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sent to the Editorial Rooms.
Montevallo says she has won the In
dustrial School for Girls, and by the gods
she Intends to hold what she has.
The republicans claim that they fused
with the pops on the 13th, and the pops
deny It. Whom will you believe, the
wily old republicans or the unsuspecting
pops? _
Speaking of the senators in congress
the Chicago Times-Horald observes:
"John T. Morgan of Alabnmn has
served continuously for eighteen years in
the senate and will now begin another
Iterm. He is one of the ablest men in
public life.”
The Chicago Chronicle writes amus
ingly of the Chicagoans who have been
visiting the south, as the Chronicle says
"to bridge the bloody chasm.” In wind
ing up Its article the Chronicle says
“there were not exceeding four soldiers
In the entire delegation.”
The Demopolis Express repudiates the
idea that the administration democrats
would not support Captain Johnston, or
that there Is any necessity for Governor
Oates to run. So far as heard from a
majority of the administration papers
are repudiating the Advertiser.
When the republicans, populists anil
Kolbites concluded their wrangle In this
city the public was reminded of Editor
Lane's favorite poem:
"The devil and the witch and the dun cow
fit,
The devil whipped the witch and the dun
cow quit."
Captain Kolb says he will give the
State Herald Hall Columbia when his
paper comes out next week. The captain
declares with great earnestness that the
popullteg and republicans have not fused.
They may not have done so. but if Cap
tain Kolb don’t look out the popullte
party of Alabama will be indicted for
miscegenation. Parson, Adams stands
ready to perform the ceremony that will
make the two parties one.
The Huntsville Daily Argus, the An
niston Evening Hot Blast and the Bir
mingham Evening News all declared for
Captain Johnston for governor. All of
them are strong believers in the policy
advocated by Mr. Cleveland, but recog
nize Captain Johnston’s fitness for a
leader of Alabama's unterrlfled democ
racy just at this juncture. Three dallies
announcing for him in ine week will
doubtless be followed by a host of week
lies when the time to declare their posi
tion rolls around.
Down at Selma a few years ago Colonel
Held was sent for by a negro who was
in jail. He staled his case to Colonel
Reid, and after he had gotten through
that astute lawyer remarked: “Why,
they can't put you in jail for that." The
west Dallas coon smiled through the bars
at his layer and said: "But, boss, dey’a
done done It.” Captain Kolb and the rest
of the populists say they have not fused
with the republicans. Dr. Moseley lays
his hand gently on his projecting bay
window and smiles audibly as he says:
"But dey's done done it."
The last issue of the Alabama Chrlstidn
Advocate contained the salutatory of
Dr. J. O. Andrews, who is now the edi
tor of that paper. Dr. Andrews Is a gift
ed writer, and under his able editorial
management that great and useful pa
per will become a still greater power for
good in the land. Dr. Andrews departs
from the accustomed paths of such pa
pers by putting a good deal of snap in
his editorials. That is all right. There
is nothing in the religion of the blessed
Saviour to cause a man to mope about
like he had lost his best friend, but on
the contrary there is everything to make
him cheerful and happy and go smiling
through life.
senators Morgan ana i-ugn nave
spoken to good houses wherever they
have been, and both of them, have talked
the good old democratic doctrine of the
fathers as handed down to us by Jeffer
son and Jackson. Alabama's two dis
tinguished senators have been talking
the pure doctrine so long that they will
not change their Ideas at this late day
at the bidding of a few party bosses at
the capital, but go serenely on and
preach what they believe to be “the
greatest good to the greatest number,”
as if no small bore politicians were yelp
ing on their tracks. At the risk of being
considered sacrilegious we will add: “And
the peuple receive the message joyfully-.”
As if by common consent the free sil
ver and Johnston papers take this view
of Governor Oates' candidacy, and the
most we can say is that they misrepre
sent the facts. We should be In posi
tion to tell thi'se papers that the gover
nor Is actually a candidate. Until we
can do this we are lighting with our
hands tied. The governor owes it to
his friends to reach a decision at once.—
Mobile Register.
