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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-03

R. L. Barrett has been appointed foreman
in the Southern yards in this city, to sue
coed H. Fitzwater, who resigned.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-03
Pins and Personals

The Southern Pacific road has announce
the schedule of the Sunset Limited for til
winter. The first of these trains will leav
New Orleans at 10:45 p. m. December Il
and thereafter every Monday and Wednes
day night at the same hour.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-03

George w. Ely, of Montgomery, passen.
ger agent of the Southern Pacific, was in
the city yesterday.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-03

General Passenger Agent w. A. Turk, of
the Southern, has issued a circular an
nouncing the raising of the quarantines
against Key West, Fla. The quarantine
was raised on November 49,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-26
Henry wattorson,s PLATFORM

The Courier Journal is Democrat But It
is Democrat of the old-fashioned sort.
Home Rule. Honest Money and Free Trade
have been and are its notices. Translated
into current English. these notices read: Ma
tional Expansion. Honest Money and the
Open Door. They mean Home Rule for
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines when
ever they are able to establish and maintain
1t: Free Trade for the American manufac-
turer against his foreign rivals, whom he
can everywhere meet and beat, and at the
same time for the American farmer, who has
been crucifed. not upon cross of gold but
upon high protective duties; and money good
for all, expressed in gold and silver, and pa
per convertible into coin on demand equally
in Boston and in Manila, in Hell-for- Sartin,
Kentucky, and in Bitter Creek Hawaii!
Where they want silver. let them have sill
yer. Where they want paper, let them have
paper. But whether IL be silver or paper let
it everywhere be of interchangeable value
with gold.-Louisville Courier Journal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-26
The ImperiaIists' Creed.

To the Editors of the Outlook:
Can you find space for the creed which
seems to be held by President Mckinley and
his political advisers?
Article 1. I believe in keeping I'D the old
war taxes to prevent trade with Europe and
the new war taxes to force trade with Asia.
Article II. ] believe in the exclusion of
ignorant Europeans. and the inclusion of
more ignorant Asiatics.
Article Ill. believe in protective tariff
where farmers would trade abroad, but in
free trade where manufacturers seek a mar
ket.
Article w 1 believe the public cannot
manage monopolies at home, but can man
age subject races on the other side of the
globe.
Article v. 1 believe in home rule for Ire
Article vi. believe in a Monroe doctrine
which forbids Europe to interfere with self
government in America but permits America
to interfere with self-government in Asia
Article VII l believe the Spanish island
ers are unfit to govern themselves. but will
be At to help govern us.
Article VII. l believe the blacks have
right to govern themselves, but that whites
and blacks have a right to govern yellows.
Article TX. believe that taxation without
representation Is tyranny when applied to US,
but philanthropy when applied by us.
Article x. 1 believe that governments get
their Just powers from the consent of the
superiority Of the governors in Asia.
Article XII. l believe that miitarism and
foreign broils are the refuge of despotism in
Europe, and Of republication in America
Article XII. I believe>that American poll
cies have made a little America, and that
lea. $.
The Outlook
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-26
THOUGHTS OF STATE EDITORS,

