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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-24
Ahout the Limit.

Headland Standard.
 The proposed amendment, if not DO. litical. is certainly the product of con- stant agitation that has been going on in our State for the past year or so, whether 1t be political. moral or relig- lious. and to see clearly what there is in 1t will be well. to see who the chief Brooks Lawrence. of ohio. on the scene, and among other things he took 1t up- on himself to explain to Alabamians the awful character of our Supreme Court. But whether the ideas of MT. Lawrence will prevail in Alabama will be seen on the 29th of November.
 The next gentleman on the scene is one Kyle B. Price. He has recently "blowd" into Alabama from somewhere. we don't know where--and the first we know of him he is quitting the road AS for Bryan It seems that he can speak at any time on any subject. He bobs up in Birmingham at the amendment meeting last week and informs Ala bamians that its honored son, William c. Oates, was Governor by virtue of the "empty sleeve" SucL effrontery end insult seems to us to be the limit. Af- ter the people of Alabama have hon. ored the General with the highest of flee within their gift, and ne served his State with credit to Himself and satis- faction to the people, 1t seems to as that declarations like Price made in Birmingham for no other reason than he does not agree with him in the present political campaign. should meet with the ready rebuke of our people and we believe they will.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-24
THE POLL TAX.

The Advertiser. with great pleasure, gives place to the following letter. The conclusions stated by MT McClel- land and backed by the Supreme Court. The cases mentioned had escaped our attention and we hope if any of our contemporaries have copied our origi- nal article that they will give space to MT. McClelland's letter. or make proper corrections:
 Editor Montgomery Advertiser:
 In the issue of your paper, of date Sept. 21, 1909. appears the following editorial, viz:
 "The poll tax which 1t was necessary to pay on or before Feb. l, 1909. was that which became due and payable Oct. 1, 1908. There is no requirement. of payment of the polls which will be- can be paid any time up to the first of February. next, without interfering with the right to vote of those who had paid all P1h taxes taxes Ga1 due on h Fe6Fu become of age since Get. l, 1907 are entitled to vote without payment of poll tax, because they did not owe any on Oct 1, 1908. and are not compelled to pay before February l, next, for polls which become collectable Oct, l, 1909.
 All that Is necessary for young tnen of this class, who have become of age ,ince oct. 1, 1907, Is to register wheL ne books are opened, and vote in the November election"
 The question of the payment of poll taxes is an exceedingly important one in that one must pay all poll taxes due in order to qualify as an elector. Voting at any election, without first having qualified, is illegal voting, pun
 am sure The Advertiser, with its far-reaching. influence, would not knowingly induce any of our young men to cast an illegal vote. The situ' ation would be grave; the penalty se- were l, therefore, feel constrained tc point out wherein I consider the edi- torial grievously erroneous. It |, stated that "all young men who have become of age since Oct. l, 1907, are entitled to vote, because they did not owe any on Oct. l, 19oS.' The Su. preme Court of Alabama has held oth, erwise in the case of Finklea vs. Far. ish, decided this year. That eminent body having spoken. no one can gain. say It's interpretation of the law.
 Finklea and Parish. together witl others, were candidates for the Demo cratic nomination for Assessor of Mon
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-24
Mobile Register.

