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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-08

next. how many natives will be need
ed to take charge Of the outfit, ana
then provide enough gumdrops to DO
the loo effectually---and there you are.
simple enough. is 1t not? The Won
der 10 that II has not been thought OF
and acted on before. Gumdrops are
prentitui. and the makers Of them are
always glad Of o customer; conse-
quently. we may expect the industry
to grow just In proportion to the
growth Of polar demands Now that
nr. Cook has shown that the pole can
he reached we may reasonably expect
that a new impetus will be given to
the pole-hunting industry and that In
turn will give an impetus to one Of
the great American Industries. Who
knows but that all previous polar ex-
petitions have failed because their
promoters hadn't learned the value Of
gun1drops as q stimulator OF Eskimo
energy? The one danger we see -
that so many adventurous spirits will
take ND with the new discovery that
1t will ne difficult to supply the de-
mand for gumdrops, and that the saw
ages may rise on their price. Still, 1t
Is a momentous discovery.
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Mobile Register. , 4. o,..,...
and protesting to be leader In poll
tics, has yet to learn the nrst rule OF
his vocation, namely: So treat your
as za 4 ass ne or may rather his
mistreatment of Senator spSagins VIII VII
likely ALLEVIATE not only the Senator for
all time to come but All OF . .ns sS,,t-
that he will have no need OF MIN. that
an enemy is an enemy and must pc
seotched or killed: but II ne ioIiows
like tactics with all who now disagree
with mis- politics he will have nothing
but enemies in the END.
No man objects TO square stand,uP
tight In behalf Of b either bI So1isy are
and taken. Hard hitting Is expected
After the battle. victors and van
pushed nurse their wounds and recov vs
offered, the former ANTAGONISTS are
seen nghting side by side or, perhaps
the one is helping the other to acnieve
an honorable ambition. But the nght-
ing in all cases must be fair and &C
cording to the rule.
Governor Conner does not UNDERSTAND
this. or understanding t. ns ss aO s;oy ep.
nor's unjustifiable misrepresentatlon OF
Senator Spragins's attitude toward pro-
hibition Is much akin TO some other ac-
| lions of his. as for example his conduet
| Of the public service where he let II
| be known that none but those OF bis
| persuasion will be appointed jury com
| mis- sioners OF the several counues. ~
has peen a personal matter with hiri
in administering the exeeutiy,e, S once nee Il Il
| he can Influence and control the State
supreme Court. His actions show 2
purpose to consolidate all co-ordtnated
| bowers into his own hands; and he does
! this with the insularity Of a Napoleon;
He feels the influence Of unqnest ,t q
power When he sees his enemy ne
Stacks him with whatever weapon
let him beware, however! A man
who acts as ne IL disposed to act mus!
| be very powerful or he's VIII ram and
TO be very powerful he nTss nafs SUP %t1,
| he driven Of by his assertion that Sena-
tor spragins rePresents.the s5 sr .; nr1O
| ciple can be mortally offended and con
| tinue to expect his supporters 10 out
weigh the forces Of the Opposition:
| In our opinion Governor Conner. = is
riding for a hard fall, and the cataS-
| trophe is near at hand
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1909.
FRAUDULENT BRANDS.

Those who drink beer or other IL
auors no doubt often wonder II 1t Is
fair or exactly honest for those who
manufacture or bottle these goods to
put q misleading label on them. If
man has a preference for a particular
brand. put UP or made in a certain
city. and gets . bottle or other pack
age bearing that label. but made at
another place and by a different firm.
is he not really swindied? 1t seems
that the German courts have settled
the matter, as the following account
shows:
The question as to whether beer
bearing the name OF city must pc
last month. A. brewery in that place
manufactured beer which was placed
on the market under the name Pills
ner," the contention of the brewers be-
ing that the name applied to a certain
kind OF beer which might be brewed
anywhere. In the Judges decision; the ne
Of Pilsen. Bohemia, was upheld. ana
the defendant was instructed to dis.
continue the name" Piisner B RAJ fa1nss
license to do business was suspended
That doubtless settles It, so far as
Germany is concerned. but We don't
know how 1t will be elsewhere. Pilsner
has long been a famous and popular
brand of beer, and the German courts
hold that genuine Pilsner beer cannot
he made in Berlin, which we look on
as a fair and Just decision.
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BILLY, HE'S IN TROUBLE.

