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Nearly all of a large number of senators
and congressmen interviewed by the Chi
cago Inter Ocean favor going to war if
necessary to mountain the inviolability
of the Monroe doctrine._
The Montgomery Advertiser would
gladly use party precedent for the simple
purpose of preventing a worthy democrat
receiving the nomination for governor,
but the democratic party has never so
used it. __
We think it a good deal of burden to
have a presidential crisis every four
years, but we are better off than the
French republic, which has bad over thir
ty different ministries in twenty-five
years._
The double leaded editorial in yesterday's
Advertiser called to mind the disgraceful
onslaught made on General Morgan a day
or two before the legislature was to elect
his successor. It will have about the
same effect. '_
It is to defeat Captain Johnston and to
get Its pet, who happens not to be Gov
ernor Oates, into the United States sen
ate and not party harmony and success
that is worrying the Advertiser. It is not
deceiving the public.
The democratic vote in Kentucky has
fallen off in eighty-eight counties from
1(12,801 in 1S92 to about 102,000 In 1895. The
republican vote tn the same counties was
119,545 in 1892 and It is In the neighbor
hood of 119,000 In 1895.
Party usage and party precedent in
this state has never been so strong in the
past as to demand that one of its mem
bers accept the nomination for governor.
Usage and precedent are only used when
a renomination is desired.
If there Is any old citizen in Alabama
who can tell us of a time when party
usage was seized upon for the sole pur
pose of gratifying a single newspaper In
Its desire to destroy a good democrat, we
will thank him to come forward and tell
his story.
Grover Cleveland can have his nom
ination for a third term. No democrat
will dispute It with him after Tuesday.
But under the circumstances it is alto
gether likely that Mr. Cleveland will be
quite content to retire to private life at
the close of his present term.
When it thought General Shelley could
be pulled Into the race for governor the
Advertiser was willing for the party In
this state to stand a contest In Its ranks
for the gubernatorial nomination, but
General Shelley declined, and all at once
the party has become so shattered that
It can’t stand the racket.
The story comes from Dallas. Tex.,
that the pastor of one of the leading
churches in that city has been forced to
resign because he took a leading part in
saving the city from the disgrace of the
prize fight. Influential members of his
church who favored the fight have prac
tically compelled him to resign.
"The reported speeches of the negro
members or the South Carolina conven
tion in behalf of their race are very cred
, itable efforts," the Norfolk (Va.) Land
mark concedes, "but they advance noth
ing In the way of argument. The men
who delivered them will be able to vote
under the proposed law. It is not against
such negroes that the measure is aimed."
If the democrats appreciate the lessons
they have lately received there Is not the
slightest reason why they should not re
turn to power again. The elections- of
1894 and 1895 may look like Waterloo* for
the democracy, but the people may take
it into their heads to turn the republi
cans down tomorrow as forcibly and vig
orously. A party to win today must have
some principles behind It and men who
will carry them*out.
Believing tjiat there is no danger of ne
gro rule again in Virginia, the Richmond
State, democratic, frankly says that
“hence there is no excuse for fraud and
violence in our elections.” More virtuous
in the next paragraph, it declares Its op
position “to fraud and violence not only
because they are wTong per se, but be
cause they are in the highest degree de
moralizing." Therefore, "if the negro
vole must be throttled, it were far better
to do it by constitutional amendment
than by pretending to give the negro the
legal right to vote and then to cheat him
but of it by fraud and violence."
If Captain Johnston wants to be gov
ernor, as the Advertiser says, and Is the
only democrat in rhe state who does want
the place, and the condition of the party
demands that no contest be had for the
place, why doea that paper insist on Gov
ernor Oates taking the place against his
will? The Advertiser admits that unless
Governor Oates consents to become a
candidate that Captain Johnston will
h ive no opposition. II further says that
the party can't afford a contact for the
ofti.-e, and it then demands of Governor
Oates to become a candidate. Is there a
man old enough to vote within the state
of Alabama who can read the article
copied elsewhere In this issue from the
Advertiser and fail to see at once that
that paper, actually^poslng as the dem
ocratic party, would prefer to see every
vestige of the party in this state sunk
Into eternity rather than see Captain
Johnston elected governor.
