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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-08
RAInWIM.

Bay 1finettes Nov. 7.---t Special. l--The official count oR the election returns showed that the constitutional amend@ menfs were as follows: For biennial sessions. YesS 172: no IS2 For pun~ lie reads; Yes, zSf: No. 1I4. For new county. t3s: no 22l
 The Democratic nominees for tha county offices were elected aa f0lI0wn: ". Hall, Tax Assessor, G. EtapIeton. Tax Collector. 5oseph Voitz. Treasurer. J. s Lambert Coun- ty Superintendent of. Education.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-08
nUTI,YcR

GreenvilIe. Nov. T--(speeiai) The Probate Judge. Clerk and Sheriff met yesterday to canvass the vote cast last Tuesday. The ticket being long they did not complete the tally until this morning. The following is the votss the Democratic electors received. 717s the regular Republicans. 1s7: Indepen- dent. 1; Popalist. 19; Prohibition. 5s Davidson faction of the Republican party, 6; Socialist. g. None of the various parties were forgotten.
 The vote for the amendments was as follows; biennial sessions. yes 5sSs no 227: good roads. yes s76i no 5S; nesv counties. yes 494: no 23l: for Congress. Dent. sS5. Wiley. s60: For President Railroad Commission. Henderson. 75es Hurst. IO3; Cranford. 3; for Supreme Court Judges. Mayfleld. 736i simpson. 75s; Curtis. I02: sternfeit. i02. for Game Warden. Wallace. 741; Chancei- lor Gardner, S42.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-08
cIIHLTON.

Clanton. Nov. 7.--(special.) )---Taft'a majority over the Democrats In this county was 256.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-08
COLBERT.

courtiand. Nov. 7-(speeisi)--The official count for Lawrence County gives the following results of the election of last Tuesday: For Presi- dent. Bryan coz: Taft. s4s for Con- gress. Democrats. 676:- Republicans. 27s county ticket. Democrats, Ss'. Re- publican. 414: good roads. for 4Ss; against. S95: new county amendment' for 222; against 611; biennial session, for 1e7; against. 665.
 The special county tax of one mill tor school purposes carried by B. vote of 48s to 395. This Is the first tlma' since the adoption of the new Conskl- tuition that there has been any op~ position to the Democratic County ticket and the strength shown by the opposition was a surprise to the Demo- crats.
 This can be accounted for In a rneaal ure by the apathy of the Democraklc candidates who made no canvas, aeems ing to suppose that the county would ro Democratic as usual and by the usual majority. the latter not being borne out ka7t the returns-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-08
COFFEE.

Elba. Nov. 7.-(Special.) .)-consoli- dated vote on amendment is as fol- lows: Good roads. for. 5s9; against 396: no wcounty for. S7s; against, 44s. legislative for, 2sl; against. s2o.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-08
REnTfNHR.

oneonta. Nov 7.--fSpeciaI l---IInder+ wood. i,1s9; sloan o4s: bienniaf sag- sions. 427: against 942. new counties ss6; against 1.2ss; good roads. 1.ae7s against 356.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-08
coNRCuH.

Evergreen. Nov. --(Speclal1 1.- A lis board met yesterday aud counted the votes of the election hq
 (COntiRued On PsEe Elxa0
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-10

peoped by prosperous peasants.Now
Me floods have carried destruction
all over the land and the valley is a
stony desert. Another photograph
shows a mountain road covered with
the stones and rocks that are brought
down in the rainy season from the
mountains which have already been
leiorestcd by human hands. Another
shows a pebbly rlver-bed in southern
Manchurla where what was once
great stream has dried up owing TO
the deiorestatlon In the mountains.
only some scrub wood is left, which
viii disappear within half century.
Yet another shows the effect Of one
Of the washouts destroying an ara
bic mountain side, these washouts be-
ing due OF the removal Of all vegeta-
ton; yet in this photograph the fore
ground shows that reforestatlon is
still a possibility in places.
what has thus happened In north
ern China, what has happened in
Central Asia, in Palestine, in North
Africa, in parts OF the Mediterranean
countries OF Europe, will surely hap.
pen in our country II We do not exer.
else that wise forethought which
should be one of the chief marks OF
any people calling itself civilized.
Nothing should be permitted to stand
in the way OF the preservation Of the
forests, and It is criminal to permit
individuals to purchase a little gain
for themselves through the destruc-
ton OF forests when this destruction
is fatal to the wellbeing OF the whole
country In the future.
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TOO LATE TO REMEDY
CONDITIONS IN CHINA

