The age-herald., 1900-02-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

MT Mack is an enthusiastic democrat, tional committeeman from his state, and has been a leader in New York state poli- tics for many years.
 "Bryan will surely be the next democratic presidential nominee,' said Mir. Mack, and in my opinion the democrats will carry New York this fall. The antitrust and anti-im-
 perial sentiment in the state is tremendous. 1 New York is naturally democratic state. | It went against the party four years ago | on account of the silver issue. The voters
 in New York now realize that it is better to l trust all these questions to the people than ! ito few men who now control the govern
 ment. If a few men can stop panic they
 can start one, and the voters of New York
 are not inclined to trust the few who are
 now running the affairs of the government.
 As a matter of fact few men now control
 the republican party and the government, l and are conducting its affairs to their own
 profit. The people of New York will do
 their share this fall towards turning the
 rascals out, and I am beginning to feel con
 ffdent of national democratic success" l
 | John R. Weber, the commits sioner general
 of the Buffalo Pam n-American Exposition,
 Who was here yesterday, was the man
 whom Grover Cleveland defeated for sher-
 if of Buffalo. Had not Cleveland won that
 contest he would never have been presi- l dent Mir. Weber was elected to succeed l MT. Cleveland at the next following elec-
 tion, and served a term as sheriff of Buff
 falo.
 l The Ensley steel mill is the businest 1 place about Birmingham these days. Three 1 of the furnaces are in full blast, and the
 blooming mill is working splendidly. It
 will not be many weeks before all ten of
 the furnaces will be in operation. Cotton has taken jump skyward. Yes 1 terday spot coitton went to cents in Bir-
 mngham. and the prospects are that it
 wil go higher.
 The car famine about the coal and ore | mines of the Birmingham district is at an 1 end. The railroads have at at last been l able to supply the demand by bringing freight and gondola ears here from all over the country. The traffic of the district
 is more than double what it a few | months ago.
 l
 l Hon. William Cochrane Fitts, of Tusca-
 loosa, was in town yesterday. MT. F'itts | was formerly attorney general of the state, .. | and Is one of the most eminent members of l the Alabama bar. He was yesterday re- l turning from the east where he had been | spending a week or two. He spent day in l Baltimore, the guest of a distinguished 1 democrat at the Maryland club, the most l famous club in the United States, excepting I perhaps the Somerset club of Boston. MT. | Fitts was not pleased with the predictions | of the democrats of Maryland as to demo- | cratic success this year. He had personally | a delightful time in the east, and in Bal 1 timore was the recipient of most pleasing | | social attentions. Socially, Baltimore Is | perhaps the most gracious and agreeable Of | all the larger American cities; and whoso- | | ever goes there with right to its social re- | cognition is assured of what is called in | society "a good time" That is the sort or | time Mr. F1tts had, and that is the sort of | lime deserved by one of the best men, old | or young in Alabama! "Baltamore is famous for many things eaiable" said a Baltlmorean last nishe' 'erhe city is the principal market or "ie United States for canvas-oack ouch' oia- mond -back terrapin, Fresh oysters, canned oysters, tomatoes, peaches, and the fKe' Practically it is the orly general market for these things as 1t is the only market for reed birds. It remains a fact that most lovers of oysters still take their oysters cooked in one form or another Thls ap- pears to be astonishing, in view of the ex- ouisite- flavor cf e.ne oyster in its raw or
 int llaao .aarf where YOU can otltadn oysters de1ioiously l cooked is in certain cafe In North street, | Baltimore. In that place they broil your | oysters on silver in charcoal ire They | are delicious Years ago dwelt in Wash ington There were three or four Of us, | aM of us very young at the time, who were accustomed to going to Baltimore freouently for "a night off, Upon every | visit we went to that oyster saloon in North street and had a good feed We l were young fellows working for our living, as aa of us still are, and hadn't the + most money to spend; but about once month in season, we went to Chamber lain's and had terrapin. Maybe sometime in tCae year we had canvas-baek duck; once in a while maybe once year, we treated ourselves to reed birds: and Fl tell you we ate bones and all when we had reed birds. In those days there weren't but two places in Washington wherein you could be perfectly sure of your terrapin, | your duck or your reed birds-and those places were Chamberlain's and Wormey's. Chamberlain is dead these years, and Wormley may be dead for ought I know Wormley is negro: and he was even better caterer than Chamberlain I speak of eighteen years ago. Perhaps there are now numerous Chamberlains. and Wormleys in Washington. But to the in- telMgence of the world there are but four great eating places in the Unlted States Delmonico's, Sherry's, Chamberladn's and Wormley's"
 Former Congressman M. w. Howard,