The governor is the author of these
words: “I am not a candidate for gover
nor, but will stand for the senate." Can
the English language be spoken any
plainer? The prelended friends of Gov
ernor Oates, who are grooming another
horse for the senate, are somewhat dis
concerted because the governor wants
to be groomed a little on that line him
self. And we hardly think the governor
will suffer himself lassoed when the rope
Is so plain to view. Governor Oates has
long been credited with knowing a thing
or two himself when it comes to politics.
COMING TOGETHER.
In an elaborate editorial of two col
umns In length in the Montgomery Ad
vertiser of the 13th appears the following
candid admission:
"There were free silver republicans and
gold standard republicans supporting
Harrison in the campaign of 1892, all de
claring that the republican platform jus
tified their contentions. There were free
silver democrats and gold standard dem
ocrats supporting Cleveland in the cam
paign of 1892, ail construing the denio
j cratic platform to suit themselves.
"It Is useless now to discuss the ques
tion as to what was the proper con
struction of the platform. There Is no
intelligent man who does not admit that
It was capable of two constructions."
This admission of the Advertiser fur
nishes a very valuable standing ground
upon which all democrats can come to
gether in support of Hon. Joseph F.
Johnston for governor.
The national platform of 1S92 being
capable of two constructions, any demo
crat can stand upon it whether he be
lieves with Mr. Cleveland or with Sen
ator Morgan. Therefore it Is wrong,
unpatriotic and undemocratic to de
nounce those who believe with Senator
Morgan as ignorant and dangerous.
Down to this date, ever since It modi
fied its views in the summer of 1893 the
Advertiser has persistently declared that
the national platform was susceptible of
no other construction than that given It
by Mr. Cleveland. It kept as a frontispiece
during the Oates campaign of last year
the resolution of that western delegate
who attempted to place the free silver
construction upon the platform, and re
peatedly declared that the failure of that
resolution was proof, strong as holy writ,
that the convention did not intend what
the western delegate asked for. Of course
such reasoning was weak, as the conven
tion would certainly not vote to un
cloak a measure which they had studi
ously disguised. But the Advertiser, day
in and day out, shouted until it was
hoarse that the national platform was a
gold standard platform, and so when the
Kentucky convention reaffirmed the na
tional platform that journal again de
clared that no other construction could
bet placed upon it except that it called for
a gold standard.
. It is gratifying to see that its frantic
calls upon Governor Oates, “Help me,
Cassius, or I sink,” has brought dismay
to its heart and a little reason to Its
head. In its calmly and dispassionately
considered article of the 13th it goes on
•to say of the national convention:
they wanted a candidate who could
draw support from both free silver and
anti-free silver voters. The truth Is that
for more than a decade the two great par
ties of the country, republican and dem
ocratic, had been avoiding this question.
Both were afraid of it. Both constructed
platforms in 1S80 and in 1884 and.in 18,88
that were equivocal to the silver question.
Both parties expected to dodge the ques
tion again; and they both did in their
platforms of 1892.”
While admitting that the question was
dodged in the platform of 1892, an ad
mission which lets into the Democratic
party in good standing any voter what
ever may be his views upon money and
currency, it would have been well if the
Advertiser had added, that while the
national convention dodged the question,
the democratic conventions of all the
southern and most of the western states
have constantly and persistently de
manded free silver as equal money with
free gold.
Here In Alabama the democratic leg
islature of 1837, when the sub-treasury
soheme was up, adopted resolutions de
claring that gold and silver are the
moneys of the constitution, and that the
right and power to Issue money should
not be delegated to the banks. From that
day to the state democratic convention
of 1892 the democracy of Alabama have
consistently demanded free coinage of
gold and silver as the money of the con
stitution. Not only was this the voice of
1 southern states and conventions, but It
was the unanimous voice of our senators
and representatives down to a recent pe
riod, w'hen a few of them fell by the way
side.
The Advertiser has made a happy ad
vance In admitting at last that the free
coinage of silver is an open question and
that no democrat Is shut out by any party
law from advocating It. In taking this
advanced step it shows a readiness to
tolerate the nomination of Captain John
ston. It Is to be hoped that It may apply
to Itself very soon the somewhat altered
words of the poet:
"Free silver has sucli a fearful mien
As to be haled needs but to be seen;
But Viewed so oft familiar with her face
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
MUST UNITE THE PARTY'.
