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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-04

To exceed the attendance OF
Opening Day means that you
MUST be al the exposition Monday
Go early In the morning and take
your family for the day Load up
lunch basket With good things 10
eat and spend the afternoon on the
shores OF Lake Washington
Seattle Day AZ the Alaska Yukon.
Pacific exposition should be one
Of the greatest in the history Of the
Seattle exposition and one OF the
most successful OF any exposition
ever held. There are hundreds Of
stockholders OF the fair who should
turn out and join hands.
stoekholders' Day,
It's Stockholders Day as well as
Seattle Day for Seattle people. az
stockholders made the exposition
poaaible. II was their money that
spelled success for the undertaking
two years ago. II was their money
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-04

The effect OF the order issued by
Judge Main this morning will be
10 tic up the payment ~ the sal
aries OF Church and Peyton for the
month OF August which are fixed at
$3.50 per month II also prevents
the payment Of an expense account
audited tn favor OF Church In the
sum OF 1871
Thomas r. Bradley, the complain
ant IN the case was an ardent sup
porter OF Sheriff Hodge during the
campaign last year
Il have always admired. said
Mr.. Bradley this morning. the
stand taken by Sheriff Hodge in
his efforts 10 properly conduct his
office. have looked into this mat
ter very thoroughly and find that
both Church and peyton are per.
forming duties which properly
should be performed by the sheriff.
and which he Is fully capable OF
performing. but which, for some
reason. the prosecuting attorney
seems TO desire not to allow To 20
through the sheriffs office.
Pays for Useless offices.
King county is paying for these
two useless offices the sum OF $500
per month In salaries and expense
accounts OF various sums each
month. There is no necessity what.
ever for this expenditure, and | In.
tend TO see that II is stopped.
am a taxpayer in this. county and
am therefore interested financially.
In addition. as an exponent OF good
government. desire 10 see the
various county offices properly con.
Quoted"
Walter S, Fulton is attorney for
MIR. Bradley.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-04

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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-22
JOHN 4. JOHNSON.

The life and career OF John A. John
son. of Minnesota, should be an in
spiration to every young man in the
United States He had but few ad-
vantages in his early youth. and liter
ally made his way in the world by
force of the ability and high charac-
ter with which he was literally en-
dowed. 1t comes to but few men in
this life to be so signally honored as
he was by the people of his native
state. II he had been given high Of
fee by his party associates by force
of a majority which they possessed. 1t
would have been a great distinction.
Not only. however. was he elected Gov
ernor OF Minnesota three times as
Democrat. but in the face of an oppo-
sition which had. on party questions,
$4,000 or more majority. 1t is diff
cult for a man to be elected Governor
of any state three times. even when
he has a party majority to back him.
From this. 1t can be seen that Gov
ernor johnson possessed qualities of
mind and heart, which made him a
man among men, and invincible be-
fore his own people.
He was in the very prime OF life,
and would undoubtedly have mounted
still higher the ladder of fame. No
man had more ardent friends and ad-
mirers in every State of the Union
They had come to feel for him in the
most affectionate way. drawn to him
by his remarkable accomplishments
and triumphs in the face of apparently
insurmountable obstacles. He was a
good and great man and his death Is
not only a great loss to Minnesota, but
to the whole country.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-22
Dr.. w. S. Wyn1an to Take the
Stump Against the Amendment

That provision is in cohtravention
to the fundamental principles of the
constitution of the United States ana
to the Constitution OF every State In
the union.
That section Is In contravention to
every bill of rights that was ever
framed and adopted.
In case 1t Is put into the Constl-
tuition of Alabama, 1t will render null
and void that protection which is Civ
en- to the home. No longer will q
mans home be his castle. No longer
will be attached to the home the sane
Iity that makes 1t.
And when we in Alabama strike
at the homes of our people, then the
civilization of which we boast will
become an institution OF the faT-away
yesterdays
Section 2 of the proposed amend
ment Is the greatest danger to con-
stitutional liberty with which the
people of Alabama in the recent his
ed. The situation is as serious,
practically speaking, as when this fair
southland was overrun with the car
petbagger. the scalawag and the freed
and understandable negro.
That period when without grave
cause and just reason an officer of the
law Is authorized and empowered to
enter a mans home, showing aside tine
members of his family, ana make 4
search for a vial of liquor which
might or might not be therein. will
become one of intense acrimony and
bloodshed-one deserving the COM
miseration of all the people of every
State of this fair union.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-22
A LOT OF THEM.

