The age-herald., 1900-01-31
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

"As to Goebe, do not know whether that stern spirit stim stoops to the things of this earth" said Kentuckan last night. But ths shooting of him is infamous. With Goebel, and with the so-called prlnci- pies he represents, I have got nothing to do, and shall nave nothing to say; but the attempt to assassina&e him is a disgrace t0 Kentucky, and a reflection upon the worlds intelligence and civilization. I do not be- lieye that Goebel was elected governor; I believe there is a deliberate attempt to steal the governorship of Kentucky. But that is no excuse for assassination. Goebel is no more entitled to the governorship than he is to the priesthood. He was declared not ito be elected governor of Kentucky, and. being myself a democrat. it pains me to observe and make note of the efforts being extended to enable Mir. Goebel to serve as governor of Kentucky. Goebel has had remarkable career If it end now at the hands of an assassin, it shall end as many persons have feared for many years. The man that lives by the sword shall per ish by the sword. Goebe has killed his man. and now his time is come, or seems to have come"
 
 because of the shooting of Goebel; not per haps, because any person loves the man; but because of the laIwlessness of it all. More than hundred years ago Kentucky was called the Dark. and Bloody Ground and it still is dark and bloody We are told that yesterday a respectable farmer was arrested at moment when he had upon his person three or four revolvers. t-ta failure of justice in Kentucky. It is said that every Kentuckian over fifteen years of age carries a gum that being the term applied to hip-pocket pistols. It is aston ishing that a brave man should habitually carry a revover As for Goebel 1t may be recalled that whosover liveth by the sword shall perish by the sword. This applica- tion is not meant literally, as a matter of course; but it points moral. Goebel is an unconvicted murderer Chickens some times come home to roost. Maype bhe gifted Dutchman of Pennsylvania, who long years ago went to dwell with them that were bred in old Kentucky was a good man. But we leave Goebel go He may nave died since we have been talking, may nave gone to meet them upon the ghostly shore' but the sacrifice of his life is terrible to contemplate"
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 .'Hallapoosa county will go for Morgan for limited States senator by two to one, said a leaadins+ democrat and business man of Alexander City last night. At She post office in our town last Sunday there were at one time fifty or sixty men waiting for The Herald ito learn the news rom Marengo and Crengaaw When the facts ,Nt,a cheer for Morgan do not now remember tne names of but four respectable men In Alexander City who are for Johnston for Urited States senator as against Morgall' And virtually that difference of. opinion prevails throughout Tallapoosa county; and Morgan will carry the county over~heim- ingly. The Morgan committee might as well put Tailapoosa in the Morgan col umn,"
 A matter of more than ordinary interest is the fact that General Louis V. Clark is being urged to become a candidate for the legislature from Jefferson county and that he will in all probability enter what prom lses to be a very interesting contest. Gem eral Clark IS brlgadier general Of the Na- tional Guard of Alabama, and he endeav- ored very serenuously to be ordered to serve in the Spanish American war. He failed in that particular, greatly to the dis appointment of himself and his friends. General Clark is the head of large in dustrial fire and accident insurance busi- ness, and is one of the best-known and most highly esteemed democrats of Jeffer- son couney. Should he decide to become candidate for the legislature he would un- doubtedly be very popularly received.
 Colonel Robert Mckee arrived in Bir- mirfyham from Piedmont last night, and is the guest of Postmaster J. W. Hughes. Colonel Mckee has been resting in Pied mont for two or three weeks. He contem- plates departing within 'the next week or two for California and If he go to that far land of the sunset, he will probably pass from Alabama permanently, and thus Alabama will be deprived of one of the a5lesl newspaper writers who has ever dwelt within its bounds, and California will gain one of the noblest hearts that ever beat in any land. Should Colonel Mckee go away, his departure would be a personal sorrow to thousands of ordinary Ala ba4nians!
 Hon. John B. Knox, of AnniSton, was in Birmingham yesterday.
 T. l.. Lomax and W. A. Brown, of Bafti- more, are at the Morris.
 Former State Senator Cecil Browne, of Talladega, was in town yesterday.
 IL. R. Lee, of Lexington, Va, is in town. 
 State Senator E. J. Hall, of Marshall county, is in Birmingham.
 State Health Officer W. H. Sanders was in Birmingham yesterday. He Is concerned about the smallpox scare at Alabama City and other points Smallpox now prevails in nineteen states of the union.
 A. P. Fuquay, of Alexander City, is i'm Rirn1in