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where It has no regular correspondent,
news reports of neighborhood happenings
from any friend will be gratefully received.
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ter or length, should be written on only one
side of the sheet.
TELEPHONE CALLa
Business Office.230
Editorial Rooms.231
All calls after 9 o’clock p. m. should be
sent to the Editorial Rooms.
Hon. Oscar R. Hundley writes that he
Is for Johnston first, last and all the time,
and that Madison is solid for him.
Lady Ann Blunt, a granddaughter of
Lord Byron, is deeply imbued with social
istic ideas, which she received from her
husband, Mr. Wilfred Blunt.
Kyrle Bellew, Mrs. Potter's leading
man. was struck on the head and knocked
senseless by the descending curtain while
he was picking up a bouquet thrown on
the stage for Mrs. Pottor in Philadelphia
on Saturday night last.
The performance here yesterday sound
ed the death knell to populism in Ala
bama. Republican leaders are now In the
saddle and will take care that those who
remain with the oppositon to democracy
In Alabama are given a seat in the re
publican band wagon.
The fusion came yesterday just as was
predicted In these columns, and the free
coinage advocates now in the ranks of the
populite party can take their choice to
come on hack to the democratic party
or go with their leaders kerplunk into the
arms of genuine old-time republicanism.
The news that arrangements have been
perfected whereby prisoners are to be ex
changed between the contending armies
in Cuba gives rise to the story that it is
probable Mr. Cleveland, in his forthcom
ing message to congress, will strongly
recommend the recognition of the bellig
erent rights of the insurgents.
The Cherokee Sentinel (Pop.) says that
the People’s Tribune (Pop.) is disgusting
sober minded people and creating discord
in the party, and is attempting to be to
the people's party what the Advertiser Is
to the democratic party. Captain Kolb
has. however, pledged himself to support
a gold bug if nominated by his party.
The Delaware senator has been fre
quently mentioned as a possible succes
sor of the late Justice Jackson, but only
in a complimentary way, everything
pointing to the selection of a New York
man. The president is particularly
friendly to Senator Gray, who is recog
nized as one of the foremost champions
the administration, in the senate.
It is understood that Secretary Olney
has maintained for some time that the
adminlsti'atlon ought to manifest a
friendship for the struggling Cubans,
not only for political reasons, but because
their contention is generally recognized
as right and just. The rumor is current
at Washington that he has finally in
duced the president to take the same view
of the matter that he takes.
The State Herald has an Idea that the
democratic party will need all Its voters
next year without reference to their opin
ions on the currency question. Our gold
standard friends have had all the gov
ernors for the last ten years, although a
large majority of the party have been,
and still are, for free coinage, yet they
are demanded that this business shall
continue indefinitely._
The only paper published on Sunday
that had learned of Captain Johnston’s
candidacy was the Huntsville Argus. It
supported Governor Oates In the prima
ries last year and is a stralghtout gold
standard paper and had this to say:
"At a late hour last night the Impor
tant special from Birmingham announc
ing that Captain Joseph F. Johnston of
Birmingham is an avowed candidate for
governor reached us. We only have time
here to say that as between Johnston
and Oates the Argus cannot for a mo
ment hesitate. We shall urge the nom
ination of Johnston in behalf of our be
loved state. We have no sympathy for
him in his sliver views, as is well known.
But there is a higher issue. Besides,
what claim has Oates on account of his
shambling financial attitudes?
"Alabama needs a new order of things,
and until a better man than Johnston is
announced we shall bend our best ener
gies for his nomination. We believe
Johnston the very man for our next .gov
ernor.” _
The Decatur News, an administration
paper that supported Colonel Oates last
year, says:
"We see no use in thrusting the nomi
nation for governor on the Hon. William
C. Oates. During the canvass of 1894 he
paid repeatedly that he would not seek
a re-election, and there is no absolute ne
cessity for making him compromise his
expressed disinclination to serve the peo
ple longer as chief magistrate of the
state. There are 500 democrats in Ala
bama who could and would fill the office
admirably, and we are for giving some
one of them a'chance. The perpetuity of
the democratic party in the slate does not
depend upon any one man—not even upon
a to-called Moses.”
