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The age-herald., 1900-04-19

hardy material for good citizenship. So are the English, although they-will con tinue to grumble here, as they long did at home. All Englishmen grumble. It is a national trait, and they bring 1t along when they immigrate
 But all peoples are quickly transformed in this country Into American citizens. We see less of the process in the south than elsewhere in this country; but In this dis trict of Alabama we do our part We see Greeks, Italians and Poles, as well as Irish, Germans and Danes, quickly ab- sorbed into the nation, becoming part and parcel of one homogeneous people, imbued deeply with American principles speaking the American language and standing faith fully up to American ideals.
The age-herald., 1900-04-19
Cotton Census Statistics.

The decision of the census office in the matter of obtaining statistics of the last cotton crop is deserving of all praise. It proposes to gather returns from the gins, big and little, in the country. This will give the crop with great accuracy: Some seed cotton is carried to the cotton mills, but none escapes ginning. The gins of cotton mills should make returns of seed cotton handled.
 An exact count of one crop will be inter- esting and valuable, because it will afford guide to errors in commercial counts There is some duplication in the latter, and probably some deficiencies, and the exact size of no crop is in that way as- certained The new census plan will af- ford basis for estimating, if not eimi- mating such errors, and Director Merriam may be sure he is on the best line when he resorts to the ginneres for information as to the size of a cotton crop
The age-herald., 1900-04-19
E OILY DAllr NEWSPAPER I1 ALABAMA
Marks New Campaign Fund.

It is stated that the republican national committee. which is practically Senator Mark Hanna, has decided to call in cam paign fund of $6,2OO.OOO This is indeed a sad commentary upon republican institu- tions; and it is still sadder fact that wholly. from the big trusts of the coun- try. These trusts are a rule based on the Dingley tariff, and they further know that government by injunction and all the other protective measures they need, in- cluding some supreme court decisions, can be had through the republican party only. They will therefore stand the assessment, heavy as it is.
 It is said the Hanna letter of assess ment to the big trusts calls their atten- tion to the protection and profits they have enjoyed under republican rule, and points out the need to them of the reelection of MT Mckinley. It further explains the de- veloping strength of the democratic par ty, thereby calling for heavy assessments to meet it and fight it back.
 The proposed fund is $2,OoO,o0o larger than any political fund ever raised in this country, but evSy dollar of it will be needed, and every dollar of it will be se cured. After all it is only about one months net earnings of the Standard Oil or the Carnegie combine. What the big trusts do not pay in, the little trusts will be called on for. and if more is needed the bankers, big and little, will be expected to contribute Plutocracy in it's various forms is pitted against the people, and If the acts of the plutocracy could be detect ed and made known the contest would be quickly and easily decided Practically the country is now oligarchy, and about a dozen olgarchs rule 1t.
The age-herald., 1900-04-19
May Conference in Montaomery.

A conference lasting three days is to be held in Montgomery, beginning May s, to consider the negro problem. The questions involved in the practice of lynching. in the suffrage. In the education of the blacks, in their religion, in their social life, will be discussed. Every phase of the problem will be considered and more or less fully discussed. Perhaps we should say every phase will be freely discussed, for it is not possible in three days to discuss so broad and grave a problem-a problem that touches the daily lives of millions of blacks and many more millions of whites southern opinion upon all the questions involved in it. It is called for that pur- pose.
 The negro is not a southern problem. He is national problem; for if he in any way flinders or promotes the welfare of, say, Texas the effect Is also felt in Bos- ton, in Chicago, in San Francisco, so closely are the American states knit to- gether in trade in manufactures, in lit erature in churches, and in direct rela- tionship
 But the people of the north are not brought into daily contact with the negro They are affected in various ways by his presence in this country, but being out of touch with the negro. they do not study his characteristics; they do not know him. Hence itk follows that the weight of the problem falls upon the shoulders of south ern men. The conference at Montgomery will be the first organized attempt to but ameliorations of the negro problem For this reason it is difficult to exagger- ate the importance of the conference. Much good may flow from it, both to the blacks and the whites.
 The Age Herald hopes to see the confer ence well attended by southern men, In the absence of organization for that pur- pose the Commercial club should elect a dozen representative men to attend 1t. The churches should send delegations. The public school teachers should send dele gation The weight of the problem, ana the need of a careful consideration of it by southern men call for representative men, Many phases of it are very acute-for eX- ample, the suffrage phase of it-and no man can better serve his state and section than by giving his time and best thoughts to it for [. season. It has an economic as well as a social side, and practical men are needed at the conference.
The age-herald., 1900-04-19
SPRING

