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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1909)
TP\e Monitor. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. OFFICIAL ORUAN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Entered at the Postofllce In Mi. Vernon. <«n. an Kecond-CIaHS Mail Matter.) H. B. FOLSOM. Editor and Prop. $« a Year, in Advance. advertisement# moat invariably he paid is advance, at the legal rate, and aa the law direct**; amt uniat he in hand not later than Wodneadav morning of the tirat week of inaertion Mt. Vernon, Georgia, Thursday Morning, March n, 1909. Some of us poor mortal* who could not go to Washington hint week, and now congratulating ourselves that we were not there — in regular fox ami gntj»e style. Does a gentleman deserve credit for his honesty? or, is not a gent leman an honest man? Either question will answer itself, l’he man who pays his honest debts 1 preserves his integrity to a great extent, and is generally held in high esteem by his creditors. It is proposed to change the | date of presidential inagurations j from March until May. This sentiment must have gained strength during last Thursday’s Blizzard in the capital city. Taft said it would he a cold day when : he was made president. But William has nothing to kick about. Good fortune is no stranger to him. « The Georgia division of the Tinted Daughters of the Con-j federacy has again offered a Gold M'-dul to that one of the school children of Goorgia who shall write the best essay on Confeder- j ate history. It is hoped that many of our county students will enter the coutest, because the study will bo beneficial, besides the chance to write the best oue and receive tho prize. The coming term of tho Geor gia General Assembly will prob ably take up the idea of lour-year terms for county officers. We j believe this to l*e a sound meas ure, and ono calculated to he of hemdit to the chronic office seek-j ors—those run just for glory—‘ since it will lengthen tho time be- j tween spasms. As it is, by tliej tilin' a man becomes fumiliarj with the affairs of a public office In* is forced to enter a campaign Im* re-election or withdraw in favor of some other man to learn ) the official ropes. hast Thursday was Joe Brown ! day in Mt. Vernon and Ailey, i with the T. B. 1. as a pivotal | point. Mr. Brown was cordially greeted at all points, and those who Imd never before met him were struck with his straight forward and impressive manner; and from many who did not sup port him in the campaign came words of praise. What Mr. Brown lacked of sweeping the state clean last June, he will have finished in a few weeks, lie will not close his little calls un til every part of the Mate lias been visited, by which he will have gotten in closer touch with tie' people of Georgia. The unusual length of she Coop er trial on in Nashville is bring ing words of dissatisfaction from the jury on the case. These men, for the greater part, are farmers, and it >s now the season for plant ing. Their protests are just. Such delays as tins, not only in Tenn css.*H, hut in Georgia and other states, gives the average citizen a distaste for such service to Ins county and state, and to a great extent lowers the high standard of citiizeuship thus called to ser vice. In dealing justice a court should be broad enough and deep enough to include parties directly at interest, but the citizenery called iuto service should also have due constderatiou. Keep busy ut work and the spring fever will not get you this time. It is not going to run a man down. THE LAST DAY OF | SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Washington, March 4.—Con gress, unable to pull away from the habit of years, toiled and moiled far into tho night to wipe off the slute before the sixtieth congrss became oflicially mori- I bund. The senate worked from 10 o’clock in the morning until 11 o’clock in the evening; the house was even more industrious as to ' hours, at any rate, working from 1i in the morning to 1:80 o’clock j ! this morning. One of the notable features of of tho wind-up of tho legislative yarn 111 tho house wuh when two 1 well- known Democrats came to the defense of President Roose velt. Representative Waldo, of New York, was about to launch into severe denunciation of the president, when Reprsentative Henry Clayton, of Alabama, and Representative Kimball, of Ken tucky, objected vigorously. Both said it was unfair to jump on 11 man who Imd only a lew hours more in oflice. Congress fixed definitely the salary of the president at $75,000 an increase of $25,000 but no ad ditional allowance is made tor traveling expenses. The house and senate split over this mat ter, and the $75,000 salary was in | tho nature of a compromise. The house won out in its tight against increased salaries for the vice president, speaker of the house, j supreme court and other Federul judges. An agreement was reached in 'conference last night on the de ficiedcy bill. The old war claims; for Maryland and Virginia were stricken as was the provision for $50,000 for the Lincoln memorial farm 111 Kentucky. Tho propo sition to reimburse the contribu tors to the Kllen M. Stone ran som fund, amounting to $06,000, was also stricken. Both houses agreed to the conference report. In tin' passage of the penal code the Democrats won a complete j victory. All the objectionable fea tures were stricken out. The bill retains the anti-jug provision, which protects dry states on liquor shipments. The Democrats also succeeded in having the provision for troops to be used at the polls stricken. It would have revived some of I the reconstruction horrors, many believed. The effort to provide for negroes to serve on juries in the South failed. The Appalachian forest reserve bill also failed of passage because of a tight made on it in the senate. Libel For Divorce. Georgia—Montgomery County. Nettie C.Ayre* vs Harold W.Ayres, j Complaint for Divorce. The defend-) ant. Harold W. Ayres, is hereby re- I jquired personally, or by attorney, to be and appear at the superior court of Montgomery county, to tie held in and tor said county on the first Mon day in May, 1909, next, then anil thereto answer the plaintiffs de mand in an action of complaint, as j in default thereof (he court will pro- ! : coed as to justice shall appertain. : i Witness the Honorable J. H. Martin.! judgv of said court, this 19th day of I January, innsi. 