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Corlolauas, Aet 0. Scene 3.
Size of the Army.
The appropriations for the next fis
cal year permit the army to be swelled
to 100,000 men, the allowance per man
being about $1500 a year; but General
Miles thinks an army of 75,000 men
will suffice. This would effect a sav
ing of about $25,000,000 all told, and
it may be the regular army will be
kept down to about 75,000 men.
The capture of Aguinaldo has
changed the situation. Alejandrlno,
Tinio and Callles are now the only
insurgent chiefs in the field, and the
end of the uprising seems to be near
at hand. This view of the Philippine
situation inspires the hope that not
more than 12,000 recruits will be
needed to take the place of returning
soldiers—in other words, to make an
army of 75,000 men.
General MacArthur asks that 60,000
troops be kept in the Philippines, al
though Spain kept there about 3000
men only. At home not more than
15,000 men are needed for garrison
duty, and 6000 men would suffice else
where. By sending General MacAr
thur 50,000 men the army would read
ily be kept down to 76,000 men, and if
peace comes in the Philippines, the
minimum of the army, 59,000 men,
would be more than enough.
The number of commissions to be
Issued, would not be reduced. The
army would be heavily over-officered,
but that cannot be avoided. It grows
out of our political system. There is
no need, however, to enlist more men
than the requirements of the service
call for, and Lieutenant General Miles
says 75,000 men will meet all needs.
It would be good politics to keep the
size of the army below the maximum,
especially when the patronage of the
army would not thereby be reduced.
Unless then the administration has
some Chinese or other scheme in view
we may expect to see the size of the
army established at about 75,000 men.
Fuel Oil in Texas.
If the Warrior were open to towfe
and barges cheap coal from Alabama
could form an alliance witn cheap fuel
- oil from Eastern Texas, and the two
could drive the coal mined 2000 miles
away from the Lower Mississippi, a
consummation devoutiy to be wished.
As things stand fuel oil wnl have a
tussle with Pennsylvania coal, and it
may win the fight. A pipe line to New
Orleans from Beaumont would be less
than 300 miles long, in a flat district,
where pumping could be done at low
cost. A pipe line to Houston and Gal
veston would be less tnan 100 miles
long. At either Galveston or New Or
leans the oil could be loaoed into tank
steamers, river or seagoing, and a
wide district, perhaps the marine
world, could be supplied.
At present such a rivalry would in
jure: the Alabama coal fields to some
extent, but as soon as the Warrior is
opened Alabama coal could meet fuel
oil at the sea on even terms at least.
Pennsylvania coal could not do so. It
is another illustration of the great
need of slackwater navigation in the
Warrior to this district. Give this dis
trict water navigation to-the sea, and
it will laugh at the oil weils of the
world, no matter where they are lo
cated.
Presidential Forecasting.
The early slatemakers are putting
Hill or Gorman at the head of the next
Democratic ticket, with Holla Wells,
Tom Johnson or Carter Harrison in
the second place. These plans are
open to the objection that not one of
these men bas demonstrated his ca
pacity to carry his own State. Even
Kolia Wells might not be able to carry
Missouri, where he has many enemies,
and not one of the other men named
have recently demonstrated their
strength in their own respective
States. It is believed Mr. Gorman will
carry the next Maryland Legislature.
If he does, it is safe to say that he has
bis State behind him, but no one can
confidently say that New York can be
carried by Mr. Hill against Colonel
Roosevelt or Governor O’Dell. Nor Is
any one Justified In saying that Carter
Harrison can carry Illinois or Toaa
Johnson Ohio.
The long and short of it is, the Den*
ocratic ticket for 1904 cannot be
named this month, simply because the
Democrats want nominees in 1904 that
can carry their own States. To nomi
nate men who cannot carry their own
States is to nominate men repudiated
! by those who know them best. The
Democracy does not want rich men.
Three full years will intervene be
fore the next nominees need bo se
lected. The virus of the robber tariff
is working out in the form of trusts,
and before 1904 men will appear
strong enough at home as well as else
where to lead the Democratic masses.
Let us reject any and all men who
cannot carry their own States—-who
do not demonstrate their capacity in
that direction before 1904 beyond
doubt or contradiction. The Democ
racy must get down to business in
1904, and mere theorists who have not
even their own States behind them
should stand aside, and should let men
of home strength and home standing
come to the front. The people are
the Judges, and they will select no
man who cannot carry his own State.
Let there be no mistake as to this.
Public Schools in Japan.
