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BIRMINGHAM STATE HERALD
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Ala^aa^Eecond-clasa^matter._^
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The joyful intelligence that Prince Ed
ward of York can “stand alone” is being
sounded throughout the British isles.
A. K. Atkinson, a Missouri public
school teacher, flogged a 20-year-old girl
with a cane, inflicting dangerous wounds.
A big colony of Mormons has left Utah
for Alberta, Can., where, it is said, they
have received a permission from the au
thorities to practice polygamy.
The British are claiming about four
times as much territory from the Vene
zuelans in Venezuela as was ceded to
them by the Dutch in Dutch Guinea.
Senator Palmer of Illinois announces
that he will not be a candidate for re
election. He has still two years to serve
and will be SO years old when his time
Is up. ___
The Salt Lake Herald, the able and
popular organ of political and religious
lllberty in Utah, carries at its head in
big type the motto: "This Is a Democrat
ic Year.”
Hose Kingsley, daughter of Charles
Kingsley, promises to visit us this win
ter to lecture on the French art of this
century, on Warwickshire localisms in
Shakespeare's plays and poems, and on
other subjects in art and letters.
Senator Sherman’s remark in his new
book that he has been out of office only
one day in forty years recalls the still
more remarkable record of Senator Mer
rill of Vermont. The latter has been In
congress—one branch or the other—since
1855. __
The rumor comes from Mobile that it is
probable that Hx-Mayor Rich will be a
candidate for governor. It has not yet
been ascertained whether he has secured
the consent and approval of the king
makers, nor is it known that he ever de
sired it._
The wheat yield in the Genesee valley,
Idaho, this season is immense. W. N.
Gibb thrashed 9000 bushels off of 200 acres,
averaging about forty-five bushels to the
acre. Dan Hcaly cut and thrashed four
teen acres of wheat that went fifty-two
bushels to the acre.
A very prominent paper published
down at the capital says: "After a
question has been thoroughly discussed
by the politicians it becomes a muddle.”
Was that paper thinking of the way it
leaves the people after it gets through
discussing a question when It declares
“it becomes muddled?"
It is expected that Senators Morgan
and Pugh will arrive here next Thursday,
the 8th, and go down to Tuskaloosa on
the afternoon train. There is some talk
of getting an excursion train to leave
here at 7 a. m. Saturday and return that
nfternoon, to enable some of our people to
be at the speaking on Saturday.
One of the stories told St Russell Sage
Js that when a thief one day dropped a
bill near him in order to draw his atten
tion from counting some money he had
drawn at the bank Mr. Sage put his foot
on the bill, thanked Ills informant, fin
ished his count, stored his own money
securely away and then smilingly put
the thief's bill also in his pocket.
Mrs. Charles Green of Baltimore Is hav
ing built at Old Orchard, Me., a “Seaside
Rest” for missionaries of all churches
when recruiting from their labors. They
will be expected to pay 75 cents a day
for their lodgings, with every comfort
and luxury. Their meals will be free.
The place Is being beautifully fitted up,
and will probably be dedicated early In
•Time next year.
Mrs. U. S. Grant, who has Just pur
chased ex-ftenator Kdmund's house In
Washington for $60,000, Is a very young
looking woman for her age. Her hair
is only slightly touched with gray. Her
voice and manner are youthful, but her
brow shows a few wrinkles. She Is
very energetic and business like In her
methods. It lias always been her desire
to end her days In Washington.
The Omaha Gee has created a pnllttcal
sensation In Omaha by publishing fac
simile copies of the oorrespondence and
archives of the executive council of the
American Protective association. In
which candidates for positions and appli
cants for clerkships under city officers
apply directly to the secret junta of the
order as the Initial steps toward secur
ing places. All the original rosters of the
council and accumulated correspondence
have been secured, and the A. P. A.’s are
demoralized.