The Brundldge News, also a gold stand
ard paper, says:
"Some papers are at going that party
custom demands that Governor Oates
have a second term. Such argument is
the soph'stry of politics. The party is no
more bound to give a man a second term
because others have served twice In the
same office than it is to give him three
or more terms Neither is the individual
under obligation to serve the party In
definitely to his own detriment. The
people have the right to demand the ser
vices of any citizen for a reasonable time,
but It is an Injustice to one man to make
hint give more of his lime In the public
service, to the hurt of his private inter
ests, than is demanded of another. Gov
ernor Oates thoroughly comprehends
this phase of the question. He knows
his duty in the premises, and if that duty
requires the sacrifice he will enter the
contest and win. Otherwise he will not,
and nothing will be likely to change him.
He lias a head of his own.”
CHICAGOANS HEBE.
The delegation from the Cook County,
Illinois, Democracy, 100 strong, reached
the city yesterday afternoon at 5:30
o’clock and were given the usual hearty
welcome which Birmingham invariably
extends to strangers who come within
her gates. The train from Atlanta bear
ing the delegation was some the hours
late, and having been scheduled In ad
vance to leave Birmingham at 8 o'clock
this momlLg, the'city was deprived of the
pleasure of showing the visitors exten
sively our magnificent city, while they
were deprived of the opportunity of wit
nessing the sights, but notwithstanding
the very short stay the party saw a good
deal, had a good time, formed acquain
tances and go home with pleasant recol
lections of the Magic City, all of which
will yet result In a material benefit to
Birmingham. The ball has started.
Those who were wdth us last night de
part this morning and others will come
this evening. Verily the tide is setting in
which is going to bring Birmngham citi
zens, enterprises and guarantee her fu
ture greatness.
IN THEY WENT.
As predicted in these columns yester
day morning the leaders of the populiBt
party succeeded in getting in their work
at the conference yesterday. Hon. Thom
as K. Jones is certainly to be congratu
lated on his timely departure from the
populist party. Notwithstanding the
Tribune, Captain Kolb’s paper, has been
assuring its readers ever since the last
meeting the leaders held in Birmingham
before the one held yesterday that there
would be no fusion of the populist
party wllh the republican party, that
very thing came to pass yesterday;
so in that particular it can be said, and
said truly, that the Tribune was not a
safe prophet. The idea of the populist
party fusing with the republican party
really appeared ridiculous from the very
fact that with the populists the silver
question has become the leading plank in
their platform, and the republican party
'is knowir of all men to be strictly for the
single gold standard; therefore, the won
derful feat of fusing these two parties,
which was accomplished here yesterday,
is but a verification of the adage that pol
itics makes strange bedfellows. The fu
sion was accomplished by the adoption of
a resolution which must be closely stud
ied if it is desired that a clear under
standing of it be had. On Its face and at
first blush it does not show’ up for much;
but the meaning is there all the same. For
quite awhile the republican leaders have
been contending that their party was fur
Inishlng all the money, all the brains and
two-thirds of the votes. The resolutions
provide for co-operation with any party
on the following terms:
“In furtherance of these resolutions wo
advise the co-operation of all men who
favor honest elections and full monetary
reform, regardless of past or present par
ty affiliations, upon terms of fairness and
Justice to those who participate."
If, as the republicans claim, they car
ry into the fusion the money, the brains
and two-thirds of the votes and the terms
of the resolutions are complied with and
"fairness and Justice" is given them,
there will hardly be more than one pop
ulist named when it comes to nominating
candidates for state offices. So much
for what the resolutions indorsed prove.
It is well knotvn that propositions voted
down frequently go a long ways toward
demonstrating what a deliberative body
favors or opposes and defeated resolu
tions can often be used in construing the
meaning of adopted resolutions. Let’s
apply that test in this case. A resolution
proposing co-operation with any individ
ual or collection of individuals of whatev
er party who favored fair elections and
the free coinage of silver at 16 to 1, who
would in the evejit the party to which
they now profess allegiance should de
clare against the free coinage of silver
renounce their allegiance to said party,
was offered as a substitute for the resolu
tion which was adopted and was voted
down. So we have it clear and plain that
by the resolutions adopted the republi
cans are duly authorized to take charge
of the assets of the populist party, which
Consists in a superabundance of unskilled
leaders and a large number of men who
are really at heart democrats, and
who have been, contrary to their
expectations, assigned to the re
pubpublican party, and use them
as they may see proper in an effort
to turn the electoral vote of the state of
Alabama over to a gold bug republican
candidate for president in 1896. Men who
prefer republican success in 1896 and a
continuation of the single gold
standard to democratic victory and
financial reform, who are now
in the ranks of what began as
the Jeffersonian democratic party, have
only to remain where they are, but those
of them who want financial reform and
desire to see democratic principle prevail
had best come on back to the democratic
fold. A meeting called ostensibly in the
Interest of the free coinage of gold and
silver and fair elections has been turned
into a meeting to help return the repub
lican party to power in Alabama and the
United States, a party not in favor of
either of the free coinage bf silver or of
fair elections.
