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The age-herald., 1902-03-16
BY ALFRED SETON.

posed to the administration of affairs by the Republican party will be compelled to vote for the Republican platform if the Democratic platform of 1900 is put be- fore them There are no indications that the people at large are converted to the doctrines of Bryan. On the contrary many believe his silver views and radi- calism caused party defeat. In view of the sweeping victory of 1892 on a safe and sound monetary platform, the recent defeats are charged up to Bryan, whose popularity led the party astray.
 But harmony is not to be promoted by Charles Francis Adams reference to "the silver question" as "a free silver refrain" footed on Bryans penny whistle In view of the vote boiled 1t was a pretty far sounding refrain; or by Hilps decla- ration that the party to rally It's full strength must get back to the lines of Tilden and Cleveland, Seymour and Jeff ferson. The policy of these great Demo- cratic statesmen was laid on broad lines and sound doctrines. Every civilized country and every great commercial na- tion has adopted a monetary system that allows of no misunderstanding. The soundest and best money is the money of the Constitution. David R. Hill declares himself as against repudiation in any form or under any pretence" and in favor of hard money"
 And MT. Bryan retorts that Hill would frame platform "so nearly like the Re- publican platform that a Democratic vic- tory even if possible, would mean noth- ing to the people at large"
 The party leaders are united in the be- lief that this government is opposed to taking any nation under it's protection un- der the guise of colonial policy. It stands for self-government It is op- posed to an imperial policy. Wherever the flag floats there must be a self-gov- erned people. Edward M. Shepard and Charles Francis Adams oppose ship sub sidy and tariff benefits for the enrichment of trusts; and Democrats of equal prom thence declare for free trade and for non-interference In industrial and com mercial affairs upon the ground that ] trusts" and mergers are governed by
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all pronounced a cure affected. Then the sale begins. He cries out:
 There are three kinds of fools in this world-fools of pretense. fools of sense' and fools with no sense to believe the fools with sense. The latter kind l do not want around me. The second class want my medicine. Here 1t is. Two pack ages worth $2, with two bottles l Will sell you one bottle and one package Tor 50 cents, and give you one bottle and one package. It Is sold under positive guar antee. Have you all bought? If you haven't it is not q lack of good judgment but a lack of 50 cents.
 Just think. Fifty cents to me may save you $50 What is it anyway? Just the price of a few cheap drinks or cigars. You had just as leave give 1t to ne and always be well as to keep it and pay some doctor $50 when you get sick.
 ':Who am I? I am the wonder worker That's me. l am the wonder worker. The people of the valley of Virginia dubbed me that name. I am no humbug. It only costs 50 cents to prove it. At the same time 1t costs $50 to prove a doctor is humbug. I am a graduate of medicine. Here's my certificate Che displays a ragged bit of paper looking as If some pencil marks had been made upon it). can tell at a glance what you are suf- fering from. I am the wonder-worker. Buy my medicine and find that out. It will cure you, no matter what you have"
 And so he continues for hours at a time, always passing out his packages and bottles to credulous negroes and some whites. He blockades almost a whole street. And he says he is here to stay. Is he? Let the law answer.
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New Party Men and Old Party Doctrines. Lining Up for the Coming National Fight