The holders from first to last of the
latest isfpie of bonds by the administra
tion. on their Investment of about $G5,
000.000, besides interest at 4 per cent,
have made a profit of S12.494.364. This
profit, raked In since January, 1895, would
pay off the entire bonded debt of Ala
bama and leave a large surplus. The
average profit of each of the twenty
seven members of the syndicate, for
keeping themselves from looting the
treasury of its gold reserve, was $460,000;
but two of them, Morgan & Co. and Bel
ie nt & Co., are said to have absorbed
$6,000,000, neaj'ly one-half of the whole.
There can certainly be no question as to
the fact that the syndicate has enjoyed
a season of unexampled prosperity. It is
to be hoped that they will not be able to
pull the government's leg for another
turn.
OUR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
In the November number of the ■Noi'fh j
American Review appears an article by
Governor Oates of Alabama upon the
“Industrial Development of the South.”
The article is in fact confined to the in
dustrial development of Alabama, and
while It furnishes no new facts is very
entertaining reading for those who are
not familiar with this state. It will no
doubt attract very general attention, as
it sets forth the condition of Alabama in
very handsome terms. The governor
alludes to the various towns in which
industrial works have been established
and furnishes a compilation which is
very flattering, and altogether true. In
his opinion the condition of our farmers
is much better than it has been for two
years past. While they are not more than
making expenses generally, he thinks
that they are getting out of debt. As to
the short crop of cotton the governor
says:
"A shorter crop insures higher prices
and brings him more money in the aggre
gate for a crop which cost him less to
produce than that of last year. It is bet
ter for him. The condition of the south
ern farmer has greatly improved, and is
well calculated to bring to him content
ment and happiness. Low prices for cot
ton hurt none of them except such as
are in debt, and are being eaten up by
interest running against them. They
want to realize the greatest number of
dollars for their toll—any kind of dollars
which will pay their debts. An under
standing of the whole financial question
consists m%inly in a proper understand
ing of Interest. Rut the number of south
ern farmers, who are hopelessly In debt,
is greatly diminishing, and the present
good prices for cotton will bring them
out."
We cannot indorse the governor’s idea
that a short crop is better, under any cir
cumstances, than a full crop. If the
, farmer gets more for the short crop wc
must not overlook the fact that he plant
ed and plowed and rented land for a
larger crop and that his loss by a partial
failure of his crop is barely met by the
increased price. And we must bear in
mind also that a good part of the increase
in price is realized not by the farmer,
but by the commission merchant and the
Wall street gambler after the cotton has
left the plantation.
The governor calls attention to the
mineral wealth of this section of the
state as folows:
"The mines, furnaces, mills, foundries
and factories, with but few exceptions, at
Birmingham, Anniston, Talladega, Shef
field, Florence, Gadsden. Jasper, and in
Bibb, Shelby and DeKalb counties, are
now in active operation. The natural re
sources are exhaustless. On one side of
Birmingham there Is a mountain of iron
ore over fifty miles long, oft the other side
a vast field of coal and nearby another
mountain of limestone for fluxing. Titus
nature placed there In touch with each
other all the materials for the manufac
ture of pig iron, without limit, cheaper
than it can be done anywhere else in the
world. There are three coal fields In Ala
bama—the Warrior, the Cahaba and the
Coosa—which together contain coal
enough to supply the entire world, at the
present ratio of consumption, for a period
of 150 years. Accurate surveys, made by
competent geologists, demonstrate that
the amount is even greater than this es
timate.
"The success of one more experiment,
which is unOer way at Birmingham and
Bessemer, will develop and indescribable
mine of wealth; that Is, the manufacture
of steel from the pig iron made there.
Many tons of the pig iron have recently
been shipped to Pittsburg. Pa., for ex
periment, and the report is that it makes
a good quality of steel. The greatest
profit Is always realized from the finished
product.
“The Tennessee Coal and Iron company
is perhaps the largest corporation en
gaged as its name indicates. It did not
close operations during the panic, but
its stock ran down in the market to a
merely nominal figure. Now it Is quoted
at 4*5 cents on the dollar. It employs 4000
men and does an immense business. The
Sloss company also survived. It ovens
several furnaces and the coal mine at
Coalburg and does a large and fairly
profitable business. There are many
smaller enterprises of similar character
in that, vicinity.