AN IMPORTANT CANAL.
It is proposed by northern capitalists
who have purchased the old Mississippi
and Mexican Gulf canal to open that ca
nal from Lake Borgne into the Mississippi
river above New Orleans, securing it by
proper locks and deepening it to admit
stern wheel steamers and coal barges
from the lake into the river. This water
way would enable steamers and barges to
pass from Mobile through the sound into
Lakes Pontchatrain and Borgne, and
pass to the front of New Orleans upon
the river. In this way lumber and coal
could be transported direct to the ship
ping instead of being transported, as at
present, from the lakes overland through
the city to the shipping. The New Or
leans Times-Democrat says of the bene
fits of this canal:
“The successful opening and operation
of this canal will result in incalculable
benefit to the commerce of New Orleans.
The canal will loom up as a competitor
to the railroads and the New Basin Nav
igation Canal company as a route for the
transportation of lumber from the ship
ping ports along the gulf coast. The
nulls at Pearlington, Scranton and other
places will be enabled to load their prod
uct aboard schooners, which will dis
charge them on the wharves for foreign
shipment. This will do away with the
double loading and unloading required
when the lumber Is shipped via the rail
roads, and obviate the expense of dray
age when the cargoes come by way of
the New Basin canal. It will also obviate
the equally expensive system of shipping
around by Ship island and the jetties, as
Is required when the Mississippi lumber
men desire to employ an all-water route
and land their lumber on the New Or
leans wharves.
"When the government shall have com
pleted the improvements in progress on
the Black Warrior river, and opened that
stream to steamers and barges all the
year round, an all-water route but eighty
miles longer than the railroad route will
have been established between New Or
leans and the coal fields of Alabama.
This, Mr. Farrar says, will enable the
coal merchants of New Orleans to sell
coal to steamships at a rate of $i per
tofti cheaper than they at present demand,
and justly, because of the additional ex
pense of railway transportation. This
will dispose of the coal question as a mil
itant against the advancement of New
Orleans as an exporting center in the
commercial world, to say nothing of the
advantages that will accrue to the thou
sands of large and small consumers
among the residents of the city. It will
also prove beneficial to the Alabama min
ers and the thousands dependent upon
the operation of the mines for sustenance,
because it will increase the demand for
Alabama coal and give them constant
employment. Mr. Farrar says this new
route to the coal fields will run through
the Mississippi River and Ship Island
canal. Lake Borgne. Mississippi sound,
Mobile bay, the Mobile. Tomblgbee and
Black Warrior rivers. It will increase
the competition between the Alabama
miners and the West Virginia and Penn
sylvania producers, who have to employ
the long route through the Kanawha, Mo
rion gah el a, Ohio and Mississippi rivers,
and cheapen Pittsburg coal.
"Mr. Farrar will also endeavor “o Im
press Mr Wheelwright and liis associates
with the importance of operating a line
of steamers between New Orleans and
the near by gulf ports through the Ship
Island canal, and he believes that he will
be successful."
--—
Captain Kolb’s paper made a gallant
fight against fusing his followers into the
republican party, but the captain could
not stand the racket yesterday and was
forced to succumb, and not only to suc
cumb, but was put forward and made to
raise a whoop over his own defeat.
PUBLIC OPINION.
There was a time when Europe was
not half as well prepared lor war as It Is
now, and yet If there had been then only
half the provocation that there Is ut
present a great struggle would have been
precipitated. Every nation has a larger
and more complete armament than ever,
but each one knows that his neighbor is
equally as well prepared and that very
knowledge holds him in restraint.— Phil
adelphia Inquirer.
