The age-herald., 1897-10-08
WITH THE ALABAMA EDITORS.
What the Clever Fellows Are Thinking and
 Writing About.


 The efficacy of the Immigration of the mails as preventive to the conveying of yellow fever germs is not recognized over in Sulligent. The Sulligent Light ming says:
 ''The Mobile Daily Register and New Orleans Picayune are used to make bon fires now at this office. Handled with tongs."
 There is prosperity and there is not prosperity. Concerning the latter the Tuscumbia Dispatch says:
 When you see a farmer seated on lonely bale of cotton at 51A cents per pound-that is not prosperity"
 The Birmingham Times says of the re- cent disclosures in the commissioner of agriculture's office:
 'The office of commissioner of agrtcul- ture is becoming good sized Jonah to Alabama democracy. If it cannot Cihrow the office overheard, perhaps 1t can stop the omissions ard commissions of the chief clerks. It may be that the chief clerks are being made the scape goats" The CanebrakeI Hsrald IS as yet unable to find the man with temerity enough to announce himself as candidate to oppose Gov. Johnston for the democratic nomination. It says
 Tt is about time that the opposition was Sprlnging some one to tackle Joe Johnston.-Selma Tim.s.
 It Is times but they are as yet unable to find a man who is willing to be the NItfr tn. l0f.. I-1 Alabama, who'll be the goat?' but no answer come;h yet.'
 The Stevenson Chronicls in it's last issue gets in good word for Josiah Pat terson; Josiah, however, will hardly talks it as compliment. The Chronicle says:
 Josiah Patterson, the gold bug cham pfon of Tennessee, Is -n Iowa making republican speeches. However, we re- gard this more honorable than to be pretending to be- a democrat, running a side show ito defeat the regular organized democratic party"
 The Barbour Journal fails to see wherein the democratic party will be benefited by ignoring national issues in the state campaign. The Journal says:
 "Why ignore the national democratic platform in the next state campaign? Isn't it's blanks the essence of good democratic doctrine, and wasn't it enun- ciated as guide to light our pathway to the goal of prosperity and happiness by the duly elected and accredited rep resentatives of the party in convention assembled? If it should be ignored, which we do not believe, would not such course be the rankest kind of cowardice. As for every bolter it would lose five silver men who would be dis gusted at this going back on principle. With but one exception, every demo- cratic state convention held this year has endorsed with great enthusiasm the platform ~
 The Selma Times is dealing sledge hammer blows in behalf of the Chicago platform. It says:
 No, gentlemen we do not believe in surrendering our convictions to please few Palmer and Buckner bolters. We think that such a course would destroy the fighting qualities of the democrat tic hosts. Not to endorse the Chicago plat form by the next democratic conven- ton would be the same as a Baptist convention, a Presbyterian synod or a Methodist conference trying to hold their respective bodies together after ignor- ing the New Testament and purposely failing to mention the name of Christ. Until the meeting of the next national convention the Chicago platform shall be our creed of faith and William Jen- nings Bryan the exponent of our be- lief"