The age-herald., 1897-11-09
GOSSIP OF THE STREET
 AND HOTEL L0BBIES


 Gen. Thomas catchIngs representative of the yicksburg. Miss. district in con- gress was at the Mornis yesterday. Gen. eral Catchings was en route 10 vfclks- burg, but will have considerable trouble getting there on account of the strict quarantine regulations. He was kept busy sending and raceiving teGegrams all the afternoon in regard to the matter.
 T am tn faver of the national govern- ment taking charge of quarantines dur. ing the existence of epidernlcs," said General Catchings. Such action might involve constitutional complications but I believe it could be dome"
 What do thnk of the movement for a new constitution in Alabama? It is just the thing needed. And by all means, don't neglect ths educational qualifica- tion clause for voters. It has been our salvation in Mississippi. It has worked well there and see no reason why 1t shouldn't here.s There is a negro now coultesting my seIat i'm congress on ac- count of this constitutional clause. He disputes the validity of the clause and bases his contest on these grounds. How ever, the supreme court of the United States has already declared the clause valid"
 When asked his opinion on the ef- forts of Birmingham to get the govern ment armor plate plant. He said: '"The question is being discussed some in Washington, and should be glad to see a plant built, and I shall be heartily in flavor of Birmingham. I don't know whether a plant will be located any where, but tn the event that it Is Bir- mfngham is my choice of localities"
 General Catchngs tells rather an amus- ing incident on Governor McLaurin and Hon. Luther Manship of Mississippi 'There has been a very rigid quarantine on between Hinds and Rankin county" said the general. Jackson is in Hinds county and many of the citizens of thar place, among them Governor McLaurin and MT. Manship fled to Rankin at the beginning of the yellow fever scare. Some weeks ago the governor and Mir. Manship imbfbed a little freely and went to the quarantine line alt Pearl river. They wanted to communicates with one MT. Monaghan, who Mckinley appoint ed postmaster. It was said by some
 
 his brother Wallace in as deputy and for this reason did what he could for Kernaghan. Mayor Whorton and City Marshal Ewing heard of the affair and went alt once to investigate. They found the governor and MT. Manship under a tent drinking. The city marshal told the governor he was surprised at his actions. Evidently somewhat intoxicated the gov E,i.S taf executive and was weary of having his adts criticised. To smooth matters over Mayor Whorton told the governor that he thought MT. Ewing was addressing MT. Karnaghan. The governor told the mayor he had Lied, whereupon the mayor told him he would be held personally responsible aihterwardts. The governor then quieted down and retracted. The affair came out, and the papers severely criticised the governor. He then came out in an interview and declared he was not ddfnking. He said he sometimes yielded to the tempter but had summed it a thousand times to where he had yielded one. He concluded by asking the people of the state to pray for him, and ask the divine power to keep him from all sin and tempta tion."
 
 Albert Goodwin, of WetumplNa, was at the Morris yesterday. He is a son of A. T. Goodwin, the prominent populist, who has 'been a member of c'ongrsss.
 My father is now conte5ting the seat of MT. Brewer, who was declared elected by the democrats,' said MT. Goodwin. ''He succeeded in getting his seat before and I believe he w5ll again be success full"
 MT. Goodwin is connected With the Reform Advocate, and wtas en route home from north Alabama.
 Judge Thomas Coleman, of Eutalw, was at the Florsnce yesterday. He wsa en route home from Montgomery where he went Saturday to. attend supreme court. Judge Coleman is prominently mentioned as a dandidiate for the chief justiceship against Judge Thomas Mc- Clellan. =
 Dr. L. Hensley Grubbs, editor of the Y Decatur News, was in Birmingham Sun- day Dr. Grubbs is one of the oldest members of the Alabama journalistic fraternity.
 c. M Brumby, city editor of the Mont- gomery morning paper, was in Birming- ham yesterday. MT. Brumlby is one of the few newspaper men who remained at his post of duty during the yellow fever scare. He is handsome and has jcurn alistlc ability as we'll as a keen scent for detective work. MT. Brumby recently ecl.pead Montgomery's police department in working up "a nsat.onIaa case and by this earned the little of ''Old Eleuth Brumby" MT. Brurnby only speInt @ day in the city mingliDg