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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06
ALL READY FOR LAUNCHING.
SIT Thomas Upton Says Ills Boat Is
 All In Readiness.

Glasgow, March 5.-Sir Thomas Lipton. after making an inspection of the Ameri- oas cup challenger today, said that everything was practically ready to launch the Shamrock III at 1:3O o'clock on the afternoon of St. Patrick's day. when general holiday would be de- clared in Dunbarton.
 He said his conviction that he had the cup ''lifted' grows and increases every time he sees the Shamrock III. and he Is pleased to find that his opinion was shared by those who were good judges.
 Designer Watson said he was satisfied that the new boat would prove decided advantage over anything yet produced and would be able to give a considerable time allowance to the Shamrock II. De- signer Fife, who is generally reticent in his opinions, admitted that the sham rock III would be the prettiest boat ever sent across the Atlantic.
 The first trial spin of the challenger is set for March 27. It is hoped she wilt arrive in New York the first week of July. It is now uncertain whether there Will be any trial races in American wa ters. Col. Sharman Crawford. vice com- modore of the Royal Ulster Yacht club, will act as manager of the boat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06
it ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER II ALABAMA
The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark when neither Is attended.
 Merchant of Venice.
Dams ln NavlqabIe Rivers.

The position taken by President Roosevelt in his veto message, at the instance of Chairman Burton of the rivers and harbors committee, is i'm perialistic to say the least. It asserts government ownership in all navigable waters in the country. This Is an as sertion of national sovereignty in a new sense and new manner. It calls, too, for big schemes and a leasing of water by the horse power. It would put the government into the power business on large scale.
 Altogether the veto is a novel de- parture. It calls for:
 l. The utilization of water power until 1t meets the cost of improve ments for navigation purposes. Mus sel Shoals is a case in point.
 ?. A comprehensive scheme for de- veloping power in the navigable rivers for electrical purposes, all to be done
 
 by the government.
 3. A bureau to manage the gov ernment's power plants in accordance with the advance in electrical science. All these propositions are fairly de- ducible from the short veto of the bill to authorize N. F. Thompson to construct a dam at Mussel Shoals. It is plain that congress will not build any power plants, and it is equally plain that it will continue to pass bills similar to the one vetoed The veto is based upon propositions that are not tenable, for the government has no right under the constitution to build and maintain power plants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06
Increase in the Canal Bonus.

Attorney General Knox has secured an extension of the option on the French rights at Panama, and the senate is sitting in extra session. There is, therefore, no occasion for undue haste, and it is to be hoped Senator Morgan will unearth the reas- ons for an increase of $3,000, 900 in the bonus to be paid to Colombia. When the Hay-Coucha negotiations were progressing last spring Colombia was willing to accept as bonus $7,000, 900, and at that time the revolutionists were very aggressive and threatening
 Suddenly great change took place. The revolutionists went unwhipped, and yet all at once they surrendered, and when the Hay-Herrin treaty was disclosed a short time later in the year it was seen that the bonus had been swelled to s1O,OOO.OOO. And when Senator Morgan asked that the cor
 respondence of the naval officers sta toned at or near Panama last year be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06
Special Session of the Senate.

Yesterday the senate met in extra session practically to consider the Panama canal treaty and the Cuban reciprocity treaty. The latter is op- posed by the sugar trust, which de- sires to retain control of all raw su- gars, wherever produced. The sugar trust is said to be in politics with both feet, being heavy contributor to Mir. Hannas campaign funds. It is con ducting, however, before the extra session a losing fight, and when the vote is taken it will be seen that 1t has very few senatorial supporters.
 The canal bill will also be ratified. Senator Morgan vastly prefers a canal on the Nicaragua route, as do all other Alabamians, but the will of the ma jority is against us, and we must ac- cept canal across the narrow isth- gan will be able to secure some mod ifications in the treaty but in the long run it will be ratified, and the con- struction of the canal will then be speedily begun.
 The holding of the extra session is evidence of the fact that senators pre- fer such an inconvenience to any  closure rule. The senate's superior strength Is due to the fact that in 1t debate is not stifled-that the one man power of the house is not possible and that all senators can gain hear ing, even if that hearing includes speeches of strictly dilatory nature. Abuse of speech is considered in the senate preferable to the tyranny of Reed closure system. The majority controls in the senate and will con- tinue to control, although an extra session may now and then become necessary in the course of the process.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06
From the Atlanta News.