economic laws by which they must sur vive or fall.
 Many leaders believe that In order for the party to gain a great victory it will be necessary for David B. Hill and Will liam J. Bryan to sacrifice their personal ambitions. and for James D. Richard son of Tennessee. and James K. Jones' chairman of the National Committee, who have been closely identified with the for tunes of Bryan, to step to one side and make way for men who have the con fidence of the entire Democracy and not identified with one of its factions.
 The conditions prevailing throughout the nation when MT. Bryan was nominat- ed have changed. At that time he was believed to bo the long-sought-for Moses; today a new condition confronts the cit- izens of the Republic. They demand men and leaders who are not committed to old policies and will inspire confidence and adhere to new platform. Men like John P. Hopkins of Illinois. Josiah Ouin- cy of Massachusetts Alexander Troup of Connecticut, Norman E. Mack. Will liam c. Whitney and Daniel Lamont of New York. William Harrity of Pennsyl- vania Grover Cleveland, Senator James Smith, c. B. M. Harvey of New Jersey, Senator German of Maryland. There are scores of such men.
 In this roll of honor who can it be said has the strongest backing; that is upon what man will these leaders unite for national leadership? He must be young man of national ability, of sterling integ rity, possessing the inherent qualities of leader Col. George B. M. Harvey of New Jersey is such a man. He unites in himself the dominant powers of a leader. calmness, cautiousness, broadness, and capacity for great executive action, and above all he is a staunch party man.
 The necessity of having a young man at this time as a national leader is ob- vious. Only young men will meet the new conditions and not be dragged down by the old doctrines and the old measures. The principles of Democracy are un- changed by time, and the party to gain grand victory must be led by a young and forceful man.
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after wards bounced upon by Oscar Ven- able for interfering.
 When I got out on the pavement John Venable continued after me with up- lifted chair, threatening to brain me. and finally threw the chair at me, the force of which would have certainly seriously injured or killed me, but I caught 1t on my right hand This occurred just as I was about to protect myself against an attack from Currey, as I supposed at the time. In this effort I slipped on the wet pavement and was again fallen upon.
 q got up by some means, concluded as I was lame and unable to retain my foot irg on the wet pavement, and as the en- tire Venable family, Currey and their friends were after me, l had as well take lutle more of it, and returned to my place of business.
 "As to Venable's statement that would murder him, I leave it to those who know me and who know my reputation Tor peace and quiet I never even owned pistol. whether I would murder anybody. Ttis Ia further successfully contradicted in this that, although lame, as every one knows I went unarmed into piace where every one was my sworn enemy. told the Venables I came only to see c,rrev. and did not desire any difficulty with them. did tell the Venables they had done all the harm they could, ana had never permitted an opportunity 10 mass to iniure me In my business when they could do so honestly or otherwise.
 q again state that my son Paul oio not put in an appearance until l reached the pavement, and Venable speaks falsely when he says Paul was with me Tn the house or was put out when was.
 "It is too well known to the large num- Der of spectators that the Venables be- came so wild they really did not know who theI were attacking. I can truthful ly say I regret the necessity that forced me to no among pronounced enemies to protect my son who had been beaten by a man.
 ''In reference to the claim of the Ven ables that they acted as peacemakers. l dcny this most empiatiI1l;N For from the very beginning they seemed to regard the trouble as between me and them. in- st cad of between me and Currey. My face and body bear marks of these peace makers CD and no one else so far as know.
 If all peacemakers are like these. God deliver me from the evils of reckless defenders of wrongs done by another.
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Accused Persons Overwhelmed by the Wealth of the State Are at Great Disadvantage if Not Wealthy.
BY JULIUS CHAMBERS.

