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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-29
What a CyniC Says
About Modern Manners


A woman whose experience evidently
has not been very fortunate thus in
Weighs against the manners, or lack of
manners of the average American:
Turn where we will, we find want
of manners in society; and that, too, in
good socisty, not in the ranks of the
cenfessedly uncultivated, or at the best,
of the only half-cultured
You come upon these lapses of cour-
tesy everywhere and in all cireumstan-
c:s. You write friendly letter on a
mater of business as the root-work, and
you get a brief business acknowledge
ment of the cteque you Enclosed with
out word of reply-not even an allu-
sion to the friendliness of your letter.
This is from one whom else you knc W
well in society and often meet. On the
other hand--we will give all their due
you have charming letters from per-
feet stranger with whom you have only
a business corresponds nca-letters go far
to reconcile you to the boorishness of
others, and make you reconsider your
sweeping assertion as to the general
and universal bad manner of US Ameri-
cans-badness of manner which in no
wise pfesupposes badness of heart but
is just the boonshness which comes
from want of thought and want of i'm
agination. For to be absolutely we'll
hammered we must have sympathy,
keenness of perception, an Imagination
which can transport ourselves into an
others position-see with his eyes, feel
with his heart, think with his brain
and thus enable us to realize all that
he must feel and suffer, by what we
should feel and suffer were we in his
place.
We show our bad manners in shops, in
hotels. in crowds, as well as in the sus-
al circumstances of society. How few
of us show any real courtesy to shop as
sistants, who yet have to maintain a
smiling face and an unruff1ed demeanor
insulted as they may be half dozen
times day! We march in with the
air of conquerors annexing all that
phases their fancy. We make our de-
sires known with short, sharp words of
command, with never a please to soft
en- the verbal asperity we affect. We
toss things about the counter with a
disdain that expresses itself as acri-
moniously as if colors and patterns were
morag offenses which gave us righteous
cause for anger. We give all the trouble
we can, without a thought as to the
time to be employed in putting away
the failures we so contemptuously dis
card; and then we stalk out of the shop,
where we have not expended a shilling,
and we carry our heads as if we were
the injured party, not they-those poor
snubbed and badgered shop assistants!
This is no fancy portrait. We can see
1T realized in good substantial flesh and
blood any day we like to go into large
shop and watch the throng passing to
and fro.
Whether it be from pride, or shyaees
or downright boorishness, 1t is none the
less reprehensible; and he would be
true benefactor to his country who
should substitute for our present bear
ing something more gracious and more
genial more courteous and more con-
siderate.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-29

and Nellie Osborne of Jasper nave re-
cenfly moved to Birmingham and will
reside on the South Highlands.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Goodwin announce
the marriage of their daughter, Adele.
to Mr.. John Davidson McNeel, on
Wednesday, Oct. 81. 1897. Robinson
Springs, Ala. At home after Dec. Z,
410 South Perry street, Montgomery, Ala.
Hon. and Mrs Albert T. Goodwin have
many friends in every part of Alabama,
who feel warm interest in the an
nouncement of the marriage of their
lovely young daughter, will send SINGER
est congratulations to the happy bride
and groom.
Mrs. Martha Lunde Sloss has issued
very handsome invitations to the mar
riage of her daughter Rosa to Mr.. John
H. Minge, Jr., on Wednesday, Nov. 10,
at II o'clock noon, First Methodist Epis-
copal church, Birmingham, Ala. AT
home after Nov. 20 Faunsdale, Ala.
Yesterday morning, the 9th inst, at
the Metropolitan hotel Mr.. Edward Lew
is, of Dolomite, and Miss Sarah Ann Ed
wards, of Broakside, were married by
Rev. DR.. Thomas j. Baird.
Mrs. ]. ID. IS. Davis left yesterday for
louisville, where she will spend several
days.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-29

and Nellie Osborne of Jasper fave re-
cenaly moved to Birmingham and will
reside on the South Highlands.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-29

sist at all the interesting events that
happened within the parish
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-29
Maiden's Day Dream
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Refinement
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-29
Sterling Si1verware.