The able and ever watchful Montgom
ery Journal sums up the meeting ol the
populist and republican conference re
cently held in this city as follows:
"At last the republicans have swal
lowed the populltes or the populltes have
swailowed the republicans. At the con
ference called at Birmingham yesterday
the two wings of the opposition to the
democracy came together and agreed to
agree In the coming campaign. In a nut
shell the conference seems to have
agreed to Invite all the opposition to the
democracy to unite with them and the
result seems neither Kolb nor Bowman
won a victory In the conference. Kolb,
as is known, opposed any fusion, and
Bowman. Baltzell and Goodwyn favored
a fusion. They simply seemed to have
agreed that they would abandon parties
for the present and make the tight on
the platform of free silver and fair elec
tions. It seems, therefore, to be settled
that the democracy will have serious op
position next year and only the strongest
and most available man should be nom
inated for governor. The party can have
no hope of winning against such a con
glomerated opposition with a candidate
at the head of the ticket that cannot
unite the party. Democracy must pre
sent a united front to such formidable
opposition as it will have In 1896. It
must also Invite all those democrats who
have strayed from the fold back Into the
line and to help name and help elect the
ticket. If permitted to help name the
ticket there is no doubt about them
helping elect It."
It was also plainly evident at this con
ference that there are men and leaders
in Alabama who are averse to quitting
the democratic party and would be more
than willing to take their stand In the old
ranks and fight for the party of the peo
ple under the old colors if allowed to do
so without being, as they put It, “spit
upon and ostracised by those whose own
party pretentions are as foreign from
the party code on some questions as
those who voted against the nominee of
their party,” believing when they did so
the principles they advocated had been
jeopardized and party ties were no longer
binding. It is A mistaken Idea that ev
ery man Is politically dishonest but one’s
self. Things have (fccurred In recent
years iliat have caused unflinching and
unswerving democrats to stay away from
the polls rather than vote their party
ticket. Others under the heat of passion
have voted the opposing: ticket and re
gretted it at their leisure. It Is a mili
tary law to hang a deserter In order that
the ranks of the army may not be de
pleted under the penalty of death. But
in civil life right and Justice reigns su
preme in the mind of every man, and the
hardest criminal la considered Innocent
until hts guilt is established, and even
thpn the law gives trim the benefit of a
reasonable doubt as to his guilt or inno
cence. Party disloyalty is the common
charge now made against democrats of
Alabama. And without Judge or Jury
these democrats are being tried and con
victed by members of their own party
without law or evidence, and In some
instances the prosecuting attorney him
self is not like Ceasar’s wife, above sus
picion.
There is not a democrat in Alabama
but who is opposed to disloyalty, and
there is not a democrat who favors their
party promises being dominated by an
opposing party, but this practice of Judg
ing a man's Intentions and questioning
his integrity by pledging him to the sup
port of the ticket—as practiced in many
counties of the state in 1894—-is more than
a free born American will tolerate. If
a man's honesty and manhood is to be
questioned by his friends it is then high
timo that he seek other associates, and
this is Just what all honest men will do.
SHERMAN’S IDEA.
Senator Sherman thinks that congress
will not Indorse the Carlisle plan of call
ing in the greenbacks and increasing the
bonded debt. He thinks that the drain
on the gold reserve can be stopped with
out retirement of the non-interest bear
ing treasury notes. In his speech last
month at Massillon he said:
Mie remeuy proposed uy uarusie in a
recent speech in Boston, apparently with
the approval ot Cleveland, Is to retire
the greenbacks by the Issue o£ bonds,
and thus saddle the government with the
Interest on $346,000,000 of bonds. This Is
not the worst oT it. The mass of silvercer
tificales and treasury notes can then be
redeeiped only in silver dollars and this
means the silver standard alone. The
only way they propose to prevent this
is by tlie sale of more bonds to redeem
these notes and certificates,thus convert
ing all our currency into interest-bearing
bonds and leaving us no paper money ex
cept national bank notes. So radical a
change in our financial system can only
result in a great loss to the government
in the large increase of the interest-bear
ing debt, and in wild disturbance of the
industries and commerce of our country.
