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The age-herald., 1900-04-24

sltion on Saturday. and the bill was passed without division, but it contains no clauses relating to the purchase of armor.
 Whether the combine will depend upon favorable action in the senate and to con ference committees, or whether it will bring in a special armor plate bill in the house remains to be seen. Either way it will have to encounter MT. Underwood again, for he will endeavor beyond a doubt to put the republicans on record as being in favor of paying the combine ssf5 ton.
 This district has every reason to be proud of it's champion He had behind him last week the democrats of the house. and it is suspected some republicans He is giving the combine no little trouble. He is unmasking the hypocrisy and shameless ness of the republican leaders, who are really soliciting big campaign assess ment. If 1t be possible to bring a house controlled by the republicans to test votes on the proposition involved MT. Underwood will certainly do 1t. He is alert, skillful and popular, and the district could not have in congress a more efficient or force ful representative.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
Armor Plate Left Unsettled.

Congressman Underwood may not suc- ceed in inducing a republican trust-ridden house to build an armor-plate mill but he has certainly blocked for awhile the scheme to hand over great orders at ex- travagant rates to the Carnegie combine. On a point of order the armor-plate para graphs in the bill were excluded from the naval bil and it goes to the senate leav- ing the old offer of $500 ton the only guide for the purchase of armor plate.
 MT. Underwood desired first, square vote on the proposition to build an armor- plate mill This the republican managers refused to grant. They lacked confidence in some of their own members, and they lodged a vote. They also lodged a vote on the proposition to authorize the navy department to pay the combine $5a5 ton for Krupp armor. Failing to get fair tests of the house on these questions Mir. Under wood resorted to efforts to delay and em- barrass the bill, and the bill could not be passed on Friday. He withdrew his oppo-
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
First Colony of the Republic.

It is a wonder that Thomas Jefferson has not come out of his grave, and ap- peared to the conspirators against the re- public at Washington; for they have es- tablished in every respect what he fought against throughout his political career.
 The republicans were not content with the establishment of a tariff rate peculiar to Porto Rico. They went far beyond that. They made it plain that they meant to establish a colony and colonial sytem. which was ceded to the United States by the treaty of Paris, not American citizens but citizens of Porto Rico As political organization they are to be known as ''the people of Porto Rico,' thus expressly de- barring them from American rights or American citizenship. They are colonists living in the colony of Porto Rico
 The upper house of the colonial legisla- ture is to be appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate. No bill of the colonial legislature can be passed that  upper house. A good share of this upper house will consist of carpet-bag officials from C.-o, appointed by the president. Instead of a delegate in congress, who talks but does not vote, the colony is to send a commissioner to Washington to represent its interests. This commissioner will have no voice in congress, no seat there, no place in 1t except in the specta- tors gallery.
 The entire scheme is borrowed from the modern British colonial system, and If it is permitted by the people in November to stand full-fedged colonial system of goodly proportions will be established shortly afterwards, and the republic that the fathers established will be but a mem- Ory.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
A POPULAR YOUNG MAN