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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-05

The chief interest in the elections of
Tuesday centred in the contest for mayor
of Greater New York. Tammany and
Boss Croker carried the city by an over
whelming vote, and had everything liter
ally and absolutely their own way. Van
Wyck, the Tammany candidate, was
elected mayor by a plurality of $4,000.
Bird S. Coler the Democratic candidate
for controller, ran ahead of this with o.
600.
The only state officer elected was a Judge
of the court of appeals. In this contest
Alton b. Parker, the Democratic cand-
date, went far ahead of Van Wyck, polling
a plurality of 100000 in the city. In the
state his plurality is upward of $4,000.
Randolph Guggenheimer. Democrat, will
be president of the municipal council of
Greater New York, and will have the sup
port of a municipal assembly and board
of aldermen both Democratic by majorities
respectively of "a and 36. The local gov
ernments of each of the boroughs will also
be Democratic. Van Wyck had a major
ity in the boroughs of Manhattan and the
Bronx; in the other boroughs only plu-
rality, though large one. Even Brooklyn
gave him more than 10000 votes more
than it did his leading opponent-Seth
Low. Benjamin F. Tracy did not carry a
single assembly district in the whole city.
Low carried four in New York and three
in Brooklyn. Such a rush to the polls
has never been known except in presiden-
tial years. Rainy weather did not dampen
civic enthusiasm. The registration was
abnormal The total vote for mayor was
502, G65, with which compare 567 ASS reg
istered.
Tracy, the Republican candidate, stood
third in the contest. After the death of
Henry George his son, Henry George, jr.,
was made the candidate of his party, but
the George vote went almost solidly to
Van. Wyck. The unofficial vote of the
city is given as follows: Van Wyck, 23j,-
$50; Low, 1887 Tracy, l01 ,S33;
George, 1856; Gleason, 5S1.
Complete returns from the state at
large show that the Republican landslides
of the past two years have been reversed,
if not by giving as large majority for the
Democrats, at least by changing some
thing like 240, 900 votes. Governor Blacks
plurality in the state last year was over
100000. John Palmer, the Republican
secretary of state, won the year previous
by over 100000. The indications are that
these enormous pluralities have been
swept away and reverse plurality of be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 is given. The
greatest surprises of the returns are the
great gains made in the assembly by the
Democrats, many of them being in coun-
ties and districts where there was no ex-
pectation on the part of Democratic man
ayers of winning. More surprising, per-
haps, than the returns on the state and
assembly district tickets, were the results
of the municipal campaigns in the large
cities. Buffalo, Rochester, Binghamton,
Syracuse, Utica, Albany, Troy and Sche-
nectady elected Democratic mayors, but
in some of these cities local issues were
res sponsible for the result.
The returns from up the state indicate
that Senator Platt will not control the as
sembly. He will not have more than 90 of
the $50 assemblymen. A majority is rs.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-05
Kentucky and virginia.

Only one Office was filled in Kentucky,
that of clerk of the court of appeals. The
tickets nominated were those of the Re-
publcans, the National Democrats and the
Silver Democrats. S. j. Shackelford, the
Silver Democratic nominee, is elected by
25,OOO majority, and the Silver Democrats
will have majority of over 20 in the two
houses of the general assembly. Louis
vile, that has not gone Democratic for
three elections, gives Weaver, Democrat,
for mayor, about 2500 majority, and, with
three exceptions, the whole municipal
ticket has been elected. In last years
presidential election the Republicans car
ried the state by small plurality, and in
1895 they elected the governor by nearly
5000 plurality.
In Virginia, governor, lieutenant gov
ernor and attorney general were elected
for four years. A house of delegates and
part of the state senate were also chosen.
the members of which elect successor to
Senator Daniels. The Democrats elect
their state ticket as matter of course, and
the latest returns give the Democrats all
the senators elected and "a, and perhaps
95, members of the house. The Republi-
cans get four, perhaps FIVE, members of the
house, and the Independents one member.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-05

