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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06

nal there must necessarily be an enor- nous job. and one requiring the very highest degree of engineering and me- chanicsi skill that could be obtained anywhere.
 It is perhaps useless to discuss the relative merits of the Nicaragua and Panama routes. Some of the best in. formed men in Congress. like Senator Morgan. strongly maintained that the Nicaragua route was th. best from every point of view and should be ss- iected. but they were o,arruled and Panama was chosen, So far as we are aware no obstacles have been thrown in the way by those. who opposed this route. but all who have kept up with, the course of events down there know full we'll that everything has been far from satisfactory. Leaving out all reference to the reported great scan- dals in connection with the affair ale most from the beginning. and which have not been satisfactorily explained. by the way. the fact remains indisput- able that the condition is not satis- factory one in many respects.
 For all these reasons. and for others We might name. it is to bs hoped that Mr. Taft and his corps of engineers will not only make a, full and com- plete investigation. as far as 1t Is pos sibie to do so. but that they will be able to make 6 satisfactory. report of conditions and prospects. The value of the canaI may have been overssti- mated in some quafters. but yet 1t is hardly to be doubted that if the canal can be built so as to form safe and practicable route across the Isthmus 1t will prove an immense benefit. not only to the United States but to other nations as we'll Let up hope that there will be no lodging or covering up things when Mir. Taft and the oth- CTS return. It is high time that we were given the true conditions as well as the prospects of the great work.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
DR1FTWooD4

TAe crnvan'. (With due acknowledgements to Poe, the worlds greatest. literary gen. iusl yS once upon . midnight dreary as I pom Ssred weak and weary oTsr wny ,y Suddenly heard a tapping and t reused me from my mapping and & sala to Naw sIssp psS aS Tans' Ssra entrance try ! 50 sleepy and so DRXT
 As I opened wide the door black man room this time of nisht2" Then a low cbstgsnce made he did tRfs sld eosR %. HIafs So.s sf sshay ts yos: and ss simply me an sUMPiN' more"
 tened. So did mine as listened, ,. to. the plan he next unfolded which brought ecstasy and bliss "you'rs a stranger here dr, ne mntteree, a tsrsd. asa aIs "But I kaows dat 2og an thirsty. ! kin git you WHAT Then I followed up his lead. Forth drew my olS-tlms wallet, drew a live spot deftly from 1t. of- fered it unto the darkey who accepted 1t, and bowed, Then he thanked me and departed and saw the old coon plunge into the nights. Plntonian shore s,r,y,,u MoREs"
 For ap hour or more I waited win my heart so heavy freighte5 till at last I donned my overcoat. like wise reached for my hat, Then up Commerce Street l wandered and l pondefed and ! p9ndsrea @ back with my quart of joyful My sad spirits to enthuse.
 All at once I heard commetion. which gave me a sudden notion to in- vestlsats the source of all that noise so unmeet- ~. Az 1 neared, the stalwart hgger Of a cop stood OCT my nisger. who was ciinging to . shoe.box sit. ting Hat upon the street. And for mercy tried to bleat Said the officer. Here. get up, whats the matter. cain't you set up: what you got there In that box? Guess you have stole pair O Then the darkey.s black face bright ened. from his shoulders loads
 
 good young masters shces." And 1t seemed to cure his blues. pushed through the crowd there gathered Ike young horse all foam lathered. and thought to save the darkey from the strong So yelled Here Mister Copper" :" (Lord forgive me for this wnop- per), "Thie old darkeY ain't stole notnin.. he's just brtnGin' nom" "csne on. uncle. with my shoes" Suddenly that darkey fitted up. his face: the sunshine sifted from his countenance like pleasures that from our lives sift away, For he felt some uqutd trickle down his hand Ooh, what pickle) for he smashed the bottle falling and the juice had ebbed away The crowd looked on. aaq wondered
 while in awful tones thundersd once again, "Get up, now, uncle hand my shoes or I'll be sross. Then he rose as though complying anj he tried to keep from lytng. but laughter as he said with head d ''pEsg DAMN SHOES AM LEAKIN Phil H. Armstrong. Never shout your virtues from ths housetops-espeeialiy fin this age o' l skyscrapers
 About the most utteFiy useless ersa'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
THE RESPONSIBILITY
or ouR sENAroRs

