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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-15
Louisiana Constitutional Convention,

The people of Louisiana, not only de-
ter1rGned en- Tuesday that a c3nstitu-
tional convention should be held, but
they also at the same time elected del
egates to the convention. Although
the populists and republicans put up a
joint opposition ticket, yet the propo-
sEtion swept the state by ait least 10000
majority, ard five-slxths of the 1874 del
egates are democrats. The white re-
pubMcans either refused to vote, or
Even the more thoughtful negroes pur-
sued like course. There will not be a.
negro in the convention. The work Of
framing a new constitution will be be-
gun at New Orleans on the Sth day OF
next month and the conclusions of the
convention will not necessarily need APP
prevail ait the polls.
"This,'' says the New Orleans States,
"is not victory over THE negro. 1t is
a victory over negro suffrage, over bal
lot box stuffing and fraud, and over
threatened revolution. 1t is happy
result for white citizens and it is
blessing to the negro. He will be more
thought of than before. He will be
protected in all his rights, in his life.
liberty property and earrings He
will be more respected, and instead of
being regarded as threat to clvliza-
ton and an element of gross corrup-
ton in our politics he will have the
good will, and If he be honest and i'm
dustIious, THE esteem of the white man,
and instead of being spoken OF opprobi-
ously, he will stand in the country on
his own merits as AN honest and useful
citizen This viii be of infinitely greater
advantage to him than the possession
of the franchise which he has every
where, in every land and in every era,
SO grossly abused On the results of
the election we congratulate the white
people and the negro of the state alike"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-15
THREE GREAT PROJECTS.

From the washington Star
There are three projects upon which
those who favor a progressive policy for
the United States are agreed They are
not connected, except that all are neces-
sary for the realization of the hope that the
United States may keep abreast of the
other great powers in the march toward
greater things. The rest of the world is
hurrying, and we cannot afford to lag be-
hind.
/. The annexation of the Hawaiian
Islands. That case has been so frequently
stated it scarcely needs that another word
be said in support of it. Those islands are
the key to the Pacific ocean, where our in
terests are great and are growing. They
are invaluable to us. We must annex
them, or see them become the territory of
some rival power If they become Amer
lean territory the gain for us, as well as
for them, will be incalculable. The man
who measures them only as plantations,
with many possibilities in the way of sugar
and coffee production, comprehends only a
small part of their extraordinary import
ance.
2. The Nicaragua canal The United
States stands toward that project as 1t
does toward the Hawaiian Islands. 1t must
control it, or see some rival power control
it. The time has arrived when something
more than talk must be Forthcoming. The
commerce of the world demands that the
canal be dug, and 1t is an enterprise with
which this government should charge it.
self. Great care should be taken by con-
gress to safeguard the Investment, and
much Importance attaches to the investi-
cation now in progress in Nicaragua by q
competent commission. looking to a full
report to congress of the exact situation
there.
3. Progressive and friendly and stable
government in Cuba. Spain is out of date
there. She has neither the spirit nor the
means to insure progress for the island. It
really ought to be American territory. In
time it will be American territory But,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-15
The New Looms in Maine.

The cotton mills alt Lewiston and Au-
g-usta. Maine, are putting in Nor'throp
looms. They cost $135 each, as against
$40, the price of the old style of loom.
But they expect to get from the new
looms better cloth ait lower prices. They
expect to dispense with the services
of half their weavers They require
less attendance and do more perfect
work Northern brains and capital"
adds the Springfield Republican. ''are
not ready to give UP yet"
The Republican proposes to die game;
it is the proper thing to- do; butt If 1T
thinks the Northrop loom is not as well
known in the south as it is in 1.-THE east,
it is mistaken; and if it thinks 1.-THE east
can monopolize any improvement i'm
looms or in any other machines, it is
again mistaken. The southern mills
will be able to buy now and then a
loom, even if they do cost $135 each.
There is one point that the esteemed
Republican should not lose SIGHT of-the
more the loom accomplishes, the less
will be expected from the untrained,
crude, unsl1illful and slovenly labor of
the south. It may be other adjectives
have been applied Ito southern mill Ia
Dor; if so, count them all in. The new
loom, If the Republicans description of
it be trustworthy. lifts the UNFRAMED
crude, unskillfu and slovenly labor of
the south up to the trained, finished,
skillful and painstaking labor of the
east, so far as quantity or quality of
production are concerned.
But seriously speaking this PROPOSE
ton to shut UP the industries of wide
section by the. introduction of new
looms, is nonsense. Instead Of promot-
publican make plain to the mill owners
what goods they can best manufacture,
and what goods should be left to the
mills In the cotton fields? Why should
nOot the American mills pull together
against all foredgn mills. thereby help
ing both sections i'm particular, and all
sections OF the country in general ?
Why should not pan be made, as a
| general guide for all American mills,
looking to the spinning of every pound
| of cotton grown in this country? If
| the Republican would turn its custom
airy practically and good sense towards
this view of the problem, it would do
much more for its own section and fou
the good of all than Ut is doing in talk
ing about an impossible monopoly OF
$135 loom
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without delay. good government In Cuba,
with intimate American connections, ought
to be established there, and will be, If only
the proper American policy Is pursued.
With a canal across Nicaragua in opera
ton under the control of the United States,
and the stars and stripes waving over the
key to the Pacific. and, in effect, If not in
fact, over Cuba. the power and independ-
enee of this country in the new courses of
international development would be firmly
and most effectively established. Toward
that combined result every effort should at
this time be directed. No other time has
ever been so propitious, and the opportu-
nifty ought on no account to be lightly
weighed or neglected.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-15
Factory Hungry States.