The decisive defeat of woman suffrage
in Massachusetts will be generally ac
cepted as an assurance that the great
majority of women are not disposed to
take an active interest in politics. On
the whole, It is as it should be. The new
woman has her good points, but in Mas
sachusetts and elsewhere the salvation
of everything worth saving depends not
on politicians, but on the kind of women
our mothers were—the kind our daught
ers ought to be.—New York Tribune.
It seems to be conceded that the repub
lican candidate for governor in Iowa,
though elected, ran behind his associate®
on the ticket 8000 or 9000 votes. The rea
son was the bitter fight made against
him as an active and influential railway
president. Had the division of parties
been at all close this reason would have
defeated him. The fact Is one which par
ty managers may well lay carefully by
for future reference. They will learn In
time that the popular attitude on matters
that interest the masses is not to be light
ly ignored.—Boston Traveler (Rep.)
According to reliable reports from In
diana Granther Harrison Is so excited
over the election news that he can't keep
his feet still, and he keeps shouting:
"Good!” "Good!” Brother McKinley is
not as excited as Granther Harrison, but
he is said to show a deep interest In the
situation. The ex-czar, on the other hand,
if one may Judge from his looks and from
whati he says, hasn’t heard that any elec
tions have been held. But the ex-czar Is
sly. He may not give himself away as
Granther Harrison does, but his mall con
tinues to be heavy and he has used his
telegraph frank freely since election.—
New- York Mercury (Dem.)
PIPES AND SMOKING.
Briar Root Is the Only Material Fit
to Use.
A friend ran across a squib recently
to the effect that Tennyson never smoked
the same pipe more than once, says the
New York Press. “It Is remarkable,”
said he, "that a man so well informed as
the late laureate should have known so
little of the pipe's possibilities. Now, I
have been a pipe smoker for the last thir
ty years, and In all that time have not
used a baker’s dozen of bowls. The best
pipe in the world may- be bought for 50
cents if chance favors the buyer. Briar
root is the only material fit to use if the
same pipe is to be smoked and enjoyed
year after year. Meerschaum soon be
comes rank, and after two or three clean
ings leaks on the slightest provocation.
Briar never becomes rank. The stem
may get foul, but that Is remedied by
pouring a teaspoonful of alcohol through
It.
•'If you would have a pipe that will last
for a decade hunt around till a perfect
piece of root is found. The curlier the
better. Have a horn mouthpiece made to
fit your teeth, have a broad silver band
riveted to the edge of the bowl and then
proceed to break it in. To do this moisten
the Inside thoroughly with saliva and
pack it with plug tobacco. Light it and
smoke slowly not more than one-third
of the contents. Put the pipe aside for a
day or two. leaving the old nugget in the
bowl. Knock out the loose ashes, but
leave the nugget In. In a couple of days
put fresh tobacco on top of the nugget
and smoke slowly till there Is nothing
left to burn. After this your pipe Is
ready for perpetual use. If the*-wood is
what is called ‘dry’ throw it away at
once. A dry pipe is a vexation. It can
never be Improved. A good briar pipe
is a thing of Joy. It will soothe you when
In trouble and add to whatever happiness
good fortune may bestow upon you.”
Communicated.
To the State Herald:
In reading your report this morning pf
the proceedings of the police commission
last night I observe one fact that is es
pecially noteworthy and commendable.
Accompanying the report of Chief of Po
lice McDonald Is a comparative state
ment as to the collection of taxes In 1894
and 1895. Doubtless this refers to street
taxes, which last year were collected, as
I am Informed, by a collector chosen by
the mayor and aldermen for that special
purpose at a salary and commissions,
whose compensation for collecting $2684
■was $957, or more than 35 per cent of the
sum collected. The net results of all last
year’s street tax collections appears to
have been $1727 at an expense of $957. It
further appears that for six months of
the present year street taxes to the
amount of $9867 have been collected at a
cost of $380; net result, $9487, compared
with $1727 for 1894. I am further informed
that the collections for the six months of
1896 were made by one of the regular po
licemen, assigned to this duty by the po
lice commission, without any Impairment
of the police service of the city. So It re
ally seems that the large amount of col
lections were made without extra expense
to the tax payers.
The excellent work of the police depart
ment under the present system is cause
for congratulation to the people of Bir
mingham. TAX PATER.
PENCILINGS,
The populists and republicans yester
day—
Hurled Captain Kolb in the corner of the
fence
In a nice little hole in the ground.
