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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-08-07
Am A LOuiSianian."

Now, Mr.. Chairman and gen
tlemen, you and | must accept
our full measure of responsible
W, not only for the creation by
That body of 100 new offices,
most of which added unnecessary
burdens upon the people, but for
us failure to enact a reform meas.
ure, to make a repetition of the
prostitution of the ballot in New
orleans impossible, for we elect.
ed the members of that BODY.
Again, Mr.. Chairman, the re.
sponsibility for the present help
less and disOrganized condition
OF the people must rest to a con.
siderable extent at the door of
the agricultural classes and great
country constituencies, who have
caused the abolition of the con.
Ventlon system, which gave the
leaders OF the people an oppor.
tunlty to get together in confer.
ence and adopt platforms to con-
troll the conduct of public off.
Gals, and who haye, in the .adop.
ton of the primary election sys.
TEN, given us no substitute for
the Old convention method. We
now license our state administra.
tions to do as they please, and
we give a rowing commission to
our legislators and congressman
to vote as they please. Thus,
they who ought to be your SER
wants, are encouraged to become
your masters. Let it be under.
stood that I am not advocating
nor suggesting a repeal of the
primary election system, for
with all of it's defects, it is deep.
ly Embedded in the hearts and
minds of the people. I suggest
and urge upon you that you make
demand for the restoration of the
convention system, not for the
purpose of nominating candi.
dates for office, but that you,
through your own representa-.
tive, elected to such a body, may
give authoritative expression to
your views and to your demands |
for legislation in the interests of |
the people. The legislature, by
the primary act, has taken iuris.
dictiOnal control over party man.
agement and should you demand
of that body the incorporation
nto the primary election law of
a provision for the converting of
representative conventions to
formulate the platform of princi.
pies to govern candidates nOmi.
mated for Office at the primary
election, you would not thereby
be entering the domain of par.
tisan politics. You will be doing
yourselves and your fellow citi.
zens the great service of prOmOt.
ing an organization which could
make authoritative demand upon
the legislature, not only to repeal
the laws saddling upon the PEG.
pie the great number of useless
officers recently created, but also
to make such amendments to the
primary election law as to rem.
der impossible the repetition of
the frauds in the electorate that
are charged to have been com.
mitted. You and the cOnstitu.
ency which you represent have
the power and influence to bring
about these great reforms, and
| repeat, that the responsibility
rests upon you and that country
to restore to the
people a system which will give
them the opportunity to meet to.
gether in a representative BODY L
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
CURED MOTHER
 AND DAUGHTER
Bloodlessness and a Rundown Condition Will Inevitably Bring Suffering and Sorrow Unless
 Promptly Corrected.

The symptoms described in the fol- lowing statement are so common to- day wherever overwork and worry have resulted in decline in health that the means by which cure was effected deserves the careful attention of every thoughtful man and woman. It is such conditions as are here de- scribed that are commonly neglected until the injury to the health Is past repair. It Is therefore the part of wisdom to take the remedy that Is known to have cured <such cases.
 Mrs. B. C.. Goodwin, of R. F. D. No. 2. Gardner. Mass, was cured of anaemia after she had been sick for year. She says:
 T was in q terrible condition a few years ago. suffering from anaemia. I was overworked and run down, bring ing up my baby. l lost color and strength and became so weak that my husband had to help me around. Very often would get dizzy and seem to see floating specks- before my eyes. I would wake up through the night and be So numb all over that 1t seemed my blood would never start circulat- ing again. thought I must surely die before my heart would beat strong enough to start the blood through my body. My hands and feet would ac- tually pain when the circulation be- gan. This numbness would last for an hour. My digestion was poor and I couldn't breathe well.
 My doctor treated me for anaemia, but l finally stopped taking his med tcine. I heard of Dr. WilliamS Pink Pills and felt some better after had taken them only a short time. But gave them a long trial and gradually grew better and got so that I didn't need medicine any more. My health Is l Aa. lxG ArtA sickness since. I gained in weight and have been doing all of my work. Later had greater reasons for being grateful for Dr. Williams Pink Pills. My little girl began to grow weak and seemed to have no strength. We took her to two doctors, who ex- amined her lungs and heart and told us to take her from school. We were afraid of consumption as the doctor watched her lungs so closely. During her sickness we moved here and not wishing to try another doctor be- gan giving her pr. Williams Pink Pills. She gained right away in strength and color, was able to re- sume her school work and is now in fine health.
 T have never found any medicine which acts so promptly and with such gratifying results as pr. Williams Pink Pills and I recommended them heartily"
 So general is the success of Dr. Will liams' Pink Pills in curing anaemia that 1t may be safely stated that they are the most certain remedy for all conditions of thin weak and watery blood. They are also a tonic for the nerves and have cured indigestion and general debility, where the stomach and other organs of the body are weakened and dlsordered simply through 9ack of proper nourishment. They have also been especially suc- cessful in curing rheumatism and af- ter-effects of the grip and of fevers Dr. Williams Pink Pills are sold by all druggists, or will be sent, post paid, on receipt of price. 50 cents per
 box; six boxes for s2.50, by the pr. Williams Medicine Company. Schenect- | ady, N. Y.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
PRESS MEETING ENDS.
Lord Morley Appeals For Peace Be
 tween Nation.


