The age-herald., 1897-11-07

republican party was the means of his
 being turned out of Tammany. Previous
 to this, however, he had turned against Ta mmany, and had abused it for an he
 could. Seemed to have forgotten that Tammany hali taken him up when he I was poor and unl0rolWn, and had given
 him-the opporturity to make some thing out of himself. Cochran is an ungrateful cuss. Win sell out his best friend. AL ways influenced by money. Mark Hanna paid him in 1896 to support Mckinley.
 Made a grand-stalnd play dn stumping the country from New York to the Mis- souri river. Travelled in special car and had his train run special all the l time. Mark Hanna paid him $300, 900 for four months' work. As soon as the elsc- tion was oyer he went to Europe. He re- mained there until about two months ago, when he returned and made a deal with Tom Fla'tt to Supporr Tracy. Platt paid him $50,000 to make speeches In New York and Brooklyn for the repIb- iican ticket. Bourke Cochran has not as much genuine principle as a dog. No- body questions his ability. Some of the sma1test men in this country are the biggest thfsves. Cookrans political star has set. The democrats have lost a bad thing, and the republicans have gained | nothing. hay. always had a great respect for the legal profession. To mly mind, next to editing newxpa ?per, 1t is the most ennobling of all professions. Lawyers, as a class are a fine lot-of men. Ut is true there ara bad men in all professions but the good so outnumber the bad that the percentage is small. There are some fine lawyers in Birmingham. In truth there are lots of them. | hear, though there are some soalawags in the profes-
 sion here A few of them resort to un- professional practices. have not much regard for lawyer who solicits busi- n=ss. I am sure that is about the most unprofessional thing a lawyer can do. There are some lawyers in Birmingham who are always looking out for business
 Soms of them read the newspapers every day very closely ito detect if there are not libel suits lurking in soma paragraph
 Newspaper writers, as a, class. do not familiarize themselves with Iibel laws from legal point of view, and 1t is not infrequent that errors creep into the papers that cam only be construed as AhCGlOdo ih1tIci DJ 1 EsiS Otei. h0"S SA' There is another class of lawyers who are always in search of damage suits against corporations. Often times @ man never thinks he Is damaged until some lawyer who wants to get a case suggests it. This class of people are hlrrtful to any community.
 I cannot understand why the ladies in Birmingham talk so loud in the street cars. 1t Is very bad form. One peculiar feature of their loud conversation is that they talk so that everybody else in the car may hear, and the way they talk about their neighbors Is a caution. They just rip them up tine back. Tell all their family troubles and the troubles of other families. Heard one woman talk ing, the other day. to another woman about a third wonlan's husband. The third woman was not present They mentioned namss which, of course, al the men in the car hsard. I don't know the persons about whom they were talk ing, but had seen their names printed in The Age-Herald. Of course, womsn will do their talking. They have right to talk as much as they please, but what I object to is their talking so loud. Bir- mingham is a small town EveLybody gcssips. But possiping in the street cars wlaer= all the passengers may hear is not, in my opinion, conducive to a hea' a'thful state of affairs Some hus- bands would be wise if they were to muzzle their wives when they get in street cars.
 hear old man Roden is getting very much stirred up about the cheaper gas question. Hot in the collar Seems to think it is great ou'trag that the peo- pie have got onto his game. Has been sailing along very smoothly for several years. Collecting high prices for gas. Guess the people didn't know they were being robbed. Nothing like telling the public the truth about things. The peo- pfe are generally patient. When once aroused, look out. Every man who owns property in this town wants more people to come hefe. Greater population makes a richer community. People who are seeking to make investments are going to the communities where the op- portunities are equal, and the cost of living is as near the minimum as pos sible. There is no more reason why the Birmingham Gas company should charge $1.65 for gas than Bob Jemison should charge 15 cents for every ride on the street cars The people would not stand that for one minute, yet they have besm quietly submitting to this gas robbery for years. Old man Roden has been hav- ing things pretty much his own way. I hear he is one of the men who didn't want any railroads built in Birming- ham for fear they would take trade to other cities Of course that was a Ionp time ago. Conditions have changed. MT. Roden has not. Same selfish desire of the gas company. Want everything in sight. Guess the public has got MT. Ro- den pretty much on the hip about his claim that the gas company pays $1.20 a ton for coal. MT. Rcden might have made the people of Birmingham believe that statement was true, if the fellows he buys the coal from had not squealed MT. Roden had not more than made that statement until they came right to the front. Let the cat out of the bag. Said they had been selling coal to the gas