The age-herald., 1900-04-08
NED BRACE WRITES
 OF CURRENT MATTEBS

or CUKKEN MAI EDO Dewey Is too late. When he returned 1 from Manila and the people from all parts 1 of the country collected in New York, gave | him the greatest ovation ever aecoded to
 man in the United States he was asked 1 by thousands to become candidate for | president. He declined. He emphatically declined. He said he was politician-he was neither a democrat nor republican. 1 Yet now the great admiral-at this late
 date-appears before the footlights. of
 American politics and declares himself l candidate for president He first an- l nounced as an independent candidate. The | next day he declared himself a democrat, and upon cross-examination frankly ad- mitted that he had never voted in his life. 1 It is unfortunate that we who have idol
 ized Dewey as a naval hero, as a man of l cool judgment and clear thought. should
 have our heros bust thrown from its pedes- 1 tai and shattered in this wise. Dewey's
 announcement at this time is absurd. His l failure in politics will rob him of much of 1 the glory of his great naval achievement.
 There are those who. judging the man 1 Ndlhiy anu SiSdiiSi VIII ot'5 iAo4ii siiit' ~
 cent exploit that he was merely creature l of luck.
 i The two parties are lined up. Bryan will l be the democratic nominee and Mckinley
 the republican. Dewey as a candidate | arouse no enthusiasm at this time. The l New York Herald has interviewed every
 man in the United States senate, without l an exception. They say Dewey is too l late" Indeed, doubt if Dewey will have
 a single delegate to the national democrat | ic convention.
 1 What relief after next Saturday.
 Everybody will rejoice over the end of this miserable political campaign. It has upset business and progress. Men who should | have been devoting their time to business
 development have wasted it in political | haranguing. This week will be one of | bands and banners and beer. However,
 very few votes will be changed. The peo-
 pie have already lined up and perhaps not | five per cent. of the votes of the country will be changed within the week. Can- | didates and their friends should deport | themselves during the coming week in manner which will enable each and every | one of them to command the suooprt of | their rivals in the event of success and l in the event of defeat to be in honorable
 position to support their successful oppo- l nents.
 hear that the Bell Telephone company
 proposes to reduce it's rates in Birming-
 ham, This is well. While our telephone 1 system is one of the best in the country,
 there has been recent demand on the | ..,;I,, f,, eli. 1 in rates I hear that the telephone com
 pany Is disposed to comply with this
 quest. It may have been brought about | by the proposed establishment of a new
 and rival concern but whatever the cause, | it will be a good thing for the citizens, | provided the system is kept up to the pres-
 ent standard. It is also said that a new
 telephone company will put in system
 here. Competition is good in nearly every | thing, but having had experience with two | telephone systems in an office, would vote
 them a nuisance. One telephone is some-
 times nuisance; two are doubiy so. | The New York Times has set up a com 1 plete newspaper outfit at the Paris expo-
 sition, and it will issue each day during
 the exposition a complete American news
 paper of from ten to thirty-two pages Mr.
 Adoph Ochs, the publisher of the Times,
 has offered to accord to other newspapers
 of this country space in this paper daily, | or as often desired for the purpose of
 exploiting some of the advantages of the
 progressive cities of this country. Mr. l Ochs has offered to give Birmingham con- l spicuous position in his publication. don't know of anything that would prove
 Of more- benefit, and the large manufaetur- l ing concerns should take advantage of it. am glad to know that the murderers
 of the two Birmingham policemen have
 been indicted and will be tried within the
 next two or three weeks. If the court
 officials will do their full duty and will | push these murderers to the punishment
 they deserve and do it quickly, they will | reflect much credit upon themselves. Such 1 brutality should be punished, and punished l quickly.
 | l hope to see the board of aldermen at
 the very next meeting cut down expenses in other directions and at least double the present police force. The idea of thirty eight policemen being able to maintain order and enforce the laws in a city of 60,0OO people is an absurdity. Birmingham should have at least one hundred police
 men; but if that is impossible in view of the financial situation, then the present l force should be doubled at least. Nothing adds so much to the growth and prosperity | of city as the knowledge on the part of
 it's citizens, and those who would be citi- | zens, that every precaution is taken to | prevent crime and to enforce ali laws made 1 for the convenience, protection and welfare | of the citizens.
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