The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-06
A MODERN GOLIATH.

Manchester. Eng, Sept. 5.-"Beg pa
ah-don" as they say in England. I
take 1t back: the Englishman does
boot. He shrugs his shoulders and
claps his hands, at the cricket game.
the national game corresponding to
tss sset fs 9 Where he
to political meeting in North Man
chester to hear the cSns .ryaay; s des
preach the doctrine Of protection. The
one Conservative NJ. p. from Manches-
ter; the Hon on sGm .Ss Xix af ~ the the
name; that is one Of the most import
ant parts of the name-was present
snG Ts sams other dis
But scarcely anybody heard either one
spsss for a ne Ss 1 Witch hon
protection. than there was a tremen-
dous uproar. which kept Up confirm,
sYsly thrGUShOSN,t the ~seti Rsout G Se
thousand men were present and they
raised all sorts OF Calm TO prevent the
opponents Of the Eoyespnmss ram as Sneak
talked aloud. and even sang SONGS. "a
regular old Tillmantte ho WI s"pth arm
and Western States, know what tnat
means. ..A
At the close OF the meeungI whSn
speakers having despaired OF getting
hearing and sat down, the chairman
Of the meeting, who by his impers
s stroa'e voice ' was the only one the
crowd would listen to at any time.
offered some resolutions. These he
managed to read and take hand
primary" on, with a most astoundingly
disappointing result TO the protection
lists:
eminent for putting an additional tax
on unimproved land, AMI for not re-
forming the tariff along protection. II
80 es4 far 81 as ''fe could Judge, was s about
three to one against the resolutions.
On the car coming back heard a man
h hey learned. was seGehot 70 See tre eS.
or. The Conservatives. or protection
lists. admitted they were outvoted by
sis mftSety eet msd ken s H. 4 IVES
servatiyes claim that the '.socialista'"
as thew call. those iavoring the gov
Move ms Ps'p pe. ies mss nesting IN Man
imPortans X Rise4%sa 'SSa as n TsTy
esn .. See peyha e Snns h sgT
who have been told that everything in
England tends toward protection, and
hence Y the United states should put
| earth.
heard such ideas advanced all over
one doubt" deciatmed Mr.. Ald Gf hiy In
the Senate one day. that II the Con-
ENGLAND. they. would adopt the policy
Well; at tie least a, tn. no one about this
anu FOR tha v Ss9G Teaso sonic
seven efghths or more Of the popuia-
tion are going to DO all they can. to
hep Ss know from wb sSm Ing
eminent in other parts Of England
is. but I purpose 10 fnd out bafora
sSost q 'a eSancs a@ons H those oottoa
date who proposes TO Revise the tar
IL TPwsTd" and Iva i can't be revised
nature of this sturdy. ,stoiid. stupid
al ais i my daysIJohn Bun and Tommy
Adkins. the "ah-S1trawdnary--do
know" fellow have seen on the stage.
list. and / run across them every day.
So far I haven't even thought Of those
who live in the castles and wear titles
relatively unimportant. Day before
yesterday I went to cricket match:
yesterday afternoon TO a political meet
They were all funny. the least funny
intended to. be funny. But the crlck at
This Is the height Of the cricket sea-
son in England. Cricket matches are
going or all over the country The
Games. more. II possible. than that In
Baseball in AmsricA pown in London
ject Of the tariff. and while the Lon
don papers. taking their statesmen a
little more seriously than we do in
America; print long reports even en- CIV "
/ far as I have been able tn figure out.
in the public mind Parliament holds
about the same position of unimport-