Up in Tenn ssee an agitation in favor
of constitutional amendment exempt
ing factories from taxation, IS progress
ing. The agitation is based TO some ex-
tent ON the Wen known declaration of
Ex-Mayor Abram S. Hewitt-that a
factory adds five times its own value to
the resources of a state. In other
words the state by letting factories go
sco't-nrse can thereby increase its own
valuations. And there is no little truth
in the proposition.
Over in Georgia a similar movement
is in process of incubation. A conven-
ton has been called to meet in Atlanta
on the tenth day of next month ITO de-
wise, says the Macon Telegraph, plan
to secure necessary legislation looking
to the encouragement of manufacturing
enterprises by legally exempting them
from municipal taxation" By munich
pal taxation, lis meant city taxation, as
distingu shed from county or state tax
alton. Georgia is, however, in Tennes-
sees boat-she must amend her con-
sitltution before the desired result can
be secured. AT present the Georgia
constitution absolutely prohibits all ex-
emptions from taxation.
The circular letter from the Atlanta
chamber of commerce calling the con-
ventjon, recites the advantages of fac
tories, particularly of cotton factories.
1t shows that raw material is fnoreass
in the manufacturing process more than
100 per cent, and that the cost of man.
ufacture is largely represented in
the circular, 100000 bales of cotton ev.
cry year to be turned into goods else
where. Ut adds:
How can Georgia secure more facto.
ries? The subject has been discussed
for years and many efforts have bser
made to induce the Investment of caprtal
in enterprises of this character. It cam
not be said that these efforts have re-
suited successfully. Measured by the
value of her manufactured output, the
census of 1870 rated Georgia first among
the southern states. By 1880 she had
fallen to second place. The census of
1890 gives Georgia fifth place among the
southern states. The ratio of increase
since 1890 has undoubtedly been greater
gfa, and we Will lose even our present
standing by the end of the century un.
less the disadvantage now embarrass-
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-15
THE WANDERER.

William Cranston Lawton in the Century,
At drowsy dawn 1 left the Gate-so very
long ago,
Whether that home be memory or dream I
hardly know.
The cloud-hung visions of the morn were
far more real then
Than now are thronging city streets and
cries of eager men.
The hours ere yet the sun was high were
like eternities,
But now how swift the shadows run, how
near the darkness Is!
All, well! TITS aye the happiest day comes
swift to evensong;
With merrier comrades never yet did pill
grim pass along.
The paths that widest seem to part, stiu
winding turn and meet;
Perchance they do but homeward lead
again our wandering feet
Familiar faces vanish, but the voices vi
And nothing now seems far away, at the
ending Of the hill
To one warm hand alone cling, as fast
the night grows late,
And crave that we may come at last to-
gether at the Gate.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-15
STATE CONVENTION.