(AnOnymOuasI
I've got q letter, parson, from my sen
away out West.
An my OF hearts as heavy IS an anvn
in my breast.
To think the boy who's futur' / had
once so proudly planned
Should wander from the path o. right
an come to such an end!
I told him when he left us. only three
short years ago, 81.
He'd find himself a plowin' in mighty
crooked row
He'd miss his fathers counsels, and his
mothers prayers, too;
But he said the farm was hateful, an
he guessed he'd have to 80. II
I know thar's big temptation for .
youngster in the , West A.. oo,-
age to resist:
An when he left 1 warned him O. the
ever-waitin' snares
That lie like hidden sarpints In Ire'h
pathway everywheres.
Our Bill he promised faithful to be
keerful, an allowed
He'd build reputation that haAe u
But IL seems a. how my counsel sort
O. faded from his mind.
An now the boys In trouble of the very
wustest kind!
Hts letters come so seldom that I some-
how sort o. knowed
That Billy was a trampin' on a mighty
Rut I never once imagined he would
bow my head in shame.
An in the dust would waller his OF
daddy's honored name.
He writes from out in Denver, an the
story's mighty short;
1 Just can't tell his mother; it'd crush
her poor OF heart!
An Break SU the news to her her. you H"sn'
Bills in the Legislatur', but he doesn't
say what fur
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The time Is passed for sham battles
On the tariff question. The only vic
tory We have won on the tariff in re-
when we attacked the principle Of pro-
lection. No real fight can be made I'M
til distinct line is drawn between
the opposing forces.
The progressive Republicans can not
make successful fight against the
Aldrtch element because both factions
in the Republican Party claim to be
protectionists 1t is only a question
issue. So with those Democrats who
shy at "a tariff for revenue anly"; they
can not state their position without
borrowing Republican phraseology {.
henever a Democrat begins to de-
fend protection he throws awav Ills
arms and joins the ranks Of non-com-
batants.
Taxation Of the many for the benefit
of the few is robbery under the form
OF law, whether 1t Is invoked tc aid
the manufacturers of the East or the
producers of raw material in the West
and South.
Aside from the objections made to
the principle Of protection II must be
remembered that comparatively few
A protective tariff that would ditsrib-
ute its benefits among all would be of
no benefit to any one. To beneft those
for whom II is made, protective tar
IN must hurt the rest Of the people
The Democratic Party must take the
part of the whole people and challenge
the Repuhlicans-standp and pro-
gressives alike-to defend the protect
i've principle.
Tariff reform by the friends of pro-
lection has turned out to be a fraud
tariff reform by protectlonist Demo-
Gratis would be Just as disappointing
Tariff reform by the friends of the tar.
If is impossible; tariff reform by the
enemies Of high tariff is not only rcas-
enable, but necessary.
Now for a real fight between the tan
payers and the tax eaters.
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RATHER MIXED.

North Dakota, theoretically a dry"
State. is apparently not having very
decided success in enforcing prohibit
ton, as we learn from a dispatch pub
lishsd in The st. Paul Dispatch, of
which the following is a fair resume:
II seems that there are 1871 United
ssstss bst stggnas for ons
Ing place to each 244 of population.
while in Minnesota, prohibition,
there is one saloon for each 200 inh I
kota has twice as many saloons In pro-
portion TO population as wet Minnesota
has. stili further, bH1ore NO North Tni Ra
States license for each 3l9 of pOpula-
ton; since the prohibition law became
effective the Licenses haye 1ner sanf6
pax ota there are fewer United states
1ieenses than in dry North Dakota, the
ratio being 1871 to 1878.
II we properly get the meaning OF
these statements a man in that State
who holds a United States license can
sell as much liquor as he pleases, re-
.sardless of State laws to the contrary.
This is evident from the increase in
The number of Federal licenses, as
man would not be likely to buy IL
eense of this kind unless he could use
II 1t may be that they can only sell
at wholesale. but that, we suppose. Is
n violation of the State laws. In fact.
things seem rather mixed in North Da-
kota
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AN ERRONEOUS BELIEF.