Where tin* woodpeckers peck and the bum
ble bees buzz
And the-bugs tumble around.
* * *
That was a glorious republican victory
yesterday.
• • •
Kolb may now pack up his old boom In
geraniums and lay it away.
• * *
The editor’s busy season has come
around again—state politics practically
opened.
• * •
In ages to come the populists and re
publicans may grow together, but tn the
present instance a swallowing will take
place.
* * *
Crepe may now be hung over the pop
ulist door. Tlielr ’democratic limbs are
paralyzed and death may not be unex
pected.
* * *
Now look around and see who are the
enemies of the democratic party. They
are sufficient to make every true patriot
aJ democrat.
The real democrats who were at the fu
sion meeting were heard to say at a late
hour last night:
"I’m going home, no more to roam.
I’m going home tomorrow."
And now the pops and republicans pro
pose to back right up against the old
democratic party. How the small boy
bristles up when he sees his big brother
coming with a club!
When Congressman Sibley found that
he had hooked up In a populist-republican
combination he looked like he had run
Into an open switch and did his best In
the absence of a wrecking train.
During the skirmish yesterday which
resulted in the populist party assigning
to the republicans it w-as not until the
curtain rose for the last scene that It be
came evident that among the assets of
the populist party to be turned over
would be found the remains of Captain
Kolb.
MORGAN
On the Venezuelan and Cuban Questions.
Plain Talk.
.Senator Morgan of Alabama, chairman
of the foreign relations committee, and
ah authority on international law, in an
interview called attention to Lord Salis
bury's claim that Great Britain had ac
quired rights in the disputed territory
adjoining Venezuela by treaty with the
native tribes. He said:
"For the last three quarters of a cen
tury Great Britain has been forming
Whenever she could little by-arrange
ments with Indian tribes that had chief
tains and were regularly constituted into
tribes. It was In that way that she rec
ognized the Mosquitoes. Such treaties
with such people are made right in the
teeth of the well-understood and well-ac-*
cepted doctrine of Great Britain, Ger
many, France and Spain, and all the
American states, which is. that when any
country has acquired by conquest or dis
covery any territory, the Indian tribes
found therein are considered as occu
pants at will of the sovereign and are
not regarded as nations having sover
eignty, such sovereignty inuring to the
nation that discovered or conquered that
territory. A recognition of the sover
eignly of such Indian tribes has been re
garded as a breach of the international
rights of other nations.
“For this reason, any claims of Great
Britain within Venezuela, based upon
private treaties with Indian chiefs, are
of no value and should not be recognized
as being in conformity with international
law. I think Great Britain is prepared
now to adjust that Venezuelan boundary
question on the lines that were surveyed
by Schomburg. When that line was es
tablished, the British colonists com
menced moving out to it and making set
tlements, and particularly taking up gold
claims, and Venezuela, in her weakness,
has been compelled to stand by and see
that course pursued until Great Britain
sets up a claim similar to that of a man
who has occupied for years territory be
longing to some one else.
"I would suppose that unless Great
Britain moves to the north and westward
of the Schomburg line it is hardly likely
that the United States can be Involved in
the controversy, but If she Is ever in
volved in such a controversy the British
government ought to be compelled to
avow or disavow the dependence of vari
ous petty chiefs. Kngland might go to
Alaska and enter into a treaty with the
chiefs of Indian tribes there with as much
reason as she could make treaties with
such chiefs located In the south."
The gold fields and the territory at the
mouth of the Orinoco, which was the key
to the control of the entire central por
tion of Venezuela, were, Senator Morgan
said, things that inspired Great Britain’s
course. In the interview the senator also
urged that It should be made a part of
the foreign policy of the United States to
secure an understanding by which we
could deal in diplomatic matters directly
with Canada and Cuba Instead of Great
Britain and Spain.
Turning to Cuba, the senator was
asked: “Do you think congress would be
favorable to the purchase of Cuba if such
a proposition were acceptable to Spain?”
"I have no right to suppose congress
would. I can only suppose that Spain,
like every other nation, will in the end
consult the highest interest of her peo
ple, and she may find It to be a patriotic^
duty to free herself from the control of
Cuba, which has more influence on poli
tics in Spain today than any local ques
tion in the kingdom. I do not care any
thing about the acquisition of Cuba as an
addition to our territory, but I should
Want it for the military strength It would
give us.”