“At Anniston, before and during the
war, there was one iron furnace known
as the Woodstock furnace. Now there
are two new ones and two more on (he
same vein of ore in the neighborhood of
Talladega. A first-class quality of char
coal iron is made at Anniston, and dur
ing the war when the ports of the Con
federate government were blocaded so
that we could not obtain guns from
abroad of any description this iron was
shipped by rail to the foundry and gun
shops at Selma on the Alabama river and
cast into cannon."
Speaking of the flourishing county of
Cullman, Governor Oates says:
“Cullman, on the Louisville and Nash
ville road, south of Morgan, the county in
which Decatur is, was supposed to have
such a poor soil as to be worthless for
agricultural purposes. John ,1. Cullman
brought a colony of his countrymen—
Germans—there after t'he war, and set
tled them In the woods. They had to
build their homes and clear up the lands.
Today that county is filled with beauti
ful little farms, and thrifty, industrious
farmers. Within the county more grapes
are grown, and better wine from them,
than in any other county in this state.”
The governor concludes his very inter
esting article with a few remarks on the
silver question, comment upon which we
reserve for a future occasion. Altogeth
er. we thank the governor for this inter
esting contribution to a. magazine whose
influence Is so potent for good.
PIG IRON PRICES.
According to the figures furnished the
government In the United States statisti
cal abstract, pages 304 and 412, the pro
duction and price of pig iron was as fol
lows:
Tons.
]S86-5,683,329.
18X7—0.417.148.
1888— 6,4.89,738.
1889— 7, 603,642
1890— 9,202,703.
1*11 -8,279.870.
1892— 9.167.1X10.
1893— 7,124.609.
1894— 0,057,368.
Price
per ton.
— $18.71
.... 20.92
_ 18.88
.... 17.75
. 18.40
. 17.50
. .. 15.75
. 14.52
. 12.66
It will be perceived that the largest
product was in 1890 end the price then,
J1S.40, about the same as 1886, when the
output was a little over half. Then it also
appears that the output for 1894 was
about the same as 1887 and 1SS8 and the
price was over 86 per ton less. The out
put alone does not seem to have regulated
the price.
Prince George of Greece is the hand
somest and most agreeable young prince
In Europe. He Is tall, square shouldered
and athletic, with short cropped golden
hair, blue eyes, and the pleasantest pos
sible expression. He Is bright and full
of fun, and Is altogether a brave and
manly young fellow. He Is a sailor, com
manding a corvette In the Danish navy.
The Mobile Register arise* to remark
every now and them "XlyMilver craze
is dead.” Our sedate old aunt dOTVD an
the gulf will find It the llvesfl fcorp#§ she
ever saw, when the text Sthte flection
rolls around.
, BIRMINGHAM'S FUTURE.
It should be gratifying In the highest
degree to every friend of Birmingham to
know that this city has been for nearly a
year past the subject of the most valua
ble advertising possible to bestow upon
It. That advertising comes from the re
ports of bank clearings weekly distrib
uted throughout the country. In .these
Birmingham's percentages of increase
have been so constant and frequently so
pronounced as to cause comment and fa
vorable notices from one end of the coun
try to the other. These notices have re
vived former interest In Birmingham,
and there are more Inquiries among real
estate men, and really more doing In that
direction than for years past, while the
requests for Information about the city
are coming to the Commercial club in
largely Increased numbers. This brings
us to the point of saying that the ap
proaching visits of delegations of bus
iness men from the west and east, com
ing for the avowed purpose of studying
more closely our business outlook, is cer
tainly to be followed by practical results
of great importance and value to Bir
mingham. provided proper steps be taken
to profit by them. To be plainer, the
mission of the Commercial club should
stand forth with greater emphasis at this
time than perhaps at any period since its
formation. A strong-, live commercial
body will do more to inspire confidence
in this city frotn visiting delegations of
business men than is possible without it.
And the indications are that Birmingham
Is going to have attention from almost
every delegation that will visit Atlanta
this winter; certain it is that Birming
ham can successfully share in that atten
tion if properly equipped for it and any
intelligent effort is made to obtain it.