Fortunately, the incoming congress is
republican. It will no doubt provide ad
ditional tax or duties to meet current
deficiencies, preserve intact the gold re
serve, and maintain at -par with gold all
forms of money, whether of coin or pa
per."
There is little room to doubt that the
defeat of the democratic party at the re
cent elections was due to a want of con
fidence in the ability of Mr. Carlisle to
safely carry out his proposition of retir
ing the greenbacks and converting them
into interest bearing bonds to be used as
a basis for new national banks. The
people are opposed to the destruction of
the treasury notes and are radically op
posed to an lincrease of the national debt.
They saw plainly that the Wilson tariff
if adopted would have resulted in a still
greater than the present deficit and that
to adopt the currency plan of Mr. Carlisle
would so restrict the currency as to im
peril all business. Hence it was that they
said to Mr. Sherman and his followers:
“If as you say, you republicans can make
our revenues meet our expenses and keep
the greenbacks floating and at the same
time preserve the gold reserve intact, we
will give you an opportunity to try It,"
This Is the meaning of the recent elec
tion and this is all of it- The local squab
bles affected the result no doubt, but the
general result must be attributed to the
destruction of silver as standard money
and the consequent necessity, as imag
ined by the president and his followers,
of replacing the treasury notes with a
new bonded debt o.f $600,000,000.
SENATOR MILLS’ OPINION.
Below we publish an Interview with
Senator Mills of Texas by the Washing
ton correspondent of the St. Louis Repub
lic. It will be noticed that Mr. Mills
pointedly says the democratic defeat was
"because the present administration has
not rigidly adhered to the straight and
narrow path of old-fkshioned democ
racy." Our gold standard friends have
made a great man of Senator Mills, and
will now have to recant some of their
eulogies or modify their views:
“Washington, D. C., Nov. 13.—Senator
Roger Q. Mills of Texas arrived here this
morning. Like other democrats through
out the country, Senator Mills is very
much disappointed over the result of the
recent elections. The senator feels that
the cause of the democratic collapse was
disgust and disappointment on the part of
the people because the present adminis
tration haa not rigidly adhered to the
straight and narrow path of old-fash
ioned democracy. The Texas senator,
however, is not cast down regarding the
light to be made next year. Like Senator
Hill, he believes that there are more dem
ocrats than republicans in the United
States, and that all that is necessary to
do is to nominate a candidate wrho will
bring out the entire democratic vote.
“Senator Mills is earnestly In favor of
the nomination of William R. Morrison
for president next year. He believes that
he Is the strongest man in the party and
that under his leadership the democratic
masses of the country would rally and
once more demonstrate their potency.
Senator Mills cannot see how any man
bred in the faith of Jefferson could de
cline to vote for Morrison for president,
and says that the aim and oblect of the
democratic managers should be to nom
inate candidates for president that would
bring out the democratic vote. Colonel
Morrison, Senator Mills thinks, would be
a platform In himself. The people have
confidence in his honesty, his courage,
his fidelity to the principles of true dem
ocracy. Mr. Mills Is an advocate of an
old-fashioned democratic ticket on an
old-fashioned democratic platform. He
thinks that the democratic party ought
to stand squarely on the right solely of
the government to coin and issue money,
and that the pretentions of the banks or
any other corporations to issue money
should be fought and contested to the
end, as Jackson fought the banks fifty
years ago. The observations made by
the Texas senator in the southwest and
on his way from Texas to Washington
convinces him that the condition of the
country is improving and that times are
now reasonably prosperous. He believes
the next presidential election will bo
fought in a period of prosperity and that
the party In power will not be handicap
ped in a panic as it was last year. Sena
tor Mills Intends to make several speech
es In Texas early next spring, and be will
urge the democrats of his state to send a
Morrison delegation to the national con
vention.”
IN A NEW CHARACTER.
