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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
THREE MEN RUN CONGRESS.
house of Representatives Absolutely
Dominated by Machine.

The difference in the majority in the
House of Representatives has given a
striking example of the loss of Individual
ity by members upon their entrance into
that body, says the Washington CORE
spondent of the ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The organization Is now in absolute con-
troll. BY the Organization is meant the
speaker of the House of Representatives
and the rules committee. The rules COM
mittee is a close corporation, including
! In its membership Democrats, but con-
trolled absolutely by Messrs. Henderson,
Grosvenor and Dalzell. Not a man on
either side of the chamber can even rise
and secure recognition from the speaker
without an arrangement several days in
| advance of the time for which he seeks
recognition.
On the speakers desk is a long, narrow
slip of paper each morning at the begin
ming of the legislative day. It contains the
names of those who are to be recognized
and the order in which recognition shall
be accorded. 1t all seems very confused
and with lack of system from the gallery,
and yet not a man rises in his place and
succeeds in getting the floor without pre-
vious permission from the speaker, who
consults only with the members of the
rules committee OF course, there are
times when members get the floor on
questions OF personal privilege, or through
the indulgence of the men who are con-
Quoting the debate on the respective sides
of the chamber. Even then, however, If
the speaker wishes, he can arbitrarily
sweep the man from his feet.
The manner of doing the work of the
House on committees places still further
restriction upon the individual members.
No committee chairman gives considera-
ton to measure until after he has con-
Gull aH will t1,a IL
pleasure. Even then committee members
with real or fancied grievances against
the man or interest urging a measure may
hold it up indefinitely. The system is de-
Tended on the ground that it is the only
one through which public business could
be expedited in SO large a body of men
and where there are such divergent in
terests. There Is much in the contention.
1t Is a system, however, which has result
ed In placing the power of defeating what
is really the will of a majority in the
hands of three or four men.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
Glass Blowers of Indiana.

The natural gas companies of Indian
apors and Muncie, in Indiana, have
served notice that they will not sup
ply natural gas for fuel purposes after
October next. Throughout the gas
belt of Indiana the pressure is lessen
ing, and all see the beginning of the
end. All see that the days of cheap
fuel in the Indiana gas belt are nearly
ended. The lessening pressure means
that the supply will soon be exhausted
altogether.
Some of the large mills, notably
those of the American Tin Plate Com
pany and the American Sheet Steel
Company, have abandoned the use of
gas and are now using coal as fuel.
Other enterprises have been aban-
doned, and still others, including sew
eral glass works, are preparing to re-
move their plants from the gas belt.
There is nothing in this world that
the Birmingham district more needs
than glass works. The sand is here,
and some of 1t is wheeled away daily
to works in other States. Cheap fuel
is here, and excellent transportation
facilities. Why then should not some
of these Indiana gas-belt glass works
be induced to come here? This ques-
ton is fully up to the Commercial
Club, which is letting too much grass
grow under Its feet. 1t is reflection
upon all of us that the glass sands
of this district are not utilized, when
cheap fuel is also close at hand. The
attention of the glass blowers of In
diana should be attracted this way.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
Filipino War Compared to sher>
mans March to the Sea.

to meet King Edward, the meeting could
have been easily arranged by the Ameri-
can ambassador. There need not ha an,,
doubt that the King would have been
pleased to receive Mr.. Hogg. and Mr.
Hogg would have been charmed by the
King for both are good democrats and
good men. Man to man, as men they do
not essentially differ one from the other.
The King is the first of the worlds good
fellows; his nature and his rank have
made him so; and certainly Mr. Hogg Il
a good fellow.
And being so, the Texan deserves to be
freed from the cads and snobs of Ameri-
can newspaperism
The oldest newspaper correspondent in
Washington declared tonight that it has
been practically agreed upon by those
who are likely to be in position to de-
termine the matter, that former Govern
or Francis of Missouri shall be the chair
man of the National Democratic cam
paign committee in 1904. This was de-
cided at private meeting of powerful
Democrats held in New York this week.
moving heaven and earth" for the chair
manship, importuning members of the
committee and others of influence; but
that stones efforts would be of no avail,
fortunately for the Democratic party
According to this authority, the lead
ers who are now being needed by the
party and who will shape the next CAM
paign are determined not to place in posi-
lions of the first Importance any men
who were closely associated with Sena-
tor Jones of Arkansas in his mismanage-
ment of the campaigns of 1896 and 1s0A
Former President of the Alabama Sem
ate Russell NJ. Cunningham of Jefferson
county, and former Mayor Joseph Rich
and E. l.. Russell of Mobile, are in WASH
ington. LUCIEN JULIEN WALKER.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
klPLING'S TRIBUTE TO RHODES.
1t Will Be Read at the Burial of the
Empire-BuiIder.

