Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-14

l fort to deliver his former following over to Tom Reed. ns
 
 l One vote in the house yesterday would have put Arizona in the list of states and l given the people chance of having two | democratic representatives to vote for | their convictions on the financial ques< | tion. But such was not destined to be. | That one vote did the work effectualy. | And that vote was cast by Gen. George | P. Harrison. congressman from the Third | Congressional district of Alabama The citizens of Arizona are in the main com posed of southern people, and 1t is well known that the class who are willing to brave the disadvantages of developing a new country are not of the inferior class, but on the other hand are men of pluck, energy and enterprise. It was this class of democrats that our one gold standard | representative said by his vote are not entitled to a place alongside of their brothers In the sisterhood of states. "The | significance of this .vote," says a Wash ington special, twill be better understood when it is remembered that the opposi- | tion to the admission of Arizona is based on the objection that the granting of | statehood would increase the number of free silver advocates in the senate, and this was the primary cause of the defeat | of the bill. It is also regarded as an in | dication of the sentiment of the commit tee with reference to New Mexico and | Oklahoma bils the passage of which, in addition to the Arizona bill, would add six new ssnators to the list of free silver men in that body" 5h
 Did it ever occur to you that during his term of eight years in congress the blue 1 eyed boy of destiny" never raised his l voice in defense of the south. ndtwith- | standing. hundreds of opportunities for | him to have done so presented them | selves? Had he not been real live Cic- | ero in. oratOry and Calhoun in argument it would not appear so. inexcusable, but | being a man without an equal bn the l hustings and in the forum we can con- ceive of no sort of excuse for his So sadly neglecting his people. That he is such a man no one can doubt. The Advertiser | says he is and he himself admits it, though reluctantly. @ l MT. Clarkes canvass of the state for governor is depriving the First district of | representation in congress, which body is now in session. It is depriving MT. | Cleveland of a supporter in that body. It is costing the national treasury $425 per l month for services not rendered. It is also personal sacrifice for MT. Clarke, | who announces that he does not wsnt the office. All of this, it appears, is' being done to please the Advertiser, and 1t has | a postoffice. too.
 Queen Victoria, upon the coming of age on April 10 of Walter Maxwell Scott. | great-great-grandson of Sir Walter Scott and heir to Abbotsford, will confer bar | onetey upon. him. Young Scotts mother
 is the daughter of the late James Hope Scott. Her mother was the daughter of Lockhart. who married the daughter of Sir Walter Walter Maxwell Scott is, through the female line, the direct heir | of the great author.
 There can be no earthly doubt but that Johnston is running on a down grade. | to anyone who reads the signs correctly. Huntsville Mercury.
 1 Right you are, and it is just as easy to discern that Clarke is running up grade. He who runs up grade always runs at a disadvantage, even though he be, as in
 
 | The great debater from Mobile will con- tinue his race up grade and wind up distanced.
 l Queen Victoria in the address from the throne the other day said: "I regret to say that the condition of agriculture is disastrous beyond recent experienced The queen should consult with Hon. | Richard H. Clarke, who would inform her that the depression in industries is due to the agitation of the silver ques- tion in Alabama and the candidacy of Captain Johnston for governor.
 Whoever circulated the report that l Clarke was not a courageous man and a veritable Demosthenes in debate cer- tainly did that. gentleman a great injus- tice. The report was not only not true, but makes it necessary for MT. Clarke in his public speeches to refer to himself | a thing that any one can readily see is | extremely embarrassing to the blue eyed boy. y.'',.tst--. .~
 Says the Blount County New$tDis- patch: If the Hon. Richard H. Clarke is drawing a salary as a member of con gress. who is performing the duties of the office? It is the veriest nonsense to t