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THE AGE-HERALD.
Birmingham. Ala,
Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 1421
43 Street. N. W.
mONLV DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Glory it like a circle In the water
Which never ceaseth to enlarge Itself
Till by broad spreading it disperse to
naught
—»1 King Henry VI.
Smashing the Machines.
President Roosevelt is a persistent
i*nd also a stubborn man. When he
determines to follow a certain policy,
no man or set of men can turn him
away from it. The entire history of
his active life shows that this is the
nature of the man. Grover Cleveland
was not greatly unlike him in the re
spect of steady, undeviating personal
force. Both of these New Yorkers
are forceful men, the latter one think
ing and acting quicker than the earlier
one, but neither is inclined to yield to
outer circumstances, or to conform to
other men's wishes or opinions.
Beyond all doubt the stubborn and
persistent Mr. Roosevelt has determ
ined to disregard all political ma
chines, partly because he hopes In
that way to gain a larger following
among the common people, and partly
because the machines are against him
anyway. The machines in each State
desire a man who will hand out pie
without a word. Such a man was the
late President. Mr. McKinley meant
well; he preferred to put honest men
In office, but ho was wholly in the
bands of the political machines with
which each State and territory is well
equipped.
The man who considers Mr. Roose
velt a tyro In politics forgets that he
has ceen In active politics twenty
years at least. He has been a studfent
of politics that length of, time, and
he was not asleep a single day In all
i ...at time. He saw and studied all
was goine'on in political life In
Hrcountry at least. He can put his
IjlHmind on every machine leader in every
Oi10 of the States. He knows the
Hanna machine in Alabama as well
as if he had gone through It with a
lantern. Let no one consider Mr.
Roosevelt as a greenhorn In politics,
for he has cut his eye-teeth, and they
are good strong teeth.
If things happen suddenly in this
State in federal circles let the fact
be kept in mind that a Hanna machine
existed or does exist here, and that
Mr. Roosevelt has no use for a Hanqa
machine in any State. The Age-Herald
has no Interest In these squabbles
within the Republican party except as
a mere observer of events. One Re
publican is as good as another to this
paper, and none of them are very de
sirable, but elaborate explanations are
not needed wnen a Hanna machine
man’s head falls into the basket.
Amending the Georgia Constitution.
Georgia is endeavoring to reform Its
constitution by the amendment route,
and the Legislature which is in ses
sion is preparing a series of proposi
tions that will be submitted to the peo
ple of the next State election. One of
the proposed amendments provides
“that the term of Governor be changed
from two to four years, and that he be
Ineligible for four years after the ex
piration of hia term."
' Thus Is the new constitution of Ala
bama vindicated. Alabama, however,
goes further by making a Governor
Ineligible to re-election, and he cannot
be elected to the United States Sen
ate during his term or within one year
from Its expiration. The chief trouble
In all States Is that a Governor who
has about run his course In the execu
tive office goes io plotting for a term
in the Federal Senate, subordinating
the public service to his private
acheme, deceiving himself with the
assumption that no one could serve
the State so well at Washington as
he. The new Alabama constitution
elite off aa such scheming and plot
ting in office, and the Georgia legisla
ture would do well to put an end to
the evil in Its State.
Wnat is wanted Is a Governor who
will not delude himself into thinking
that he Is that good or even a sole
means to it. In this State Legisla
tures are four years apart, and a new
- Legislature meets just after each Gov
ernor goes out of a four-year term.
That Legislature cannot elect the re
tiring Governor to the Unitod States
. Senate, and the next Legislature does
^knot meet until four years have elapsed.
H^Ky that time the retiring Governor’s
■^^■clal machine would have disay
|B|H:ed altogether. In this State the
N?*tHiaturo lhat wecU 14 JaUMary
1903, will elect General Pettus* suc
cessor, and the Legislature that meet*
in January, Jau7, will elect two Sen
ators, because the next Legislature will
not meet until January, 1911, Senator
Morgan’s present term will expire In
March, 1907, and Senator Pettus’ sec
ond term will expire in March, 1910.
No Extra Session Needed.
“The Governor,” says the Union
Springs Herald, "Is inclined to call on
extra session ot the General Assem
bly. Some havj deemed that the ■
calling of that body would be a ncces- j
sity to make the law conform with the I
new constitution. The Governor states i
that the instrument was drafted so j
nearly as possible to render an extra !
session unnecessary. The Governor |
is going to save iue State’s funds, anil ]
you may depend on that.”
