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WHEELER MAY HOLD BOTH OFFICES

From the washington DlSpatcn.
"Fighting joe Wheeler, who was re-
Gently appointed as major general in the
volunteer army, has been criticized for not
resigning his seat in congress. 1t is claim
ed that he is drawing two salaries from
the government and acting contrary to law,
but in a decision rendered by the attorney
general today in the case of the internal
revenue collector of Buffalo, who is an Of
ficer in volunteer army, it is decided that
1t was clearly within the law Section ,222
of the revised statutes, on which the de-
csion was besed, provides that mo officer
of the army on the active list shall hold
any civil Office, whether by election or ap-
pontment, and every such officer who ac-
cepts or exercises the functions of a civil
office shall thereby cease to be an officer
of the army, and his commission shall be
thereby vacated"
The attorney general held this statute
does not apply to officers in the volunteer
army and that they will continue to draw
two salaries if they are on the pay rolls.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30
ALABAMA AND GEN. WHEELER

| From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
| The next state election will be held in
| Alabama the first Monday in August. From
| the standpoint of party politics it is de-
void of interest The state is SO over
whelmingly democratic that the republic
ans have given up trying to carry it. But
| there is one feature of that election which,
| if it really materialzes, will give to it spe-
cial interest.
The most illustrious. of all Alabama s
sons, General Wheeler, is now on Cuban
soil, fighting the battles of his country.
He is also a member of congress. The
house granted him a leave of absence.
But the attorney general of the state mas
given it as his official opinion that the
acceptance by Wheeler of a military COM
mission vacated the office of congressman,
and it is said that, acting on this opinion,
Governor Johnston will call a special cleo
ton in the Wheeler district, to be held in
connection with the state election. This
report may be true, but such an election. IL
held, would be void. The constitution
makes each branch of congress sole judge
of the qualifications and election OF It's
members The house by it's grant of leave
of absence to General Wheeler declared
that a member of congress could serve his
country as volunteer soldier during time
of war without vacating his seat in con-
gress. The attorney general of state
has no jurisdiction in the matter.
member of the Illinois delegation,
Colonel Campbell rendered his services as
colonel of a regiment and the tender has
been accepted by Governor Tanner There
is no talk of declaring his seat vacant or
of Ais retirement from congress. He mas
been renominated by the democrats of his
district and there is no doubt of his re-
election The people of Illinois are in no
mood to infiict political punishment upon
the congressman from this state, especial
" for patriotism. Only one, Buck Hin
richsen has been defeated for renomina-
ton. Colonel Connolly declines renomi-
nation with these exceptions it is reason
ably certain that the Illinois delegation
will remain unchanged.
Tt would be positive disgrace to Ala
| bama to retire Fighting Joe" Wheeler
from congress- He is one of the abiest
and most useful men in the house. and
Alabama cannot afford to be a party to any
pettv meanness at his expense. One of
the best of the immediate results of this
war with Spain Is the obliteration of the
old southern idea that patriotism is 10y
atty to ones state instead of the nation.
The spectacle presented by General Wheel
er, an ex-confederate, fighting under and
for the stars and stripes is most inspiring,
showing as it does, that the union was
preserved in spirit as in form, and that we
are indeed one people
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30
A BALLAD OF SANTIAGO