London correspondence New York Times.
The Times prints a poem by Rudyard
Kipling. which is to be read at the burial
of Cecil Rhodes on the hill called THE
View of the World In the Matoppo hills.
Rhodesia, tomorrow. The poem Is as fol-
lows:
When that great King returns to clay
or Emperors In their. pride,
Grief of a day shall fill a day because
its creature died.
But we've reckon not with those whom
the mere Fates ordain
This Power that wrought on us and goes
back to the Power again.
Dreamer devout, by vision led beyond
our guess or reach.
The travail of his spirit bred cities IN
place of speech:
SO huge the administering thought that
drove; so brief the term allowed.
Nations, not words, he linked to prove
his faith before the crowd.
1t is his will that he look forth across
the lands he won
The granite of the Ancient North, great
spaces washed with sun.
There shall he patient make his seat tas
when the death he dared,
And there await peoples feet In the
paths that he prepared.
There till the vision he foresaw splendid
and whole arise, :
And uninagined empires draw to councn
meath his skies.
The immense and brooding Spirit still
shall quicken and control :
He was the land. and dead, his soul shall
ha her soul
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
Numbering Floors.

ut would be a good thing II the own
ers of high buildings with elevator service
would hold a conference and agree upon
a uniform system of numbering noors'
said busy man, who uses many eieVa-
tors. 'As it is the lack of uniformity
causes confusion. In one building the
second floor means the first floor above
the ground. while in another this second
floor is called the first floor. The first
way would be the more sensible IL
would be understood by everybody ana
there would be no confusion. the hrst
floor of building is certainly the ground
floor and the second floor Is certainly
the next one above 1t.
Speaking of elevators there Is good
deal of complaint about the lack OF de-
corum on the part of some Of the boys
or men who run them. A first-class ele-
vator boy is one who is quick In attend
ing to his work and who answers ques-
tions politely, but who does not open
his mouth otherwise. The elevator OPP
orator who has much mouth is always a
nuisance"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12

J. D. Hardy of Calera is at the Metro
politan.
H. wingate of clanton is at the Metro
politan.
J. NJ. worthington arrived from New
York yesterday and is stopping at the
Metropolitan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar j. Ehrgott of Gin
cinnati are at the Hillman.
]. c. Hartung of New York is at the
Hillman.
D. F. Brookes of Philadelphia is at the
Hillman.
Mr. and Mrs w. H. Brill of Philadel-
phia are at the TIillman.
C. ". Dost of Rock Island, ILL.,, is at
the Hillman.
A. E. Reynolds of Delaware is at the
Morris.
I. Levine of New York is at the Morris
II. -. baCndTdcn Oh NEW 1pih - a. eiie
Morris.
W. H. Morrill, of New oYrk is at the
Morris.
C. II. Goodrich of New York is at the
Morris.
John L. Coleman of Atlanta is at the
Morris.
w. ]. Feltus OF Detroit is at the Morris.
]. A. Higgins of Corona is at the Nor
ris.
w. X. Mcneil of Louisville is at the
Morris.
]. Michel of New York is at the Hill
man.
M. Friedell of Rochester, N. Y, is at
the FIillran.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
Book Agents.

ut is Just as easy to be civil to people
as 1t is to be rude or insulting SAID
the president of a big corporation.
There is no more excuse for onending
a book agent than there Is for being
rude to a banker or preacher when he
calls at the office. The book agent Is
trying to make an honest living and
should be treated with respect, yet l
have known men who almost kicked
book agents out of their counting rooms
unless the agents happened to be pretty
women.
II never buy books from agents. III
once started that habit l would often
be talked into buying what L did not
want But 1 always greet these people
as cordially as | know how
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
MERELY A "SuPE,"
ON the Albany Journal.

