The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-26

pose of deciding upon some features of the
carnival. Every good citizen is interested
in it, and everyone who is a subscriber to
any of the carnival funds should attend.
"There is but little interest manifested in
the carnival week ceremonies by many of
our best citizens" said a member of the
association last evening hope to see
large attendance at the Commercial Club
rooms Wednesday evening to decide the
matter definitely"
The Carnival floats are all complete, and
the celebration in May will be a decided
success, provided the best citizens of Rir-
mingham manifest that interest which they
should take in the matter.
"Tn let the legislature in its Johnston
extra session adjourns without repeating
the convention act" said a well-known
North Alabama politician last night, "and
believe it will adjourn in less than three
days. Many legislators stretched their con-
sciences to support several of the governs
or's hobbies at the regular session. They
will do it no more
''I look for big work in this district by
the Williams syndicate" said a Virgipian
last evening. John Shelton Williams has
men worth millions behind him, and they
are spreading over the SOUTH He didn't
buy that Mary Pratt property and the Gate
City lands for fun on land speculation.
Before Birmingham thoroughly realizes
what is going the Seaboard Air Line
and the Georgia and Alabama will be in
Birmingham. The Mary Pratt furnace
property will give them terminals.
Again" continued this Virginian, 1.-THE
Southern and Louisville and Nashville
bought up the Birmingham Southern 10
prevent the Williams system from getting
it This syndicate was willing to pay a big
price for the property, and that's why the
combination went so high in its purchase
price. Both the Southern and Louisville
and Nashville are jealous of the inroads be-
ing made by the Williams Seaboard sys-
TEN. But you keep your eye on that crowd.
They mean business, and lots of it,
1.-THE New York Sun is anything but
democratic" said a New York travelling
man at the Morris, "but it is usually cor
rect in it's sizing up of political situations,
In yesterdays issue it tells the full truth
when it says 1.-THE democrats faithful to
the Chicago platform are now more COM
pletely in control of the party organization
than they were in 1896 Since then they
have become predominant in the demo-
cratic party in Wisconsin, Minnesota and
South Dakota, three states which voted
against them in 1896. Moreover, tine New
England states, which presented a pretty
solid front against the Chicago platform
in the convention of 1896, are now in nearly
every case under the control of the friends
of Bryan. More especially is this true of
Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire,
which cast at the Chicago convention 40
votes against the platform and only 8
for it.
Meantime the opponents of the Chicago
platform in the democratic party are gain
ing nowhere, and the most they venture to
strive for at party conventions is almost
invariably nothing beyond mere evasion of
the currency issue. 1t is not probable that
they will be able to muster at the national
convention of next year more than half of
the voting strength they exhibited at Chi-t
cago in 1896, and even as many as $50 dele
gates would be very liberal estimate
Messrs Emming and Haywood, two gen.
tlemen from Milwaukee, who are interested
in the establishment of-the colony of Nor
wegians, near Canton, were in town last
night. They had just returned from the
place where the colony is to be located
and stopped over to look around Brmng-
ham.
I'VE are quite well pleased with the site
near Clanton," they remarked, land think
it a fine place for the location of a colony.
We expect to have at least forty-five fami-
lies there by next spring."
Both of these gentlemen have invested In
the property around Clanton, and think
their investment a good one. In course of
conversation Mr.. Haywood remarked that
! he had never been more surprised than to
find such manufacturing city as Brmng-
ham in the south. II had heard of Biz
mlngham often" he continued, "but had
no idea there was such a second Pittsburg
away down here"
DR.. R. A. Moseley, who was recently ap-
pointed consul general to Singapore, will
leave today for that point. He will go via
San Francisco, and there take steamer
which will touch the Sandwich islands,
Yokohama and Hong Kong Mrs Moseley
will accompany her husband. DR.. Mose!ey
is one of the strongest republicans in Ala
bama. He worked for Reed in the last
national campaign, and then received an
appointment under Mckinley. He was
formerly of Talladega county, being one
time postmaster there. He has also figured
in the newspaper business.
"A woman can keep a secret" said lady
whose son had just come out 2 nero in a
Gretna Green affair. 81 know all the
men say that it is an impossibility, but
an, going to prove to you how little the
men know about it, had known of the in
/ tended marriage for two weeks and 1 did
not breathe it to a living being. In tho
| afternoon before the wedding was to oc-
| cur that night my little son saw the older
| one packing his grip. He asked me what
| it meant. told him was just going
| off for trip. Finally he got real serious