If we are to believe Mr. Walter Well
man, who writes from Washington to the
Chicago Times-Herald, we will soon find
Mr. Cleveland playing for popularity on
foreign affairs. The writer says}
"In the opinion of the ihlef engineers of
the third term, Mr. Cleveland will *>lay
some very clever politics during tha com
ing winter. They throw out hints that
the foreign policy of the administration
will surprise the country, and delight It,
too. There Is talk of some surprise In the
Cuban question. There Is. a belief that
the president will come out of the Mon
roe doctrine affair with Great Britain
with a plume which even James G.
Blaina would have been glad to wean
There is a general belief that In the ma
neuver for advantage against Mr. Reed
as the chief force at the republican end
of Pennsylvania avenue tha president
will get by far the best of It. These gen
tlemen of the administration have abun
dant faith in Mr. Cleveland’s ability to
promote his third term candidacy In such
a manner during the next six months
as to secure success both In the conven
tion and at the polls.
"If these spokesmen are going beyond
their authority, if Mr. Cleveland has not
had a change of conviction as to the pro
priety of a third term, if a movement for
a fourth nomination and a third term is
not to be organized from the White
House itself, doubtless we shall soon
know It by means of some expression
from the president himself. But this Is
the third term movement, as I find it
among the men whose relations with the
president are personally and officially In
timate.”
POLITICAL FRIENDS.
A few months before he died Horatio
Seymour said to one of his friends,
Dwight Lawrence, of New York:
“Dwight, I feel that I am near the end
of my career, and I want to tell you
something. I have had a great deal to
do wlh politics and with poliiiclans in my
time, and as I look back over the past
I can clearly see that the best friend
ships of my life have been formed In pol
itics. It is in politics that I have met the
manliest men, the most generosity.
These friendships have been enduring,
too; many of them have continued
throughout life. I believe politics bring
out the best there Is in man. It teaches
the narrow man to be broad, the selfish
one to be generous. This is true, be
cause friendships are essential to suc
cess. In that field of activity one must
have friends or he can't get on, and If
lie wants friendships he must deserve
them. I would not advise any young
man to stay out of politics because of
the danger of being demoralized. If he
Is the right kind of a man it will do him
good.”
The populists of Alabama have to solve
the problem: Shall we go along by our
selves and maintain our self respect, or
Bhall we go into the camp of the enemy,
ithe republican party? It seems that Col
onel Bowman has led them like lambs
to the slaughter, and they will very like
ly vote for W. F. Aldrich for governor
next year, in spite of his card saying
he Is not a candidate.
ALABAMA EDITORS,
Thanksgiving.
Give thanks unto the giver ot all good and
perfect gifts,
For the blessings He has showered upon the
land, mueli suffering lifts.
The harvest has been gathered. In the gran
eries it Is stored,
And the strong vaults of the bankers hold a
glistening, yellow hoard.
The country is at peace with all the nations
of the earth.
And the future holds no promise of a dread
ed, blighting dearth.
Of all the people of the world, we should
most thankful be,
For ttone have greater blessings, none are
• more truly free. f
By Providence most favored, it is meet that
wo should show
Our gratitude unto the Lord, 'twos He who
made us so.
Then let an honest, thankful prayer from
every heart arise,
Unto the Throne of Glory, to the God above
the skies.
—Florence Herald.
Populists Not In It.
Says the Anniston Hot Blast:
"Nothing could be plainer to a man
who is at all disposed to see than that
I he populists will never cut any political
figure in this country. The enemies of
democracy will all turn up in the repub
lican camp.”
Grows Better as He Warms Tip.
The Montgomery Journal says:
“The speech of Senator Pugh at Eutaw
seems to have been the ablest of the
speeches yet delivered by thesenatorsince
he came to Alabama. He seems to get
belter as he warms up in his campaign
for pure democracy in this state.”
Put Forward the Best Man.
Put forward the best man, says the
Montgomery Journal, with no divided
party behind him:
"The party must put forward its best
man for governor in this state. It can
not afford to put forward a man who will
go into the field with a divided party
behind him.”
No Harmony If Both Bun.
The Florence Herald thus wisely con
cludes:
‘‘The Birmingham State Herald, speak
ing with authority, announood last Sun
day that Capt. Joseph F. Johnston will
undoubtedly be a candidate for the dem
ocratic nomination for governor, and the
Montgomery Advertiser Is urging Gov
ernor Oates to stand for re-eleotlon. If
the same old battle Is fought again next
summer there will be but a poor chance
for harmony.”