The G O sees dark cloud arising be-
tween this country and England In corse-
quence Of our expansion policy and our
reaching out fer markets in the Orient.
Well. that's too bad. but if it must be done
we will trounce the old bird again and COM
pei her to love us.-Granite Falls Tribune
(Rep.).
The Ldtchfeld Independent proposes L. A.
Rosing the next union nominee for con-
gress in the Third district and sensibly con-
tends that none better could be chosen to re-
tire the handsome Heatwole Mr. Rosing is
one of the ablest and most Ievel-headed poll
ticians in the state and is eminently qualified
for a seat in congress.-Altert Lea Standard.
This is coed suggestion. Mr.. Rosing
will make a strong run in the Third dis
trict and we firmly believe he would redeem
the district from the ranks Of the Hanna
crowd.-Sleepy Eye Herald.
Rudyard Kipling, the Anglo Indian Ameri-
can laureate, in his latest MARBLE asks some
body or other to take UP the white Man $
Burden" There should be no dubiety In the
mind Of Mr.. Railroad Coupling as to Uncle
Sans willingness to fulfill his obligations to
the spirit of civilization and humanity Nor
need the timid be afraid. A nation as great
this can afford to say. my yoke is easy
and my burden light" Get off the track
the imperial train is coming. We are the
people.-Lakefield Standard.
If Kipling wants practical inspiration about
the white mans burden" let him tackle a
newspaper for a few months.-Nobles County
Democrat.
The 'White Mans Burden" in this neck
of-the- woods for three weeks past has been
the coal hod. Or, perhaps in some cases, 1t
was the woman s.-Brainerd Dispatch
The legislature should do away with tie
present cumbersome and expensive mode of
transferring and keeping track of title to
land and adopt the simple. cheap and con-
venient Torrens system. Fergus Falls
Globe Pop).
Two American daily newspapers are already
established at Manila. 1t won't be long be-
fore they have fight over the county print
ing.-Lake City Republican.
Scarcely a daily paper can be picked up
nowadays but what there is an account Of
the forming of some new trust. This trust
forming business Is decidedly bad for small
dealers and results In their being gobbled
up by the larger ones, which thus destroys
the ambition of many young men to become
Independent business men.-Albert Lea En-
terprise (Rep.).
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-26

ence. THEIRS, MacMahon, Gambetta,
Grevy and Garnet, each representing
different sentiments in the politics of
France, passed by death or retirement
away, and the transition of one ad-
ministration and the advent of that of
it's successor became incidentally
crisis upon which the attention of the
civilized world centered. Faure depart
ed at time when it was apprehended
the frenzy attaching to the Dreyfus
agitation was Of a quality that might
lead to revolution. But a man was
quickly chosen to succeed him in whom
the people evidently have confidence.
Loubet has never made any preten-
sionS to greatness. Oftentimes he has
invited criticism as to his indecision of
character. 1t is apparent. now. that he
has. in the past, been acting the part
OF diplomat rather than that of a
mere politician. He has been a watch
man in the tower, so to speak, who
was quietly assimilating in his own
mind the emotions and aspirations of
his fellow citizens. Withdrawn some
what In later years from any position
in which he might properly be assailed
by any faction. he has been a student
of existing conditions. His elevation
to the presidency was evidently I'M
sought and unexpected. But when the
time came for him to speak as an eX-
ecutive. he was possessed of the wis
dom and courage to do so effectively.
"One of the first enactments of any
ministry of mine will be a stringent
law to stop the current of insult. in
fanny and defamation which now be-
fouls France" he says in his initial
address to the French people.
This is noble utterance, and it's
timeliness cannot be questioned. The
reputation of the French republic has
been befouled in a most striking man
ner during the past few years. There
must be strength of character in the
executive who boldly undertakes the
task of relieving his countrymen Of the
odium now resting upon them. Fur
thermore. there must be strength of
purpose and determination to carry
that purpose into effect, as we'll as
confidence in the force by which that
result shall be achieved.
President Loubet. in this announce
ment, begins the history Of his admin
istration with a preface instead Of
waiting to write it at the close or leav-
ing it to the historian Of the future
to write 1t for him. He tells the peo-
pie exactly what he proposes to do.
This is common sense and statesman
ship. He has doubtless measured his
power, in this respect. in advance. His
sentiments must appeal to the patriot
ism Of every intelligent Frenchman.
His success in his efforts will command
the applause of nations.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-26
DIR. Parkilurst and The Globe,