NO MORE STRADDLING.
In a double leaded article yesterday
the Advertiser pays It has given two
days’ consideration to the serious politi
cal condition In Alabama, and the result
of that prolonged and serious considera
tion is its opinion that Governor Oates
should "consent to allow himselt nomi
nated for a> second term." It says thaj
i “ho is entitled to It under party usage.”
[ and that Captain Johnston, the only
probable contestant, is generally recog
nized as too loyal a party man'to dispute
Governor Oates’ right to a second nom
ination under established party usage,
and that It is understood that Captain
Johnston freely says that If Governor
i Oates should claim his privilege he him
self will not allow his name used.
The State Herald yesterday corrected
this last statement that Captain Johnston
had made or authorized any such state
, mcnt. The Advertiser proceeds to say
that ft went to Governor Oates and laid
before him the overwhelming party ex
igency requiring his consent to be renom
inated, and it reports Governor Oates as
replying that he had said on the stump
last year that he would not be a candi
date for re-election and would seek to
succeed Mr. Pugh, “that he could not go
back on his declarations,* but that he
had always served the party whenever
and wherever it had made a demand upon
him and that he “would not refuse the
nomination for governor next year if it
was tendered him." and this the Adverti
ser construes into a full settlement,of
the question.
Whatever may be claimed in the way
of party precedent it certainly has never
yet extended to one who was not asking
an indorsement of his administration and
a desire to obtain and serve a second
term. It is perfectly manifest that this
is not Governor Oates’ purpose, but that
he intends, whether renominated or not,
to continue a candidate for the senate,
and not fill the office of governor unless
defeated for the senate.
The question that will come up In the
minds of many will be whether the Ad
vertiser does not desire the defeat of Cap
tain Johnston much more than anything
else. If the necessity Is great that there
should be no contest for the nomination
for governor It doubtless occurs to a
great majority of the democrats of Ala
bama that It would be just as easy to
secure the result by advocating the nom
ination of Captain Johnston. There Is
no practical opposition to the nomina
tion of Captain Johnston In the state ex
cept that led by the Advertiser. We do
not know whether Captain Johnston pro
poses to be a candidate for governor or
not; we are sure that he could make a
much stronger race and be more certain
of election than any other democrat in
the state, and we are sure if he is dis
posed to enter the race there is nothing
stated in the Advertiser’s article that
will prevent Ills doing so. No governor
has ever been renominated who was not
an open and avowed candidate for re
election.
The Advertiser reports Governor Oates
as saying that “he could not go back on
Ms declarations that he would not be a
candidate." We suppose Governor Oates
sincere in this declaration. If he says
what he means and means what he says
he will not be a candidate for governor.
Since the above has been put in type
an Interview with Governor Oates by
our Montgomery correspondent, which is
published elsewhere, shows that Govern
or Oates has not gone back on his decla
ration that he would not be a candidate
for governor, but reiterates his determi
nation to stand for the senate, and the
Advertiser’s leader on this subject is
without any proper foundation.
DON’T GIVE UP THE BHIP.
"Under the leadership of Grover Cleve
land and his lieutenants the democratic
party has been destroyed,” said a very
prominent anti-administration democrat
at Washington, "and today it Is hopeless
ly demoralized. We are In as bad a con
dition as we were at the close of the
war, but we are no worse off than the
republicans were when they were de
feated everywhere three years ago. Polit
ical parties recuperate rapidly and we
must get rid of some of the old leaders,
who are dead weights. Democracy has
suffered from too much Gorman In Mary
land, too much Brice in Ohio, too much
Carlisle in Kentucky, and It has been
the same way in several other states."
There is so much difference of opinion
as to the causes that led to the deluge
the other ^ay that it is useless to try to
reconcile them. The gold men say that
it was the attitude of the senate to
wards Mr. Cleveland that produced dis
sension. and the silver men say that it
was Mr. Cleveland’s gold policy that
caused democrats to remain at home.
