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Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03

blanket ballot, which contains the ticket of each party. No one name can be put on two tickets. The motive of this pro- vision of the law is to prevent trading in nominations, and it is an assured success it is said. The secretary of state is the chief of the board of elections. In every county this head of the system appoints four election officers in each county, re- Sardless of the extent or population of the county. The four men thus appoint ed are the recommendations of the two leading political parties in that county provided the names ssnt in are personally competent and worthy. Each party knows at once who has been appointed for itself and its. opponent. These four men choose a clerk, and, of course he must be chosen by three of them
 The county board thus constituted ap- points at every box four other election officers, two of whom must come from each of the two leading parties in that county. There must be two clerks to each precinct, and they must not belong to the same party, making in aal six members of the precinct board. The pre- cincts are small, so as not to contain many voters
 Under this system the election is con- ducted by two of the most numerous po- lltical parties, in perfect equality of su- pervision. In large cities there is a reg istration qualification.
 We ought to have some simple plan of securing honest elections in Alabama Under the Ohio plan, each party ticket stands to itself on the blanket ballot. If each party also attaches its own sign of identification, and the precincts are suffi- cientl small to allow the Identification of voters by the officers, the right of suf- frage would be about as safe as could be made Let us be fair and square under whatever system we enact.
 SA ll.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03
SPONTANEOUS NUGGETS.

. Yesterday was ground hog day, but he struck a frozen water pipe, and recog- nizng the expense above surface, went back into his hole and will take chances for food until spring time comes, Gentle Anniep'
 Birmingham and her carnival will draw the crowds from every section of the country this year. Birmingham is the first town to make an effort despite the hard times, and her headway is attract ing universal attention.
 The Warrior canal may lack some water, but nature has favored this section so lavishly with all else that this little deficiency ought to be conceded as an artificial possibility.
 When the rivers and harbors commit tee return to Washington they will re- port favoraibly on all things claimed foI Birmingham, except the population Wis itors never excuse absence from home The population is in Montgomery, look ing after the anti-pool bill and the police commission.
 It was a Texan, not an Alabamian, that remarked the other day that if the ad vance agent of the Good Times show mas been around he is a h-l of a. long way IT advance of his show.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03

Col. Courtney Hixson. American con- sul at Foochow, who is now in this coun- try on leave. says the New York Com mercial Advertiser, earnestly urges manufacturers to cultivate the trade in China. He says the Chinese market is the best in the world for American ma- chinery, tools and implements of all kinds, that the people of that country are eager buyers of nearly all the metal products of the United States, and that with proper effort on the part of our manufacturers this trade could be de- veloped into enormous proportions. This Information should induce American en- terprise to provide means for a great expansion of our commerce with the Chinese, The market is there, waiting for our goods. and it needs only prompt and proper. cultivation to yield rich re- turns to those who seek 1t.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03

Hon. Warren B. Hooker chairman of the rivers and harbors committee, the State Herald was informed by a promi- nenf citizen of Birmingham yesterday. who was born in MT. Rockers district and knows his history and reputation, Is one of the best and most favorably known public men of Western New York. His appointment over the heads of much older members to this important chair rnanship is most excellent testimonial to Chairman Rockers ability and high character Ssss
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03

Advocates of better public highways are invited by the National League for Good Roads to form local leagues of that body in every state, county and town ship, and the secretary, MT. Charles F. Johnson, No. 219 Bush street, San Fran cisco, announces that on application he will forward literature showing how such organizations may be established and conducted. The work of the National League is of the utmost importance to the whole country and as it can be rap idly advanced by means of these local organizations. it would be wise thing to form them in every community where citizens are interested in its purposes.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03

Last weeks report from the Councils vile Pa) coke district shows only 5,942 cars as against 6.266 cars the previous week; the tonnage being 106.956 tons against 112.7SS tons the preceding week.
 This reduction is in the face of rumored cut by some coke producers in the agreed prices of S2 for furnace and $2.30 for foun- dry coke per ton, but 1t is said plenty of furnace coke is being furnished at S1. 10 per ton.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03

When it is remembered that today s State Herald was gotten up by the smallest staff force ever worked on a
 metropolitan morning paper, and the first notice that the size would have to be in- creased was not given'until o'clock last night the public can appreciate what can be accomplished under a strain. There is life in the old land yet, and the State Herald is going to head the process sion. Store this away in your memory.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03

The Florence Gazette having been forced to suspend publication on account of a lack of patronage has been again revived. In resuming the publication Edi- tor Barr says:
 We could not afford to walk about and do nothing, so have decided, but he's itatingly, to resume publication of the Gazette and see if we can secure enough patronage from our people to keep the wolf from our door, and to keep our hands and mind employed"
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03

A constitutional convention is needed to regulate the franchise. The old order of ballot-box stuffing must cease. The honor and integrity of the state is at stake. A new constitution will not rob any man of the right to vote who de- serves that right.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03