In northern China this disastrous
process has gone on so long and has
proceeded so far that no complete
remedy could be applied. There are
certain mountains in China from
which the soil Is gone so utterly that
only the slow action of the ages could
again restore it; although of course
much could be done to prevent the
still further eastward extension OF
the Monaghan desert If the Chinese
government would act at once. The
accompanying cuts from photographs
show the incOnceivable desolation of
the barren mountains in which GER
tain of these rivers rise--mountains
be IL remembered, which formerly
supported dense forests of larches
and frs, now unable to produce any
wood, and because OF their condition
a source of danger to the whole
country. The photographs also
show the same rivers after they have
passed through the mountains. the
beds having become broad and sandy
because Of the deforestat,on OF the
mountains One OF the photographs
shows a caravan passing through a
valley Formerly, when the noun
tains were forested, it was thickly
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RECALLS DAMAGE TO
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES,

All serious students or the queS-
ton are aware of the great damage
that has been done in the Mediter-
ranean countries of Europe, Asia, and
Africa by deforestation. The SINH
lar damage that has been done in
Eastern Asia is less we'll known. A
recent investigation into conditions
in North China by Mr.. Frank N. Mey-
err, of the Bureau Of Plant Industry
Of the United States Department of
Agriculture. has incidentally furn-
ished in very striking fashion proof
OF the ruin that comes from reck-
less deforestation of mountains, and
of the further fact that the damage
once done may prove practically ir-
reparable. So important are these
Investigations that I herewith attach
as an appendix to my message GER
tain photographs showing present
conditions in China, They show in
vivid fashion the appalling desolation
taking the shape Of barren noun
tains and gravel, and sand-covered
plains, which Immediately follows
and depends upon the deIorestation
of the mountains Not many CEN
turtles ago the country OF northern
China was one OF the most fertile and
beautiful spots In the entire world
and was heavily forested. We know
this not only from the old Chinese
records, but from the accounts given
by the traveller, Marco Polo. E@
for instance, mentions that In visit
ing the provinces Of shansi and shen-
81 he observed many plantations OF
mulberry trees. Now there is hard
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mental action Is grave oflenso
against the republic, To protest
against tyranny to protect minori-
ties from oppression, to nullify an act
committed in a spasm Of popular fury
is to render a service to tho Repub-
lie But for the courts to arrogatc
to themselves functions which prop
crly belong to the legislative bodies
is all wrong, and in the end works
mischief
The people should not be permit
ted to pardon evil and slpshod egls-
lation on the theory the court will
set II right; they should be taught
that the right way to get rid Of bad
law Is to have the legislature repeal
IT, and not to have the courts by in
genious hair-splitting nulllfy H. A
law may be unwse and improper;
but It should not for these reasons
be declared unconstitutional by Il
strained Interpretation, for the re-
suit OF such action is to take away
from the people at large their sense
OF responsibility and ultimately to
destroy their capacity for orderly
seli-restraint and selr-government.
Under such a popular government as
ours, founded on the theory that in
the long run the will Of the people
is supreme, the ultimate safety of the
Nation can only rest in training and
guiding the people so that what they
will shall be right, and not in devils
ing means to defeat their will by
the technicalites OF strained con-
Struction.
For many Of the shortcomings OF
justice in our country our people as
whole are themselves to blame, and
the judges and juries merely bear
their share together with the public
as NnOlt, IL is uthCItulldult W
us as a people that there should be
difficulty in convicung murderers, or
in bringing to justice men who as
public servants have been guilty Of
corruption, or who have profited by
the corruption of public servants. The
result is equally unfortunate, wheth-
er due TO hairsplitting technicalities
in Interpretation Of law by judges,
to sentImentalty and class conscious
ness on the part of juries, or to hys-
terra and sensationalism in the Ga,l"
press. For much of this failure OF
justice no responsibility whatever
lies on the rich man as such, We who
make up the mass OF the people can
not shift the responsibility from our
own shoulders. But there is an
important part of the failure which
has specially to do with inability to
mold to proper account men OF wealth
who behave badly.
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INLAND WATERWAYS