Here is the culminating point: The
Commercial club is Birmingham’s only
commercial body, and on its efficiency
and activity in a great degree rests the
future prosperity of Birmingham. It
should be placed on a footing commen
surate with its importance to this city.
It was made a popular organization,
rather than a limited one, in order that
the smallest dealer in the city could feel
that his identity as a factor in the city’s
welfare was recognized and appreciated.
This is why every business and profes
sional man In Birmingham should not
only be appealed to in the interests of
the Commercial club, but honest and
zealous efforts should be made to con
vince them that the club in return recog
nizes them as essential parts in that com
munity which as a whole the club pro
poses to serve.
TUESDAY’S "ELECTIONS.
Next Tuesday there will he general elec
tions in Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Mas
sachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio,
South Carolina and Utah, and for minor
offices In New York, Pennsylvania and
other states. These elections are main
ly important as they show what charge
has occurred In popular opinion since
the landslide of 1893, which overthrew the
democratic party so signally. The vast
majorities obtained then by the republi
can party will not be preserved. If we
are doomed to see again such republican
majorities as 156,000 in NVw*York, 202,000
in Pennsylvania, 48,000 in New Jersey,
137,000 in Ohio and so on, the democratic
party would be in a woeful condition, al
most as bed as when the old whig party
of the north wont out of business In 1856
and turned its assets over to the republi
cans.
It is profitless to discuss the question
how and why the democrats went to
the wall so badly two years ago. Hard
times and a desire to see whether a
change might not improve things no
doubt had a great deal to do with it.
Then the contention between the presi
dent and congress over the tariff question
ande the wide division within the party on
the currency question produced apathy,
discouragement and much bad feeling.
A party can never fight well except upon!
clearly pronounced doctrines.
The divisions within the party have not
yet been healed, and therefore we cannot
expect to see very substantial results in
our favor. Kentucky will no doubt stand
true to the democratic party, notwith
standing the differences between Mr.
Blackburn and Mr. Carlisle. General
Hardin will be elected in all probability
and the legislature will aeturn Mr. Black
burn to the senate. The gold standard
men could no doubt bring about the de
feat of both, but It would be at the ex
pense of giving Kentucky to the repub
licans and placing another republican in
tho senate.
Mississippi is an rigni. rne populisms
ami republicans have no show In that
state, and the free silver element is over
whelming. There is doubt as to Mary
land. The currency question cuts no
figure in that state. It is all Gorman and
anti-Gorman. The anti-Gorman feeling
is intensified by the opposition of that
senator to Mr. Cleveland s peculiar tariff
views. It is a fact .also that the growth
of Baltimore, like the growth of Wilming
ton, Delaware and Wheeling, Is largely
a republican growth: The democrats of
Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia
have no easy work to hold those old
breast works of democracy. Republican
sentiment is moving down from New
England and Pennsylvania and gradual
ly absorbing the Atlantic, seaboard states.
Thus far it stops at Chesapeake bay.
The great democracy of the west and
south have little to hope for from that
quarter even when they cloak their prin
ciples and hide away from their time
honored traditions.
Of course Iowa, Pennsylvania and Mas
sachusetts will go republican. It mbe
well to watch l,owa and see whs- the
state of Senator Allison is doing In the
way of modifying its old radical views.
The contest in New York Is simply
over the spoils of New York city. A
victory for either party will mean noth
ing als regards national questions. And
so also the election in Ohio turns upon
local questions entirely. Of 00111*86 it
would be well for the democrats in those
contested states to win, as they would
thereby secure vantage ground for the
presidential battle next year, but for all
other purposes it is a matter of small
moment how the fight ends.
Never before in the history of the
United States did elections excite less en
thusiasm or mean as little as those which
come off next Tuesday.
Senator Teller says that he will leave
the Senate and retire from politics if the
republicans nominate a gold bug for pres
ident. Of course ,now, they will not dare
to do such a thing,
Mr. Gladstone says that the sultan of
Xurkey Is "a curse Ood has given man
kind.’*
NUTS T6 6HACK.
