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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
Building New City Hospital
 Is Feasibfe and is Necessary

have is hospital of It's own. not in compettrion with other private hospit- als. put one where worthy poor people can go ana feel that they will be vel comed and helped so once again get on their feet, where they can get the best attention and care and where they will not feel the burden of heavy drug, hos- pital and medical fees: where the city can send it's policemen, firenen and city employees its citizens in straightened circumstances and their families, who have every right to expect help from capacitated through illness or injuries As to the running expense of such . hospital: The Ladies 1nhrmary Asso- eiation and the Ladies Aid Association. besides several clubs. win keep up their memberships and aid and assist In financing the hospital besides er- dowments, etc, which may be looked for from time to time, then hospital club where annual dues for support of certain beds. etc, will greatly reduce the cost of maintenance from the cIty.
 Should these bonds be issued the Tn. firmary Aid Association will turn over about $s0.000. which includes the old fnfirmary site and about S1O.000 in cash. This will give us about sS0,0O0 with which to build ana equip that hos q nucleus fund. As 10 the manage fnent of the hospital. it Is the present idea of the promoters td have the hos pital managed outside If politics and to have Board of Managers to serve much the same as the present Board of Education and to have a hoard of Phy- sieians, all of whom will terve without compensation. The city h to have a Health Oflcer and the present. position of City Physician abolished having fn his place a resident physician to serve without compensation and vho will be under the direction of tie Medical Board. am firmly convinced Sf the ab- soiuts need of City Hoapital ana trust that the voters of Montgomery will come forward Monday Ind vote for the issuance of the bondsl
 The building of a City Hospital Is as feasible as it Is necessary and would be the noblest charity.
 Gaston J. Ghii.
 City Physkian.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
a7T'1.77--" TO CENsuRE PRESIDENT.
Republican Lawmakers Indignant
 Mr. RnnaAxelN

HepunAfcan fLawEnnkers IndAgnant at washlngton Stan Special to New or
 leans Times Democrat.
 .,, It ts a moral certainty that Con- gress will do something in the way of Joint resolution censuring Pres ident Roosevelt for what he said yes terday in his message concerning the limitation the lawmakers placed upon the use of the secret service men. The Republican leaders were so enraged today that they did not trust them selves to take action in regard to the matter that wosid call public atten- Hn WSo tG H6nss ssF snstor aas safHsM of Mans and Representative Tawney. of Minne- sota are doing the planning.
 The proposal tonight is to have Rep in the House tomorrow or the next day if by that time he is cool enough, and direct attention to what he will call the insult of the President in the use of the secret service men and inferring the action was based on the fact that the lawmakers feared to have secret service men investigate
 Mir. Tawney placed the limitation in the law. He dld 1t simply because President Roosevelt refused to obey it's it's the use of the secret service force of the Treasury to the detection of off, fenses against the counterfeitIng laws ana the customs revenue Rr6Sluent Roosevelts lawlessness mad the lim- itation necessary. It was never intend ed that the Federal Government should have a detective force such as city maintains. The police power of the Federal Government for the. detection of offenses such as the President mentions in his message rests with the District Attorneys. They are charged with the investigation of Uiolations of the laws, and to setting secret service men to work outside of the field of their lawful operations Mir. Rainey says President Roosevelt was as law less as the worst trust magnate.
 The Republican leaders of both Houses entreated their Democratic colleagues to let them handle the mat ter so as to have the country know that there Is no partisanship. Senator Culberson and Representative Cochran, who were taking measures on the Democratic side, were very glad to disappear in the background. provided the Republicans would promise to do something. Senator Hale decided that inasmuch as the limitation originated In the House. that the first move should come from there.
 There has been no censure of the President since 1S42. when Tyler tn- cured the displeasure of the House. Jackson got A censure from the Sem ate in 1884. No President. however, has even been censured in a joint res olution. such as it is proposed to adopt now.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
This Date in History
DECEMBER 12.