It Is singular how ordinarily we'll
Informed newspapers will persist in
keeping up the old tradition or belief
that a President Of the United States
is prohibited by the Federal Constitu-
tion from going beyond the boundaries
OF the Union. Here, for example. 10
The Memphis News-Scimitar saying
that when Taft and President Diaz, OF
Mexico meet they must shake hands
across the boundary line. as neither
must leave the bounds of his own
country, adding that President Taft
dare not. under penalty Of violating
the Constitution of his country. put
foot or feet on Mexican SOIL"
II there Is a provision in the Next.
can Constitution which would be vio-l
lated IL It's President should go out
side the Republic we are not aware
OF 1t. and suppose there Is no such
prohibition Certainly there is nothing
of the kind in our Constitution. and so
far as that instrument Is concerned
the President might pay a visit to any
foreign country without violating its
letter or spirit. Taking our Presidents
by and large" we suppose fsw OF them
have ever cared to visit foreign coun-
tries while they were in ONCE. gener-
ally finding enough to do at home.
1t has probably been owing to this
habit Of Presidents staying in the
United States that the belief has
grown up that he Is not allowed to
leave them, and that IL he should do
70 he would be guilty OF violating the
country's organic law. This belief has
become 20 general. and has been so
often referred to. that perhaps a ma
jority Of the people look on 1t as part
OF the written Constitution Of our
country. II Mr.. Taft should decide to
visit the Philippines. as has been talk
ed. and then visit other foreign coun-
tries, he would not violate the Consti.
tuition or any provision in 1t. And yet,
1t matters not how often this matter
is explained. there will always be peo-
pie who will insist that a President
is forbidden to leave the country.
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Good Gracious! Must We Never
Undo Last Legislatures Work
DIScOVEREDI

"Esto perpetual" and then aff1x an ACT
forbiddfnE any subsequent Legislature
from altering or abolishing them. BY
a masterful stroke Of this kind thai
great boon SO devoutly wished for--the
stopping Of agitation--mfght have bser
achieved
However, we get from Mr.. BlacR.
stone the well known precept that acrs
of parliament derogatory from the
not. Because the Legislature being In
truth the sovereign power. is always OF
equal. always OF absolute authority: II
Acknowledges no superior upon earth
been. II its ordinances could bind q
subsequent parliament. Upon the same
principle, Cicero In his letters to Atti.
Gus, treats with q proper contempt
those restraining clauses which en-
deavor to tie up the hands Of succeed
Ing legislatures ~ p.,,o-x
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BeSSemer weekly.
Commenting on the provisions OF the
new jury law we find the following in
The Birmingham Ledger:
Representative Sam Will John, who
fathered the bill in the Legislature,
thinks It will do away with Jury fix
ing Governor Conner says he will ap-
point no men but prohibitionists to
be commissioner. II these commission
ers only put prohibitionists in the jury
boxes. wouldn't that be almost jury
fixing?"
To use a slang expression, that would
certainly be fixing some," and we find
II very hard indeed to believe that
Governor Conner ever made such 8
statement, even II he intended to ap-
point all the commissioner from a GER
tain class of people.
While everybody knows where Gov
ernor Conner stands on the question of
prohibition, and that he would go to
almost any reasonable length to see
that the laws on this subject are en-
forced. still we cannot believe that In
his zeal to build UP machine in the
courts of justice that would tend 70
discredit II even In the eyes Of the pro-
hibitionists themselves.
Not even the great prohibition wave
as strong and as powerful as 1t has
become in Alabama, can eradicate from
the minds OF the people the right OF
every man charged with a crime to
have fair trial by Jury of his peers
before he can be convicted and pun
| ished.
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following statement reported as COM
ting from Hon. J. Lee Long. of this city:
"only eighteen votes are counted in
the Greenvflle beat. for the amendment
and the county ia as strong against the
amendment as II was for Conner during
the Conner Cunning CHAM guhernatorial
campaign. when II went by . vote Of
more than 10 to ! for the Governor"
From file of the Official return of the
election referred to by Mr.. Long tAus--
ust 20, 1906 find that Conner received
IT'S votes, Cunningham s2s. Does that
look like Is to /?
In this heat (l2) Conner received 234
votes. Cunningham, 140. Is that IS TO
II
His other statement, while mislead-
ing, can not reply to as he said only
eighteen votes had been counted for
the amendment in Greenville heat
Would reply to this statement but
thought possibly he had not finished
his count. However, / think the latter
statement equally al correct as the
former.
n. A. Les.
President Butler County Prohibition
League.
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Am Director OnAy He WIN he ImteRe@ta
ed I'm the MiEht schasa.

