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The Virginia enterprise., 1903-07-03
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wv To spend.
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so thoroughly
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Never interfere
With our innocent sports.
M And We are at liberty
TO shoot off our thumbs.
nD>( Ears or toes
SN&~ To express our feelings.
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\Ih Give him full swing,
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Chicago Daily News.
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The Virginia enterprise., 1903-07-03

Doctors Are So Modest.
Agent-Doctor, can I get your ad. for
the Weekly Boomer?
Doctor-Certainly not, sir! Don't you
know that it is impossible for physicians
to advertise? But you may interview me
on some scientific subject, two columns,
payment in advance.-Stray Stories.
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-07-03

need good remedy. Asa tonic it is ex-
cellent. In the short time I have used
itithas done me a great deal of good"
Willis Brewer. -
If you do notderive prompt and satis-.
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving q
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis. @
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio, -:
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-07-03
efferson Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. State Representa-

Mr. John Meng Jefferson Indianapolis
tive OF Indianapolis Business College, ~
benevs that owe health Peruna
% YIN and catasrh Of the omeh Ter
seeing an a. Isrnn as specific for cata decided
and seemed like Ihave bottle of Peuna
lent heaLfh."-J0hn W.
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-07-03

THE most common phases of summer
i catarrh are catarrh of the stomach
and: bowels. Peruna is specific for
summer catarrh.
Hon. Willis Brewer, Representative
in Congress from Alabama, writes the
following letter to DR.. Hartman:
House Of Representatives,,
Washington, D. c.
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, o. !:
Gentlemen-"I have used one bottle
of Peruna for lassitude, and take pleas
ure in recommending it to those who
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-01-26
INTERFERENCE
OF PRESIDENT
Brought Forth Sharp Rebuke from
Senator Hoar, Delivered
Publicly.

Washington, JANUARY Pin the
senate today Mr.. Burton requested
the passage of a bill which, he said,
had been vetoed by the president,
and explained that in its present
shape it was satisfactory TO the pres
ident. There was a disinclination
to take the matter up, and finally
Mr.. Hoar criticised the president
for having indicated to Mr.. Burton
his approval of the measure. 1t is
being continually stated in the
newspapers, said Mr.. Hoar, that
such and such bills are administra-
tion measures and that a set of
senators had called on the president
and made arrangements for the
senate's action on trust bills, the
Statehood bill and other measures.
''The time for the president TO
make up his mind about statutes is
after we have passed them and not
before, unless he avails himself OF
his constitutional privilege to make
communication to.the entire body
by message"
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-01-26
TIE MORMON OATH.
Which Ministerial Association Says
Makes Apostle smoot In
eligible.

Salt Lake, Utah, Jan. 2O-Apos-
tie Reed Smoot was elected United
States Senator at noon to-day by
the Legislature in separate session
smoot received forty-five OF the
sixty-three votes in the Assembly.
In the House he got thirty-fve OF
the forty-fve votes, and in the
Senate ten of the eighteen votes.
Two Republican Senators and four
Republican Representatives bolted
Smoot.
Tomorrow the two houses will
meet in joint session TO legally
ratify the action of to-day. The
announcement of the vote was
received with cheers
The Ministerial Associations
protest against Apostle Smoot is
ready to be sent to the United
States Senate. The argument is to
show that apostles, having taken
the secret Endowment House oath,
owe their first allegiance to the
Mormon Church, and cannot give
their undivided allegiance to the
Government.
The case of John Moore, to whom
citizenship papers were denied by
Judge Anderson, is quoted to show
what the Endowment House oath
is. Mrs. Sarah Gillmor gave the
following testimony at that time:
81 was a member of the Mormon
Church seventeen years ago and
went through the Endowment
House. Bathsheba Smith and Eliza
Show and Mrs. Hyde conducted me
through.
ain passing through the house
all took a covenant to avenge the
blood of Joseph and Hiram Smith
upon the American Nation and to
teach ii to their children and chill
dren's children, down to the third
and fourth generations. We took a
covenant to obey the priesthood,
and if we divulged anything that
was done there, we were to be dis
sectcd.2
Judge Anderson's decision was as
follows:
''The evidence in this case estab-
fishes unquestionabIy that the
teachings, practices and aims of the
Mormon Church are antagonistic to
the Government of the United
States, utterly subyersive of good
morals and the well-being of socie-
ty; that its members are animated
by feeling of hostility toward the
Government and its laws, and,
therefore, an alien who is a member
of said church is not a fit person to
be made a citizen of the United
States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-11

