Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-26
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

. One of the evidences of McKinley's \ popularity is his success in states in . which favorite sons present themselves. San Francisco Bulletin, Rep.
 The count made by MT. Reeds friends
 shows that if one Mckinley were out of | the way MT. Reed would be as certain of getting the nomination as any other man
 in the field.-Chicago Record, Ind It becomes more evident every day that the money plank of the St. Louis plat form will either distinctly oppose the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 or 1t will favor such coinage.-Seat- tie Post-Intelligencer, Rep.
 r f'The newspapers are dull," you say. Why do you not furnish copy for stirring accounts, by discovery, or brave speech
 or original idea? The newspaper is in a large measure the looking glass of the
 period.-Boston Journal, Rep.
 So far as the wayfaring man can dis cern the sole result accomplished by the recent celebration at Monticello was to demonstrate the vast and omnouS differ ence between the democracy of Grover Cleveland and the democracy of the la
 mented Thomas Jefferson.-New York Mail and Express, Rep.
 The Turkish government is apparently yet ignorant of the fact that many thou sands of Armenians have been brutaliy
 murdered in the Turkish empire; but it
 is dead certain that the missionaries of the Christian church are dangerous fel- lows, who will bear good deal of watch ing.-New York Tribune.
 What congress should do is to take the | $2, ,000 900 and build strong defenses in the vicinity of Ogdensburg, commanding the entrance into Lake Ontario, and at De- troit commanding the connection be- tween Lakes Erie and Huron. If prop
 erly and scientifically applied it would secure every lake city from Ogdensburg tn Chipa -(thiC9U TriDunp RPD If the British were to be successful in their attack upon the Mahdist forces next autumn the result would be that hun dreds of thousands of Egyptian slaves would find freedom. Just how large the total of slaves to be liberated would be is of course, a matter of guesswork; but it is possible that the number of slaves in the Soudan and the equatorial pro- vinces is not far from 500000-Boston Advertiser, Rep.
 1 The statement is made that MT. Cleve- land "became quite chilly" when the question of a third term came up at his recent interview with the representatives of the democratic league. We are free to
 say, however that MT. Cleveland's chilli ness on that occasion would be as warm
 as the hot simeon from the sizzling plains of Sind or Kndahar compared with the frigldness of the. people if the same suggestion came up for their con sideration.-New York Advertiser, Rep. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, who has been ap- pointed to succeed Ramon o. Williams as consul at Havana is nephew of Gen. Robert E. Lee and served as his chief of staff toward the close of the war Be- fore that he was cavalry commander. His views with regard to the Cuban struggle have not been publicly express ed, but, from his general character, his appointment looks like a concession to
 the Cuban sympathizers and indicates
 that the president may not be so far from the position of congress as has been
 supposed.-Buffalo Express, Rep
 The report that the anti-McKinley
 forces are turning to Quay as the only candidate who can no " organize victory
 in the teeth of the Buckeye Colossus is remarkable chiefly in that 1t was not reported before. Quay'h rugged honesty, his plain, blunt candor in dealing with men and affairs, his unswerving devotion to the masses, his well known adherence to civil service reform and his oft-ex- pressed abhorrence of machine politics, ought long ago to- have made him the
 Reading republican candidate for the presidency. = Springfield Republican, Mug.
 Is the Hon. Grover Cleveland candi. date for a third term or is he not? If MT. Cleveland nurses this furtive and selfish ambition it is time for him and the democratic party to part company. If he is guiltiess of treason to democratic principles it is time for him to say so in such a manner as will free himself from suspicion and free the party from | the clouds that portend destruction. Why should hes manifest exasperation when questioned on a subject concerning which every democrat in the United States has a right to the fullest informa- ton? That in itself Is g sign of guilt New York Sun. Dem. The "sound money" men in the demo- cratic party should take warning from this action of the Maryland convention.