This Is the correct view to take of
tne matter discussed. A Legislative
session coots $50,000, and the State
has no money to throw away. The
! constitutional convention cost .about
$90,000, and the taxpayers should !
not be called on to pay the expenses
of a Legislative session that they do
not need, am. that wonld be but vexa
tion of spirit anyway.
It should be remembered, too, that
an extra session of the Legislature
would call back the book-trust Legis
lature of unsavory memory, A Legis
lature that preferred to listen to th'e
book trust rather than to the parents
of Alabama is not the kind of Legis
lature that anybody wants repeated.
Its regular Besslon was quite enough,
and a second dose of It would bo re
sented wherever two prices aro now
paid for school hooks that other States
readily procure at one price. The
parents of Jackson County, for ex
ample, pay ten cents for copy hooka,
while across the line In Tennessee
as good copy books are sold under ap
uniform text book law for three cents.
Every time a voter pays seven cents
extra, he knows he is swindled, and
he remembers what legislature did
it. The Union Springs Herald may
have forgotten the record of the late
Legislature upon the uniform text
book law, but the people who' send
children to the public schools have
longer memories.
Coal for the South,
On the present rise In the river at
Pittsburg about 8,000,000 buahels of
coal have been dispatched to lower
Mississippi points. If pilots could have
been secured the shipments would
have aggregated 12,000,000 bushels, Dr
about 450,000 tons. On this one rise
more coal will be floated two thousand
miles down the river than Is mined
in an entire year in Alabama for Louis
iana points.
This Is a reflection upop Alabama
methods and even upon Alabama men.
Alabama coal is not at fault, for It
contains as much heat-produCing ma
terial as Pittsburg or any other coal,
but Pittsburg has secured slackwater
navigation in the Monongahela at gov
ernment expense, and the result Is that
coal mined 2,000 miles away can drive
out of market coal mined but 300
miles away.
Alabama is crippled by the want of
an Open Warrior. There Is now aji
inland channel from Mobile to New
Orleans, but from Demopolis to the
mines the river lacks water at least
one-half of the year. Millions upop
millions of dollars were spent In open
ing the Monongahela, and the Import
ance of opening the Warrior should be
Impressed upon Congress. Mr. Bank*
head Is a member of the rivers and
harbors committee, and he should be
supported in the fullest possible man*
ner In a demand for an Open Warrior,
This matter has hung Are too long al
ready.
When the Warrior is opened Pitts
burg will either sell coal in the lower
Mississippi below cost of production
or else it will stop sending down mil
lions of bushels on every boating stage
of its river.
Miss Stone’s board bill while she la
rusticating In tne mountains It un
reasonably higii, but the missionary
magnates who sent her out should
walk up to the brigand cave office and
settle. They need not be afraid, and
the rest of us will not become nervous.
At least one man haa been found
In New York City who does not desire
to go to England and be addressed by
flunkies a3 "My Lord Bishop."- His
name la Greer, and he preaches to the
noble house oi Vanderbilt.
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The millionaire baby has colic and
squalls just like the old-fashioned,
everyday baby. But he will bo a high
flyer after a wmle, with shirt sleeves
at the upper end of the road.
The money Jay Gould won by fair
or foul means Is going into French
politics, where three castellanes are
trying to undermine the French Re
public.
General Kitchener draws n<<nearer
to a Christmas dinner In “dear old
London.” He Is making dinners there
very dear.
The farmer who Is watted on daily
by a government free delivery carrier
le not so lonesome after all.
Historian Maclay haa pen In hand j
ready to rovise Ola book Of history. ,
should Nun it ilUtSKU - It i
i ' i
Chicago needs revising more than
the Bible does. _
President **oosevelt Is loaded with
advice np to the neck.
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Alabama rests in peace at last un
der a white man’s constitution.
The Bon 1 no case keeps the world
a-guesstng how she dm it, and why.
Nothing iess than a court of Inquiry
wm establish the truth us to these
drawn football games.
The sea is becoming full of sea ser
pents, but only those who have a key
to the locker see them.
pents may be made In China, but
the ancient empire will continue to do
business at the old stand.
—-V-r
Mrs. Howard Gould is as muscular
as she Is fashionable. Butlers that do
not suit her aro well shaken.
——i
An octopus Is called in Germany S
kartill, but Its greed is unchanged.
Prices to consumers aro to be main
tained.
■.. i..... .-a- *.-1 w
Mayor Low sees but one way to
outflank the hungry reformat'S-—fre=
quent Intervals on the torpedo boat
Fulton.
If President Roosevelt can make the
message as i..rilbng as one of his
Wild West stories even 30,000 words
would be forgiven.
King Edward’s relatives are going to
the coronation, which will be crowd
enough to say the least, and some of
them are very bumptious.