The entire case has been carefully in- yestigated by Governor Durbin, and as final result the governor of h. diana declines to reinstate the sheriff.
 No prisoner has been taken from a sheriff in this state since the new con stitution went into effect, and the operation of sections 13S and 174 of that instrument have not therefore been tested. A sheriff may be re- moved from office or impeached, "whneyer a prisoner is taken from jail or from the custody of any sheriff or his deputy, and put to death, or suffers greiyous bodily harm, owing to the neglect, connivance, cowardice or other grave fault of the sheriff" This is to be done by the Supreme court, "under such regulations as may be prescribed by law" This provision calls, therefore, for legislation, and an act covering such cases will be among the many other general acts demanded by the new constitution at the hands of the legislature that will meet next Tuesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-11
SCHoOLBOY "HOWLERS."

From the London Daily Chronicle.
 The University Correspondent has been offering prize for the best collection of schoolboy 'howlers," and in it's cur rent number publishes choice specimens from among those sent in by examiners. We select few of the most brilliant. One youthful historian wrote: John Wes- ley was a great sea captain. He beat the Dutch at Waterloo. and by degrees rose to be Duke of Wellington. He was buried near Nelson, in the Poets Corner at West minister Abbey" Asked to name six anil mals peculiar to the Arctic regions, boy replied, Three bears and three seals" Among other answers we have these: The Sublime Porte Is a very fine old wine.'' "The possessive case is the case when somebody has got yours and won't give it to you "The plural of penny Is twopence." Tn the sentence I saw the goat butt the man. butt is a conjunction. because it shows the connection between the goat and the man." Mushrooms ali ways grow in damp places, and so they look like umbrellas" One scientific stu dent thus explains the difference between water and air: 'The difference between water and air is that air can be mace wetter, but water cannot"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-11
Acts and Votes Here after.

"The time has arrived,' says the Jasper Mountain Eagle, when the people of Alabama are going to keep a tighter rein on their public ser wants, especially repreS entatives in the legislature. The latter's every act will be closely scrutinized, and wee be to the future political aspirations of the man who is caught in double deal ing or attempts to deceive his con stituents. The members of the com ing session of the Legislature will be required to deal honestly and frankly with the people. Promises made by such representatives prior to the elec- tion will not be overlooked and passed by as mere campaign lodges, but must be kept"
 There is no doubt but that the change thus presented by the Noun tain Eagle is full upon us. When cleo. tions were farces conducted by ballot box wizards, not much attention was paid to the promises or acts of public officers, but the new constitution and the primary system have changed all such loose and demoralizing methods, and public servants in this state wnl be confronted at the primaries by their acts.
 In this respect the newspapers of the state have duty to discharge All official acts and votes should be made known without fear or favor. This relates particularly to the coming leg islature, but it should be applied to all other official acts, in order that justice may be done all round in flu. ture primaries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-11
Trr ONLY DAILY aEwspAosa N Ats5,a,
A.. CIeveIand's Substitute.