Well Informed persons have long
been aware that Japanese progress
springs from its public schools of vari
ous sorts, and that no effort is spared
to make these schools more efficient
and more comprehensive. Just now
higher schools for girls are receiving
more attention, but that is because
technical and commercial schools have
long been established. The govern
ment is conducting 281 technical and
commercial schools, in which there
are nearly 2500 instructors, and thous
ands of students. These schools are
maintained at a high standard by the
department of education, which every
year sends instructors abroad in order
that they may study the latest and
best methods of other countries. These
methods are assimilated and applied
without prejudice. Graduates of their
own colleges are also sent abroad be
fore they are accepted as instructors,
and the government bears their ex
penses to the number of about 100
each year.
Public education is not of course
confined to the public schools. The
primary and grammar schools are in
all parts of the empire carefully looked
after. The percentage of boys of
school age in school is now 85.6; of
girls, 59.4. This is much better than
Alabama is doing, and we may be sure
no book trust is permitted to exploit
Japan. The snlckersee would be ap
plied to any such case in that coun
try.
Japan’s ambition to take a place in
the modern world Is shown In the fact
that she employs fifty-two foreign pro
fessors to teach students foreign lan
guages, chiefly German and English.
Nearly all of her students that go
abroad are now sent to Germany, be
cause she has ascertained, as the rest
of the world has, that German schools
are thorough, scientific and satisfac
tory. The new Japan is an educated
Japan, and the new Japan will there
fore be a great force in the world.
The Emperor of Austria washes each
year the feet of twelve mendicants.
We have the hoboes, but thus far our
President has not seen fit to adopt the
imperial fashion.
The cov 'ts have decided that the
Castellanos may have $550,000 a year
to live on. The effort to pinch them
down to $250,000 a year was found im
practicable.
Prunes may be cooked in 100 differ
ent ways, but they are prunes still,
no matter how much they may smile
when brought to the table. ^
The issue in the Far West is irri
gation rather than navigation. It is
water, water everywhere, even if
there are other drinks.
Mail carriers begin to wish that
shirt waists will supplant coats in
their branch of the service during the
coming hot season.
President Schwab will not have to
draw his salary but a few months be
fore he will be in a position to retire
comfortably rich.
The Sultan fears both the bill that
America presents, and also the propo
sition to establish a department store
near his harem.
Power is not transferred in the
Spanish-American republics at the bal
lot box, but at the point of the bayo
net.
TTnder Indiana’s new law the sher
iff's office becomes vacant when a
case of lynching occurs in his county.
Sam Jones does not apply the
Golden Rule to himself when the time
comes to choose a Mayor of Toledo.
Kansas wheat has nearly passed
the drought line, and is out of dan
ger from that source.
Millionairs Rice had an environment
as hazardous as the Czar’s and a trifle
more precipitate.
The peanut corner very cruelly util
izes the smau boy who has a nickel to
invest.
A Canadian railway to the Yukon
has bee a. surveyed. A feasible line
bas bee) l found.
Gen. f kssslus u.. Clay , is the hero of
many w fera, civil, foreign and domes
tic.
I -
Vom ^ h Hinson begins to loom up,
as all Oltlo men do first or last.
Presi<t»‘i t McKinley' s California
train w3ni not be armored.
Fnnsto a\ 1b a hero who was never
hazed, f He hazes others.
Valets! aire at a discount since Valet
Jones tol dj his yarn.
I
Two-thinis of the world’s sugar Is
made fro;h» beets.
Million-dollar salaries are now the
fashion.
The hai jd-working hen needs a vaca
tion.
BIRD lOP ANOTHER COLOR.
From the«F B. Paul Globe.
The robin fhas come back, but Pat Crowe
la still out lot sight.
WC{T A CAKE WALK.
From the iinston Advertiser.
DeWet and Botha are determined to
make Frem^i walk Spanish.
LEGISLATORS AND DOGS.
From the \|Tj ishlngton Post.
The Tcnn fcsiiee legislators are wrestling
with the dfjg«question. The man who can
legislate w| sely on the dog question was
never born.
ADDICKS*: (AS OFFICE DISPENSER.
From the Y »lmlngton Every Evening.
Politically (considered, his enemies could
wish no grr ater misfortune for Addicks
than that he foe clothed with the power to
dispose of the I Federal offices In this State.
It would re-.fit his faction into factions
and make him enemies where he now
has friends, for at least followers. It
would leave j him In the end shorn of
much of hid* present power.
But’the spectacle of the President of
the United Btates recognizing Addicks
and endorsir g the Addicks methods in
politics would not be a pleasing one.