Archibald Hopkins in the N. Y. Tribune
We hunted down the willy foe, and there,
at last at bay,
Behind the cannon-mounted cliffs, the SPAN
iSh squadron lay.
A narrow channel, thick with mines, led
outward to the sea,
Where, stripped and ready for the fray, our
ships We're tossing free.
"They won't come out to fight us here"
our bluff commander swore,
but back again to far off Spain they'll
plough the waves no more.
We've got them bottled sure and fast; in
to the bottles neck
To hold them close for good and ALL I'll
drive a Yankee wreck.
There lies the collier Merrlmac; now who
will volunteer
It's almost certain death, my men, beyond
the forts to steer
When darkness comes, to slowly creep just
past the batteries there,
And sink her at the channels mouth! Who
are there here who dare?"
All up and down the crowded deck he
glanced with piercing eye.
"Now answer seven who're not afraid this
night to de.''
Then rose a shout from all the crew that
might have reached the foe,
AS every sailor answered back, 'Ill go!'
I'll go!" IN go!'
He chose him out seven sturdy tars, with
Hobson in command,
Did ever Drawer leader head so brave a lit
tie band?
AS midnight fell, the long black hull moved
softly to the shore,
In hope to pass the Spanish guns; but,
bark. a deafening roar!
Then battery after battery woke along the
rocky bank,
And riddled her with shot and shell, and
raked her front and TANKS;
storm of death swept down her decks,
but not a voice was heard.
Till sharp above the cannonade brave Hob
son gave the word;
Now let her anchors go, my menl" She
quivered and stood still;
Well might her close-knit frame through
all it's fibres thrill
For deep within her painting breast the slow
match was aglow
To hurl her down a shattered wheck to
watery depths below.
They lowered quick their little boat, sprang
in, showed off-a shock;
The trembling vessel rose in the air, plung-
ed downward like rock,
Ribs, keel and decks a tangled mass be-
meath the bubbling foam
Right in the channel very throat the
cork was driven home.
Close round them fell the kissing shot,
and burst the scattering shell,
Escape with hope of life was barred by all
the fires of hell
So Hobson hailed the Spanish fleet and
pulled amongst them; then,
AS cool and steady as at first, gave up him.
self and men.
The Spanish admiral sent q hag-we cheer
ed him when it came
To tell US that our men were safe, with
never-dying fame.
His name shall mingle with their fame, and
help to keep it bright
The grand old name of gentleman, a gall
liant, courteous knight;
Down through all history's glowing page
y. will shine, their deathless deed;
Isetglorious medals deck their breasts-that
were a rinfnE meea- :
And on and on. through ~ the years, new
u ef-fofinE 1evcn.
To raise the re<riofe fervor high 1--we Hob
son ana hls seven.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30
Roads in Cuba.

Pack mules are very poor substitute for
army wagons. and men in a considerable
army go hungry wien the bringing up of
supplies has to be done by the former on
account of the lack of roads. General
Ludlow, who is considered one of the best
engineers in the army, is with General SHAFT
ter charged with the duty of providing
roads in roadless Cuba. He will certainly
do all that can be done in that direction in
such a'land.
General Roy Stone, formerly the road
expert of the agricultural department, now
a member of General Miles staff has
printed pamphlet on the subject. There
are no roads at all, good bad or Indifferent
in Cuba, except in the neighborhohod of
the larger cities. One inferior road only
leads out of Santiago, town of 10000 peo-
pie, and the oldest town in the new world
This single tact is an Illustration of Span
ish rule everywhere. There are excellent
roads in the West Indian islands controlled
by other nations, but in spanish-ruled ter
ritory stagnation prevails, and no improve
Inents have been possible. If money had
at any time been appropriated for the
building of roads, the officials would have
stolen it.
General Stone proposes to supply the de-
fciency so far as the transportation of sup
plies and artillery are concerned. by the
use of fagots or fascines as foundation.
These fascines are to be cut from guava
bushes which grow in every part of the
Island. They are found in every thicket.
and thickets are the chief feature of the
island. General Stone claims that such
- sls are better than corduroy roads. The
fascines are laid lengthwise, one bundle
overlapping another as shingles do, and all
are covered with thin layer of earth
81. the whole forming smooth and solid road,
even In wet weather.
Something of this nature will certainly be
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30
"IH pdaOn the little blood qDhich haze left
Io'sdUe the innocent"
-WINTER'S TALE.
The Fourth of IuIy.