From the Savannah Press,
 One of the popular candidates for gov
 ernor of Alabama who failed to receive the
 nomination last Saturday was Hon. John
 W. Tomlinson of Birmingham. He is a
 young man who entered politics four years
 ago and made quite a reputation in Ala
 bama by stumping the state for Bryan
 He is an ardent free silver democrat and
 proved to be very effective and eloquent
 He received the strong support of the Bir-
 mingham Age-Herald, and in a total vote
 of 14,0OO, fell a few hundred short of car
 rying Jefferson, his home county He has
 never been in public life before except to help his friends. He has come out of the | campaign without injury; indeed, is strong | CT than when he entered He has plenty of | time before him and will doubtless yet be honored by the people of Alabama. He is a very fine speaker and an aggressive man.
 John w. Tomlinson is the son of Cap tain Thomas Tomlinson, the we'll known
 proprietor of Tate Springs, Tenn. Captain Tomlinson is one of the most devoted southern men in his section. He grew up in the mountains of Tennessee, where there were plenty of Union men around him, and for that reason he was marched through the war in command of a company, and now, grayhaired and venerable, he can be seen at every Confederate reunion as active and spirited when he fought with Long, street at Beans station, ran the bush Whackers to cover in the coves of ChilhO- wee mountain. Last year he was with the Confederates in Charleston, and this sea- son, unless all signs fail, he will be get ting ready for Louisville. He was accom- | panied by beautiful daughter. ~.t.s fred | the salute with one of the big guns off the | battery. She returned to her home with | her father in Tennessee end died sud- | denly after going back. Captain Tomlin- son has lived to see his children grown up and his property the most valuable in the south. It is full of marble, mineral wa ter, and beautiful farms. and the ola vet eran, devoted to horseback riding, still follows the trails over the mountains and superintends his large interests with the zest of younger man.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
NEW BROOD OF oAKPEr-DAGGERs

From the New York World
 MT. Mckinley is already finding out why the senators who voted for the Porto Rico bill insisted upon making all presidential appointments to Porto Rican offices sub ject to the advice and consent of the sen ate''
 sThe new civil government" of Porto Rico is a well-laden plum tree. Senators are shaking it with a vigor that recalls the reconstruction era, when Washington was full of clamorous politicians with carpet bags all packed ready to start for any southern state to which the president might be coaxed or forced by senators with a pull into appointing them.
 The only drawback to our republican form of government, viewed from the standpoint of senatorial office-mongers and their clients, the 'carpet-baggers, is that it has failed to provide enough appointive offices to go around. The Porto Rican bill will do something to remedy this. And the larger Philippine plum is in sight
 Ships, Colonies and Commerce" is the historic war-cry of the British mperialists
 Subsidies, Franchise and Offices" is it's American counterpart.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
HE ONLY D.Ily HswspA9sa IN ALABAMA
Roosevelt and Taylor Join Hands.

Gov" Taylor has been charged by grand jury with being an accessory be- fore the fact to the murder of William E. Goebel. There is no reason why he should not be apprehended and brought to trail. There is no reason why he should not de- mand a trial He has friends a plenty, and some of these friends have money in abundance, and it is simply impossible to convict an innocent man who has friends and money. The innocent who are friend less and penniless often suffer, but there is no known case of the conviction and punishment of a man who had behind him powerful friends.
 But Gov Taylor has elected to evade arrest and trial; and he has found a safe harbor in the state of New York. It is be- lieved that Governor Roosevelt has decided to follow the example of the governor of Indiana by refusing to honor the requisi- tion of Governor Beckham pending the de- termination of the Kentucky case in the supreme court.
 The Kentucky case Is thus spread over the republic; but it is very difficult to see how governor of another state can con- sistently refuse to honor a requisition for one charged with complicity in murder The killing of William F. Goebel may have sprung from politics, but the act itself and the conspiracy behind it should be con- sidered by themselves apart from politics. The men who are guilty of that crime should be brought to trial. be they repub- hcans, democrats, or populists. They are wanted in their individual capacities If Governor Roosevelt shields men charged with murder he will have difficulty in de- fning his duty in cases of other crimes. He becomes an autocrat above the law.
 Outside of the legal phrase of the case 1t is undoubtedly better that both sides should rest in Kentucky until a decision in the supreme court determines who IS governor of the state; but even if Taylor be at last seated, he must still plead to an indictment for murder. A governor IS not free to commit crime, nor is he free from indictment for crime. The Frankfort indictment can be satisfied in only one way, and Taylor himself should be the first one to demand trial under that indictment
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
POPULAR ELECTION OF SENATOR'S

