The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-07
I. CALLYER DOWN
AGAIN AFLOAT

1T Is beginning to look like the carnival
which Birmingham viii have in February
will be a success. The people are meni-
Testing much interest In 1T. It Will be
carnival for all Birmingham.
aim sorry Ito see some of the carnival
committee took offense at a paragraph
I printed several days ago about 1ndi-
vbduaas attempting to make profit for
themselves out of the carnival. All I
am interested in is to see 1t conducted
for the good of Birmingham. The men
at the head of 1t are good, industrious
men, so far as I know. They ought to
be upheld and the people should grow
enthusiastic over the work they are do
ing. am sure The Age-Herald is with
them, heart and soul There is no use
in people getting offended and raising
kicks. Anybody can kick What we
want to do new is to put klckers aside
and let everybody erlthuse over the car
ntval.
The president has written his first
message Everybody will read 1t today
and talk about 1T. There will be lots of
opinions. Mr. Mckinley showed long
head in writing that message. He stopped
before he got into deep water Tt is all
right as far as 1T goes. But he did not
go very far. He told us the evils we
are suffering from, but he suggested no
complete remedy. He was chary about
recommending Secretary Cages plan.
He just recommended a few things. Then
| he stopped. Mckinley knows eIhis is
| a big question. He prefers ito let con-
| gress work it out, or else let it work
itself out. Mckinley knows a thing or
| two. T, = ID
| Mr.. Mckinley also writes about che
| Cuban question. He says the Spanish
| government has attempted pacficatfon
| through it's new captain general of Cuba.
| Mckinley says let us wa.t and see VIII tn
err this will settle the revolution. If 1t
| does not, he practically says the United
| States will i'm enfere. We have waited
| a long time However, Mckinley may
be right, and we might wait a little long
er and see what will be the result. "A
| few months will not make amy difference
one way or the other. dom, think it
| will result in any good, but lie Mckinley
Thinks is does, we might wait a while
| and see.
The truth of the matter is that Blaine
was night aboua Cuba Tt should by
rights belong to the United States.
Blaine wanted to buy it. We eally should
| buy it. 1 think Spain would seei cheap
| just now.After waiting I think we should
open negotiations for purchase. If we
don't want it for any other purpose, we
shold have it to cleanse THE city of Ha-
vana and prevent that city from sending
| yellow fever to our shores every summer.
| The damage done to the Southern states
| hast summer from yellow fever was
| greater than would he the cost of the
| island of Cuba
| Editor Rhodes of the Evening News is
a hustler. I congratulate him. He print
| ed the presidents message yesterday af-
| teFnoon THAT was good piece of work
and he deserves credit for it. Birming-
| ham is second to no city in the land
in the point of newspapers The people
are getting The news as quick as it
| happens.
| Cotton went up a little yesterday. That
| is what 1T should have done a Nom h ago.
| Spot cotton is selling at Alabama points
| ait from four and a half to five cents
| a pound. 1t should be selling not lower
| than seven cents pound. I predics this
| price will prevail before the middle of
| February.
| I. CAIlLYER DOWN.
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