Henry Timrod. Spring with that nameless pathos in the
 air That dweIs with all things fair Spring, with her golden suns and silver
 rain, Is with us once again.
  In the deep heart of every forest tree The blood is all aglee; And there's look about the leafless
 bowers As if they dreamed of flowers! Yet stil on every side we trace the hand Of winter in the land Save where the maple reddens on the
 lawn, Flushed by the seasons dawn. Or where, like those strange semblances
 we find That age to childhood bind, The elm puts on, as if in natures scorn, The brown of autumn corn. As yet the turf is dark, although you
 know That, not a span below, thousand germs are creeping to the
 light, And soon will glad the sight. Already, here and there, on fraileSt stems Appear some azure gems, Small as might deck, upon a gala day, The forehead of a fay. In gardens you may see, amid the dearth The crocus breaking earth: And, near the snowdrop's tender white
 and green The violet in its screen. But many gleams and shadows need must
 pass Along the budding grass, And weeks go by, before the enamoured
 south Shall kiss the roses mouth Still, there's a sense of blossoms yet un-
 born In the sweet airs of morn; One almost looks to find the very street Grow purple at his feet. At times, fragrant breeze comes float
 ing by, And brings-you know not why A feeling when eager crowds await Before a palace gate Some wondrous pageant; and you scare
 would start If. from beechs heart A blue-eyed dryad. stepping forth, should say, Behold me. I am May!'
The age-herald., 1900-04-19
SWEETEsT CLAW IN THE WORLD'


 "Fust and fo'most you must have good upland homegrown leaf terbaker and cure it in the sun. Then you stem 1t, takin' out all the stalks. When you're ready in the fall to make up your years supply of chawin' terbaker, you saw off a hickory log and bore a hole in one end about a foot deep with a two-inch auger. You have your leaf soaked in honey and peach brandy, or if you haven't any peach bran dy, apple brandy will do. You put your soaked terbacker leaves into the two- inch auger hole in the hickory log and ram it down tight and keep putting in the leaf and ramming it down till the hole is nearly full. Then you take hickory plug made to fit the hole, and drive it in as tight as you can with a maui. This mashes the terbacker into a solid chunk Then you put the green hickory log on the fire and let it burn slow till it is heated all through and the sap begins to sizzle out of the ends You take the log off then and put it out of doors to cool over night. The next morning you split the log open and there's your chunk of chawin' ter packer that will keep as hard as leather in any climate, but it's the sweetest chaw in the world"
The age-herald., 1900-04-19
FRANKFORT MOoKE's IT KEFUsALs

From the Saturday Evening Post
 MT Frankfort Moore has no sympathy with the young novelist who is discour- aged because his second or third book does not bring him fame and fortune. T pub lished thirty-one books" he says, ''before the literary public knew anything about me-"
 MT. Moore was a journalist in Belfast, and a hard-working one at that, but he managed to find leisure time to produce in 12 years 31 books for boys, rattling tales of adventure of all kinds by land and sea-
 MT. Moore was never discouraged for he thought he should know quite well when his time came. He finished writing q Forbid the Banns," and as he was leav- ing home for his office one evening, said quietly to his wife that, now the story was completed, he should resign his posi- tion that night and they would move to London
 'Is it as good as all that?" asked Mrs. Moore.
 "I think SOL replied her husband; you might read it." Shortly after they went to London.
 In a few months the novel had been re- jected by r London publishing firms. Fin ally, some one was found to try it, and in the first six months MT. Moore's royalties amounted to f1000.
The age-herald., 1900-04-19
STORY SET AT REST
Governor CandIer of Georgia Not Candi- date for Senator

