Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-09
DEMOPOLIS.
A Sample of Silver Ammunition-Medal
 Presented-Boll Worms at Work.


 Presented-Bon Worms at Work.
 Demopolis, Sept. 7.-(special Corre- spondence.) )-When the sound currency committee commenced distributing their broadsides throughout the country the State raised a terrible fuss about it. and was disposed to criticise any paper that used them. Now, we wonder what they will say about the offer the Sunday Her aid and Daily Intelligeneer of Washing ton, D. C., is making? They are sending out circular letters reading as follows:
 My Dear Sir: Friends of monetary re- form in the United States must be brought together, even if we have to compromise some of our differences. It is not only impracticable. but sheer non sense, to expectto win the battle against the gold bugs if we continue divided while they stand together The good book says "A house divided against itself cannot stand" Ftis as true today as 1900 years ago. Silver leagaers and silver knights, all good and true men, all de- voted to principle, all earnest and honest, yet diverging like the rays of an electric light powerful in combination; harm less in segregation. As patriots and true men intending to succeed in great cause we must unite.
 Our paper is but a little sheet, but while advocating each and every shade of the silver question, we have deter mined not to ally ourselves to any single branch but we shall fight for silver ir- respective of everything. because We be- lieVe that we must have more redemption money else there can be no relief, and unless there is relief there must be rev olution. We prefer the revolution at the ballot to that of the bullet.
 We desire your assistance and cooper alton in this work. We need your help, not for ourselves. but for the American to yvho hrar oh you belong, for monetary reform and sill yer we are together. What Is most de- sirable in this fight just at this time is to have silver paper at the national cap ital that will expose the frauds of the enemy and stand up for silver under any and all circumstances. We shall do this, furnishing a cheap daily and good weekly made up therefrom. We want you to club with us and we will furnish our daily for so cents year and our weekly for 40 cents. Or, if this Is not sat isfactory, we will be glad to exchange with you. Yours truly.
 What about the last line of the sec ond paragraph for bloody shirtism? It is about as sanguinary as any one could wish but it will fall without effect in old Marengo, for she is settled in the sound money side. You can put that down for true.
 The following concluding paragraph in the account of the Linden speaking which appears in the Marengo Democrat, an out and out Johnston and silver pa per, seems to corroborate our statement to the effect that it was not a bowling success: AS we stated and predicted when this meeting was first proposed at Aimwell. and sounded our note of warning to the democrats that the meet ing could not be a success and that no good could be derived from 1t for the party, and we are presump- tious enough to say that everything we predicted came true. There was not a sprinkling of democrats that took any part at all in the meeting, while the were two to one. We think that | this is the last time that we will ever hear of the 'bimetallic league for we heard | men that were here and ardent advocates | of the free coinage of silver state that | they would not become members of and | in the leagues that were pro posed to be organized in the several beats of the county unless they were assured | that they were to be strictly democratic; that they would not compromise their democracy to obtain any measure. In the face of such sentiments as these from the best democrats in the county, a league cannot succeed. We honestly hope and believe that the county president as elected, who is as good democrat as-there is in the county, will forego any such idea. for he cannot fail to see the danger that threatens the party by such an action"
 A very interesting and entertaining ceremony took place in the armory of | the Rifles last Thursday night. Com Sergeant Joseph Simon of the | Third regiment, who will long be remem- 1 bered by his brother officers for the ex- cellent service he gave them during the | recent brigade encampment and who | awarded him handsome gold medal | as a token of their appreciation of his l efforts, had it presented to him on this