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The age-herald., 1901-07-12
Democrats of 0hiO.

The hand of Tom L. Johnson is ap- parent in the platform of the Ohio platform, upon which Col. James Kill bourne is running for Governor with good prospects of carrying the State. It is said that Judson Harmon, once attorney general in one of MT. Cleve- lands Cabinets, wrote the platform, but if he did he certainly wrote in it some of Mr. Johnson's peculiar belief.
 The platform declares that no fran chise should be granted by any city or village until it has been ratified by vote of the people. This is not only rebuke of the Quay practices in Phil adelphia, but blow aimed at the most glaring feature of municipal rottenness everywhere.
 The acceptance of railroad passes by officials is held to be good ground for vacating their offices.
 
 for revenue should be substituted for the protective system which is filling the land with trusts. The platform de- mands the suppression of trusts and a return to industrial freedom. All trust products should be placed on the free list.
 The platform demands the election of United States Senators by the peo- pie, and it is made the duty of the Democratic State Committee to notify all Democrats that, until this is done through a constitutional amendment, Democratic State conventions will nominate candidates for Senators.
 The clauses of the platform calling for sworn reports by corporation off cials and the declaration that the prop erty of all corporations should be as- sessed in like proportion to their sala- ble values as are farms and city real estate are peculiarly Johnsonism, and were loudly and repeatedly applauded. Colonel Kilbourne lives in Columbus, where he was long the neXt-door neigh bor of Allen c. Thurman. He has never held office, but he enlisted as private in the civil war, coming out of it a colonel He is supported alike by the Mclean men and the Johnson men, and his election in November over Governor NasI is freely predicted.
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Primaries Forbidden.

The majority report of the suffrage committee declares that primaries shall not be made compulsory" The Legislature may pass laws regulating primaries, but it shall not make them Compulsory" It does not provide that a Legislature may pass a State pri- mary law, such as several States are preparing to secure, and at least two have secured, and submit it to the peo- pc for ratification. It does not say that, simply because the politicians in the convention do not propose to be shut out by any wave in favor of direct popular action. They propose to be the peoples representatives in the fu- ture as in the past, and to keep the caucus and the convention in full blast as a means in their own hands. The court house clique propose to tie things up so that direct action by the people will be impossible during the life of the convention.
 What does the indefante word "coms pulsory" in the majority report mean, anyway? Does it mean that Alabama must continue to be convention-ruled even after every other State is directly 2 ruled by the people thereof? No one can say what the word in the word in the article does mean, but it Is not difficult to say what it will be held to mean if it be retained in the proposed section It will practically fortify the court house cliques and bind the hands of the people, It will keep the State out of the tide of direct popular action that Is sweeping over the country.
 The subject has not received much attention, but it undoubtedly will be well discussed before ratification, and it would be well to make it very ex- plicit and clear before it is submitted. As it stands now no one can say either what it does or does not mean. But all may wonder how and why it was inserted ID the suffrage article. The complete clause reads: "The Gen. eral Assembly shall also make provis- ions by law, not inconsistent with the article, for the regulation of primary eAectIons, and for punishing frauds at the same, but shall not make primary elections compulsory" The clause that follows the word but" is a clause of limitation, but the man has not been born who can define it with surety and accuracy.
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ment and to reinstate the system and the form of regal government.
 The Fourteenth and Fifteenth amend ments have no more to do with this sub ject than any other part of the organic law.
 The transmission of the electoral power by the blood of inheritance from father to son would destroy all distinction be- tween regal government and democracy, and would throw the door wide open for a return to the system that the American Revolution abolished. The steps would be few and would be rapidly taken, to the complete restoration of monarchy, so soon as we give to any class of voters the power to quallfystheir sons as voters by inheritance. In this case, 1t is the first step that tells with fatal and irrevocable effect. The argument is irresistible, that offices should, follow'the blood If the pow CT that creates them is the blood of in- heritance; and this,is, all that is meant in the British system of titled nobility which , alone legislatessin the House of Lords and of regal blood and, prerogative which up- holds the throne, and the power of ap- pointmendt to off1ce which is an appenage of the throne, and the pardoning power over which the people have no control.
 We are making too near an,approach to this system of the perpetual transmission of power, by inheritance, succession and appointment in the wide latitude of pow CT, and the wider exemption from respon- sfbility, that our courts are giving to corporations. The process Is not identical and is not beyond control In the case of corporate powers, and the almost immor- .ta1ity of their alleged right of succession. But their triumphant and alarming license reaching, above the powers of government serve as an indication of the wild demand for office, patronage and power that will follow when the states have established a right of heredity as to the electoral franchise.
 When such titled class of voters is created by the organic law, it will soon occur to them that no other class should be allowed to vote, and they will usurp all power It is far from being com- fort to me that some negroes are includ- ed, and many white men are left out, by the ordinance reported by the majority of the committee on suffrage in this or dinance of inheritable blood. With great respect,
 (Signed) JOHN T. MORGAN.
The age-herald., 1901-07-12
SENATOR MORGAN ON
 THE SUFFRAGE CLAUSE