17S7 - Pennsylvania (the second State) ratified the Federal Constitution.
 1S04-Spain declared war against Great Britain.
 ls3O-National Republican Party, at Baltimore, nominated Henry Clay for President.
 1S59-Lillian Nordica (Mme. Zoltan Doeme), prima donna, born in Farming ton, Me.
 IS7O-J. H. Rainey, of South Carolina, the first negro ever elected to the House of Representatives. sworn In.
 1S73-New England celebrated the centennial of the "Boston Tea Party"
 1SS9-Robert Browning, English poet. died Born May 2. 1872.
 1S9s-Sir William Jenner. physician to Queen Victoria, died. Born 1915.
 1s99-Major General Leonard Wood appointed Military Governor of Cuba.
 i903-William I. Buchanan appoint ed United States Minister to Panama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12

their party in the Legislature to ig- nore the voice of the people. as we'll as their own promises. and elect a Re- publican instead of Chamberlain.
 It is not probable. or even possible. we may say, that this disreputabIe suggestion will be needed by the Gen. eral Assembly. As to that matter, tt is pretty certain that the people of Oregon, irrespective of party. will not stand for any such base partisansllip. Their opinion of George E. Chamber lain. and their confidence in him. have both been shown by twice electing him Governor of his State, and then by naming him as their choice for The United States Senate With this knowledge before them the members of the Legislature will hardly dare do otherwise than ratify the action of the primary. To do otherwise would be to not only degrade themse. yes but to bring down on them the righteous wrath of an betrayed people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
Canned PrOieetiIes.

It is a curious fact that armor pierc- ing shells having soft metal on the point are more effective than those not so provided. The way in which the cap acts Is not well understood. A needle may be driven into board with a hammer when 1t is thrust through cork. whereas it would break off unsupported. Some have thought that the soft cap supports the hard point of the projectile in the same way. A British naval architect who has been studing the mutual action of projectiie and armor says that a shell frequently falls because very small piece of the point is forced back in- to the mass and splits 1t. A larger pleco is then similarly forced back
 and so on. The main advantage of the soft cap this writer thinks. is to prevent such splitting. Caps are ineffective at low velocities. but would probably be less so If made larger.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12

The strike in the Manchester, Eng, cotton mills, which lasted seven weeks, has been adjusted and the losses tab ulated. It is shown that the operators lost in wages eighteen million dollars and the closing of the mills for seven weeks cost the owners fOrty-eight mil lions. Here was a total loss all around of nearly sixty million dollars over a matter that might doubtless have been satisfactorily adjusted if both sides had been willing to mak C concessions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
This b My 18th Birthday
 RICHARD YATES.

Richard Yates. ex-Governor of Ill. nois. was born in Jacksonville, III. ., December F, 1860 the son of Richard Yates. who was Governor of Illinois during the period of the civil war and later served his State for a number of years in the United States Senate. The son graduated from Illinois College in 1880 and later studied law at the Uni elected City Attorney of Jacksonville and held the office for six years In 1892 he was an uhs successful candidate for Congress. Two years later he was elected County Judge and from 1897 to 1900 he filled the position of United States Collector of Internal Revenue al Springfield. In 1901 he was nominated and elected Governor of Illinois on the Republican ticket. Four years later he a renomination and again in the cam paign of last spring his aspirations for the nomination were defeated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
THEY ARE SEEING THINGS.