 London, June 10.-The imperial press conference has brought Its bus mess session to a temporary close, and the delegates will spend the next fortnight in sight seeing.
 They will witness the naval review at Spithead next Thursday in which fourteen warships will take part. The conference will reassemble June 25 to receive the reports of the committees The closing session this morning was devoted to the literature of journ- alism.
 Lord Morley. who presided, turned from the militarism that has marked the previous meetings. and put forth the claim that the English tongue was a stronger and more enduring bond of imperial union than anything else, a thousand times stronger than all the achievements of soldiers and sailors, and the statesmen who had directed them.
 q know of no more stupendous and overwhelming fact" he said, than the supreme dominance of the English tongue over the millions in the new world in the West and the ancient worlds In the East"
 He pleaded for systematic and persevering work on the part of news papers in behalf of peace among the nations,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
THE YELLOW PERIL
EAST AND WEST CLASH ON THE
 QUESTION.
The Slave Trade in Oriental Women ts Declared to Be Worse Now Than
 at Any other
 Time.

Buffalo, N. Y., June 1o.--The annual
 conference of charities and corrections'
 which assembled here last evening.
 continued its work today. The topics
 of the day were. "Immigrants. Chil-
 dren." Families and Neighborhoods."
 The conference will continue untn
 Wednesday next with morning and
 evening meetings. The afternoon will
 be devoted entirely to the entertain-
 ment of delegates.
 Today's conference was opened by
 c, C. Carstens, Secretary and General
 Agent of the Society for the Prevention
 of Cruelty to Children, of Boston, in
 an address on the breaking up of ram lilies.
 The East and the West ciashed on the question of the reality of the yel- low pirel at today's session of the im- migration section of the annual con- ference of charities and corrections. W. A. Gates, Secretary of the Board or Charities of San Francisco. declared the yellow peril was more of 8 menace today than at any time in the past. Tt is also gravely doubted, de- clared MT. Gates, If Japan Is faith- fully keeping the 'gentleman,s agree ment entered into with the United states regarding the distribution of
 the immigration of the coolie class. A similar agreement. entered into with | Great Britain in regard to the British of Columbia has been deliberately Vio- lated. Japan recognizes no coolie class. Besides this, 800 Japanese and 1000 Chinese, illegally entered the country. over the border of Mexico ana Canada in the last year and half The slave trade in Oriental women,
 MT Cates said. were worst today than at any previous time.
 Cyrus Sulzberger, President of the United Hebrew Societies of New fork' | took issue with MT. Gates.
 .The condition of the slave trade In oriental women on the coast is an indictment of your own white women.
 They should have wiped 1t out long ago" declared MT. Sulzberger.
 You have just as rotten Chineso bau in your3 Mott and Pell Street in New York as in San Francisco. Not only brown girl slaves are held m bondage there," retorted MT. Gates. with some show of heat, but police reports within a week show that nal. | a dozen white girls have been touno | there" Other speakers in the immigran. section of the conference were DaVid | A. Pressler of the Industrial RemosaI I Society of New York, and Miss Grace | Abbott. Director of the League Tor '"e I Protection of Immigrants.
 Joseph Lee, vice-President of the Massachusetts Civic League, Boston
 suoke on 'The Integrity of the Fam- l fly" Nro.-
 Other speakers were pr. Henry Mas kovitz of New York, and Miss Mary Royle O'Reilly of Jamaica Plains, Mass'
 At this evenings session Robert A: Wood, of Boston, read the Feport oi
 che Committee on Families of Neigh
 borhoods, and Frances H. Mclean or New York spoke briefly on Sociai I problems of Smaller Cities"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11