That the agricultural and producing
classes in no gold standard country have
enjoyed any prosperity since the de
monetization of silver by the great na
tions;
That at the time silver was demonetized
by eaclv,,of the great nations it was
wbrt'h as much as gold when coined at
16 to 1;
That the country gained gold during
the time silver was admitted to coinage,
and has been steadily losing Its gold
since silver has been excluded from the
mints;
That notwithstanding the sale of near
ly $200,000,000 of bonds, and bringing in
gold for a part of these, the treasury has
not been able to maintain the gold re
serve and the circulating medium of the'
country is steadily contracting;
That the friends ^f the gold standard
propose to further contract the currency
by retiring the greenbacks and Sherman
notes and convert this non-interest bear
ing debt into bonds that will tax the peo-i
pie some $20,000,000 annually for many
years;
That the price of wheat and corn and
oats and other products has not ad
vanced with "returning prosperity,” and
that many of the advocates of the gold
standard claim that the advance In cot
ton is due to speculators and manipula
tion ;
That so long as silver was admitted
to coinage the same as gold, and coined
at 16 to 1, the silver dollar was worth as
much as the gold dollar;
That no democratic administration un
til 1893 ever existed in this country when
any man owning silver bullion could not
turn it into money at any mint of the
United States;
That no democrat ever defended the
Sherman law of 1873 as being right or
wholesome until the year of 1893;
That no democratic leader ever declar
ed for a single standard before the year
1894;
That no democratic leader of national
importance ever declared in favor of
funding a non-interest bearing debt into
bonds until 1894;
That, as a rule, the banks want the
government to go out of the banking bus
iness.
MEXICO.
The United States consul at Tamico,
John Maquire, Esq., is visiting Mobile,
his old home.. The report of t&e.Times
Democrat says:
•'Col. John Maguire, the United States
consul at Tampico, is at home again for a
few weeks. He is looking remarkably
well, and stated that he had entirely re
covered from the malarial fever
which attacked him last year, and was
never in better health than at present.
“He was asked regarding the business
of the port, and stated that it was much
improved, owing to the reduced rate con
sequent upon tile competition between the
steamship and railroad there. Freights
were never so low.
“He was questioned on the shipment of
corn to that port from the United States,
and stated that it had improved owing
to the reduction of duty made in favor
of only one port of entry,however, that of
Progreso. The rate was only 13 cents,
where it had been formerly twice as
much, the reduction being made by the
government on account of the drouth,
which had caused a loss of crops. Some
corn came from the interior of the state.
The conditions, however, are favorable
for the growing of corn in that country,
as three crops can be raised during the
year. Two steamship loads of 1000 tons
had gone there this season. The im
mense crops in the states has had the ef
fect .of reducing the price of corn, for
while it formerly sold at $1.50 a bushel,
it can be had now for 13 cents.
“The consul spoke favorably of the
health of Tampico, a city of 12,000 inhab
itants, in which the death rate in August
was only twenty-six, for September only
thirty-six and a slight increase in 'Octo
ber on account of the rainy season that
develops the malaria.
“He remarked he had a visit from the
colored American colonizer, Ellis, some
weeks ago. The consul stated that Ellis
did not have anything so say of his
scheme or project, but did express the In
tention of vlsiting—Cuba, a purpose he
was not encouraged in, as the consul in
formed him that he (Ellis) was not sup
plied with a passport and might have
some trouble without it.
“The colonel was quite enthusiastic
over the quick time he had been able to
make in getting back home, having spent
hut fifty-nine hours arid a half on the
cars en route from Tampico to Mobile.
This has been made possible only by the
improved schedule on the ‘strawberry
special,' running from Mexico's capital
to San Antonio, that name indicating that
by this train one could have strawberries
every day in the year. The Southern Pa
cific and Mexican Central have shortened
up thtir schedules by many long hours,
and the trip Is made in much faster time
than formerly.''
CHANDLER.
The senator from New Hampshire who
stole the presidency from Mr. Tllden is
waging war against Great Britain in
the Concord Evening Monitor, his per
sonal organ. He writes for that paper a
leading editorial headed: "Our Coming
War With England." He says:
“War between the United States and
England is inevitable. It will arise on ac
count of British disregard for our direct
interests. It will also be forced by British
encroachments upon ither nations all
over the world. It will be fought by us,
having Russia as our European ally. As
a war offensive on our part it may not
happen within twenty years. As a de
fensive war It may come sooner and
should be welcomed.
