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The age-herald., 1901-06-22
Senatorial EIaetinns.

Thirty-five States out of forty-five nave declared in favor of the election of United States Senators by the peo- pie, and yet elections of that sort are no nearer than they were five years ago. The Senate itself blocks the way. A constitutional amendment is a difficult matter, and changes through the Supreme Court are about all that can be had in our written law. An un- written constitution is more flexible, and nearly all countries prefer such constitutions, but in this country we have a written constitution, and can not readily change it. The choice of United States Senators is case in point The people desire to elect di- rectly their representatives in the up- per house of Congress, and the House stands ready to propose an amend ment to that effect at any time, but the Senate denes public opinion and pigeonholes any such proposition.
 South Carolina and Georgia and some other States have outfanked the Senate by establishing well-conducted State primaries, and the constitutional convention would serve the State well if it would devise a similar system for this State. It may think the plan is not sufficiently applied or developed to warrant such action in the new organic law, but really there is no reason why Alabama should not become the leader in a movement that has it's parallel in the system of electing President and ce-President. In the latter case the federal constitution has been ignored, and an unwritten provision established instead. This seems to be the only policy that can be adopted in order to give the people right to elect directly United States Senators. A fierce con- test for United States Senator is not far ahead in this State, and the man who can give the people direct control of that contest is the man the people will not forget.
The age-herald., 1901-06-22

From Harper's Weekly. High in birch, like a craven bird, 7 A gray grouse stands, for he has heard. Even the squirrel does not stir, Crouching, a frightened tuft of fur, Glad of it's wings the wood hawk scars; The sheldrake leaves the forest shores. Along the brook no young mink play; Black bear has heard and hurried away, Splashed through a pool and leaped to a
 spruce,
 Iris hush and hide when the hounds are
 loosei
 Far back in the spruce pond lies brown, And by it deer had lain her down A slender deer, who wakes to hear The cry that crazed the bear with fear, That turned the grouse to a craven thing, That drove the hawk to take to wing The cry of hounds that howl their way Fierce on her trail of yesterday. No hope for her in thicket to hide; 1.-the limb must tire, and her throbbins
 side
 Must tell of a long race bravely run If she be alive at set of sun. In brush filled valley, on beechy hill. The life of the forest Is strangely stiil And waits to hark with straining ear Till fades afar the hunt of the deer, And the wood, unvexed by hounds and
 men,
 Takes heart and breathes and smiles
 again.
The age-herald., 1901-06-22
Senator EIkins' Prediction.

Senator Elkins has. gone into the prophet business As the weather peo- pie say, he has become a forecaster. He admits that the Republican party will lose votes-preaumably on ac count of the tariff and it's trusts-in the North. He says they will lose heavily in the North, but that these losses will be made good in the South. The new alignment he goes on to say, will be based upon business issues. He says:
 Because of the growth of commercial interests in the south the Republicans migh. reasonably count upon large gains in that section. In Tennessee, Georgia, Louisiana. North Carolina, parts of South Carolina and Florida, the business men were with the Republican party. They believed in Republican policies and realized that their personal interests would he benefited along Republican lines The only difficulty in the way of general breaking up of the south was
 
 states that subject was being dealt with in such a manner that before a great while 1t might be entirely eliminated from politics.
 This scheme perhaps accounts for the silence of the Republicans as to the Fifteenth amendment, and repre- sentaticn under it. When, however, they see how illusoSy their dreams are, then will come a demand for the enforcement O. ths Fifteenth amend ment At present they are pinning their hopes to the McLaurins of the South who have promised, it is plain, to hand over whole States to the Re- publicans. The goods will not be de- will begin an interna, strife that no man can measure. It Is plain, though, that it will bring much unrest and much loss to all States that are so shortsighted as to get in it's way. Only four States have done so. and the num- Der shculd not be increased. Alabama, possessing me ejovity of whites, should steer clear of such an unnecessary snag. and this 1t can readily do by adopting a straightout poll tax provis- ion, with good primary law attach ment.
The age-herald., 1901-06-22
Hang the Burglars.