From the Atlanta News.
 There will be number of seats vacant at the different performances of Ben Hur' the remainder of the week that had been paid for by parties who were anxious to see the stupendous produc- tion of the religio- historic drama by Klaw & Erlanger, because of the relenting mind of a large number of attendants upon the Tabernacle Bible conference, who last night, in obedience to a request from Dr. Campbell Morgan, the speaker of the oc- casion, drew forth in the open from their pockets and purses the coupon theatre checks and tore them into fragments.
 In the course of his discourse on Pet CTS Fall' delivered last night from the Tabernacle pulpit Dr. Campbell Morgan, in tracing the steps that lead to backslid- ing in the lives of Christians, severely criticized the performance of Ben Hur !" He denounced 1t as sacrilegious and hurt full to the minds of good people.
 In speaking of the distance people travel from the Lord, who are pretending to live godly lives, the speaker declared that one of the first steps in the direction of perdi- ton Is the purchase of a ticket to a so- called harmless theatre. |" Ben Hur,' for example," he exclaimed, continuing:
 ''The man who thinks he can attend a vulgar theatre and see our blessed Lord dramatized in such form and not be hurt in religious l.fe Is already back slider.
 ''It Is a shame before God that so beau tiful a story should ever have been prosti- tuted to such a low and ungodly purpose Alas! Alasl That such sacred things should be misused by so reckless a peo- ple."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06
THE BETRoTHED.

By Rudyard Kipling.
 You must choose between me and your cigar" Open the old cigar box, get me Cuba
 stout, For things are running crossways, and
 Maggie and I are out. We ouarreled about Havanas--we fought
 ov'r a good cheroot, And I know she is exacting, and she says
 l am a brute. Open the old cigar box-let me consider a
 space; In the soft blue veil of the vapor, musing
 on Maggie's face. Maggie is pretty to look at--Maggie's a
 loving lass, But the prettiest cheeks must wrinkle
 the truest of loves must pass. There's peace in a Laranaga, there's
 calm in Henry Clay But the best cigar in an hour is finished
 and thrown away Thrown away for another as perfect and
 ripe and brown But I could not throw away Maggie for
 fear O the talk O the town. Which Is the better portion - bondage
 bought with a ring, Or harem of dusky beauties, fifty tied
 In a string? Counselors cunning and silent-comforters
 true and tried. And never a one of the fifty to sheer at
 a rival bride. Thought in the morning early, solace in
 time of woes, Peace in the hush of the twilight, balm
 ere my eyelids close. will scent 'em with best vanilla, with
 tea will temper their hides, And the Moor and the Mormon shall
 envy who read the tale of my brides. For Maggie has written letter to give
 me my choice between Te wee little whimpering Love and the
 great god Nick O Teen. Open the old cigar box--fet me consider
 anew > Old friends. and who is Maggie that I
 should abandon you? A million surplus Maggies are willing to
 bear the yoke: And a woman is only a woman, but a
 good cigar Is Smoke.
 first sworn vows, If Maggie will have no rival. I'll have m
 Maggie for spouse!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06
PREACHER CAUSES MANY
 TO GIVE UP BEN HUR