The national anniversary will be observed
and even celebrated in the south next week
as it never has been before. Indications of
the change in public sentiment throughout
this state are abundant, and in nearly every
county patriotism will take upon itself
some form of observance of the historic
day. The Eutaw Mirror, for example, con-
tains card signed by twenty-five firms
doing business in Eutaw, all of whom agree
30 close their places of business on the
Fourth of July. This is mild form of OBJ
servance of the day; in some towns it will
be day of noise and powder and uproar-
ious celebration. Perhaps extra quantities
of red liquor and miscellaneous scrapplng
will become involved, but such things seem
to go with any unusual action of American
freemen.
By far the most significant movement
comes from Georgia-a state of political
initiation and progress-where Governor
Atkinson has issued a proclamation, in
these memorable and historic words:
"Just at this tlme when the United States
Is engaged in a war which has as its OBJ
jeet the liberation of an oppressed people
and the bestowal upon the people of Cuba
of the blessings of free government. and
which is in our own country drawing closer
and closer the bonds of union and arousing
the patriotic ardor of all our citizens, it
is peculiarly desirable that the next Fourth
of July, the anniversary, of the natal day
of this great republic, be appropriately OBJ
served
Therefore, l. w. Y. Atkinson, governor
of said state, do hereby recommend that
on the said Fourth of July the county and
city authorities throughout the state cause
the public buildings in their care to be
decorated with the emblems of our national
sovereignty, and that the private citizen at
his gateway. or over the portals of his
home, suspend the Stars and Stripes-mute
testimonials of his love of country. 1 fur
Their recommend that all business houses
close their doors for at least part of the
day, and give their employees an opportunity
of celebrating the day I further recommend
that the people of each community assemble
at some designated place and renew their
patriotism by listening to the story of
nation that is blazing out the way up
which all the nations of the earth will come
In Gods appointed time.
I'm order that the employees a the capt.
tol may have an opportunity to observe the
day in a becoming manner the several
offices of the executive department will
be closed on said Fourth of July.
"Given under my hand and the seal of the.
executive department, the day and year
above written
fhis patriotic document is unique in the
history of the country. If a similar proc
lamation has ever been issued. the record
of II has escaned the eagle eve of the his
torical reader of The Age-Herald.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30
UNCLE SAM SHOULD HOLD ON

From the Huntsville Mercury.
few men cling to the theory that the
requirement of Spanish colonial possessions
will be a dangerous departure from our
established foreign policy, and will invite
serious and frequent complications in the
future, but vast majority of the business
men take an opposite view. In a letter to
the Manufa cturers Record, Colonel A NJ
Shook, president of the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad company, says:
"When the war is over we should hold
and, develop Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippine islands, and any other islands
that we may acquire from Spain in part
as indemnity for what the war may have
cost US in blood and treasure, and in part
for the reason that we need them in our
business" We mant to trade with them
need them as an outlet for our products
of all kinds, character and descriptions
They need us to develop themselves
Our national wealth and character de-
ponds very largely upon our business in
tercourse with the outer world Every
year marks an increase in our manufac-
tured products and those products to- yield
fair returns must be sold in favorable mar
kets The foreign markets under our con-
troll will naturally be the Isost favorable
and will prove an inestimable stimulus to
the introduction of American manufactures
abroad. Whatever may be the final dispo-
sition of the Spanish territory in question.
the prevailing sentiment is that it should
be held by the United States.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30
ENDORSE THE PLATFORM

From the Knoxville (Tenn) Tribune.
John w. Tomlinson of Birmingham, Ala,
passed through Knoxville yesterday on the
southbound vestibuled en- route home with
his family, after a pleasant sojourn of two
weeks at Tate Spring.
Mr.. Tomlinson said to reporter for the
Tribune:
II see an effort in Tennessee, as there
was in Alabama, to get your state demo-
cratic convention, which meets in Chat
tanooga this week, to ignore the Chicago
platform. The effort failed In Alabama,
and 1 feel very confident that it will fail
in Tennessee, for the convention that NOM
mates that true democrat, Benton McMillin,
will not fail to stand, expressly and agrees
sively, for the time-honored principles OF
the party as declared in the Chicago plat
form"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30

needed around Santiago if the selge guns
and supplies are to be brought up. as now
been made of rains and mud in that sec
ton. but in this season of the year rains
are frequent in Cuba. and doubtless San
sttago receives It's share.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30

