The age-herald., 1901-04-23
HILL AND WILLETT.

Our esteemed but somewhat heated con-
 temporary published in Annston, Ala, and very properly entitled The Hot Blast" hurls at us this feverish bit of slag: M n4
 The Key West (Fla.) Advertiser hoists
 this ticket as it's masthead for 1904, with the following comment
 ssf " For President.
 DAVID BENNETT HILL, .{..essli'.tof New York. .E s " For Vice President. JOSEPH J, WILLETT. s'' Of Alabama.
 "'The above ticket Is being discussed in various sections of the country. Hill Is a general favorte and Willettiis one of the ablest lawyers of the south: and while he voted the Democratic ticket straight, he was a leading advocate of a conserva- tive platform. It is time now to have a southern man on the ticket, and Wilett
 Is one of the strongest we have, both as
 to ability and reputation
 Wouldn't Annston be proud to have
 one of its distinguished citizens Vice
 President of these United States? Joe
 Willett is a man of power and ability, and
 would take well as a running mate for
 Dave Hill." t~
 Yes, yes; that would indeed be a won
 derful and startling ticket. Such an att tractive combination, tool Nobody could
 beat that ticket, and for a very sufficient
 reason. Nobody could get 1t nominated.
 The Key West Advertiser should nall
 this banner to the masthead. and give 1t the solid Key West vote, no matter If
 it never got another.
 Who, is Willett, anyhow? We know something of Alabama statesmen here, for that great State has sent several men of marked ability to Washington, and still others have reached us though the medium of their own vibrating person. alities. We recall, for example, the Hon. R. H. Clarke of Mobile, who so fre- quentiy walked the echoes of the House of
 Representatives with his mellifuous and persuasive eloquence. and who was so
 beloved of the Sage of Buzzards Bay. And of those who have impressed them
 selves upon us from afar by mere force of their power and immensity shall we ever forget the Hon. H. w skaggs, the poet-icon9olast of the mineral belt? But Willett!. Save, this halcyon outburst from the red and raging Hot Blast, have we really heard of him before? Possibly, yes If so such is our carelessness at times we have let him get away. More likely not, however. for Willett Is a new point to us in the constellation of Alabama g
 favorite sons. Measured by our Key West
 contemporary's triumphant snort he
 must be a civic giant. six feet high. grand,
 epic, and resounding Remeasured by the
 Hot Blasts burning breath. he Is all that and more.
 But, emotion aside-pause while we still this throbbing brisket!--emotion aside how are we to avail ourselves of the
 tail, attractive though 1t be, until we
 see our way to flying the kite? Let us not
 dwell too amorously on Willett-take him
 into our system. as 1t were-until we can
 be sure of Hill. Who will nominate the
 oracle of Wolfert's Roost? Words cannot
 express the joy which all devout Repub- licans would feel in having Hill as the
 chosen antagonist If their party nom
 inee. but Republicans are not always per-
 mitted to manage Democratic conven- | tions, and how can we be sure of 1904?
 Who knows that the good sense of the Democratic party will not return to it
 within the next three years and inspire 1t to wisdom and to victory? But there will be no Hill and willett in that dispen-
 sation. The Democracy will mean business then.sa ri,-z