Action should be begun forthwith,
during the present session of the
Congress, for the improvement OF our
inland INTERPRETATION which will
result in giving us not only navlga-
BILE but navigated rivers. We have
spent hundreds of millions OF dollars
upon these waterways. yet the traf-
fic on nearly all OF them is steadily
declining. This condition is the di-
rect result of the absence of any COM
prehensiye and far-seeing plan OF
waterway improvement. Obvious
ly we can not continue thus to ex-
pend the revenues OF the government
without return. II is poor business
to spend money for inland navigation
unless we get it.
Inquiry into the condition OF the
Mississippi and its principal trlbu-
taries reveals very many instances OF
the utter waste caused by the meth
DDS which have hitherto obtained for
the so-called improvement" OF nav
igation. A striking instance is sup
piled by the improvement" of the
Ohio, which, begun in 1924, was
continued under a single plan for
half century. In 1876 a new plan
was adopted and followed for a
quarter OF a century. In 1902 still
a different plan was adopted and has
since been pursued at rate which
only promises a navigable river in
from twenty to one hundred years
longer.
Such shortsighted, vacillating and
futile methods are accompanied by
decreasing water-borne commerce
Increasing traffic congestion on land
by, increasing floods, and by the
waste of public money. The remedy
lies in abandoning the methods which
have so signally failed and adopt
ing new ones in keeping with the
needs and demands Of our people.
FAIL TO GIVE US
INLAND NAVIGATION.
In a report on a measure intro
duced at the first session of the pres
ant congress, the secretary of war,
said: 1.-THE chief defect in the meth
DDS hitherto pursued lies in the alb
sence of executive authority for or
lglnating comprehensive plans cover
ing the country or natural divisions
thereof" In this opinion | heartily
concur. The present methods not
only fail to give us inland navigation
but they are injurious to the army
as we'll What is virtually perma-
nent detail of the corps Of engineehs
TO civilian duty necessarily impairs
the efficiency Of our military estab-
lishment The military engineers
have undoubtedly done efficient work
in actual construction, but they are
necessarily unsuited by their train
ing and tradition to take the broad
view. and to gather and transmit to
the Congress the commercial and in
dustrial information and forecasts,
upon which waterway improvement
must always so largely rest Furtnef-
more they have failed to grasp the
great underlying fact that every
stream is unit from its source to
It's mouth, and that all its uses are
lnterdependent Prominent officers
Of the engineer corps have recently
even gone so far as to assert in print
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BREAKDOWN IN DEALING
WITH NEW RELATIONS.

The chief breakdown is in dealing
with the new relations that arise
from the mutualism, the interdepen-
dence of our time. Every new So
cial relation begets a new type of
wrong dOing-of sin, to use an old
fashioned woodland many years al
ways elapse before society relations
have changed far more rapidly than
in the preceding two centuries The
immense growth Of corporations, of
business done by associations, and
the extreme strain and pressure OF
modern life, have produced condi-
tons which render the public con-
fused as TO who its really dangerous
foes are; and among the public ser
wants who have not only shared this
confusion, but by some of their acts
have increased II, are certain judges.
Marked inefficiency has been shown
in dealing with corporations and in
re-settling the proper attitude TO be
taken by the public not only towards
corporations, but towards labor, and
towards the social questions arising
out OF the factory system, and the
enormous growth Of our great cities.
The huge wealth that has been
accumulated by few individuals of
recent years, in what has amounted
TO social and industrial revolution,
'has been as regards some of these
individuals made possible only by the
improper use Of the modern corpor-
alton. A certain type of modern
corporation, with it's officers and
agents, its many issues Of securities,
and its constant consolidation with
allied undertakings, finally becomes
an instrument so complex as to con-
tain greater number Of elements
that, under various judicial decision,
! lend themselves to fraud and oppres-
sion than any instruments Of modern
business They have been permitted
to become menace largely because
the governmental representatives Of
the people have worked slowly in
providing for adequate control over
them.
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THE RECKLESS MAKER or
MONEY DANGEROUS.