Barbed wire Is a Spanish implement of
war. But a pair of shears and machete
can readily cope with this new form Of
warfare.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30
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FEATHERS AND BIRDS

From the Philadelphia North American.
Gold lace does not soldier make,
Nor shouder-straps a fighter;
Lo. many favorite son may end
His war-life like Joe Letter.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30

The priest In Santiago who declared the
Spanish flag must wave in Washington
should be deputed to do the act himself.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30
A MINOR DIFFICULTY

From the Washington Evening Star.
Here's to each brave insurgent who
Our loyal greeting claims,
Well give EN- all three cheers cen though
We can't pronounce their names.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30

Spain seems to regret the loss of the
Philippines moro than she does the loss of
Cuba and Porto Rico combined.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30

Boston, after long seige by the phantom
fleet, has fellow feeling for Santago-now
exposed to the yesuvlus' distressing cough.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30

The Grover Cleveiandites of Alabama
should study American history and especi-
ally the history of the democratic party.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30

General Joe Wheeler keeps up to the ex-
IRENE front. He cannot be trusted to keep
out of the enemy's trees.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30

II there is anything the people of San
tiago do not like it is cough of the We
suvius sort. 1t affects the nerves.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30

The cowboys and the society boys were
alike obstinate at La Quasina and the
Spaniards fed when they charged together.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30

General Shafter not only effected land
ing without difficulty. but he pushed on
without stopping to fortify
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30

The Monadnock is ON the road to Manila
just the same as if no coal had been pur-
chased by Spain in Chilli
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SENATOR MoRGAN's WARNING

From the Washington Star -
Saturdays session of the senate was not
able not alone for its effectual disclosure of
the ilibustering purposes of the handful of
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30

If congress still possesses the power to
pass bills, Hawaii will be annexed.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30

The departed should not rise up and I'M
load a lot of ancient saws upon an honest
and deserving world.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30

The enatorial air guns are still trained
upon a patient and long-suffering people.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30

Kaiser Wilhelm is fussy in both internal
tional and domestic matters He worries
oyer the socialists in the one case and over
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30
1T rs REALLY GOING ON
FROM the Mobile Herald.

We believe that there is a political cam
an going on in Alabama, but really we
C-.'t had time to think about it,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30

Get every flag ready by next Monday, the
anniversary day of the birth of the repub-
lie.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30

The Princeton sexton should keep his
corpses under lock and key.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30

The duty of lone fisherman is to keep
still, and Princeton should not break this
rule.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30

The news from Santiago can be summed
up in few words-"The Americans are adj
vancing."
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30

Grover Cleveland, Car Reed and the only
Godkin are leading che anti-Amriean
crusade.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30

the irrepressible Anglo-saxons in the other.
1t is fussiness merely.
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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30

RemIttances can De made by express.
postofiice money order or drafts ut current
rate OF exchange. Address
THE AGE-HERALD,
Birmingham, Ala
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-30