one of several of the recent murder trials in New York. The Dolly Reynolds and Kennedy case, the Molyneux case the Brooks-Burns case Let us take the last of these. In this case a young man by the name of Brooks is found lying in a hotel bed with a bullet wound in his head. Hours after the discovery he is taken to a hospital. He dies. He is known to have gone to this hotel with a young woman. But what young woman. A few hours prior to going to the hotel the last person who Is known to have seen him alive, testifles that a young woman, Miss Burns, called on him at his office. The relationship between Brooks and Miss Burns casts suspicion upon her. She Is arrested. In the police station she is identified by colored bell boy as the woman who went to the bedroom of the hotel No one else saw her enter or leave. No one heard the report of the pistol
 At once the endless resources of the state are put behind the machinery of law to build up the evidence. Every rela- tionship in life Is investigated. All that Is said, deplorable, miserable about these unhappy young people is exposed for the purpose of establishing a motive for the crime. Piece by piece, fragment by frag- ment, they are patched together In a fabric. Police, detectives, and scores of persons enter into the chase of these fragments. And the accused deprived of liberty Is compelled to sit in prison. Her counsel must remain silent until the ac- cusation Is framed, otherwise 1t might be patched up on other lines. He can not use the police and the detectives to seek the witnesses he desires. From the outset the great power Is not law. It Is money Assuming the case comes to trial. Again 1t is money Some trials cost the country upwards of $40.000. What will be the fate of one who cannot raise $10O for lawyers, expert testimony, etc.?
 Singularly enough, in many instances,
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the fabric of evidence as fashioned by the prosecution Is strong and seemingly conclusive The combination of actual circumstances are damaging to the accus- ed and the presumption would be of guilt And yet they might not actually establish guilt. Some years ago in Scot land, two gentlemen met in an inn. For years bad blood had existed btween them. One travelled alone, we will call him Smith; the other, Brown, had valet They were assigned to adjoining rooms connected by door. but each chamber had It's own entrance In the small hours of the morning Smith was awakened by a noise and a groan from Browns room. He rushed in and found Brown covered with blood, stabbed with a knife He pulled out the knife. The valet entered. Brown died Smith was charged with murder. The valet testified that he rush. ed into the room and saw Smith holding the knife in his blood stained hand The relationship of the two men was shown to prove motive. Smith was executed. Many years after. the valet, on his death bed, made a statement He confessed the murder.
 may have been in the hotel with him. She
 may have left him there. If so what evi- dence could she give to prove that she
 was not there when he was shot Other
 situations have occurred equally difficult
 to explain by a person accused of crime
 Until such time as the accused is of fered by the state, an equal opportun- ity with the prosecution to prove his in- nocence, the theory of our law favors the man who has the largest means. The rights of the accused are preserved by trial judges in the matter of evidence submitted before the jury, but in obtain ing this evidence the machinery of gov ernment Is for the prosecution and be- comes, almost, the prosecution of the individual.
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Riches and Justice

Americans and English pride them and England, in so far as they raise about individuals bulwarks to resist encroach- ment upon life and liberty. It Is common-' ly believed that the life of the citizen of either country is protected by law from merciless prosecution and persecution. And in support of the doctrine of protec- tion the difficulty of securing a conviction for murder in the first degree is cited as an illustration. The procedum of the French courts is instanced. The general idea that a person accused of crime is innocent until proven guilty is spoken of as a vast improvement over the French theory that the accused is guilty until proven innocent.
 All doctrines and prevailing ideas are sound or false just in so far as they can stand the test of application. law or a theory of law that surrounds the rich man with ample safeguards and af- lords the poor man none is obviously weak. Made for the benefit of all, for the poor as well as the rich, they should not enable the rich criminal to escape and the poor to be condemned; and, yet, who, in all great communities is not con- scious of the fact that the accused who can retain the most experienced of coun- sel is much more likely to escape con- viction than the accused who has no means to employ lawyers equal to those of the prosecution?
 In a great city ,or in any rich county, the boundless resources of a city, a county and State. are arrayed against the accused, while the slender means of the suspected are soon exhausted in the unequal contest Take. for instance, any
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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
A Decided Decline In the Price of
 Seats.

New York, March 15.-For some unex- pected reason there has been decided slump in the price of seats on the New York Stock Exchange. seat sold yes terday for s6o.OOo and another today for s5S. GOO. The latter sale is s7OOO below the last sale reported and $17.ooO below the high level price of two months ago. Brok- CTS ascribe the break to the fact that the market now and for some time past has been wholly "professional,' or in other words, the speculative public is standing aloof.
 Because of this marked apathy on the part of the general public the spring business in the street is much lighter than usual
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RAILROADS INDICTED.
Federal Grand Jury Charges Violation
 of Interstate Commerce Law.

