The age-herald., 1900-04-29

l the outside commercial world prominent Baltimore financial house telegraphed here yesterday and bought $300OO worth of Rir- mingham city bonds at par. Two years ago these same bonds were being hawked around Baltimore and offered as low as 60. l understand that Baltimore party also made an offer yesterday of $S5, 900 for piece of Birmingham property, of 100 feet frontage, which has recently been made vacant by fire.
 When the streets of Birmingham are paved and put in better condition, property will increase in value and the demand will be much greater. However, if the work of paving doesn't go along any faster than the paving of Twentieth street is progress ing, young children will be grandparents before the streets of this city really become city streets And the hogs and cows I can't help getting in word about them oc- cassionally. They are still roofing up all the flower gardens and pretty grass plots on the South Side. They seem to take 8 particular fancy to young rose bushes, hyacinths and all the varieties of bulbous plants, and great pleasure in roofing deep furrows across grass plots. Yet, there is no use in kicking People of the residence sections of Birmingham can get no relief until they get larger police force. Rob- berries and murders and all kinds of crime continue in Birmingham, and will continue until the board of aldermen sees fit to pro- vide for additional police protection.
 It is beginning to look as if Mark Hanna will have another million-dollar campaign fund to use in putting Mckinley in as presi- dent a second time. Hanna's vote pre- vented Quay from being seated in the sen- ate of the United States. And 1t Is gen. erally believed in political circles in Wash ington that Hanna has made trade with Wanamaker and his followers in Pennsyl- vania by which he is to get big campaign fund and put MT WanamaEer or one if his right-hand men, in charge of the na- tional campaign in Pennsylvania. In return for this it is said that Hanna and the pres- ent republican administration will throw all of it's influence in Pennsylvania to the election of Wanamaker to the United States senate. John Wanamaker is many times a millionaire. He was in the cabinet as post master-general under the Harrison admin istration Since that time his greatest am bition has been to go to the senate. It will cost him a million or two, but that will not be great price to pay in order to gratify his personal ambition. If elected he will be seated and will hold his seat, though he may spend a great fortune to get it.
 Clark, of Montana, however, is to be turned out of the senate because it has been proven that he spent something like $250,000 to be elected. The trouble with Clark was that he loaned money to indi- viduals in the legislature and to those who had political influence in Montana There are others in the senate today who have spent more money than Clark to get into that body, and yet they hold their seats without question. Wanamaker will hold his seat if he gets it.
 
 David Bennett Hill is looking up in New York. Hill is going as delegate at large to the national convention and expects to vote for the nomination of Bryan. Hill thinks New York will go democratic next time He believes that the next legislature will be democratic and that he can be re- turned to the United States senate. As matter of fact Hill is one of the best men who has sat in the senate in many years. He did not thoroughly agree with his par ty four years ago; in neither it's platform nor it's candidate, therefore he remained quiet and simply voted the ticket. Now he is with his party and expects to take a leading hand in the approaching cam paign, and he would like to return to his old seat in the senate. I should not be surprised if he were successful.
 Another man I should like to see return ed to the senate is Ingalls, of Kansas. Though rank republican, he is a most in- teresting character and of the most attractive speakers who has held seat in that body in many years.
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