We have the fact, however, that the re
publican party shows no increase of pop
ular strength. Their apparent majorities
result from the abstention of democrats
from the polls. In Kentucky, for ex
ample, 60,000 democrats did not vote. The
republican vote was somewhat smaller
than that of the last election. If the
figures of the Courier-Journal are cor
rect. Why these 60,000 democrats stayed
at home does not appear. Whether It
was because they did not like the plat
form or did not like the silver man for
governor is the problem. It would seem
that as 4he candidate for lieutenant
governor received a smaller vote than
Hardin It was not because of dissatisfac
tion with Hardin. It was rather because
the democratic party ever since the last
presidential election has been deceiving
the people in its state platforms, and the
people have now twice protested In
thunder tones that they will stay away
from the polls until they are dealt with
honestly. The democrats will all come
out and vote when the platforms enun
ciate in unmistakable terms the old
democratic doctrines.
. There is no occasion for despair. The
votes are ready when the right man
strikes the time of day in honest tonei.
Greeley and the democracy went under
in 1S72, but the old party bobbed up
serenely in 1876 and elected Mr. Tilden
to the presidency. The democratic party
has as many lives as a cat. If you
throw it out of a tenth-story window It
will light on its feet.
ISN’T IT NICE?
The country at large and the democrat*
ic party in Alabama especially should be
congratulated on having everything ad
justed In one night—the outcome of two
Jays of hard study on the part of the
party in this date done through Its agent
and protector, the Advertiser. For quite
awhile it has not been definitely known
Just how things political would shape up
In this state, but it is all over now. The
democratic nomination on a platform
which lost Kentucky, Ohio, New Jersey,
New York and Maryland has been given
to Governor Oates. The campaign for
Senator Pugh's place has been called off
and Capt, Joseph P. Johnston forever re
tired from pcdities—and all of this ac
complished in two days and nights by
the party and without objection. To
gratify the Advertiser's hatred towards
Captain Johnston this whole affair has
been unanimously done.
Governor Oates was required to say
that he would not decline the nomination
if tendered him. That precedent which
has nearly always given a democratic
governor a second term as an Indorse
ment when he asked It was used to give
Governor Oates a second term In spite of
his preferences otherwise simply to pre
vent a certain other worthy democrat
from being nominated. The democratic
voters who go to make up the party in
Alabama awaked yesterday morning to
find that their seif-constituted agent at
Montgomery had arranged everything,
and now they can plant fall crops, buy
large stocks of goods, etc,, as they have
been generously relieved from the ha
rassing perplexities and loss of time at
tendant upon a political campaign. The
fact that Gorman has bossed the party
in Maryland Into a minority by 15,000
serves only to move the boss at Mont
gomery on to Its duty with renewed ener
gy—even accomplishing now in two days
and nights what it used to require sever
al months to accomplish.
The democratic party can now bid
adieu to ail senatorial aspirants, to the
sliver question and to the only gentle
man, who, as it appeairs from the Adver
tiser, desires to be governor.
/ HOW THEY BEGARD IT.
The Washington dispatches to the At
lanta Constitution say that the high ofli
cers of the administration are not only
not shedding any tears over the result
of Tuesday’s elections, but many of
them secretly rejoice over them.
They look upon the defeats in New
York, Maryland, Ohio and Kentucky as a
vindication of the president and argue
that the results ware due to the desire of
the "better democrats” to rebuke Sena
tors Hill, Gorman, Brtce and Blackburn
for making war on Mr. Cleveland. ^ They
do not seem to see any special significance
in the vast republican majorities In Mas
sachusetts, New Jersey, Iowa, Nebraska,
Kansas and Utah. Their minds seem so
constituted that they cannot read in the
returns from everywhere the true cause,
the deep-seated disgust with the policy
of the administration.
Hon. Leonidas Livingston of Georgia,
who is in Washington, says:
"I was amazed today when I went
through the department to find democrat
ic officials absolutely e'oat'"f °V|very
wreck of the democratic party. Every
where I heard the same story—that the
defeat of Gorman, Blackburn and
must be construed as a vindication of the
mesUlcnt- that is was in fact an indorse
ment of Mr. Cleveland; that they naa ac
bed Mr. Cleveland and the people
driven them from power. Of course,
these subordinates simply echoed the
views of their superiors. I .cannot imaK
lne how Mr. Clef land -"^advisors
can blind themselves to the tr“tn’ . t
"The country from Massachusetts to
Utah repudiated the administration. jj*
a manner which ought to
mmmms
oniectingn'a democratic president next
year had gone and it might not be a bad
idea to nominate Mr. Cleveland Just to
teach him and his adherents the truth.