From the Albany Journal.
Two small boys were vending their way
home through the snowstorm last even
ing when 1 came upon them near the
Northern boulevard viaduct They had
evidently been to one of the theatres
from the conversation heard by the vag-
rant, which was something like this:
Say, Mike, de guy what played de
villain was sleepy mug. wasn't hep
well. 1 should smoker! Why, de
chump made me eyes blink wild sleep
every time I seen him.
wonder If he was brought up in de
biz?" said the first speaker to which
the one addressed as Mike replied:
Nav, I don't t'ink so. He's about
one of de guys wot goes wild de show to
handle de baggage. and mebbe de regu-
lar Teller got showed in somewhere"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
Industrial Alabama.

All Alabamians are proud or should
be proud of the mineral district of the
State. It is doing well industrially
speaking; but let no one think that
the State as a whole is doing all that
its resources and possibilities call for.
There are water powers innumerable
in the State; there is cheap fuel;
there are cotton fields almost without
limit, and there are hidden mineral
resources of untold value, and yet Ala
bama is No. 80 in the list OF manu-
featuring States. We add here a table
Just issued by the census bureau,
showing in millions of dollars the
manufactured products of each State
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12

ion against the experience of nearly
if not quite dozen States. The testi-
mony is one way, and Mr.. Sanders
opinion the other, and Mr.. Sanders
ought not to expect the Democrats of
Alabama to accept his predictions
when they see contrary results in
other States.
There is but one way in which Mr..
Sanders opinions and dire predictions
can be upheld, namely, to assert that
Alabama Is more corrupt than her sis
ters-that she is exceptional in the
family of States-that the new cleo
torate is depraved and grossly ignor-
ant, unfit in every respect to express
tAeir preferences for nominees. Where
in is the new electorate of Alabama
worse than the electorate of South
Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi or Ar
kansas? We pause for a reply
The Age-Herald asserts that State
primaries in the four States named
produce no such results as Mr.. San
ders names-that they yield unity and
satisfaction only, and If Mr.. Sanders
says this is not the case The Age
Herald will procure abundant testi-
mony from the four States to sustain
its position. This challenge is open to
Mr.. Sanders at all times, immediate
or distant, this week or any other
week
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
Committeeman Sanders on Primary

State Committeeman Sanders of
Athens sees, or thinks he sees, all
manner of rings and frauds in State
primary. 1t is his opinion that a State
primary would not bring about "a bet
ter order of things political" 1t is his
opinion that State primary would
stimulate strife and chickering's. 1t is
his opinion that State primary would
lead to fraudulent county returns. And
SO on to the end of the indictment.
The Age-Herald holds Mr.. Sanders
opinions in high esteem in all cases
that admit of determination by indi-
vidual opinion. But State primary
is not in that class. 1t is not tenta-
tive. 1t has been in operation in South
Carolina many years, and in other
States several years. 1t is the rule
to the right of us and to the left of
us-in Georgia and Mississippi, and
the Democrats of neither State can be
induced to part with it. There is not
q Democrat in either State that pro-
poses to abolish it-absolutely not one.
Now, If instead of expressing his in
dividual opinion, Mr.. Sanders had
found in any State any of the evils
that he predicts for Alabama If she
adopt. popular selection, then he would
have made out good case. At pres
emit he n putting his individual opin-
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
TRUST THE NEW ELECTORATE,
From the Hamilton News

From the Hamilton News.
The Alexander City Outlook says the
people want a general state primary this
year. There is no doubt about that A
fair, square and open fight is the best
way for honest folks to settle their differ
ences, and surely good Democrats can be
as honest as other folks. There Is no rea-
son why the good Democrats Of Alabama
should not express their preferences free
and untrammelled, and there is no reason
why honest men should not put their trust
in an electorate that has been purged
of its worst element. The trend of public
sentiment is In favor of a general pri-
mary, and the state Democratic commit
tee should so order it.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
Capital Coming This Way.