On the cont ts.ry, it would cause the
honest peoples-of Delaware to hang their
heads in sha oje.
—id-—
COST ofVa royal funeral.
From the London Express.
According teethe official report, the ex
penses of theAfuneral of Queen Victoria
reached a tr^jil of £36,500. Of this sum
the largest in dividual total is £15,000 for
the traveling < menses and accommodation
of the troops. The entertainment of the
royal and fore! gn guests cost £8,500; enter
tainment of fi ireign envoys, £800; apart
ments for roy^^l guests, funeral furnish
ing, mourning* allowances for servants,
etc., £2,900, ai id' the hire of carriages,
railway and stiuimer expenses, and extra
servants cost 01.300. For fitting up St.
George’s Chap( 0, the erection of stands,
and repair of d hmage in the parks a sum
of £8,500 is set j down, while sundry ex
penses, includirte those of the Earl Mar
shal’s staff, tVie Dean and Chapter of
Windsor, and the*special force of police,
total fBOO.
DO'S AND ^JDON’TS ON DIET.
London Speetat M ’s review of Dr. Hutch
inson’s Book.
We search in I* vain and without hope
through the pa s of the doctor’s able
and comprehend Ve study of food for any
golden rules of •< Pet. Frivolous conversa
tion as an after r~dlnner amusement la a
sound maxim. 1 This we knew. Be care
ful of your diet pas you grow into middle
age, for the mO re rotund you become the
faster will you froll down the hill of life.
So says the doc (or. Are you sleepless and
nervous? Drink ,bottled stout It is bet
ter to eat too n luch than too little, yet
always remembe r* that you are probably
eating enough t gr two. Do not try to
live on bread art tf water for a month, or
for a fortnight ^on “Old Tom.’* Keep
your fortified win an for special occasions,
not as a runni ms accompaniment to
meals. Do not l^i* led away by whole
meal bread and.ttanoa, good as they are.
If you think you can live on cocoa pre
pare to drink sey»ra ty-flve breakfast cups
of it a day and tfjincy yourself another
Marquise de Brf*rx viUiers. Avoid “high
teas” when much meat is eaten, says the
doctor. You are (not compelled to eat
much meat, howe\ter, and it seems to us
that a “high tea”''with a little meat Is
better than a dlnm |D with much meat and
all sorts of reberil rt is liquors thrown in.
That way lies gout • Millions of English
men have tea with every meal, and would
feci very miserable g without it.
WHY WAS MR. 1 KNOX APPOINTED?
From the New Yoi tk World.
Why was Mr. I' Inox appointed attor
ney general? What uvas the real motive?
His public recordIt His public speeches?
His public services'll His services to the
Republican party?
Has he ever madid a single speech for
the Republican part a? Is there on record
a single utterance fltom him In favor of
Republican prlnclpl as? Has he a record
at all to any office 1? Is there a solitary
act Indicating either »the confidence of the
people In his rhnrai her* or his sympathy"
wlth the people?
We do not answer ^these questions. We
simply ask them. I
The theory and th practice, the prece
dents of politics and Ifportles, require that
members of the Cal If net shall be repre
sentative men In theg party sense, repre
sentative men In the*political sense—rep
resentative of some ’principle, of some
policy, of some Inter ast.
Now, what Interest; what principle, can
Knox represent unle ps it Is the interest
of the trusts and ca: tporatlons, unless it
Is the principle of th Iplr protection, their
security, their Immurgty?
Pennsylvania alrea |y has In Charles
Emory Smith one mg, inber of the Cabinet.
The selection of a se> tend from the same
State Is most unusut it And when that
selection Is a man Ilk tt Mr. Knox, known
only as chief counsel 1 of the Carnegie
Company, chosen by C gn head of the great
trust Into which thdtt [ company has just
been absorbed, the matter becomes a
grave public scandal.
REFLECTIONS ’A BACHELOR.
r
From the New Yc wag
If ahe thought no or je would hear, the
average woman would ktalk baby-talk to
a cockroach. * ?
When a man gets c( gJght In anything
his first Instinct ia to lie out of it; a
woman's Is to have hyi fc erics.
The first sign that ike honeymoon la
over Is when a womaif- begins to think
she likes to comb her 3) pisband’s head.
A woman feels tsrrtb' ty unhappy when
she really wants te up t handkerchief
and has only got her b pat lace ode with
her. , *
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
Astrologer Raphael's prophecies for this
day, Wednesday, April 1, 1901:
“Very uncertain all day long."
“Thy birthday Is a verjfc qul®* one, and
thy affairs will proceed as usual."