Louisville. March Establishments were returned by the Federal grand jury yes terday against railroads and shippers, charged with violations of the interstate commerce laws. but the names of the firms and persons involved have not, been made public It is said three of the largest roads in this district are men tioned in the true bills. as we'll as prom inent grain shippers of Henderson, Mem phis and St. Louis
 The federal officials refuse to give out anything definite on the subject, but it is alleged that the specific offense charged will be the billing of goods shipped from east of the Mississippi with an Omaha or western date mark Goods shipped to the south and southeast from points west of the Mississippi, it is alleged, are given a rebate of 3 cents on the Dushel.
 The investigations have been conducted with great secrecy, and John T. March and, attorney, and J. M Smith, auditor of the interstate commerce commission. who have been assisting District Attor- ney Hill in the work of obtaining evi- dence, left tonight for Washington.
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Club of Los Angeles. The bids. with the exception of the Los Angeles club, offer ed only straight percentage of the gross receipts. The Los Angeles club submit ted three propositions; A purse of s25000, 70 per cent of the gross receipts with guarantee of s20,OO0, and 75 per cent of the receipts. The local bids follow:
 National Athletic Club. S2 per cent; Yosemite Athletic Club. 66 2-3 per cent; San Francisco, 70 per cent; Twentieth Century. 80 per cent; Bay City, 621R per cent to the principals and 12lA per cent to charity; Hayes Valley 75 per cent
 Delaney announced that the bids would be considered by Jeffries and Fitzsim- mons. who would probably require some tlflc to determine which was the best offer
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TEACHERS MEET IN GERARD.
Favor Filming Tutors Who Do Not At.
 tend institutes.

Columbus, Ga., March 15.-(Special.)- The teachers of Russell county Ala, at a largely attended institute fin Girard today adopted resolutions urging their representatives to use all their energies to have the school laws of Alabama so amended that any teacher who fails to attend at least one institute during the year without valid excuse be fined.
 A resolution was adopted endorsing State Superintendent of Education John w. Abercrombiet
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cRUMPAckER FAVORED.
Committee Will Report His Resolution,
 Which Strikes at the South.

Washington, March 15.-speaker Hen derson and his lieutenants of the House have decided to report the Crumpacker resolution for the appointment by the Sneaker of a committee of thirteen to in vestiqate the election laws of the South ern states and to decide whether the right of suffrage is abridged contrary to the provisions of the constitution.
 The resolution gives the committee the ,ou,er to summon witnesses and send for nersons and papers. The committee on rules will be called together next week to formally report this resolution.
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WILL RAISE WAGES.
Fall River Manufacturers Decide On
 Increase of 10 Per Cent.

Fall River. Mass, March 15.-At meeting of the Fall River Manufacturers Association, held this afternoon, 1t was voted to increase wages in all Fall River 10 per cent on next Monday. The meeting was attended by nearly all those who had signed the agreement not to advance wages more than per cent.
 The meeting ended shortly before 5 o'clock. Today's events have been the most sensational in years In the local textile industry, as never before have matters gone so far and a strike been ayerted.
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VIEW ALTGELD'S REMAINS.
Body of lIIinoisan Lies In State For
 Several Hours.

Chicago March 15.-The body of the late John P. Altgeld lay in state in the Public Library today and was viewed by thousands of people. At 10 o'clock the coffin will be closed and tomorrow 1t will be taken to Graceland Cemetery.
 In the procession to the cemetery will be Governor Yates and staff, state, coun- ty and municipal officials, the United Turner Societies, Democratic organiza- tions, labor unions. civic and fraternal societies. Boer sympathizers. the Altgeld Lekion and citizens kenaraily.
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NEW BOND ISSUE.
Birmingham Belt Railroad Will Make
 Extensive Improvements.

The Birmingham Belt Railroad Con- pany has decided to issue $1,5OO,0OO of gold bonds bearing per cent interest. The proceeds will be used to pay off the original purchase price of the property and make extensive improve ments.
 A deed of trust has been executed by the company to the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston, by which the property of the company is trans- ferred to secure the issue, which will be handled by the Old Colony Trust Company.
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DR. WiLLINGHAM TO PREACH.
We'll Known Secretary of Baptist For
 eign Mission Board.

The Rev. Dr. R. J. Willingham, one of the most prominent men in the Baptist denomination in the South and core spending secretary of the Baptist Foreign Mission Board of Richmond Va, will preach this afternoon at 8 o'clock at the Pratt City Baptist Church.
 Dr. willingham is a speaker Of un- usual power He has been connected with the Foreign Mission Board for number of years, and is in direct charge of over one hundred missionaries.
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FIELD CLUB TEAM WON.
St Louis Team Was In Lead by 18 Up.
 Handicap Saturday.