.'There is more outside capital coming
to this district this year than ever be-
fore" said mining engineer at the Nor
ris.
Hardly day passes that half dozen
or more Northern men with money are
not in Birmingham looking for invest
ments. They come quietly and investi-
gate for themselves, and many of them
leave capital in this county.
"Ore and coal lands are in great demand
and while some of these properties are
being bought for speculation good per-
centage will be bought by companies or
individuals who will develop them"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
THE CASE IN A NUTSHELL.
From the wetumpka Herald.

I IUIII tll6 WtCuIIlpkd f1tfa1u
Governor Jellks wants a primary, Gov
ernor Johnston wants primary, General
Harrison wants primary, and the people
We not have a primary this year? 1t is
up to" the state executive committee to
call a primary We understand a large
majority of the committeeman are per-
sonally opposed to a primary. If that be
true, conventions will be forced on the
people and great dissatisfaction will ex-
list throughout the state.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
Popular Railroad President.

Mr.. ]. NJ Eagan of Savannah, president
of the Central of Georgia, is in the city.
He is on periodical tour of inspection.
at have nothing special on hand am
only looking over the line" said Mr..
Eagan. "Our company has a fine road
and frst-class equipment, as the travel
ing public know. The rains hurt the
road bed to some extent, but the tracks
are In pretty good shape again."
Mr.. Eagan is one of the sunny tempered
men who do not fret. He is always
jovial and everybody is glad to see him
when he comes along.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
Speed of TypeWriters.

'It is not the man or woman who uses
the typewriting machine at high speed
on spurts that accomplishes the most work
in a day." said a stenographer who nils
an exacting position in the office OF
large corporation.
IT have seen young men write III woroe
a minute on easy work who could not 90
accurate work from notes at 60 or 10
words a minute. The man who can DO
20 words a minute from his note book and
do it well is more efficient than one who
boasts of higher speed"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12

RECIPROCITY LEAGUE FORMED.
Sixty Leading Manufacturers Meet In
Chicago for Protection.

Chicago, April 11.-Representatives of
sixty leading manufacturing and other
Industrial concerns of the United States
met here yesterday and organized the Ma
tional Reciprocity League. w. E. Stan
ley, Governor of Kansas, was elected
president The object of the organiza-
ton concerning the urgent need Of
reciprocal trade relations with foreign
nations"
In a word these manufacturers say
they are manufacturing in excess of the
consumption of the home market They
want the United States government to es-
tablish trade relations with other coun-
tries that will throw open the markets
of the world for the disposal of their
goods.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
The Hotel Bellevue.

Mr.. Loui Hart announces that he will
open the Hotel Bellevue at Gadsden on
the goth of June. The house is delightful
ly located on Lookout Mountain. 1925
feet above the sea level. and will be run
as a summer resort.
The Birmingham stockholders in the
hotel company are Mr.. H. H. Mayberry.
Mr.. ]. B. Cobbs. Mr.. Louis Minor, Mr..
]. H. Coughlan and Mr.. Hart.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

From the New Y OK Press.
Vanity is twin sister TO selfshness.
The trouble with an income is that 1t is
all outgo.
Usually alimony pays a woman better
than matrimony.
1t is a wise son that doesn't let the
father know he understands what a fool
he Is
The man who would think $50 month
was very reasonable pay for housekeep-
err will yell murder at half that as a per-
soral allowance to his wife.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
About Persons.