“The fortunes of a child born on this
day will depend upon the hour of Its
birth.”
A Sunday School Delegate.
“I am a Sunday school delegate going
to Talladega,” she said as she displayed
her reduced-fare roundtrlp ticket at the
union passenger station yesterday after
| noon.
The gateman looked at her hard as he
punched her ticket, and he smiled uncon
sciously at the fpJr and dainty little fig
ure of the ten thousand who had passed
him during the day. It was his last hour
on duty and he was tired, but he was
bom amiable, was of gentleblrth. and he
will always be amiable and gentle, that
good-looking day gateman at the main en
trance to the big station. But tired as he
was, he gave more than passing atten
tion to the fair little Sunday school dele
gate bound for Talladega.
The good-looking gateman was not the
only man who smiled at seeing the little
delegate. There were others, and no won
der. She might have been a figure out of
a story of George Meredith, a diminutive
felana of The Crossways, say, and her
quaintly southern speech might have
been uttered by one of Fielding's creations
of the olden time. Her figure was that of
k goddess—a little goddess—she was a
little young gentlewoman, a real daugh
ter of Birmingham; and, you know, most
men love little women, and little women
iuvb must men.
The delegate was one of those incom
parable southern types who know best
how to say "good mawnin'”, and her
speech to the gnteman was enough to
bring the songs of mockingbirds and the ;
perfume of honeysuckles to the wide
spaces of the big passenger station. There
were peajch blossoms in its notes, and the
low hum of tuneful bees droning their
flight honey-laden and unresting. Her
eyes flashed the living fire of a wonder
ing soul, and her little feet peeped in and
out as if they feared the light, as did the
feet of old Sir John Suckling's Bride of
the long ago.
"What of Talladega?” she demanded of
one who approached her reverently. "Is
it far? When shall I get there? Are the
men nice? And are the women so very
charming? Where do you suppose they
will take me—to what charming house?
Shall I be called upon to make a speech
in the Sunday school convention? Do you
think I nm good enough to be a delegate?
Pretty enough, eh? Do you think they’ll
think so? How am 1 to address the chair
man? Let him address me? But he iH
sure to be an old married man, isn't he?”
Thus ran the Are of questions with in
conceivable rapidity and infinite charm,
and questioning and laughing the fairest
Sunday school delegate who has lived
since Robert Raikes began his work an
hundred and twenty years agone went
her way to Talladega.
Mr. Lacy and Trussville Furnace.
J. D. Lacy, an Eastern capitalist long
resident in New Orleans anil well known
in the Birmingham district, Is understood
to have purchased a large interest in the
Trussville furnace, paying a cash price
that runs far up into ffve figures.
"Mr. lacy is a man of large w’ealth and
Is one of the best and strongest of all
the capitalists who have Interested them
selves in Birmingham and the district,”
said a large owner of mineral property.
"He Is the best kind of man for indus
trial enterprises of great moment, and I
should rejoice very much if# he would
come to reside in Birmingham, but I fear
that he is not likely to do so. His resi
dence here would mean big things for the
district.
'T happen to know of an instance when
an extraordnars' mark of confidence was
shown in Mr. Lacy, and one w'hich is a
happy commentary upon his enviable
reputation as a good man of powerful
business accomplishments. A certain
Eastern firm was considering the pur
chase of a large body of Alabama timber
lands, and Mr. Lacy being then in Bir
mingham the firm pursuaded him to in
spect the land and report his observations
and impressions. His report was favora
ble, and at once the firm bought the land
for a large sum without any one of the
firm ever having seen it, and solely upon
Mr. Lacy’s opinion, although Mr. Lacy
informed the buyers that he would re
ceive a percentage on the sale from the
sellers. Certainly that was a remarka
ble tribute to Mr. Lacy’s character as a
straightforward man and to his business
sagacity and ability.
"Thus I am glad this investor has in
vested In the Trussville furnace.”
“I Move You, Sir.”
"The other day I heard so learned and
able a man as John B. Knox of Calhoun
In making a.motion address the chairmen
of a meeting with 'I move you, sir,' and
1 believe I once heard Tennent Ix>max of
Montgomery make a similar mistake,”
remarked a State official yesterday.
”It is astonishing that such leaders of
the people should fall Into such a common
and palpable error of parliamentary pro
ceedure. In Itself the expression 'I move
you, sir,' Is entirely inane and meaning
less, though we frequently hear It tittered
In public meetings and legislative bodies,
Yrom the City Council of Birmingham and
the Alabama Legislature to the House of
Representatives at Washington, where It
is the cherished phrase of the numerous
hill-billy Congressmen; but It is not used
altogether by ignorant men, as we ob
serve In the ease of the brilliantly Intel
lectual and learned John Knox.