"Is England liable to interpose any ob
jection to the United States acquiring
Cuba or to taking any active part in the
struggle now going on?”
“That will depend on whether she
thinks she can make anything by it. She
would not like to do anything that would
result in an open rupture with the United
States. Great Britain is In no position
to use coercion or threats in her policy
toward the United States. She has re
sorted to a very different policy in later
years, and she now seeks her ends by ne
gotiation. She has so many possessions
near our coast that a war would be a
great disaster to jier because no matter
how much our commerce might be in
jured by her navy the conclusions of that
war would give Canada and the islands
off our coast in the hands of the United
States.”
Crushed While Asleep.
Wheeling, W. Va., Nov. 13.—Charles
Ernest, conductor of the first section of
the northbound freight on the Cleveland.
Lorraine and Wheeling railway, and his
flagman, John Davis, were Instantly
killed at Warwick, O., shortly after mid
night. The first section was on the main
track waiting for orders when the second
section crashed Into the caboose, where
Ernest and Davis were asleep, killing
them Instantly and mangling their bodies
In a terrfble manner.
Thin and impure blood Is made rich
and healthy by taking Hood's Saraapa
111a. _
ALABAMA EDITORS.
’AH' and ’Alf
Says the Marengo Democrat:
"S ime people hate John Sherman be
cause he Is a republican and love Grover
Cleveland because he Is a democrat—yet
they have the same politics, but Sherman
has no pie to dispense, you know."
No Use Getting on Your Ear.
The Collinsville Capper gets oft the fol
lowing:
“Honest difference of opinion is to be
commended, but no man improves his
position or stands better in the commu
nity by needlessly getting on his ear.”
They Dislike Work.
This Is the way the Alexander City
Outlook views it:
"It will be a sad day when the ‘new wo
man’ dons the old man’s pants. Too
many of the old lazy rascals dislike work
now’ and would gladly allow their dear
wives the privilege of supportlng^them.”
The Outlook Grows Critical.
The revenue officers have been pulling
distilleries In the neighborhood of Alex
ander City lately, which possibly causes
it thus to sing:
“In the suuny south, where blue grass
grows,
A paradox is l»rn:
The corn is full of kernels and
The colonel's full of corn.”
The Blame Where It Belongs.
Says the Sheffield Standard:
"Those gold-bug democrats who are
losing a great deal of sleep on account of
the fear that the silver men ‘will not sup
port the nominee,' would do well to look
after the administration element. If Har
din’s defeat Is not due to administration
influence, then we are at a loss where to
look for trustworthy evidence.”
Not the Party Test.
Says the Union Springs Herald:
”I,et all the silver papers keep In mind
what the Huntsville Tribune says: 'No
man’s financial views should be a test
of his party fidelity.' It will not only be
well for the silver men alone to remember
this, but all might keep it before them.
There are sound money papers that HWfen
the silver men to populists, and there are
free silver papers that ttken sound money
men fo republicans. It is all folly, for
the two parties are not distinguished by
financial views.”
The Craze Not Dead in Colbert.
The Sheffield Standard says:
"If the silver craze Is not dead in the
rest of the country, or in the remainder
of Alabama, plainly it is not alive in Col
bert county. It looks as If the Tuscumbia
North Alabamian and the two Sheffield
papers had killed it pretty effectually
there. It Is not the first time the advo
cates of a cause have ruined it.—Mont
gomery Advertiser.
"Be not overconfident in your own con
ceit. The ‘silver craze' has not been kill
ed in Colbert. It is neither dead nor dy
ing, however much the big postal cuckoo
could wish It were so. We do not doubt—
and we base the assertion upon perfectly
reliable information—that fully four
fifths of the people of Colbert are for free
silver at the old ratio, and will cast their
ballots that way whenever the occasion
is offered. The fact that they did not
rush to the call for some bimetallic con
vention proves nothing, save that they
thought it wholly unnecessary—that
there was little use in wasting time in re
gard to a matter as to which the opposi
tion is too feeble to excite a respectable
contention. The farmers and others ar"
too busy, Just now. to give their time and
attention to a matter as to which they
are practically unanimous.”
The Selma Times says:
"The Times, while personally friendly
to Governor Oates, has somehow been
his political opponent for several years.