Capital punishment for burglars should be provided for and made mandatory in the new Constitution of Alabama; that is, a clause to that effect should be framed and adopted so as not to require an act of the Legislature for its enforcement for we know too we'll that the Legislature has neglected grave duties imposed upon it by the Constitution of 1S75," said Meyer R. Kahn of Montgomery, who is in Birming- ham representing a Philadelphia business house.
 'Every burglar who forces entrance in- to house does so with the fixed purpose of committing murder, if necessary to his plans of robbery. The intent to commit murder is in his mind, and he simply looks for the opportunity; and the interminable list of murders committed by burglars is the ghastliest chapter in the long and ever-enlarging record of crime in this country.
 "No matter whether a burglar carry firearms or a pehknife, he should upon conviction be condemned to the gallows.
 "In Uniontown, Ala, I talked to banker whose house had been robbed by a burglar. This burglar, who entered the bankers bedroom and took valuables from his trousers, was afterwards cap tured, tried and convicted, and sentenced to the penitentiary for term of years. The banker had a talk with the criminal, in the course of which he asked:
 Supposing had wakened while you were in my room, what would you have done?
 "'Killed you,' answered the burglar without hestitation. I stood by your bed side with an iron bar in my hand, the burglar assured the banker, and if you had stirred I would have brained you where you lay
 That is a striking instance in proof of the contention that all burglars intend to commit murder"
The age-herald., 1901-06-22
The L. 6 Ms widenlnq System.

The reported action of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company in acquiring control of the Baltimore, Selma and New Orleans Railroad. extending through the Canebrake towards Linden and the Tombigbee river, means, if true, the opening up of large section of the most productive land in the south hither- to untouched by railroad.
 Tt is a wonderfully rich and beautiful country" said Charles Lenoir, whole sale druggist of Selma. "fhe line is al- ready completed to Thomaston. about 20 miles from Selma, the point of crossing of the Southern Railway so long In liti- gation and 1t Is fully laid off and mapped out, ready for grading from Thomaston to Linden, and from Linden to the Tom bigbee. The impression Is that bridge will be built across that river and the line extended into Mississippi.
 Selma people and those along the sug- gested line are convinced that branch of the new road. which will be in fact the main line, will be built from Thomaston to Blocton, there to connect with the Birmingham Mineral division of the Louisville and Nashville Thus will the Louisville and Nashville cover large new territory of the fertile west Alabama and east Mississippi country"
 It Is proper to say that these remarks were made by MT. Lenoir when he was in Birmingham early this week, before the apparently accurate announcement, made Thursday, that the Louisville and Nash vile had acquired control of the new Canebrake road; MT. Lenoir declaring his conviction that such transaction would take place in the immediate future.
 ''It will be a great work for the Louis vile and Nashville" he said, flor 1t will open up new territory that is rich enough to make the new lines most profitable to their owners. Linden, for example, the county seat of Marengo, and situated in the richest of farming territory, is now twenty miles from railroad And be- yond Linden the new road may open Up a region of most valuable pine forest, which is now practically untouched by the axe.
 Recently the Louisville and Nashville built short branch connecting it's Selma and Pensacola divison with Camden, the county seat of Wilcox, and situated in rich territory Sometime ago that line was completed between Pineapple and Repton, and so passenger trains now run from Selma to Pensacola
 With the building of the line from Thomaston to Blocton, the Louisville and Nashville will have two direct lines from Rrnoingham to the Gulf"
The age-herald., 1901-06-22
Mosuuitos and Disease.

The scientists are generally agreed that the mosquito is the agent by which both yellow fever and malaria are disseminated among men, and that a riddance of the pests will be followed by riddance of the diseases named. The insects bite person afflicted with yellow fever, for example, and then proceed to inject the gathered poison into the system of another person. The bite of one mosquito IS sufficient, as experiments in Havana clearly proved.
 If yellow fever can be carried in that way-and there seems to be no room for doubt-then scarlet fever, diph- theria, whooping cough and many other infectious diseases may be and unmis- takably must be carried from person to person in that way. AS to this there can be no question. Once establish the fact that the mosquito is the true disease spreader in yellow fever cases, and you establish at once one means of the dissemination of other diseases while the mosquito remains. There may be other means, but the mosquito is tho busiest one of the lot. There rlust be other means, because such diseases are transmitted from person to person when no mosquito is present. But where the mosquito is present it seems to be certain that 1t Is a great disseminator of all infectious diseases.
 In Winchester, Virginia, a town of about 10000 people, the people had long been distressed by a plague of mosquitoes, matched in rain water bar rels, in privy vaults, in cesspools, in stagnant pools of all sorts. But Mayor was elected who believed that the plague could be stopped through the use of kerosene. He began the fight against the breeding of mos- quitoes in the spring of 1900, and he has rid his town of them. By his ad- vice and direction a teacupful of kero- sene is applied to every 10 square feet of stagnant water once a month. The oil will spread itself. In one case he had a rain barrel watched, and he found that in five minutes g5 mos quitoes arrived bent on laying eggs. Of this number 72 died as soon as they came within the influence, the smell, of the oil. As each female lays from 300 to 400 eggs in night, it can read fly be estimated how many of the pests were destroyed at single rain barrel.
 This subject is beginning to receive widespread attention, and it deserves much wider application than has thus far been given to it. The flight of the mosquito is very short. and a single block can apply kerosene to great ad- vantage.
The age-herald., 1901-06-22
Roosevelt. OdelI and Fairbanks.

