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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22

Lincoln and Negro suffraee.

Philadelphia Record.
I In the course Of an address in this city In
which he deplored the decay of faith in
Democratic principles. DR.. Stanton Colt Of
London, formerly a settlement worker in
New York, was careless enough to say that
Lincoln had so great faith In that Demo-
cratic principle. the vote, that when he gave
millions of slaves their liberty he gave them
the vote well."A
1t is well worth while to correct this, be-
cause superficial knowledge of history and
very hasty generalization are propagating
the decisions that the war was fought to
emancipate the negroes. and that Mr. Lin
sion Of the right of suffrage to the freedmen
was incident of emancipation.
The war was fought to maintain the union
OF the States. The emancipation proclama-
ton announced a species Of confiscation. APP
plicabie only where the authority Of the
United states government was resisted MT;
Lincoln wrote to Mr., GreeAey that he would
free all the slaves, or some OF them. or
none of them, according to whichever policy
ever he did or RETAINED from doing would
be done, or remain undone. solely with refer
ence to its effect upon the preservation ot
December, 1ses, he said: "According to our
political system. a matter OF civil admin
stration the general government had no
State, and for a long time II had been hoped
that the pebeliion could be suppressed with
out resorting to Il as military measure"
Mr. Lincoln died before the question OF
negro suffrage became practical issue. The
Fifteenth Amendment was not proposed by
Congress to the States till 1869. But In pri-
vate and informal expressions he recognized
the unfltness of the great mass OF the freed
men for the right TO vote His last public
address was made April II. 1865, and, refer
ring to q plan for reconstruction in Louisiana
he said; cit is also unsatisfactory to some
that the elective franchise Is not given to
the colored man. I would myself prefer
that il were now conferred on the very in
telligent, and on those who serve our cause
as soldiers" In this same address he re-
ferred to his amnesty and reconstruction
proclamation of December s, 1863. in the
course Of which he said:
'.And 1 do further proclaim, declare and
make known that any provision which may
be adopted by such state government in
relation to the freed people Of such state
which shall recognize and declare their per-
Tnanent freedom, provide for their educate
and which may yet be consistent as
porary arrangemtn with their present
tion as a laboring, landless and
class will not be objected to BY
tional executive"
This left the States free to with
the freedmen the right to vote al
pose a good many other RESTRICT IN
them, provided only that their l -anent
freedom were recognized and meanH divided
for their enlightenment.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22

bills. 1t produces only s725,00o,00o
while the governments-Feder State
and locai--spend S1,T00. 100000. The
farmer or small householder pays his
s2.ob on each hundred. and then has
to chip in his share OF the additional
1000, 600. 000--made up of customs du-
ties, internal revenue taxes, license
fees-which the governments spend.
Total cost OF running the govern
ments--Federal. State and local
amounts to about $40 head year,
or st00 for family of five. A totally
thriftless person may escape his share,
and an exceedingly thrifty person may
escape his. But we surmise that a
great body of reasonably thrifty heads
OF families pay more than their SHIRE.
Except as regards the tariff, very lit
tie is heard of this subject in politics.
and yet 1t Is obviously big subject.
Said an experienced member of an IL
linois taxing body the other day, I'm
der the laws now pm our statute books
1t Is absolutely impossible to make an
equitable assessment"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22
where Our Money Goes.

saturday Evening FOht.
If every hundred dollars Of property
in the United States were made to
pay about $1.70 year in taxes, the
revenue so derived would meet all ex-
penses of government-Federa State,
and local There would be no need of
customs duties or OF internal revenue
taxes to support the Federal govern
ment or of the great sums which
States and cities raise by license fees.
franchise taxes. and the like. This
statement is based upon the latest fig
ures of governmental disbursements
supplied by the statistical bureau of
the treasury.
According to the sanae authority,
each hundred dollars of property that
is directly taxed at all pays $2.05 a
year, and that doesn't half meet the
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22