1 Wu\.B. Kent, att’y for pl’ff. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, MAR. 11, 10*if*. TAFT AND SHERMAN AT HEAD OF NATION. , I.N the presence of scores of thou Muds assembled from all parts ■ of the earth, and surrounded by the highest dignitaries of the government. William Howard Tuft as sumed the burdens and responsibili ties. the duties and the honors of the oflice of president of the Tutted States. Principal among the features of in auguration day were the taking of the oath of office by President Taft, the great Inaugural parade and the splen -1 did Inaugural ball. Other features of i (he day of scarcely minor interest to : the thousands who filled Washington as It was never before tilled were the I drive of the retiring president and the president, elect from the White House to the capitol, the taking of the oath of office by the new vice president*, the return to the White House by Presi ; dent Taft after the Inauguration and the fireworks display back of the White House In the evening. In each case there were thousands to see and hear and applaud the Inauguration ceremonies, which, it is generally agreed, were the greatest and most maguificeut in the history of the L'nit I ed States. Following a night of revelry and joy ous anticipation, Washington’s crowds were astir early on the morning of in nugurntlou day. Daybreak allowed the crowds already beginning to gather on ; Pennsylvania avenue seeking good ‘ places from which to see the retiring ! president and Ills successor drive along | the mile that separates tin* White j House and the capitol. The same crowds held their places all day until the last man of the 30.0(H) who made up the great parade had passed along to be reviewed by the new president. As far ns Mr. Taft and Mr. Roose velt were concerned, the day began ; with breakfast ul the White House, win re Mr. and Mrs. Taft hud been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt. From the instant the president and president elect emerged from the White House door, shortly after It o’clock, on their way to the carriage whh-li j was to convey them to the capitol, Itoosevelt and Taft shared equally the public acclaim. And from that mo- j ment to tin* conclusion of the inaugu ral ceremonies in front of the capitol they were side by side the two central figures In the great historic picture of today. They rode together from the White House through history lnden Pennsylvania avenue to the capitol. apiieared together in the president's room In the senate wing, entered the senate chamber arm in arm to attend the induction into office of Janies Schoolcraft Sherman as vice president of the L'ttited States, and finally they marched side by side through the main corridors of the capitol, passed togeth er through the great bronze doors on the east front of tho building and out into that vast sky canopied auditorium, where, face to face, still together, they were with the American people. Sherman Takes the Oath. It was a select assemblage which witnessed the assumption of office by Vice President Sherman. The swear ing In of the vice president and of all j the incoming senators was conducted I in tlie senate chamber in the presence of a distinguished company consisting of lending officials of the three co-ordi nate brandies of the government and the diplomatic representatives of prac tically every nation of the world. 111 point of Interest the personality of the | men occupying seats on the floor of the chamber was equaled by tla* gath ering in the surrounding galleries, : which were tilled with the women who make up the social life of the capital. At 11 o'clock the gallery entrances were thrown open to the holders of cards of admission. Each senator had been given two and each representa tive (die of these cards, without which guests were not permitted to enter the senate wing. The demands of those who desired to witness the event were so great that the exclusion became a necessity. When all the witnesses to the cere mony were assembled Mr. Sherman was escorted up the steps to tin* desk | of the vice president and was given a seat on his right. There the estli of office was administered to him by Vice President Fairbanks, this being the first of the functions performed after the gathering of the assemblage. Mr. Fairbanks raised his rigtit hand, and Mr. Sherman assumed a like position. The words of tho oath of office were pronounced in a clear, resounding voice, and the response was distinctly heard in every portion of the cham ber. As Mr. Sherman lowered b s right hand it was grasped in congratulation | by his predecessor, and a ripple of ap plause was heard. At the instance of Senator Culberson, chairman of the Democratic caucus, the senate adopted resolutions ex pressive of Its appro istiou of the ablo and impartial manor In which the vice president had presided over that body during four years. Mr. Fairbanks delivered his farewell address, referring with evident emo tion to the uniform support that had been given him and to the pleasant as sociations throughout his udmiuistra ; tIOU. As soou as