The Montgomery Advertiser reluct- antly throws MT. Cleveland overheard in this manner:
 The Advertiser has more than once ex- pressed the opinion that MT. Cleveland Is the man to lead the party 10 victory. but we confess there are reasors why his nomination would not be best, and these reasons have no other foundation thsn those of policy. While we might say, with General Bragg, that we love him for the enemies he has made" we are compelled to take into account the in- Nuence of those enemies. By his uncom- promising devotion to the principles of sound democracy he has created antag- onisms in his party which cannot be ig nored or overcome In short, We fear that the party could not unite on him.
 It accepts Richard Olney as Mr. Cleveland's substitute, as a man of his sort t'-a man who dates back ten years, thus jumping what the es- teemed Advertiser calls "the political follies of the recent past These fol lies were embodied in the national platforms of 1896 and 1900, and they were accepted by six millions of dem- ocrats, and in 1896 they were bolted by but 6,462 in Alabama, out of about III, 1000 votes cast by democrats.
 But this is neither here nor there. What we desire to know is, what is to be gained by Haunting in the faces of earnest and sincere democrats the aforesaid political follies" thus i'm bedded in the national platforms? The occasion seems to be one for getting together all democrats, and the per sistency of the Advertiser in discuss ing political follies" does not have q tendency to bring all harmoniously to- gether again.
 The Age-Herald desires a return to the fold of all democrats, and it will not put chip ill the way of complete consolidation and reunion. It desires this above all else, and the Advertiser should drop it's political-follies fad and eternal puffing of Mir. Cleveland, and drop into line as if it naC never bolted a democratic ticket. The nominee of 1900 may not be MT. Olney, for Mc German and Judge Parker have many friends, and the contest over the three promises to be a lively one. But it need not be a bitter one, and it will not be so far as the Age-Herald is concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-11
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
Jefferson countv,a Population.

"A conservative estimate of Jefferson county's population Is 165. 0oO," said a banker. Tn 1890 it's population, according to the census, was sS, GOO, and in 1900 40. OC0.
 From 1890 to 1893 there was little or no increase in this county. and from '9s to s6, during the depression, people moved away, and had the census been taken in 1894 or 1895 the population would probably have been less than s5, OOO I state these facts to show at what great rate people located in Jefferson between 1897 and 1900. We'll, they have been coming at a faster rate since the last census than ever be- fore, and l am inclined to think that the population is nearer 175, 900 than 165,00O.
 "The rural population of the county is probably not over 25.O00. If, therefore, the county's population does not exceed 165.OOO there is left still to the credit of street car Birmingham or Greater Birmingham 10000. instead of 125,OO0, which some of the estimates make 1t :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-11
Tar and Motive Power Deficiencies.

All commercial authorities agree in saying that the lack of locomotives and cars is tho chief hindrance to the transaction of an almost unprecedent- ed amount of business this year. The movement of the great corn crop of last year has just been begun, and the volume of business pressing upon the railroads will not be materially less encd at any time that can now be fore scen-certainly not in the first six months of the present year.
 And this congestion of business Is upon the country, not because the rail roads are not trying to move all goods consigned to them, but recausc tho volume offered is simply imme' SC. In the year just ended 195, PAS freight cars were built or ordered, or several thousands more than were built in any previous year in this country. The number of locomotives that was also built or ordered in 1902 was 4,665, or about 300 more than were built or or dered in 1901. The cost of these cars and locomotives will be nearly, if not quite, $300,000, 900. It cannot there- fore be said that the railroads are not striving to meet public demands. The Southern railroad, for example, built or ordered last year 3,770 freight cars, and what the Southern did nearly ev- cry other long line did. The Southern also ordered ST locomotives. Facts like these go to show that the railroads are endeavoring to keep abreast of the volume of business.
 Some patience will be needed on both sides, however, this year if trade and commerce is to be kept moving without serious interruption this year. No one Is much at fault. The railroads were caught mapping, perhaps, but after all it would have been asking a good deal of them to have asked them in dull times to build cars and locomotives against good times that no one could see even on the horizon. Great prosperity has some inconveniences as well as great diversity, and car famine is one of those inconveniences, and the only help for it at present is energy on the part of the railroads and patience on the part of the shippers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-11
Subordinate City Officers.