Atlanta, April 1S.-(Special) )-Gov. Allen D. Candler today announced as absurd the rumor that he would oppose United States Senator A. S. Clay in the latters campaign for reelection. For several days past political gossip has made the governor a candidate for senatorial honors to suc- ceed Clay, whose term will not expire for two years. A great many credited the story and believed that Governor Candler stood excellent chances of realizing his ambition as he enjoys unusual popularity throughout the state. His statlmen. tsis afternoon, however, puts a quietus to the talk. He declares that not only will he de- cline to oppose Senator Clay, but that he will lend the latter his active aid in secur- ing another term in the senate.
 This is Candler's first gubernatorial term. The state democratic convention, which meets in June, will doubtless renom- mate him, and at the expiration of the second term 1t is intimated that he will devote his entire attention to the super vision of his extensive business interests.
The age-herald., 1900-04-19
SECRETARY LONG Is WILLING

Secretary Long is not posing in the mat ter of the nomination for the vice-presi- dency. He frankly says that he should es- teem it a high honor worthy of his &C., ceptance. That is enough to say. It is sufficient to forestall any machinations on the ground that he would not or could not, accept It does not put him into the list of active strivers for the place. He will continue at his present business If the nomination does not come to him, he will not be soured. His devotion will show no lack of ardor, no suspicion of faltering. If the president is reelected, Secretary Long can probably continue at the head of the navy department if he desires to do so. Certainly there is no apparent reason why he should be displaced but Senator Hanna may incur obligations that will be incompatible with the secretary's re- tention.
The age-herald., 1900-04-19
"Durinu the Recess.n .n

The Quay case, which will be decided April 24, is leading to a free consideration of the words in the federal constitution, ''during the recess" Senator Burrows thus explained it:
 There cannot possibly be any contro- versy to the meaning of the words during the recess. That is fixed, defn- 1te period of time-from the day the legis- lature adjourns to the day of its reassem- bling; and the vacancy which the execu- tive of the state is authorized to supply must happen during and within the pe- riod. As thi 5/acancy occurred not during the recess 9 the legislature, but while it was in session, and remained in session for forty-seven days afterward," MT. Bur- rows maintained that the governor clearly had no constitutional authority to appoint MT. Quay or anybody else.
 ''The whole contention of MT. Quay's friends said MT. Burrows, lis that the executive may fill any vacancy he finds existing when the legislature is in recess.
 Tn this very case an illustration, in the approaching election in Pennsylvania only about six months distant, if Ex-Sena- tor Quay should be candidate for re- election it will not be necessary for him to carry a majority of the legislature, but only to secure a sufficient number of ad- herents to prevent an election and force an adjournment, when Governor Stone can again disregard the mandates of his own constitution, refuse to call a session of the legislature and again issue his commits sion to Senator Quay to hold seat in this body until the next meeting of the legisla- ture and then, upon the theory of the mil nority, he would be seated and thus re- peat the process for the full term of six years, and so continue to hold a seat in the body by the favoritism of the gover- nor and independent of the will of the state of Pennsylvania Is the senate of the United States prepared to endorse a conviction which would lead to such re- suits"
 The true remedy does not consist so much, however in the exclusion of MT. Quay, as it does in the selection of sena- tors by direct vote. As rule all selec- tons of senators by legislatures are scandalous and rotten. In one form or apother all members expect to be re- warded. This is rottenness and corrup- tion. The true remedy consists in popular selections by the most direct route. The Pennsylvania case is no worse, so far as the public will is concerned. than the av- craze senatorial case. The legislative cliques care very little about public senti- ment when they get together at a capital and begin to deal and dicker. The lesson of the Quay case and of all similar cases points to popular selections by the sover- eign people. The middleman scheme is breaking down.
The age-herald., 1900-04-19
KEFLEC rIONS OF A BACHELoK
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press
 Most women can change their mind fas- ter than they can make it up. b.
 Tears were given to women because when men suffer they suffer too deeply to weep.
 You tcan generally get a woman to talk just about as decollete as she wears her dresses.
 A man is never drunk enough to forget all his troubles till he is too drunk to re- member any of his joys.
 The women may have to wait for the men when it comes to marrying, but the men have to wait for the women in every thing else.
 When two girls go to bed together after party, the first question each one asks the other is whether she really and truly thinks she looked well, and the second is whether she thinks certain man noticed her particularly.
The age-herald., 1900-04-19
SENATOR PETiUs' LIBRARY