Now 1t is intimated that there is to
be a scrap over Leopold's fortune. but
nobody knows how much he left. His
Will. we believe. puts It at three mil
lion dollars, but there are those who
hold that II he did not dispose Of 1t
while living the sum named is but a
small part of his wealth. He was a
money-maker and saver. as all &C.
counts agree. and three millions
doesn't near come up to what he was
supposed to have. SO we guess thereu
be, fine piclsings for the lawyers.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22

ming OF hostilitiesl Until he moves
out into eighteen point type Mr..
Hearst can hardly be considered to be
warmed up. 1t 10 true he uses an ex-
ira heavy biack-face fourteen point
to say: Let the American troops oc-
cupy Nicaragua" but even that
amounts only to suggestion, The COM
munication dated December from
Secretary Knox TO President Zelaya's
charge d'nffaires st Washington seems
adapted to save Mr.. Hearst further
axertion. MI. Knox virtually sbol-
that the United states would be pa
tient with Nicaragua until that coun-
try could set up a. government capa BILE
OF protecting American citizens and
legitimate American interests. and fit
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22
Growing Wheat.

Birmingham Ledger.
Before the war and during the war Ala
wheat, too. 1t was ground in water mills
and home mills and there was never a
thought of adulterating 1t. 1t helped to
make the nerves and muscles and bones of
thousands of the healthy people OF the
state today.
w. J. waters of Talladega County, says
that he has planted his thirteenth wheat
per Alabama there are many farmers like
Mr.. WATERS, resolved to raise food.
No other land could have lived through the
forty years of extravaganza and bad man.
agement that the South has rather gloried
in. AS soon after the war as possible the
maintained her people and her army for
four years. Since then. with millions Of dol
lars coming In every year, the farmers have
grown poorer. Only bad management could
do that.
In the half desert states of Kansas Iowa
and South Dakota, the people have received
far less money for their crops and yet the
farmers there have grown Nrich and have
built fine homes and finer barns than we
ever see in Alabama. They raise food. Those
states have one chief crop as we do. They
have corn, where we have cotton. Our
crop sells for q great deal more than theirs.
There are times when corn is not ready of
ton was left at the depots begging for 5 u
cents Our fnrmres SHOULD have been the
rich men. They are not for one reason
and one only. They bought food, and no
farmer can do that and prosper no matter
how 1t figures out on paper.
So the mater of raising Wheat and meat is
one of greater Importance than the price of
cotton. The price of food is now set by
trusts that do not consider the law Of sup
ply and demand.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22
HARD ON HEROES.
Secretary Macveagh Points Ont sams
striking Governmental Injustices.

Secretary MacVeagh Points Ont Some
striking Governmental Injusticcs.
Omaha Bee.
The seasoned Aurfman who at the
risk Of ais own body saves ships and
lives in the bitterest of seasons and
the most desperate of weather comes in
for popular piaudits with each recur-
ring tale of heroism In his line OF du-
ty, with never reflection that the
government which employs him makes
no provision for his morrow
The shameful facts are emphasized
by secretary Macveagh, Of the Treas
ury Department. in his Recommended
ton to Congress that some system Of
pensions for those disabled or superan-
nuated in the life-saving service be
provided. So niggardly has the gov
eminent treated these men in the past
that 1t is now difficult to find new re-
cruits, a fact which might serve as
sufficient argument for a pension pro-
vision as a matter OF policy. IL not OF
humanity.
AS the case stands, the Treasury De-
partment is compelled to thrust out
upon the world men who. in devote,.
service to the government. have be-
come incapacitated for earning a Nv.
ing In any private vocation, men who
have to their credit deeds of self-sacri-
fee that have honored the nation.
During the last, year the life-saving
service labored with 1875 stricken ves-
sells, carrying 5000 persons. and In
their entire field of operation only
thirty lives were lost, while nearly sl4,-
000, 900 in property was salvaged. In
addition. many acts of humanity were
rendered, apart from the casualties to
vessels, such as the rescuing of fU9
persons from drowning. There would
seem to be much justice in the plea
that these men be provided for when
they are disabled or exhaust their
energies in the service. and the fact
that under existing regulations the
Treasury must send them adrift-as
dereiicts indicates the need for some
such remedial legislation as that pro-
posed by the Secretary.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22
Minor Figures of a Great Past.