How small in comparison both in
war and peaee records do seem the
aspirants to tue sent of Alabama's
grand old man, Edmund Winston Pet
tus!
The men whp propose to turn Ed
mund Winston Pettus out of the seat
he honors have bitten off more than
they can chew, although they are
working t.ielr mouths Incessantly.
GENERAL PETTUS.
From the Gadsden Tlmes-News.
Senator Pettus and wife have returnd
to Washington from Selma, where they
»pent the’summer. It Is said that no man
ever entered the Senate of the United
States and worked himself Into the affec
tions of the people so quickly as did
General Pettus.
THE BEST PLAN.
From the Greenville Advocate.
To simplify matters let the registrars
diaw the color line by registering the
white voters and refusing the blacic
man. At least under the temporary plan.
Let the permanent plan take care of
Itself when the times comes.
LAST SUNDAY’S AGE-HERALD.
From the Wetumpka Herald.
The Sunday's Age-Herald was a beau
ty. with thirty-two pages, all chog full
‘of Interesting matter. The magazine sup
plement Is a splendid addition.
FITZHUGH LEE’S ONLY SCARE.
From the Saturday Evening Post.
When Fltxhugh I,ee was Governor of
Virginia he responded to an invitation to
attend a reunion of veterans In one of
the cities of Florida. He went to a fash
ionable hotel, expecting to have to pay a
fancy price for accommodations, but not
prepared for the staggering rates he
found framed on the door of his apart
ments.
"I was not, at that time, In a position
to Incur extravagant expenses," he says,
"and the only way that I could see out
of my predicament was to go to the clerk
and state that an unexpected matter of
pressing Importance demanded my Im
mediate return to Richmond. This pro
gramme I carried out. and then, bracing
myself, asked how much my bill was.
I’ ’Tour bill T' said the hotel man. Why,
you don’t owe us anything. It’s an honor
for this hotel to have the Governor of
Virginia as a guest, and we could not
think of accepting pay from you."
DRUG HABIT A MODERN CURSE.
From the Kansas City World.
Dr. David Paulson of the Chicago
Medical society has declared that the
drug habit Is the curse of the United
States.
In a recent lecture before the society
of which he Is a member, he said:
"Perhaps the saddest of all the expe
riences of the medical man engaged In
the practice of neurology or nerve heal
ing is the astounding increase In the
number of physicians who are drug
Sends In one or the other of the luring
forms of that vice. So far as my own
practice goes, I regret to say that out
of all the cases I have treated In recent
years mors than 50 per cent, or a clear
majority, are members of the medical
profession.
That these men and that the opium
Hands who are recruited from the ranks
of the ablest brofesslonal and business
men of the day are not degenerates Is
clearly explained by Dr. Paulson. The
demands upon them cal) for a false
Btlmulus and they turn to drugs as a Inst
resort. It Is a gradual descent, how
ever, and Its beginning Dr. Paulson de
scribed as follows:
It Is a deep-seated fallacy which ex
tsts tn the minds of many that they
can violate the laws of health and life
With Impunity and then dodge the un
pleasant consequences by swallowing a
few drops of so mo sedative drug or an
odyne. There are thousands who are
Indulging in wrong habits ef almost
every description, and yet when nature
begins to utter her emphatic protest
tn the form of unendurable headachra or
by other equally significant warnings
they merely seek to secure soma magic
powder that Is expected to Juggle away
the unpleasant results.
Kansas City lias seen sevcrnl recent
examples of the destruction wrought by
the drug habit. At Butler. Mo.. Dr.
Gartrell, a self-confessed murderer,
charged his depravity to morphine.
While the campaigns against whisky,
drugs and cigarettes are being waged,
would not a movement to do away with
the artificial conditions which tax the
brain aid physical make-up of men and
lead to ^rellanp* on artificial energy be
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Practical Suggestions j'
[—m t „ p , , , ^gmmrnmrnf **«+*—**"*"+$
Aji author states that wtdte ostrich
feathers can ha cleune<J by making a
Mixture of white poap shaved into small
piece*, hoilliig water aiul a little soda, j
After this has dissolved and cooled dip
the feathers Into it and then (kaw them
getUly through the hand, repeating the
operation fpyera) times. Then rinse thor
oughly ii| clean water, with a trifle of
hhilng added- fJhake, dry and purl by
drawing each fiber between the thumb
and tho $dg? of a dull tabic knife.
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To inn he a good waterproof blacking
for shoes or other leather articles mix
°n» part of borax with eighteen parts of
melted boepwax and stir to a stiff jelly.