It is almost astonishing, to put 1t mildly. to read in the press much of it from the papers of the North and Northwest, the almost extravagant expressions of surprise and admira- tion over the rapid advance in pro gress and prosperity shown in the South. Somehow there seems to have come to many people on the other side Of Mason and Dixon's line some thing like a revelation of late and the press is not slow about express ing 1t. Possibly some of the writers are coddling the South and the South ern people with the hope of future benefit from our trade. or it may be that they are just beginning to realize that the South is fast becoming a fac tor to be reckoned with in connection with the commercial and industrial future of this and other countries. Possibly they are at length getting fully alive to the fact that New Eng land and the middle States cannot do all the milling and manufacturing for all creation.
 But 1t matters little what may be at the bottom of these late encomiums on the South as a great, progressive and self-reliant section of a common country the fact remains that their words of admission and appreciation are well deserved. The South is growing, industrially and commer- cially, in a way that may well cause surprise on the part of those who have failed to keep track of what has been done of late years. The lesson is be- ing learned here that 1t is not at all a good policy to send to other States for manufactured products when those products are made from raw material found in Alabama. for example. The result of that knowledge Is that mills and factories and shops have been built all over the State. working up the raw products of our fields, forests and mines and thus liberating our peo- pie from the bondage of dependency on the manufactured products of other sections.
 The rapid development of electric power is having much to do witkft the industrial awakening of tAs State. But a few years ago a naaf or factory must be located by the side of a stream having a, taA sufficient to fur nish all the sfrnotive power needed. or else the pa4chinery had to be driven by thu. .Sther old. but far more expen- sive Consumption of coal and wood Now the waterfall that can drive the machinery of mills and factories To- cated at its banks can also develop scores of mills and do its work in sections where there are no water powers and where fuel of all kinds may be scarce and expensive. Of a surety the electric fluid is a great and potent developer.
 But 1t is the natural resources of Alabama that has caused most surprise and admiration on the part of those who are just realizing what we have with us. Especially is this true of the mineral riches of the State. Our forests are fast disappearing. though there are yet vast quantities of val uabIe timber left. but the mines of coal, iron and other natural riches of the earth are but little past the be- ginning of their possibilities. Well may we say that Alabama is a grand commonwealth. and outsiders are be- ginning to see and appreciate 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
Change Cars for Aeademe !

ProVldence Journal.
 Mir Taft has incorporated a Latin phrase in letter To the Republican Club of New York. fact that suggests the possibility lusions during the next four years. Under Mir. Roosevelt We have been treated to plain Engltsh--in some cases 10 very plain Eng fish. He has found no difficulty in ex- pressing himself in his native tongue. and his manipulation of 1t has often been ex- tremely forcible. But Latin. can also be used effectively; and Mir. Taft's official pa- pers might gain in grace and dignity if he should follow the example of the statesmen of an older day and quote freely from the classics to enforce his points.
 Nowadays the presidency Is an education al institution, MT. Roosevelt has made 1t a sort of platform from which to preach on a wide variety of topics. Mir. Taft might carry the idea further and establish IL in a new character as classical acad- emy With Mir, Roosevelt in the White House We have been told how we ought to spell tor. more strictly speaking. how We ought not to spell) how we should conduct our family affairs: how the farmer may im- prove his lot; how the narrow sectarian spirit is unworthy; and many other things. President Taft. if he will. can carry this educational enterprise forward by devot- ing himself to a Latin and Greek propa-
 The A. B. degree has suffered neglect The bridge builders and electrical engineers have had everything their own way. A premium has been put on strenuoslty Physical energy has been exalted Thf country wants a rest under the Taft ad' ministratlon. and the president-elect in troduetion of Latin into his letter to th' Republican club points the pam a4ona
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
MORNING THOUGHT
By !. MARVIN NICHOLS.
 The Real Life.

The Real Life. A young Indian boy.
 f6 or t7 years of age, dled short time ago at the Hampton lnstitute. His papers" showed that he had some sensible conception of written his reasons for coming to the Institute. He hoped Cor an education; he wanted to help his people; but the last reason was the most striking That I may learn the art of self-con- trol." Perhaps he did not know it but therein lay the foundation Of all real life. The crowning grace or any life is self-control. It Is the one great and complete. The world is. full of useful people, but their usefulness is SO often marred by this one missing thing-self-control. He that can rule who can take, a city. Many men who arc the masters of others are the ab- 1ect slaves of themselves. A man may be the ruler of Kingdom and yet nis own vassal in his own realm. The greatest man among his people Is the man who has found the secret of self control. This Is where all real king ship begins. In that realm everyone may be crowned. If he only VIII. There Is no happier bondage than that superinduced by the hearts devo- tion. Nothing can be too low--noih- ing too high. No demand too trivial-- no concession too great. Love Is q genuine slavery of the sort that makes every labor, sweet
 