New York World.
Death has recently been busy with
the minor figures of history. In addt-
ton to Scion Chase. who made them
steers" famous the country over, there
have passed from the stage within a
few weeks Lincoln's barber, Daniel
Webster's ONCE boy and Theodore TIL
toms lawyer in the suit against Henry
Ward Beecher; granddaughter Of
John Hancock, signed of the Declare
ton of Independence; a partner of
George Francis Train an the Gold
Board of New York; the oldest loco
motive engineer, who drove the John
Bull" In 1881; a correspondent who re-
ported the engagement between the
Monitor and the Merrimack: negro
minstrel of the DAYS when that form
of stage entertainment was In Its
glory; a doctor who fought the chol-
era epidemic in New York in 1854.
Among women with a romantic past
there died Mrs. Rosina Molmes. who
lived in Chicago when Indians and
wolves roamed about Fort Dearborn.
and Mrs. Ella Palmer, who organized
the hospital corps of the Confederate
Army of the Tennessee.
what an amount of historic assoc
citation these lesser names of fame
connote! II every life contains the
material for q novel, here indeed were
the human documents for volumes Of
unpublished romance of the god
like Daniel and the gaunt war Pres
ident. the great cause celebre Of the
American divorce courts. the develop
ment of railways, the growth of the
West. the great naval duel of the war.
A brief tribute may we'll be spared to
these more or less eventful lives that
came In touch with so much that Is
celebrated in national history.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22
DRIFTWooD

sea-Weed,
NOW let some explorer discover Dr..
.. "W y,ssSs the star Of empire takes
), But inward goes price of foodstuffs
Connecticut man who courted one
woman for fifty years married anoth-
er woman: The former woman has
also to charge him up with the coal
and gas consumed in that length OF
time.
It is stated that Speaker Cannon IL
of royal decent. Wonder. however. if
he will ever descend from his throne
in the House?
st. Louis evangelist is responsible
for the statement that there are no
lawyers in heaven. This will prove
some comfort, TO a lot OF people who
hope to get even with some OF 'em
some day.
A scientist informs us that fertili-
ger can be obtained from the air. Some
of the air disturbed by this Jeffries-
johnson bout talk ought to prove
especially productive.
It's easy enough to start row,
But the fellow who gets it in the
neck
Is the guy who would undo It.
Don't judge man by his limp
pocket-book these days. Remember
Santa Claus may have stepped on 1t.
We love the Christmas Spirits"
But it's tougher than a wart,
To look for Christmas spirits"
When it's 5000 a quart:
r
And now they are selling corsets at
$3.50 pairl Sometimes It's a blessing
to be single.
Jacksonville wants thirty feet OF
waterl Gee whiz--Montgomery doesn't
at least not this time Of yeari
Christmas comes
But once a year. 3 ~
How fortunate
~ 4 For father dearl
s. .is.f5sr r r.
The Christmas Load.
He's 1es got on the "Chris'mas load.s
So better give him all the road.
He's a feIlin' pretty fine.
His rosy nose is all a-shinel
christmas comes
But onct year
II git drunk
Yo' needn't to kere!'
He's jes got full o. Chris'mas punch.
He holds earth's riches in one bunch.
A happier man could not be found.
Although the whole land spins
aroundi
christmas comes
But onct year.
If l git drunk
Yo' needn't to kerer III.
PHIL H. ARMSTRONG.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22
candles, Gas, on, Electricity.

New YOrk C0mmeTCldl. .
Chiefly because electric light, as 1t
comes under the most common obser-
walton, Is much the more spectacular
there is still extant a contingent OF
the population that takes 1t for grant
ed that gas as an illuminant Is some
thing of a back number. CONNER
cially, gas is whole generations older
than electricity. and II has news
ceased to progress in employment ana
in popular favor, not only as an illu.
minalit, but also as generator OF
power and as domestic fuel for heat
ing and all other purposes.
1t Is gratifying TO occasionally take
a hand in the shattering of a popular
delusion. Intelligent men are wont to
speak OF candles as something arch
ale. something practically obsolete.
but ythe fact is that nowadays there
are more candles consumed yearly
than ever before in the worlds his
tory; gas has not materially affected
the use of oil as an illuminant and 3
source OF heat; nor has electricity put
gas into the shadow--indeed. for the
amount OF capital invested gas pays
bigger profits today than any other
illuminant in common use. Great Il
Easl
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22

