The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-02
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| himself as very confident that the demo-
cratic party would win in the next national
contest. Senator Jones also said that the
statement which had been indusriousy
circulated that the senate after March attn
would be against silver was not true. lie
said: IT Bryan is elected in 1900 the senate
will be for the coinage of gold and silver at
the present ratio of 16 to L
1.-The contest for the judgeship of the new
| fifth judicial circuit seems to rest between
Mr. David B. Shelby, of Huntsville, and
Mr. Glenn, of Atlanta" observed Lead
ing democrat last night. THE president
has declared his intention of appointing
republican to this judgeship. This being
true. I am unable to perceive how the pres
| ident can hesitate between Mr.. Shelby and
Mr. Glenn. Mr.. Shelby is lifelong and
perfectly consistent republican. Moreover,
he is an able lawyer and fine type OF the
true southern gentleman; one whom every
well-informed and self-respecting citizen OF
Alabama respects and esteems as man OF
the highest sense of honor and public duty
Mr.. Glenn is a republican OF yesterday, SO
| to speak; apparently democrat VINO
| voted for Mckinley in the hope OF sharlhg
| the loaves and fishes of republican patron
| age His demand now that he should De
appointed judge as republican Is IN the
highest degree impertinent and wholly IN
defensible on common political GROUNDS. ne
has been all his life democrat, just as MI.
Shelby has been a republican He was the
democratic mayor of Atlanta, and mas al
ways acted in opposition to republcani5m-
more especially to what hot-headed politl-
clans have termed McKinleyism. He now
demands of President Mckinley the highest
honor. 1t is inconceivable that the presi-
dent does not see through Mr. Glenn little
game Mr.. Glenn is no moro republican
tran Mr. Shelby is a democrat"
"Neither democrats nor republicans care
for renegade-a common deserter Mi.
Glenn, of Atlanta, is common pohtlcA
renegade. and his early demand for high
reward for deserving his party is peculiarly
unseemly. 1t would indicate that he
quilted his own party two years ago with
the express purpose of securing office at
the hands of the republican president II
10 something like making the funeral
baked meats furnish forth the marriage
feast, Mr.. Glenn ought to be ashamed of
n1nSeI. w lln MI. kolCipS > PStA'AS-
tunes I have got nothing to do, being hear
tily opposed to him in politics, but since
we are to have a republican as judge of
the Fifth circuit let us have one of the
genuine stamp and high character and
ability of David D. Shelby"
1.-THE letter which former Probate Judge
Francis C. Randolph, of Montgomery, has
pv,ia
of the United States, and which the Mont
gomery Advertiser has made public, is one
of the most stirring and pathetic stories
of recent times" said an old friend of the
former judge yesterday. "The letter
reaches the American public through the
kindness of Miss Lilly Mcclure, of Troy,
Ala, who has just returned home after
| spending two years with her uncle, who is
in business in Colombia, South America,
which country has held Judge Randolph
prisoner for four years on the charge of
murder. The letter is dated at Careel de
Medellin, November %, 1898, and recites at
length the great sufferings which the
writer has undergone.
"Details of the unsqeakable outrages to
which he has been subjected are given at
length. For four years he has been con-
fined to dungeons, loaded with irons in
violation of all sense of justice and the
provisions of the existing treaties between
Colombia and the United States. Miss
Mcclure herself, in the goodness of her
heart, visited Judge Randolph in prison,
| and saw him in irons
1.-THE whole story, written by Judge
Randolph, is deeply touching, and through
out 1t is a story of infamous outrages
upon common decency and justice. The
truthfulness of it is endorsed by Miss Nc
Lures uncle, Mr.. G. Y. Mcclure, who
| writes thus emphatically:
"'There was no evidence to convict him
| of the charge and he would have been ac-
| quilted in any civilized country. 1t
| matters not what the past life of Mr.. Ran
dolph has been, he is an American citizen,
your countryman and my countryman. He
| is in the hands of cruel enemies, less civ
| ilized than the Chinese and 1 feel that 1t
| is the duty of every American to insist on
| justice
This is amply confirmatory of Judge
| Randolph's own statement; and the matter
| should arouse the instant attention of the
| American government"
! randolph was for many years probate
| judge of Montgomery county, and person.
| ally enjoyed the friendship of a greater
| number of men in that county than any
| other citizen there. Seven or eight years
| ago in a street difficulty he killed one of
| his Oldest friends, Mr.. William Metcalf. 1t
| was held that he acted in self-defense, and
he received no punishment from the courts.
| Two or three years later it was discovered
that he was 900 or 5000 short in his ac-
! counts. He fled before he could be ar
| rested, and was next heard of in South
| America. He got into a difficulty there
| and had to kill a man in order to save his
| own life. For this he was thrown into
| prison, and has been there ever since Re-
| peated efforts have been made to secure
his release or an amelioraton of his sore
| suffering. Hon. Hilary A. Herbert, former
! secretary of the navy, who was an old
| personal friend of Randolph has davotad