Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-25
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Thousands of good. reliable citizens of
| Alabama are returning to the democratic
party. They refuse to be led into the
republican party by the fusion route.
| They see, too, that those whose methods
drove them off have been dethroned;
that their machine has been wrested
| from them; that their ring is busted"
| and that their candidate for governor
will-be defeated for the nomination.
Furthermore. they realize that the rem
| edy they seek-the redress for wrongs
can only be obtained through the great
| and powerful democratic party, which
| has always stood by the masses of the
people in their battles against the classes.
The Daily News liberal, has an edito-
rial headed "Bimetallism Snuffed Out"
which says: 1.-THE cheers from both sides
of the house which greeted Sir Michael
Hicks eachs declaration expressed the
common sense of the nation. Sir Michael
recognizes the impossbility of fixing a
ratio. If this is impossible, bimetallsm
is impossible too. We regret the accept
ance of the resolution, but it can do no
harm. We hope that Mr.. Balfour consid-
ers Sir Michael Hicks-Beach's language
sufficiently plain and straightforward.
There is little hope that Great Britain
will enter into any agreement with this
country for free coinage of silver. We
may as well proceed without her.
A Wilmington, Del, correspondent of
the Philadelphia Record Oem.) reports
that -. Edward Addcks has finally de-
termined to contribute the necessary
money for the payment of the taxes of
al
county, and thus save their votes for the
next election. About $4,000 will be re-
quired. He has already paid the sum
necessary for this important worl. in
Kent and Sussex"
The house naval committee has
agreed to recommend appropriations for
four new battleships. at a cost of $15,000.-
900, and fifteen torpedo boats, at about
$1,0O0,000. Instead of arguments to show
why this increase of the navy is needed
the committee give out an apology for
not doubling it. But for their being so
mindful of the condition of the treas
ury," they would have undertaken eight
battleships and thirty topedo boats
South Carolina made profit of $360.372
last year in the liquor business-a trade
efforts of Senator Tillman. The Chicago
Record says: Chicago does vastly bet
ter than that by merely taxing the trade.
South Carolina must be purveying too
good quality of liquor or wasting it's
substance on an expensive free lunch"
This Ohio resolution" the Boston
Journal (Rep) says, lis susceptible of
sound money Interpretation. 1t is quite
as easily susceptible of an Interpretation
pleasing to the free silver men. In short,
it is a plank that wabbles, and as such it
is not adapted to the present situation"
Morton Frewen, the great English BIZ
metallist, has written to Representative
Towne that the English Bimetallc league
has published and is circulating the
speech advocating the free and unlimited
coinage of silver recently delivered in the
house by the Duluth congressman.
It's announced that the gaveI for use
of the president of the st. Louis conven-
ton is in process of construction. At
one end of the head the surface will be
covered by gold plate and the other
end will be covered by silver plate.
The news of the British advance up
the Nile valley has created a great SEN
sation in Paris, and has led the French
minister of foreign affairs to inform Lord
Dufferin in Paris that the step is grave.
That was a cutting reply of weayer's
when he told Brown that he (Brown)
would carry Jefferson for Clarke about
like he carried Morgan for Clarke