"With all respect to the able men who
fall Into the cheap error of using the
phrase in making a motion, It is unwor
thy of a respectable deliberative body.
Such an expression as, say, 'I move you,
sir, that Jim Smith be sent to rush the
growler' ought never to be put by any
presiding officer to any meeting; It ought
to be ignored, for It is not only bad slang,
but Is Illegal la the parliamentary sense.
" 'I move (or I offer a motion) that
James Smith be appointed by the chair
to fetch beer', with the 'you, sir,' elimi
nated, would be in good parliamentary
form and eminently proper; but 'I move
you, sir,' Is the most hlll-bllly of hlll-bllly
lsms. Bah! Let us have no more of such
slovenliness In the proceedings of public
meetings or official bodies.”
General Behan in Birmingham.
General Behan, a brigadier of the Con
federacy, former mayor of New Orleans,
and one fit the largest sugar planters of
Louisiana, was In Birmingham yesterday,
and left In the afternoon for Walker
County, where he owns large coal proper
ties. General Behan was one of the
earliest and strongest promoters of the
sale of Alabama coal to the sugar plan
ters, and his work in that direction was
great and valuable. For a long time he
mam ■nrarpd In the wholesale grocery
•
business In New Orle/ns, but retired sev
eral years ago to devote his entire atten
tion to his planting Interests. His sugar
plantation on the Mississippi River, forty
miles above New Orleans, Is one of the
finest In the sugar producing region.
General Behan said yesterday that ap
parently the sugar planters were not
buying as much Alabama coal as usual.
He did not explain why that was so.
The Elmore Trouble.
"I am In favor of the State Democratic
Committee letting Elmore County shift
for itself," said a well known Democratic
worker yesterday.
"This latest folly of the committee of
that county In declaring null and void
the action of the State Committee regard
ing the contest for the nomination for
Constitutional Convention delegate from
Elmore Is carrying the thing too far. Mr.
McKenzie Is the regular Democratic nom
inee, according to the State Committee,
and the State Committee’s decision Is the
supreme law of the party. Democrats
must abide by it, or place themselves In
the attitude of defying their party au
thority. Mr. McKenzie is the regular
nominee In Elmore, and the county com
mittee is powerless to ‘withdraw* him, as
It has resolved to do.
"Elmore County has given the State
Democracy a great deal of trouble for
the past ten years, and in the Morgan
Johnston contest for the United States
Senatorship that ftttle county gave more
trouble than almost any other county In
the State. The m,ost distinguished men
In the State canvassed the county, and
probably every voter In It heard more
than one able speech. Now comes the
county Democratic committee to make
Itself ridiculous. It Is too much! I am
In favor of telling Elmore to go in peace
or fussing, as It may."
Hon. E. D. Willett to Marry.
The Atlanta newspapers announce that
Hon. E. D. Willett of Carrollton, Ala.,
will wed Miss Julia Ridley of LaG range,
Ga., in June. Mr. Willett is one of the
best known and ablest young men of Ala
bama. He formerly represented Pickens
County in the Legislature, and will repre
sent that county in the coming State con
stitutional convention, an honor which
his distinguished father, the late Hon. E.
D. Willett, enjoyed in the constitutional
convention of 1875. Mr. Willett has friends
all over Alabama w’ho will be pleased by
his happiness. Hon. Joseph J. Willett of
Anniston is a younger brother of the
bridegroom-to-be.
Commenting upon the coming marriage
the Atlanta Journal says:
"Mr. Willett belongs to an old and aris
tocratic family of Alabama. He Is one
of the leading lawyers of the State and
prominent in all political movements. He
is a brother of Dr. George Willett, one of
the rising young physicians of Atlanta.
Mr. Willett and his bride-elect will make
their home in Carrollton. The wedding
will be a fashionable event, at which
Georgia and Alabama will be largely rep
resented.”
About Persons.
Mr. John W. Griffin and Mrs. Griffin
of Lowell, Mass., are at the Morris.
• • •
Mr. Fraser Coulter and Mrs. Coulter of
J^ew York are at the Morris.
• • ♦
P. P. Watson, a tobacco manufacturer
of Martinsville, Va., is in Birmingham.
* * •
Hon. Robert J. Lowe has returned from
Huntsville.
* • •
Messrs. D. M. \yhite, J. L. Puritoy, D.