As things stand the Republican nom- inee of 1904 will be taken, in all prob ability, from New York or Indiana from New York because of its heavy vote, or from Indiana because of it's doubtful political status. Indiana will present but one man, MT. Fairbanks, and he is Senator without popular qualities, rich, and largely connected with corporations. No Senator has been made President, and the Fair banks boom cannot be said to be prom ising. although he is believed to be President McKinley's favorite for the succession. This help will not count for much unless the Indianian can bring to his support the rank and file of his party, and this is not probable. There is nothing in his career to base . popular movement upon. He may be capable, but his speeches in the Senate have not disclosed any unusual ability. He may be wise and learned in the law, but the greater public do not know it. He lacks popular and known qualities, but still he will prob ably be the Republican nominee if New York loses the prize.
 New York has no intention of letting the prize slip. It is boss-ruled State beyond even Pennsylvania or any other in the country, and Senator Platt and the machine openly say they will re- elect Governor Odell with a view of making him the choice of New York Republicans for President in 1904. Gov ernor Oden is not a lawyer. He is a business man who has broken into pol ftics. He is a man of no little force, but a politician ever, and if he should become President the New York ma chine would become all-powerful in this country.
 The obstacle in the way is Vice. President Roosevelt. who has a large following in the West, and who is not without friends in New York. The Rough Elder is already at work, and a tussle between him and the machine js plainly in sight. No one will stay
The age-herald., 1901-06-22
About Persons.