It was evident that at this point in his talk the speaker had his hearers under his influence, and in a most dramatic manner he walked to the front of the platform and in a loud, clear and per suasive voice cried out:
 Have you got your tickets, Christians, for Ben Hur?" " Here for an instant MT. Morgan paused and surveyed his vast au- dience, who showed some signs of being restless. He continued;
 Has the devil deluded you? If so, burn them and save your. standing with God"
 There was a f1uttering noise throughout the congregation and almost before the sound of the last word of the speaker had died away many were seen to tear in- to fragments small pieces of red cardboard. When Dr. Broughton opened the church this morning to have cleaning out be- fore the converting of the conference there were scattering fragments all over the large auditorium of Ben Hur" tickets, and a number were found on the outside of the church on the sidewalk and in the street
 MT. Henry DeGive, manager of the Grand opera house, when told of the incl dent that occurred at the Tabernacle Baptist church last night said:
 '"The idea is absurd and I am very much surprised to hear of it. Ben Hur' has had the indorsement of the various denominations throughout the country ever since 1t was dramatized. and the per formance Is regarded as elevatng to the Christian mind by some of the leading ministers in the country, among whom is Bishop Potter one of the most devout and conservative divines of modern
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06
HAS NOT THE PRESIDENT
 REFUSED TO FACE FACTS?
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
 2 HAVE scant sympathy with the mere
 doctrinaire, with the man of mere 5 theory who refuses to face facts.-- President Roosevelt to Clark Howell.
 Has not Mr Roosevelt refused to face" and give due consideration to very im- portant facts in the unfortunate con troversy raised by the appointment of Dr. Crum and the determination to adhere to 1t?
 The appointment Is highly obnoxious to the people of Charleston, whose feel ings and views are entitled to respect touching an official service of their own concern. It has drawn expressions of emphatic disapproval from public men and newspapers in the north as well as the south. The senate committee on for eign relations has condemned it and the senate itself. by failing to take action, has indirectly disapproved it. There is no sort of doubt that If persisted in 1t will lead to bitter sectional feeling and race prejudice, to be deplored by the entire country. These are plain facts which call for the abandonment of the III
 
 and considered by the President must have that desirable effect.
 In the same letter MT. Roosevelt de- clares that he cannot treat color either as a bar or a title to office. Yet Dr. Crum was evidently appointed because of his color, since there was no lack of available white citizens of equal worth and even greater business qualifications for the position. Moreover. in writing of this very appointment last winter MT. Roosevelt declared 1t was his purpose to appoint colored men to office. He now cites the reappointment of a colored col lector at Savannah, and Is wholly at loss to imagine why the appointment of one should cause any more excitement than the appointment of the other"
 The reason is that in one case
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06
HILL OR PARKER.
Chairman Campbell of Democratic Committee, N. Y., Makes Declaration.

From the Washington Times.
 The Hon. Frank Campbell, chairman of the democratic state committee of New York, has recently delivered him. self of an important declaration. Not ], that anything which this distinguished democrat may say touchng the political situation in the Empire state may not be important but his latest utterance is es- pecially so.
 He says that If the Hon. David Ben- nett Hill Is a candidate for the demo- cratic nomination for President next year that the Hon. Alton B. Parker, chief justice of the court of appeals of New York; will not be. and that's all there Is to it.
 This announcement would seem to uis- pose for good and all of the candidacy of Judge Parker, and his followers might as well fold their tents and disperse, for everyone knows, or should know, that the Hon. David Bennett Hill is a candi- date for the Presidency, and has been for ltic past lOuItccH ytdIS. fAS ei tOitiieotS Presidential candidate. the Hon. William Jennings Bryan is his junior by several years. The only difference in this respect between the two Is that Mir. Bryan has been successful in receiving two nomina- tions, while such an honor has never been conferred upon MT. HILL
 Ever since Grover Cleveland went down has entertain ed the opinion that he was the logical candidate for the Presidency. The famous .snap" convention of February, 1892, was a part of his effort to capture the nomin- alton in that year, but he failed, as he did again in 1896. The demand for the renomination of MT. Bryan was as great in 1900 as 1t was for the renomination of Cleveland in 1892, and again MT. Hilrs ambition was foiled.
 If anyone imagines that Mir. Hill is not now a candidate for the nomination and will not be next year, he knows nothing about the Hon. David Bennett Hill The ambition of MT. Hills life has been to be President of the United States. and he has always believed that if nominated he could be elected.
 The fact that he insisted upon the nomination of the Hon. Bird s. Coler for governor of New York last year, when the demand of the people was for Judge Parker, was part of his campaign for the Presidential nomination. He we'll knew that if Parker had been nominated he would have been elected. and that his election as governor of New York would have made him a candidate for the Pres idency, and that his candidacy would have been demanded by democrats throughout the country; but Coier. if elected. would not have been a Presi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