Senator Morgan has written the follow ing letter to Capt Frank S. White of Birmingham. delegate to the Constitution | al Conventions:
 Warm Springs, Va, July 6, 1s01 Dear Captain White.
 The American revolution was not so much a redress of grievances, as it was a struggle to abolish heredity in govern ment. That was the real line govern ment. That was the real line of,dlvision between Democratic and regal and the church established by law. Heredity dis appeared. with It's associated rights of perpetuity in the ownership of lands, and many minor hereditaments of feudalism such as titles and tenures and servitudes, when our new Democratic scheme of gov ernment was instituted
 Political heredity, and all its appur- tenances. such as prerogative and titular nobility and primogeniture, and all it's protecting laws, such as corruption of blood, premunire and excommunication, perished and were placed under the heel of prohibition by our constitution Who ever would restore any of these to that extent, discredits the cause of the reyolu- tion.
 Without suffrage, the new system had no possible means of expressing theseov- ereign will of the people in laws, and their enforcement by executive and judi cial authority.
 These necessary agents of the govern ment by and for the people can only be chosen by voters; and voters could only be created by law, not by inheritance. These voters are chosen representatives to perform the single function of electing the lawful officers of government.
 The trust conf1ded In them is personal and can neither be sold or delegated, or transmitted by inheritance or by will to any other person. It is this quality. of non-transmissibilfty that distinguishes it from the regal form of inheritable power and marks the line of the impossible gulf between regal government and Dem ocratic government. The voters as a class, or body, have certain physical con- ditions. such as age and sex, that are necessary qualifications, and certain mor- al and political qualifications that are personal and independent of inheritable blood
 To make blood the medium of trans hitting the electoral power from father to son, is to uproot, from its foundations the whole system of Democratic govern
The age-herald., 1901-07-12
THE KINGS OATH.

From the Washington Times.
 A measure is under consideration in the British House of Lords for the amending of the Kings coronation oath. As it now stands it binds the sovereign strongly and In express terms against the Roman Catholic church and creed. Naturally enough, this Is highly offensive to the millions of Catholic subjects of the em- pire and there have been strong and persistent demands that the wording of the oath be changed. A committee of the House of Lords has been at work upon a revision, but if we can judge by the meagre outline contained in the dis patches the new form will be quite as objectionable to many people as the old one was.
 There Is no good reason why this should be. The matter is a simple one and can easily be adjusted. Let everything of @ sectarian character be left out, and if everybody is not satisfied everybody reference to the propriety of the oath at the time 1t was prescribed there Is abso- lutely nothing to be said in favor of it under the conditions which now prevail If the oath is to be changed at all it should be done in such way as to remove every possible ground for just objection. The King should be required to take an oath to support, uphold, and defend the constitution and the laws, and not be put into the position, even nominally. of di- rectly antagonizing the religion of con- cid a1a of ha tion.
 We are living in the twentieth century now. and there Is no point in keeping alive the religious animosities of bygone days.
The age-herald., 1901-07-12
HE CARETH."