From the Birmingham Tribune.
The state democratic convention has nc
public records, no library, no buildings at
Montgomery or elsewhere. 1t is not DEM
ocratic sentiment to set up idols in the ma
ture of centers of political influence. The
people from everywhere make the conven-
ton and the people everywhere are the ex-
cuse for holding it.
Birmingham is a tall white plume in the
cap of Alabama.
Let us have the next state democratic
convention here Why not? The Mont
gomery Advertiser would hardly go into the
meeting if called in front of its own door.
So let the Advertiser dry up.
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''Takes you for dough-doug, no doubt"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Beginning Early: Undergraduates
shall we go dearest-Nigara Falls or Wash
ington?
Bride-We might go to both places and
see which we like best.-Brooklyn Life.
Kind-Hearted: :Bacon-And he's kind
hearted, is he?
Observation-Disclosures Why, I don't be-
lieve he ever said an unkind word, even to
an alarm clock!-Yonkers Statesman.
Mismated: Mrs. Brimby-No, marriage Is
not what single persons think it is. 1 used
to think that Brimby and l were made for
one another; but we are sadly mismated.
Mrs. Personality, you surprise me!
Mrs. Brimby-Alas! it is too true. He
tells me 1 talk in my Sleep and I'm sure
he often sleeps in my talk.-Boston Tran
script
The Real Thing-"Is your milk pure?'
asked the new customer.
''It is, ma'am," replied the dealer. ST
use nothing but imported chalk and distilled
water. Life.
ImmortaL-"Die!" Kissed the assassin,
springing forward.
ma, ma iduSHeu lHe pedutilul princess,
as his poniard turned innocuously aside.
"Ha, hal"
She was but woman; he could not blame
her; it was not her fault, but the fault of
her son-in-law, who was keeping up some
insurance on her life.-Detroit Journal.
The Great Explorer: Great Explorers
Friend Gas the latter is about to start)-
Well, professor, you've arranged for your
lectures and book when you come back,
haven't you?
Great Explorer-Yes; also my testimonials
are written for the canned goods, the cloth
ing, the boats, and the cooking utensils.
All have to do now is to get lost. and my
fortune Is made.-Boston Journal.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-15

If the senators who confirmed the ap-
pointment of an associate Justice of the
supreme court in 1858 had been as consid-
crate of the reputation of that tribunal as
are some of the present senators who OBJ
ject to the confirmation of Mr.. McKenna
that high judicial body would never have
been disgraced by having as one of It's
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-15

The able chairman of the populist state
committee should practice consistency that
he might resemble jewel though he be
not one. He denounces the coal oil law,
though when in the senate he voted for
the very same law he now holds up to ridi-
cule and derision.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-15

1t is supposed that the locating of war
ships near Cuban waters will be very Of
fensive to Minister De Puy De LONE. who
that he was in fact contributing no small
effort to the management of this nations
affairs. 1t is true he owns one senator,
Mr.. Hale, and has had great influence with
two presidents
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-15
JUST LIKE A WOMAN.

Mattie-"Why have you continually star
ed at that couple across the way for the
last half-hour?"
Helen-"Oh, I was merely watching their
actions. They were only married yester-
day."
Mattie-"That's just like you. You never
miss an opportunity to contemplate matri-
mony."
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-15

1t would seem that some Of the courts
up at Decatur have been engaged in sup
pressing a great deal of legitimate infor-
nation which properly belongs to the peo-
pie Dark lantern sessions of the courts are
not in conformity with either the spirit
of fairness or honesty.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-15

1t was a curious fact that on the day of
the election of Mark Hanna in Ohio orders
were given in New England for the mill
operatives to strike because of reduction
in wages.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-15

When the democrats of the Kentucky
legislature adopted a resolution calling
upon Senator Lindsay to resign they should
have gone farther and then and thtre
elected Joe Blackburn to succeed him.
Nothing like playing the game to a
finish.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-15
,embers the lately retired stephen

with the recent report of Charles w.
Russell. of the attorney generals Office at
Washington, of the starvation of thousands
of people In Cuba, and this, supplemented
by an official report from Consul General
Lee, at Havana, the administration, con-
trolled as it is by Wall Street influence, re-
fuses to believe that anything like war is
in progress on the island.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-15

In the election of Mr. Hanna to the sem
ate there are far more evidences of bribery
than were apparent when Henry B. Payne
was made the successor of George H. Pen
dleton in 1882, yet Mr.. Hanna himself was
one of the Ohio republicans who wanted
the seat declared vacant because of the
charge of bribery.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-15

While the country has but little more
than three years of Mckinley and Dingley-
ism, the outlook is not pleasant to con-
template when it is known that Mark Han
ma has seven years from next March to
serve in the senate,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-15

The new peoples party which was FORM
ed in st. Louis on Thursday last, missed a
great opportunity in not declaring for Tom
Watson as it's genuine Observation-Disclosures
leader.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-15

There are abundant reasons why the
state convention should be held in Bir-
mingham, and no good reason why 1t
should not,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-15

1t will be well for Major Culver, presi-
be on his guard against the Capitalists
who would transform it into a gigantic
trust.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-15

The Mckinley democrats of Alabama
were also among the shouters at the tri-
umph of Mark Hanna, the corruptionist
for the trusts.
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BETWEEN TWO LOVES

He is not jealous of his wife,
Although he knows the elf
Does fondly love another
For the other is herself.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

In many cases writer's cramp affects the
stomach.
Musical directors beat their way through
the world by scores
Trousers that bag at the knees are often
pressed into service.
physician tells us that a teakettle Is a
good thing for boils
Many poor man has lost his life In try
ing to sound the depths of a woman's love.
A mans will goes into effect after death,
but a womans will is IL effect during life.
Man wants but little hear below, when
the people living in the fiat above him own
piano.
When a woman and a cyclone make up
their minds to go anywhere nothing on
earth can stop them.
The number of things man knows about
women is about l per cent of what he
thinks he knows.
A man will give up 81 for a 5O-cent article
he wants and woman will give up 40 cents
for a 50-cent article she doesn't want
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-15

David Bennett Hill has at last broken
Mr. Bryan. A good democrat is never
forced to admit he voted for another
democrat.
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VERY APPROPRIATE.