The party wiuld be annihilated and then,
Lrhaps the president would wake up.
1 "Georgia would go republican, contin
ued Mr. Livingston, "if this ‘‘dmlnistra
tlon continued two years longer. The
democratic party will have t° “to"
ten or eleven states in the south to reha
bilitate it We in the south have been
voting for any ticket that the party chose
to nut upon us—even Horace Greeley
but perhaps even paUence mAy cease to
he a virtue with us. W hen we asaea
president Cleveland not to veto tbesejgn
lorage bill so that we might ha\e at
least a crumb to take back to our people
hT told me that In the south we would
have to vote the democratic tlcliet any
way. That Is what we have been dolnK.
but what in heaven's name we are to do
fn the future \ can’t say It to mi
that the great democratic victory in 1h!L
and thenBthe great republican sweep in
1894 and 1895 show that the people are re
ally dissatisfied with both parties as the
parties have been run of late years. Rut
you can count on Georgia being heard
from next year.” _
democratic harmony.
In his speech at the unveiling of the
bust of Jefferson In St. Louis a few days
ago Senator Vest said some things which
are peculiarly appropriate to the present
democratic sltuBtlgp. In pleading for
party harmony he said:
“When the democratic party becomes
sectional, when it is narrowed down to
one Issue, wneh it oeasefi to be the party
of Jefferson, then our party 1* no more.
You may believe in the gold standard
and I in the free coinage of silver, but we
can still ba democrats and be loyal to the
party. We hear nowadays strange an
nouncements and strange doctrines from
so-called democratlo sources. We are
told that If a majority of the party
should rule one way it would be necessary
for the minority to go after the worship
of strange gods. If that ba democracy,
all my life has been lost. If that be the
teaching of Jefferson, I have been a dolt
and an Idiot politically since entering the
political arena.”
MR. BLAND’S VIEW.
Hon. R. P. Bland explained the result of
Tuesday’s balloting as follow! In an In
terview:
“The only states which made a free sil
ver canvass were those of Kentucky and
Mississippi. The whole power of the na
tional administration was brought
against silver in Kentucky, and if It won
by any majority oof plurality It Is a re
markable victory, brought about by ofll
olal Influence and patronage.”
"Wire ” added Mr. Bland, “the only
distinctive democratic victory of Tuesday
Is recorded by the Tammany democrats
of New York, who have always been op
posed to Cleveland and his administra
tion. Free silver was not up tor Judg
ment Tuesday, but the national adminis
tration Was.”
HUNTING LEGISLATORS.
The following from the Alabama En
quirer indicates that Governor Oates is
standing fdr the senate:
“Governor Oates’ private secretary.
Capt W. J. Valden, was In Decatur last
week. It la said that he wag there con
sulllng with political friends In regard to
members of the legislature frotp Morgan
county, and that every effort will be made
to get two men td run for the legislature
who favor Governor Oates for the United
States senate.”
If you decide to take Hood’s Sarsapa
rilla do hot buy any sSfcstituts. Get oh^y
Hood’s.
ALABAMA EDITORS.
OUR ALABAMA.
MRead by the author before the Ala
bama Assembly at the Alabama home in
Monteag-le, Tenn.)
Alabama. Alabama.
How we love to think of thee,
On these delightful mountains
Of thy sister, Tennessee.
The butterflies by the wayside.
That dance and dodge and fly;
The varying hues of thy sunshine,* *
And the deep blue or thy sky.
The rarols of thy mocking birds,
Perched in thy jasmine vines,
Thy majestic magnolia trees.
Thy moss-grown oaks and pines.
In the shadows of thy twilight.
The chirpings of thy katydid,
Of all thy sacred memories
That in thy name lie hid.