Then inlx five parts rf asphalt, varnish
With sixty-six parts of oil of turpentine,
into Which zttr six parts of melted sper
maceti. After thorough stirring comr
Wne this with the first mixture of borax
and beeswax, ond you will have a nearly
oo|orler*3 Waterproof paste. Jn this state
It is valuable for use on natural leather.
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A small boy whoso birthday was re
cently celebrated was particularly de
lighted with the decoration of his birth
day cake, it was first Iced with ft frost
ing colored ft pale greed, with a harm
less vegetable coloring. On this were
Htrewb g dozen or more tiny turtles.
These were made of iBFge plump raisins,
i In which had been Inserted slivers of al
j rrumds for kgs, with ft pin lioad bent for
the head of the turtle. The almonds, of
which only )WO or three were needed,
were first blanched and the skin pulled
dff, then the jittlc strips cut lengthwise.
* • •
Women do well to give much thought
to color Lormciny apil circumstances rath
er than styles when choosing house fur
I nlshtngs. Upon tho harmonious blending
of well and tloor covering, together with
the woodwork, depends much of the suo
! cere of the room; yet some woman, hear
I Ing thit rad walls "are the style," and
i seeing liow effective a soft shade of it
! is with the pore black Flemish oak,
straightway has it put on her walls to
combine with yellow oak. How much
better a gobelin blue burlap or cartridge
paper would be!
EDUCATION AND DEMOCRACY.
From an address by Prof. Goldwln Smith.
We are never tired of wondering at our
progress. It has been as great In educa
tion as in other departments. I wish you
could see the schoolrooms of Eton and
their equipments as they were when I
was a hoy. Borne experience of education
I have had; as a college teacher and aft
erward as a university professor of his
tory at Oxford. As a professor I had
one very notable pupil—his present majes
ty, Edward VII. A little class was formed
for him In English history. I used to ex
amine him after the lecture, and I have
no doubt that I bored him to extinction.
But he never let me see that he was
bored. Prom this I gathered that he
would successfully discharge the most
arduous duties of royalty. If he could
listen to a professor who bored him to
extinction without showing him that he
was bored, he would be able to listen with
an appearance of interest and delight to
municipal addresses. He would never lose
his self-command, or, like one of his
predecessors, knight a town clerk in mis
take for the lord mayor.
I need not magnify the Importance of
your profession to the commonwealth. A
monarchy may do without popular edu
cation. The shepherd Is content If the
sheep will go or hlrf dog can drlvo them
the way he wishes. To a democracy popu
lar education Is a vital necessity. Lowe
said, rather cynically, we must educate
our masters. It Is better to say we must
educate our political partners. This rec
onciles me to tho assumption by the
state of a duty which nature seems to
have assigned to the family. I have more
confidence, I confess, In the family than
I have In the state, as governments now
are. Borne say they may be powers of su
preme wisdom and beneficence, so that we
may be happy to put everything Into
their hands. A public school may, by
Its order. Its regularity, Its discipline—
even by Its physical cleanliness and neat ■
ness—afTord a certain moral training.
THREE MUTUAL ADMIRERS.
N. Y. Letter In Pittsburg Dispatch.
What might be called a mutual ad
miration society exists between Presi
dent Roosevelt, Jacob A. Rils and Arthur
Von Briesen of New York. None of them
ever loses a change to public declare
what good men and citizens the other two
ere and truth to tell each is wholly jus
tified in his attitude. In his I-ondon Fort
nightly Review paper, published about a
month ago and widely reprinted, Presi
de Roosevelt pointed out the great work
of Mr. Briesen with his Legal Aid So
ciety, and of Mr. Rils in his work to
promote good citizenship. The President
declared Mr. Rils to be " the moBt useful
citizen in New York." Last Sunday night
In Carnegie Hall, Mr. Hits declared that
"It la a great country that can lose a
President like McKinley, and gain one
like Roosevelt," and the sentiment was
vigorously applauded. To one privileged
to know something of the quality of the
friendship of the men. It would almost
seem as though It were the spontaneity
of three great-hearted boys. It Is
"Teddy,” "Jake," and "Arthur" all the
way through. Tho friendship antedates
the period when the President was a po
lice commissioner In New York, although
the work the three then accomplished did
much to promote the mutual admiration
which certainly exists.
CONSIDERING APPOINTMENTS.
Laat Cabinet Meeting Before Asaem
bling of Congrtss.
Washington. November 21),—The major
portion of the last cabinet ihcettng be
fore the convening of congress was de
voted In going over some recess ap
pointmeritt which will be sent congress
next week. Considerable time was spent
upon the question of reappointing Gov
ernor Jenkins of Oklahoma.