Mobile Register.
 Seeing that the sheriff and his depu- ties may lawfully invade the sleeping apartments of the citizen and his fam lily in the search for liquor, the ques- ton suggests itself: Why, then, this general outcry against that feature of the proposed amendment to the Con- stitution which, 1t is said, will em- power the Legislature to rob the Ala bamian's home of its sanctity? Does not the power already exist? Has 1t not been exercised? Do not the of- ficials actually invade the home and violate its sanctity.
 It will be necessary to explain. that under the Consultation as 1t now ex- ists no raid or search can be made anywhere except on warrant issued upon official oath that there is prob able cause to believe that the law Is being violated or has been violated. Tn the raid on No. Cont street there was warrant issued based upon sworn information that the law for bidding traffic in liquor was going on in the premises bearing that number. It is doubtful. however. whether the mere keeping of liquor in a private apartment can be prescribed by our laws.
 If the Constitution should be chang ed. as is proposed by the prohibition amendment, the Legislature may, by It's authorization, pass a law forbid ling any person to possess. keep, or store liquor of any kind. in any place. including his home. Consequently, to even have liquor in the house would be violation of the law. and the fact that any citizen had received from without the State any liquor. would be prima .facie evidence that he had stored 1t somewhere, in his house, probably-enough evidence to issue a warrant upon. And then would come the deputies, breaking in If necessary. and ransacking every part of the cit izen's home to find this proof of law violation. It would be a safe perform ance. even should prima facie evidence most householders to have some quan- tity of liquor by them. for medicinal uses. if for no other purpose.
 We may easily picture the resultant conditions. The deupties say they were extremely courteous In their Con- ti street raid; that they did not break in; that they did not open or ransack any receptacles of clothing or domeR- tic furniture: that the owners opened everything, and displayed the contents the deputies touching nothing. It was very gentlemanly behavior through out and made as pleasant as possible there had actually been fragrant vio- iation of law by q person who might reasonably be suspected of being q law breaker.
 Granting all this to be true, whai sort of guaranty is 1t that Chester. fieldian manners will prevail, and that private citizens in future will be treat. ed with such distinguished considera. tion? We suppose most people have
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-24
The Sanctity of The
 Home--Ls # Threatened?

forgotten the war times and martial law. when the constitutional guaran- ties were suspended; but some will re- member them: and will say that the right of search as generally exercised under such conditions Is not .,s an ex- ism, and this Is what we invite when We amend the Constitution and ex- pose the home to assault.
 "Oh, mol" say the amendmentists The amendment does not mean any thing of the sort. We deny that 1t in any part furnishes ground for appre- hensIon of the invasion of the rights of citizens in their honest"
 Well. then. what is the meaning of it7 It reads as follows;
 bama shall be construed to prevent the Legislature under the police pow CT from designating places where such liquors may not be stored or kept
 The Legislature now has the police power. and has exercised 1t to desfg- nate every place under the sun where liquors may be stored or kept, and 1t can be kept anywhere. except in the home.
 Either this amendment is designed to enable the Legislature to forbid the keeping of liquors in the home or 1t has no design. and is an abse- lute nullity.
 Possibly the amendmentists wish to say that no Legislature would go tc this extreme. and therefore there need be no apprehension of the rights of the citizens in their homes.
 We would prefer not to trust them with the power. They might be in- duced to use it. Governors and cler- teal advisers have thumbscrews for legislators and know how to turn them.
 Moreover. the abolition of liquor from the home Is the logical sequence Of all that has gone before 1t. The amendmentists cannot stop Interstate Commerce: they cannot prevent ship ments of liquor to private citizens: but if they can go into a mans home and seize the liquor after It's lawful delivery there. why what can be simp- ler9
 They say they do not intend any in- vasion. Maybe they think so now. At ope time they thought that all they intended was local option; at another time they thought that all they in- ended was statewide prohibition. Now they may think that all they intend is to imbed prohibition in the Consti. tuition. It was the same way with the Puritans in England, and the revolu- tionists in France, Their thought was very moderate-at the start It grew by what 1t fed upon, however, and ths end was in one case regicide and in the other blasphemy.
 We would no more trust the amend mentists with that power, expecting them not to use it. than we would trust lamb to the mercies of a hun gry lion.
 We beg the people of Alabama no, to believe them. even if they believe themselves.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-24
Letters to The Editor
A Son of a Veteran Indignant.
Troy. Ala. September 23. 1so!