In its issue of Jan. 26 The G 0 b e
referred editorially to 4 report tele-
graphed from New York of a ser
mon alleged to have been preached
by the Rev. DR.. Charles H. Parkhurst,
of that city,-in which he was made to
say that he had visited several saloons
and was surprised at the exhibition Of
liberality on the part Of the proprietors
in providing so sumptuous dinner for
those who might be willing to eXpend a
nickel for glass Of beer.
The G o b e is in receipt Of a letter
from DR.. Parkhurst, calling attention
to the editorial, which had been
brought to his notice, and demonstrate
ing clearly that he did not preach the
sermon credited to him. The explana-
ton is somewhat amusing
Reports of two different sermons by
two different clergymen, one being Dr.
Parkhurst, were turned over to a copy
editor on a New York newspaper. Both
were typewriter and on the same
kind of paper, and in ink Of the same
color. In some manner the manuscript
pages got mixed. When the copy read
er came to edit DR.. Parkhurst's SER
mon. he was so impressed by what he
read that he sent another reporter to
that gentleman's house with instruc-
lions to submit the manuscript to him
and have it's statements confirmed.
The first two pages composed the open
ing of the sermon by DR.. Parkhurst,
who glanced them over and, being
tired. handed them back with the re-
mark that the report seemed to be all
right. The remaining pages were
those of the other clergymans sermon
Next morning the doctor, on taking
up this particular newspaper, was
dumbfounded at what he read as his
yesterdays sermon. He promptly
wrote to the editor, who acknowledged
in the following days issue the mix"
in the copy But, Of course, the mis-
chief had been done, and DR.. Park
bursts alleged statements had been
telegraphed from New York all over
the country.
Naturally the eminent preacher is
annoyed at the criticism and raillery
which the incident called forth There
was. however. something 80 Child
like and bland" in the statements i'm
parted to him as to the "choice viands"
d-iu lIiS SIdy Ing QUALITIES OIL the Tree
lunch Of the average New York bar
room that nobody who was capable of
recognizing the humor Of it all could
help laughing and inviting others to
laugh with him. Perhaps some of the
illusions to the doctor in The G o e
editorial were a little "testy," as he
oharacterizes them; but he should not
take offense in the circumstances as
now explained.
We take it all back. DOCTOR If you
had been foolish enough to say all
you were reported to have said, you
would have deserved all The Glob e
said in criticism of what it was alleged
you had said.
And, by the way, doctor, the next
time you visit ST. Paul, pay The
G 10 a visit. You may encounter
here face or two that will seem IA
miliar and with which your own has ex-
changed smiles in the past The smile
referred to has no reference to any
thing Of the kind that is supposed to
take place in the saloon. However.
we promise to give you a certificate
of credit that you never saw our faces
there.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-26
In Calm Content.

I'm thinking of her face; I know
That on this day of days she stands
With claSped and reverental hands
There. where she worshiped long ago.
Each little grief to heaven she tells
SANITY within the sainted place:
The same uplifted, beauteous face
The heart that thrills to hear the bells.
Simple and true. No earthly loss
But hath its heavenly healing sweet;
And asking when the rude storms beat
Only to kneel and kiss the cross
No wish for wealth. or fame-crowned years
For earth's far splendops and delights
She knew the stars above the heights
STRAINED through a mist of human tears.
Is she not happy? Better So
To live life of calm content
Under a cloudess armament
Than al earths mysteries to know.
What doth she dream of storm and strife
Of peace that laSteth evermore?
One path leads from her mothers door
Into simple. sweeter life
There are the lilies. loved of God;
There are the violets there the spring
In blossoms lures her birds TO sing
And gives the color to the clod
And what have I? And what maybe
The end Of any fancied fame?
A little light around a name -
or one who lives in memory.
o sweet. remembered souli thy fate
Is kindlier Let the glamour 60!
Thou knOwest all that thou wouldst know;
Peace. and the roses at thy gate.
The cruel word would trample down
Thy truth. thy innocence and trust;
Keep thou thy faith; that God is just
Ours Is the cross, and thine the crown.
Frank l.. Stanton in the Atlanta Consttu-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-26
Some Passing Comments on Pro-
posed Legislation.

