The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-17
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preaching democratic campaign in this
state. The matter has not been discussed
for several months, and it appeared to be
practically forgotten during that time.
Just what brings 1t into current political
gossip now is not clear, unless the party
leaders have adverted to 1T in possible dis
for 1900. Nor is there any basis for a guess
as to how the matter will be dealtwiuh.
There will have to be general interchange
of opinions on the subject, it seems, before
any definite conclusion is arrived at. So
say the gossipers. Another matter is re-
ceiying the thoughtful consideration of men
whom the party trusts for leadership and
guidance. That is, broadly speaking,
whether the campaign Shall be prosecuted
on state or national issues, or both 1t
Is not improbable that things in that di-
rection will begin shortly to shape them
selves, and in good time the point will be
clearly and definitely determined. Chair
man Robert j. Lowe of the state demo-
crauc executive committee was asked II he
mad considered amy particular time for the
calling of the committee together He re-
piled that he had not He had as a matter
OF course. given careful consideration to
the necessity of a committee meeting; but
no particular date had suggested itself to
mis- mind. nor had any been suggested TO
him by members of the committee. Fur.
Their than that he had nothing to say upon
the subject. 1t is known that some of the
leading men of the party have met each
other within the past two weeks, and
doubtless they informally discussed the
situation; but there appears to have been
no attempt at concert of action in any
direction.
There are two ways of securing a brig
ace eneampment of the Alabama National
Guard at Birmingham during the Stare
fa1r One is for Birmingham to raise
aoout $oOO0. The other is for the railroads
10 give free transportation to the troons
mere IS an appropriation of s12, 500 at the
oIsposal OF the governor for an encamn.
iiieht 1hls Is insufficient for the proposed
upnent at birmingham, as about st. 600
"a tie total sum would be required for
6,e,ass', -. eaton alone. General Clark and
Coionei Smith nave been looking int the
matter. and these are. roughly snaa1,i,,a
me conclusions they have arrived at Ad.
Joealt General Brandon entertains yerv
sy ihpa thetieally the proposition for the on
equipment, but on account of insuf,iciencv
u, iuhds ne Is powerless to bring II abouf
Ent remain several weeks before the
l ar opens. In the meantime sometime
may be done. Certainly a brigade a,,oa.a,,
iheht would be great attra elton to outof
to"h visitors and to the people of Birminp-
nam as Well. 1t would attract visitoTs
= oih an over the state who perhaps would
al ~, wise come to see the greatest of
an the talrs ever held in Alabama
L Wish there h.
way TO induce Miss Howard ,Weeden 70
puoiish every year book on the order ~
oHauows on The WALL " said a lover of
sood ana beautiful books. "This volume is
e,, One never tires of it. Miss
i" ee9 9 Is genius; and really she should
NOT deny us common mortals the nleasnre
Vi nearing from her with reasonable fire.
quency. | know nothing in literature or
art quite like her work. Her drawings are
almost mcomparably clever, her verses
nave the ring of real poetry. Oh, for MANY
DOCKS from Miss Weeden!'
Four fiat cars will be pulled into Mobile
quay, bearing the largest guns ever seen
IN Alabama, and perhaps the largest ever
seen south of the Potomac. There are two
oI the guns, and reporter for the Are
herald who saw them yesterday at a way-
SIDE station between Montgomery and ca
iera, ascertained the facts about those
guns are 12-inch breech-loading rifles eaob
iotty-six feet long and Weighing eighty-two
TONS Each gun was too long for a single
nat car, and so two cars were necessary
several feet of the gun extending on the
second car. The guns were constructed at
the Carnegie works, Bethlehem. Pa. and
are to be mounted at Fort Morgan for the
oelense OF Mobile bay The cost of the
guns was about s125, 900 each: they carry
proJectiles weighing each a half ton. and
the charge of powder is about five hundred
pounds Their range is from nine to ten
mlles. The guns were transported on Lee
nigh Valley cars, which were delivered to
the Louisville and Nashville railroad at
Montgomery by the Western Railway of
Alabama. The Louisville and Nashville
authorities refused to subject their bridges
south of Montgomery to the test of such
an unusual and enormous weight 1t is said:
the work of replacing the wooden bridges |
or that line by steel structures not having |
been entirely completed on the Mobile and
Montgomery division The Louisville and |
Nashville, therefore, hauled the great guns |
to Calera, where they were passed into the
custody of the Southern Railway, which |
transported them to their destination over
the Mobile and Birmingham road If one |
of those guns had been mounted at Fort |
Morgan thirty-six years ago, Farragut |
could not have won what is now regarded |
as his greatest victory.
II spent an hour or two the other day |
in a high school for girls" said young |
society man of Birmingham. 1.-THE princi- |
pal is "A gifted woman whom / have long |
know and esteemed, and l called to paw |
my respects to her. There are 697 pupils |
in the school. and ! never before saw such
a wealth of feminine loneliness. There is
a rule in the school requiring a change in
studies every forty-five minutes when the !
girls of each class pass from one room to
another, and as they gracefully wind in
and about through the broad and lofty cor
ridors, they remind one ofsome immense
maypole dance. There Is never hitch:
no jostling, no collisions. The principal
suffered me to stand al the top of the main
corridor and witness the beautiful spec
tace; but | was not permitted to speak
1t all made my head swim a little. and I
applied to the principal for place as as
sistant jaitor, floor scrubber-anythng to
keep me where I could look at those girls
once n day. 7 regret to say that there was
no job there for me-"
Colonel Robert Mckee came to Birming-
ham from Montgomery last night and will