H. Biddle, R. Y.Salter, and W. D. Speig
ener, all of Goodwater, are at the Metro
politan.
• • •
Rev. L. 8. Handley has accepted an
Invitation from camp Lomax Confeder
ate Veterans of Montgomery to deliver
an address In the First Presbyterian
church of that city on Sunday, April 21.
• * •
Former Judge H. J. Lancaster of El
more County Is In town.
...
Former Sheriff Vance, one of the repre
sentative citizens of Bibb County, Is in
Birmingham.
...
Daniel Pratt of Prattville Is at the Mor
ris.
. . .'
Mr. Arthur C. Crowder of Jackson,
Mts$., formerly one of the most popular
of all the society men of Birmingham,
is at the Morris, and he will be cordially
welcomed here.
• • •
Mr. E. C. McCall of Opelika Is in BJrm'
ingham.
• • •
Mr. I. M. Dean, a prominent Indlanian
of Indianapolis, is at the Metropolitan.
• * •
Whit Collier, the renowned representa
tive of the Illinois Central Railroad at
Atlanta, is at the Metropolitan.
• • •
Dr. E. Argo and Mr. W. O. Davis of
Goodwater are at the Metropolitan.
. . .
Mr. W. N. Foreaere of the Southern
Railway Is at the Metropolitan.
HELEN HALL ENJOINED.
Justice Truax Makes an Important
Ruling In Gilman Case.
New York, April 9.—Justice Truax, in
the Supreme Court, today, granted an
application by the Fifth Avenue Trust
Company, which corporation is the de
fendant in an action brought against It
by Mrs. Helen Hall to recover S14.1D0 de
posited by the late George Gilman during
the year 1900 to turn over the money to
Theophllus Gilman and Edward F. Nor
ton, the temporary administrators of
the Gilman estate.
It was claimed by Mrs. Ilall that the
money belonged to her, but the Trust
Company alleged It had been deposited in
Gilman's name and should therefore be
handed over to the administrators and
dealt with according to the decision of
the court.
Application was made to Justice Smith
in the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, this af
ternoon for the appointment of a com
missioner to inquire into the alleged in
sanity of Anna K. Oilman. I'pper Clap
ton, London. England. Her brother, F.
C. Gilman of Brooklyn made the appli
cation. She is a sister and one of the
heirs of the late tea merchant, George F.
Gilman.
British Steamer Afloat.
Kingston, Jamaica, April 9.—The Brit
ish steamship Costa Rican, Captain Kelly,
which left here on March 28 for Liver
pool via New Orleans and returned uere
April 4 after having been ashore three
days on Grand Cayman, where she landed
her cargo, has sailed for Grand Cayman
to take on board again the cargo there
landed. She will thence proceed to Liver
pool via New Orleans.
Neither Confirmed Nor Denied.
Pittsburg, April 9.—President J. B. Fin
ley of the Monongahela River Consolidat
ed Coal and Coke Company today re
turned from New York and according to
a report he has been there conferring
with agents with a view to selling the
river coal combination to the I'nlted,
Statee Cteep Corporation. He will neither
confirm nor deny the report.
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RUSSIA IS EVIDENTLY
ACTING IN GOOD FAITH
BY ALBERT HALSTEAD.
Washington, April 9.—(Special.) — Rus
sian assurances that her occupation of
Manchuria Is not to be permanent has
been regarded by those Inclined to be
lieve that Russia Is acting in good faith
as an indication that the pressure that
has been brought to bear upon that gov
ernment has caused it to yield. That is
the view which the State Department has
given out for public consumption, but
whether it Is the real Impression made
upon the State Department by the Mus
covite diplomatists Is another question.
It would manifestly be unwise for the
State Deportment to endburage the Idea,
even officially, thnt Russia Is suspected
of bad faith, but the history of Russian
diplomacy does not encourage the ld»a
that Ruasla really Intends to give up
Manchuria. The fact that the British
press, and the Japanese as well, do not
put much faith In these Russian promises
la not to be overlooked, although each of
these nations Is naturally very suspicious
of Russia and Inclined to discredit her
motives.