Birmingham needs constitutional con vention-her very existence as city de- pends upon it. With a tax rate lower than any other city of equal size, it can not be expected to long continue all the appointments of city. After a constitu- tional convention Birmingham will step forward with ten-league boots.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03

The Louisville and Nashville Railroad company has purchased a good deal of land near the wharves in Pensacola, Fla, and will prepare sidetracks and bins for coal that Is to be exported. The ex- port coal trade is developing wonder fully. Many thousand tons of coal are being exported out of the Birmingham dist rict
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03

Some of our exchanges are already suggesting delegates to the constitutional convention. It has been suggested that the justices of the supreme court, circuit judges, and ex-governors should be made members of the convention.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03
OUR LETTER BOX.
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
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To the State Herald:
 It seems there was no complaint in Ohio over the election returns last No vember. and it may interest our law makers in Alabama to study the cleo tion statutes which regulated the cast ing of 1,020.107 individual ballots with such result.
 The Australian. with material modifi- cations, Is in force. The ballot is a
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03

Hon. s. D. Weakley is to be compli- mented for the very able and efficient way he is, as chairman of the committee for that purpose. waging the campaign for the new constitution.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03

The fact that the Birmingham district can compete with any mining country in the world. both in coal and iron, has put the high tariff statesmen to think ing, and the citizens of districts who are seeking protection are dreaming strange dreams
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03

The consideration of the bill calling a constitutional convention comes up in the house Friday at Il o'clock. It is a special order ....,
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03

Every friend of the movement for a constitutional convention should urge the legislature to pass the bill now pending.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03

The rivers and harbors committee will find big brewry in Birmingham, and rivers of beer, with plenty of schooners, but they must furnish the harbors.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03

The Alabama legislature should pass the bill calling constitutional conven- tion.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03

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Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03

A new constitutionis one of Alabama $ greatest needs.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03

There are many things on top of the ground in and around Birmingham to in- terest and astonish the rivers and har- 3bors committee. There are things they won't see that would astonish them even more. There is a vein of coal at Pratt mines underneath the vein now being worked that is ten times richer. There is a subterranean stream flowing beneath Birmingham that is deeper and swifter than the yanHoose canal will be.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

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undelivered Telegrams.

Undelivered messages at the Western Union Telegraph office:
 John Reid, Hon. J. E. Reyburn.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03

The present constitution of Alabama is not suited to present conditions.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03
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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26
Mr. Bryan ON Equality.

In his speech at New York on Feb. 26
Mr.. Bryan said: "If any person believes
il government should single out q few
people and give them advantages over
others, he does not understand equality
under the law.'
This Is very true. But, in demanding
that silver mine owners be permitted to
. take so cents worth Of bullion to the
treasury and have it stamped as 81, is
not Mr.. Bryan advocating the very in
equality under the law which he re-
Dukes? Would not free coinage OF silver
alta fictitious ratio be to "single out q
few people and give them advantages
over others!" The owners Of silver bull
lion in this country are very few indeed.
Again Mr.. Bryan says, "No Just gov
eminent ought to enable or permit one
citizen to injure another citizen.
True. But would not the government
do this if it enabled one class OF citizens.
the debtors, to discharge their obliga-
tions to another class, the creditors, in
dollars worth only half as much as were
the dollars loaned? II the government
were to make wampum or conch shells
legal tender for the payment Of debt,
would it not enable one class Of citizens
to iniure another class? And would 1t
not do the same in depreciating the cur
rency Of the country to 90 cent basis!
The people SO decided last November.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26
CURRENCY
ELASTICITY
lNFERloRiTY or OUR OWN AS COW,
PARED WITH SCOTCH AND CANA
DIAN CURRENCY SYSTEMS

Need For More Money 70 Move crops 4
At once supplied In other Coantrsss,
but Not In Thi.--Rsd raps. cess ana
Delay In Obtaining Currency ,Isks Or
System 1nelastie and Increase RAts e
Interest In August and ssptsmber-Nst-
ter Banking md cusrency Systems Alone
Can Rid Us Of the silver Question.
Secretary of the Treasury Window
said in his treasury report for 1890:
"In my Judgment the grayest defect
in our present financial system Is its
lack Of elasticity. &c. Tho demand for
money, in this country, is SO irregular
that IN amount Of circulation which
will be ample during ten months Of the
year will frequently prove SO deficient
during the other two months as to cause
stringency and commercial disaster.
The crops Of the country have reached
proportions SO immense that their move
ment to market. in August and Septein-
bsr, annually causes q dangerous abb
sorption Of money. The lack Of a sufti-
cient supply to meet the increased de.
mands during those months may entail
heavy losses upon the agricultural az
well as upon other business interest "
How hard and inelastic is our present
unscientific currency system, or lack Of
system, ia apparent when "a comparison
is made with tho currency systems Of
other countries. In a pamphlet recently
issued by the sound currency committee
OF the Reform club Mr.. L. Carroll Root
illustrates the relative elasticity Of 90
different banking systems in is different
countries. He says:
1.-THE data secured includes weekly or
monthly statements of the outstanding
circulation of the leading bank currency
systems Of the world. The period COW
cred in each case is the two years 1894
and 1895. The method Of preparation
Of diagrams has been to take the mini
mum circulation Of the period as base
liae and to reduce the amounts on other
dates to percentages Of this. In this way
common measure has been secured,
and comparison of one diagram with
another is facilitated. 7"
We reproduce below three OF Mr..
Roots diagrams which show in strik-
ing way the great difference in elasticity
Of currencies in Scotland, Canada and
the United States.
RANKS OF scoTLASp-TZN BANKS.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26