"One sure result will be the capture and
permanent acquisition of Canada by the
United States."
England and the Ultimatur»Kabit.
New York World.
Whatever foundation there may be for
the latest war scare in the east, it can
hardly fall to serve one good purpose.
England has lately fallen into the "ulti
matum habit" to an extent which seri
ously compromises the peace of the uni
verse. It is possible that this ultlmntum
habit might be cheeked if Great Britain
found itself compelled to face the conse
quences of a rebuff from Russia. At any
rate, even the most aggressive foreign
secretary would prefer not to have too
many ultimatums in circulation at once.
' Cleveland’s Strength.
New York Morning Journal.
All present signs indicate that . the
Cleveland administration is strongest in
the republican states and weakest in the
democratic states. On a test Under pres
ent conditions it would get all the cheer
ing in the former and "lose all the votes
in the latter.
Reed Will Be Watching.
Kansas City Journal.
Mr, Reed will be presiding over the
house of representatives when the repub
lican national convention assembles next
yeah but it will be no trouble for the con
vention to catch the speaker’s “aye,"
wherever it may be held.
Merit wins, ns Is rihown by Wte marvel
ous success of Hood's Sarsaparilla, the
great blood purlfiert
ALABAMA EDITORS.
The Hartselle Enquirer remarks:
“Don’t freeze up, or burn up, but come
to Alabama and grow up."
Says the Evergreen Courant:
“Mr. Stallings struck the key note when
he said that the principles of democracy
can never die. A man who Is a democrat
from conviction will remain a democrat.
It matters not what you call him."
What the people want is currency re
form, and currency reform they ar e going
to have In some form. The best and
cheapest currency reform Is to reopen the
mints to silver and repeal the law making
gold the unit of value.—Cuba Banner.
Says the Scottsboro Progressive Age:
“John Q. Winston, solicitor for the
Eighth circuit, Is not only performing
ibis duty as prosecuting attorney, but In
addition to that, is doing good work for
the cause of free silver. He made an able
free sliver speech to the good people of
Blount county at Oneonta last Tuesday"
night. He had a large and appreciative
audience.
Mr. James Simpson of the Montgomery
Journal is being pushed by his friends for
the legislature from Montgomery. There
Is no better democrat in the state, and no
man that is more deserving than this big
hearted Irishman, who is as true to a
friend as the needle to the pole. Let Jim
run. We would be glad to see him elect
ed.—Hartselle Enquirer.
But wouldn't it be bad policy to ruin
a good new'spaper man by making him a
legislator?
If Alabama thought her governor was
really snubbed at the Georgia exposition
it speaks very bad for the sons of Ala
bama according to the following from
C. J. Haden in his speech welcoming the
Alabamians to Atlanta:
“Our mayor is from Alabama, our city
attorney Is from Alabama, our police
judge grew up with the winds from across
the Chattahoochee bathing his brow. And
policemen! God alone knows how many
of them are countrymen of ours. So. if
the worst comes to the worst, you are
still in the hands of your friends.”
Judge Richardson Is not only a dem
ocrat In whom there Is no guile, but a
party patriot of the first water. In
speaking of him the Decatur News says:
"Of course Judge Richardson is known
from home, as the Huntsville Argus says,
and he Is known as an unwavering, un
terrtfied democrat, alw * ys ready ana
willing to do yoeman service for the par
ty. Although In the middle of a busy
term of court last week, he laid aside hin
books and continued his cases and ran
up to Woodville and knocked out the
high cockalorum of the republican party.
—Dr. Bob Moseley.
The Alexander City Outlook doesn't fa
vor the “fire and water" test of a man's
democracy in order that he may take
part in the party primaries:
“It is very true that the democrats of
Alabama hold Sacred their party faith,
and don't want any monkeying, but pray
teli us on what can they, rely more than A
man’s honesty. There are prodigals and
prodigals who left the democratic party
during the recent years. M&ny will re
turn if not barred by barriers called par
ty restrictions. Let us not exact too
much. The ultimatum must not be rigid.
