The age-herald., 1899-07-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
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l GfNi luG IldiHS Ol 1Ail5tAd dAChoSa AAS Ae~4A-
 cor. Possibly the insufferable heat had | something to do in bringing about tho
 somnolent state of mind evident amongst
 al men who take active interest in poi-
 ties and who are of right leaders of the
 democratic hosts Probably the serious na-
 ture of the issues, state and national now
 involved, influenced men having authority
 to speak, and sobered them in their ut l teranees. Leaders and those who follow | appeared to be at peace. and were. in fact, ] at peace; comprehending that there is no
 issue between Senator Morgan and Mr. | Bryan in Alabama, and that no such issue | is in any measure probable. Those who | give the matter thought and who in a large
 degree are responsible for the policy of the | democratic party realize that such an is | sue between the present leader of the na-
 tional democracy and the greatest of Ala l bamians and the first of senators of tie | Republic would be calamitous in many re- | spects. Even a man only fitted to lead in | Q ward of the city would avoid such 1 catastrophe, for catastrophe it unques- | tinably would prove to be. So yesterday l was a day of good feeling. Men were calm l and politics tranquil. Word was answered | by word in perfect good humor, and Nor l gan and Bryan, each esteemed, possibly not l according to their worth respectively, but | in the abundance of generousness and good | fellowship To the eminence and good faith | of each all democrats uncovered, and there | was no ill-will hard-feeling anywhere l observable The genious of the illustrious 1 senator and the famous blended a good | spirit that moved all men to broader views, | and made for the good of the democratic | party and the fraternalism of those upon | whom rests good government in so far as | Alabama can promote such government. State Senator Amos Horton, of Greene, | one of leading democrats of the state, was
 at the Morris in a group of political, friends | when he said to an Age-Herald reporter: 1T
 am glad to see the stand taken by the
 members of the silver club in the interviews | in Sundays Age-Herald. MT. Bryan should | and will be renominated. He will get Ala.
 bama, though there is an organization be-
 ing perfected to defeat him. I am glad The l Age-Herald is taking the positive stand | that 1t is. The Bryan forces should thor oughly organize. All my life I have been a l Morgan man, and there is none who more thoroughly than I appreciates his services
 
 | to say that I believe the senator would l make mistake in antagonizing Bryan.5 Amos Horton is the Gentleman Charm | ing" said a noted democrat "He is one of | the truest men I ever knew and down in
 his own county of Greene whites and blacks | alike esteem him. Horton is a hold-over l senator, and will therefore vote for United
 States senator. What his views are in that l direction do not know. Myself, am for | Morgan. I speak now of Amos Horton as | man without regard to his views on the | United States senatorship. He is a good | man, a most excellent citizen.''
 Today number of notable Alabamians | will depart from this state for Chicago to l be present at the meeting of the national | democratic committee and the committee 1 of the National Bi-metallic club. Friday | will be the great day in Chicago, and there
 may be some political occurrences of a na- l ture to trouble all the waters of the politi- cal sea. On the contrary the action taken | may be perfunctory. This latter sugges- | tions is scarcely probable, however. Some J thing is going to be done, and the republic | will ring with it before the current week is | done The nature of 1t all no chronicler of | passing events can know, and none who Is | in a position to guess would express him | self. The 'big mob," as purse-proud would | designate the great body of the public, is | profoundly interested but the mob will | have to wait. The Age-Herald will inform | the public as quickly as any other newspa- 1 per in the United States of the inside facts I of the conferences at Chicago Meantime we all of us must wait. Very much de- | bends upon what is agreed to this week in | the great city of the west. Much seems to | be mixed up in the matter-Bryan, Carter | Harrison, Altgeld, possibly Van Wyck-
 what net. One can't tell anything about it. | Let fools guess as much as they like. The l truth shall be known almost as soon as the | type that prints this gossip is cooled.
 Bother politicsi Tomatoes are more in | teresting. More persons in these United | States are concerned in tomatoes than feel | interest in political discussion. Tomatoes
 now sell at two dollars per bushel. That is | a big price for this season of the year. To- | matoes are scarce. The dry, hot weather | has been disastrous to the crop. Curiously | enough, tomatoes decay before maturity in | hot and rainless weather, and so much of | the luscious vegetable as survives is mark
 
 | ed by smallness and a lack of good flavor | In many gardens the vines of the tomato
 called vines, most likely, for the reason
 that that they are not vines at all-have
 withered and become deadly parched. One | market gardener of Birmingham, who has
 eight acres in this vegetable. estimates that | he will gather not more than a third of tho
 ordinary yield. Eight acres in. one field is
 a very big crop; and unfortunately the pro-
 prietor in this instance has no means of
 irrigating his crops There is no part of
 the United States more easily and inexpen-
 sively irrigated than this valley of Jones' l But irrigation here has never been thought
 of. May be tomatoes at two dollars per
 bushel will lead market gardeners 10 con-
 sder the matter.
 j Captain Norman Jones' the soldier son
 of Captain P. Sid Jones, has received let l for from Colonel IT Fl Sapent of tha Eiftl,