From the Washington Post.
 Senator Pettus of Alabama once crossed the continent on horseback, and carried a library with him. Among the crop of stories that now flourish in connection with his humorous speech on Senator Bev- eridge of Indiana is one that Senator Kean of New Jersey tells. Senator Kean was congratuating the Alabaman on his effort.
 II did not know that you were so famil- lar with the Bible," quoth Senator Kean having in mind the Scirptural account of Enon.
 'I went to California in 1S49" returned Senator Pettus, with a party of my neighbors, and I took complete library along with me. It comprised copies of the Bible, of Shakespeare, and of Robbie Burns Doems'
The age-herald., 1900-04-19
SENATOR MORGAN'S
 GREAT VICTORY

From the Atlanta Journal.
 We have felt sure for sometime past that Senator Morgan of Alabama would be reelected, but we did not expect such a sweeping and overwhelming victory as he achieved
 It has had no parallel in the history of the state.
 Governor Johnston, Senator Morgan's s late opponent, is regarded as one of the shrewdest politicians and best organizers in Alabama. He is also a gentleman of great personal popularity, and has been honored twice by election to the governor ship of his state. He had moreover been an active candidate for the senate for nearly two years, and had made cam vass of the entire state.
 Six months ago it was very generally expected, even by the supporters Of Sen ator Morgan, that Johnston would win. His own supporters were absolutely con- fident that he would, and they held this confidence. up to the very day of the pri- mary.
 Several of the counties which held their primaries before the general battle of last Saturday went for Johnston, and the re- suit must have been a great surprise both to him and Senator Morgan. The latter made a clean sweep of the fiftyfour counties whose democrats expressed their choice for senator last Saturday, carrying Governor Johnston's own county by near ly three to one.
 Such popular tribute is seldom received by any man in politics, and Senator Nor gan certainly has right to feel proud of it.
 He is serving his fourth term in the sen- ate and his assured reelection will give the very rare honor of thirty years con- tinuous service in that body.
 Ever since his entrance into the senate he has been regarded as one of its ablest members, and though he is now far ad- vanced in years, he preserves to a remark able degree his vigor, mental and physical
 The career of John T. Morgan as lawyer and statesman has been truly remarkable. In him the state of Alabama has an illus trious representative, and the democratic party a powerful champion. We congratu- late him upon his notable triumph, and hope that he may be spared to many more years of usefulness and honor.
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next Wednesday for his present office without opposition.
  Charles Lenoir, wholesale druggist of Selma, is in town. Former Governor Thomas G. Jones is at the Morris
  Stockton Cooke, Norfolk, Va; J. A. Law, Bristol, Tenn. and H. D. Yoder Indian apolis, are at the Morris.
The age-herald., 1900-04-19

General Joe Wheeler's successor may not be able to sit in the long session of this congress, but he will not mind that be- cause he will draw pay from the first day of the session.
The age-herald., 1900-04-19

The street fair in Second avenue below Eighteenth street, should result in a re- construction and purifcation of that neigh borhood.
The age-herald., 1900-04-19

President Kruger must have had in his mind his wifes relations when he said he would rather see every one of them perish than yield to England's unholy aggression"
The age-herald., 1900-04-19

MT. Mckinley and congress are violating the first principles of republican govern ment when they take money out of the pockets of the Porto Rico people without their consent.
The age-herald., 1900-04-19

Congressman Ketcham of New York, who is one of the unlSnowns, has been nominated for a sixteenth term. He must be working up very slowly.
The age-herald., 1900-04-19