Judge A. c. Howze came to town from Montgomery last night and is at the Met ropolitan.
 E. RStewart of Selma is at the Metro politan.
 J. E. Blackwood of the Gadsden bar is at the Metropolitan.
 Charles Gassaway of Tuscaloosa is at the Metropolitan.
 Howell R. Golson of Wetumpka Is at the Metropolitan.
 Lloyd D. Batre of Mobile is at the Nor ris. Wiley c. Tunstall, Jr., solicitor of the Anniston City Court, is at the Morris.
 E. c. Kaserman of Winchester, Tenn, who delivered an address on retaining waste lands before the state convention of Commercial Clubs at Montgomery Thurs day, is at the Metropolitan.
 MT. J. 5. BarDour thompson, general agent of the Southern Railway, is in Bir- mingham in his private car.
 United States Commissioner c. D. Alex ander of Attalla Is at the Morris.
 H. E. Whitaker of Montevallo is at the Florence.
 J. A. Gumm of Atlanta is at the Flor ence.
 L. w. Collier of Atlanta is at the Metro politan.
 Capt. E. W. Booker of Fillmore is at the Morris.
 A. c. Legg of Elkmont is at the Morris. Walter A. Given of Gurley is at the Florence.
 J. L. Williams of Baltimore is at the Florence.
 Daniel c. Caldwell of Louisville Is at the Morris.
The age-herald., 1901-06-22
. A LEGISLATIVE BODY.
Mr. Oliver Discusses Work of the Cons
 stitutional Convention.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald.
 It surely seems from the multiplicity of local ordinances introduced in the con- stitutional convention that that body as well convert itself into a legislative body and not only abrogate everything done by the last legislature, but enact new laws in accordance with the wishes of all those who apply for local legislation. We see that an ordinance Is asked annuling the merchant privilege tax by Birmingham organization. An ordinance has been in- troduced to annul the court house removal bill from Columbiana to Calera. Other ordinances have been introduced to change boundaries of counties. Does this kind of business compost with what was promised in the call for a constitutional convention. Does this character of legfs- lation meet the promises made the people that the organic law was only to be changed to regulate the suffrage law primarily and above all things. The old constitution was all sufficient, ample in every particular, to suit every require- ment demanded by the people. save in re- spect to negro suffrage It fully gave to all the peace and liberty of the best gov- ernment under the sun. It was the best bill of rights the wisest and best of Ala bama's sons could devise. Under its wise provisions this great commonwealth had risen to be the peer of any State in the union.
 In only one particular was 1t thought to be in any wise defective. and that was on the question of negro suffrage. In order to correct and remedy that the pres ent convention was called. Upon that cardinal point the majority of the people of Alabama wereFwillng to spend s50000 to devise some means to settle it. No other object was contemplated or thought of, yet when they meet they are flooded with local matters that do not pertain in any wise for this purpose. The people have been deceived and communities have been agitated over matters that affect them locally by the introduction of ordin- ances that are entirely foreign to the high interest of a constitutional conven- ton. If the convention persists in em- bracing matters that belong, rightfully tS the legislature of Alabama and those that ought and can be adjudicated by the high est courts of Alabama, the ratification of the new constitution will be a dismal and costly failure.
 c. c. OLIVER.
 Calera Ala June IA
The age-herald., 1901-06-22
APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED.
The President Attaches His Signature
 To a Big Batch,
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Washington, June 2.-The President to- day signed the following commissions:
 State-Hrancis B. Loomis. Ohio. minis ter to P frugal.
 Herbert w. Bowen, New York, minister to Venezuela.
 Lloyd C. Griscom, Pennsylvania. minis ter to Persia.
 Arthur Bailly Blanchard of Louisiana, second secretary United States embassy at Paris.
 Charles P Snyder, West Virginia, con- sul at Windsor, Nova Scotia. .U
 Spencer F. Eddy, Illinois, secretary United States legation at Constantinople
 Justice Benjamin F. Kellar, United States district judge. southern district West Virginia
 George Wesley Atkinson, United States attorney, southern district West Vir- ginia-
 John K. Thompson, United States mar shal, southern district, West Virginia
 Reese Blizzard, United States attorney northern district, West Virginia.
 Charles D. Elliott, United States mar shal, northern district, West Virginia
 War-Judge advocate, rank of major, Lewis E. Goodier.
 Ouartermasters, rank of captain, Noble H. Creager. Harry L. Pettus, Alvin A. Barker.
 Paymasters, rank of captain,- William R. Graham, Selmour Howell.
 Captains signal corps, Edgar Russell George Squires.
 First lieutenants of cavalry, Julian E. Gaujot, Samuel B. Mcintyre, H. B. Myers, George J. Ogden, Henry R. Rich mond, George T. Bowman.
 Second lieutenants of cavalry. Pooman Butler, Joseph H. Barnard, Myron B. Bowdish Matt B. Bristol, Edwin l.. Cox, Thomas H. Cunningham, Arthur M Graham, Peter J. Hennessey, John P. Hassen, Frederick Mears Sidney D. Maize, Ralph Miller, Clifton R. Norton, Marr O'Connor. William R. Pope, An ton H. Schroster Clarence Astott, Fred erick G. Turner.
 First lieutenants, artillery corps Fred H. Gallup. Frank N. Jewell. Michael J. McDonough, Jesse N, Nichols. Herman w Schull, Albert E. Waldron.
 Second lieutenants, artillery corps, Charles c. Burt Francis J. Behr, Marion s. Battle James M. Beval, William s. Bowen, Clarence M. Condon, Wesley M. K. Hamilton, Thomas A. Jones, John J. Johnston. Arthur L. Keesling, Harri- son s. Kerrick, Jessie l.. Lowenberg, Howard S. Miller, William Menges, Will liam N. Michael, John B. Murphy, Gra- ham Parker. Byrd Alston Page, Stanley s. Ross, Thomas L. Sherburne, Charles L. Wilcox, Alden Trotter, William K. Taylor, Ernest s. Wheeler.
 First lieutenants, infantry, Alvin K, Baskette. Robert T. Crawford, Rufus B. Clark, William G, Doane, Thomas w.. Gum. Henry M Morrow, Perrin L.. Smith, Robert H. Sillman.
 Second lieutenants infantry, Deas Ar cher, Shelton w. Anding, Arthur l.. Bump, Robert J. Binford. Guy Eugene Fucker, Tallmadge H. Grerton, Eugene P. Crowne.
The age-herald., 1901-06-22
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphaers prophecies for this day. Friday. June 9, 1901:
 Seek work, buy carefully, and ask fa- vors before Il a. m
 Beware of changes. law, and quarrel ing, and keep thy temper cool, this being thy birthday. In thy business thou wilt have successful year, and wilt make money; in thy family circle thou wilt have grief or bereavement"
 ''The young will court"
 "A child born on this day will be very quick, stubborn, and difficult to manage. In business it will be successful and rise in life. It will have a good deal of sor- row in It's family or love affalrs.o
The age-herald., 1901-06-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 The man is never old who, the longer he lives, lives the more.
 Women are such puzzle to men be- cause they are so much puzzle of them selves.
 There is certain way a girl fixes a lamp when man is coming to call on her which she calls just enough lit"
 It makes a girl awfully mad to catch herself yawning and realize that she has caught it from man that she just hates.
 When a man hates another man the worst, it is for the least reason; when a woman loves a man the best, 1t Is when he Is the least worthy.
 Eve probably made the snake mighty mad. only he didn't let on, by telling him she knew he had a good heart, even though he pretended to be such cynic.
The age-herald., 1901-06-22
NOT WANTED.
From the Mobile Register.