Doubtless the late Queen Victoria
Of England would feel justly proud IL
she could know how many thrones are
occupied by relatives of hers. It Ia
stated that Princess Louise will soon
become Queen of Portugal. and then
the present King and Queen of Eng
land will have the following kinsfoik
on various European thrones, or In the
direct line of succession.
The Car Of Russia. nephew.
The Emperor of Germany, nephew.
The Queen OF Norway, daughter.
The Kink OF Denmark. brother.
The King of Greece, brother.
The Queen OF Spain. niece.
The Queen OF Portugal, granddaugh-
ter.
The Crown Princess of Roumania,
niece.
The Crown Princess of Sweden.
niece.
1t seems to run in the Victorian
family to become rulers somewhere.
The list shows them pretty well scat
tered. and in countries of widely diff.
ference nationalities and conditions.
That shows the versatility of the fam.
lily. They are willing to rule any sort
of people. ans in any part of the world
To rule somebody somewhere seems TO
be strong card In the deck. and any
of the family is glad to play it when
the chance occurs.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-22
Birmingham. Ala. Sept. IS. 1908.

Birmingham. Ala. Sept. Is. 1908.
Editor The Advertiser:
Mr.. Crumpton's attack on the loyal,
patriotic conference or convention OF
the sane element in the State who as
sembled to save the state from shame,
ignomy, reproach and disgrace, to pre-
vent adoption of the heathenism, ini-
Quitous proposed amendment to our
constitution.
let sane men analyze 1t and see the
conglomerated bundle OF fanatlcism
when you throw the searchlight on II
already fred zealots, but it Will not
appeal to a Just, clear-minded. honor
able statesman nor Christlan gentie-
man. 1t is circumlocutionary iniquito1s
semikambiguous and carries Ia4se IN
preston in the end
Just imagine yourselves to be OF the
opposition and some of US going out TO
fnd a preacher to open the meeting
with prayer and II we did find him.
what would he say? Then imagine me
going home to my family after taking
part in such a meeting. NO. sir. we
The one main point in the end car
ries with 1t the idea that that assem-
bly, II 1t had preacher. ne DID NOT pc
meeting, is the way ! construe i: IL
it doesn't mean that then l don't know
what 1t means, unless 1t was SO writ
ten that 1t could be construed either
/ am called a preacher, arst ordained
by his own people and then Dreamed
BY the Primitive Baptists, and never
had q charge brought against me by
his people while fifteen years sojourn
among them. Never was charged Mit WIZ
atheism before. ! will state my beuei
in my God and ask II ne believes in the
The Il am that am" as revealed to
Moses, the Jehovah of the Old Testa,
ment. the God Of Abraham. Isaac and
Jacob. the God of Daniel. and OF Shad-
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-22
Minister Resents The Sur
At Faith Of The Conference
LEADER HAS FALLEN.

Of Elijah. The only true and living
God. the Almighty OF the New Tesla.
ment, the God and Father Of our Lord
Iesus Christ, the Father Of all our
mercies, the God OF all our comforts
the all-po werful, all-wise, all-seefng
all-present. all-purposeful. Eternal
supreme Sovereign. INFINITE God of al
such to worship Him as worship in
spirit and In truth. May ! ask him in
what Geo does he believe H. II BY his
hut did desire and do yet, that God
would deliver us from ungodly and
Have not right to pray at home q
well as abroad at conventions. l wish
him also to know when ! am at home
I am honored and appreciated by my
right to honor me more Tor maklns
another effort to save them from
tyrannical and unjust measure, Wnicn
now means strife and trouble, put II
saddled on our glorious constitution
would mean degradation and ruin
would sap and eventually destroy whal
little freedom ID they p S% for his unas
attack and his tnstnuation.
am not mad Most noble Eestus
but speak for the. words of truth ano
who believed in God. hope God may
shine his light into his heart and make
him a better, more consider9te man.
want to in this fight, act the, gentle.
man. and be as mild as possible under
all the asgrayatng that eir sI who op.
pose You are liquor men. and are fol-
| immortality, for II you do you may nave
| TO Join the Annanias Club. II the nBnl
wages hotter and hotter we may DC
| forced to use strong medicine to meet
Yours for temperance. moderation
truth. freedom and good government,
- Elder w. Lively.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-22