Chargee were made against Governor
Jenkins regarding his connection with a
cattle company organised In the territory
and the President gave him a hearing
laat Monday. It was decided today not
to reappoint him.
SCHLEY GETS $216.
Sampson, Who Was Miles Away, Geta
$25,000 Bounty,
Washington, November 2!).—The prize
money for the Santiago victory has been
apportioned. Sampson receiving $23,000,
arriving after the Hattie was fought, and
Schley, who was the victor In the fight,
receiving 1218. Dewey, for his share In
the prise money In the battle of Manila,
received more than $9000.
These figures Illustrate one point In
the Importance of the eonlention that
Rear Admiral Schley was the actual com
mander-ln-ahtef at the battle at tuttua
The matter and proportion of bounty
money are settled by the revised statutes.
The commander-ln-chlef receives one
twentieth of the whole amount of the
bounty money, and the commander of a
division, speh as Schley, receives only
one-fiftieth part of the amount awarded
to the vessels composing hi* division.
CONSUMPTIVE MUST »0.
Judge Thomas Decides He Can’t Re
main In the United States.
New Yr.rk, November 28.—United States
Judge Thomas* sUt'pg Ju the United
States Circuit Court In Brooklyn, today
derided In favor of th* ruling of the treas
ury department at Washington In thu
erse of Thomas Boden of Phlladelr hia.
The decision prohibit* Boden, a sup
pored consumptive, from remaining in th,-»
country. Uni ss th? case is appealed to
the Circuit Court of Appeals* Boden will
bo deported one week from tomorrow,
propably on the steamship Etruria. Bo
dfn's wife and rjdlcl have remained from
choice at Ellis Isl ind, and will accom
pany Boden back to Irrlai d.
Judge* Thomas decides that, as a simple
qurration of fact was before him in tha
premises, Ms could not officially do other
wise than s»'«taln the treasury depart
ment. No quest Inn of law. he observed,
has beer. propound?d in the writ of ha
beas corpus sued out by Roden's lawyer.
1 he ease has to do with tho right of con
srumptivfs to land hire as immigrants.
ATTACK THE FRENCH.
Natives of New Hebride Angry Be
cause Some Are Shanghaied.
Victoria. B. C., November !&.—The hosts
of the French recruiting vessel Marie
Henri wtre attacked by New' Hybrid* na
tives v ho wvr.o Incensed because of the
piitcprduct of a former rperuiting vessel
which had shanghaied a number of Hai
ti vr8.
The French burned a number of huts
and canoes. The natives fled. The schoon
er Julia was also attacked p.t Bentepust
Island. The crew returned the fire, driv
ing back the natives, landed and burned
3ome huts, including that of the teacher
of the bission, who was seen at {he head
of the natives.
Rich oiscovei ifp of gold bp.ve been
made at the Woodlark Island gold Helds,
near Samarl, New Guinea.
KILLS A BARTENOER.
Walter Smith Snooty Jamee Ru.h In
Self-Defense.
Chattanooga, November 29.—A special
to the News from Rockwood, Tenn., saya:
"A sensational shooting, resulting fatal
ly, occurred hero, about 7 pkilpck last
night. Walter Smith, a prominent busi
ness man, shot and Instantly killed
James Rush, a bartender, on the street
ney Smith’s home. It Is said that Rush
was at the time making an effort to
shoot Smith. The bullet took effect in
the right lung. There were mo witnesses
to the affair except -the immediate par
ticipants.
"Rush was a single man from Knox
ville, Tenn., whore he has relatives.
Smith Is a married man. He gave him
self up to the officers.
CAMPAIGN COST $62,304.
Republicans In Ohio File List of Ex
penses.
Columtus. November ?9. -1 he statement
filed today by Treasurer Burdell of the
Rtiubllcan state campaign committee, in
compliance with the Garfield law. shows
the cost of the late campaign to have
been $ If,804.54.
The receipts of the committee were
$69,500, of which amount 811.900 was con
tributcl through Senator Hanna and $7000
through Speaker Foraxer. The chief Items
of expenditures were $16.092 94 for print
ing. $11 if,8.22 for clerk hire, $6500 for plate
matter and $59f9 for postage. The report
of the treasurer of the Democratic state
committee shows expenditures amount
ing to $’:o,ooo.
WOUNDS TWO OFFICERS.