People Tired of Bitterness and Strife.
Says the Montgomery Journal:
“Captain Johnston is the only avowed
candidate for governor, and if harmony in
the party is desired the question arises:
Should another candidate be brought
out? The people are tired of bitterness
and strife; they want peace. Shall they
have It? It Is now left with a few per
sons and newspapers which may dislike
Captain Johnston or disagree with him
In his financial views, to answer. If they
Insist on having a campaign of bitterness
and vituperation, and going Into the cam
paign divided Into factions, with no hope
of electing the tioket, the responsibility
must rest with them.’
Mistaken, Brother.
The Eutaw Mirror iB mistaken In the
following. Only three trains passed
through Birmingham and we bagged two
of them:
“Several train loads of Chicago excur
sionists passed through Birmingham last
week on the way to Atlanta. Great prep
arations were made to receive them and
show them the great exposition In and
around the cltjr, but they passed by on
the other side and didn’t even say 'how
dy' to those who stood ready to discharge
any quantity of fine rhetoric as to the
merits of great Birmingham."
True Philosophy.
Says the Brewton News:
“A young man who prefers loafing upon
the streets to working for a little less
than what he thinks his labor Is worth,
or Is extremely anxious to find an easy
place, seldom accomplishes much. The
brightest example of success in the bus
iness or Intellectual world today are
those who started under adverse circum
stances. The boy who acts upon the prin
ciple that he will only do pleasant work,
and that, too, at his own price, rarely
ever does anything. He will dead-beat
his way through life on his relatives, or
the public, which Is much worse,”
THE ADVERTISER REBUKED
Because It Impresses the Idea That Gold Bug
Democrats Would Not Support John
ston If Nominated.
The following: editorial appears In this
week’s Issue of the Demopolis Express:
“The Montgomery Advertiser In a re
cent editorial claims that Governor Oates
will be a candidate for a renomination.
Governor Oates In a subsequent interview
says he Is a candidate to succeed Sena
tor Pugh; that he announced in his last
canvass that he would be a candidate for
governor but one term; that he prefers
that the nomination next time be not of
fered him, but that if it is he will have
to accept.
"The Advertiser further claims that it
has nothing personal against Captain
Johnston, but does not believe he can be
elected if nominated; but that Oates can
be elected and should by all means be the
nominee of the party.
“Now, we are aware of the fact that
party precedent would entitle Governor
Oates to a renomination if he so desired
it, although he said in the past that he
would not be a candidate again, as he
has a right to change his mind; but we
know of no party rule requiring the nom
ination of a man unless he wishes it, or
for making such a thing the least bit
plausible, unless conditions required it. If
Governor Oates desires a renomination
we are for him, because he has made a
good governor and has given us a clean
administration; besides, he is entitled to
it if he wishes it. If he is nominated he
will and ought to be elected, for he will
be the democratic nominee, and this it|
a democratic state, and any nominee can
be elected who polls the full party vote.
Now, while we are for Oates for a second
term if he wants it, we are not of the opin
ion that his nomination Is essential to
the success of the party, and the Express
does not belong In that list of papers de
siring to force the nomination on Oates
simply to keep Captain Johnston or some
other good man from getting it. The Ad
vertiser argues that Oates can be elected,
but that Johnston ca.mot be, and the only
inference that can be drawn from such
alburnum iw, umi waies uuu ue L'letttu
because the Johnston men and silver
democrats are loyal enough party men to
elect Oates, while Johnston cannot be,
because the sound money democrats and
Oates men would cause his defeat by act
ing as the Clay men did In Kentucky. We
are for Oates if he wishes the nomination
and we are for sound money, and we de
nounce such an imputation of disloyalty
to the administration democrats in Ala
bama. The Advertiser! doubtless did not
intend to charge the administration dem
ocrats with being unfaithful or disloyal,
hut such is the only conclusion tha.t cart'
be drawn from the assertion that Oates
can be elected, hut Johnston cannot, for
this is a democratic state. Oates will be
elected because he will get the full party
vote; Johnston will be defeated because
he will fall to get the party vote. The
silver democrats and Johnston’s friends
will support him if he Is nominated; so
if he is to be defeated it will be because
the democrats are opposed to his nomi
nation, but favorable to Oates. Either
vote for a republican or decline to turn
out.