Tuscaloosa Special to Birmingham
Age-Herald:
Like an aged lion armed with moth
ing save indomitable courage and the
strength of a mind which will never
grow old. DR.. William Stokes Wyman
whose voice, many years ago. rang
rown the corridors of the State House
of Alabama, and whose intellect, FOR
a period of fifty years and more,
lighted the way of the students Oh the
university in their search OF KNOW
ledge. will emerge from his place OF
retirement and meet face to face those
whom he considers the enemies OF the
people. e..
that he approaches the threshold OF
his sOth year. will take the STUMP in
Tuscaloosa county against the propos-
ed amendment to the constitution:
II will make an active fight. stat
ed he, "as long as my strength Will
permit / have hope of getting over
the entire county. talking seriously
and earnestly with everv voter here,
DR.. Wyman, strenuously opposed as
he is to the amendment as whole
Is especially vfndictive as concerns the
SECOND section of the proposed article
the section which makes 1t possible
for the Legislature to denote certain
places wherein liquor might not De
kept -
Concerning this section, DR.. Wyman
said: There was never in the his
tory Of Alabama politics more insid-
nous danger than that which the sec
ond section OF the proposed amend
ment contains.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-22
Letters to The Editor
"A STRONG PR OTEST
FROM CHAMBER S
Merchant ana Farmer Gives HIS Rec
sons for His Opposition.


Five Points. Ala, Sept. 20. 1909.
Editor The Advertiser:
For the first time In my life feel
tmpelled to write q letter to the press
am opposed to the proposed amend.
ment. as unnecessary, dangerous and
extreme. stand for prohibition and
Tor temperance. and l stand Tor tenn
perance as much In law-making as In
anything else. The people OF Alabama
are surfeited with agitation and with
extreme measures.
object to the amendment for an
other reason, and that is II II should
ment Of those who have had charge of
our AFFAIRS for the past four years
and that l will resist to the last. The
iron hand of oppression has been laid
upon the railroads and II the people
have been benefited thereby ] have
not discovered 1t. And through taxes.
the people OF the State are being OPP
pressed. I'm a merchant and like most
merchants In this country l own
farm. The tax assessor says to me.
You can give In your stock Of goods
yourself. As for your farm Will Xix
that at what ! think Is right. These
are the orders have received from
headquarters"
DO you catch the significance of
that? 1t means the merchant gives
In his stock like he wants to, but the
farmer will have to take another and
higher valuation of his farm lands.
stand and resent this.
We are told here by the preachers
that TX we are against the amendment
we are lined Up with the drunkards
preachers will look about them they
will see that We are lined up with 50
many of the truest and best men of
this country that Chambers and Ran
dolph counties will roll up great
majority against the amendment.
am opposed to the amendment be-
ing placed In the Constitution because
1t has no business there. But / am
more opposed to 1t because Its adop-
ton means q step towards having
men now in power given o higher
place.
This Is q grave crisis. ] trust the
voters of Alabama will give the ques-
| ton the most thorough consideration
and decide from the standpoint of the
states welfare.
Yours truly,
l. ], Trammell
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-22

ference that all who oppose the amend
'ment are interested in and controlled
by the iiquor-trafie IL a gratuitous in
suit which will be resented at the polls
In a way that will be crushing re-
buke to the intolerants who seem to
think themselves the only good and
true men in Alabama.
But The Progress delivers itself Of
one opinion that we heartily approve
when II declares that ut behooves the
good citizen of Alabama to study care
fully his duty towards the rising gen.
Grafton. ana take a Arm stand for what
he believes to be right" We heartily
approve that opinion. and The Adver-
tiser feels II both a privilege and a
duty to show the good citizen that
his duty in this campaign Is to oppose
the dangerous Innovation that some
over-zeaious partisans and interested
politicians are advocating. No more
sacred temporal duty lies before the
people Of Alabama than that OF guard
Ing the Constitution from the amend.
ment that Is now sought to be forced
into 1t. They owe this duty. not only
to themselves, but to the rising gener-
alton. who are to take charge of the
States affairs when the present reign
of fanaticism is ended. That rising
generation ought to have a Constitu-
| ton free from politics and police regu-
lations and they will have 1t IL the
voters of Alabama do their plain duty.
as be believe they win.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-22
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER z. 1909
BETTER WATCH OUT.