ABOUT PoRTERHoUsE STEAK.
origin of the Name Claimed In Doubs
Known In England.


known In England.
Let us devote little time and space
to consideration of porterhouse
steak. The subject IL worth serious
consideration. Our friend who con
tributed a lively letter on this and KID.
,dred topics which was printed on TINS
page of The New York Times yester
day was mistaken on one OF ewe
its name. according TO grim tradition:
to the steak was on this Island OF
Manhattan. but 1t was not called
porterhouse because Its owner was
one Porter. That may have been the
name of a keeper of porterhouse.
even of the New York porterhouse OF
beefy tradition. but the porterhouse
was named not for Porter, but for por-
ter. There was time when all public
places were called by the uninitiate
"porterhouses." Porter was a famous
and popu ar drink. 1t was particular
ly popular in this town In earlier and
halcyon. days when Fits Greene Hal
Hair had contemporaneous signifi-
canoe Porter Is q dark and strong
brew of malt and hops and the orig
in of its name IL lost in oblivion.
Some photographers feebly assert that
1t was called porter. because porters
drank IL, but porters in the old, intern
perate days drank anything that was
drinkable and Intoxicating. Porters
were supposed to be strong and por-
ter was very strong beer. Perhaps the
name has no. other meaning.
The true porterhouse served food
as well as drink, and from the porter
house came the porterhouse steak
Our correspondent is mistaken in his
fancy that the porterhouse steak IL
not known abroad. The Englishman
knows 1t well. The ungallicized Lon
don restaurants. where the word
steak has not given place to entrecote
on the bill of fare. serve porterhouse
steaks by that name as thick, as well
bfoiled, and as satisfying as any the
old New Workers ever devonred. In
the simple old New York of the rhym-
ing "Croakers'' and Philip Hone and
the old Park Theater. when fashion
reigned on East Broadway, and the
town at night was dimly lighted with
oil lamps. the careless well-to- do
found refreshment and stimulation in
porterhouses, and the steak so-called
was their favorite dish, but that
either the steak or the name was OF
local origin we strongly doubt.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22
Big Tree I'm Mexico.
yfda W0rld AfaRazina

A cypress tree near Oaxaca, Mexico.
Is believed to be the largest in cir
cumference of any In the world 1t
measures 104 feet around the trunk
at a height OF 100 feet. and twenty
seven people holding hands can just
reach around it.
The tree has stood for many CEN
turtles. and part Of its trunk has COM
r'enced TO decay from sheer old age,
One person Of statistical turn Of
snd nas estimated that the tree ard
it's branches must weigh something
like 1900 tons.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22
one of The UnIxnovvn Rich.

new rOfk Evening sun.
According to a dispatch from Bud
apest. society there is very much in
terested in a report that Count An
ton Sigray. who figured as best man
at a much-talked-of wedding in the
city some time ago. is engaged to a
young woman. name unknown, who
will take another big fortune to Hun
gary. where they need the money.
1t is easy to see why respect for
this country has increased Of late in
that part of the dominions of Francis
Joseph In the present case, the
amazing thing is that, though 1t Is
said that the young lady will have a
dowry Of $40, 100000. and that her
father is an 'iron magnate," nobody
is able to guess who she is.
In any other land there would not
be a moments hesitation about iden-
tifying the future ornament of the
most exclusive court in the world. But
1t is only on this side Of the. Atlantic
that the very rich can live in decent
seclusion; at least until their daugh-
tiers marry foreigners.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22

Railway and Engineering Review.
population Of which IL 100000 or more
the average rate OF fare for street
railway travel Is IL cent passenger
In the cities of Continental Europe
the average rate Of fare paid, for ur-
ban transportation IL / cent q passen-
ger mile.
ON the overhead and underground
railway of the City OF Berlin, Ger
is lbs cents q passenger mile. II Is
quite apparent that the people OF Eu-
rope---in spite OF the general impress
sion. here to the contrary--are paying
than are the people OF the United
States.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22