came here ignorant, he had his only opportunity to learn of Christ through the white man, who owned him, and because of the relations of the master and slave, the prejudice and hostile at- titude of the white man towards the negro, the white man was unable to give the negro a correct idea of the Christian religion.
 The executive committee of the Ma tional Baptist Convention held its an- nual meeting today and arranged the program for the next session of the National Baptist Convention in Colum> bus, O.. in Septeiber.
 President Taft, ex-Senator Foraiser. and Booker T. Washington will be ex- tended invitations to address the con- Yention.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
MRS. RUIZ SUICIDES.
The Divorced Wife of a Cuban DiplO-
 mat Takes Her Life.

London. June 1o.-According to the statements published in the London papers today. Mary Agnes O'Brien Ruiz, who was divorced a year ago from Antonio M. Ruiz, a Cuban diplo- mat. and whose name was mentioned in connection with the divorce case of Alfred c. Vanderbilt, committed sui eide in her home in Grosvenor street on May 16 by shooting. The news papers also state that an inquest was held on May 19 but that the facts in the case were suppressed and the af- fair Is now being investigated.
 Mrs. Ruiz came to London last April and with an American comlAlnion, Miss Clancy, took a furnished house where she had numerous visitors.
 During the early part of May how ever. she became i'll. uSa May 16, Miss Caney heard a shot in BIrs. Ruiz's room and on entering found the patient ly- ing in bed with a bullet wound in her breast and revolver at her side A physician was summoned but Mrs. Ruiz died the same night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
JUBILEE IN ROMn.
American Bishops Sit Down At \
 BanqueH.

IhHtETCHH bIbHDp8 SIt UOWn At n
 Banquet.
 Rome, June 10-The ceremonies in connection with the golden jubilee of the American College in Rome were continued today with a grand ban- quet in the refectory of the Vatican.
 Six hundred dignatires of the church, including Cardinals and high officials of the Vatican, sat down to the repast
 Among the Americans were Arch. bishop Farley of New York; Archbish- op OConnell of Boston; the most Rev. erend Robert Seton of Jersey City; Bishop Mcdonnell of Brooklyn; Bishop Burke of St. Joseph. Mo-: the Reverend Michael J. Hoban of Scranton, Pa; the Reverend O. B. Corrigan. Vicar Gener- al of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. and others.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
TELLS OF SMUGGLING.
Cooks on Dining Cars Refused 10 rake
 Money.

Cooks O1nInB SukS AeCAs-s~N
 Money.
 Chicago. June iO.Ausust Mueller and Gustave Weir. dining car cooks. employed on the Golden State Limited of the Chicago. Rock Island and Pa- cific Railroad, told on the witness stand today before Judge K M. Landis. how they had refused offers Of money to aid in smuggling Chinamen into the United States.
 The men were witnesses for the prosecution in the trial of Bob Leung, a well-to-do Chinese merchant of Ell Paso, Tex. and Jose Para and Carlos Sevedera, Mexicans.
 Mueller, who was the first witness. told of meeting Robert W. Stephenson W. H. Clark and John Keltsell. mem bers of the "conspiTacy gang" who have pleaded guilty in Ell Paso in Au- gust. 1908 Weir was with him at the time, he said.
 Stephenson outlined the whole scheme and offered them s25 for each Chinaman brought to Chicago. Upon refusal of this offer the price waS raised to $10O. which offer was also re- fused.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
OHIO TRAIN WRECKED.
Three Persons Hurt and Many Had
 Narrow Escape.