Iroy AIa.s SeptemDer SSs lSVS. Editor The Advertiser:
 The Confederate soldier returned each to his native State in 1865. Sway ed by the same lofty patriotism which caused them to enter the Confederate ranks to restore his native State to her former prestige and dignity. The sit federate fedora hero vase was equal to the occa- sion and in the face of carpet baggers who at that time had control of the po- tGal nS wita the 6ss esFS ySts crate and his sons were successful n Alabama and white supremacy Will reign forever. From Governor Hous- nDa majOrity aiTH of # the he &oSernors were Con federates. All of them are and were gentlemen and statesmen and so Tar opeiika made remarks about State ofti- SiSn tiaence. e' He Gis IS the man who oefofe ne had been in Alabama scarcely any time District who to vote for in the. race for Congress to succeed Hon. A. A: Wiley. He Is, the man who 2 little later d at ion rendered by them. He Is the man who said that the recent conference at Montgomery was composed Of a class of citizens represented oy ine noysstateyy Tynisney merlts in a speech at Opelika. FeiloW citizens of Alabama, 1t ia time to call halt, The writer of this article IS plain countryman and the son or Con Gallant oates in the 18th Alabama. l thank my Creator that nay sire taught me the principles of civil. political and and religious liberty hoped to see tnis and % not deal in personalities, am Ntill willing to follow the leadership of those old Confederate heroes whose Ideas coincide with the fundauental principles of Democracy rather than that of the man froia Ohio with his fanaticism, and believe 2 majority or with me at the polls on the 2sth day of November. ,,....o.r.4
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-24

It is a noticeable fact that the ..holier than thou" Constitution Amend CTS have much to say about their op- ponents using money. This Is no doubt done to distract attention from the fact that at most of their meetings they pass around the hat and raise large sums eff money. The Jasper News asks: 'Is 1t at all singular that the larger contributions of money for the amendment campaign. raised in those churches of Birmingham. which were converted into political halls. were made by candidates for office?" See. weakley, ct al were high up on the roll.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-24
Currency Conditions.

A paper in the october Century of snecial interest to business men and one which will promote an intelligent Understanding of the present work oi inc National Monetary Commission. ia a discussion of currency conditions here and abroad by A. Barton Hepburn President Ere of the Chase National Bank New York, and former. Comptroller ot me Currency MT Hepburnss appeal ia for "a eurrenty that wid contract when no legitimate interest demands Its use and expand to meet the wants of grow ina commerce." Other financial mat fers of great importance are also diss cussed under the title. '1s . Central Bank Desirable?"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-24
FRIDAY, sEpTEMBER "A 1909.
WORDS AND THEN DEEDS.

Sneaker A. H Carmichael addressing he convention of Amenders of the t.orstitution in Birmingham. and one of the men who shas hurried forward the prohibition crusade with such speed and such vigor, declared that the urohibitionists. in demanding the amendment of the Constitution. had no intention of abrogating a right which now protected the home of an Ala bama citizen. On the same afternoon, on which MT. Carmichael spoke. and' perhaps at the same hour, deputy sheriffs were in the home of a citizen of Mobile. going through the trunks and wardrobes. while mother and daughter looked on-
 The searching of Alabama homes be- gdn before a vote was cast on the constitutional amendment. Under the Fuller bill, the most drastic prohibi- tion bill ever put upon the statute books of State. warrant was sworn out, a.man's house was entered an6 his household goods were searched, while his wife and daughter looked upon. This is the beginning. What will the end be2 Any sensible man acquainted with the character. the tra- ditions and the ideals of Alabamians knows that home-searching will inevi- tably bring terrible results.
 And yet Section Two of the pro- posed amendment means. if it means anything. that 1t is the purpose of the : amendment to deprive the home of the protection that has been thrown around 1t since free government was established among the people of the world. The home has been sacred; its protection has been as much the care of the framers of the Constitution as the ,inalienable rights of mankind. The protection of the home is one of the primal rights of civilized humanity. The people of Alabama in this amend ment are insolentIy asked to deprive themselves of this right.
 