IA Director OnAy He WIN he Intere@ea
ed IN the Mimht 9shaSa.
Editor The Advertiser: $50, en- =
In Mondays issue Of sYour payer.
there appears an artiete about the
night school of the local Y. M. G. A.,
and the writer's connection herewith,
Unfortunately this article has been
naisdnderstood by number OF NIX
publish the following brief explana-
lion.
rectors OF the Y. N. G. A. The work
Of the association ia divided fnto SIX
departments, each being under n de-
partment chairman. have been ap.
pointed chairman Of the ednca ttunai
department, one branch OF which work
Is the establishment and supervision
Of q night school for b0ys and men
who are not connected with q day
school and are at work.
This In no sense means that the
writer will personally conduct any
classes or do any actual teaching how
ever. pleasant and profitable such work
might be to him.
From casual reading Of the article
in your paper Of today. many OF my
friends received an erroneous Impress
sion that would teach In the night
school, 1t Is to correct this impression
that this letter IL written.
Respectfully yours,
s. c. StarkaS
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SONS QUESTIONS.

Expiorer COOK mas Ine hafttofo
Times more or less tangled over some
aspects Of his discovery. While on
the steamer on the way to Copenhagen
he is reported as saying:
'As was sitting at the pole I could
not help smiling at the peo! who. on
dillon a humbug. 1 was sure the peo-
| pie would say that ! had bought my
two witnesses and that my not. book
manufactured on board this ship.
thi. Is o what 'n tRs rS oak
North Pole. Thefe they viii find n
small brass tube which buried bur .h uG,
statement about my trip. ! couidnt
leave my visiting card. because I didn't
happen to have one with me-
It was these statements that have to
some extent confused The Times. and
we must admit that 1t suggests some
interesting questions Why should any
one incur the trouble, expense and
danger of a voyage to the Pole II he
has no way Of proving that he was
there? II DR.. Cook should say to the
skeptics. IT you don't believe / left
proof of my visit go there and see for
yourself" some might consider 1t an
appropriate reply. while others might
think he was lodging the question
But that is not all, and The Times
further inquiries:
DIR. Cooks story that he put rec
ord of his visit in a brass tube under
the American flag. which he thinks
implies that he thinks the ice at the
pole rests on land. If it merely COW
e,s water and u t fso dr,t that i With
movement of not more than mile a
week. the flag and brass tube are Al
reaay ,rn more the ,na pois' ana there is mot
one chance in ten THOUSAND that they
will ever be found. They are useless.
therefore. as possible evidence.
This is a matter that will come up
to mystify many persons. If. as The
Times suggests, the ice or snow rests
on water. and Is "the dividing ice-cap
of a Polar sea-" as the paper expresses
It, the whole business. flag, tube and
all, may float OF and II 1t Is ever
found long way on how will the tube
and flag be conclusive evidence thar
they were ever deposited at the exact
spot indicated? Then again. IL the ics
or snow rests on solid earth Is 1t not
possible that 1t will melt or sink. and
the next one who reaches the spot be
unable to find any evidence that he
had been preceded by DR.. Cook or any
one else?
In the interview from which we have
quoted. and in other statements given
out by him, the doctor states that he
took and recorded daily such careful
observations as could be taken no.
where else but at the pole itself. and
that these observations contain ire
futable evidence that they were taken
at the spot indicated. But some win
ask why he should care If his report
Ia not believed. IL he brings back with
him such observations and records az
will convince astronomers that his
claim is genuine? AS a matter OF fact
he may expect unbelievers. but II he
convinces the scientists he has no need
to worry about the skeptics.
At the time this is being written re-
ports are coming in from Commander
Peary. and when a detailed statement
Is made by him the resi- may be a
complete confirmation OF DR.. Cooks
claims or a thorough denial OF them,
very few days may settle 1t one way
or the other.
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New York. Rich PIums J..