Let the good citizen bear In mind
that there are to be a lot OF offices
filled next year by the votes OF the
people. and all should be prepared to
take part in the work. The man who
neglects to fit himself for the privil-
eye and duty OF voting may regret It
when too late. Better be prepared in
time.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22

A New York doctor writing to a
medical Journal advocates six meals
a day instead Of three. and we are
very much inclined to call him lu-
matte. 1t is hard enough on most peo-
Pile to get three meals every day. and
sometimes they are very scanty ones.
Perhaps the writer was arguing In
the interest of his profession.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22

Up in Portland, Me, one of the cold
Est spots in the Union. they are talk
lng of putting on open cars on the
street-car lines OF the city. The ar
Il gent is that the fresh air is more
healthful and invigorating than the
stagnant air in the tightly closed
heated cara That may be good in
theory. but we doubt IL it will be
popular in practice.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22

1t will soon be time UP North when
the snow-shovel will be the most used
household implement about the home.
1t may be interesting exercise for the
head of the house to be compelled to
shovel path before any of the fam
lily can go out, but we are not long
ing for any OF that sort Of enjoy
ment.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22
Letters to The Editor
court square Fountain Again

Editor The Advertiser:
/ notice in Tuesdays issue of The
Advertiser an ordinance OF the Alder
men regarding the removal and plac-
ing of a station for the convenience
of street car passengers on Fountain
Square.
why the persistent advocating of
the removal of this fountain against
the wishes OF the Montgomerians?
Are we going backward? Cities like
Cincinnati, Cleveland, Pittsburg and
Louisville require no station for stree"
car passengers, and why should Mont
gomery? The most attractive feature
OF our city is the fountain. It Is odd
it is artistic, it is Montgomery.
Leave II alonel
NJ, M. w,
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22

The esteemed Houston Post Is hav-
ing hard lines OF late. In addition to
the jabs and punches directed at 1t
and its State It is kept busy defend
ing Texas against Mr.. Bryan. who
seems OF late to have grudge against
State and people-or against some of
its prominent Democratic leaders.
Here's to The Post. wishing it sue
cess In a just ana righteous fight
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22

In the old nursery song we were
told that the cow jumped over the
moon" at some remote time. 1t looks
now as IL not only the old COW but
all the beef cattle are trying to do the
same thing, judging from the price of
meat.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22

amendment bin down. for Alabama,
knowing the bitterness Of an amend
ment campaign. involving countless
political hopes ana fortunes. never
wants. TO see such another campaign.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22

II 1t is true that the Danes have
placed their disapproval on DR.. Cooks
claims where can he look for support?
AS we understand It. he placed his
main reliance on Copenhagen.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22

We can well believe that Zelaya
was sincere when he declares that he
resigned to prevent further bloodshed
He feared that some of his own red
fluid might be let out.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22

The Manchester Union gives 1t as
its unbiased. unprejudiced and un-
warped opinion" that New England is
the most favored section Of country in
the world. and we may now expect
The Houston Post to rise on It's hind
feet and utter things.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22

The Georgia man who wants d.
vorce on the ground that his wife
hypnotized him ought to study human
nature. Any attractive young girl
can hypnotiza man, especially IL he
is an easy mark-as most of them
are.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22

The boss, of the weather has been
doing his best for several days to
show us what disagreeable weather
really Is. but So far we haven't had a
blizzard.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22

Speaking Of the closing of six post
offices in Arkansas because no one
would accept the position or postmas.
Ger, The Pittsburg Sun explains IT by
saying that the men find it more
profitable to raise cotton at present
prices than to hold office. That's an
other blow at the cotton mania.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22

The Norfolk Landmark informs Mr.,
Hearst that the country does not need
new party. Perhaps not, but Hearst
does. and that is the main point with
him.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22

'You can buy a square foot of land
at Wall and Nassau streets, New York.
for 1926 but what's the user" asks
The Richmond Times-D Despatch. Lots
of use. dear contemporary. Just think
of being able to say you own land in
the heart of New York;