Thy sky is really no bluer,
Nor thy flowers more subtly sweet,
Thy sunshine is really no brighter,
Nor thy blessings more richly complete.
But to us thou art dearest of all lands;
The cause of the magical spell
Is enfolded in that hallowed ' home”
Where we and our loved ones dwell.
From babbling, prattling babyhood,
Thy sunlight hath kissed our lips,
Hath chased away our sorrows.
Scattered our path with cowslips.
And now as thy grown up children,
We meet together today,
Tt> honor, esteem and to cherish
Thyseli and each other alway.
As we have risen in this mountain,
Above miasma which threatens health
Mav we ever rise to what is noble,
Unto thee and thy commonwealth.
—MISS LIDA B. ROBERTSON.
Maryland, My Maryland.
The Alabama Beacon manages to write
one verse:
"The despot's heel Is on thy shore,
Maryland, my Maryland,
For vengeance laid at Gorman's door,
Maryland, my Maryland.”
Jolly David Draper.
The people are after a man for repre
sentative from Morgan county. The
Hartselle Enquirer says:
"The name of jolly David Draper Is
often spoken of in connection with the
office of representative.”
As These Depart Let Others Come.
Says the Chilton View:
"A gentleman from Stanton sent us $2
in payment of his subscription and told
us to stop his paper. If all subscribers
who wish their paper discontinued would
follow his illustrious example there would
be gladness in the heart of the editor.”
Just the Opposite.
From the latest returns we judge that
it snowed In Kentucky on Tuesday last.—
Mobile News.
No, sir; you are wrong. It was so hot
the rich man who called to Lazarus for
a dpop of water actually dropped his
summer undershirt and hades’ society
is stampeded. Even old Judas is disgust
ed at the betrayal.
How .Would IB to 1 DoP
, Says an old friend of the Eutaw Whig
and Observer:
"An old friend deprecating the present
division of sentiment In the democratic
party suggests this compromise:
i " ‘Let silver be coined In the proportion
of 13 to 1 to gold—a safe margin—and
levy la tariff on all silver ore Imported.'
“While differing with him financially,
yet we think some basis of compromise
should be adopted or established."
Hon. Ocie Kyle In the Race.
All Alabamians know Ocie Kyle. Not
a better, truer, abler young democrat
ever represented Alabama In the legisla
ture. He Is able, he is honest, he Is wise.
Morgan county has honored him oncfe
Vtnd will honor him again. Says the Ala
bama Enquirer:
“It Is said that Hon. O. Kyle of Deca
tur will certainly be in the rate for the
I legislature, and at the proper time will
make his announcement."
—
It Will Take Johnston to Unite the Party.
The Fort Payne Journal says:
“We desire further to state that Capt.
J F. Johnston is a very strong man with
the rank and file of his party in this
neck of the woods. They admire his
liberality and conservatism. As the dem
ocratic nominee for governor in 1896 he
would do more to unite the party here,
in our htimbie opinion, than any one we
know. This county t9as carried against
him in 1894, but it will take a fast horse
to capture the blue Hbbdn from him here
in 1&9B should he ehter the lists. The
captain is a Ipopularman with the masses
in this section.”
Bankhead No Aspirant for Governor.
Says the Eutaw Whig and Observer:
"Congressman John H. Bankhead made
Eutaw a visit on Wednesday last, and
was cordially received by a number of
his friends and admirers. He stated that
he would again be before the people of
this district for congress—that be was
not an aspirant for gubernatorial honors.
The colonel is considered a strong man
in congress and wields considerable polit
ical influenoe throughout the state. while
we differ with opr representative on the
financial question, we must admit his
honeety and consistency on this question.
If he secures tho nomination at the
hands of the democracy of the district in
convention assembled, we will cheerfully
support him, as we have heretofore
done.”
Quit Wrangling or Shut Up Shop.
The Eutaw Whig and Observer very
wisely remarks:
"It does seem to us that there ctfn
scarcely be two opinions as to the neces
sity for harmony in democratic ranks
and for once more uniting the white
hosts who redeemed Alabama in 1874.