Suoh an argument is an Insinuation
and reflection upon those whom the Ad
vertiser holds out as the Simon pure de
mocracy and Is either an admission that
the men who oppose the nomination of
Johnston are weak-kneed party men and
will not support the nominee, else It Is
waging a personal warfare on Captain
Johnston. \Ve do not agree with Captain
Johnston on the financial question and
this Is an administration paper, neither
do we at this stage of the game commit
this paper to the nomination of Captain
Johnston; but we do wish to say and in
unmistakable terms, that we do hot think
the renqmination of Oates essential to the
success of the party and we are not In
favor of advancing false logic and argu
ment, as is the case with certain papers,
just for the sake of defeating Johnston
for a nomination that was 06needed him
while canvassing for Jones in 1890 and
1892 and for Oates in 1894.
"Captain Johnston does not express our
views on the financial question; while we
are bimetallist, we do not favor the basis
advocated by Johnston, Morgan, ot ate.,
hut when we Tecall the fact that the
financial views of the governor of Ala
bama amounts to but little In determini
lng bis fitness for the office and that It la
much more important that he Ije sound
on the questions within the province of
his powers, which are of vital Importance
to the whole people of Alabama, and as
Captain Johnston Is admitted to possess
the qualifications to make us a good gov
ernor, we are disposed to call a halt when
It looks like anything to beat him; and
we deny the disloyalty of the sound
money democrats in this nock of the
woods when the Advertiser insinuates
that they will vote for Oates in the gen
era! election but not Johnston.”
ori. _ it__i_i mn
pats in the primaries and then vote for
Kolb in August against Jones, and those
men have been denied a voice in the
counsels of the party. Then if that was
treachery, what term should be applied
to those in Kentucky who were disap
pointed because Hardin beat Clay for the
nomination and who refused to support
the former? Would not the administra
tion men in this state be in the same tlx
next year according to the prediction of
the Advertiser, that those men in this
state were in '92 who went into the pri
maries but who voted for Kolb in Au
gust? We think the argument of the
Advertiser unjust and severe on those
good democrats in Alabama who are un
favorable to the nomination of Captain
Johnston: we believe them loyal and
think they will come to time, who ever
is nominated, but if they are as uncertain
as the Advertiser insinuates, would it
not be a good idea to purge them before
they participate in the democratic pri
maries?
In order that our position may not be
misunderstood, we repeat, we are for bi
metallism upon a sound basis, but not ad
advocated by Johnston, Morgan et al.
We are for Oates for the renomination if
he wishes it, but not in favor of forcing
it on him against his wishes just to de
feat Captain Johnston. We do not be
lieve that the great democratic party
owes Its life and success to any one man
and do not therefore think the nomina
tion of Oates essential to party success
next August. We believe that Johnston
or any ether man will ire elected if he Is
the nominee of the party Irrespective of
his Individual views. We propose to sup
port with our main and might the nomi
nee of the party, be he gold bug or sllver
tte, and we pity the democracy of any
man calling himself a democrat who will
not.
The Trusteeship of Wealth.
It is one of the best signs of an ad
vancing enlightenment that in our time
our Licks, Stanfords, Vanderbilts,
Rockefellers, Carnegtes and their fellows
clearly recognize their obligation so to
use their enormous wealth as to leave
the world the better for their accumula
tion. Unfortunately there are still men
and families who deem it a proper career
for a man to inherit preposterous wealth
Und to devote all his energies to the task
of adding to it and transmitting the en
hanced pile to his children without even
an effort to make any part of it of service
to his fellowman in recognition of the
part his fellowmen have borne in making
such accumulations possible.—New York
World.
Young gentlemen having ambition to
play orchestral or band instruments of
any kind should consult Professor Weber
at the Birmingham College of Music.
Splendid opportunity. 6-23-tf
PENCILINGS.
Lillian.
Thy gentle eyes like slumbering stars
That dream through summer’s silken bars.