u y 4 6cchis 51i mouth esriier fSan Ia
SOD iSRd ThS lion win without
doubt ID found II tS6 Scctch pFactice q
making pkyfnSnss on mortgaees inter-
est ahnnik Hi etc.s 1t those dAtes--A
practice mot followed 20 extensively in
Cknada.
g In general single annual move
smSnt may be said TO characterize agri-
: cultural coEnmunities This occurs in
the TAU, and Il due to what we have
come to CALI moving the crops Tts
explanation may be found In the fact
that farmers. as class are not accua-
toned % make use Of bank deposits. and
consequently when payments are made
to them for their crops tlargely at sim
gle season OF the year, the surplus over
immediate payments Is required by them
\ Ia tho form Of notes--it being unques-
tionably true that in any Of our agricul-
turnl communities in this country the
average farmer has in his possession
during the six weeks following the sale
of his crop much larger amount OF
currency than during the rest Of the
year. The result in tho aggregate is an
extraordinary demand. such as that
which leads in Canada to an annual ex-
pansion Of so per cent in the bank cir
culntion.
!. Undoubtedly the needs for currency
In the United States change about as
much as in Canada. but the cost of buy
ing bonds at a high premium on which
( notes can DO issued only to 90 per cent
Of their par value, the red tape neces-
saty to obtain these notes from the gov
ernment and the tax on circulation
make delay and cost in increasing the
circulation which practically prohibit
an increase until the need for such in
crease is past. Therefore interest rates
In this country run up rapidly in Au-
gust and September without appreciably
affecting the supply of currency.
In Scotland and Canada the machinery
necessary to increase the supply OF cur
rency is simple and is entirely In the
hands Of the banks; hence the cost and
delay necessary are much less than with
MS Thus in Canada few big banks
with numerous "hranch banks" supply
all parts Of the country with currency.
Mueu LuuI6 AIOuey 40 AcSASA AA tsuS
province as in Manitoba when the
wheat crop is being Invertebrates of
interest begin to rise. The profits of sup
plying currency in this province are in
creased, and Immediately additional sup
plies Of currency are sent from the big
banks IN Montreal, Quebec or Toronto
to their branch banks in Manitoba. Thus
the cost Of moving the crops is much
lower in Canada than in the United
States, where rates of interest go up and
down without materially changing the
supply of currency. OF course the farm
ers, through increased competition of
bidders, who obtain plenty of money at
low rates Of interest and can afford to
pay high prices. reap most of the benefit.
There are other advantages connected
with branch banks which it is un-
necessary to explain here. Itissufiicient
te say that in Canada there is no silver
question to disturb business and occupy
the time Of politicians and Legislators.
Its not likely that We will have tinan-
cial peace until we greatly improve our
banking and currency systems
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26

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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26

Ifyou have ever seen child in the
agony Of Group, you can appreclasis I'm, .mr
That One Minute Cough Cure relieves
t thaS I;;t,a ones Ms quickly rs it is adj
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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-26
UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANKS.
ExrLrslyE or nANK s owN xorEs Of nAxp.

These diagrams show that in Scotland
there is about 30 per cent more Of cur
rency in circulation in November than
in February. In Canada there is 90 per
cent more currency in circulation in o.
tober than in May. In the United States
there was only 8 per cent change in cir
culation during the two years 1894 and
1895, and the most Of this change is &C.
counted for not by the changing needs
for currency at different periods Of the
year, but by the sales Of United States
bonds, which made 1t convenient for
banks to increase their circulation. Mr..
Root thus explains the changes in Cam
ada aud Scotland:
"For instance, on comparing the cir
culation Of Canada and Scotland, the
first thing noticed is that in Scotland
there are two upward movements, one
eliminating in May and the other in
November, while in Canada the former
movement is entirely absent and the
Middletown transcript., 1897-09-25

which robbed Heceiver Rettew Of his
power to collect taxes; which ten years
ago piled up debt In this county Of
$120. 90; and which has again piled up
S150. .00e which gerrymandered New
Castle and Sussex. and which now
forms the model FOR Addicks, Marshall
and Layton. The word Republican
implies representation. = A Republi-
can believes in representation for every
member of the party. The man who
would foist something else upon the
party is not Repu lican. DR.. Mar
shall unconsciously paints that man
when be says. "I think we ought to
apply some Democratic politics. !"
Heaven forbid that any Democratic
politics should ever be applied to the
internal management Of the Republi-
can party.