The railroads, pay 3 per cent on gross earn
ings. Now, the proposition is to tax them 4
per cent. This would make a difference of
about 100000 per an1ium to the Northern Pa
cific and Great Northern roads. The Mil
waukee & st. Paul sand the Chicago Great
Western would meet about the same condi-
tons.
Gov. Lind said in his message that it was
not good policy to- load burdens upon the
railroad companies because, necessarily, the
people would have to pay for them in the
end. a.
Take the North Dakota rate case. for in
STAGE The people there cannot hope to get
any lower rates until the roads can be op-
Grated on the basis of reasonable receipts
above expenditures. The imposition of $780,
COO additional upon the Northern Pacific or
Great Northern. for instance, would only
postpone the lowering of rates. On the other
hand. Minnesota should tax the roads as
high as those in other states are taxed. 1t
would be manifestly unjust to our people to
do otherwise. 20
In Wisconsin the taxes on railroads are
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-26

Chicago are to be congratulated upon
this sudden development Of hindsight
The possibilities in connection with
Asiat1c trade and the relations Of the
latter to the Northwestern sections Of
this country were made manifest
months before Dewey's victory in Ma
Mia bay and were frequently subjects
or discussion in the columns Of The
G e. However. the city Of st. Paul
Is a natural gateway through which
this expanding traffic to Asiatic coun-
tries has been passing on it's way to the
Pacific coast, during a period Of two
years and more; and The G 10 b e has
been keeping tab on the constantly de-
| Veloping increase. For this capital
city of Minnesota, it should be remem-
| bered, is the terminal point Of two
great Pacific coast railway lines, and
we have known what was going on.
1t is pleasing to know that Chicago
mas had an awakening. If it had been
| as wide awake last December as it
appears to be, in the middle of Febru-
| airy. the influence of that great trade
| center might appropriately have been
excited in favor Of the Hanna-Payne
merchant marine bill, which is now
! lingering. In the lap Of an expiring con-
gress. Instead of long editorials in the
! newspapers of that city favoring the
adoption of the effete Nicaragua canal
scheme. why has not the press of Chi
cago been applying itself to something
practical in Notwithstanding up
to date and having nothing to do with
the painting desires of the antiquated
q ny nSsn ,trft Nf,I
spirit Of fifty years ago?
Can the men of trade Of Chicago
point to single benefit to any in
duStry west of Lake Champlain, the
Hudson and Delaware rivers. Chesa-
peake bay and the lower Atlantic coast
that is likely to be derived from the
passage of the Nicaraguan canal bill?
Meanwhile can they not indicate scores
OF advantages to be derived in favor Of
the great producing sections west Of
the Adirondacks. the Allegheny and
Blue Ridge mountains by the passage
Of shipping laws which will provide
transportation from the Pacific coast
ports for the commerce which this
country is destined in the future to
maintain with Asiatic nations, and
which it is now unable to properly
conduct owing to the absence Of trans
portation facilities?
The trouble has been that too many
minds have been dwelling upon the
glories of territorial expansion. and
dreaming Of immense trade results
therefrom instead Of keeping up with
the trade current which began to
swell long before Dewey's name be-
came justly honored household word.
They have Gawdled over the phrase.
TRADE will follow the flag" when they
should have reflected that THE flag
will follow trade" wheresoever it goes.
provided the propelling force is sup
piled for the first condition. That is
all that is necessary now, and the pas
sage Of the Hanna-Payne bill will be
the most practicable move in that di-
rection.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-26
Opposes Booker Washington.