The fact remains that Russia put great
pressure to bear upon the Chinese gov
ernment to sign the Manchurian treaty,
which has been called a 'modus vivendi,”
and that only after China, at the instance
of th/'other powers, refused to sign the
trenty, she notified the American govern
ment that her occupation was to be tem
porary. No one can tell how long Russian
occupation of Manchuria "for pacification
purposes” will continue. That situation
can be continued almost indefinitely. It
will be easy, whenever the suggestion is
made that Manchuria is "pacified” and
Russia -to wit. .aw, for the Russians to
stir up trouble that will show to the
world that it is necessary for Russian
occupation to continue. The plain fact
remains that Russia will hold Manchuria
indeflnitely. as Great Britain holds Egy pt,
and that the longer Russian troops are
quartered in Manchuria the more unlike
ly will it be that Russia will ever give
up'that territory, which she has coveted
for years.
Some National Gossip.
The determination of the President and
the 'Taft Philippine Commission to ex
tend the civil sendee rules to the Philip
pines, as far as future appointments to '
clerkships and other minor positions In
the Islands Is concerned—and preparations
for examinations for positions In the
Philippine civil service are now being ~ j
made—will remove one objection that has
been strong with advocates iof civil ser
vice reform, to the retention of the Phil
ippines. That objection Is that the party
In power, without civil service examina
tions for positions In the colonial service
would be tempted to create unnecessary
positions and fill them with partisans,
whom It was desired to favor for politi
cal reasons.
The probable candidacy of Mayor Tom
L. Johnson of Cleveland, O., for the sen
atorshlp to succeed Senator Foraker Is at
tracting attention here, It Is believed
that Mayor Johnson will refuse to com
promise with John R. McLean and run
for Governor, leaving McLean a free field
for the Senatorshlp., Johnson may de
termine to run for Governor with the
idea that It will strengthen him for the
Senatorshlp. McLean Is supposed to be a
candidate for the Senatorshlp and he has
an Important machine In Ohio. Johnson
Is preparing to construct hls own ma
chine, using hls municipal appointments
for that puspose and having hls friends
organize throughout the State. This
means a pretty fight between McLean
and Johnson that will not be conducive to
democratic harmony In Ohio.
Cabled information from London Indi
cates that-*lt Is probable that the new
British budget, which Is to be announced
about the middle of this month, will
take a long step toward the adoption of
a system of taxation on Imports. Great
Britain Is In great need of additional rev
enue, and it is regarded as altogether
probable that sugar will be used to raise
the needed revenue. With this opening
wedge some careful students of British
financial and Industrial conditions antici
pate that It will not be very long before
the free trade idea is abandoned and
customs taxes for revenue and protective
purposes become quite general. Certainly
the trend Is In that direction.
WITH THE EDITORS OF
THE STATE PRESS
Credit In Jefferson’s Capital.
From the Bessemer Herald-Journal.
The prompt manner that Btrmtng am
met the necessities of her storm unfor
tunates is a credit to Jefferson's capital
city.
One Tornado Was Enough.
From the Franklin Times.
Mrs. Nation's engagement to l^ture n
Birmingham has been cancelled. That city
could not stand two tornadoes so close
together. 'V
Illiteracy and the Ballot.
From the Gadsden Journal.
Leaving partisanship out of th®
tion, does a man who does not value the
privilege sufficiently to learn to read the
names on his ballot deserve the right to
vote?
A Just Cause.
From the Dothan Wiregrass Siftings^
West Florida wants to get on to Ala
bama very much, and'the Siftings hoP«
thev will succeed. It is a lust cause and
the'remainder of Florida is cruel to op
pose it.
Dogs Should Be Taxed.
From the Coosa Argus.
The Supreme Court of Alabama has ren
flered an opinion declaring dogs to be
property. If such be the case, »»>en a tax
should be levied on every cur or any
other species of the canine family In the
State.
Work for the Candidates.
From the Columbia Breeze.
The candidates should get out and tell
the people what they are nominated for
There is oposttion to a convention and
it is the duty of candidates to it to in
form the people of the necessity of hold
ing It if they favor it.
The Democratic Pledges.
From the Franklin Times.
The Democratic party has pledged it
self to form a constitution that will erad
icate the ignorant negro vote and dis
franchise not a single white man. This
can and will be done under the constitu
tion and under the flag.
Would Not Be Bulldozea.
From the Mobile Herald.
President McKinley has decided not to
appoint any negroes as army officers,
notwithstanding the presure being made
on him to do so. Even the four negro
regiments now In the service prefer white
officers. This Is one time, anyhow, that
the politicians did not bulldoze the Pres
ident.
Insurance Rates Raised.
From the Bessemer Workman.
We are informed that the Southeastern
Tariff Association has made a wholesale
raise in Are insurance rates in Bessemer.
In fact, the raise in some instances
amounts to as much as 75 per cent, mak
ing it almost prohibitive.