Hannis Taylor, who was the United
States minister to Spain under the Cleve-
land administration, comes home with de-
cidedly jingosh ideas of the proper policy
for this country to pursue toward Spain
and the Cuban question. These ideas Mr..
Taylor gives public expression in an art:-
Gle in the North American Review for No
vember. Gen. Weyler, whom the new
ministry recalled from his post of captain
general in Cuba, represented the most ex-
treme and ruthless Spanish policy, and
Mr. Taylor gives thanks that he has now
left the island forever. The ex-minister
holds that there is abundant justification
for the intervention of the United States
to stop the warfare in Cuba. He would
have Congress proceed speedily to the
adoption of mild but specific resolutions,
declaring the purpose of this country to
exert its entire moral influence to bring the
war to speedy close, provided Spain fails
to accomplish that result in reasonable
time. Such a resolution, Mr.. Taylor be-
lieves, "would so completely hit the mark
that the fierce bird of prey that is now
whetting its beak upon the vitals of Cuba
would fall from its perch pierced through
and through" The tenor of this article,
as wired to Madrid, has produced sensa-
tion in that city, and it is said that it will
be answered officially as soon as its full
text has been received.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-05
Ohio.
Senator Hanna May Have a Close Rub
for Reelection, but the State Is Safely
and sOundIy Republican.

senator mamma Way nave a ClOse nun
for Reelection, but the State Is Safely
and sOundIy Republican.
Next in interest after the Mayoralty
contest in New York came the Ohio cleo
tion which decided Mark Hanna's fate in
his candidacy to be his own successor in
the United States Senate. A full board of
state officers, supreme court judge, and
a legislature were elected. Under the first
returns the Democrats claimed Hanna's
defeat by the election of legislature with
Democratic majority, but a small Re-
publican plurality is now conceded, prob
ably not exceeding five votes.
The question will be whether, with this
narrow margin, Mr.. Hanna can carry the
united vote of his party and secure the
election. He has many enemies in his own
party, and the returns show that a large
number of Foraker men scratched the leg
islative ticket in order that Mr.. Hanna
might be defeated. There are already
threats from these men that Mr.. Hanna
cannot get the full party vote, and predc-
tiOns that he will not be elected senator
II is hardly conceivable, however, that
united action cannot be secured rather
than permit the election of Democrat in
Mr.. Hanna's place. He has been the DOM
lueut ISSUE III Tue campaign, Ine democrats
centring their attacks upon him and max
ing no other campaign than that against
the election of the "millionaire," ''the
boss,' and the "labor crusher," as they
call Mr.. Hanna. The Republican cam
paign has been equally one for the election
of Senator Hanna.
The one clear and forcible fact regard
ing the election is that Ohio is still a Re-
publican state, and will stand by the Nc
Kinley administration in the issues of last
year. Governor Bushnell and the full
state ticket will have plurality of $1,000
to 10000. 1t is not one of the majorities
which Ohio has given in the last six years,
but it is the usual majority, after deducting
the personal popularity of President Nc
Kinley in his native state. When McKin-
ley was first elected governor he had a
plurality of 2l,000 in 1892; Harrison had
a plurality of IL 900. In 1898, Governor
Mckinley for reelection had a plurality of
1000; and last year, for president, he
had a clear majority of 1000 over COM
bined opposition. Governor Bushnells
plurality probably will equal that of Nc
Kinley six years ago, 21,00O
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-05

The result of Tuesdays elections was
by no means what Republicans hoped for,
but were it not for the outcome in New
York there would be no cause for appre-
hension or encouragement, for there is no.
where evidence of sweeping change of DO
litical belief, or of permanent revulsion in
the tide which swept the country year ago.
was time when Republicans permitted
themselves to be lukewarm, and when the
usual phenomena of an "off year." follow
ing great wave of political excitement
and party success, were manifested. OF
the general result this is the most and the
worst that can be said.
But in the city of Greater New York the
result could not well have been more dis
heartening-not for the Republicans alone,
by any means, but for the cause of right
eous government and public morals. The
office of mayor of this great municipality
of more than 5000, 900 souls, with its 49,
600 officials and employees, its annual dis
bursements of $7O,OOO,OOO, and its unri-
vailed opportunities for spoils and patron
age, is only second in Importance to that
of the President Of the United States. In
respect to actual personal control of great
departments and of unrestricted personal
power it far exceeds the Office of the Pres
ident. Commensurate with the magnitude
and the possibilities of this office was the
need that 1t should be filled by a man of
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-05
A Good Account from Iowa.