Fanny Edna Stafford in Boston Trans
 cript. We grieve Him much
 The deed so small We do not think 1t sin at all; But just the selfish, needless sway Of ones own will; the Masters way Ignored quite; His love so true In all his thought for me and you, We pass pt by and heed 1t not, Our one excuse: We just forgotv' We grieve dIim much! Wa please Him much! H The deed so small lg. We never think It's worth at all; But He looks on with love so true In all His care for me and you. And sees the loving thought of Him, The cup of Water to the brim He sees. it filled for His dear sake Given, another's thirst to slake, We please Him much!
 He loves us much! . The moments small<
 We do not think He needs at all: Yet every thought of grief or praise, Each smile. each tear, the glance we raise While thanking Him for pardon sweet. The trust we feel, tho power meet He grants for service-all are dear To Him; there's naught for us 10 fear! He loves us muchi
The age-herald., 1901-07-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 Kiss woman against her will and she may slap your face, but she won't hate you.
 You can walk all over woman with spiked shoes if you tell her that she is the only one in the world you love enough to do that to.
 About the only difference between a married man and a bachelor Is that a married man has some wisdom and thinks he hasn't, while the bachelor thinks he has some and hasn't.
 It takes only one man to set off his small boys fireworks, but it takes all the rest of the family to tell him how to do 1t, and the servants to call him an idiot behind his back for not doing it still an- other way.
 The average man who howls himself dumb over the sufferings of horses in hot weather will have his wife spend three hours packing his trunk in a red-hot attic and act like he was doing her a favor to let her dn it.
The age-herald., 1901-07-12
ADvERTISEM ENT.
From the Detroit Journal.

From the Detroit Journal.
 A New Historical Romance.
 Positively the Great American Novel;
 Written by Araminta Jeannette Feather stone with one hand tied behind her.
 The 9o0th thousand sold before the au- thor had given the book a thought or, indeed, before she had written more than fifty chapters.
 Profusely illustrated with 5000 steel plates having nothing whatever to do with the story and 27,0OO wood engravings only remotely bearing upon the same!
 For sale at all dry goods shops.
The age-herald., 1901-07-12
THE OHIO EXECUTIVE.
the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle
 Why any man wants to be Governor Of Ohio passes guessing. The Governor or Ohio has no veto power. A governor without the veto power suggests a cat without claws or one of The fair sex for- bidden the last word. As, however, two Ohio governors became Presidents, per haps parties will not have to advertise for nominees.
The age-herald., 1901-07-12
COULDN'T LOSE HIM.
From the Colorado Springs Gazette.

From the Colorado Springs Gazette.
 It was late, and getting later.
 However, that did not stop the sound of muff1ed voices in the parlor. fly.
 The batter endured it as long as he could and then resolved on heroic measures.
 Phyllis he called from the head of the stairs, has the morning paper come yet?"
 "No. sir.' replied the funny man on the Daily Bugle, i've are holding the form for an important decision.'
 And the batter went back to bed won dering If they would keep house or live with him.
The age-herald., 1901-07-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphaei's prophecies for this day, Friday, July 1s, 1901:
 "Very doubtful day for business"
 Court In the evening""
 "Thou wilt be annoyed in many ways and wilt have sickness during thy year, beginning with this day: attend ito thy business and keep 1t well in hand"
 Young people will court"
 "of good behavior and generally fortu- nate in business will be the child born on this day. If female, not very happy in marriage"
The age-herald., 1901-07-12
Man Killed at ,Anding.

Anding, Miss, July 11.-W. l.. Nolan shot and killed A. c. Palmer at an early hour this morning. The tragedy grew out of quarrel which was be- gun last night. Both men were em- ployed by the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company, and were well known in this vicinity.
The age-herald., 1901-07-12
EXPENSES OF AN AMBASSADOR.