The combines from Cramp to Carnegie are fighting for monopoly rights under the new naval bill, which has been swollen SIS, ,OOOO GOO beyond all precedent
The age-herald., 1900-04-19
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 Nothing more significant and notable has happened in American politics for long time than the vote recorded by the democrats of Alabama in the primary elections of last Saturday. The triumph of Senator John Tyler Morgan is distinct victory of mind over matter, of brains over the machine, of merit versus preten- sion, of an issue and a man, as against organization and resources, supported only by selfshness and ambition. We mean no disrespect or discourtesy to Governor Johnston; though at this distance it cer- tainly seems that he stood much in his own light and fell far out of his reckon- ing A wiser man would have bided his time In the course of nature he would not have had to wait very long. To throw himself upon on an old and a great man like Morgan was to court destruction.
The age-herald., 1900-04-19

Queenstown was formerly known as the Cove of Cork. Its name was changed when the then young queen first set foot on Irish soil.
The age-herald., 1900-04-19

Sugar Caffery was eliminated by the Louisiana election and straightforward de- mocracy gains one vote.
The age-herald., 1900-04-19

The king of Belgium gives all his landed estate to his country; in this country rul- CTS secure landed estates by robbing 1t.
The age-herald., 1900-04-19

General Cronje's prison fare is good, and he has the whole island as a prison yard, and it is full of lovely green lawns.
The age-herald., 1900-04-19

Capital and labor were never fuller of disagreements Labor thinks capital is not dividing the plunder fairly and justly
The age-herald., 1900-04-19

No woman is expected to tell the census taker the truth when the government inn pertinently asks, What is your age?"
The age-herald., 1900-04-19

The slogan of the next campaign will be, Remember the Porto Rican bill"
The age-herald., 1900-04-19

Why Sugar Caffery was beaten ant Sugar McEnery retained in Louisiana, i. one of those things past finding out.
The age-herald., 1900-04-19

Where is that scream of desperation es- teemed court journal? That landslide? !? That fight that was won?
The age-herald., 1900-04-19

Montagu White asserts that Lord Rob- erts can never touch the Transvaal, and Monte certainly thinks he knows.
The age-herald., 1900-04-19

The Paris exposition is not as open as the pocketbook of the man who seeks it.
The age-herald., 1900-04-19

The asperites of the state campaign have been called in, and the brethren will dwell together hereafter in love and unity. Let all sing
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From the Nashville American.

The senate of the United States needs Senator Morgan, and will continue to need his ability knowledge, statesmanship and breadth of view in enacting wise legisla- ton relative to the new possessions and the new position the United States have assumed in the family of nations. The people of the United States will need his services in the senate in connection with international questions which must be an- swered and handled not from a narrow, partisan standpoint, but in accordance with broad views and looking to the fu- ture.
The age-herald., 1900-04-19
ECHOES FROM THE STATE PRESS

From the Anniston Hot Blast. Governor Johnston had his total eclipse l little ahead of time. | From the Huntsville Tribune. Will some one kindly point us to some- | thing Governor Johnston did carry. | From the Anniston Hot Blast. | Alabama is redeemed from a thralldom of demagogism never before equaled in the history of the state. From the Huntsville Tribune. We fear our business governor will be conducted to the political boneyard. This is too bad for the governor is progress sive and useful man. From the Selma Times. The deadest man in Alabama politics af- ter November will be Jodie. There will hardly be enough of his satellites left to give him a decent burial. From the Union Springs Herald. The state convention on next Wednes- day. in Montgomery will determine the
 democratic candidate for governor, and it | looks very much like William J. Sanford.
 From the Selma Times. The people have arisen in their might and placed the brand of their indignation on speculating on the birthright of the boys and girls of Alabama. Henceforth
 the school lands will be sacred From the Selma Journal. Alabama has great cause indeed to con- graduate herself on the result of the elec- ton. It has been one of those healthful | upheavals of public opinion demanded by the occasion, and which fortunately has come often in the history of the state. From the Huntsville Mercury. M The Montgomery Journal has doubtless learned by this time that the people of Alabama were not influenced by its covert attacks Senator Morgan's democracy. The senior senator owes the esteemed Journal vote of thanks for its opposition to his candidacy. The Journal made him votes every day from the beginning of the senatorial campaign at.j