Such men as Parker, Washington and
Council are the apostles of the negro race
who are steadily bringing their people up
to that higher plane of civilization which
enables men to distinguish between genu-
inc progress and demoralizing agitation
In their efforts for the bettermert OF their
people they will receive the assistance of
every Alabama patriot. BAIL.
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the irrepressible Anglo-saxons in the other
It is fussiness merely.
If there is anything the people Of San
tiago do not like it is cough of the ve-
suvius sort 1t affects the nerves.
General Joe Wheeler keeps up to the ex-
IRENE front. He cannot be trusted TO keep
out of the enemy's trees.
The Monadnock is ON the road to Manila
just the same as if no coal had been pur-
chased by Spain in Chill.
General shafter not only effected a land
ing without difficulty. but he pushed on
without stopping to fortify
The departed should not rise up and un-
load a lot of ancient saws upon an honest
and deserving world.
The news from Santiago can be summed
up in few words-"The Americans are ad-
vancing'
Grover Cleveland, Car Reed and the only
Godkin are leading che anti-Amriean
crusade.
The duty of lone fisherman is to keep
still, and Princeton should not break this
rule.
Get every flag ready by next Monday, the
anniversary day of the birth of the repub-
lie.
The sena torial air guns are still trained
upon a patient and long-suffering people.
If congress still possesses the power to
pass bills, Hawaii will be annexed.
The Princeton sexton should keep his
corpses under lock and key.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-12
VIEWS OF A DOCTOR.
Summer Campaig I'm Western Cuba
Means Death for Soldiers.

NEW YORK, June 1.-THE Medical News
in its issue to-day, Wall publish discussion
of the advsability of a summer campaign
in Cuba, written by DR.. D. F. Lame. of
Philadelphia, who is a Cuban-American, in
which he says, in part:
THE unpreparedness of the military
branch of the government has become so
apparent, and, from all accounts, the neces-
Sity of much larger body of troops to in
wade the island so evident, that L can we'll
understand the hesitation on the part of the
Washington authorities to land troops at
TINS season of the year around Havana and
Matanzas. In fact, am about convinced
that, unless Havana in the meanwhile ca
pitulates from lack of food, no troops will
be landed in the province before the month
of October or November. Around Santiago
the conditions are different The country all
around is hilly and much more healthful,
and, by utilizing the several thousand in
surgents in the neighborhood for the pur-
pose Of garrisoning the city after its capitu-
lation the American troops could be safely
encamped all summer under decidedly more
advantageous conditions than at Chicka-
manga or Tampa.
From the point of view of a Cuban, this
pacific blockade especially if kept up all
of all the people in these three provinces
Pinar del Rio, Havana and Matanzas-and
for the very purpose of saving these people
why should American troops not be i'm
mediately landed on the island even if they
do run the risk of high death rate from
climatic conditions, etc?
"On the other hand as Americans, we are
justified in reasoning this matter We are
certainly unprepared for such an undertake
ing. Our soldiers, mostly men who were
only yesterday clerks and millhands, are
not even supplied with one of the most es-
sential and vital things for a summer cam
paign in the tropics, and that is suitable
clothing. In such an undertaking we know
that climate does not influence mortality as
much as deficient preparation and lack of
organization; therefore, let us take into
consideration the lives of twenty thousand
or thirty thousand Americans as against
these unfortunates who, perhaps, are al
blockade will certainly force Havana to
capitulate long before October and by that
time we shall have a thoroughly trained
and properly equipped body of troops"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-12
Emperor wi,Ii.m,s work

BERLIN, June 1.-THE mass of work
which Emperor William does is judgeable
by the figures of last year, just issued from
the chamberlain's office. His Majesty re-
celved lO26 immediate reports, gave 751 de-
cisions, signed SOP Cabinet orders, appoint
ments and other documents; 5,957 reports
were presented to him personally, while the
civil Cabinet dealt with fifty thousand docu-
ments addressed to the Emperor and about
four hundred letters kilograms were re-
ceived daily by the Emperor
A great deal OF political Importance is at
tached to Emperor Williams visit to Pales-
tine 1t is suggested that besides ending
the pretensions of France to the right to
grant protection to all Christians in the
east, the visit may result in securing Asia
Minor as a field for German colonization
by the conclusion of state treaty with
turkey. 1t is pointed out that the Sultan
Will find difficulty in refusing such a pro-
posal from Emperor William, especially as
1t is fact that the Germans are already in
VadiGg Asia Minor as we'll as Palestine
systematically and successfully.