Wa admire him for his strong individual
ity, for his courage, his candor, and the
straight-forward manner in which he
strikes out from the shoulder.
“These thoughts are brought out by
the cruel and treacherous treatment he
has received at the hand of the Montgom
ery Advertiser, which announced him as
a candidate for governor against his
express wishes. We do not remember of
such underhand Journalism being per
petrated on a public man in Alabama
for years as the trick played on the gov
ernor in its double-leaded editorial of
last Friday. He said in the last cam
paign that he did not want the office of
governor a second term, and there he
stands today—ever ready to serve the
party If It thinks he is the man to make
the sacrifice, but desiring to go to the
senate as the crowning ambition of his
life.
"We. admire Governor Oates more than
we have ever done, since his manly inter
view in the State Herald, in which he
said: ‘I am a candidate for the senate,
and not for governor.’ Those were the
words of a brave man, honestly spoken.
”We have not made up our minds to
support Governor Oates for the senate.
It is more than likely that we will oppose
him. If, however, we are to have a gold
bug senator to succeed Senator Pugh we
believe that we had rather have Oates
than any of the rest. We believe in fair
play, and the Advertiser has not treated
him fairly. He has been knifed in a quar
ter where he least expected it. He has
had a stllletto thrust into his vitals by
a supposed friend. The Advertiser has
approached him, took him by the beard
to kiss and then thrust a dagger under
his fifth rib.
“Why has it done this? For two or
three reasons—‘killing two birds with one
stone.’ It hoped to force Governor Oates
to enter the gubernatorial race with the
view of shelving Joe Johnston. In the
next place It wanted to get rid of Gov
ernor Oates as a candidate for the sen
ate in order to open the way for some
real favorite. Possibly this performance
of the Advertiser was Intended to create
friction between the frlens of Captain
Johnston and those of Governor Oates
with the view of knitting the Johnston
men Into the position of 'anybody to
beat Oates for senator.'
“The Advertiser for the once has over
shot the mark. Its little scheme is too
thin. Governor Oates punctured it in his
Interview in Saturday’s State Herald: it
fell to the ground like the bursting of a
soap bubble blown by a child. The Ad
vertiser is placed before the world In a
pitiable condition. It has acted the trait
or to Governor Oates and Its double-lead
ed editorial has proven a boomerang.”
British Fleet in the Gulf.
New York Tlme9.
In view of the critical relations of Great
Britain and Venezuela it becomes Inter
esting to note what naval force Vice-Ad
miral James Elphinstone Ersklne. com
manding the North American and West
Indies station, has in or near Caribbean
waters.
At Barbadoes Is the Canada, or 2380
tons, 2000 horse power and ten guns.
Among the other gulf Islands are the
Tourmaline. 2120 tons, 1800 horse power
and twelve guns; the Mohawk and Tar
tar, sister ships, like our Yorktown class,
each of 1770 tons, 3500 horse power and
six guns; the Partridge, a little lighter
than our Petrel, of 755 tons, 1200 horse
power and six guns. Larger than any
of these and with powerful engines is
the Magiclenne, of 2950 tons, 9000 horse
power and six guns, which Is at Bermuda,
where also Is the Buzzard, of 1140 tons,
2000 horse power and eight guns. The
finest of all the vessels, the Crescent, of
7700 tons, 10,000 horse power and thirteen
guns, the admiral's flagship, is to leave
Halifax for Bermuda duftng the coming
week. Soon, also, the Pelican, of 1130
tons, 1060 horse power and eight gunB, will
proceed south.
These nine vessels, the*, will be avail
able, and a tenth is likely to come as a re
lief to the Cleopatra, of 2380 tons, 2000
horso power, and twelve guns, which has
gone to England, unless, Indeed, she her
self returns.
Venezuela has no navy of consequence,
most of her few vessels, we believe, being1
sailing craft, carrying small companies
of coast guards or marines. Of her ports
that might possibly be seized, the most
prominent are La Guayra, Porto Cabello,
Maracaibo and Ciudad-Bolivar. This
last has the advantage for England of be
ing near the disputed boundary; but It id
on the Orinoco, and might on that ac
.count receive more protection by obstruc
tions In the stream, besides having some
defenses. Porto Cabello, which Is of
more commercial Importance, has some
works, and is also protected by a bar
which, it would appear, the heavier Brit
ish vessels could not cross. La Guayra Is
the place that would perhaps be most
likely to receive am attack, although
somewhat fortified, since it Is the port of
Caracas, the capital, and in addition
a large proportion of the customs duties
are received there.