Bamboo 8plkes in Pitfall Injure Feeter
and Wetherill,
Washington, November 29.—Adjutant
General Corbin received the following
cablegram from General ChafTee. dated
Manila, November £8:
Lieutenants Feeter and Wetherill,
Nineteenth regiment. United States In
fantry, badly wounded by bamboo spikes
In a pit-fall near Carmen. Bohol. First
Lieutenant George I. Feeter is a native
of New York. Second Lieutenant Rich
ard Wetherill was appointed from the
ranks in February last.
NEGRO KILLS OFFICER.
Earneet Dismukes Shot In Making an
Arrest.
Columbus, Miss., November 29.—(Spe
cial)—Meagre particulars of a horrible
tragedy which occurred about a mile
north of Brooksvllle yesterday after
noon are learned here.
Earnest Dismukes, a young officer of
Artesia. went to Brooksvllle to arrest a
negro. Before lie could succeed In bis
purpose the negro covered him with n
shot gun and empted a load of buck-shot
into his breast. He then made good His
escape. The country is being scoured for
him, but up to this hour he has not been
caught. Dismukes was a young man of
good family.
ACCEPTS ITS SEWER8.
Decatur’s System Now Complete at a
Cost of $30,000.
Decatur. November 29.—(Special.) — The
contractors. Guild and Company, of Chat
tanooga, today turned over to the city
the newly-completcd sewer system upon
which they have been at work all sum
mer. The engineer In rharge employed
by the city pronouneed the system tho
most complete in the South. It oust $38,000.
Farm Hand Kills ex-Marshal.
Wytheville, Va., November 29 —A mes
sage has Just been received here ever the
telephone via blond Court house saving
that John G. Watts, it prominent citizen
of Tazewell county and former United
States marshal for the \\ t stern district
of Virginia, nns been shot and killed
by llphort Janes, ote of hts farm bands,
who afterwards escaped. No details can
bo obtained other than that Mr. Watts
had discharged Jones.
Diaz Congratulates Barrett.
Mexico City, November 29.—At the
Thanksgiving charity ball. President
Dias Invited John Barrett, of the Unit
ed States delegation to the Pan-Ameri
can conference, to his booth and congrat
ulated him on hts speech at the banquet
of the American delegation nnd thank
ed Mr. Barrett In particular for Ills re
ference In his speech to htm and the
Dins doctrine of peace.
Joe Lane Kitle Lee Smith.
Middle boro, Xy., November $9 —Joe
Lane U night shut mat Inutantly killed
lxi* Smith in a saloon near here. Tt>*
men are mountaineers and the killing Is
the outcome of an old feud. Lane has
not $ret been arrested.
How Education Will Solve
The So-Called Negro Problem
----— MB-I--—-,-a_a
BY CPU HH.ARY A. HERBERT, in the New York Journal.
This Is a land ox free speech. Americans
may now discuss anywhere, north cr
south, even the negro question in all Its :
fccerlngs. This has not alwayB been easy
to do, even In '.he historic city of Phil
adelphla, which claims the proud dis
tinction ef hd#g the birthplace of Amer
ican liberty. In 185# George William Cur
tis became temporarily a hero by an antt
Slavery speech In Philadelphia.
A mob gathered to prevent him, but
the Mayor of tbo city, backed by the
police, succeeded In protecting the speak
er, who delivered his addregs in spite of
the missies that were hurled Into the
room where he spoke.
In those days the negro question was
full of dynamite, because wo then had
In this country two syetems-I might al
most say two civilisations—one founded
on free and the other Intimately inter
woven with and largely dependent upon
slave labor. They were in sharp conflict
with each other, and therefore It was tlpit
free discussion of the slavery question,
or negro problem, was then sometimes
difficult at the north, while It wap every
where impossible (n the south.
The fifteenth amendment was formulat
ed after heated debate In Congress, on the
rostrum and in the newspapers. In de
bating the question of granting suffrage
by law to mlllons of ex-s|aves, and then
of clinching the right by a constitutional
provision intended to secure It forever,
whether It worked for good or evil, the
fundamental proposition for consideration
should have been the fitness of the ne
gro. Was ho intellectually, by training
and antecedents, competent to take part—
often a controlling part—in the great
business of government? The nearest
approach to the question of the fitness of
the ex-slave for the ballot was this argu
ment: Did not the government fear the
negro?
Was he not the ward of the nation?
Did not the government owe him protec
tion? And how coulfi he protect himself
without the ballot? But tfio fitness for
the ballot that had been taken for grant
ed did not exist.
Tha political structures based on negro
ballots, like the house of the unwise man
In the Scriptures, fell beeausg they were
builded upon sand. Out of tbe recon
struction and fifteenth amendment have
come many of the peculiar phases and
nearly all the aggravations which now
beset the "race problem at the South.”