From the Chicago Times-Herald
 It is evident that the senate will not move to give the people chance to adopt reform which they overwhelmingly be- lieve essential to the preservation of the republican principle in the senate. The people will, therefore, have to fall back lon the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states for the call of a convention for proposing this amendment to the constitution. The people are in earnest in this matter, and it will be presented to the national convention of both parties at Philadelphia and Kansas City. If the republicans fail to meet it at Philadelphia they will have to meet it at the polls in November.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
SENATOR MORGAN

From the New York Evening Post.
 The sweeping success of Senator Morgan in the Alabama democratic primaries, and the consequent assurance of his almost unanimous reelection to the senate by the next legislature. illustrate the growing tendency in all parts of the country to re- tain public men in the service of their states, despite the advance of age and the ambition of rivals. MT. Morgan entered the senate in 1877, and he will be 76 years old in June; but neither the argument that he 'has had enough" nor the objection that he is too old to begin another term which will carry him well into his S3rd year, seems to have carried any weight. Iowa endorsed the same rule of action last winter, when MT Gear, who has held office of one sort or another most of the time for quarter of a century was elected to an- other term in the senate, although he was in his 75th year. Evidently there is no 'dead-line" for United States senator's.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
REFLEOrIONs OF A BACHELoR

From the New York Press.
 Lots of life gout, if we only knew it, is nothing but bunions.
 If every woman had the man she wanted there would be none left for the rest.
 When a woman complains about being tired she generally says she is "too tired to rest.''
 If any man could go with the woman he thinks he wants to marry when she is having her dress fitted, he would make other arrangements.
 Every woman who marries a foreign count or goes off With a married man or commits suicide is either beautiful or else was once belle somewhere.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
"A NEW GREED.

To mortals novel perdition-- change be made 'tis IS he day. all who've preceded, have notions and sett arigh deuded soodn nght Or n is a believing in that which In tNn will creeds nd tARse of intelligence We'll damned by omission the With enough perdion in ma e that 'tis not by Is protected what doubts yet belief him a O a what he's question, his digestion KNOWS 70 md ACT; a S n the worlds 1t; From tumble of words it. Pulpt-logc with words build creed castles high, But borrowing doubts their founda tons will try.
 whitening TRUTH standing by with a
 Will dissolve presumpuous
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
DR. HILLS WINNING YOUNG PEOPLE Chicago TimeS-Herald's New York Letter

Dr. Hillis is great friend to young men. At the close of every sermon at Plymouth church the pastor comes down from the pulpit, and dozens of the younger members of the congregation as well as the older ones gather about him to shake hands and chat about the lesson of the sermon or any other subject that may suggest itself at the time. Not infrcquently young ladies take their beaux around from their pews after the sermon is ended and introduce them to Dr. Hilis who always greets them most cordially and welcomes them to Plymouth In this way Dr. Hills is mak- ing strong ties of friendship with the young people who come to his church, and this, it has been said, was very much needed.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
CAPT. o,BRIEN AND HUGH MORROW

From the Mobile Register.
 Captain Frank P. O'Brien did grace ful thing yesterday when he nominated Hon. Hugh Morrow for the state senate. Captain O'Brien was himself candidate for that office but said he went into the race not knowing MT. Morrow would be a candidate; and he was not willing to op- pose him. Captain O'Brien made like statement the day before, adding that, having resolved to retire from the race for the senate he would not be a candidate for the house; but yesterday the convention upset him on that point by nominating him out of hand for the house. The con- yention seemed of the opinion that it would not be outdone in generosity by Captain Brien. We ap~'aud the action and congratulate the cLdnty upon the prospect of having both these good men in it's service at the next session.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
Prices of Steel Products.

