The age-herald., 1902-03-25
Democrats Preparing for the Fight
 on Crumpacker Resolution

ten sensational Washington "specials' are. But General Miles said enough apparently to defeat the Root bill. the enactment of which seems now to be wholly improbable. "Roosy'' and Root are sore and wallopped schoolboys; and added to their sorry plight is the most comical of legislative incidents.
 Root does not of course know a squad of soldiers from a squardon, nor a cor porals guard from an army corps; and so when summoned by the Senate com mlttee to testify as to his own bill which is the most radical charge ever yet pro- posed in the law governing the American army, he took with him certain captain. the latter being charged with the duty of answering single questions asked the Secretary of War concerning the Secreta- ry of Wars ownest own revolutionizing bill. In the proceedings the stenographer was winked wink that all the stuff was Roots. Now the Senators who saw and heard both Root and his captain, can't distinguish in the printed report what Is really Roots stuff and what Is Roots captains stuff. and so the Senators are wrathy.
 The difference between Root and "Roosy" Is that Root thinks he knows all about the military. although he never saw a shotted rifle fired, whole "Roosy' knows that he himself is military genius of the highest order and knows more than Grant, Lee, and Washington to- gether knew.
 That Is the trouble with the profession al hero" He knows all things and a great deal more. It was this vast cat shooting courage which rebuked Schley for winning a real victory; which re- buked Miles because being a real fighter he knew Schley had won, and which is now about to drag down Miles because he knows Roots army bill Is fool bill.
 Mckinley suffered his clerks. the secre- tary of the navy and the secretary of war-who are called cabinet officers but who are constitutionally mere clerks to the Presidential inject politics into the navy and army; but Roosevelt does the thing himself. It is perfectly we'll known in Washington that Roosevelt will coun- tenance the promotion to high rank of no man who Is not personally favored by himself. And by the terms of the bill he and Root are now trying to force through Congress, he could promote any captain of his absurd Rough Riders" to be commander-in-ohefo of the army. This bill Is not only outrageously disastrous in its purposes-it is infamous!
 The Sloss- Sheffield Company is so rap idly developing Coronado, formerly Pilot, In Walker County, that beginning on April the town is to have daily mail though 1t Is not on a railroad. Con- gressman Bankhead has received from Second Assistant Postmaster General w. S. Shellenberger this letter, which ex- plains itself:
 '1n reply to your letter of the 18th ultimo, referring to the letters of Mir. E. O. Hopkins of Birmingham, Ala, and Mir. P. P. Jones of Coronado, Ala, ask ing that the patrons of the Coronado. Ala, postofflce be given a daily mail, I have the honor to inform you that, in accordance with your recommendation, an order has this day (March 19) been issued, Coronado to America, Ala. from three to six times a week from April 1, 1902"
 Tuscaloosa will be given rural free de- livery by June l. and Bankston and Der ry in Fayette County, will probably be similarly favored.
 LUCIEN JULIEN WALKER.