On) the other hand, it should be conserva
tive. We are not in favor of a 'free show,’
as it were, but we do want to see those
honest men who have wandered from the
party given an opportunity (not a fire
and waterproof test) to come back and re
deem themselves.”
The Decatur News has the following to
say of the probable candidates for the
legislature from Morgan county:
"We have a letter before us intended
for publication, suggesting Hon. O. Kyle
and Editor J. A. Rountree as suitable
persons to represent Morgan county In
the next legislature. Their views about
the free coinage of silver are not in ac
cord with ours, hut we can cheerfully
commend both of them to the voters of
the democratic party. The next Ala
bama legislature will not deal with the
coinage of silver and cannot possibly
do anything favorable to silver legisla
tion except to elect a United States sen
ator who will favor free coinage. We
suppose that both Mr Kyle and Mr.
Rountree, if members of the general as
sembly, would vote for Captain Johnston
for federal senator, but that would not
make them any the less valuable repre
sentatives to the county. Mr. Kyle has
much experience as a legislator; he has
been tried and can be trusted, and Mr.
Rountree is a sterling democrat, alert
and watchful, and never tires at working
In a good cause. If they fling their flag
to the breeze the mountains will echo
thpir strong words for the success of the
party.”
PUBLIC OPINION.
No man ha-s yet been elected president
three times, and Cleveland- will not be an
exception to the rule.—Philadelphia
Times, Dem.
The argument in favor of a third term
proceeds upon the assumption that Cleve
land is the only democrat in the country
of presidential size, and that if lie were
to die the democratic party would have
to disband. Ts the democratic party so
poor'that it has only one man tit to be
president?—Memphis Commercial-Ap
peal, Dem.
South Carolina’s new suffrage clause
provdes that the voter must be one "w'ho
can read a seotlon of tho constitution to
the satisfaction of the officers of the elec
tion, or who can explain said seotlon
when read to him to the satisfaction of
said officers." There Is every reason to
believe that this test would shut out most
of the judges, though t.he section is not
framed to catch them.—Cincinnati Tri
bune, Rep.
The new battleship Indiana, now on Its
trial trip, is pronounced by experts the
steadiest vessel of its kind in the world
In rough weather. And yet it was not
many years ago that public men were
saying that American shipyards were no
good. The marked success which has at
tended the rehabilitation of the navy so
far shows that Americans can lead the
world whenever they want to.—Kansas
City Star, Rep.
tVe are constantly hearing that free
coinage is dead, but every primary and
convention shows to the contrary, Mad
ison, by a vote of 4 to 1, declared for sil
ver; and now the Nineteenth Senatorial
district unanimously and still more clear
ly makes a similar declaration. Bound
bv this plank, the candidates for senator
Will undoubtedly vote for a United States
senator who Is for free coinage.—New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
The senator’s (Sherman) book Is pub
lished Inopportunely for the republican
parly. It is to be said, however, in mit
igation of his criticisms of public men
that the author, though himself a distin
guished and useful man, has never been
noted for appreciation of co-workers, and
at the time of writing was n disappoint
ed aspirant for the presidency. What he
says, therefore, of other men is to be
taken' with many allowances due to the
“personal equation."—Philadelphia Ledg
er. —
Governor Merriam’s new currency and
banking scheme presents the somewhat
familiar aim of permitting: the banks to
Issue more circulation than they give s«»
curlty for, with variations to make all
the banks security for the circulation of
each to a limited extent. The logic of all
such propositions Is thgt Inasmuch as
our present system has worked better
than any otjier ot\ record, we should
make haste to thfbw It away on thd
mere allegation of various persons that
the country Is tired of It.—Pittsburg Dis
patch, Rep.
In a letter regretting his Inability to,be
present at the complimentary dinner to
Judge Gasklll up In Worcester the other
night. Judge Hoar took occasion to salute
the judge and to tell him to cultivate a
habit of silence upon the bench; let the
lawyers do most of the talking; not to
think that he knows more about the case
which he has heard of within five minutes
than the counsel who have been studying
It for years; never to lose his temper, at
the same time never to put up wdth any
nonsense, and never to cheat on execep
tions.—Boston Herald, Ind.