The oflGes to be filled at the ap-
preaching New York city election. with
the salaries. are: Mayor. $4,000; con,
troller. $4,000; president OF the board
of aldermen, $4,000: president or the
borough OF Manhattan, $1,000; presl'
dent OF the borough of Brooklyn, w.
500; president OF the borough or the
Bronx. $1,000: president Of the borough
of Queens 5000 president 81 }o the c orp.
ners. Manhattan leach, 5000 6Go two two
coroners. the Bronx (each), $6,Oou; two
3%eens aG6hC GSSG
each. 2.Ge0; SO assemblymen (eacnl
81. 800; district attorney, New f s,n
$4,000; district attorney kings VIZ w;
600; district attorney, queens $5'000
district attorney Richmond. $4,000
sheriff, New York, half fees and Sl2s-
900; sheriff Kings $4,000; 81. sne III
Queens tfees only, Nv worth " ciOuS
New York. $4,000; county clerk Kings
$4,000; county clerk. Queens ices ,
worth $4,000: county clerk, Ricnm0n o
$4,000: register, New York, izt;3Oo
ot the supreme court (eachl. t17.5So
seven municipal judgeships (eaeh)
sIh Ahh
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OF course 1t had to come out that
an Atlanta man went on an Arctic
North Pole expedition with General
Greeley and that he is acquainted with
DR.. Cook, He is at present a member
Of the Atlanta police force and his
name is Hannah. The cog that has
slipped in his wheel was failure to
wait day longer and claim close
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Selma. September 9. 1903.

Selma. September 9, 1903.
Editor The Advertiser:
In the course of his lay sermon at
Union Springs the Hon. b. b. Conner
advances this remarkable plea for the
amendment:
1T will prevent any other Legisla-
ture from sneaking in and repeating
your laws"
Great Caesars ghost! The thought
that the work Of the late unlamented
should take such high rank in the an
mails of statesmanship that no succeed
shall lay It's impious hands upon II, Is
enough to make our forefatiers tu'n
over In their graves. The astute franz
er OF our prohibition laws who wrest-
led SO heroically In trying TO overcome
the riEors Of Interstate Commerce, the
constitution. bills of rights and certain
other fundamentals handed down from
Magma Charta, should have inscribed
upon those monuments Of his genius,
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PHYICIANS OF MRS.
STEVENSON MAKE PROTEST
Say That News Letter Erom Luvesne
Implied Neglect, which Was
Not Accurate.
Mattel. Ala. September 6. 1893.

Mattel. Ala, September 6, 1893.
Editor The Advertiser;
article from Luverne that does US, the
physicians attending Mrs. Stevenson. a
very great injustice, and we ask you
to pu b!ish this in justice to us;
type that 1.-The dangerous" wound was
discovered too late, and further. that
the wounds In her breast and stomach
BY stating that these dangerous
wounds were discovered too late" it
Is plainly implied that II the attending
surgeons had taken tns trouble 70
found these wounds, before II was st
late" that her life could haye been
saved. that her life was lost by the
medical attendants.
We feel that this Is very serious
and damaging reflection OF us. and Is
ssrz Hehar IL Hs
region OF her stomach or under her
breast as stated in your paper.
great loss of blood. She was IN n
dying condition when We got to her
and so profound was the shock that we
tion, but only ligate the bleeding yes
sells, and wrap the shattered and man
gled arm up in antiseptic dressings.
Her pulse could not be felt at the wrist
lants, we performed hypodermoclysis,
which Is injecting a pint or more of
normal saline solution into the loose
tissue under the skin over the abdo-
men, and under the breast Cor else
where.J In doing this we used q boil
low needle or tube. which made ian
opening about the size of q number 7
shot (the size that her assailant used)
and we suppose II might have been
these that your correspondent saw; but
he should have taken the trouble to In
vestlgate before rushing into print,
and fnJuring those who were trying to
serve her
Injecting this solution filled up the
blood vessels and took the place in
some respects. Of the blood the patient
had lost and caused her to revive.
We did not see her until ten hours
after she was shot.
s. J. Mattel,
J. N. Guy.
Attending Physicians
Ut was not intended in the news
story from Luverne to reflect at all on
the physicians who attended Mrs. Stew
enson. The news was printed exact
ly as 1t came from Luverne. The
letter from DrS. Mattel and Guy who
are physicians Of the highest standing.
Is cheerfully published I'D. Adver-
tiser.)
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Our neighbors over in Columbus
think they have a weil-established
cause of complaint. and we rather agree
with them. They invited the President
10 visit Columbus during his tour and
he accepted the invitation. Then when
they were preparing to get up a hand
some entertainment in his honor they
~et word that he will stop ten minutes
In their city, Lets forget it." re-
marks The Ledger. dolefully. Good
advice, bat can they do 1t? Disap-
pointments are not so easily forgot
ten.
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Is not the esteemed Columbus Ledg-
er making itself unnecessarily oRicious
by so constantly butting into Ala
bama's prohibition fight? Can 1t not
find plenty of ground to work on at
home?