The bulls in the iron and steel markets the American steel and wire trust is simply an operator for lower prices of certain se- curities. They say his story of overpro- duction is growl from bear" He says his company has been making 5000 and 5000 tons a day of nails, barbed wire and the like, and selling only 2,000 or 5000 tons He says the jobbers will not buy freely. probably because the distributors of such goods in each locality will not buy freely from them The truth is, the consumer is not buying freely He knows prices are high, and he hopes to secure lower prices. He therefore buys sparingly. His limited purchases-limited just as far as his needs will permit-have been felt by the chief trust engaged in the manufacture of such goods, and that trust has ordered halt
 The American steel and wire trust have ordered a reduction of SEQ a ton in the prices of its chief articles. Nails are re- dueed 1 cent a pound, making the price in New York S220 keg, and barbed wire has been marked down to s2.SO a hundred pounds. These prices involve beyond doubt changes in the prices of billets, and prob- ably in the prices of pig iron, although pig iron goes to so many uses it may not feel the change at once.
 The steel and wire trust brought about this state of things by its unreasonably advances in finished goods. Even this year when iron and steel were none too strong it marked up both nails and wire nearly 10 1 per cent.
 l Consumption has thus been checked, and 1 the trust finds itself loaded up with goods IL therefore closes a dozen mills, and cuts prices with a dash that is surprising. Be- yond doubt this step will spur the job bers to send in heavy orders. and activity again may bo inaugurated. and some of the mills may be started up.
 When one looks at the situation free from Wall street influences, it becomes plain that MT. Gates and his associates have the right end of the case. They are endeavorng to stimulate trade. They de- sire to maintain the sales of steel and iron products. To do so they have cut off their own unwarrantable advances. How far or how soon the action of the wire trust will be felt in the billet market and the pig iron market cannot now be determined; but it l is plain that a slow decline from the high | points of December 1 has long been in- | evitable, and every development confirms the belief that prices will soon be normal but that does not mean by any means a return to the prices of 1898.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

Admiral Dewey will encounter one burn- ing issue face to face in Chicago, where he must choose between reviewing stands, the one erected by union labor, and the other by scabs.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

The Turk has added, or soon will add. an lection.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

Ex-Quene Lii is preparing to expatriate herself. She refuses longer to serve in the ranks as a plain American.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

Already some of the baseball teams show signs of letting go of the pennant.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

The commander of one of our cruisers should be considered bailif long enough to let him collect that bill that Turkey owes the missionaries.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

Ignatius Donnelly is the only running mate now officially before the public. The rest are in an embryonic condition, so to speak,
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

The republican platforms may dodge colonialism in Porto Rico, but the people will not next November.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

The unspeakabe Turk never pays debt except under compulsion.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

On d'Arcos' account May 1 should be mentioned under the breath.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

spion Kop is one of those things that have to be explained.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

Chicago reluctantly admits it committed "a fox paw when it asked the Duke d'Arcos to assist on May l.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

The city health authoritiese should insist that the water that is to go into milk should be at least strained through a sitter.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

America is literally carrying coals to Newcastle.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

Senator Tillman is using his pitchfork upon our new crop of colonial governors, and the country looks on approyingly.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

Senator Morgan's devotion to his public thousands of votes.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

Bryan, Beveridge and Bailey-the B s have it. All have lifetime of public ac- tivity before them.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

Pomp and colonies go together, and the administration is working up to the full programme.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

The American Steel and Wire company does great deal of ,wire-pulling outside of it's factories.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

The New York republicans lodged the Porto Rican tariff scheme and all it inn plies. They evidently believe, says the Baltimore Herald, that he who lodges and runs away will live to dodge another day.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

The trusts afford men employment unti street market.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

CONGRESSMAN UNDERWOOD'5 FIGHT From the Montgomery Journal.
 Congressman Underwood is making strong fight. for an armor plate plant for the mineral regions and the Journal wishes him success.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

There may be horseless carriages, but there are no horsalass wars of late.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
NEWS, ANNivEnsARY EDITION

7 The twelfth anniversary edition of the News, which was issued yesterday, re- fleets great credit upon Editor Rhodes and his able staff of assistants, from the ed- itorial rooms to the mechanical depart ment.
 The issue consists of sixty-four pages brimful of excellent matter graphically de- scriptive of the Birmingham district, the prosperity of which has made such an edition possible.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphaefs prophecies for tr day, Tuesday, April 24, 1900:
 Ask favors, seek work, and push -' business in the p. m. and evening.
 'Thou wilt have a successful year ard thy business will increase and prosper ! oung females will have offers of mar riage."
 "A child born on this day will be vel fortunate in all it undertakes, and will rise in life If a female, she will marry man older than herself, and probably a wid over"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-06-28

EoR SALE CHEAP-A DOUBLE. SEAT
r carriage, built by MrLear 81 Kendall!
Apply 10 W. }. Lanli. 10th and Clayton streets.
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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-06-28
WI TING FANG.