 The very wording of the amendment shows this demand.
 Section Two says:
 'Nothing in the Constitution of Ala bama shall be construed to prevent the Legislature. under the police power, from designating places where such liquor may not be stored or kept%
 The home is the only place in Ala bama in which such liquors can now be kept. The home was protected by the Constitution when the last Leg islature was in session. or it would have been opened to invasion by a leg islative act. Does any reasoning man who watched the course of Iegislat tion doubt that2
 The wording of the amendment. un- der any possible construction, is an as- sertion that some rights of the citizen now in the constitution Is to be taken from 1t. It means. as plainly as words
 
 stitution is to be stricken from 1t. And If reserved constitutional right is to be stricken down. what right Is lt7 The only place where intoxicating liquors for medicinal or other purposes can be stored or kept is the home of an Alabama citizen. If the amendment should be adopted. the Legislature could say that keeping any amount of such liquors. no matter how small, would be illegal and the home would De as much open to search as a store
 former barroom.
 But this cannot be done until the
 'ple of Alabama give their consent they do It?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-24
sneering at Veterans.

i've recognize in them the same peo> pie whom we have fought and whipped on an hundred battlshelds; the sa ne MT. Carmichael
 The Speaker of the Conner House of Representatives thus. alludes to those tIemen who were delegates to the Montgomery Convention-General Will Ham C. Oates, General Joe N. Thomp: son. Major Wallace Screws x-Goyer- sell-oId soldiers, whe fought and bled for this State and whose patriotism and clarion voices and prayers redeemed who thus alludes to these great men never scented the whiffs from gun-pow- der, nor won a single battle. but has been nurtured in cradle, prepared and defended by men like those 10 whom he sneeringly refers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-24
What tke State Papers
 Are Saying and Doing

Exactly so. Springville Item.
 The man who could run a newspaper to suit everybody went to heaven long
 It Would Make Home Free. Shelby Sentinel P, One of the locals in the Farmers snail plant one acre of wheat for each horse or mule. This Is an excellent 'oe@'
 Vain Hope. Ashville Aegis., It is to be hoped that the craze for the removal of hgureheads will extend beyond ships.-Age- Herald. salary tackled on is a leading business with the government In public affairs
 He VIII Force in -On Them. Jasper News.
 to invite the Governor to address that body last week, would seem to Indicate that the pro-amendment fellows would like to unload themselves of Comerism: hut can they do 1t?
 May His Kind Increase. Elba Clipper. An old negro In Southwest Alabama makes three bales of cotton and loo each year This Is what his crop has averaged for a number of years The been carefully cultivated for the past eighteen years. This Is the kind of farming that will do to copy.
 l +
 BeaafIy Intolerance. Fort Deposit VindicatOr.
 Thousands of men who are almost tee -totalers will be az ainst the amend : ment and would not for minute think of being employed by the. whiskey men. our State in integrity. intelligence and sobriety and would give more justice and fairness on a jury than some of who, If you don't agree With them. say you are bought or are fool.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-24
DRIFT WOOD

s----- "A woman will always stick to man through diversity"
 "Yes-And that is the very time hs doesn't need sticker."
 A man can get anything he wants by kicking hard enough for it.
 Except when he is being hung--he Kicking har deneugh for it."
 
 "one can't tell from his converse ton whether he speaks English CT ble."
 "Yes-Wonder the railroad company doesn't engage him to call out the names of stations on passenger train.1
 The Lon-'what's the mattsr--been vaccinated7" 8n is 3a ts as The Monkey-Nope:s tried to put my arm around Miss Porcupine ana she had pins in her waist"
 'That last love affair of Jones' wrecked him. es "Lured him to the brinkT'
 "Yes--the girl lured him to the brink and married him?"
 "Eiii has 2 heavy part with the show this season"
 That so?"
 "Yes--he has to move the piano around for the soubrette to play a rag time tune on in the third act"
 oftentimes rich man hath . pooi appetite.
 Parodoxical as 1t may sound. a wo. mans declining years are alwaya be- fore her declining years
 