So I am free to say that in my opinion
the granting of universal suffrage to the
negro was the mistake of the nineteenth
century. I say this, believing myself to
be a friend to the negro, willing and anx
ious that ho shall have fair play and
the fullest capacity. It was a mistake
to tempt the negro away from the field
of labor Into the field of politics, where,
as a rule, he could understand nothing
that was taught him except the color line.
Universal suffrage in the South has de
moralized our polities there. Negro suf
frage was a worry to the. white man of
the South, for It brought him face to
face with a situation in which he e&n
cluded, after some years of trial, that In
order to preserve his civilization he must
resort to fraud In elections, and fraud in
elections, wherever it Is practiced, is like !
the deadly upas tree: it scatters its
poison in every direction. Universal suff- |
rage in the South has created a bitter- i
I ness between the present generations of
whites and blacks that had never existed
between the ex-slave and his former
master.
Abolition sentiment was proclaiming In
he North that slavery must go, no plat
ter at what cost. In the South, therefore,
the stern law of self-preservation de
manded the rigid suppression of free
speech on this question lest discussion
should Incite Insurrection and light the
midnight torch of the Incendiary.
In the North the motives of the mobs,
which, like those who gathered around
Mr, Curtis In Philadelphia In 1869, and
called themselves Union men, was to pre
vent abolition speeches because they suw
In them disunion. The civil war came. It
was terrible—more terrible than dreamer
ever dreamed of. But It Is over and there
will never be disunion. No one fears it
now because no one desires it.
Slavery is dead and can never be resur
rected. go, therefore, there Is nothing
now to hinder free speech In our country
about the "race problem In the South.”
If. In 1861, there was dynamite in the
negro question, so when that dynamite
had exploded and when states had been
wrecked and social and economic systems
shattered the problems that grew out ofi
the negro question were quite as excit
ing. when up for discussion, as had been
slavery Itself.
The most acute form In which this
many-sided question then presented itself
was suffrage, and every student now
Known that political science played no
part in Its solution; that the reconstruc
tion acta were passed and the fifteenth
amendment was adopted when party spir
it was more intolerant than it had ever
been before and the passions of war w*ro
still biasing fiercely.
These are among the complications of
the "race problem” in the South” as to
social and Industrial betterment.
Another crying evil that has resulted
to the people of the South and of the
whole Union Is that we now have an
absolutely "Solid South” when the ne
cessity for white supremacy Is so domi
nant that no political question can be
discussed on Us merits, and whites do
not divide themselves between the two
national parties.
What Is needed In the Southern States
today, above all things is two'-nolltlcal
parties, strong enough and able 'to deal
with each other at arm's length.
The negro's prospects for Improvement
his development since emancipation, his
industrial conditions, his relation to
crime, the scanty results of the system
how that system can be bettered—all
these are questions that exist today in
the problems surrounding the negro race
of the South,
Here and there among Southern people
are some who In despair are advocating
that no more money be spent by tho
whites for the education of the blacks.
This, I am glad to say, Is not the pre
vailing sentiment.
The Southern people, as a rule, believe
that we should continue to strive for
the development of the negro and the
lifting of him to a higher plain where
he may be more useful to himself and to
the States.
Most of the people In the South are
looking hopefully to tha^ system which
Is now being so successfully practised
In many Southern schof^, and notably
at Tuskegee, Ala., by Booker T. Wash
ington, the president of i that Institution.
ELKS TO HONOR THEIR
DEPARTED BROTHERS
Programme Arranged for Memorial
Service* Which Will Be
Held Sunday,
Member* of Birmingham Lodge No. T9
of the Older of Elks will hold memorial
services Sunday, December 1, at their
hall at Fourth avenue and Twentieth
street. These services will be in honor
of the members of the lodge who have
died during the past year,
A programmo of sixteen numbers has
been arranged by the committee, which
consists of J. J. Laugliran, chairman; H.
H. Sinnige, R. D. Johnscn, Fred L.
Gr.ambs, B. Guckenberger and H. W.
Fr.glish. A number of eulcgics will be
delivered and appropriate muBlc rendered.
The names of the deceased members
whoso mrmories witl be honored are:
W. A. Morgan, died August 16, 1888.
Charles A. Rowley, died February 1,
1389.
W. Ramsay Ward, died October 2. 1889.
Edward Sidell, died December 28, 1889.
E. W. Linn, died February. 1892.
Allen F. Strother, died June 30, 1897.
James B. Morton, died May 26, 1899.
Dr. J, A. Brown, died April 8. 1900.
Emil Gluck, died September 13, 1900.
D. C, Reddlngton, died September f. 1000.
S. Erwin Scblllinger, died November
29, 1900.