Iowa elected governor, lieutenant gov
ernor, supreme judge, railroad commits
sioners, and superintendent of public in
structlon for a two years. term. The plu-
rality for Shaw, Republican, for governor,
is upward of 1000 The Republican plu-
ago it was $4,000. Then the Populists had
separate ticket. If the Populist vote be
subtracted, the Republicans would have a
larger plurality this year than two years
ago. The legislature is safely Republican.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-05

cratic vote fell off 20 per cent. The de-
crease Is attributed to the heavy rain which
Iell an over the state, and to the fact that
the Republicans held no rallies and made
no attempt to get out the vote.
In spite of the falling off from last year,
the plurality of S5,91S given Roger VOL
colt is the largest ever received by q pub-
ernatorial candidate with the exception of
the 154,54s plurality that Gov. Wolcott
mad in 1896. Wolcott's plurality is more
than 2OOOO greater than those given Green
halge in 1894 and 1896, which we're re-
spectively 64,377 and 64,6S1.
When it is remembered that the hysteri-
cal George Fred Williams pranced from
one end of the state to the other and talk
ed necessarily, making blatant and dema-
goglcal outcries, the total vote he received
is indeed small.
Perhaps the most notable outcome of the
election is the indication of the staying
qualities of the National (gold) Demo
Gratis. Their loss in the number Of votes
cast for governor this year as compared to
last year is only 35.
The legislature is strongly Republican.
though the Democrats made slight gains
The Democrats gain one member of the
governors council, John II. Sullivan, a
Democrat, being again elected. Mr. Sulli-
van served in 1895, but was defeated last
year by colored Republican, Isaac B. Al
len. He was elected this year by 5000 ma
lority over Stanley Ruffin, also a colored
Republican.
1t is noteworthy fact that for two sue
cessive years Boston, ordinarily strongly
Democratic, has given Roger Wolcott a
substantial majority. The city's total vote
this year stood Everett, 3361 Williams,
24,S33; Wolcott, 30,S4G. The plurality
Tor Wolcou is 1903 and his majority POOP.
An important local issue in the Boston
election was the proposition to consolidate
both branches of the government-the
council of 10 members and the board of
aldermen of II members-into one cham
Der OF 20 ward aldermen and II aldermen
at large, with president to be elected on
general ticket. This is substantially the
system under which nearly 1000 foreign
cities are governed. The proposition was
defeated by majority of about 5000 votes.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-05

There is one bright spot in the Greater
New York election, if one can only look at
it that way. Tammany is in consider
able minority in the great municipality.
Out of 502, ,6Gj votes cast in the city for
mayor, Van Wyck received 233, 1852, or
1881 less than majority. Tracy's vote
added to Lows would have given the lat
ter 14,0G7 plurality over Van Wyck. A
majority of the people of New York do not
want Tammany rule. At some future
election, perhaps at the next one, there
will be another uprising like that of three
years ago, all the anti-Tammany forces
will unite, and the city will have a term
of clean, non-partisan government.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-05
A Close Rub in MARYLAND.

In Maryland comptroller and clerk
OF the court of appeals and members of
the legislature were chosen. The real
contest was upon the question of Senator
Germans reelection and continued con-
troll of the state. According to the first
reports German carried the legislature, but
later returns give that body to the Repub-
licans by small majority. 1t may take
the official returns to decide. The Repub-
licans elected their full city ticket in Bal
timore, including the mayor, by 1000 votes.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-05
Powers of the New Mayor.

