Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-18
IN THE CORRIDORS.

"The crowds about the hotel corridors,
brought here by the race meeting, re-
mind me somewhat OF the OLD DOOM udSs,
when strangers sat up for lack OF place
10 lay their heads, and the UBIQUITOUS
real estate Spectator sold corner lots by
candle light" said a drummer at the
Morris last night. Those were certainly
lively DAYS." he continued, but Tor the
sake of the town it is to be hoped they
will never come again. A boom don't DO
q town any good, and the sooner the Dol
tom drops out the better 1t is for that
town. However, Birmingham seems TO
be all right now. l have been selling
goods here for number of years, ana l
have never had a better trade than
have had this season. Besides, B1rmlng-
ham looks like a city. There are as sub
stantial buildings here as you VIII ma
in any town of it's size in the country,
and there isn't city anywhere that mas
finer streets. When you get them all
paved and spend few thousanos on
sidewalks Birmingham viii be the pest
looking city in the south.
"Talking about booms, though, re-
minds me of a good story L hearu OF the
Chicago boom. You have probably heard
that Mrs. O'Leary's cow was directly re-
sponsible for Chicago's boom. That IA
nous COW kicked over the lamp. burnt
up the town and the boom 1olloWeu,
Look at Chicago now; amt she oaisy
Well what L was going 10 say was TINS
After the fire there were relief subscrlp-
tions started all over the country IN ala
of the sufferers, and If l remember cor
rectly the south responded noply. one
enthusiastic brother over in Georgia,
who constituted himself committee or
one to solicit subscriptions, tackled an
old farmer on his native heath and asked
for few dollars. Now, that was away
back in To- you know, and TINS particular
old farmer was one OF those unrecoh-
structed citizens who cherished d lon ION,
belief that every man north ana south
of Mason and Dixon's line was his nat
uraI enemy Besides, he had only very
crude idea of where Chicago was. How
ever, he listened to the story OF now the
cow kicked over the lamp and the pa
fhetic description of the vast destruction
of property and sufferings Of the unfor,
tunate Chicagoans, as graphlcally told
by the enthusiastic philanthropist, ana
was apparently greatly lmpressed-so
much so that the e. T. thought II Was WA
time to prefer his request for $l0 Dill.
Nav said the old farmer, give EN-
nothing; but stranger, yer Kin Just put
me down fer bale of hay fer that
keow.'"
.rhe people up in my country are TAX
ing a good deal of interest in the poilt-
zeal game down south just now, said
a PENNSYLVANIA at the Florence notei
last night "Of course, PennsylVanla is
a republican state and 1t VIII go repup,
loan regardless of who is nominated
and what the platform may contain, but
there Is a large silver element IN my
state. Senator Cameron is well known
MS a pronounced advocate OF the whlte
metal and Senator Quay Is also very
friendly, but our strongest SILVER man -
Ex-Congressman Joe S!biey we nave
an idea up our way that Sibley may be
the nominee of the silver party, II the
issue is directly made. Sibley is strong
man. He is an able man ana possesses
large means. He would make an admir-
| strong as coming from the east. l
| I know Sibley personally, and l think l
| can safely say he wants the nomination..
us Quay a bona fide candidate?'
Enthusiastically. Quay is very re-
markable man, and he is not likely to al
| low the use of his name unless he means
| business. He is certainly regarded as in
| earnest in his own state, and let me tell
| you, any man who goes to the convention
| with delegation of sixty-four votes
that will stick to the last will be a for
midable candidate. He and Platt under
| stand each other thoroughly. They
| both know that Morton can't be nomi-
| mated, and if Mckinley is not nominated
| on the first ballot there will come a
break. Quay looks for deadlock, and
| hopes to win that way. One thing you
| can depend upon, If the signs of the
times mean anything: The republicans
| will put southern man on the ticket in
the hope of breaking the solid SOUTH
|
eff Senator Pugh fails of reelection,
and Senator Vest loses his seat there
| will not be single man left in congress
| who served in the Confederate congress-
said T. b. " llton of Kansas City at the
| Florence hotel last night as he sat chat
ting with a party of friends. 'Pugh
was member of the lower house of the
Confederate congress-, and Vest sat In
the senate. They have both had long