Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-19
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

We are of opinion that this is the time to insist upon a southern statesmans s name upon the vice presidential part of | the national democratic ticket.-Peters- burg Index-Appeal Dem.
 MT Reeds hesitancy about agreeing to accept the vice presidential nomination IS | not strange. He wants to be sure he can get it before he comes out openly as an
 avowed candidate.-St. Louis Star. Ind.
 | The distinguishing feature of the Utah republican platform is the fact that it
 | contains the only free coinage plank so
 l far adopted in any state which the re-
 publicans have any hope of carrying in
 next November's election.-Philadelph
 | Press, Rep
 | One of Senator Allisons managers says | that McKinleys strength will be greatest at the beginning of the St. Louis conven- | ton. The funny part of that statement is that the convention will be all begin | hing with the end wrapped up in the first roll call.-Cleveland Leader, Ind. Mckinley is a bimetallfst that is, he Is for the standard of money and unit of value as it existed prior to 1875, and when he says he is in favor of bimetal- lism he means he is in favor of restoring l silver to it's ancient-position of honor.- Wichita Eagle, Rep.
 The woman who kicked Scott Jackson, on trial for the murder of Pearl Bryan, as he was passing out of the court room,
 | may not be more a credit to her sex than | the creatures who make it their business | to send flowers and fruits to condemned murderers but she is rather less nauSe- | ating to contemplate.-St. Paul Pioneer | Press. Rep.
 | Under the present law independent can didates can be put in nomination in cities | of the second class on the nomination of l 500 electors. Senator Raines amendment raises this number to 1000. The manifest nllrnOSp tn he fo make ipdanendent | voting more difficult and to make the | yoke of the machine organization more permanent.-Syracuse Post, Ind.
 | A few democrats are outspoken in fa- vor of MT. Cleveland's reriomination, and | a few others indorse him in half-heart- | ed way. But these are as nothing to the storm of bitter and unrelenting dissent | that comes from many directions, and especially from the south and west, and | in what have hitherto been democratic trongholds.-Troy (N. Y.) Times, Rep. In case MT. Cleveland accept a renom- nation he will doubtless explain that he does so merely in orde- to oblige his | party. He will be guided by the same self-sacrificing spirit which impels a boy to suck all the juice out of an orange belonging to his little brother in order to prevent it from souring the latter's stomach.-New York Mall and Express Rep.
 Senator Davis was the first man to go down before the favorite son delusion, although he thought he had hitched his wagon to star when he offered his Mon- roe doctrine resolutions; then Senator Cullom was knocked out in Illinois, and now Governor Bradley is disconsolate. Delegates are not given to wasting bal lots this year.-LouiSville Courier-Jour- nal Dem.
 It is unlikely that Cleveland will pub fish a letter declining the nomination of m tG nf ITt.1s Ik edly he has made his wishes and inten- tions known to his personal followers, and they will govern themselves accord inglX No one else is likely to force the nomina ton upon him. He has nothing to fear from the mass of the party.-Port- land Oregonian.
 There is some Justification for the the ory that the present programme plans | that MT. Carlisle shall be the nominal first choice, and that the fighting in the convention shall be done under his name. Afterward, if he fails to prove strong enough figure, no one need be surprised if Mir. Cleveland, finding that Carlisle is not able to get the honor, should consent to take hold of the standard himself Chicago Record, Ind.
 The Anglo-Egyptfan expedition is not to be sent recklessly into danger in the advance up the Nile. It has been found that the force en route is too small to cope with the Dervishes, who are gather | ing round the Khalifa's standard near Dongola, and, if reports are true, have already shown themselves ready to op- pose any advance beyond the Akasheh, point between Wady Halfa and New Dongola.-New York Hreald, Ind. Secretary SngNh puts himself forward as teacher of finance. MI. Crisp quotes Smiths speech of two years ago. in which he asserts that a single gold standard means ruin to the country. ME. Smith now asserts that only Q gold standard can save tha country. He