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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-05

secondary to the English Influence. but
it has not been destroyed or over
whelmed by it. We OF Montgomery
must feel an interest In the approach
ing celebration because. almost with
In the suburbs of the city are the
remains Of Fort Touiose founded in
the reign Of Louis XIV. and where for
half a century q garrison of French
soldiers was maintained to keep open
an avenue of trade among the Ala
bama Indians. We cannot fail to feel
an interest in the observance. when
we recall that in 171l. the expedition
which established this fort passed
under the bluffs on which Montgomery
is now situated. West Alabama may
well feel kindly to the undertaking
because of similar fort on the Tom
bigbee. at the present town of Epes.
Here the enterprising French estab-
iished their trading post among the
Choctaws and bartered with them with
soldiers standing by as they did with
the Creeks of Middle Alabama.
We need the celebration throughout
Alabama. The French pioneers who
first broke into the barbaric wilder
ness. and who first introduced Euro
pean civilization to savage Alabama
are entitled to honor and to praise.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-05
MONDAY. APRIL s, 1909.
TARIFF MAKERS, rRoUBLEs.

Power carries responsibilities and
responsibilities are accompanied by
carking care. 1t may be fine thing
20 be one of the half dozen Republican
leaders in Congress who are making a
tariff bill to suit themselves, but the
job is not all beer and skittles. with
all the power they have, with all the
pride with which they are exercising
that power, and with the lime light
playing on them in the center of the
stage, they have more trouble than
they know what to do with.
y The last batch comes from an unex-
pected quarter. The women are stir
red up over the tariff bill and, the lit
tie cloud which seemed no bigger than
a mans hand few days ago is now
black and lowering and the lightning
Is beginning to play.
Some of the tariff makers thought
it would be happy idea to put a
heavy tax on the various articles of
women's clothing. In a moment of
c5tuseness the other leaders agreed
with him. 1t was such a simple way
OF raising revenue. Just take the
various articles OF women's clothings
ard put a heavy tariff on each one of
them-that would go a long ways to-
wards adjusting the problem. Incl
dentally and perhaps primarily, 1t
would help out their faithful friends,
the manufacturers who had stood faith
fully by the Republican party and who
were good for the campaign funds
whenever they were needed. The
manufacturers would be protected.
The women had no votes, anyhow.
Then Senator Cullom of Illinois re-
ceived a brief telegram. 1t said:
Il protest against the proposed in
crease of the tariff on stockings"
Ella Flagg Young.
The whole Senate laughed at this
Ii was such a good joke. But they
walked up to find out that Miss Young
was the principal of one of the lead
ing schools of Chicago and woman in
front rank of club circles. Before
they knew it the women of Chicago
were holding mass meetings, sending
kilograms and circulating petitions.
Petitions were put in every department
store in Chicago and the rush to sign
them was worse than that at bargain
counter. Hundreds of women were
standing in line to sign the petitions
when the stores opened for business
in one day 100000 women of Chicago
signed the petitions asking for the
removal of the new tariff on women's
clothing in the Payne bill. And the
Republican leaders were made to
understand that only the start had
been made in Chicago. Before it was
ali over they would hear from every
section of the country.
1.-The women's fight against the dis
ordinations of the Payne bill may or
may not be the most effective but it
will be the noisiest and one of the
most troublesome.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-05
The Sympathy Of Senex
Is Freely GiDen to Many