Tk12 nEsf00 0cA0tLAHA
 or oUR SENATOR'S.
 The Advertiser has more than once expressed its dIsapprovsl of the ap- pointment of Mir. Oscar R. Hundley as judge of the Federal Court for the Northern District of Alabama This paper has never regarded him as prop eriy ntted Cor the position.
 He has been holding the position for nearly two years on the appointment of President Roosevelt without con- frmation by the Senate. AS long as Senators Morgan and Pettus lived it was impossible. because of their strong opposition. for him to bs con- firmed. Latterly it has been looking as if he would succeed. through either the assistance or the indiffer- ence of Senators Bsnkhsad and John- ston.
 The Advertiser is glad to note that the situation is changing. Many of the bar in the Northern District have become advised and are actively at work. here in Alabama and at wssh- ington. to prevent Mir. Hundley's con firmation. Our news columns yestsr- day contained . special giving an &C., count of the activities of . committee of the bar at washington. They are bringing strong pressure to bear upon President Rooseveit to withdraw the nomination and also upon the Senate to reject 1t. We have little hope of the Presidents withdrawing 1t; he Is too vain and stubborn to confess the blunder at this late day But the pressure on the Senate. and particu- iariy on the two Alabama Senators. may accomplish something. It cer. tainly should do so.
 There Is little doubt that it lies in the power of the Alabama Senators to defeat the continuation. and if they fail to do their duty in this matter. the responsibility will lie at theis doors, And it Is grave responsi' bility. They may underestimate il now. but if they do, they will wake up later to nnd that the bar and peo. pie of Alabsms win not forget their blunder.
 It is to be hoped that the percep. tions of the Alabama Senators will be sharpened. and that they will not set themselves up as wiser and more popular than their iamented predeces. sors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06

The administrators efforts to use the steam-reller in Ohio and crush out all opposition to it's candidate for the Senate failed. as 1t should have done, There is nothing to show. that Charles P. Taft hes any fitness for the posi-. tion and still less claims on tex. cept that he is very rich. Roosevelt wanted him elected. and Roosevelt failed to get him; that's the best part of it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
Typs of southern Nswapapsra

Chattanooga Times
 It Is not too late to congratulate The Montgomery Advertiser on its entrance upon the eighttsth year of it's publica- and we would add our fslfcitations to that admirable newspaper upon the fact that 1t has during It's long exist ence and especially since H has been under the control of it's present busi- ness and editorial management, pre- served It's high character as pprvey- or of news and wholesome sentiment. The Advertiser Is type of the high ern States have a right to be proud It
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
Too Late Now. Bessemer Weekly.
me aouth and he Pnrty.

The opening article of the January number of The North American Re- entitled The Solid South National Calamity His conclusion Is that, among the more thoughtfui men of the south, whe mske 2 systematic diplomacy. there Is large and grow, ing. body who perfectly underStand. practical system of constitutional con- struction Is necessary. element in our national growth; second. that the Jef- fersonlan idea of territorial and trade expansion is the key to. the south's growing body will not permit Itself to glance, to a set of extinct political the ories by the spectre Ot danger that has passed away"
 We have heard one Southern man, living in the South. talk this way, but his relations with MF. Roosevelt gre rather too cordial to permit Of his be. of Southern sentiment. There may Dc a large covey of men of Mr. Taylor'e way Of thinking. but no person has ss yet succeeded in flushing it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
A Just Protest.


 forcibly and rightly against the sentf- ment expressed by the editor of The Birmingham News. who charaet erized the recent faIlurt Of tha Democratic blessing Mir. Rhodes is privileKsd to hold this view. but he made the mis- take of telling MT. Taft that 1t Is the view of the men of the South. We may ask. who empowered Mir. Rhodes to speak for them; or, how has he been able to obtain this exclusive inRorrna- ton regarding the views Of Southern men? We add our protest. Ii is not true statement of Southern opinion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
A FORGOTTEN POET.