FTOn IIlV nUUIIt lttBIbtcI'
 The grandfather clause stalks through the State capitol grinning like a deaths head, and causing even the stoutest hearts to shiver. General Oates. Frank s. White, Gregory L. Smith and other val iant knights, however. are disposed to meet the ''horrid shape and give it the fight of it's life. We can say that despite the impulsive resolution, jumped into the State convention contrary to the rule re- quiring resolutions to be submitted to the standing committee, there are thou sands of good party men in this State who will rejoice to see the fight and ap- plaud those who shear the grandfather clause of it's frills.
The age-herald., 1901-06-22
Local Crimes of Burglars.

IJpon this same vital subject of bur glars from whose crimes Birmingham has woefully suffered, Police Officer Bod eker talked yesterday; and since he is chiefly credited with the plans whereby Frank Miller (to be hanged next Friday, Frank Duncan, Frank Edwards, John West and Thomas Fay, constituting the infamous gang of safe-crackers who mur- dered Policemen Adams and kirkley of Birmingham, Officer Bodeler's remarks are of interest and are timely.
 .'It is now practically certain that Frank Miller will Dc hanged next Friday, for cannot conceive any real reason fo' Governor Jelks to interfere at the last moment and change the course of jus tice," said Officer Bodeker.
 ''It is an awful thing to hang man by the neck until he is dead dead, dead! But 1t Is the law and absolute justice in this case, as it is in all others where guilt is so clearly proved. I do not know that I shall witness the execution.
 Apart from the monstrous crime of murdering Adams and Kirkley, for whose families everybody has the deepest sym pathy 1 doubt if the record of crime there is a more cowardly or more inhu- man outrage than the shooting, by this same Miller Duncan gang, of Watchman Clayton of the Standard oil Company.
 MT. Clayton was down on the floor, fiat of his back and helpless, where the burglars knocked him, and as he lay there making no resistance whatever they shot him as if he had been wounded dog. The wounds they inflicted necessitated the amputation of one of MT. Clayton's feet, and thereby hopelessly crippled him in his work of earning an honest living.
 There was MT. Clayton, one of the best and quietest of citizens and the son of a famous general of the Confederacy
The age-herald., 1901-06-22
Melons and Peaches.

Georgia watermelons are from ten days to two weeks later this season than usual, due to the cold snap in the spring. said a Morris avenue dealer.
 'The Florida melons on the market now are too high for popular consumption. They started at 321ac wholesale but the price dropped to 271kc., which Is still high. We will probably have a few Georgia melons next week, but they will not be abundant and cheap before the first or second week in July.
 "Elberta peaches will be ready for mar ket early in JulyI They will be uncom- monly large and luscious. The peaches now offered are in little demand"