Yet we find the leading deIh°cratlc Pa‘
pers of the state wrangling over the ad
mission of white men to democratic pri
maries. They are fighting each other on
this and other issues as though they were
sworn political .enemies, and all the time
professing to be good democrats. Unless
this policy is abandoned democracy had
just about as well shut up shop and go
out of business. A party whose leaders
expend their time and energies in fight
ing each other cannot and should not
succeed.”
Governor Oates, Attention!
The Huntsville Democrat says:
“Governor Oates has an interesting nine
page article on the “Industrial Develop
ment of the South" in the North Ameri
can Review for November. Of Madison
county, Alabama, acknowledged by all
well informed persons to be the livest and
most progressive county In north Ala
bama, he has this little to say:
“ ‘Huntsville, in Madisoii county, is
the largest town in the valley. It has a
large and profitable cotton factory and
other important industries.’
“At the same time he devotee a half
page to the silent Industries of Decatur.
“Now, in case our learned governor
should write another article on the same
or kindred subject, the Democrat desires
tft inform him that instead of one cotton
factory, the city of Huntsville has three
cotton factories that consume about 13,000
bales of ootton annually and running 41,
881 spindles; that It has one of the largest
furniture faotorie* In the south; a mam
moth cotton seed oil mill, a large spoke
and handle factory, a fibre factory and
a number of smaller Industries, all in
successful operation; that the county has
the best system of pikes and country
roads in the state and was the ilrst coun
ty In the state to build macadam roads;
that there are a half dozen or more fruit
nurseries In Its limits, one of these being
thS largest In the United States, if not
the world; that Madison cdunty has ex
ported more red cedar than any other
county In the state in the last fifteen
years; that It has the only cedar bucket
factory In the state; that it surpasses
all the other counties in the state for the
variety and quality of horticultural and
agricultural products and has fully dem
onstrated this fact by carrying off at
every state fair the first premium for the
largest and most varied display of these
products.
"That its three banks never stopped
specie payments during the last financial
panic, and none of Its manufactories sus
pended during that unfortunate period.
"Also, that on less than two acres of
ground Mr. Charles O. Shepherd of this
city made this season 1500 gallons of
wine, worth J2 a gallon, and expects to
make 2500 next season.
"We could extend this exposition fur
ther. but this is sufficient to Just acquaint
our intelligent governor of sotne of our
resources and Industrial developments of
Madison county, so that he may write
more fully of a county that gave a ma
jority for Capt. Joseph F. Johnston in the
last gubernatorial race.”
STATE NEWS.
Eutaw Whig and Observer: The War
rior river ia very low.
• • •
Eutaw Whig and Observer: The sweet
potato crop is splendid.
* • *
Eutaw Whig and Observer: We hear
that a great many people will be here to
hear the speeches of Senators Morgan
and Pugh on next Wednesday, the 13th.
West Alabama Breeze: We are in
formed that J. E. Stewart has on his
place, belonging to himself and tenants,
110 fattening hogs, which will average
160 pounds.
• * •
Eutaw Whig and Observer: Wr. W,
Holley sold and delivered in one day eigh
ty-five gallons of ribbon cane syrup. He
has more to sell at the store of W. W.
Holley & Bro.
Eutaw Whig and Observer: A practical
planter says that he would not advise
farmers to reduce their cotton acreage,
but plant the same number of acres in
corn that they do in cotton. If every
farmer would do it the future of the
south would be continuously bright and
prosperous. We believe he Is right.
Eutaw Whig and Observer: R. F. Ren
froe, the country merchant and farmer,
residing near Seale, who was so foully
assaulted on last Thursday, is slowly
recovering. The would-be assassin, Bed
dle Adams, a negro, has been arrested
and is now in jail in Seale. The blood
thirsty devil has made a full confession,
and gives robDery as his motive.
Fort Payne Journal: While we are
writing this Monday morning the glad
sourfc} of the stove works whistle is again
waking the echoes. It ia a welcome
sound. Now let us heat* from the steel
mill, the two furnaces and the fire brick
works. With all these in full blast Fort
Payne would once more be in the swim.