How the last resting places Of those who should be remembered are often neglected is- shown by. an article in The New York Times referring to the condition of the grave of Joseph Rod- man Drake. the brilliant young gen. jus whose writings gave evidence of the possession of poetic talents of an unusually high order. To quote from The Manchester Union:
 Drake was not onfy an early Amer tcan poet. He stands out conspicu- ousiy as thoroughly American poet, side the water permitted Themselves the to si chs. Gasssa Sf S sa word xrrs srs aSS SS tubjects. Drake ciung Loyalty to Amer ican subjects. and gave them individ. SSaltnty Saln ais a,sc. An'sricap ,5s s Eissn will triotie Amerieans Ions after many a poem on borrowsd theme shall have been forgotten His "Culprit Fay" is worlds literature. Other productions of his are known and loved far and wide. Perhaps 1t Is the irony of fate that neglect should have so long marked for it's own the grave of the poet of Ehem his devoted friend Fitz- Greene Halisck. wrote; 
 Green be the turf above thee,
 Friend of my better dave; '|-f
 None knew thee but to love thee.
 Nor named thee but to praise" '
 What this poet might have accom- plished had he lived to years of ma turity can only be conjectured. He was little more than . boy when death claimed him. for he had just passed his twenty-fifth birthday when he died. The poems above alluded to by The Union gave evidence of a high order of the genius born in some poetic natures. whether that genius would have grown and expanded with years until he would have been ranked among the greatest of modern poets can only be surmised, for no one can say what the future would have brought to him. but 1t is fair to as- sume that the gift which brought forth "The Culprit Fay" and 'The American Flag" would have grown with his growth and expanded with the passing of the years until his place would have been secure among American poets. at least.
 This youthful bard. who died in 1920. was buried in a private burying ground at T place known as Hunts Point and it is said that the cemetery is now covered by a thick growth of trees and underhrush. An iron picket fence surrounds the Drake monument. to protect it from relic hunters; but hicks and missing corners show where vandals have secured their souvenirs. The rain has washed the dirt away from the monuments foundation. and the frost is eating the cement from between the stones. If this is allowed to continue, it will not be long be- fore the monument topples over to the ground. Such condition is to be re- gretted. and we may reasonably hope that now that the matter has been called to the attention of the public some steps will be taken to protect the grave and secure it from decay and vandalism.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
sIeppIng over sIeppIngIy.

siegping Over sioppinSiy'
 In hls speech inviting MT. Taft to partake of the hospitality of Birming- ham, General Rufus N, Rhodes, editor of The Birmingham News, certainly laid t Gn" with 2 shovel; A,, so.,. erners generally as an unusually good Republican. Editor Rhodes went be- yond the facts, and attempted, without authority. to speak for those whom Taft that the best men of the South, regardless of politics. look forward to your administration because you, in our judgment. are the Attest man in all executive once: that you are the httest man who was ever called to this high honor! The best men of the south" are not slopping over, The best men Of a cYedttable President. but they have no foundation for believing him 2 Rtatesnan of superlative qualities. And General Rhodes may speak for Birm- when he says they regard the result of the last election as benediction from God Almighty himself to the people of the South over their own protest" but of Democracy of the South, which may be won by reason, but which can not be purchased with pap.
 It is one thing to welcome Mir. Taft 70 the cOulAs k1e nus AS tuuCn IlkuI here as in New England; and # he is an honest man. regardfuI of hts oath and obligations, the views of South erners upon questions not in connict with the Republican platform will have as much consideration as views regard ing such matters from other sections. But 1t is an altogether different thing to tell him that Southern Democrats rejoice in the defeat of their pary. Inc dependents and Republicans may re- Joice at Taet's election. but Democrats do not. The Birmingham people, with their iron industry, may regard Mir. Taft as e blessing from God, but let Birmingham speak for, herself. not for the South.
 The South win judge Mr. Taft &C., eording to his works. He may be as- sured of a square deal. but Mr, Rhodes is greatly mistaken in assuming that he is needed to plant here the "seeds of patriotism, independence of thought, l independence of political action" Pa | triotiSm and independence had their l American cradle in the South long be. l fore the State from which MF. Taft comes was brought out Of the wilder ness.
 We wonder what Is Mir. Taft's secret | opinion Of this stopping ovefS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06