The city democratic executive com mittee meets tomorrow, when the scope of the approaching city primary will no doubt be defined, and all nec- essary arrangements fer it's holding made. The selection of nominees In primaries has become tho fixed policy of the state. ard it is an excellent pol icy. for all experience goes to show that the people are the safest reposi- tory oi power.
 But there is one place where the line should be drawn, and that is whore ono official or one set of off cials is responsible for the conduct of other officials. When an individual or corporation holds an employe re- sponslble for the acts of certain other employes, it first authorizes him to se- lect thoso subordinates and to remove them at will Any other plan would be inefficient and impotent. The su- bordinates would in such case be insubordinate, their commissions com ing from higher and independent source.
 In the approaching primary like sensible business.like rule should be adopted. Eo subordinate should be named by the people for whose acts other officials are to be held responsi- ble. The principle is erroneous, and practice under it would be demoraliz- ing.
 There is no need of any such ac- tion. Take, for example, the selec- lion of subordinate police officers. Such officers report to tho police commission, which should be held to A rigid responsibility for the conduct of the police department. Unless we permit the commission to select it's own agents, how can we hold it to any such responsibility? Nor is the voice of the people to go unheeded. Let each man know for whom each candidate for police commissioner will vote. This the voter has right to demand. This he can readily obtain, and tho Age Herald will help him in his quest. But he should not go be- yond that. Do not name officials, and then endeavor to hold others respon sible for their acts. This would not bo business sense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-11
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT MANY MATTERS OF
 INTEREST TO THE PEOPLE OF BIRMINGHAM

ones and the police department of Bir- mingham is seriously handicapped at the present time.
 Nearly all the other states have laws similar to the one l have outlined, and Alabama is certainly entitled to one. Bir- mingham needs 1t badly.
 And right in this connection, I do hope that the board of aldermen of Birming- ham will grant the request of the police commission to allow at least thirty or forty new policemen for this city. As it is now, the entire residence section of Bir- mingham is left entirely without police protection. Good citizens are 1eld up al most nightly on the public streets and robbed of their watches, pocket change and other valuables. Houses on the Southside are burglarized continuously because of the absence of police protec- ton. Every resident must keep firearms to protect his family and his valuables. Men who are compelled to visit their of fees and places of business al night must bear firearms to protect themselves in going home. Thus 1t Is that good citizens must violate the law against carrying concealed weapons and lay themselves liable to a heavy fine and imprisonment. Yet what can we do? I have written much about the punishment which should be inflicted upon those who insist upon carrying concealed weapons. 1 believe that there should be a vigorous law against concealed weapons. This prac- tice has led to many murders and crimes in Birmingham. Still, the citizen, l must admit, under the present conditions, has a good excuse for going armed at night, especially when he lives some distance from the center of the city.
 The remedy is more policemen. We should have them at once. I happen to know that a number of citizens on the South Highlands are now raising a fund to have special policeman in a certain section to protect their homes This is all wrong. Every citizen who pays taxes is entitled to the protection which is af- forded by an ample police force.
 Raise taxes if necessary, but give our homes and cur families that police pro- lection which every wel-regul,-ed city affords to it's inhabitants.
 l have observed with regret that -cer- tain element of Brmingham's citizens are desirous of bringing up the dispensary contest in this county. Such a contest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-11
New York In Other Days.

Thirty years ago, when I was a youth. l used to hear great deal about the Fulton street midday prayer meetings in New York said citizen. My father subscribed to the New York Christian Observer and every week at our home the reports of the services and of the conversions were read with absorbing in- terest. The meetings were held in an old church building few blocks from Broad- way.
 ''f visited New York recently for the first time and went down Fulton street as matter of sentiment to attend one of the services, which had made such a stir in other days, and to my surprise I found that business houses had been built on the site of the old church. 1 was told that no prayer meeting had been held in Fulton street for a long while.
 ''The Sun and other papers have a good deal to say about the decline of eyangel- ieal religion in New York. The passing of the midday prayer meeting would seem to be one of the facts that substantiate te what they assert
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-11
Defeated Candidates Expenses.

pr. E. W. Jones, one of the defeated candidates for the legislature, ~Eo failed to give statement of campaing expenses, has this to say:
 T have been interested In lot of elec- tions and as usual thought when l was defeated that it was all over, so failed to file my statement of expenses. l dont mind giving the public the figures, how ever, and can truthfully state that the entire sum was $32. I spent s2O of this to get my name put on the official ballot; s10 of 1t was expended In printing, such as cards and circulars, and the other s2 was invested in car fare
 'I guess I will have to plead guilty to violating the law, but as Governor Jelks is In the same boat with me will depend on his mercy for a pardon.