Three PerBOns HuFt Anu MHHy HHu
 Narrow Escape.
 Cleveland, Ohio, June 10-Three per- sons were injured and 100 or more had a narrow escape from death or severe injury today when a Wheeling and Lake Erie passenger train crashed into the rear end of freight train.
 The passenger krain entered the city yards at high speed. The train was shifted to a side track by an open switch and into the rear of the freight.
 Engineer James Honar. of Canton, remained on the engine and slackened the speed somewhat. He was slightly injured. Mrs. J. Bower and her small son, of Hartville, also were hurt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
WATERWAY THERMOMETERS.
Mir. Fitzgerald Calls For Inf0rma-
 tf0m.

Washington, June 10-A resolution of inquiry directed to the Secretary of the Treasury, was adopted by the House today at the instance of Mir. Fitzgerald, (N. Y.)
 1t calls for specific information re- Rardfng expenditures for river and harbor work, Mir. Fitzgerald explain ing that he had knowledge of the fact that there were appropriations more than five years old which had not been obligated by contract.
 The object of the resolution, he ex- plained, was to ascertain the advisabtl- ity of exemption such appropriations from the law requiring unexpended balances to be turned back into the treasury.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11

tomorrow. She was the only witness during the day. A motion to dismiss the complaint of Mrs. could was made by counsel
 for Mir. Gould. but Justice Bowling overruled It.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
A. J. STOKES SPEAKS.

Montgomery Negro Discusses Bible
 Religion.
 Nashville. Tenn. June 10-"Has the Negro the True Bible Religionf"
 This question was asked today be- fore a large audience of negroes from all parts of the country attending the National Baptist Sunday School Con- gress and Chautauaua, by the Rev. A. J. Stokes, D. D., of Montgomery. Ala. Stokes %held that since the negro
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
WATERWAY UNDESIRABLE.
Board ef Engineers Submits Its Re

Ae-@~ -
 Washington, June 1o.--The proposed fourteen feet deep waterway project
 from St. Louis to the gulf received a
 blow today when the board of en-
 gineers reported to Congress that
 such a waterway is not desirable.
 The waterway would cost Sl2s.Ooo,-
 900 for construction and $6,000.00O
 annually for maintenance, the engin-
 eers say.
 The report was based on a survey
 of the Mississippi liver by a special
 board of engineers. created by act of
 Congress. The conclusions reached by
 both the special board and the regu-
 lar board of engineers are practically the same.
 The report of the regular board
 that it is not desirable to construct
 a navigable channel fourteen feet deep from St. Louis or from Chicago to the mouth of the Mississippi, was based on the conclusion of the special board that only commerce originating from sources that do not at present ship by river would justify the great cost of fourteen) foot waterway. It is claimed that the present de- mands Of commerce between St. Louis and the gulf will be adequately met by an eight-foo channel from St. Louis to the mouth of the Ohio and a chan mel of not less than nine feet in depth
 below the mouth of the Ohio. The boards belief is that an eight-foot channel from Chicago to St. Louis corresponding with the present eight foot project from St. Louis to Cairo is the least that would adequately meet the demands of commerce. It adds that such a waterway would be
 desirable provided its cost Is reason able.
 Present and prospective demands of
 commerce between Chicago and the gulf would be adequately served, the board reports, by a through nine-foot
 channel have not been completed, but promised to Congress by next De- cember. Mir. Marshall, chief of en- gineers, informed Congress in trans hitting the report that he could not
 State definitely whether either of these channels was desirable until after ac- curate estimates were made. Kavanaugh Hopeful. St. Louis. June 10.--W. E. Kaya- naugh. president of the lakes to the gulf deep waterways association, said
 of the report:
 .sThey admit that the project is i feasible. That is all we want to know. Whether the government engineers do l or do not think 1t will be worth the money will not make any difference | to the people. All the people want | is to know that the deep waterway | is practicable.
 "The government engineers are not 1 commercial men. The people are the best judges of the value of developing | this section and we've got to have 1 the deep waterway, whether the gov
 ernment engineers disapprove the ex- penditure or not. The people are ut | terly indifferent regarding that dis approval Such an~attitude has char | acterized the government engineers foI years past, and I don't think the | opinion expressed in this report will l have any weight with Congress"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-02-25
OId-Fashioned Lyeeum.

