The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-25
MATT MYNOR
AT MONTGOMERY.


/ time in many years. Same old depot
Same restaurant. Same man to take
the money. No change in the town.
| About as dull as ever New depot soon
to be built. This will mark great era
| in the progress of the capital. Same
greasy cabmen about the railroad station
that were there ten years ago. Walked
up town. About the same number Of peo-
pie in the street that I saw years and
years ago.
1 walked up to the state house. No
change there. Went into an office to see
a man whom 1 knew ten years ago.
Found him sitting in exsc.l y the same po-
sition had left him in 1887. He was still
there like the old flag. He was pleasant
and affable Didn't remember me. did
not owe him money. I transacted my
business. Before leaving he directed me
which way to go to see the most beauti-
full part of the city. He directed me
right.
Went through long street. Beautiful
residences on either side. Fire old south
ern homes. Saw the churches. Some
fine edifices. People in Montgomery
ought to be very good. If fine churches.
indicate good people Montgomeryites are
certainly the elected few.
Pretty girls on the street-lots of them.
Showed slight disposition to fiirt and
they flirted. 1 flirted with them. 1 tell
you Montgomery'is the center for pretty
girls in Alabama.
Walked down around an hotel 1t
looked dingy on the outside. 1 went in
and it was worse. Clerk asked me what
I wanted. I said nothing. He said they
had it.
I went down through another street
Came to the office of newspaper. HERE'S
where stopped. Everything was quiet.
1t was day time and the presses were
not running. There came a sound, how
ever, from an upper story which a young
man told me was an editor thinking.
That fellow certainly had a great think
tank or he wouldn't think so loud.
AhO0Sh ~ " 81 III. L dfd 81 IA. DOu6ifl
five copies of the paper to send to some
friends. Paper contained a death no.
tice. wanted to do something to make
| my friends feel cheerful offered the man
at the counter twenty-five cents.
He said: 81 can't take your money"
told him was able to pay.
He said: II know that, but the policy OF
this paper is against silver. We must
| have gold'
I told him didn't think that could
| find twenty-five CENTS in gold in town.
| Could he?
Said he couldn't.
''How am I to get the papers?" said L.
II have no gold and. you won't take sill
SER -;
1--WE won't sell the papers," was his
reply
Saw several other people who came in
| to the office to pay for papers and ad-
| vertisements. They all had silver Man
| behind the counter wouldn't take it. Said
| that was a gold paper and a silver dol
lar wasn't worth but 421a cents. and they
preferred rather not to do any business
| than to take depreciatsd currency.
A man came in presently with bill
| which locked like it might be for white
| paper. The handsome young man behind
| the counter placed enough currency in
| front of the man to liquidate the BILL
He said; This won't do. You said in
| your paper few days ago that silver
dollar was worth but 421s cents and If
| you insist upon giving me deprecated
currency you have got to make up the
| difference"
The able business manager didn't like
to take his own medicine. The man with
| the paper bill said; "All right; I'll fur
| nish you with no more paper. He SEEM
| ed to hold the key to the situation and it
| appeared to me that he was paid with O
deprecated currency measured from a
| gold standard.
| Thought I'd go to the editorial rooms.
Was directed the way to them. 1t SEEM
| ed the whole staff was bowling down in
| front OF a picture of Grover Cleveland
which hung upon the wall. I've always
| been pretty good friend of Cleveland,
but this was too much. 1 watched them,
when they all rose as il in great excite
| ment. At this time an assistant editor
came in and ordered every man on the
staff out to go to the fight. Thought Bob
| Fitzsimmons might be in town. 1 asked
! who were fighting. He said the whole Of
flee was fighting the governor.
1 asked then to see the great editor.
| 1 was told would have to wait a whla
as he was very busy. He was tllnlxing
He was mapping out a great editorial On
the dreadful condition Of affairs in the
! governors Office. got tired of wal. ing
| OF course, I am timid about goarg into
| the presence of grea.; men. II walked out
| into fha street. Saw mart of ihe SAT-