material cheap they can sell the finish-
ed goods so much cheaper Cor. ought
to do SOL Sect s., ssf
city lately. 1t - surely progressive.
1t used to be called the Capital CITY.
now 1t is the Capital City. You have
bond issues. street pavins. electric dis
boHc acid and their worthisas hus-
bands at work In the Changing. Bet
would It not be both capitol and q
es snson city Us dspt ea h aa 81 on .ss a
or eligible site in the city, instead OF
having our Governors. only wisit Mont
gomery, board and lodge At hotels and
habitation" as well as narnef Would
II not have been better to appropriate
100000 to build an executive mansion
to locate our Governors: rather than
sessions Of the Legislature and vexa-
tious law suits with raiiroads7 An
elegant nansion-a domicile for our
q paausy ;oy Re hs psds
the State and an inspiration to wisi-
tors Your sister city. Selma. has
ssusns tss for street ne S.yna
carbolic acid by the weaker sex. But
don't be jealous. We are not trying
to get ahead Of YOU. only to keep Up
FOOT q y'q Broad h Street w " tS the psvins
Is finished. . beautiful design Of elec-
trio lights: with hundreds OF lsts. brill
liant ana sparkling, emblazonins LIB
!. The autoists are looking forward to
tho completion of this work to AFFORD
them Q splendid drive-ahead OF Day
and night tby this added iiiumination.J
The car track divides the street Into
two courses, SO that the racers can
each have q right Of way for their ma
esen other but Mst ous ths w
vehicles and pedestrians?
Lest the enticement and allurement
may may be too . great for the motorists to
pie In their excitement, 1t Ia suggested
that the City Council appropriate .
street on the outskirts of town for the
race at win ana not have to watch for
passers. but others look out for them
q a. ese y S the q :s
out and adorn a public park. where the
children can play. invalids rest and
the ladies and others promenade in the
This viii prove a boon--a long felt
want-and Selma, the CITY Beautiful"
the cynosure Of all eyes. Then your
Phil Armstrong can come down and see
the blondes do not live in Montgomery.
Selma is full Of pretty ones, and bru-
nettes, too. They are bright ana win
some and look las fresh as morning
roses newly washed with dew"
They are not suffragists, nor Of the
strong-minded variety. who unsex
be loved twhe ever heard Of man
loving Joan of Arc, Susan Anthony or
Emma Goldman?) are modest and re-
firing. do not make the assault. but
wait for the attack.
II Phil can resist their charms he IL
more or less than man. He win lose
his head. IL not his strong arm to sup-
port one of them.
Selma, April J. 1903.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-05
ONE WAY TO CATCH COYOTES.


II Secured an Army Omeer PeIts
Enough to Make Robe.
Kansas City Star.
Coyotes and wolves were plentiful
about the camp and 1 decided to get a
lot Of skins and have an Indian woman
tan them, leaving the tails on and
make a carriage robe for my sister,"
Brigadier General r. H. Pratt, who
was once stationed in Oklah oma. wrote
lately to an Oklahoma acquaintance.
"a Comanche named Essatoyet and his
wife agreed to get the skins and tan
them for a consideration, IL / would
give them a beef and some poison. The
beef contractor sold me a beef for 81.
We were then paying about $3.50 a
hundred for the best OF beef for army
use. l got the poison and went with
Essatoyet and his wife to see them
set the bait They drove the beef to a
glade a mile from camp. killed II, took
the hide and reserved all the best meat
for their own USE and then sprinkled
the poison over the carcass.
'Essatoyet had cut thirty sticks a
them at both ends. These he stuck In
the ground in a large circle enclosing
the carcass and on each put a chunk
of liver or heart. saying as he did so,
Sugar, wolf heap like him.
The next morning l went with them
to see the results of our venture and
we found twenty-seven coyotes and
two large gray wolves dead about the
carcass and vicinity. So got my robe
and had skins to spare"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-05

We wonder when Congress will be
done with bills to pay claims growing
out of the great war of almost fifty
years ago. There is never session
without a lot Of such claims. founded
on all sorts OF reasons. and some on
no reason at all. One of the latest is
that of Congressman suiloway who
has introduced two bills for the re-
lief of the military telegraphers Of the
war between the states. We suppose
no one will doubt that they rendered
good and valuable service. but IL seems
to us that it is late day to provide
for their payment. We believe the
object is to put the few who are left
of these men on the invalid pension
list.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-05
WOMEN AND TARIFF.


Increased Duties ON Towels az Well ~
On Hosiery.
Chicago Tribune.
Dear Madam: Already we have told
you of the increased taxes made in the
new tariff bill on gloves and hosiery.
But of scarcely less Importance are the
heavy increases In the taxes on hem
stitched and drawn-work linens A
casual reading of the new bill would
lead one to believe that linens escape
these advances. but careful reading
discloses the fact that in another por-
ton of the bill hemstitched and drawn
work linens are assessed at highly
increased rate.
The popular grades which have under
the present law been taxed 80 per cent
ad valorem are now advanced to 80 per
cent ad valorem. Do you realize what
this means to you? You will have to
pay on every dollars worth Of these
goods not thirty-five cents. the present
tax, but sixty cents--an increase OF
almost 100 per cent
For instance plain hemstitched
damask towel for which you now pay
twenty-five cents will cost you thirty
which now costs thIrty-five cents will
cost you fifty cents. A plain hem
stitched linen lunch cloth for which
you pay seventy-five cents viii cost
you 81. The plain hem-stivohed DOL
dozen will cost you about $3.50 dozen.
You should know that these sharp
advances will apply upon the plainest
hem stitched linens as well as upon the
most elaborate. An article OF daily
household use is placed In the sanla
category as the most expensive. so that
the plainest hem-stitched cloth is as.
sessed at the same rate as one COM
posed entirely of lace.
Does this seem to you to be either
rea sonabie or Just? Make yourself q
force in this fight-make II your fight.
Tell your Congressman and Senators
what you think of these homogeneous
increases In taxes which you will have
to pay. Wire or write them today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-05
This Date in History
April s.