 ture in the world is a man sitting start to talking about clothes. woris wS 1s whsn syss her ss asssad s is . oaiies s in her presence. could refrain from demanding an explanation Of It.
 When the drink happens to ps stronger than the resolution even the best ef-us tall down. castfo,s operation was successful even If he did lose the presidency of his country. He has money. however nof not lack for 2 certain amount Of frienda
 Most every school girl harbors tn" millionaire. but in later life she dis covers she Is lucky if she can ina some geek who Is wiling to pay her board. Tn vaudeville it must be ambarrass- ing to hne prima donna to go on right after monkey act. But life is 2 great dsai like that You can't tell from the speed of the pedestrian whether he Is working for himself or somebody else.--Honstpn Oh. we don't know--he might be walking the baby;
 soshoy ss s.h;. one ,n,,; daa stiil ,sn smell ss! ter with Sis smsilsF:
 Hell is right here on earth" ds-s on Gsrsd sa0Say SaeaTS n es csesTo sr preacher ought to know.
 we eat too much," says The Mil waukee Journal. We thought newspa- mar men 0nlV drank in Milwaukee.
 4 Cincinnati mail order house says 1t has a brand of whlskeX that is suit are admonished to get their orders in early.
 LeMs across .ss Atlantic % in two days we fear Is merely castle in the air
 minutes nSsss in Sa New ' YoSk G sarinE % ts I past esen consulted about it,. they would of course, have preferred Montgomery also in Tennessee. Her State Legisla- ture appears to be in the hands of the ThrouHh ths MaiI-Bag. Wingard, Ala. January {, 1909. MT. Phi H. Armstrong;. Montgomery. Ala:
 Dear Drift-rhe tsmptation is 90 great that ! can't resist telling you pssa pages ota Sf s TSs AGvsssissr Tor .prifs. sSlSHRs .Ssy 9Etsa aSs ~ssn sSsy Asys sSs "dsyiIs and and g,xs to Iifs As,s, 2 new ioY. ,s. | Hills of DreAutg' and "rhe Incentive" probed deep into my heart Perhaps ,sy my voice faintly tFsmuious As read
 Sometimes you have me on the verge of tears. and then in fits of laughter. Msy this vsr ss tSss sOgssI sss oast IGst f. May you greet each day with . glad heart and an easy conscience. psnnlng beautiful lines of thought that hath .RRa.s d M M u: :aS ssF es ss hss S of 8 rustic, gray-eyed lass, who. un- l artifcial society and with heart full sp Spot sSInsaa sarsoundsS sS' S Sy that delicious | "peaee that passsth understanding."
 Would you condeseend to write some mething---perhaps, poen---to the
 You may print tAIs if you wish.
 Pensacola. Fla, January {, 1909. Mfr. Phl H Armstrong. Montgomery. peHr Phil-Now on the "square." if the women succeed in making them selves boisterous. by working the dit. l thee be the real thing when 1t comes to padding the registration hstsI
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06

ton and yrest the eeatrel e the 6os- srnmsnt from the pafty q csntit!is4. sssts ss :s sas 2s s: isss
 aAss.s Ds1 ps,an.
 11s sdisoI ssank krfns Ts@:S \ RAe4.s q n. ssr. to. give fear to his frlsnds that hs hos clipped . cog sonswhsrs. His iatset sssrss ssRsr ossSEsss ~sn b. n .oid 7.ss m rs n a tss Ss.rg ts gay sypd of a. .enss as Taft. .lseslcn sssnsdictioA frem God
 Such fot coming from the editor of
 srsos os Rsss Sss .s .s gFss:sa Sy .ss s publican candidate needs repudiation by every self rsspectIng democratis so%ss II as. Hns sasosis snd sro ns rhs Moss S lo ths fect that but fey # any ot this t s's rS. PssRf of promulgated by MT, RRodss
 Blow To Desaocracy.
 1tHmD1s Hon. Rufas fnsdSsrR <. Rhode. editor of The Birmtngham News, dealt assevere blow to southsrn dsmccnacy when as Au-
 s:fsa ssasdsy Tafsy hs sos said; Knew th. heart and head of the men of the south and particularly of Birmingham, you would .sss they .sgd te sssss ylss Sf tbs ss HimlEhiy Hi9ssif so ths. people of the the
 we want you to help us strike oft political sysfsm which does not do the most to develop our resources or to prosper ana safsgusrd our hspginess," to raise" the democratic party from any Authority by the democrats of
 o ss :r sPRsa Fs sd if m ts ssr Ing Ing off .snsskies ne of an isnorsnt poll us, Ss kSss. s ss ss 0soR sss. sss and not the rssidsntS ef Birmingham addressed Mr. Tsif ssfurday
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 a aa a ,oI Tiss ss,ss. sS sss, s ssopl. Of h Birmingham will Iendorss this speech and the fact that ,s wss msds ms psoysss ss the selection of the men chosen to represent communities even in ex- tending invitaticns. If Birmingham that the South would De ashamed of Birmingham, for the land of. washing ton and Jefferson, of Jackson and Calhoun, of Davis and Lee, of Hill and Lamar. of Morgan and Bacon does not s1ag fo Strike K 'eS of pss' the shsefss S of snor ance.
 No kindly thsng can be said of Judge Taft that win not meet the approval of The Times-uuiens so long as 1t Is only an expression of kindly feeling or of confidence in his high patriotism or of his broad AmeriCanisf1 but we cAn- not be sure. until Judge Taft has at least gone into office and done sone- thing. on which we casn base, ,an opinton that he is superior to Washington or gIstferson or Jaeksoa or Lincoln or or him. but he must serve as president greatest of all presidents
 MT. Rhodes speech gals to mind a poem written by q Roman poet to tickle h Roman emperor. In 1t the poet asked the emperor to select, when he died, some place near the center of the universe for the abiding place Of his soul, since if he went near the circumference he would toppie the uni verse over. @l s7s@
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
eWoKN cIRCur.ArToN.

