would have been advertised as proof of the uncom- mon merit of the instruction given at one Of those institutions. We doubt if Mir. McIver Williamson, of Darlington from whom the williamson plan takes It's name, obtained his ideas a.hout corn cultivation from a eolleEa-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
Should Be Encouraged.
Alexander City Outlook.

AIeNaHder NIIV OuLIOUh,
 A commission of able and patriotic gentlemen has recently been named by the Governor to arrange a fittiug celebration of the tooth anniversary of the battle of Horseshoe Bend on Tal- lapoosa River. The anniversary date falls on March 27, 1914. This event played a very important part In the seal on savage dominion and bringing this section into the limeHght of ciV- ilization. Our early and hardy pio- neers found this to be the turning point of the country's destiny. This celebration should be encouraged and. as far as possible, participated in by every loyal citizen residing in the sec- tIon surrounding this historic snots
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
The Origin of Fear.

The average man would sooner face a 2O0-pound human antagonist than Q b0-poand dog, which he could choke to a charging ram scatter half Q dozen men. any one of whom could have mas tered the rrute in a moment. and not one of whom was, in ordinary matters. a coward. There are instances on re- cord of men who. with their bare hands. have held and baffled an ugly bull, but 1t was only the pressure of grim ne- cessity that taught them their pow CTS. Put a man against an animal and the man looks around for weapons or support, whether he needs them or not There was a time when he did.
 For men, today the most lordly of animals. was once well nigh the most humbla of them all. He has come up
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
A Peach.

Philadelphia Record.
 sage is a labored attempt to show how the experiment of self govern ment In the United States has been bungled through the failure of our legislative and Judicial departments t9 tn em and the failure of square deal Ing among the people themseiyes: For ing the President has one remedy. To endow the executive branch of the government with complete and para mount control to enforce right and prohibit wrong through the regulation of all commerce between the States and of all corporations doing inter- state business States rights, Demo. cratic notions of individualism, appeal to the courts, in so far as these anti duated theories or methods of gov ernment stand in the way or. thwart the purposes of a benevolent execu- tive despotism, should be brushed aside. Our old fashioned ways of managing Federal affairs will no longer do for us. We must adjust ourselves to new conditions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
Value of oia Friends

a prominent Waukesha club woman, read a paper befre the Woman's Club of that city, which was so good that the local paper decided to print it in
 At one point Mrs. Carleton said that "old friends, like old coins grow dear- CT with age" When the printed report was read those who had listened to Mrs. Carleton were surprised to note doubtless considered an Improvement on Mrs. Carieton's remark, because of It's undeniable originality. He sent it out to readers of the paper. "Old friends. like old cows. grow dearef with aga"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
He wiII Be Missed.

In the death of W. F. yandiver. who died at his home in Montgomery yesterday the Capital City loses one of her most successful business men and sustains hard blow as Mr. Van make Montgomery one of the best cit- ies in the South. He will also be greatly missed Dy the Meth odists of the State as he was one of the most liberal members of the faith in the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14

Won't there be some high jInks when Roosevelt begins his prosecu- tions against newspapers for alleged libel? In our judgment what the papers have already said about him will not be even a priming to what they will say after that.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
MONDAY, DECEmBER IA, lOOs.

Suppose carrynation should find herself up against one of those Eng fish suffragettss who came so near causing Parliament to dissolve itself and flee away to safe quarters-whO would get the best of the scrimmagsf We opine that Carrie would be laid uR for repairs after it was over.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14

''1f," says The St. Louis Times MT. Roosevelt were reporter on a news paper that cares for it's reputation for truth he would get dismissed for get ting mixed on his facts" But could he secure position on a newspaper of that kind?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14

oovernor-elect Lilley. of connecti- cut. is up against the charge of vote buying during his late campaign for Governor. It is charged that himself or his agent furnished the salOonists of Waterbury with money with which to set 'em up for the voters on cleo ton day. How naughty!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14

Referring to the alleged treaty of of amnesty between Taft and Cannon there are some who wonder if the lat ter will play fair. but the chances are that he will. There will be some good plums to hand out when Taft becomes President, and Cannon will want some of them for his friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14

A few days ago a woman in Topeka, Kansas. committed suicide. The req son advanced for the act. as we see It stated. was that she had been married to a negro and finally decided that death was preferable to such a life. Perhaps others might take warning, if common decency will not save them from such alliances.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
This Is My 47th Birthday
 Albert E, Mead.
Albert D. Mead

Albert Edward Mead, Governor of the State of Washington, was born at Manhattan, Kas.. December 14, 1881. Ills education was received in the pub lie schools of Kansas. Iowa and Illi- nois. and in the Southern Illinois Nor mai Sch ool. He studied law in Chicago and was admitted to the bar in Kan sas. where he practised from 1885 to 1889. In the latter year he removed to law office in the town of Blaine. He took an active part in Republican polf- ties and in 1892 and 1893 served as Mayor of his adopted town. He after ward served a term in the Washing ton House of Representatives and am other as County Attorney of Whatcom County. Four years ago he was elect ed Governor of the state for the term that will expire next month.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14

There's hope for the country yet. One of our strongest Republican com temporaries is out in a red hot screed in favor of punishing and preventing election frauds. But wait a minute; the alleged frauds were perpetrated by Democrats!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14

Corn and meat are scarce and high" complains The Abbeville Times. We'll. if It's any satisfaction to know it, you are not alone in that respect
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14

Everybody's Magazine says that soap and water arc befriending Democracy and making 1t better. Won't somebody apply the good agents to Republicanism.