The age-herald., 1899-07-21
IN HOTEL LOBBES
 AND ELSEWHERE

AND ELSEWHERE
 John Walter Tomlinson, the new presi- dent of the National Bimetallie League, was born in Tennessee forty years ago, and has been for dozen years a resident of Birmingham and for several years q repre- sentative character in national politics. Mr. Tomlinson was the leading spirit in the organization O. the Silver club of Birming- ham, and has been the most energetic lead- CT of the free coinage movement in this state He early attached himself to the fortunes of Mr. Bryan, and is the closest political personal and confidential tr1ehd in Alabama of the great Nebraskan. In the national democratic convention of 1896 he labored earnestly and successfully for MT. Bryan, and made the tour of the United States with the democratic nominee for the presidency. Subsequently, he and Mrs. Tomlinson. his gifted and charming wife, made the famous tour of Mexico with MT. and Mrs. Bryan. During the last preslden- tial campaign MT. Tomlinson delivered public addresses in twenty-two states or the union At his beautiful home here In Birmingham Mir Bryan has been his guest several times. and the two men keep up constant correspondence. No friend of the cause of free coinage is more entitled than MT. Tomlfnson to the honor of being made president of the National Bimetallie League. He is a worker in the cause, and t1,r a1r nf WOrlQlN possessions probably no man in this coun- try has expended more than he in the ln- terest of free coinage. MT. Tomlinson is leading light of the Birmingham bar, ana IS one of this citys most prosperous inhapl- tants. Personally he is a man of tho strongest attachments, and his devotion to what he esteems to be right has never been above all his honors and achievements, he is amongst the best of all "good fellows in the world. ,.. t.~s..-4t-,t
 It is an old story, but is forever new, and the fact that a commercial traveller rela- ted it at the Morris last night as being or igfnal does not detract from it's excellence. Once before it was printed in Alabama, but is possibly forgot. Twenty years ago there resided in Mobile three good men, close one to the other. They were Father Ryan, ilIstrious.as a poet; Major Henry St. Paul almost the equal of Father Ryan in good ness of heart, and James L. Rapier, Of the Mobile Register, one of the best or all good men. It is well known of Father Ky an that he once gave his shoes to beg gar, and sent an order to Rapier for new pair. He was the most improvident and the sweetest-hearted of all men. Major St. Paul was the same sort Of man. They, too, have passed to the voiceiess shades. John Rapier survives to do good; and he is re- sponsible for the original telling of the story the commercial traveller related as l his own at the Morris last night ProVi- | dence gave to the earth Henry St. Paul, | that the earth might be better. One night | St. Paul was going home after an evening 1 spent with Father Ryan and Rapier. He | saw on the pavement man who was | drunk, and he hurried to his assistance. | Major St. Paul conducted the drunken man | home. At the door the poor fellow stag l gered but remembered that he had been well served by a man unknown to him. "What's your name?" ne demanded of | Major St. Paul.
 "That does not natter said the major evaslvely. q wished simply to serve you.
 T demand to know the name of one who | has been so good to me-" the drunken man said in a maudling way.
 1 "St. Paul!' answered the major, sweetly. The drunken man staggered, looked hard | at the major and then drew himself up | conyusivey.
 l "What!" he said almost franticaly | "St. Paul!' the major sweety answered. With a mighty effort the intoxicated man | pulled himself together"
 "I shay, St. Paul. I shay. You are best | man who has ever lived; but I shay-you won't mind-I shay! That was alarmed long letter you wrote them Ephesians!' |
 | Representative John H. Bankhead spent yesterday in town, but he was silent in | seven languages" He wasn't a-doing of | any talking-that is to say, no talking for | print. He looked happy-was happy-for it l appears now that he will easily win the | democratic nomination for speaker of the house at Washington Colonel Bankhead has been fixing up his well. building a ho- tel and doing about largely at Fayette.
 
 | Hon. A. NJ. Tunstall has returned to | Greensboro, after spending a day or two in | Birmingham Mir Tunstall is one of the strongest and most influential of Alabama s l young democrats.
 A "KIssING BUG" KILLED 4 WOMAN From the Chicago Times Herald.
 Mrs. Mary Steger is dead, killed by a