the appointee Is acceptable and in the other obnoxious to the people eon- cerned. This suggests the true standard of appointment-acceptab to the com munity, together with fitness and quaii- fication. There are many colored office- holders in both the south and the north, and where they are acceptable and ef- ficient there Is no objection to them. But to force upon a city, either southern or northern, colored officer obnoxious to It's citizens and against their protest is to make color a title to office and to violate the vital principle of persona grata which should govern all appointments of white as well as co1ored citizens. and in the north as well as the south.
 It is said that in putting colored men in southern offices President Roosevelt Is but following in the footsteps of his pred ecessor.. But did MT. Mckinley ever show the lack of tact and consideration for local feeling that has given rise to this deplorable controversy? Would he have obstinately persisted in forcing an obnox- ious nomination against loud protest from the people affected by it? Such a mistake
 
 It is to be hoped the report Is not true that President Roosevelt is determined to make a recess appointment of Dr. Crum If his nomination is not confirmed during the extra session of the senate. This could hardly fail to lead to intense dissatisfac- tion in Charleston and deplorable agi- tation throughout the country. It would set the nation back a generation in race hatred and force an issue from which colored citizens would be the greatest suf- ferers. The adjournment of the senate without acting on the Crum nomination will afford the President good oppor- tunity, of which he may well take advan- tage, to drop 1t and send to the special session name that will command gen. eral approval and prompt ratification.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06
SMALLPOX IN CROWDED CAR.
Passengers Flee and the Sick Negro
 Is Locked In Alone.

Wilmington, Del. March 5-Locked in a Darby trolley car, from which the pas sengers had fled in wild confusion, James D. Harrison, a negro, suffering with ma city this morning and turned over to the authorities, who removed him to the Emergency hospital and fumgated the car
 The patient says he boarded the car at Chester, and shortly after leaving that city one of the passengers after watch Ing the sick man closely for some time, came to the conclusion that he had the smallpox. As a result there was a scram- ble on the part of the other passengers to leave the car. Two women were put off at their own request but the men on board decided to stand upon the platforms, locking the negro within.
 At Gordon Heights the colored patient made an attempt to escape, but thought better of 1t after being told that If he tried to leave the car he would be roughly dealt with. After that the negro seated himself and remained quiet.
 Any doubt as to his sickness was dis- pelled by Dr. Edgar Worthington who boarded the car outside of Wilmington. The physician said the man had smallpox and alighted at East Lake In order to notify the board of health authorities, who were awaiting the car when 1t raachad 2ixtb and Morkaf utraate
 Another case of smallpox was brought to the attention of the department that of negro who gave his name as James Pate, aged 21. He was removed to the Emergency hospital at Farnhurst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06
Control of the Senate.