Mr. Fairbanks had corn ; pleted his remarks a motion to adjourn j the senate sine die was adopted. The gavel was theu presented to tlie new vice president, and Mr. Sherman at once called to order the semue of | the Sixty-first congress, which had met in obedience to the presidential procla j mation convening an extraordinary session. Itev. Edward Everett Hale. | the distinguished chaplain of the sen ate. Invoked the Divine blessing, after which the new vice president delivered a brief inaugural address and declared the senate adjourned. The Inaugural Address. In his inaugural address President Taft said: •*I have had the honor to be one of the advisers of my distinguished pred* ; e'-essor and as such to hold up bis j hands in the reforms he ims initiated I should be untrue to myself, to my promises and to the declarations of the party platforms upon which I was elected to office if I did not make the maintenance and enforcement of those reforms a most important feature of my administration. They were direct ed to the suppression of the lawless ness and abuses of power of the great combinations of capital invested In railroads and in industrial enterprises carrying on interstate commerce. Fur ther legislative and executive action are needed. Relief of the railroads | from certain restrictions of the anti trust law have been urged by my pred- 1 ; ecessor and will be urged by me. On the other hand, the administration is pledged to legislation looking to a proper federal supervision and restrie- 1 tion to prevent excessive issues of ' bonds and stocks by companies owning ; uid operating interstate commerce rail- ! ; roads. “In accordance with tiie promises of the platform upon which I was elect- | od. I shall call congress into extra ses sion, to meet on the 15! li day of March, j in order that consideration may be at . once given to a bill revising the Ding- j ley act. This should secure an ade- j quate revenue and adjust the duties in J j such a manner as to afford protection by tariff equal to the difference be | tween the cost of production abroad j and the cost of production here and have a provision which shall put into j force, upon executive determination of certain facts, a higher or maximum tariff against those countries whose trade policies toward us equitably re quire such discrimination. More Revenues Needed. “The expenditures for the current 9seal year will exceed the receipts by 5100.000.000. It is imperative that such j a deficit shall not continue, and the framers of the tariff Dili must of ] course have in ndnd the total revenues j I likely to be produced by it and so ar- I range tiie duties as to secure an ade ! quate income. Should it he impossible j to do so by Import duties, new kinds i of taxation must be adopted, and among these I recommend a graduated inheritance tax. “The obligation on tiie part of those , responsible for the expenditures made to carry on tiie government to be as • ! economical as possible and to make tiie burden of taxation as light as pt>s sible is plain and should be affirmed i j in every declaration of government policy. But when the desire to win | the popular approval leads to tiie cut- : ! ting off of expenditures realty needed | to make the government effective the ! result is as much to be condemned as I the waste of government funds in un ' necessary expenditure. There are ex j .sendit arcs of government absolutely , necessary if our country is to luuin j tain its proper place among the na- i ; tious of the world. I refer to the cost I i of maintaining a proper army, a prop er navy and suitable fortifications j upon the mainland of the United i Stales and in its dependencies. "Tiie admission of Asiatic iiiunl ! grants who cannot be amalgamated | with our population has been made the . subject either of prohibitory clauses in our treaties and statutes or us strict administrative regulation secured by j diplomatic negotiation. We must take every precaution to prevent or, failing ! that, to punish outbursts of race feel- : lng among our people against foreign ers of whatever nationality who have by our grant a treaty right to pursue lawful business here and to be tiro- j tected against lawless assault or in jury. By proper legislation we may | and ought to place in the bauds of the federal executive the means of enforc ing the treaty rights of such aliens in the courts of the federal government. We cannot permit the possible failure of justice due to local prejudice in any state or municipal government to ex pose us to the risk of war. , “One of the reforms to be carried out during the incoming administra tion is a change of our monetary and banking laws so as to secure greater elasticity in the forms of currency available for trade and to prevent the limitations of law from operating to j increase the embarrassments of a financial panic. The Panama Canal. “The Panama canal will have a most important bearing upon the trade : between the eastern and the far west- I era sections of our country, it will I -iiso have a most beneficial effect to increase the trade between the Unite 1 States and South America. The work ou the canal is making most satisfae- ' tory progtess. Recent suggestion that something had occurred oil the iMh t unis to make tile lock type of canal less feasible than it was supposed to be when the reports were made and the policy determined on led to n visit to tiie isthmus of a board of competent engineers. The report of that board siows that nothing has occurred in the nature of newly revealed evidence which sinaild change the views once ; formed in the original discussion. The ! construction will certainly be complet ed early in the next administration, if not Itefore. 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