AT the old-fashioned Iyceum that was
mentioned last week, Charles 1. Boyden
presided and Mrs. II. A. Allen was secre-
tary. The following question was dis
cussed, "Does the country offer better ad-
vantages to young men than the city?''
Affirmative, Rev. F. A. Wells, Prof. G.
II. Morrill,; negative, Walter l. Barnuns
Charles Adams. Decided By a board OF
decision in favor of the affirmative.
Henry c. Hyzer gase defamation.
Miss C. B. Weymouth gave a brief his
tory of the old lyceum.
Mrs. Vie Davis Edison and Miss Grace
Conant read an interesting paper.
Miss Mary l.. Gates read an original
paper on birds that was much enjoyed.
Miss Martha Gilbert gave a short read
ing.
Miss Josephine Hodges gave one OF her
best readings and was called back for a
second. Her readings are always well re-
ceived and she did herself credit as usual
Miss Lena Lord furnished music from
time to tiine4s occasion required.
The lyceum was arranged by Mrs. Vie
Edison and was very successful. All
performed their parts well. There was
ten cents admission and the proceeds
were for the benefit of the Y.P. c. E.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-02-25
Race Troubles il the west.

AT Omaha, Neb., Sunday, mob invad.
ed the Greek quarter, wrecking and pill.
laying stores and houses and assaultine
every Greek il could reach. For several
hours the police were helpless. The
trouble arose over the murder OF patrol
man by Greek under arrest, and the riot
was an act OF vengeance. Following sew
eral assaults upon women By negroes at
Ottumwa, La, an invalid white woman
was attacked in her bed by a burly negro
Sunday, who beat her 10 insensibiiity
when she made an outcry. Answering
the alarm came the police, who tracked
the negro three miles with bloodhounds.
They we're unable to follow further. A
white mob of 1000 assembled and only
lacked leader to enter the Jail and take
out for lynching another negro held for
murder. Quiet was anally restored.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-02-25
WHAT is DOING
THE WORLD OVER
A WORD ABOUT THE LEADING
EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
Home Comina Of the eattIeshlp Fleet

home Coming OF the 6attleship Fleet
The American battleship feet complet-
ed its world cruise Monday, arriving at
Hampton Roads, Va. whence it bad de-
parted fourteen months before. The fleet
came leisurely across the Atlantic, being
met IN midocean by the North Atlantic
squadron OF several battleships and cruis-
ers which escorted it in. Nearly all the
time the fleet was in communication with
government stations by wireless teIegra-
ply.
The combined fleet OF twenty battle
ships and five cruisers timed its arrival so
as to reach the reviewing waters at 10
O'Clock Monday forenoon, Washington's
Birt hday. President Roosevelt and the
official party went down the bay on the
Mayhower and took station for the re-
view, which occupied several hours.
Hundreds OF excursion steamers and 9th
er craft brought the greatest number Of
visitors in the history OF this famous re-
sort. The fleet made grand spectacle.
President Roosevelt received the fleets
officers on the Mayfiower and offered as a
toast this sentiment
"Not until some American fleet returns
victorious from a great sea battle will
there be another such home coming, an
other such slght as this. / drink to the
American navy"
lie also said, "nobody after this will
forget that the American coast is on the
Pacific as we'll as on the Atlantic"
The president visited several OF the
battleships and aroused great enthusiasm
By his warm congratulations and hearty
speeches to the men. Cheers greeted
him.
The whole distance covered by the fleet
was 42,3O3 miles. Sixteen battleships
constituted the fleet. Two of those that
started from the Atlantic went on ahead
in the Pacific and took short cut home,
but their places were taken by two OF the
Pacific ships. Over ID 900 men took the
cruise. There were no mishaps OF any
kind and il is said the vessels suffered no
extraordinary injuries requiring unusual
repairs. In personnel and efficiency the
ships are greatly improved. This is the
tirst battleship feet to circle the globe.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-02-25
EIexamethylenetetramIne.

The above is the name of German
chemical, which is one of the many valu-
able ingredients Of Foley's Kidney Rene
dy. observation-disclosures is recog-
nized by medical text books and authori-
ties as q uric acid solvent and antiseptie
for the urine. Take Foley's kidney
Remedy as soon as you notice any irregu-
larities, and avoid q serious malady.
II. A. Leonard, Randolph, C. e. Black,
South Royalton, d. o. Goodno, Roches-
ter, F. H. Totman. North Tunbridge,
Victor A. Grant, Bethel.