The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-10
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE

i little discussion IN the loDD1eS yeStSiudS'
1 In fact, it excited comparatively little in
terest. This was due to two causes. One
was the senate's action had been dis
counted in the public mind, it having been
| anticipated for several days past; and
second cause was that people were enjoy
! ing themselves, and, for the moment, felt
| more interest in the carnival festivities.
| Nobody would take the time to listen to
anybody else talk polticis. Only two or
! three of the democratic leaders were seen,
and their thoughts ran in channels happily
| removed from that tiresomely inconsistent
body of money-spenders, legally designated
| as the general assembly of Alabama. 1t
was conceded that the governor had won a
notable personal and executive victory
but it was held that it would in the end
| prove fatal.
Representative Davidson was the only
member from Jefferson who made a speech
in the house against repeal said poll
tician, land his speech was powerful in
! logic and eloquence. He besought the
house not to stultify itself by undoing at
| the bidding of changed mind that which
| it had done in all soberness and with the
| evident purpose of promoting the welfare
Of the state. Although this was done,
| said Mr.. Davidson, and the people had
| held primary elections and nominated cam
| didates to the constitutional convention,
| great change had come over the spirit of
| Somebody's Dreams He warned the MEM
| bers against turning or looking backward.
| They would be worse than Lots wife, for
| she had at least a monument, but they
would have none. Democracy will stand.
| 1t is party not built for a generation or
a few generations, and If you will not al
! low the party to be heard from next July
| it will COMPEL a hearing at another time
1t was one of the ablest and most stirring
! speeches of that exciting debate and
added greatly to Mr.. Davidson's already
enviable reputation as a broad-minded,
panstaking, widely informed and able
! legislator.
| But happily for Birmingham she and her
thousands of visitors have had two whole
glad days and nights when the happy
| crowds didn't care a peanut whether the
political kept. The people have been out
for fun and they have had it, and in the
4 meantime the governor and his majorities
might have jumped into the river for aught
| the pleasure-seekers cared. 1t has been a
| glad time for Birmingham; just the biggest
| and joiest time the city ever had since it
began to spread out over the beautiful val
Eley between the green hills. Never were
| such crowds seen here before; and consid-
ering the immense number of people OF all
sorts there has been q remarkable degree
or orderliness; an extraordinary absence of
unpleasant incidents and accidents Two
or three score arrests for minor indiscre-
tions in a crowd of fifty thousand is elo-
quent of law-abiding, pleasure-loving
spirit.
q am glad to see The Age-IIerald calling
attention to the need of action towards Sc
curing a service of silver for the battleship
Alabama. said veteran.s "There is
double reason why Alabamians should pre-
sent to the Alabama a worthy gift The
great ship bears the states name; and that
same name was borne at another time by
another ship, which under the command of
Alabamian won fame that will endure
as long as there is kept in the world rec
ord of human daring and heroism. Alabama
-Semmes! Alabama-whom? Our state
pride and our share in history demand that
we should do the proper thing now, and
a tangible and proud evidence of the fact
that we are not degenerate and unappre-
ciative. 1 would suggest that the CONNER
cial clubs of Birmingham and the other
cities take the matter up. We like to put
off on these clubs the doing of every posi-
Bile thing, for the reason that they being
composed of practical men of affairs are
more likely to accomplish desired results
TLANr
of the Confederate veterans and kindred
organizations, and all combinod could very
soon raise the 5000 or $1,000 that ought to
be raised"
The town continues to praise enthusi-
astically the wonderfully beautiful floral
parade of Monday; the most brilliantly sue
cessful celebration of that nature ever held
in this country. Too much cannot be said
in commentator of the fair women who
devoted SO much time, skill and patience
towards making the parade success And
their work is not yet done, for they must
needs with deft fingers remove the beautl-
full decorations which they labored so faith
fully in placing upon their traps and car
riages. By thSsWay, tho remarkably rich
decoration of The queens carriage SO
greatly admired in the parade, was the
| work and donation of Loveman, Joseph 6
Loeb, the great drygoods house. This per-
feet triumph of the decorators art is esti-
mated to have cost hundred dollars.
Former Rex Bert Porter's speech in well
| coming his present majesty to the city on
| Monday has been much praised for its elo-
| quence. Especially happy were these words
OF his: THE carpet now laid for you is
| green carpet and is dotted and speckIed
with thousands of roses-roses tipped with
| dew, red roses and white roses, love roses
| and roses that you would kiss. A spring
| CARPET woven in all of its exquisite beauty
and charm by the hand of Him who waves
approval to all of US in our genuine and
| innocent fun"
| The most artistic examDIe of the enorav