Rev. O. P. Fitzsimmons, died September
17, 1901.
T he full programme for the exercise* Is
a* fallow*:
Orchestra—Overture •'Memories” (Chris
tlon Bach.)
Opening by Lodge—Ledge, Orchestra
and audience.
Oreat Ruler of the Universe,
All seeing and benign,
Look down upon and bless our work.
And be all glory Thine.
O, hear our prayers for tile honored dead,
While bearing in our minds.
The memories graven on each heart,
For "Auld Lang Syne."
Prayer—Rabbi Morris Newfleld.
Duot for Soprano and Mezzo Soprano—
"Recordare,” from Requiem Maas
(Verdi); Mra. E. G. Chandler and Mr*.
II. Guckenberger. ly
Eulosy—Z. T. Rudulph.
Tenor Solo—“My Hope In the Ever
lasting," (Stainer); Reed Miller.
Eulogy—The Rev. J\ A. O’Rein
Daio Solo—“Oro Supplex,” fn
quiem Mass (Verdi): E. A. W
Orchestra— "Lost Hope,” (I„
schalk); Grambs' Orchestra.
Soprano Solo—"Ave Mari
Gounod); Mies Margaret Clai
Violin Obligato—John Calm;
Eulogy—J. T. Qlover.
Alto Solo—"O, Rest In the
Elijah (Mendelssohn): Mrs.
berger. *
(Quartette—"I-acrsmoga,” from Requiem
Maaa (Verdi); Mrs. E. G. Chandler, Mrs.
B. Guckenberger. Reed Miller, E. A.
W erner.
Orchestra—"For All Eternity,” (Masch
eronil; lire. Phil. Meyiali irtul Orchestra.
Closing or lzidge, >
Doxology: ;
Praise God from wnom ail blessings flow,
Ppaise Him all /creatures here below,
Praise Him abope, ye heavenly boat.
Praise Fathe* Sen and Holy Ghost
Benedlctlon-jCTh* Bt*. D. J. Handley. ”
SELL FAST HORSES.
Lord Derby and Shaddow Chimes
Bring Good Prices.
New York, November 28.— Lord Derby.
2:06% and Shaddow Chimes, 2:06%, the
two starB of the Hamlin stable, were
sold this afternoon.
D. Lamar and F. F. Smathers, both of
this city, made the bidding for Lord Der
by lively up to $10,000 when Mr. Smathers
got the horse for $500 more. At the
Hartford meeting this summer Mr.
Smathers offered $20,000 for Lord Derby.
His offer was refused.
Shaddow Chimes went to William West
of Edinburgh, Scotland, for $5,100.
400 Fishermen on Strike.
Pensacola, FIs., November 29.—The
fisherman on strike here now number
400. The bone of contention is that they
want 7V4 cents per pound on all large red
snappers brought here. They are at pres
ent receiving 3 cents less, which the
dealers claim Is the highest they can pay
for this choice fish, as that Is the maxi
mum at which a profit can be made. The
men have all rented aooms at cheap
boarding houses In the city and say they
will await conclusions.
Prohibit Anarchist Meeting.
• London, November 29.—There was to
have been an open meeting of anarchists
In this city tonight to celebrate the four
teenth anniversary of the execution of
the Chicago anarchists, but the police
ordered the proprietor of the hall In
which the meeting was to have been
held to cancel the contract. Similar
coses by the police prevented the celebra
tion on the 12th of the Chicago Hay
market conspirators.
NOBILITY.
By Alice Cary.
True worth is in being, not seeming;
In doing each day that goes by.
Some little good—not In the dreaming
Of great things to do by and by.
For whatever men say in blindness,
Ar.d spite of the funcies of youth.
There la nothing so kind as kindness.
And nothing so royal as truth.
We get back our price as we measure;
We cannot do wrong and feel right;
Nor can we give pain and gain pleasure.
For Justice avenges each slight.
The nir for the wing of the sparrow.
The bush for the robin and wren.
But always the path that is narrow
And straight for the children of men.
We canont make bargains for hllssCS,
Nor catch them like fishes In nets.
And sometimes the things our life misses,
Help more than the things which It
gets.
For good llcth not In pursuing.
Nor gaining of great nor of small;
But just In the doing—and doing. t
As we would be done by, Is all.
Through envy, through malice, through
hating
Against the world early and late.
No Jot of our courage abating,
Our part Is to work arui to wait.
And slight Is the sting of his trouhl*
Whose winnings arc leas than bi|
worth;
For he who Is honegt Is noble.
Whatever Ms fortunes- or btrth.