The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-09
One Of SenSsor TiIlmans
Smart Sayings Run 70 Earth.

prior to the Fifty-sixth Congress. owing
to lack of storage space in the document
room of the House. a fact ascertained
by personal inquiry today.
Dr. Eugene A. Smith of Tuscaloosa, the
eminent state geologist of Alabama is
a member Of the committee appointed by
the president of the International Mining
Congress to look after the proposed min
ing school legislation, and he Is expected
to arrive in Washington soon for that
purpose. It is believed that he will have
the active support of the Alabama dele
CATION. especially Colonel Bankhead, Mr..
Underwood Judge Richardson, Mr.. Bur-
nett and Mr.. Bowie, in whose districts the
Alabama minerals of commercial value
are stored by nature in such unexampled
abundance Judge Richardson and Col
nelJWiiey have introduced bills giving
to the schools of Alabama the proceeds
of the public lands in that state. Judge
Richardson estimates the selling value
of these lands at s2.O0O,0OO Mr.. Clayton
also has a bill granting Alabama public
lands 70 the state for educational pur-
poses" If Senator Tillman's bill BECOMES
law, the money SO appropriated wiz be
under present conditions expended az Au-
burn, in Mr.. Clayton's district.
Something for Birmingham to seriously
consider is provision In the Tillman bill
applying to schools of mines now estab-
lished or hereafter to be established by
the states; the state authorities being en-
powered to expend the appropriations on
such schools Birmingham is unquestion-
ably the logical site for a school of
mines;. and 1t looks as IL Birmingham
people would see great ultimate profit in
building such a school and presenting it
as a gift to the state so as to enable the
school to profit by the proposed govern
ment appropriation. If suchh school were
established in Birmingham, at the very
openings to coal and iron mines and
limestone quarries, and at the gates of
steel mills and numerous pig iron fur
naces, hundreds of young men who have
to work for their daily bread could enjoy
the benefits of the school while earning
their livelihood It would be well, per-
haps, for the Mayor and City Council and
the Commercial Club and Board of Trade
of Birmingham, together with similar
bodies in all other towns to petition the
Senate to pass the Tillman bill or some
similar bill, and send copies of their petit
ticns ito the Senators and Representa-
tives respectively. This is merely by way
of suggestion and without consultation
with any member of Congress.
Men who have examined the testimony
in the contested election case of N. b,
Spears against John L. Burnett, from the
Seventh Alabama district, are agreed
that Congressman Burnett makes high.
ly satisfactory showing for himself and
that If the House committee be guided.
solely by the testimony as set forth &C.
cording to law Mr.. Spears is without
chance to represent that district in Con.
gress Chairman Taylor of the committee
which Is to consider and report upon tho
case, Is esteemed an eminently fair.
minded man, and the committee IN be.
1ieved to be made up of such men. While
each member of the committees majority
Is partisan politically opposed to Mr.,
Burnett, he is likewise a judge and no
man is prepared to say an unjust Judge.
delegation are confident that the commit
tee will be governed in it's action by tho
testimony, and In that event Mr.. Spears
will remain the leading citizen In the pri-
vate life Of the Pell City neighborhood.
Former Auditor of the Treasury Will
liam Youngblood Of Birmingham is SPEND
ing two or three days in Washington. In
the proper quarter he has refuted the
principal charge" made against United
States District Attorney Warren s. Reese
of Montgomery, which is to the effect
that Reese paid Youngblood $1,000 for his
first appointment as district attorney in
1897 Nobody here doubts that Mr.. Reese
will be confirmed by the Senate, and will
Marshal Leander J. Bryan. The Attor-
ney General took the unusual course of
writing to the Senate Judiciary commit
tee that he had investigated the charges
against Bryan and found them ground
le;s.
President J. B. Cobbs of the Alabama
National Bank, Birmingham, was in
Washington day or. two ago on his way
to New York
There is quite a colony Of Alabamians
in the Riggs House for the long session
Of Congress, amongst them being Con-
gresham Bankhead and. Mrs. Bankhead.
and their guest. Miss Alberta FuIghum
OF Birmingham; Congressman Richard
son and three daughters, the Misses
Richardson, Of Huntsville, and Congress-
man Clayton. There are about twenty
other Congressman and several Senator's
in the same hotel.
LUCIEN JULIEN WALKER.