From the Woman's Home Companion.
 Unlike other governments, ours makes no extra allowance for the living expen- ses of its representatives. Thus it is that many times an important foreign mission has been declined-for financial reasons by the able statesman to whom it was proffered. If one accepts sucl1~a post he naturally feels in duty bound to live up to the standard set by his predecessors, and this usually means that he must have large private fortune to draw upon. There have been a few instances where such positions have been held by men unable to maintain great establish ments but who have unwisely attempted 1t by mourning obligations which they could not meet, thus bringing them- selves and their government to humilia- tion. Diplomatic agents are without the pale of the common law of the countries where they are stationed. and if bills are left unpaid creditors have absolutely no recourse.
 There is large financial advantage to diplomat if he Is a bachelor, for 1t is then understood that he has no special obligations in a social way. If he Is per sonally popular he will be overwhelmed with invitations. but need never use any in return except to such small parties of friends as he may care to entertain in his chambers or at restaurant. The most of the diplomatic corps, however. are married men, for their governments know that upon the sofial administration
The age-herald., 1901-07-12

Web. Davis "Alone in Africa" is still dream, although the days full of African interest are slipping away. The trouble Is Web. got his royalty in aovance.
The age-herald., 1901-07-12
HEARTFELT SYMPATHY.

From the Baltimore American.
 The sympathy of hosts of loyal Ken lucky hearts goes out ito Commander Schroeder of Guam, who reports a whisky famine
The age-herald., 1901-07-12

Venezuela is now charged with send ing us asphalt that softens in this climate. It is good enough under the equator, but here it is too soft.
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About Persons.


 F. W. Bromberg has returned to Bir- mingham from Mobile.
 E. B. Norton left Birmingham yester- day for the West. He will also visit Buffalo.
 Will R. Browne, brother of "Dick'' Browne the druggist, has come to Bir- mingham from Texas on visit, after an absence of sixteen years.
 John Bowman, brother of P G. Bow man, who had been living in Augusta, Ga., for two years, and who is now re- siding at St. Clair Springs is spending a day or two in Birmingham.
 W. A. Ruter of Lexington, Ky, is at the Morris.
 Frank E. Tutwiler of Mobile Is at the Morris.
 Former Attorney General William Cochrane Fitts of Tuscaloosa Is at the Morris.
 H. Lee Brown of Evergreen Is at the Morris.
 John A. Smith and Mrs. Smith of NOT folk, Va, are at the Florence. H. M. Smith of Selma is at the Florence c. " Creigen of HighPoint, N. C., is al the Florence.
 A. N. Fitzpatrick of New York Is at the Florence.
 Editor Miles Nelson of the Dadeville Spot Cash, is at the Florence. H. L. Mckee, Jr., of Selma is at the Florence. H. L. Allen of Louisville, W. P. Hudson of New York F. H. Crane and J. H. Don- ahoo of Talladega, G. P. Grover of Koch. ester, N. Y, W. H. Smith of Durant Miss. and T. R. Gress of Savannah, are at the Metropolitan.
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The hoboes are working in Western wheat fields, but soon they will be en- gagged in writing magazine articles on economic questions.
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Let it be said of J. P. Morgan at any rate that he is not an orator and hu- morist as Rockefeller is, nor a great moral reformer as the Kissing Schwab ia
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Speaker Dave Henderson will now have to explain to an enraged con- stituency his recent hobnobbing with Royal Ed.
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Old eggs, the older the better, are in demand in tho environs of Chicago, where Elijah Dowie is doing mission ary work,
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The Richest Nations Meanness.

"The disgracefully low and mean salar- les paid by the United States to it's con- suls, following the cheap and nasty pol icy of the richest country in the world governing all it's xpenhitures for salar- les, are brought afresh 10 the public mind by the resignation of (James G. Stowe, our consul-general at Eapetown," said a former consul last night.
 MT. Stowe, as has been stated. was compelled to quit thaf post because the
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Mrs. Nation Is confronted by the stern fact that Kentucky will make 25, 900 900 gallons of whisky this year.
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The will of Millionaire Rogers has already been broken in the news papers.
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A thunderc-ap and a favorable base ball score render life enjoyable after all, and suicides are postponed.
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Features of the French Census.