The question naturally arises as to
whether or not the insurance companies
are adopting this method to make up
the reduction which Birmingham secured
while the Legislature was in session.
Should Explain More Fully.
From the Franklin Times.
The explanation of Mr. Kersh of the
Advertiser, as to why he failed at every
stage of the proceedings to report the
Shelby County court house bill, is one
explanation which does not explain. The
sum and substance of his explanation is
that he has none. Mr. Kersh hints that
there were other irregularities practiced
In the last Legislature. Having endulged
In the emiendo. It is now his duty to tell
what their Irregularities were. It Is the
duty of the newspapers to keep the peo
ple informed of the acts of these ser
vants. not the good acts only, but the bad
as'well.
Birmingham a Hustler.
Frorfi the Florence Herald.
There Is more genuine hustle and go
ahead In Birmingham than any city In
the south. Its cltlens and public men re
spond cheerfully and promptly to all calls
made upon them whether It be of a busi
ness of charitable nature. The quick re
sponse of her people after the ..recent
cyclone and the plucky determination to
care for the destitute and wounded vic
tims showed grit and determination wor
thy of emulation by any city In the conn
try. Birmingham is resourceful and recu
perative at ajl times and under all cir
cumstances. '
The Dust Problem.
From the Florence Herald.
Birmingham is discussing the question
of how to handle the dust problem In her
streets. This is a serious question, and
has been agitated in every city in the
country. The writer was recently remind
ed of the necessity of some remedy for
the dust and microbes that are put in
suspension at night by the street sweep
ers of Birmingham, while in the Magic
City. These machines are essential for
health and comfort’s sake, but dust and
microbes are stirred up and put in suspen
sion in the process and are a source of
great danger. Coal oil is the only reme
dy and has been tried successfully on
streets and roads in other sections. A
cheap grade of unrefined oil would be
very inexpensive, and it will require only
an occassional skrinkling to keep down
the dust and kill the microbes.
“COMMUNITY OF INTERE8T."
From the Chicago Tribune.
No attention need be paid to the report
that there is a plan for the combination
of all the great railway systems of the
country under the control of one com
pany. There are obstacles in the way,
some of them of a legal nature, which
are insuperable. The story probably had
its origin in the reported amalgamation
of the Southern Railway, the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton, the Indianoplis and
Louisville. These roads, already closely
allied, soon may become more intimately
connected than they are now.
While the one company plan is not to
be thought of because of the popular in
dignation it would provoke, as well as for
other reasons, the "community of inter
est” plan will be carried out more exten
sively than it has been yet, provided it
continues to work well. Thus far Its In
ventors have no reason to be dissatisfied
with it. The roads where a "community
of interest” obtains have had no rate
wars and have been able to make econo
mies. It is true that the plan has not
been thoroughly tested yet. It will have
to be treid in dull times as well as in
prosperous times before It can be pro
nounced a complete success from the
point of view of the railroad managers.
The satisfactory workings of the ''com
munity of Interest'' plan up to this time
are the cause of a part of the advance In
value of the securities of the roads which
have come In under this plan or which are
expected to do so. Investors as well aa
speculators appear to have great confi
dence In the securities of roads which
It Is believed will be exempt from rate
wars. Such wars are certainly undesira
ble. They demoralise traffic. If the new
departure In railway management shall
end thetn much will be gained.
It Is yet to, be ascertained whether dis
criminations between shippers and be
tween localities will be discontinued as a
result of the new departure.. They have
been the most objectionable features of
railway management In the past. There
has been a gradual decline In rates, In
spite of all efforts to maintain them, but
the offensive and illegal policy of discrim
ination has continued to flourish and to
build up favored corporations and Indi
viduals.
THE NICEST THING SAID.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
They are saying very nice things about
General Chaffee. The nicest thing they
can say Is that he rose from the ranks
and hasn't forgotten the faot.
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SO RUNS MY DREAM.
By Tennysnn.
O yet we trust that somehow good
Will be the final goal of 111,
To pangs of nature, sins of will.
Defects of doubt and taints of blood;
That nothing walks with aimless feet;
That not one life shall be destroy’d.
Or cast as rubbish to the void,
When God hath made the pile comptatp;
That not a worm Is cloven In vain;
That not a moth with vain deslm
Is ohrivel'd In a fruitless fire.
Or but subserves another’s gall).
Behold we know not anything;
I can but trust that good shall (MB
At last—far oft—at last, to all,
And every winter change to spring.
80 runs my dream; but what am I
An Infant crying In the night;
An Infant crying for the light;
And with no language but a cry.