The age-herald., 1899-07-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELS LSEwHERE

l tomorrow. Upon his coming, and ms sup
 sequent action much depends in a political
 sense. Not since 1874 has so much depend-
 ed upon one mans action in Alabama.
 Naturally enough the senator will consult
 with the leaders of the organized demo-
 cracy, and it is reasonable to assume that
 something definite will be agreed upon, and
 the public will be informed as to what to
 look for from this date until the counties
 select their delegates and name their can
 didates for the legislature next spring. , Morgan is coming, and Morgan will point
 out the way" said democrat of state
 reputation. Ut remains for him to lead 1 the charge; but how or when he will do so 1 I do not pretend to guess. It Is not too 1 much to say that the decision of the su- l preme court in upholding the Birmingham 1 amendment to the constitution somewhat l complicates matters. This decision shows
 that the out-of-date and rickety eonstitu-
 tion may be mended by amendment, and l patchwork instrument of civil power be
 made up in place of new constitution. | The fact that an amendment or any num-
 Der of amendments may be adopted with
 no expense save the time consumed by the
 legislature in considering is not unlikely to
 have it's effect upon the public mind; and l in this particular it would strengthen Gov l ernor Johnstons position in bringing about by devious methods the repeal of the con- l vention act to which he had undoubtedly
 pledged his support. Nothing succeeds like
 success, and he is silly who argues that the governor has not so far ucceeded in his l purposes. The governor assented to mak-
 ing the call for a constitutional convention | a democratic party issue and obligation. l 4f !, self and possibly he played good politics; | but that remains to be proved"
 ssa
 l Undoubtedly Governor Johnston has
 started out in the fight for Senator Mor- | gans seat with the advantages in his | favor" continued the earnest democrat. l "The task before those who remain true to
 the organized democratic party, and true to 1 Senator Morgan, the most illustrious of all
 Alabamans, is to send Johnston to tho
 rear. Johnston has apparently no respect l for him whom he referred to as Old Pet l tus and whom he commanded his follow 1 CTS to rip up the back He has little re- 1 spect for Morgan, greatest amongst us all,
 and is charged with disregarding his own
 political obligations, as he does the pledges
 of the party that honored him. And in 1 view of these facts, and having regard to
 the governors present ascendancy, the an- l ti-Johnston forces in state politics have
 much to do that requires skill and courage. 1 The governor is on top. There is no doubt | as to that So far he is the winner, and the
 opposition to him is forced to assume in
 some degree an attitude of offense. The
 Johnston army occupies the heights, and
 the task of the organized democracy now
 is to dislodge the enemy.
 | Yesterday was not unlike an early au-
 tumn day. The sunshine was brilliantly l bright, but walking in it without shade | was in no degree uncomfortable. There l was cool breeze blowing all day long, | and the trade in "cold drinks" fell off fully l one-half The wind swept through Jones l valley as the valley were a sort of tua- l rel between mountains, and no person suf- l fered from heat. curious thing observ-
 able was the shading of the sky. There
 vas no blue. It was simply white-gray l overhead. It would have seemed almost
 misty but for the remarkable brightness | of the sunlight Tt will rain tomorrow" | the weatherwise said, and possibly rain | will fall After darkness, came the sky l lost the impression of mistiness and be- came intensely, darkly blue, and the stars
 rolled out with extraordinary distinctness
 and brilliancy. P1Ie~ e~weather clerk is up I to mischief, unmistakably.
 l Much is said about Alabama men who l achieve success, but hardly enough about | Alabama women. Mrs. Rosa Gunter Sem | pie, who is we'll known and greatly ad-
 mired in Birmingham and Montgomery
 conducts most successfully Mrs. Semple's | School For Girls, in West End avenue, | New York One is grateful to a very 1 gifted, beautiful and gracious Alabama | woman for not designating her excellent | school as a "female college" It is Mrs. | Semple's "school,' and it prospers and pre- | sents to southern girls and young women
 the best of opportunities for finishing their
 education and seeing something of the | higher life of the great metropolis Mrs. | Semple is the daughter of the Hon. Will | liam A. Gunter, of Montgomery, and
 springs from a race of cultured men and
 beautiful gentlewomen. In New York she | honors Alabama.
 A great many worthy men smoke i "stogies." A great many other worthy
 men do not know what "stogies' are. For
 these latter it is well enough to say that
 "stogies' are a sort of thin cigar, possibly | of doubtful quality. But the Herald
 is not averse to giving Wheeling free ad-
 vertisement to the extent of saying that
 the general impression is that Wheeling
 "stogies' not so bad those made in
 Pittsburg, for example. Other towns, Pitts-
 burg included, are envious of Wheeling S
 reputation for ''stogies" and so they have
 been making the little smokers and giv-
 ing to them the name of Wheeling.
 "The judge of the United States court in | Boston has rendered decision that will l put stop to this unlawful abuse of the
 proud name of Wheeling said a tobacco
 drummer last night. "The judge holds | that no 'stogies' not actually made in | Wheeling can be lawfully stamped as | Wheeling stogies.' It is claimed by au-
 thorities in our trade that this Boston de-