Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-25
 OUR PI,AGI1ES.

A Japanese scientist, disciple of Koch, has comforted the world to some extent by a discovery of the bacillus of the great plague, black death, which is now destroy- ing so many lives in China. He discovers that the disease finds it's origin in filth. This is a practical lesson in hygiene and timely warning to all the world to keep clean.
 Now for some learned scientist to put his wits to work and discover the bacillus of Ameriea's 8 troubles. Our body polite, social and financial, seems diseased ,and the man not scientist who dares offer solu- tion of the problem which confronts us is hssed as fool. We are many times dis eased. Tariff agitation without tariff re- form, in dog dey dullness, mixed with a great contest between capital and labor, currency ideas in conflict, with no settle- ment in sight; speculation suspended and many vaults closely sealed. Too much de- pends upon legislation, and we are without the latter.
 In the midst of all this that good doctor, providence, is still smiling upon America. The sun shines, the rains fall, the balmy breath of summer fans us all, rich crops yielding to the touch of the husbandman, 
 pulpit, and all this madness, all this confusion ,all these troubles are but conflicts between man and man. Our country is without bodily plague; there is bread for the toiling millions; and if there be none for idlers, it is but demonstration of the divine statement that by the sweat of thy face shalt thou be fed.
 Just how long this state of affairs will exist before modern scientist discovers the casus belli is not known. Meantime
 jet us hope that inc hand of providence may continue to guard us against visita- ton of black death or kindred diseases, and that the same indulgent agency may soon bring order out of confusion and place us once again in normal condition. 
 PRESIDENT CLEVELAND CONFIDENT.
 Whileso many Democrats are expressing g the opinion freely that we are to have no tariff bill and Senator Vest defantly an- nounces that unless the Senate bill becomes law the Mckinley act will remain on the statute books, President Cleveland coolly and calmly insists that all will be well. He has no fears now of the passage of the Senate bill and has full confidence in the ability and desire of the Democratic party to agree upon and adopt a law in con- sonance with his interpretation Of the Democratic platform aud in line with his famous message of 1888, which caused his defeat for the Presidency.
 While it is olten charged that MT. Cleve- land considers himself greater than his l party, he now rather appears in the attitude | of one who places very high estimate upon | the legislation represe tatives of the party I fIr amidst the present dissensions, entan- | elements and general disagreements, he behoidg possibility, yea, probability. of 8 speedy adjustment and a fultillment of the | promise of tariff reform.
 Our President is peculiar genius, full ol will power, forlitude and general per sistence. If he succeeds in his present | effort to stem the tide of general discour | agement and wipes the Mckinley bill from
 the books, substituting therefor truly re form measure, pleasing to the entire
 country, his bitterest opponents mus
 acknowledge him as the political genius 0
 the century.