 The artisan blows the lettering Into the molten glass. So it is. that these hours of disappointment and silent suffering are ofttimes the highest reaches in human character. Do you know that bodies reflect the beauty of the soul--souls blown Into human flesh, as 1t were?
 A certain great artist kept high-col- ored stones in hls studio. When he was working in pigments, and his sense of color began to weaken, he said he had to bring his eye up to tope. And character will never reach bey ond that necessity '-F-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
THE CANAL SCANDAL.
Paris Publisher Declares Mir. ROOse
 welt Does Not knoNv Facts.

Paris Publisher Declares Mir. ROOse-
 welt Does Not Know Facts.
 Paris Cable to The Chicago. News.
 Prominent men in Paris who figured in the Panama Canal deal smiled when they were shown by the correspondent of The Daily News President Roose- ments denying the report that certain 1aiitst Saie tlS1s of the Panama Pa Canal. 'Il '
 T do not care to have myself en- rolled in the Ananias Club" said one of the best known newspaper owners of Paris. and therefore l do not care to be quoted, but l know thing or two about the subject under discus perfectly sincere, but at the same time he does not know the details nor would he be likely to-. In fact, they are not particularly the Presidents business. am willing to repeat. and can prove if necessary. that the Unit ed States bought the canal from a group of its own citizens. who. through clever maneuverlng, acquired etrher the canal outright or the privilege of selling 1t at any figure not below a certain sum.
 sons in Paris who knew this. More over Mir. Roosevelt shows his lack of acquaintance with the subject in the language he uses He speaks of a ment to certain individuals. All this is wrong. There was no distribution. There was a certain sum turned over to the directorate of the Panama Canal Company.
 There were no individuals as such concerned in the matter The official liquidator received $40, 000, ,0OO. but i'm mediately transferred a substantial part of this sum to the American sym dicate whose energy and perseverance had made the transaction possible.
 The books of the Panama Company would easily prove this. and If Con- gress will really investigate the story kinds right here to the effect that the President is not well informed on the subject of his historic deal.''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
Montgomery. Ala.

December II, 1908,
 4 special appeal Is adressed to the voters of Montgomery to come forward the bond issue for q City Hospital am informed that there 10 some oppo. sitton to City Hospital by some who have not investigated the subject Of its necessity. and by those who think that . the expense of running such an insti- tuition will be more than the city can stand Such would not be the case. and even if the city should expend 2 few more dollars each year, to what better than in taking care of the sick. poor and needy? The existence Of City Hospital would make the demand Tor an ambulance Imperative, and the need of an ambulance is keenly felt At tne present time advantage is taken or fhe police patrol wagon, which at best Is 2 poor ambulance substitute, the cou. struction of which wholly units 1t for ambulance service.
 my attention showing the need of an emergency ambulance, men and women accidentally injured while on the streets. In runaways, people who are struck down while on the streets, pis- tol shot cases at police headquarters, etc, must suffer agonies in a rough, pumping patrol wagon or under unnec- essafy danger while sitting in car- riage. do not think that the question thought Of when the vast amount of good that an ambulance would do iH considered, and when the lack of proper ambulance facilities endanRers human life.
 At the present time the city is ex- pending q large amount of money h. taking care of the prisoners. paupers and many unworthy patients. when common humanity forces it to send them to a private hospital at cost of s1 per day each. but the large class of poor but worthy people must be refus- king care of them, so that not one-nfkh of those who are really worthy of hos. pitaI care receive tho same. Many Of this class are now being treated in the City Dispensary or best we can. Wha! the city needs and what the city shouid
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
An Austrian Dark Horse.