Will some contemporary that foresaw
ruin from tariff reform kindly explain
when the ruin may be expected to be due?
Wltfc reduced duties foregn competition
was to close every Iron mill in America.
The duties have been reduced, and wa
are turning out more Iron than either we
or any other peopls ever did In the whole
history of the world. Vfe are shipping It
abroad, we are using It In unexampled
volume at home and we are raising wages
while we do It How much higher duties
will It take to reduce our output to tho
old dimensions?—San Francisco Examin
er, Dem.
Although they have had some very se
vere weather out west, with premature
snow, tho Alger boom, whioji usually
wakes up the flowers In the spring, has
come to the surface of the ground in
Michigan in mid-October. Detroit Is, of
course, Its home and abidtng place, and
a Banquet, with accompanying • brass
bands, marked the appearance of the
boom. General Alger never 1b, but al
ways to be, nominated as a candidate for
the presidency. He is a picturesque per
sonality and the Alger boom Is always
prismatic in ltg scheme of “coloration.”—
Boston Transcript, Rep.
Without a single act of personal dis
honesty, and without any impulses that
tend to corrupt administration, McKinley
has been one of the worst governors that
ever occupied the executive chair of Ohio
or any other state In the union. The ex
travagance of Ihls administration has
been phenomenal. The state treasury
is approaching a condition of practical
Insolvency. The state charitable and
penal Institutions are scandalously mis
managed. The taxes are enormous. Mo
Kinleyism as a method of state adminis
tration is worse, If possible, than McKIn
leyism in national tariff legislation.—
Chloago Chronicle,
PURE SILK!
—♦—
A glance at our win
dow will prove that we
have the finest line of
SILK HANDKER
CHIEFS at the low
est prices in the city.
L. ROGAN & CO.
STATE NEWS.
Harlselle Enquirer: Home made corn
and fodder is being marketed at good
prices by farmers who have more than
enough for their own use.
Selma Mirror: Mr. Henry Vaughan of
this city, w'ho lost one of his hands a few1
days ago in Clarke county, holds two ac
cident policies and will get about $5000
for the missing member.
Hartselle Enquirer: Talk about fine
hogs is frequent Just now’, and from every
direction come reports that the farmers
of Morgan county will kill more meat
this fall than ever before iirthe history of
the county.
Hartselle Enquirer: Commissioner
Lovelady of Danvllli raised on one and a
quarter acres 1200 pound* of cotton, and
on ft half acre of land he raised thirty
bushels of corn. This Is a pretty good
crop. Wiho can beat It?
Washington County News: Austin
Phelps, an Industrious and respected col
ored man, living three miles north of St.
Stephens, lost his barn together with
about 400 bushels of corn, buggy, har
ness, fodder, etc., by fire.' Origin of fire
unknown.
Warrior Breeze: The farmers seem to
be taking Commissioner Lane’s advice
by keeping their cotton away from the
markets. One day not a hale came Into
town, a very unusual occurrence for this
place. At first there was a rush on the
part of the farmers, but when the price
dropped, the quantity of cotton dropped.
Washington County News: As an evi
dence of the progress of our county we
notice numerous new buildings going.up.
A new hotel and election booth are being
built at Deer Park, a new Methodist
church Is going up near the Seaboard
railway on the Deer Park and St. Sto^
phens road, and Mr. D. C. Hnin Is build
ing a neat cottage home on the Koenton
and St. Stephens road.
Huntsville Mercury-: Last week Messrs,
linker & Conway shipped to the Smithso
nian Institute at Washington a curious
specimen of rock found on Monte Sano.
It weighed about two tons, was 10 feet
long and 3 feet wide. It was a rare kind
of sand stone, Its entire surface resem
bling Iron ore. Kngraved on its surface
were strange figures of frogs, snakes, liz
ards, etc., which, for all we know, were
drawn by prehistoric people, but It Is
generally believed that they were put
there by nature In one of her capricious
moods.
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