1642-Elihu Yale. the chief patron of
Yale College, born in New Ha-
ven, Conn. Died in London. July
g. 1871.
177s-Georgla instructed her delegates
for Independence.
1S00-Wilham Cowper, English poet.
died. Born in 1871.
1s14-Napoleon / abdicated the throne
of France. 49,
1s56-Gore expedition left ST. Louis to
explore the headwaters of the
Powder river in Montana.
1862-Federals commenced the siege Of
Yorktown. Va.
1S64-House of Representatives. adopt
ed resolutions declaring that
France would not be allowed to
form a monarchy In Mexico.
1S76-Impeachment trial began of Will
liam w. Belknap, Secretary or
War
l904-Chicago voted for municipal
ownership of street railways.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-05
MORNING THOUGHT

It Is like a far-on dream-.the mem
The DRY OF the leaders Of the
Ancient ofien time, The lead
sf so q the s aaGsn'
though fortune, rank and youth were
swept away. Who will forget Lady
ALE sbury-the English lady. OF an al
most extinct order? And there was
flowed blood from dukes and earls, AM
who made the French barons her ia
miliar gossip. OF her 1t was said that
George III was wretched all his life
She never forgot her royal blood
though she spelled. wrote and thought
In atrocious English. And Lady Len
nox was the head Of another disappear
ing type. But we Americans-some
how II our girls chance to buy them
a duke or q lord we pay no more at
tentio to their coronets than II they
were school girls once more. wearing
their old straw hats. We make our
Nelly Custis Thodosia Burr. Dolly
Mad son, the Carroll sisters, Octavia
lie Vert, .Sallie Ward, Winnie Davis or
q May Handy-the sort that shine ike
stars for us, Every Americans wife Is
cesses. She's the first lady in the land
to him always. We crown our women
because they are our home, makers.
our wives. our mothers. In this age OF
gray. It's the wife's caress-the pres
sure of her loving arms while she
whispers over and over the story or
her heart---this alone makes life beaS-
able. Pity the man from whose arms
the treasure fees! The old-fashionei
womanly woman IL what the true
America wants
Quit quarreiing with Fate. Dom-
nate your circumstances.
What you can't use you rose. At
last. we're going to shuttle Off the stage
like a penniless man.
II YOU wouids hold in allegiance the
waves on the sea OF Time, cling to the
inspira tons of your youth.
Your Fate is in your fingers to be
unraveled Just like the patient CIR,
unravels the tangled thread.
Your assertion may be convincing
and then fail TO stand up against cold
facts.
If. you want your work to be real
JOY follow the lines of least resfstance
in getting It done.
In your daily toll, you can be a
plodder without being furious grub
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-05

Chicago Record Herald.
The long deadlock owe. the ssnator-
ship at Springfield has led one MEM
Der Of the upper house to Introduce q
the submis.ion Of q constitutional
senstors By popular vote.
Congress will never submit such an
TONS Of this sort; The logic = sim
The senators for the most part OBJ
3ect to popular election on the identf-
cal grounds on which the people IA
tariiy take the Initiative in this mat
The way to get action is Just a 1T.
s the ct t1 s shoud no
stead exercise their constitutional
right and make formal demand upon
Congress TO call q constitutionals con-
when enou sh pr rssoin.ions Of this char
acter have been passed by the states,
Congress win no longer be a free
sn sp has w more Re SanP onee e ss
a formal resolution of the required
CHARACTER. and so have about half Of
the states. Two-thirds Of the states
be regarded as one Of the certainties
OF the future that in time enough will
act to secure the reform.
Every additional state which pro-
vides for a direct primary on the SEN
atorshfp takes a forward step. where
primary law goes as far as that of
oregon, the state enjoys already the
that continual watchfulness is neces-
sary to prevent the mechanism slip
ping q cog at some point. Where the
mary system, by its very Imperfect
ton. makes the embodiment of the
reform In an amendment to the fed
eral Constitution seem highly desira-
Even though the Illinois general as
sembiy has acted in the past, II should
act again. 1t cannot express the sent
resolution should be recast so as to
take on the compulsory form provided
for by the federal Constitution.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-05
FoR THE Down TRoDDEN AUTorsT.
HE SPEAKS.