The mayor of Greater New York will
have a personal power far exceeding that
of many kings who rule over states no
greater in population. 1t is literally true
that this office is second in Importance
only to the President of the United States
He will hold almost supreme power over a
population of more than 1000, 900 people.
The employees of Greater New York will
number about 33 ,0CC, including 1000 DO
licemen and 1000 in the department of
streets. The salary and wage list will
amount to 33,000,0 900, and the total ex-
penditure of the city will be SO, 900, 900 in
round numbers.
The trainers of the charter of Greater
New York deliberately placed in the hands
of the mayor centralized authority of the
most absolute kind. Through his men,
bership in those boards and his power of
appointment he controls nine -ffteenths of
the board of public improvements and
three-tifths of the board of estimate and
apportionment. He appoints the members
without need of confirmation and has alb
solute power of removal with or without
stated cause, at any time during the first
six months of his term.
Besides this he appoints great number
of other officers, and these officers appoint
their own subordinates, so that the per-
sonal composition of almost the entire city
government depends upon the mayor. He
may direct the police in the enforcement
of the laws, and in time of tumult or riot
he may demand the assistance of the state
militia located within the city. In addi-
tion to his purely executive functions, he
has an enlarged veto power upon the acts
of the municipal assembly, and he exer-
cises qualified veto power over state leg
islation relating to the city.
1t is literally true that such power for
good or ill was never before placed in the
hands of any one man in this country.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-05

Although the new ministry wished to
prevent such an occurrence, Gen. Weyler
succeeded in securing a great popular"
demonstration in his honor just before he
sailed from Havana on his return to Spain.
Gen. Blanco, the new captain-general, is
now in command in the island. 1t has
been aptly said that sin one hand the new
commander brings war and in the other
peace" He is expected to improve the
Spanish military situation IN Cuba and also
to enforce a more pacific policy and proffer
a scheme of autonomy to the islanders. If
autonomy is rejected The only alternative
left for Blanco is a more vigorous prosecu-
tion of the war against the insurgents, or
resignation.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-05
PennsyIvania Stands Firm.

State treasurer and audtor-general were
chosen in Pennsylvania, as also members
of the legislature from the northern part
of the state. The state has gone Republi-
can by about liza, 200, against 295, ,072 for
Mckinley. The vote was very light. The
surprise of the day is the big vote 10000
to 100000, cast for the ProhIoition candi-
date, Silas c. Swallow. He made clean
sweep in at least 10 counties of the state,
but his vote represented in large part an
tagonism to Quay and his bossism in the
state
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-05

Mexico has recently bought 100, 900 tons
of Alabama coal for its railroads. Hith-
erto the Mexican railroads have used Brit
ish coal exclusively. The Mexicans have
just discovered that Alabama coal can be
procured more cheaply. The example set
by Mexico should result in the building up
of trade in coal with Central and South
American countries, who have also been
using British coal. The Alabama coal is
easily and cheaply mined and it should be
possible to sell it in Mexico and in South
and Central America at fair profit and
on such terms as to make it an inducement
for those countries to buy all their coal of
America.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-05
Georgia Prefers LynOhIng.
From the Springfield Republican.

A foot ball player in Georgia has died
from injuries, and the legislature seems
unanimous in its stern resolution TO stamp
out this infamy of a game by a special
statute making it crime to play it. Un-
happily, the same feeling against the sport
known as lynching is not aroused when a
negro is strung up by Georgia mob.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-05

There is something to be thankful for in
a day when Boss German meets defeat and
is shorn of his power in Maryland. 1t
ought to be Thomas c. Platt's turn next to
go the same way in New York. The Re-
publicans have no more use for bis leader
shin
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-05
Republicans Hold New Jersey.

The Republicans retained control of all
the branches of New jerseys government
as result of Tuesdays election, although
the Democrats made gains. The Republ-
cans will have large majority in both the
senate and the house.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-05
Massachusetts

Gives Gov. WOIcOtt n Large Plurality,
Though There Is Heavy Failing on
from Last Year.
Roger WolcOtt was reelected governor of
Massachusetts by a plurality of over S5,-
600 votes, and the rest of the Republican
ticket goes ia by about the same figures.
This is falling off of the Republican plu-
rality of 1896, when the same candidates
were in the field, Of nearly 10000 votes
The Republican vote fell away 80 per cent
from that polled last year and the Demo
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-05
In RrYnn,s OWE stnte.

A supreme court judge and regents of
the state university were elected in Ne
braska. Conflicting claims were made at
first, but there is no doubt that Mr.. Bryan's
own state has "stood by him." or by the
candidate which represented his views.