Rev. Charles Spencer Smith, one Of
the leading colored writer's and orators
Of the century, has had reprinted in
| the Nashville American of the 18th
| inst. an exhaustive review of the race
problem and the political status Of the
| colored man. The article was first
| printed Jan. 20, 1899, and, as admitted
by Mr.. Smith, with liberality I'M
paralleled in Southern journalism" re-
published Feb. II last.
| In his eloquent defense of the negro
| race the writer takes issue with Mr..
Booker T. Washington's theory limit
ing the opportunities of negroes to
simple industrial training. Mr. Smith
holds that slavery was, per Sc, a school
Of industrial training, and that, while
many colored men have since become
proficient in various lines of skilled
labor, the ''colorphobia" dominating
trades unions has placed the greater
number Of colored mechanics in enforc-
ed idleness. Upon this subject he says:
f'Those who are disposed to advance the
negro's best interests can render him in
valuable service by demanding in tones of
thunder, loud and long. that the trades
unions shall cease to draw the color line.
only passport to their fellowship. When
this barrier shall have been removed. the
time for the multiplication Of negro mechan-
les. on anything like a large SCALE will
have become opportune; but not until them"
In Mr.. Smiths opinion the field of
labor for the negro should be limited
only by his mental and physical abili-
ties. All emplpyments should be
thrown open to him, art, science, Htera-
ture, the ministry, army, all the pro-
fessions, and the negro will then
add his quota to the perpetuity and
advancement of Americanism, and
will be satisfied though he achieves
no greater accomplishment in one gen
GRAFTON than to look unf1;nchingly into
the jaws of death while supporting the
rough riders in their sanguinary and
successful charge to plant Old Glory
or the crest above Ell Caney's heights"
The writer answers the question,
will the negro eschew politics? 2" with
an emphatic denial. He says that the
race now pays taxes on 1854, 900, 900
worth of property, accumulated since
the Civil war, and he can see no reason
why negroes should be subjected to
taxation without representation Why,
then. invite him to do what the Revolu-
tionary fathers refused to do? Because
the adaptation of the Southern climate
to the negro, he has been forced, says
Mr.. Smith. to array himself against
the dominant element, and this is a
source of regret. But. whether he at
tempts to vote the Republican or Dem
ocratic ticket, the result is invariably
the same, expulsion from the white
Democratic primary" In the South,
which is as much of a Chinese wall as
trades union.
Mr.. Smith does not advance any plea
for social equality. He claims that it
does not exist even among white peo-
pie. A generalization Of his argument
is a plea for the negros right to COM
pete on the basis of equality in all the
lines of trade, commerce. the profess
sions and the industrial field. He asks
for all that Mr.. Booker Washington
excludes from the field of negro
achievement! q
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-26
An Awakening in Chicago.

Admiral Beresford, Of the British
navy, recently visited Chicago, where
he was a guest of some of those of
her citizens more directly associated
with affairs of trade and commerce.
He made an impression This may
have been due alone to the fact that he
Is a subject Of her Britannia majesty
and the ears of Chicago were opened
unto him. The Inter Ocean Of that
city says editorially:
Ever since Dewey's victory in Manila bav
events have worked together to direct atten-
ton to the opening opportunities for Ameri-
can trade in Asia. Hardly day has passed
without its happenings that tended to arouse
political interest in the trade relations of
this country with the far East But it took
the presence In our city of representative
OF British commerce to arouse the CONNER
clal interests of Chicago to the Importance of
these opportunities for American producers
and exporters Chicago's commercial dele
gatiovs could visit Washington to urge the
creation OF new cabinet Office with its al
lurements of place and patronage but the
first step toward the formation Of an Amer
1can-Asiatic association was not SO much as
suggested in local commercial circles until a
visitor from far country spoke to us of the
Importance of the subject.
The Inter Ocean and the people of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-26
Lind's Action All Right.

To The st. Paul Globe:
l read with some interest letter Of the,
Hon. Sttvers. OF Brainerd published in your
paper today. and without referring to the
personal feeling that seems to exist between
your paper and Mr.. Stlvers 1 feel as though
1t is a duty which Democrats, whose fealty
to the Chicago platform can not we'll be
questioned. owe to Mr.. Lind and their party
to say that the governors veto Of this and
all other bounty bills will, without doubt,
meet with the approval Of the people who
elected the reform executive of Minnesota.
Any attempt to say that Lnd's veto. from
a party standpoint is not IN harmony with
the Bryan and Lind Democracy. ought to
meet with the doom that it deserves at the
hands of the Democracy. No attempt to
justify the passage OF the bounty bill be-
cause former legislature created the debt
can In any way Justify the reform party in
aiding any measure that taxes one man to
Fay bounty to another.
j. w. Craven,
Secretary Democratic County Committee,
Carver County.