Ny sympathy was much aroused by
the pitifui plight Of the young ladies
Of MontEomery who lately took an
mud. slush and Into water and had 20
swim out Of the slough of despond."
But girls win persist In being human
not angeis-and could Va not n resis tn, the
the dangerous roads. So romantic!
also sympatfize with the fourteen
fast auto drivers arrested the other
a to Violate tGs tse law 81 course mott Tsey
were simply testing their machines
and having little fun.
My sympathy was also enlisted In
to pay s2.7so for his autos running
over and killing man In Birmin CHAM.
IT was not the Governor's fault. but
the fault of his chauffeur COR whatever
outlandish names those reckless drtv-
ers are called) and he should be pun
lshed to the extent Of the law. ] could
scarce restrain my tears. However. 1t
Is some subtraction TO know that the
from The Advertiser to draw on. and
and Judgment to Offset the other. But
ss srsf a Tben ts ehd
Dor women decided 70 call on him to
revoke hts proclamation not to send
Delegates to New Orleans to consider
sYe who have tears to shed. prepare
The governor has laughed at his
critics. has withstood the shafts of
wit and rldicule and stood as firm as
the rock OF Gibraltar. But how could
he resist this assault this lombard
ment by the female eek, when he had
no Fort to protect him!
when beauty pleads. when woman
weeps,
He's not a man who scorns to yield"
But the Governor-was impervious to
all arguments. Vaccinations and hallu-
cinations His edict was Of the Mede
and Persian order-unchangeable
tion and the Governor has not given
out his side. He declined to send dele
gates TO the New Orleans convention
Why? Because Alabama had child's
labor law he thought good enough, and
wanted time to test It. Is not that
satisfactory. True. II might be I'M
proved. and II the best 1t might be In
jected into the laws OF other states .
Some uncharitable people say that
labor laws because hit owns cotton
factory and needs the labor Of chill
dren; that, when he was a cotton
planter he wanted to sell cotton for 10
and 20 cents per pound. but when he
sold his plantation and runs cotton
factory he wants TO buy the staple at
to 10 cents--as low as he can.
IL not husiness7 Buy when you can
buy cheapest and sell when YOU. can
sell dearest. That Is political ana ev-
ery other economy. ] wish our Con-
gressiiisn would learn that much econ-
ony on the tariff subject. Besides. if
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-05
No @Iron Dukes, wanted.
caro- Post.

SntCdSU fOsts
With supreme tactlessness. with
blatant spread-eagleism and with the
most serene ignorance OF the meaning
OF what he was saying. Congressman
Rpdenberz. OF Illinois, named Speak
err Cannon before the Republican eau
Gus as the Iron Duke of American
poiitics.'
Mr.. Rodenberg meant to pay Mr..
Cannon compliment. A study OF
the rest of the speech makes that APP
parent. But he was egregriousIy I'M
able to see that 1t does not do to Of
fer the congratulations of a democra-
cy in terms OF aristocracy.' Bismark
may have been beyond criticism In
the stern work of forging the German
Empire Peter the Great may have
heen the most effective despot that
Russia ever had. But 1t Is something
akin to an insult to compare to either
the servant OF the people" who mod
estly holds office in Republic. We
never have wanted any iron dukes in
America. and we do not want any of
them today.
/ Mr.. Rodenberg's erratic outburst
must have been singularly annoying
to Mr.. Cannon. Czarism Is the repu-
tation the Speaker has been trying to
live down during every moment of
the session just ended. He must have
groaned aloud at hearing supposed
friend recall It with such stupendous
stupidity at the very moment when
its obliteration should have been most
complete.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-05
ANGLo-sAxoN UNITY.
Significance of Refrigeration Of the
british Colonies.