Hot Springs, Ark, March 15-The team golf match. which took place here today between the Field Club team of St. Louis and the Riverside Club team of Chicago, for the beautiful solid silver loving cup donated by the Arlington and Eastman Hotels. was won by the former team by the score of IS up. The match was for eighteen holes, and all local rules were discarded. the ball to be played from where it laid
 Next Saturday, the 22d. handicap tournament will be played on the Hot Springs links for the Park Hotel trophy solid silver cup, open to all visiting ana local golfers.
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SndustvlaA News.

It is understood that the men who are seeking to interest capital in the project to build a large rolling mill in this district are making satisfactory progress and that $5O0,00O will prob ably be subscribed within the next few weeks.
 The Black Diamond Coal Company, with a capital of $10,000, has begun work at its new mines near Jasper. MT. R. R. Stobert Is president, Tom Stobert is vice president, J. M. Donald son of Pratt City is secretary and treasurer, and John L. Powell of Ems ley is manager of the mines. The head office of the company is in Bir- mingham.
 MT. J. J. Shannons resignation as superintendent of the Ensley furnace division of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company has been ac- cepted. MT. Shannon has been with the company for a number of years and enjoys the reputation of being one of the most skillful furnace men in the South.
 The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail- road Company is planning to build, this spring, a fifty-ton mixer near it's steel mill. This improvement will en- able the company to increase it's steel output considerably.
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ALABAMA DEATHS.
Ernest Tanning.

Huntsville, March 15-(Special)-Erne Tanning, aged 50 years, prominent planter of Newmarket, shielded last night by shooting a pistol bullet through his brain. He was demented. being only re- gently out of the insane asylum. A wife and two children survive t~i.
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SPECIAL RATES .Si Via Southern Railway.
SlsE

Annston. Ala. and return account Bir- mingham Presbytery and Alabama State Association Congregational Church. March 27 to April 1, one and one-third fare for the round trip. on certificate plan. c. E. JACKSON,
 Travelling Passenger Agent. 20ls First Av-
 enue, Birmingham, Ala. S-13-5t
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PULLMAN SLEEPER
Birmingham to Mobile Via the South
 ern Railway.

Effective November 1s the Southern Pathway will shorten the Mobile Chatta- nooea sleeping car line and will operate same Birmingham to Mobile and re- turn. Sleeper will be placed at union denot at D. m.. and parties can occupy same after that hour.
 c. E. JACKSON, Travelling Passenger Agent. Birmingham. Ala u-14-tf
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Raid On Moonshlners.

Huntsville, March -(SpeciaD-Deputy Collector Root and other revenue officers made a successful raid last night on moonshiners in the northern part of Mad ison county J. s. Bynum and N R. Brad ford were arrested. Four mules and a wagon and two barrels of excellent whis- ky were confiscated.
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BIDS FOR THE FIGHT.
JeffrIes and Fltzsimmons Will Con
 sider Them for Some Time.

San Francisco. March 15.-Bids for the Jeifries- -Fitzsimmons fight were opened here tonight. Billy Delaney represented Je1ries at the opening. A number of To- cal clubs submitted bids. The outside club to put in . bid was the Century
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First Methodist, church.-Preaching at II a. m. and 8 p. m. by the pastor. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Young Mems meeting at 3 D. m. Epworth League at 6:45 p. m.
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Illustrate your advertisements. The -.e-Herald Engraving Co. makes cuts. Both line cuts and half toness
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High Mass.-Tomorrow being St. Patrick's Day. there will be high mass at St. Paul's Church at a. m. The Rev. Father O'Reilly will be the cele- brant, and the Rev. Father Mennes will deliver an address appropriate to the occasion.
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CITY

arriage Licenses.-Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to Burt V. Martin and Alice lowers, Rube Dixon and Pearlie Ann Kirkpatrick.
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Given Heavy Fines.-Will Carlton and Henry Williams, both negroes. were fined $100 each by Judge Feagin on charge Of carrying concealed weapons.