Japan is preparing to send 10000 more,
with British, American and other troops
ordered to go. Probably GO,OOO men will
be available in II month.
The foreign Office has issued the fol.
lowing telegram, received from Mr.. w.
r. Carries. the British consul at Ten
tsin, undated, but probably sent June "A
and forwarded from thcfu on June 27:
"A note has been received by the com.
missioner OF customs here from Inspect
or General Hart lSir Robert HarU, at
l'ekiHg. dated June 10, stating that the
foreign legations had been desired to
leave Picking within ~ hours
The Tong-shan refugees and the for
cign engineers at Chefu estimate the Chi
nese troops now in the field at $4,000
drilled troops at Llltai. 2j,OW at Sliang-
ha.wan. 15.00O driven off from Ticn-tsin
and 100000 at Picking.
The dispatch received by the foreign Of
fee stating that the foreign legations
were requested to leave Peking within a
specified time is interpreted in some I'M
official quarters as tnntamOunt to giving
the ministers their passports and to IL
declaration of war, but as China does
nothing like other countries the official
opinion is that there is nothing to do but
to await the course of events and TO see
what the ministers themselves say when
they are rescued.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-06-28

absolute justification for such interven-

absolute justification for such interven-
ton as we have offered in China.
Notice has come to the government
that the cable companies have again re.
opened communication Geographically
with Taku and Chefu. This arrangement
has been made by means Of the Russian
telegraphic system connecting with the
Siberian railroad system. A European
agent has managed to reopen the lines,
though the means Of communication be.
tween Chefu and Taku and Tien-tsin are
tortuous and probably precarious.
The war department officials still insist
that no orders have gone forward to send
more troops to China than the Ninth
regiment, now on its way from Manila,
and the Sixth cavalry, which will sail
from San Francisco next Sunday for
Nagasaki and perhaps Taku. 1t is said
that with these two organizations Gen.
eral Chaffee will have the full brigade
which his rank entities him. 1t is nd.
mitted that two regiments will soon be
ordered to the United States from Cuba,
the particular organizations being desig.
mated by General Wood, but they simply
will take the place in home garrison OF
regiments of regulars which will go out
to Manila to relieve volunteer organiza.
tions there.
The following cablegram has been re.
ceived at the navy department from Ad.
miral Kempff, dated Chcfu. June 81:
''Peking force and ministers reported
with Pcking relief expedition iutrenched
eight miles frou Tien-tsn."
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-06-28
CASES IN
CITY COURT.

1t was lightning-not that class
that came with the thunder shower
vest erdav-that struck John X.
Miller last evening and he was
found on the pavement last night.
In the city court this morning he
was charged with drunkenness but
was given chance to go.
John Johnson and George Perry.
colored, and Louis H. Pierce. were
charged by Officer Eakin with va
grancy. The officer testified that
the two colored men had the white
boy in their company. They be-
long to Washington, d. c. Pierce
was called to the stand and test-
fed that his home is at No. 3lS D
street, S W., Washington. He had
seen Johnson many time at the
depot in Washington. He met him
at Baltimore. He asked the COL
ored boy to take him home. John
son told him that he would take
him to Philadelphia and then take
him back again. They rode on a
freight train from Baltimore. He
had nothing to eat but some gi nger
snaps yesterday. The two colored
men were ordered out of town and
Pierce will be sent to his home.