The French census, just completed, shows gain in five years of only 830,- 900. Paris and it's suburbs contributed 292,00O of this gain, leaving but 3S,000 to the rest of the country. The gain in Paris is chiefly due to the incoming of foreigners, so that practically speak ing the French population is at a stand still. It has been so long time, al- though it's neighbors are increasing rapidly, as the following table shows:
 1850. 1901.
 United Kingdom..... ...T,O00 900 fl, ,454 57S France..... ..... ......3 35, ,00OO00 3S. 600 000 Germany..... ....... ....35, OOO,OO0 56,3450O0 Austria. ...3O,0OOO00 45,00OOOo Italy. COCO. ........ .23. .OOo0 900 &, ,0OO 900 Russia..... ..... .......6 .66, 900 600 12S,O 900
 The slow growth of France is all the more remarkable because the French people cling to France. They do not emigrate, as do the peoples of other European countries. Thousands and tens of thousands Of Englishmen, Ger mans and Italians leave home every year, but scarcely any Frenchmen leave their native land, and yet the population is stationary.
 The birth rate is low. The thrifty French peasant considers two children an ideal family-a son to inherit the small farm, and daughter to be pro- yided with a dowery that will lead to her marriage. It is difficult to see what the small independent holdings have to do with the case, for the earn ings, of the small independent farmer in France are certainly as great as they would be under the landlord-and-tenant system of Engiand. The truth is, rrance is an ola country; it is not a country supplied with cheap fuel; it has little coal; it cannot enter upon manufacturing on large scale; it is highly civilized-it has in a word reached the highest point of it's ca pacity. and the republic must be con- tent to stand still and hold it's own. It has succeeded wonderfully we'll in the latter respect.
 But it cannot well hold its own in a
The age-herald., 1901-07-12

The hottest summer in twenty years has modified itself, and is behaving reasonably we'll.
The age-herald., 1901-07-12

Ex-Senator Peffer reluctantly admits that the Populist party is near its ami mate end.
The age-herald., 1901-07-12

Englishmen are expected hereafter to study Burke's Peerage less and the trade reports more.
The age-herald., 1901-07-12

The Christian Scientist perspires in this weather even when he thinks he does not
The age-herald., 1901-07-12

The weather is very pleasant, but still all evidences of frosts disappear before noon time.
The age-herald., 1901-07-12

Laps McCord and the Republican papers are roofing for the Southern man-or-bust moVement.
The age-herald., 1901-07-12

The will of Pierre Lorillord has not been heard from, and yet he took no loot with him.
The age-herald., 1901-07-12

The Blocton Nine need not despair of winning the league pennant.
The age-herald., 1901-07-12

The mercury took more degrees than Hanna did in the late not spell
The age-herald., 1901-07-12

Congressmen returning from the Philippines bring back facts that no one will accept.
The age-herald., 1901-07-12

Jake Rogers will reads in substance, Millions for lawyers, but not one cent for relatives"
The age-herald., 1901-07-12

'Lige Dowie is really a creation of free advertising.
The age-herald., 1901-07-12
iE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA

And, indeed, sir, there are cozeners abroad; therefore it behooves men to be wary.
 The Winters Tale.
The age-herald., 1901-07-12

Mrs. Nation is rich in suspended sentences.
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salary of saooO is inadequate to meet his actual living expenses and the cost of travelling between the United States and that point.
 .'It is pointed out that other nations pay from 5000 to STOOD more year to their consular representatives at Capetown than does the United States and that the trade of the United States with that sec- ton is greater than that of any other na ton paying higher salary.
 "Germany pays $1OOoO a year, Spain s42OO, Holland s5o0O and several of the smaller nations pay even more than the United States. It took greater part of MT. Stowe's salary to take his family to Capetown and return them to the United States, and he found 1t impossible to take them back upon returning after vaea- tion trip to the United States because his salary would not admit it.
 MT. Stowe's successor has not been considered as yet. MT. Stowe has said that only man of means can hold the posi- ton, and tie state department anticipates some trouble in finding patriotic citizen who will be willing to serve the govern ment as a cost to himself. War prices pre- vail in South Africa"