* * *
Attalla Tribune: A serious runaway
accident occurred near Clarkson on Tues
day, when Mrs. Baldwin of that vicinity
was thrown from her wagon by a runa
way mute and seriously injured. Her col
lar bone was broken and severely frac
tured, her back nearly broken, and she
was otherwise injured. Surgical aid was
rendered, and she id rapidly recovering.
Attalla Tribune: Ml-. Henry Fricke of
Birmingham while on his way to Cull
man attempted suicide at Hanceville last
week by cutting his throat with a knife.
A short, deep gash wgs made, which,
though ap ugly wound, will not prove
fatal, as nohe of the large blood vessels
were severed. Belrtg crazed from drink
was probably the motive for his attempt
ed self-destruction. A bottle of laudanum
was found beside him at the time of the
rash act. Dr. E. W. Terrell rendered sur
gical aid and the prospects are for a
speedy and complete recovery.
Livingston Journal: One of the most
horrible sights witnessed In Sumter coun
ty for many a day occurred five 'miles
from Livingston last Friday afternoon.
The wife of Granville Lancaster went to
a neighbor's for a bucket of water, leav
ing her three children, aged 1, 3 and 4
years,' respectively, In the house. On her
return she discovered the house to be on
fire and stood helplessly by listening to
the piteous wails of her children until all
was mlet, R sound issued from the
building. After the flames had died down
the chaired remglps of the three children
were removed from the ashes.
Attalla Tribune: Last Sunday night
some ghoulish miscreant stole a valuable
horse, with saddld and bridle, from the
?ta stable of Mr. W. T. Cook, a worthy
irmer residing about one mile from Etha
poatoffifte. The animal was a fine gray
mare, about 8 years old, with right
front hoof white. Mr. Cook is very much
inconvenienced on account of hla misfor
tune. and any information which might
lead to the recovery, of the animal will
be greatly appreciated. It is highly prob
able that the thief used the animal as
long as his needs required, and then
turned her astray. Hanging' is about
the kind of punishment that a horse
thief deserves.
PRINCE OF THE CANNIBAL ISLANDS.
A Young Man Who Will Come Into Possession
of an Income of $2,000,000 a Year.
San Franoisco Chronicle.
The prince of the Bismarck archipel
ago has been In the city for nearly two
weeks, and left for his home yesterday
on the steamer Alameda. Although the
young man Is the most Interesting char
acter in. the South seasv It Is hardly to bd
wondered at that his Identity was not
lparned while he was at the Palace ho
tel. for there he registered under his
name, which Is J. M. Coe Forsayth.
While here the prince drevy on London for
as many £500 remittances as his neces
sities required. He spent the money with
generosity. When he came to leave for
his home quite a crowd gathered on the
Oceanic dock to see him oft. Among
those present were members of the family
of his grandfather, who was Jonas M.
Coe, for many years consul of the United
States at Samoa
The archipelago potentate will go
through to Sydney on the steamer Ala
meda. At Sydney the prince's own
schooner,the Three Chess*,will be waiting
to convey him to the Bismarck islands,
spots on the ocean that, his mother owns
outright. The palm-covered Isles are not
far from New Guinea and New Britain.
On the latter Island is the real residence
of Coe Forsayth, but he Is on the other
Island much of his time.
To look at the young man no one would
suspect that he Is crown prince of the
Cannibal islands and likely to be recog
nised as the only authority on the death
of his mother. There Is only a trace of
native blood in his veins, and his whole
appearance Is that of a studious gentle
man, more accustomed to European
universities than to the wildness of jungle
Islands under the equator. It is true,
though, that on the Bismarck archipel
ago are to be found about the only canni
bals In this world that the missionaries
have allowed to go unconverted. While
then* natives eat each other, they only
Indulge in this diet when the different
tribes are at war.
There are five groups of Islands In the
principality to which Coe Forsayth Is
now returning-. While most of the Isl
ands are small, the purnber of them is
so great that the aggregate amount of
land owned by the young man’s mother
Is 151,000 acres. She has been offered a
half million dollars for her possessions!
gnd has scornfltlly refused It, as It Is
believed that the productive archipelago
Is now paying a large Income on 52,000,000.
