Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-22

luo SIOWi Ol blauuiuB auu Howard will.have no effect upon those 1t is intended to reach. The credit of the state Is too firmly established to be affected by anything that such political blatherskites and advonturers might say. Just at this time, when the governor is endeavoring,to readjust the state debt in accordance with an act of the last general assembly, its pur- pose is too patent and should bring only contempt upon those engaged in it.
 WON'T COME TO BIRMINGHAM. Montgomery Advertiser.
 The Eufaula Times expresses surprise that Colonel Hodgson Is to go to Birming- ham and astonishment that be should go of financial organ.'' The Times can re. store its eyes to their normal state. Colonel Hodgson is not going to Birmingham at all, and hence he will not really edit the paper. He will stay In Mobile and merely furnish some editorial matter. Colonel Hodgson has seen about as much of the newspaper business as any man iu Ala bama, and he is too old fox to give up good office in Mobile for the uncertainty of a campaign flyer in Birmingham.
 THEY CAN GET IT.
 New York Sun.
 There is no danger that Massachusetts will lose her supremacy in the industry of cotton manufacturing. This Is the opinion of a committee of the Massachusetts legis- lature, formed after & tour through those parts of the south in which large number of cotton mills have been built during the past two years. "Flne goods, says Com mitteeman Darling, "cannot be made in the south, because there is neither ina- chinery nor skilled labor there." It does not seem to us that this argument is satis- factory, for certainly the southern mill owners can obtain all the machinery and the skilled labor they need. Money will enable them to procure both at any time. BUT IT DECLARES ITSELF DEMO-
 CRATIC.
 Eufaula Times.
 Capt. Joseph Johnston is heading the of his friends have called a meeting of the silver leaguers. Well, we don't complain. The captain has rights, and one of them is the privilege of presiding over silver league: This league, however, is democratic silver league. This does not place the organization under Sibley, since Sibley's crowd is any sort of 8 silver league. We are sometimes appre. hensive that we are not considerate enough of the opinion of the free. unlimited and all-to- -ourself silver leaguers. We are wrestling with the proposition and we hope to be able later on to smile upon them if we cannot approve them. But just at this writing our intelligence is shocked, scan. daiously shocked at the unwisdom of some wise men.
 THE ATLANTA EDITOR IN TROUBLE. Mobile Re gister.
 Constitution, has been coquetting with the populists until they have thrown their arms around him and claimed him as their ownliest own. The embrace Is repulsive. He can stand a great deal of that sort of thing. at a distance, but winch Howard and Manning name him as a co-conspirator with them in the work of sthbbing Ala bama in the back his stomach rebelS. The Constitution has some circulation in Ala. bama. Some sensible people fnd grain of wheat now and then in the stacks of chaff the Constitution serves up as news and opinion, and, though they have en- dured the antics of the clever editor while laughing at them, they are not disposed to honor and good name of the state; there- fore the editor has called halt and de- clared he is not training with Messrs. Howard and Manning.
 We confess that we are more amused than sorry for his plight. He thoroughly deserves tfe unenviable notoriety he has achieved. He has suffered the consequences of sleeping with the dogs, and knows how viciousiy the fieas can bite.
 SOUTHERN REPUBLICANIsM. Savannah News (Dem.).
 There are indications that the republican party, and not the silver party, is about to gain strong foothold in the south. The Morning News predicted recently that the dissatisfaction felt throughout the south with the late congress would result in making the republican party 8 very re. special ble party in the south. While con- gress was showing it's inability to haudle the money question successfully 1t was not an uncommon thing to hear influential democrats say they would not object to the return of the republican party to power. A day or two ago the Morning News pub lished dispatches from South Carolina to the effect that in number of towns of that state young meh of infiuencs are talking seriously of joining the republican party and forming republican clubs. The popu- list party ooes not satisfy thinking people, and the new silver party can never amount to anything. Those who are dissatisfied with the Democratic party, therefore, are much mQre likely To uniia with the repub.