The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02
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| cheer a long lost friend. He talked poll
tics, as a matter of course, but politics
mostly of a personal nature. Speaking of
his own eandidature for the democratic
gubernatorial nomination in 1900, he
| declared over and over again, II
shall wln-I am certain to be goverpor!
| Undoubtedly he believes what he says; but
| he is setting about the serious business OF
making assurance double sure and IS
bound to take a bond of fate. The cor
diality of his greetings to his visitors ap-
| peared to inspire reciprocal feeling equal
| ~ cordial; and Jess had everybody a.
| laughing, frequently at his own expense.
| He has mighty taking way about him in
| social intercourse, as he gave many eVl-
/ dences to prove yesterday. He sloshes
| about and is familiar with all persons.
| Neither a mans coat nor his calling affects
Mr.. Stallngs Somebody in the lobby quot
| ed George Meridth and applied the speech
| to Jess" HE is carless of social opinion
unbutttoned and laugher" The quo
tation would seem to be very apt.
| The representatives presence here, to-
| gether with his much discussed Richardson
letter. has brought out great numbers of
| Sailing stories. "a reasonable amount
OF newspaper criticism of a candidate
doesn't do him any HARM he remarks
| blandly, and his round, rosy face CLOVIS
with smiles as if he thought everything
| was jolly good joke. Once at great
| meeting In Troy his opponent for the con-
| gressional nomination drew on him and
| read to the crowd d letter that was likely
/ to do Stallings serious harm. He offered
| proof that Stallings had written the letter,
| but when the latter rose to reply he took
the letter, unfolded it, and held it up for
| the crowd. Boys" he said, you all
| know Jess and everybody knows that this
| is not my j., and this Z" is not like NINE"
| There was a wild shout of approval, and
| Stallings carried the crowd overwhelming
| ly. He and Tom Clark, Palmer and Buck
ner nominee for congress in 1896, held joint
debates. At one of the meetings Stallings
| drew from his pocket a gold dollar, and
holding the tiny coin up between his fing-
| ers he declared it to be the dollar of Mr..
| Clark and the millionaires. With that he
| drew from some hiding place the represen-
| tation of a silver dollar as big as pie
| plate Holding it high above his head for
| a moment, he brought it down on the
| table with a crash, and shouted: THAT is
| the dollar of the woolhat boys" The as
| sembled voters yelled themselves hoarse
| with delight. Two of Stallings constitu-
| ents felt bitterly resentful towards him
| because they had failed to get office that
| they had reason to expect, The "other
man" got the coveted place, and the two
| disappointed ones meeting Stallings on the
7 street in Greenvile went for him like
| thousand o brick. jess" put his right arm
| caressingly around the one and his left arm
caressingly around the other, and drawing
| them to him he said: 'I'll just tell you
| boys, old Jess was in tight! Let's take
| a drink And sweet peace sweetly smiled.
Stallings received from citizens a fee Of
| $500 for prosecuting John A. Gafford, the
murderer of Francis Barlow Lloyd, in But.
| Ter county. He gave the fee to Lloyds wild
| ow and children.
| Stallings when a youth kept a small
country store near Greenvie and in that
way acquired the money necessary to en-
able him to go through the University of
Alabama. from which he graduated in 1877.
Immediately thereafter he began to prac-
tice law, in which he has been very sue
OSS''AeAA'
circuit when he was first elected to con-
gress. He has always been hard worker.
There is not q weeks extra supply OF
pig iron in this country" said D. L.
Cobb, the expert iron statistician of Chi
cago, last night. II mean by that state
ment that if for any possible reason all
the furnaces of the country were sudden
lxr TO. hut he It'd, iaI
ments which use iron could not run a
week. Many of them couldn't run three
days. 1t is doubtful if the supply of pig
on the market was ever before SO short.
Yet it is very improbable that there will
be any further considerable rise in prices
Furnace owners are fully aware of the
dangers of high prices. They are anxious
to keep all industries going on full time
and this would not be possible if the price
of iron went so high as to make it's use in
manufacturing Improbable. Naturally
furnace men desire to get all the profit
they can, in view of the years of terrible
business depression through which they
have gone; but they are mindful that it is
possible to reach too high a range of
prices for pig iron. The entire industrial
situation of the country is remarkably
satisfactory. The greatest activity pre-
walls everywhere"
Mr.. Cobb is the agent in Chicago for the
Sloss Iron and Steel company, and has
held that responsible position for many
years. He is accounted one of the most
competent experts on the iron trade in
the United States, and has an enviable
record as a statistician. Leading Chicago
| journals obtain from him their figures on
the condition of the market from time to
time. Mr.. Cobb was entertained at dinner
last night by Secretary ]. w. Mcqueen of
the Sloss company.
Hon. w. L. Parks, of Troy, chancellor Of
| the southeastern division, was in Birming-
| ham yesterday ON his way from Montgom.
| cry to Livingston The chancellor, who had
| been in wretchedly bad health, went with
| his family to Livingston two weeks ago for
| the purpose Of taking the water of the fam
| Gus well at that place. In that time his