 It would be we'll enough to consldei girl dream if there we're no rude awakening.
 Riggs-'T was sorry to discover that you were in bed yesterday.
 Biggs-''what made you think that7"
 T saw your kid taking your trous- CTS down to be pressed < % certain married man In Montgom. cry said yesterday he had the paint scratched off his typewriter. An in. yestigation disclosed the fact that his wife. being of jealous nature. had scratched 1t off the face of the type writer girl and not the machine Hindoo playing cards are circular in shape. However it is to be hoped player from getting "square' deal now and then.
 The Llamas of Patagonia and the | Zazelles of the far east never drink. a drop of water, which goes to prove | their intelligence-prohibiti will never be written in their constitution Tn Aroma. Italy, is e statue so large that people can climb up inside 1t and stand in the head. How fitting would be such statue for Booze Buster Conner.
 Eat hard food if you wish to keep the teeth clean and preserve elan. Such advice Is superfuouS to the young married man who has to eat his wife's first biscuita
 The wire hair pin was first made in | l545 A woman can open anything with it-even convsrsatiop' | You can kick at the size of my
 hat all you like" The Montgomery girl to her husband But it's not half as large. you'll have As one of your jags makes the size of yodr head"
 The man with money to burn seldom | keeps cool ,LAt
 HEART OF MINE. Heart of mine, your cheek of red Makes the rose but bow It's head. Acknowledging It's beauty fled
 Heart of Mine! Heart of mine. the deep blue sky Across its face the clouds draws by Because less blue. dear, than your eye, | Heart of mine! ! s .t.o +ha hrool- doaa vvrou1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-24

The Columbia State wonders if the President Is eating any pie on this trip. Don't know about that. but he appears to be trying to force some of the Western Republicans to eat hum- ble pie.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-24

The expression rum demon" is a valuable asset with some of the Amenders. They actually seem to think the use of that term is argument, just as some of them. when they can find nothing else to say. fall back on ''the liquor interests" They are sure.
 Iy hard up for argument to back them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-24

Sow the smoky city of Pittsburg Penn, presents an ex-Canadian soldier who claims that he owns l2O acres of land, or ice, around the North Pole. If that is true. he should have built a fence around it to keep of intruders. If Uncle Sam claims the Pole by right of discovery, what will this other sS. iuaant do about it?l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-24

"The only chronic kicker that ac- complishes anything is a mule," says The Eufaula Times. Well, you might include the jackass, don't you think?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-24
naa.aaanr pacfnre.

The frontispiece of the october Gen. tury will be a reproduction in tull color of an exquisitely conceived ana coIored Winter 'STfe Urn of the Year" with sympathetic lines by Mss Edith M Thomas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-24
HEART or NINE

Heart of mine, your cheek Of red Makes the rose but bow It's head. Acknowledging It's beauty fled
 Heart of Mine! Heart of mine, the deep blue sky Across its face the clouds draws by Because less blue. dear, than your eyej
 Heart of mine! Heart of mine, the brook does wrong TO gurgie as 1t flows along Your laugh Is sweeter than its song
 Heart of mine.
 PHIL H. ARMSTRONG.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-31
SAMUEL G. COSGROvE.

Samuel g. Cosgrove will be buried today. The long
night is over and death has added another victory to its
invncble record, but victory in only for Samuel
IT, Cosgrove died with his life's ambition reazed-gov
ernor of the state of Washington.
10 pay adequate tribute to the life that has just passed
out it not within the power of few lines of type Words
trte and oft repeated death has the many must
necessarily ring hollow them to tell of the great
heart that beats But in the memory of those who
knew him, the thousands who have felt the warm, firm
clasp OF his hand and the soft kindness of his eye he will
linger long and lovingly after ink has paed
he lived his life and lived it we'll and dying, he has left
void that will not readily be filled. Not only from the
political life of the state will he be missed but from the
common walks, where he for nearly two generations
wont to minge so merrily with his fellow
Fate toyed with him cruelty but he greater than
his destiny Never did he ater in all these long months
OF sufferng never did he to smile when death
bore down upon him in grimmest aspect. Bravely he
smiled and trusted and his faith not in vain. He
dared death to become governor of this state and
Death afterward was but ant-clmax.
great commonwealth today bows it's head in mourn
ing and each of in heart wishes for Samuel G. Cos
grove whatever reward there be for noble life and
brave death.