a ne Montgomery Advertiser susrantses its
 a1Tortteers (and makes # . part of the con-
 f<4tx when requested) that its daily circu-
 l1[Ion fs larger than that of any morning
 n1w&papsr printed in Aiabsma--and that its
 EUMGAy edition has the largest circulation |&< ny edition of any newspaper printed In XI11nxuA without exception.
 nc figures for December printed below |T0T&&s1uE the actual net circulation, all re- nm having been deducted,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
Why our RaiIroads Are Narrow GaaEe,

Atlantic Monthly.
 Why are ali railroads built on the standard gauage of four fet eight and ons-half Inches? The makers of the frst locomotives thought only of putt ting their machines upon the tTamways already ir existence. And from that folowsd s very intsrssting and curious result. These tramlines naturally had exactly the width prescribed by the strength of one horse. By mere merit. the horse-eart guage established itself in the world. and everywhere the train ls dwarfed to scale that limits alike It's comfort, power, and speed. Because there is so much capital engaged and 1t is doubtful if there will ever be any change In this guage. Still 1t might be worse. If the biggest horses had been shetland ponies, our railways car- riages now would only be wide enough to hold two persons side by side, and would have a maximum speed of twenty miles an hour. There Is hardly a req son aside from this anticipated horse, why the railway coach should not be nine of ten feet wide, that Is. the width of the smallest room in which people can live in comfort, and furnished with all the equipment of comfortable cham berH.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06

The dispatch sent out from Paris that Count Boni blushed came some three months too early. It would do better as a 1st of April hoax.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06

They have something over in Mus
 kogee. okla. that they call "crinum kiskii." but we don't know whether
 A1ra condition or a commodity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-06
MORNING THOUGHT
Real -AanAAm
sY '. MARVIN NICHOLS,
Gladstone was

 2 Greatnsss personality In the last century---and will be in all the years to come. Four times at the head of his government; no phantom. but . that you have kept the soul alive in England" And another, not an Eng. iishman. deciared, 'on the day MT. Gladstone died. the world lost it's great v.a s:t Tns ,s tss sres os momentous transactions of his age-- Cavour. Lincoln and Bismarck. Nobody ever had fewer secrets, nobody ever lived in fuller sunlight. AS Is the wont of all great characters. he adored the morning." writos g female relative of his tto Hon. John Moriey). when l was breakfasting alone with Mr. Glad stone at Tarleton House Terrace, scnie- thing led to the speaking Of his father. chair, standing in front of the chim- ney piece, and in strains of fervid elo. quence dwelling on the grandeur, the breadth and depth of his character; his greatest of ali--his loving nature. His eyes filled with tears as he exclaimed. None but his children can know what torrents of tenderness flowed from his heartfr
 Gt&@PL tShSN bPDh asSE Not VI & ssVStAN~ cia upon her purple dyes. Athens upon her splendors, Rome upon her tnvincible armies; but these have long since passed away and their ancient glory is but c memory. Palestine had her Sy- rlan skies whose clear stars kept vigil over humble shepherds that kept watch on her sacred hills. She lives in her Christ of the Agesl True, car- psnter's sons and ti4e child Of peasant ry But Palestine lives forever because the Son of Mary walked her highways and was oftimes seen in the city of her King. s7
 Extreme wealth, like extreme pow erty,. is an atmosphere ladcned with deadly poison,
 growing love must be trained, just like vine.
 Fear the man that fears vou.
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 Don't be . back-number. The sum total of back.numbers is--naught.
 However long the river flows. at lass 1t will reach the open sea.