From the Chicago News.
Hixon-"Blowett, the pugilist, is to star
in a new play"
Dixon-ssSor" What's the name of it?"
Hixon-" Natural Cas-"
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CURRENT Fun.

A Bird-"When my wife calls me Birdie,
know that it means money"
'"Takes you for dough-doug, no doubt"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Beginning Early: Bridegroom-Where
shall we go dearest-Nigara Falls or Wash
Evening journal., 1898-07-16
Worth at Governors Island.

NEW YORK. July 16-Lieutenant
Colonel Worth Of the Thirteenth United
States infantry. but who is now a brlga-
dier general. arrived today al his quar-
ters on Governors island. suffering from
two wounds in the right breast and a
compound fracture of the right arm
which were caused by four Spanish bull
let's by which he was struck i'm the now
famous capture by the United States
forces of the Spanish blockhouse on
San Juan hill in Cuba on the ID of July
last.
The general, who was severely wound
ed, was greatly exhausted by his jour
ney from Cuba, and at once retired
His surgeons viii not allow him TO bC
seen or spoken to by any but member,
of his family for some days. The gen.
erals wounded arm is perfectly help.
less. and the wounds In his breast, al.
though quite extensive and very sore
are not sufficiently deep to be consid.
cred dangerous. BY remaining perfectly
quiet for a short time the wounded Off.
Ger will avoid any complications anc
will gradually recover.
Evening journal., 1898-07-16
Moro Prizes Captured.

KEY WEST. July 16.-Three prizes OF
war We're brought here yesterday, but
none was of any great consequence. and
the captures were effected with only or
dinary incident The English built
steamer Grenew Castle. which for sew
eral years piled on the Cuban coast un-
der the Spanish flag, but on June s
last returned to her British registry.
was taken by the Dixie off Cape Cruz
last Thursday. She was bound from
Kingston, jamaica, for Manzanillo with
n large cargo of food supplies.
The crew of the Grenew Castle con-
sisted Of six Spaniards and four ia
maica negroes.
The day before this capture the Dixie
took also two schooners, the Three
Bells and the Pilgrim, both flying Brit
ish flags and both bound from Montego
Bay to Manzanillo with cargoes Of food
supplies. The Three Bells was originally
a Nova Scotian boat. She is of about 125
tons and the Pilgrim of about % tons.
Lieutenant S. NJ. Blunt, with two
sailors and two marines, was put i'm
charge Of the Pilgrim to bring her to
Key West. but she has not yet arrived.
The British schooner r. r.. Nickerson
was also among yesterdays arrivals.
She was becalmed off Cape Cruz cn
June 80, when the Hornet steamed
alongside and informed her commander
that the vessel was prisoner. There
was no attempt at resistance.
Evening journal., 1898-07-16

companies Of the Fourteenth United
States infantry, recruits Of the First
and Second battalions of the Eighteenth
and Twenty-third regiments. enlisted
men of the First North Dakota, First
Wyoming and First Idaho. medical Off
GERS and members Of the hospital corps
"a total of SAB men.
The troops on the Peru consist of q
squadron of the Fourth United States
cavalry light batteries of the Sixth
United States artillery, a detachment Of
the Third United States artillery, de-
tachment of the signal corps under Cap.
tain Russell a detachment of volun-
teers, medical officers and members OF
the hospital corps-about 920 men.
The last orders of General Otis before
leaving were that the remaining trans.
ports should sail as soon as possible ir-
respective of fleets or other expected
vessels. Each one, he said, should go by
itself. If necessary. The Pennsylvania
and City of Rio Janeiro are both nearly
ready and viii probably be prepared tC
sail by next Thursday. The loading OF
the commissary stores on these two
vessels has begun.
Brigadier General II. G. Otis has final.
ly been selected to command the hftf
expedition to Manila. His fleet will con.
sist Of the steamers Rio Janeiro, St
Paul and Pennsylvania. The war de-
partment has instructed General Otis
to relieve the First Utah cavalry from
the expected duty In the Philippines
and to transfer the troop 10 the depart.
ment of Major General Merriam.