The age-herald., 1898-03-08
VARIOUS VIEWS ON THE WAR SCARE The Age-Herald'S Extra Edition Com
 plimented. NO WAR, SAYS MAYOR EVANS He Has StOutly Maintained This Position
 All Along. SHERIFF O'BRIEN TAKES OTHER SIDE He Says the Young Fellows Must Do the Fighting Sergeant Davidson Goes to Work Cleaning Up
 the Old Musket.
SHERIFF O'BRIEN TAXES OTHER SIDE

War yet seems imminent between the United States and Spain. The news ! of Sunday night was of so sensational a char acter that The Age-Herald was forced to issue an extra at o'clock yesterday morn ing. Five thousand copies of this extra were sold on the streets of Birmingham yesterday, and all day long everybody was discussing the war-Iike situation.
 There were many who predicted that war would be declared within a week. Others predicted that thereS would be no war. Everybody, however, had something to say and everybody grew fullsome iV their praises of the enterprise of The Age-Herald in printing everything from everywhere, every day.
 q have no pinion to express as to wheth- CT there will or will not be war, but do think The Age-Herald gives us more news and is the best newspaper ever printed in the south," said Gen. B. w. Rucler yesterday.
 'T like The Age-Herald for one thing" said Mr. N. E. Barker. q like it because it gives the people all the news from every source and allows them to judge of it for what it is worth.
 T yet hold that there will be no war" said Mayor Frank V. Evans yesterday. But I must say that am proud that we have a newspaper in Birmingham which gives us all the news for what it is worth from everywhere"
 q am not thinking about war today" said MT Louis SaF5s. We have been hay ing so much noise in front of our store between brass band and the selling of our prize ponies and trap, that l am Just now not in condition to say wehebher we are to have a war or not.-1 do think, now ever that we have the best newspaper In the word in The Age-Herald."
 ''It looks to me very much like we shall have a war;" said MT D. Solomon. "If we do, I ann confident that this country wall be victorious at every turn. American honor should be protected whatever De une cost. I am not in favor of war unless u be necessary, but American honor should be maintained whatever be the conse- quences."
 An Old Sailor
 q don't think anything will come Of this talk of General Lees recall" said George De Whiting yesterday afternoon spain would be playing the fool to demand It, and even if she has done so 1 think sne will promptly back down. simply TOT the reason that Lees removal would do Spaln no good He is as fair a man as could be found and Spain knows it. It is also folly for Spain to demand that provisions shall not be taken-over to Cuba in war vessels. I seriously doubt if anything comes or these Suggestions of Spain's.
 But there is something yet to come rom the blowing up of the Maine. Spain must vet explain that dastardly piece Of work if that Investigating committee or thls government ever makes it's report. There is no doubt in my mind that somebody on the outside blew that ship, ana Spaln must settle for it. whoever 1t was.
 "But if Spain doesn't see fit to do this. then I certainly think the United States has enough of her old time courage to wipe Spain off the map. If it does come to war and the new battleship Alabama IS ready for service, I shall almost be tempted to nd crraa11 pOWdpr once more.
 MT. De Whiting soldier in the con federate navy, having been with the Ia nous Alabama from the day or her com mission until she went down in the straits of Dover. After the war MT. De w Whitlns was for nine years a blockade runner into the Cuban ports He there acquired an ac- curate knowledge of Cuba and it's inhabi- tants.
 Favors Cuban Independence
 Dr. Robert A. Moseley, Jr.: T am in favor of Cuban independence, and the limited States should take steps immediat- lv to accomplish this end Even at this critical stage, l think this could be done bv strong determined measures on the part of the administration at Wasnington.
 Louis E. Parsons: "As l understand the republican platform, 1t obllges that party to recognize the belligerency of the Cubans, and think we have had ample time for that platform to be carried out. In short, the administration should speedily force matters to crisis, and if that means war, why. let it be war. We have stood wars before, and can stand war now if neces- sary."
 "F'rom the present outlook, I think there will be scrap,' said Sheriff Frank F. O'Brien to an Age-Herald reporter. yester- day. "and I want the government to send all of you young fellows along to do the fighting. Of course, could go If necessary, but unless the new generation of young nrf1s Inul 6efcr ated far below the standard set by their fathers, 1t will not be necessary for any of us old fellows to go'
 Mai. E. L. Higdon: "As have said all along, the important matter in this Cuban situation is the report of that Investigating committee of the Maine disaster. If their report means war, let's have it quick before the warm weather comes, for the yellow fever of Cuba would make short work of American soldiers in warm weather.''
 Cleaning Up the old Musket
 Sergeant F. c. Davidson of the Jefferson Volunteers is the maddest man in Birming- ham. Yesterday morning he read of the war-lke threats of Spain and he< imme- diately ran to the arnfory and began to work like a Trojan cleaning up the mus kets for his company. Later in the day, when he found that Spain had backed down from her threatening attitude, Davidson in- dulged In little private ''cussing." He didn't mind getting ready to fight the Spaniards, but when it turned out to be plain old. hard work, 1t was too much for Davidson.
 Capt. w. c. Ward: 'It looks to me like the United States is delaying matters simply to get ready for war. If the report of the Maine Investigating committee should lay the blame of the explosion OH Spain, trouble must be expected, and the United States must be ready for it."