IRON WAGE SCALE FIGURES.
Rates for Bar and Sheet Mill Workers to Be Ar
ranged This Week.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The wage scale governing the union bar
iron mills of the country for the sixty
days beginning November 1 will be fixed
a/t Youngstown tomorrow. President
Garland of the Amalagmated associa
tion will meet with Secretary Nutt of the
Merchant Bar Iron association at
Youngstown and will examine the sworn
returns of the manufacturers and de
termine upon the rate of wages to be paid
during November and December.
The scale will be*based upon the aver
age selling price of bar iron according
to actual sales during September and Oc
tober. If the returns of the manufactur
ers show that the present price of bar.
Iron—1.3 to 1.4—has been the average for
September and October, at which their
sales were made, the price of puddling
will advance from $4.25 to $4.50 per ton.
An advance will also be paid in the finish
ing department if the price returns Just
ify. Owing to the fact that much iron
made during September and October was
sold at lower prices than are now ruling,
It Is impossible for anyone not having
ascertained the manufacturers’ reports
to say whether the wage rates will ad
vance or remain where they now are.
President Garland, In speaking of the
matter, said: “In advance of the con
ference it is Impossible for me to antici
pate what the November and December
rates will be. It is certain that there will
be no reduction, but I cannot say until I
hear from Mr. Nutt on the manufactur
ers' reports whether the scale will be ad
vanced or not. If the men do not get tho
benefit of the high prlceB which have
been quoted for the past two months,
they will get it later."
The sheet scale conference will be held
at the office of Secretary Jarrett of the
Manufacturers' association in this city
during the week.
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in the style, look over our
goods and the prices will
enable you to buy.
ROGAN.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Atlanta Exposition — Improved Railway
Service.
Tickets are on sale via the Southern
railway to Atlanta on account of the ex
position at rate of $3.80 for the round
trip, good returning within Beven days
from date of sale, and $5.55 for the round
trip, good returning within fifteen days
from date of sale, and $7.55 for the round
trip, good returning until January 7, 1896.
The exposition is now open in full force
and every one should take advantage of
the opportunity to attend.
Three trains daily, Birmingham to At
lanta—
No. 38 Lv Blr. 5:55 am. Ar Atlanta 11:40 am
No. 36 Lv Blr. 2:55 pm. Ar Atlanta 8:55 pm
No. 12 Lv Blr. 12:16 am. Ar Atlanta 6:66 am
All trains carrying Pullman sleeping
cars.
Effective October 6, the Southern has
added' another train to the service be
tween Atlanta and New York. The "Ex
position Flyer” leaves Atlanta at 4 p. m.
and arrives at Washington at 11:45 a. m.
and New York at 6:23 p. m. Only twen
ty-five hours from Atlanta to New York.
Returning train leaves New York via
Pennsylvania railroad at 11 a. m. and ar
rives Atlanta 10:20 following morning.
Train will be a solid vestibule of Pull
man drawing room sleepers between New
York, Washington and Atlanta and first
class vestibule coaches between Atlanta
and Washington.
The schedule of No. 36, known as the
“United States Fast Mall,” has been
changed between Atlanta and Washing
ton, lessening the time out between At
lanta and New York. Train now leaves
Atlanta at 11:15 p. m. and arrives Wash
ington at 9:40 p. m., New York 6:23 a. m.
For information apply to
L. A. SHIPMAN, T. P. A.,
10-10-tf 2201 First Avenue.
The Old Directory Re-Eleoted.
Charleston, S. C., Nov. 13.—The annual
meeting of the stockholders of the South
Carolina and Georgia railway was held
here today. The only business trans
acted was the re-election of the old board
of dlreotors and the addition to the di
rectorate of the name of MaJ. E. W.
Robertson of Columbia. Vice-President
Charles Parsons presided.
To Recognise the Compliment.
Austin, Tex., Nov. 13.—Governor Cul
berson today appointed a committee from
different parts of the state to determine a
plan of action by which the people of
Texas may make a suitable presentation
to the battleship Texas, in recognition
of the compliment paid the state by nam
Ing the vessel after It,'
Awarded
Highest Honors—World’s Fair.
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