On brow and cheek in sweet repose
There bloom the lily and the rose.
Thy modest mien and gentle ways ^
! Command the poet's warmest praise, J7
Thou seemeth not of earth, but more }
A wanderer from some fairer shore. Jj
Thou hast an air, I know not whence, ~lf
Of guiielesaneae and innocence )
Apparent, yet so softly strong [
Like hopeful chords of some sweet song. )
The flowers are few that bloom upon
This earth, unblemished by the sun.
But thy pure being seems lmpearlec!
Amid tJiia hollow hearted world.
Thou earnest with the soothing swoon
Of Indian summer’s afternoon,
And in my spirit woke the themes
Of brown October's golden dreams.
Ave et vale! Thy sweet spell,
A welcome hall, a sad farewell!
God give the* life’s most lengthened lease,
Lillian, may all thy paths be peace!
—Montgomery M. Folsom In Home Tribune.
The populist party Is no more.
A Georgia paper says a woman In that
state has named her baby Fort—so her
husband can hold It.
Mr. Sibley Is said to be off whipping
himself because he was caught in that
republican-populist snap.
Balloon sleeves have put an end to tlia
hugging business, and bloomers—well,
chairs are nice enough to sit in, anyway.
The president has been shopping with
Mrs. Cleveland. He should keep that
up. A man who can make no better bar
gain with a foreign syndicate than Grover
has made may learn a good deal by
watching] an experienced lady shopper.
Nebuchadnezzar was condemned to eat
grass because he built an Image of gold
and commanded the people to bow down
to It, which may account to this day for
the opposition to the gold standard be
ing called “hayseeders.” They know
what grass Is and spend many hard licks
each year In killing It.
ALIVA YS
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ROGAN.
A RUTLEDGE TEACHER
Desires Information on an Important School
Question.
Rutledge, Ala., Nov. 13, 1895.
To the State Herald:
For several days we have been noticing
in the State Herald that a great interest
Is being manifested In the publlo schools
of Birmingham. On this line we wish to
ask for Information a few questions, Dr.
Philips or any other prominent teacher
answering.
l'hs majority of teachers in Alabama
who have taught lh the country am}
small towns know how difficult It Is to
make collections for tuition, the publlo
funds paying only a small percent of if;
Would it not be best to have a publlo
School running as long as the public
funds would last, and then to teach a
private school? Where there are about
eighty students In attendance and only
about sixty are paying ones, what dis
position should be made of the twenty?
Suppose there are two teachers employed
to teach the eighty pupils, thereby doing
ordinary work for those who pay as same
as to those who do not. Would it not be
advisable for the board of each school to
see that no one sends children to the pub
lic schools longer than the public funds
last, who are not average debt payers?
By doing this a sufficient number of
teacher? would be employed to do excel
lent work for each child, and eaoh patron
would be at ease while sending hla chil
dren. If It is not the best policy to re
ject non-payers, then would it not be ad
visable for the paying patrons to advance
the tuition of the non-payers, thereby
raising the funds to an amount which will
emplby all the teachers necessary In the
sohool?
We want every child in Alabama edu
cated; and, further, we would like each
patron to bear his own burdeft. Any ex
perienced teacher giving us advice on
tills subject will be our debtor. Respect
fully, _TEACHER.
It Indicates Peace
New York Herald.
But whatever else may be said about it,
this sudden agreement among the powers
supposed to be at odds about Turkey
seems to us to make (or peace and not for
war. The danger of war lay in discord—
In an attempt for example, by England
alone to coerce Turkey, while Russia,
openly or secretly, opposed her and sided
with Turkey. But who la going to war
with six powers? Not Turkey, certainly,
nor, if she did, would it matter much
except to Turkey.
The Tariff on Apples.
Boston Herald.
The shipment of great quantities of ap
ples to Europe goes on. And yet, if you
let the McKInleyltes tell it, a deadly
blow was struck at the American farmer
when an ad valorem duty of 20 per cent
was substituted for the McKinley duty
of 25 cents a bushel on apples grown in
the pauper orchards of Europe.
Singing Small at Present.
Washington Post.
The democracy is not finding life that
glad sweet song and dance that, some
body said it was. _ _~* •
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