The age-herald., 1898-01-16

burslaries of houses, yet no arrests are made. A gentleman who is in position to be well-informed upon this subject made statement the other day that if there were not enough police officers to properly police the city he wanted to know why it is that two officers are assigned to the same beat. He mentioned a number of beats, or dis tricts. whichever they are called, where two officers were stationed on duty. and the two officers are always seen together walking side by side up and down the streets. This he said occurs not only on one beat, but upon several. He seems to be impressed with the belief that if policemen are scarce it would be display of wisdom to distrib- ute the officers as much as possible throughout the city. and not allow two of them to be together. There was no sense in their hunting crime in twos.
 
 The attempt of the lawyers and capital ists to get possession of the farmers new association, which was formed in Mont gomery last Thursday was not in the least creditable to those engaged in the business. They have made themselves the laughing stock of the state It was apparently their desire to make politics out of the assocla-
 
 in an association formed by farmers? The farmer has enough trouble without being forced to be dictated to by lawyers and capitalists. As I understand it, the object of the meeting at Montgomery was to form an association for the mutual protection and benefit of the farmers. Great objec- ton was made to Major Culver, secretary of agriculture, who was accused of having a to ha ne ciation. Is there any man in the state more fit for the position than a secretary of agriculture? The farmers ought to have a frst-class association. An association that means something for the farmers and not for politicians and capitalists There ought to be in the state of Alabama an agricultural society composed of farmers which will be able to hold every year at the capital a state fair where the pro- ducts of the farms, manufacturing estab- ishments-in fact everything that is pro- duced in the state of Alabama-could be placed on exhibition. State fairs in many of the other states have been of great ben eft, not only to the farmers, but to the state at large. County fairs are an excel lent thing. I believe these state and county associations should be encouraged. Keep the society out of the hands of lawyers capitalists and politicians Make it busi- ness enterprise, not especially for profit to the association, but for the benefit of the entire population of the state.
 The telegram sent by President Mckinley to Mark Hanna congratulating him on his election was by no means credtable to the chief executive of the nation. From the point of view of gratitude it was no doubt proper. Mckinley owes more to Mark Hanna than he will ever be able to pay. But that the president of the United States should gush and sop-oyer on the occa- sion of the triumph of a bribe-giver, corruptionist and enemy of labor, does not reflect any credit upon MT. Mckinley. It causes the public to think that Mckinley is as bad as Mark Hanna. MT. Mckinley might have been silently happy at Mr. Hannas election, but to have paraded his great joy in the public telegram was suf-