The life of this young man's mother,
'the queen of these distant Islands, is one
of the wonders of tha 8outh seas. She is
the new womaYt of the South Pacific. The
one person of her sex in that part of the *
world who has proved herself-the posses
sor of great business and executive abil
ity. Today she is managing the entire
property, which consists, besides the five
groupes of Islands, of five large trading
stores, a fleet of schooners and agencies
In Sydney, London and Liverpool,
Jonas M. Coe went to Samoa many
years ago. If he was not the pioneer
American consul there he was one of the
first. He married a native Samoan wom
an, a lovely girl, made all the more lovely
by the fact that an admixture with white
blood had made her features regular. The
result of the union was the birth of the
girl who has now grown up to be every
where recognized as the most progressive
and most interesting of island queens.
"Phis daughter of the American consul
married Captain Farrell, who had early
made Investments In the Bismarck arc-IP
lpelago. On hef husband's death this
wonderfully capable woman assumed the
management of the property and has
had It ever since. So full of tact has
been her rule that hef possessions con
stantly grew. They are still growing, as
every little while she buys another Is
land. The widow became Mrs. Forsayth',
and the boy was born who Is now a
young man of 23, Just completing his
first trip around the world. After tha
death of Forsayth the queen again mar
ried, this time a man younger than her
self, whose name Is Paul Colbe. The
queen of the Btsmarok Islands has al
ways been in love wtt;h A,merica. She in
vested In trading schooners, and all of
them displayed the Amerloan flag. They
were under that flgg until she married
the Englishman, And now they fly the
British colors.
James M. Coe's brother lives here, and
the members of this brother’s family were!
the relatives who wrent to the wharf to
say good-bye to the prince. For a lime
he was with them at their home ori
Union street, for he in very proud of his
grandfather, the American consul, and
for that reason still keeps the word Coe
In his name. The young prince Intends
to have a steam yacht built on his re
turn to Sydney and will name It the
James M. Coe._
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ROGAN.
EUGENE FIELD’S LAST WORK.
The one thing we regret Is the prob
ability that John Sherman’s book will
bring Calico Charley Foster out of his
hole.
Now that Fitzsimmons has been dis
posed of we suppose that Pete Jackson
twill bob up again. %
You can depend upon It that If Spain
sa'Otr her way out of the woods she
wouldn’t be suggesting compromise to
the Cubans.
Humanity lives to learn. Even Patti at
the mature age of 55 discovers and con
cedes that Richard Wagner was a great
composer.
If Adlat Stevenson meets with any
superfluous harmony lying around loose
In Ohio he should lay hands on it and
bring it back to Illinois, where It Is
needed badly.
While Mr. Cleveland was worrying
about Atlanta, a thousand miles away,
Washington hops up and hurrahs for
Cuba right under his august nose.
As for the Inter Ocean, It is always to
be found on the other side. It never forms
an opinion until tt finds out which way
its contemporaries have turned. It
would rather be wrong than to be col
lectof.
Mr. Cleveland’s telegram of sympathy
to the New York democracy has been
published, but we Are waiting to hear
about the number of almolepns he cough
ed up In response to the pleading call of
the committee on ways and means.
You may have noticed that just before
the contribution plats Is passed around
once every four years some enterprising
democrat has the presence of mind to
suggest that Roswell P. Flower would
make a very acceptable presidential can
didate.
It is pleasant to know that Gen. John
B. Gordon met with so cordial a recep
tion at Indianapolis. Elsewhere in the
north the attendance at hta leotures has
not been so lArge as to warrant the be
lief that an extended northern tour
would be profitable. General Gordon is
addicted to those flowery periods charac
teristic of what is called tne old sohool
of southern oratory, but which, so far
as we have learned by observation, Is
still current and popular in our southern
states. This style of oratory is by no
means distasteful to us; it comes in
grateful contrast to the bloodlessness of
too many public speakers, whose efforts
are as impotent to move humanity as
tepid water is {o excite emotion in the
sensitive bosom of a Shanghai pullet's
egg.—Saturday’s "Sharps and Flats” Col
irnin In Chicago Record.
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