British Colonies.
New York Sun.
That element OF British public opin-
lon which is not immersed in fictitious
socialism or blinded by that historical
aItru SIN which finds expression in the
relinquishing of South Africa to the
pensions, or in the universal paternal-
Ism of the state. and which Is not en-
gagged in perverting the moral per-
spective of the female population, that
element must presently react and re-
sumo its former supremacy. When 1t
does and when there Is an end OF sem
rnental prohigacy. a refrigeration Of
face sodality may occur which VIII
lions with her colonies, not upon a
basis of material barter and exchange,
which we deem to be impossible, but
upon a foundation of consanguinity
and identity of racial predestination.
To such contamination 1t would be
impossible that We should be indifer-
emit. If such sentiments do not attach
Australia, Canada and her other de-
Tendencies to. England then they are
not attached at all and their several
deatinies are at the caprice of fate. As
It is, they represent many millions OF
people susceptible Of natural unity and
widely discovered by geographical dis
tribution as well as by the influence OF
gregarious. but not necessarily conflict
ing ambitions. England's children are
a mighty multitude. Animated by a
common impulse in obedience to an
awakened emotion of nationality and
heredity. It would be a singular con-
tingency In which they did not prevail.
A union of Bngianders would more
profoundly concern this country than
any other phenomenon possible to hui
manity That we realize in ourselves
the type of complete independence In
q degree that no other nation has APP
preached would serve only to make US
the more sensitive to the Significance
of such union. The vitality of the
idea as a purely intellectual specula-
ton Is the more apparent IL certain
considerations are kept in sight; such,
for instance, as that we are divided or
separated from the British posses
sions" on our northern border by only
a custom house and by nothing more
and that of all the nations of the earth
We should be the most acutely con-
volved in any disaster to England such
as that now universally intimated BY
Germanic ambition, In the machine oil
civilization known as England, the
great vehicle of human circulation and
material life. the United States has q
larger Interest and greater stake al
issue than a majority of all other coun-
tries. We have no entangling alliances
and there Is nothing upon the face Of
creation of which we are In less neet
than of an alliance of any kind. AL
the same, we are not any more blinC
to the reality of our interests or t
their length, breadth, and thickness
than we are deficient In Intelligent
sympathy respecting the source whence
they are affected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-05

ever sullied his lips with blasphe-
nous oath. SO they were old Ell
Christians pallbearers at the church
himself chosen them for that last SER
vice.
Christian dwelt alone on his farm
near here. All his life long he abhor-
red profanity and Stunned a man who
swore. Often he declared profanity ~
crime for which there is not only no
excuse, but no forgiveness. Often.
too. he said that when he should be
carried to his grave 1t should be by
those who were clean-souled. clean-lip-
ped. He knew we'll Golden, Petrie,
Caulkin so he selected them as his
pallbearers not long ago, lest when no
was gone all proper care be not ex-
ercised in the choice
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-05
This Is MY zsth BHthday
Peter McNut.

tive council of Prince Edward Island
and one of the leading public men of
that province, was born In Darnley, 2.
E. l.. April 8, 1884, and received his ed
ucation at Prince of Wales College,
Charlottetown. His tastes led him In
to mercantile life and he established q
lobster packing plant which eventual
ly became one of the largest concerns
of tbs kind in the world. Mr.. McNutt
was elected to- the provincial legisla-
ture In 1899 and was several times re.
elected. He has held seat In the
executive council since 1897, when he
became a member of the Warburton
nently mentioned In connection with
the governorship in 1904, and with the
premiership on the death of the late
Hon. Arthur PeterA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-05
The Characteristic National Meal.

l1OnuOn 0HIOHlCAS.
1t is not only in Scotland that break
fast is the Characteristic national meal:
Travel where you may. the nrst meal
of the day is the one that strikes the
foreign note, luncheon and dinner haV-
ing gradually Authorized cosmopolitan
qualities that are not even confined to
hotels But you never feel so much
of an Englishman as when Switzer,
honey, and nothing more. with your
coffee; or when France makes this In
TO one exquisite crumbing "croissant
with an inch or two from yard long
loaf, or when Denmark adds cream in
KsLead OF milk to the coffee and a
dangerous piece of pastry to the black
bread and round white roll.
Yet our English breakfast became an
institution only In the eighteenth CEN
fury. Before that only royalty break
tasted off meat. bread and cheese and
ale The commoner, such as Pepys,
took merely a morning draught OF
buttered ale
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-05
The Theory Of Evolution.
ya1kAr County NeVva

A contemporary notes the MEASURE
ment and comparisons show that tha
college man of today is not only Q
much larger man than his father was
that is generally true, where will they
stop Advertiser.
Under the theory of evolution. NOV
onfv stop when they reach the stage
of perfection; and that viii be when
man becomes an angel.