The recent occurrence in Mobile.
where deputies searched the house of
Ia private citizen, even opening the
trunks of the women. Is called by The
Columbia State "a reminder of past
days" That paper prints the account
sent II, and concludes with these
words:
Substitute constable" or "spies."
they were more generally called, for
deputies" run the calendar back some
fourteen years. make the city Columbia
or Charleston instead of Mobile, and we
have q striking Illustration OF how
history may repeat itself even In COM
munities remote from one another.
we must all be grateful that this era
OF ruffianism In the name of law, often
resulting in bloodshed, is over In south
Caroline And we can but sympataise
token of the inauguration of an un-
happy experience similar to South
Cardinals will prove false
The State has Just cause to feel glad
Z that the day of such proceedings is
past in South Carolina. but how can
Il know that they will not returnf
II the executive and legislative
branches of South carolina's govern
ment should fall under the domination
Of unreasoning extremists. rs IL the
case in Alabama. 1t may be that the
Palmetto etate will lie burdened-if
not cursed-with laws as unjust
and dangerous 20 hrnsa liberty as
our own State Is now suffering un-
der.
It may be that South Carolina will
not become the prey OF fanatics and
designing politicians, but such q ca
lamity can only be averted by the
people themselves. If they wish to
guard their State and their rights
against the rule OF intolerance. they
must see to It that only safe men are
elected to office. II the people allow
the ofaces OF Governor and Legislators
to be filed by men who are either
blinded by mistaken zeal. or controlled
by selfish interests. South Carolina
may find itself in the deplorable con-
dition now occupied by Alabama.
The saying that eternal vigilance
is the price of liberty" Is an undoubt
ed truth. and the failure to observe it
is the cause of the unenviabIe condi-
lions now existing here. The people
of Alabama, as mass. had no concep-
ton of what the Governor and Legis-
iature elected by them would do or
such officials would never have gotten
into power. The evil has been done
and the people must make the best of
it. but 1t is their province and their
duty to prevent still greater evil by
defeating the attempt to deform the
Constitution. South Carolina has Just
cause to commisserate Alabama and to
congratulate herself. but she will do
well to be on her guard lest she. also
may become the prey OF the spoilers.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-22

Editor The Advertiser:
AS slight contribution to the dis
cussion of the proposed constitutions
sketch OF the experience Of one of ou
commonwealth In liquor legislation.
The state in question, some fort,
years ago. adopted the policy of state
wide prohibition, and passed stringent
| laws for that purpose.
Experience soon showed that tn,
regular machinery of government wal
not equal to the enforcement of these
statutes, and q State constabulary was
After a fair trial. extending over
some ten or fifteen years, as I re-
n member, the people came to these
quor used In the State was little. II
| at all, less, and the quality very much
worse. under prohibition than under
That the drinkers were not only In
juring their bodies by swallowing
vile liquor. but were receiving still
more serious injury in their charac-
ter by the trickery and deceit they
appetite. That the officers of the law
ana the public at large were becon,.
ing demoralized and corrupted by the
hypooritical pretense of enforcing q
law which had no strong public SEN
The people then wiped out the pro-
hibitory laws and dealt with the IL
quor evil by municipal local option,
with high license and strict regulation
where the sale Of liquor was allowed
| at all.
During the twenty years or more
that this system has been In opera
ton. 1t has worked well. Some cities
larger than any in Alabama have vot-
| ed steadily for no license. and have
| succeeded in virtually doing away
| with the sale of liquor. the law having
the general support of good citizens.
Even in the wet" towns. drunkenness
and the evils due to the use of liquor
through the State is, according to
competent observers. steadily decreas-
| ing.
Now. suppose that our proposed
that our experience of prohibition
| should be like that of the prosperous.
| intelligent and orderly commonwealth
mentioned above.
there would be out of our reach,
since nothing much short of a revolu-
ton can get anything out of the Con-
stitution. But, with control even by
the slenderest possible margin. Of the
| different branches of the government
the enemies of prohibition would have
| no more difficulty in abolishing that
policy than in establishing an open
season for hunting ground-hogs.
Repeal the statutes. and the con-
stitutionaI provision becomes idle
| thunder
And 1t is quite conceivable that, in
certain circumstances, even a stanch
teetotaler might vote for free rum" as
a choice Of evils Better half a dozen
drunkards in your village than five
hundred sneaks, liars and despisers OF
law. Better a commonwealth of free
and honest men than one of teetotal-
ers, If we can't have both.
! don't mean to say that Is how at
fairs will turn. Perhaps prohibition
Will work admirably in Alabama. II
SO, the policy will never be chang
ed.
But is it not wise to wait and see
| Anglo Saxon
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-22
Judge Coleman Strongly l.
Presents His Convictions

ment are fundamentally wrong. First,
l do not believe any law just or wise
which prohibits a man or woman from
making domestic wine for home use.
This the present law prohibits, brand
Ing the man or woman who does 1t as
criminal fit to wear stripes and to
undergo servile punishment. Many
godly men and women have habituaI-
ly made blackberry cordial and wine
from berries and grapes. The consti-
tutional amendment seeks to forever
prohibit this. Did any harm ever
come from this privilege? Moreover
II 1t Is enjoined to use wine in the
holy sacrament can you point out to
me the wisdom of law which
eompels your minister to purchase for
this purpose wine manufactured OF
sold in another state, by a goddess
whisky dealer. ana which at the same
time declares you criminal II you
make or deliver to your minister wine
for this purpose? II anybody can
make wine for sacramental purposes
why may not the people of Alabama
do so? The proposed amendment at
tempts to forever prohibit them IN