New YOfk World.
 The Archduka Franz Ferdinand of Austria ia a sort of dark horse in Aus trian politics It is not known exact ly wha. his views are. how far his in- fiuenes extends. or whether he will be bound by his renunciation of his rights when the time comes. It is suspected that he has great influence with Ba- ron von Aehrenthal; 1t Is known that he hates Hungary. and would like to reduce 1t to submission. The archduke was wild in youth. Since his marriage he has become very strict and bigoted. hopes that some arrangement will be hit on by which he win remain by her husband. though emperor It will therefore be seen that the couple are a potential source of trouble to the dual empire and to Europe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
Brutes in AutOmObiles.


 Not long ago an automobile struck and killed two men in westhester County and the identity of the responsible driver has not yet been established. and probably nev- CT will be- He got out of the way as quickly as he could leaving his victims, neither of whom was immediately killed to meet death lingeringly.
 He Is typical of a great many others. brute Of the same stripe ran down an elder woman in Manhattan yesterday and rushed his machine out Of the neighborhood before detection was possible. Incidentally, he bruised a fireman who tried to stop him long enough to get the number of the car.
 This sort of thing has occurred ever since automobiles were invented and will, no doubt, continue SO long as they are used Drivers of horses are sometimes equally guilty. but while the motive in their case is the sAme--the mean desire to escape re- spcnsibiiity--a horse cannot be driven from the scene as rapidly as an automobile. Ar rests are. therefore, more numerous in the one case than in the other.
 The limit of heartleHsness is revealed by the driver who leaves his victim maimed or dying in the street. It is a thousand pities the law cannot oftener and more sa- yersig punieh seenndEclS at thas elaas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12

We move that the medal Is due the city authorities of Topeka. The city made or arranged for an appropriation of sixty thousand dollars to improve the electric light system and the com missioners having the work in charge announce that they will only want two-thirds of the amount. We don't know whether they should have hero medals or wings.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
Editor SmIth's Crime.

New York World.
 The refusal of Mir DeIavan Smiths s paper. the Indianapolis News. to sup port the Republican ticket in Indiana was responsible In a large measure for the defeat of Mir. Roosevelt's can % TYnitsd t States Vef1 senator % R This OI clearly M proves not only that MT. smith is a liar. but that he is a weakling. a craven. a moliycoddle. a malefactor of had one. would be a fool and his daughter a foreign princess. MT. Smith got of with Q light sentence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
mbia State is disposed to

mbia State is disposed to
 ic at the expense of it's read
 regard to the Presidents lat ion to congressional suffering. lst," it says, that our dilligent ldustrious rulers have perused essage carefully, for we confess we are not going to do the work them, not this time." That is at we call real mean; trying 10 put nto it's readers what it will not un- dertake for itself. But we opine that those of them who read it were most ly out of anything else to read
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
A .Perhaps.v

The Montgomsry Advertiser. being a newspaper of dIscernment and wltnal having a very clear conception or 5ne eternal fitness. of things, agrees wlsn ss.kal sonthern Democratic dog should wag its owE tail'' hereafter. Perhaps after all we have been doing the right thing to allow Mir. Bryan his way seeing as South's manufactured products have more than doubled. while its agricul turaI and commercial growth has Kept even pace. We have been golng sony since 1sg6 but we are sure that IT we had acquired a bit more potential ity in securing equality In govern mental favors we would be even more feast base fntIire solidarity more on economic questions and governments nOIfclea than on mere sentiment
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-12
Lumber Lord and Lumber Tax.

The declaration of Senator stephen son. of Wisconsin. in favor of free raw materials will second and supplement of Andrew Carnegie. Though a large lumberman himself MT. Stephenson says that Free raw materials in other industries (besides iron and eoai)- are not going to injure the manufae- turer and will not have the effect of lowering wages" To such statements by men who know. the standpatters clique in Congress may close theiy ears. The neonle will not,