Shortsighted persons, or persons
blinded to the future by desire to
make money in every way out of the
present, sometimes speak as If no
great damage would be done by the
reckless destruction OF our forests 1t
is difficult TO have patience with the
arguments OF these persons. THANKS
to our own recklessness in the use
of our splendid forests, we have al
ready crossed the verge OF a timber
famine in this country, and no meas
ures that we now take can, at least
for many years, undo the mischief
that has already been done. But
We can prevent further mischief be-
ing done; and it would be in the
highest degree reprehensible to let
any consideration of temporary con-
venience or temporary cost interfere
with such action, especially as re-
CARDS the National forests which the
nation can now, at this very moment,
control.
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CERTAIN OFFICIALS
PARTICULARLY BLAMEWORTHY

The chief offender in any given
case may be an executive, leglsla-
ture or a Judge, Every executive
head who advises violent instead OF
gradual, action, or who advocates
ill-considered and sweeping meas
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them exercise this great power not
only honestly and bravery but with
wise Insight into the needs aud fixed
purposes OF the people, 10 that they
may do justice and work equity 80
that they may protect all persons in
tlcir rights, and yet break down the
barriers Of privilege, which is tho
foe of right,
SAVE TIRE FORESTS IN
DUTY TO OUR CHILDREN.
If there Is any one duty which
more than another We owe It to our
children and our children's children
to perform at once, 1t Is to save
the forests Of This country, for they
constitute the first and most import
ant element in the conservation Of
lhe natural resources Of the country.
There are OF course two kinds OF
natural resources one Is the KIND
which can oaly DO used as part Of
a process OF exhaustion; this Is true
of mines, natural oil and gas wells,
and the like The other and of
course ultimately by far the most
Important, includes the resources
which can be improved in the process
OF wise use; the soil, the rivers, and
the forests come under this head.
Any really civilized nation will so
use all of these three great national
assets that the nation will have their
benefit in the future. Just as a
farmer, after all his life making his
living from his farm, Will IL he Is
an expert farmer, leave 1t as an as
set OF increased value to his son, so
we should leave our national domain
% our children, increased in value
and not worn out, There are small
sections OF our own country, In the
East and in the West, in the Adiron-
dacks, the White mountains and the
Appalachians, and in the Rocky
mountains, where we can already see
shape of permanent injury to the
soil and the river systems which
comes from reckless deforestation. II
matters not whether this deforesta-
ton is due to the actual reckless cut
ting of timber, to the fires that in
eyitably follow such reckless cutting
Of timber, or to reckless and uncon'
trolled grazing, especially by the
great migratory bands of sheep, the
unchecked wandering Of which over
the country means destruction to for
ests and disaster to the small home
makers, the settlers Of limited means
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-10
WHEN COMMENDED
AND WHEN BLAMED.

The courts are to be highly COM
mended and staunchly upheld when
they set their faces against wrongdo-
ing o. tyranny by majority; but
they are to be blamed when they fail
to recognize under a government like
ours the deliberate judgment of the
majority as to matter Of legitimate
policy, when duly expressed by the
legislature. Such lawfully expressed
and deliberate judgment should be
given effect By the courts, save in
the extreme and exceptional cases,
where there has been clear violation
of a constitutional provision Any
thing like friyolity or wantonness in
upsetting s.Sh clearly taken govern