B. A. Treat of Jasper is at the Morris.
J. s. McClerkin Of Louisville is at
the Morris.
c. e. McClelland of New Orleans is at
the Morris.
John l.. Coleman of Atlanta is at the
Morris.
q. @. Fletcher of Chattanooga is at the
Morris.
w. e. Scruggs of Baltimore is at the
Morris.
Price of New York is at the Morris.
TT. M. Farlane of Weller is at the Me-
tropolitan.
r. s. McCord of Selma is at the Metro
politan.
G. C. Cobb Of Atlanta Is at the Metro
nolitan-
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12

From the Talladega Mountain Home:
Birmingham, in common with many other
towns, is complaining of the advancing
prices of meats of all kinds and the ad-
vance in the prices of foodstuffs gener-
ally. To remedy this evil let the people
resolve to use less meat. They would be
better off with third of the meat now
consumed They should substitute the
cereals in its stead.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
ALL WANT A PRIMARY.

From the Tallapoosa Times.
Most of the papers of Alabama, big
and little, are outspoken for a primary.
The call is growing to a demand, which
cannot be disregarded Let the people
choose; they have spoken in their usual
way.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12

The regulation of etheric waves and
wireless telegraphy brings in another
serious international problem. The
waves may, however, decline to be
regulated at all.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE,
rom the Jasper Mountain Eagle

From the Jasper Mountain Eagle.
From the Tennessee to the Gulf and
from Georgia to Mississippi comes the cry
for straight primary of the white
voters of Alabama. VIII the state commit
tee heed the voice of the people?
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12

Cecil Rhodes dead is outstripping
Homer ten to one. There are none
but kind words for Rhodes now, and
his posthumous fame will be very
bright.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
From the Gurley Herald.

FTOm tne GuTIey fitTaIu.
Friends of a Democratic primary for
the selection Of a state ticket are greatly
elated at the manner in which the sug-
gestion is being received. From every sec
ton of the state come favorable express
sions for a primary, and it is now be-
lieved by many that the sentiment will
become so strong by the time the state
committee is called together as to force
that body to order a primary.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12

Manila calls It's cholera visitation
sporadic. but 1t admits It is to be in
point of time prolonged. A chronic
visitation there must be lifetime
affair.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
ALABAMA EDITORS.

From the Clanton Banner.
In beat seven 1876 men were registered.
all white, and in beat eight 2SO up to the
time our report was sent In. This makes
total registered up to the present Of
1166 white and colored.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12

Millionaire SCOTS seat in the United
States Senate is to be competed for
In the usual way by three other West
Virginia millionaires. All but pluto
Gratis are barred in this race.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
The Very Cream,

From the Somervile (Mass.) Journal.
Friend = You had very fashionable
audience didn't you?
Pianist-Yes; at one time there was not
single person in the room who was
listening.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12

Ambassador Powell Clayton goes
back to Mexico "vindicated" in Wash
ington and Arkansas Republican cir
cles.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
From the Selma Times.

News comes all the way from Washing
ton that Colonel Brewer of Lowndes will
oppose Congressman Thompson for the
nomination in the fifth diftrict. If that is
so we may expect an extra lively time in
political matters in the counties compos-
ing that district this year.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12

Tsi An Is a woman who can keep q
secret, and Russia knows 1t. She is
Russia's friend In China.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12

Pulling back automobiles home by
hand is fast becoming an American
industry.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12

Delaware is represented in the up
per House of Congress by Senator
Nobody, and is happy.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12

The peach crop should consider itself
killed, and not go on bringing in new
killings each month.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12

From the Gadsden Evening Journal:
rules over the destinies of the Birming-
ham municipality is up against the real
thing.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
the ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
familiar

made familiar
To me and to my aid the blest lnfu-
sions
That dwell In vegetIves, In metals,
stones.
-Perlcles.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12

The Marconi system is real, for Gin
ventors" by the score are trying to
steal 1t.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12
From the clayton Record.

A dog was the cause of a fight between
two prominent citizens in Mobile recent
ly, in which one undertook to shoot the
other. He is mighty sorry man who
will not fight for his dog, no matter how
sorry the dog may be.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-12

Santos-Dumont should be warmly
welcomed. He is a man who does,
and also a man who never lectures.