All the changes have taken place in the senate. The republicans have gained four senators in Kansas, Wash ington, Idaho and Utah, provided Reed Shoot is seated. The democrats have gained four senators in Ken lucky, Maryland, North Carolina and Nevada. All third party men have disappeared, and the admission of two senators for Delaware raises the num- Der of senators to the full limit, ninety all told. These ninety consist now of fifty-seven republicans and thirty-three democrats, giving the republicans con trol of the senate by majority of twenty-four. In the last congress the republican majority was twenty-two. The gain of two Is due to the admis- sion of two senators for Delaware. Otherwise there has been no change in the political balance.
 Not since 1875 have the republicans had so large a majority in the senate. In that year they had a majority of twenty-six, including several recon struction republicans from the south. The truth is, the republicans have a larger bona fide majority in the sen ate today than they have had since the war period. Reconstruction sen ators were not real senators.
 Twenty-seven of the thirty-three democratic senators come from the south, and the other six from the far west-the Rocky mountain west. Col orado and Montana send two each, and Nevada and Idaho one each. The party division is thus almost sec tional division. This is not the case in the house, for nearly every large northern city sends to congress one or more democrats. The democrats have gained districts, but, not as yet, entire states.
 It will be at least six years before the democrats can carry enough north ern states to hand over control of the senate. They must obtain and hold at any rate seven northen states To reyolutionize the senate in 1905, they would have to carry twelve northern states. To win control of the senate in 1907 they would have to hold at least seven northern states. Look at the case as we will it is exceedingly improbable that the democrats can se- cure control of the senate during the next presidential term, which will be ended on March 4, 1909
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 There is nothing so humiliating to a woman as to faint when she isn't dressed for it.
 A girl gets as much excitement out of an engagement as man does out of a stock market panic.
 Any woman would cheerfully wear shoes with holes in the soles to be able to print a fashionable street number on her visit ing card.
 Every wife has an idea that if she could induce her husband to sleep with a stock ing around his throat it would be a sure cure for his cold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06
RUDENEss OF AUDIENCE.

From the Baltimore American.
 The bad manners of audiences Is becom- ing a serious question, and lately actors of prominence, becoming restive under the interruption to their work from the rudeness of those in front, have admin fstered a rebuke from the stage. This rudeness is manifested in the late coming, now practically habit of audiences, and in loud talking and laughing while the play is in progress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

dential candidate, but his election would have advanced Hills candidacy.
 So if Judge Parkers candidacy is con ditioned upon the non-candidacy of MT. Hill, it may be set down as assured that the New York jurist will not be the nom- inee. Hill is for Hill and not for Parker, for President Therefore, If MT. Camp bell is correct, the democrats may as well begin now as at any other time to talk about some one other than this New York jurist as their nominee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06
President Spencer on Education.

Samuel Spencer, president of the Southern railway and the Queen and Crescent lines, Is not only an able finan- cier and railroad man, but he is a broad thinker In general way and takes lively interest in such matters as edu- cation and agriculture His thoughtful address delivered in Atlanta recently on the education of the young men of the south along practical lines being the south's greatest need was widely read and favorably received.
 A prominent lawyer of Birmingham who met MT. Spencer in his car at the union passenger station yesterday re- ferred to the address, and while he in- dorsed 1t, remarked that he thought what Alabama most needed was mmigra- tion.
 "Yes. immigration is good thing" replied Mir Spencer. "but you cannot in- duce immigration until you have as good public schools as are found in the east north and west. Here in Birmingham you have. of course. a first-class public school system-as good as any to be found in large northern cities, perhaps But in the country the school year Is far too short. Men of family who are asked to leave their northern or western farms and settle In the south ask about the schools. It is the first question they ask. After the question of bread and meat and place to sleep, comes that of school privileges. And as everybody can get three square meals day, the ques- tion of educational advantages may be said now to be the one of primary im- portance,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06
About Persons.

Victor c. Dry and Judge J. F. Green of Anniston were in the city yesterday. c. F. Bell of Montgomery is at the Metropolitan.
 R. H. Cobb of Annston, president of the Anniston Lime and Stone company, is registered at the Morris.
 H. L. Mcconnell of Mobile is at the Hillman.
 w. A. sasseman of Evergreen is stop ping at the Metropolitan.
 E. T. Schuler of Gadsden is at the Morris.
 W. F. Aldrich of Aldrlch is at the Hill man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

Just think of it! Seventeen thou sand five hundred bills were introduced in the Fifty-seventh congress. No wonder fifteen members of it died be- fore it was ended.