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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18
From the Washington Post.

DITOR WATTERSON views the 66) future through spectacles or S deepest blue. He sees no sun light anywhere. He regards the recent democratic defeat as closing the door of hope for many years to come. AS TOT victory in 1908, impossiblei
 Colonel watterson, indulging in analy- sis and history, recalls the fact that for fifty years the democratic party held sway, being finally dislodged by the question of slavery. Ergo, the republicans are in for a lease of power which will only be terminated by a cataclysm. A great split in the party or some national convulsion like the civil war are the only dangers that menace it, according to his point of view, and both, he ad- mits, are extremely remote. Wheat must drop to 10 cents a bushel, cholera break out in the Philippines, or some other un- expected upheaval occur, before the dem ocrats will be themselves again. Colonel Watterson, erstwhile the champion of the star-eyed goddess of reform, is also du- bious as to the tariff. "The protective system maintained by the republicans,
 he says, lis as great an oligarchism as slavery, and sometime in the future it will wreck the party, but 1t is likely 10 be years before that happens
 The genial colonel is not in his accus- toned mood Optimism usually poses se- renely upon his classic forehead ana SIT rounds him like a halo. He does not weep with Niobe, but rather sports with joy fut Nomus Surely something has gone wrong with him that he should thus despair. He has forgotten, perhaps, that the tremendous victory of Grant over Greeley in 1872 was followed by demo- cratic triumph In 1876. He does not recall that the enormous republican majority in the Fifty-first congress melted like snow in the brief space of two years, and that Sneaker Crisp succeeded Speaker Reed. Why. then, should Colonel Watterson ut ter his doleful strain? Why should he give forth funeral dirge when hope has not entirely departed? He gives up too soon. One does not have to be a prophet or the son of a prophet to see the pitfalls that are in the path of the republicans. A thousand contingencies may arise to change the present chorus of exultation into minor chord of anxiety and doubt. The overwhelming character of the repub- lican victory may in itself lead to reck- lessness and extravaganza which the country will rebuke. The proposed revi- sion of the tariff will reveal much differ ence of opinion, and serious diseord is not unlikely. The trusts may become too arrogant to be endured. Not one of these things comes within Colonel Watterson s classification of the revolutionary and un- natural and any one of them is pos sible Is the democratic outlook, then, so hopeless? Otlht Colonel Watterson to yield himself so completely to despair? With all the mingled tenderness and sternness of a loving parent. we chide the genial colonel for his sad misgivings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18
Peace by Arbitration.

The North Sea commission, con- sisting of four admirals to be named bv Great Britain, Russia, France and the United States and one more to he named by the four is to meet soon in Paris, to hear witnesses, argu- ments and opinions, and is then and there to say what was done off Dog ger bank. and who should be held re- sponsibIe for the damage inflicted, and to what extent that responsibil- ity should go.
 It becomes the duty of both Eng land and Russia to furnish the com mission with all information it pos sesses touching the North Sea tnci- dent. and the commission will then nroceed to bring in a verdict. This verdict is not however, to be final or conclusive, but with the finding or the commission DeloIo 'hO w"
 ernments 1t is expected they will act in conformity thereto.
 Unless Admiral Roiestvensky can actually show that torpedo boats at tackled his fleet, nc will stand charged with an uncalled for and wicked as- sault upon defenceless fishing fleet Unless the actual presence of the al- legged torpedo boats can be estab- lished Admiral RojestYensky must shoulder the responsibility, and he will perhaps be removed from the command of the Baltic fleet.
 The world anticipates verdict that will bear heavily against Russian skill on the sea, and the English fisherman will no doubt be we'll recompensed for their losses-that Is to say, all fishermen who came out of the firing alive. As the case stands today Russia is charged either with criminal recklessness or sad in competency There seems to be no other choice. Russia will, however present a theory, if not a case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18
Reducing Southern RepresentatlOn.

The fourteenth amendment is nee essarily superseded by the fifteenth amendment, and whatever action MT Crumpacker advocates must be based on the latter, which forbids legisla- tion that deprives a citizen of the right to vote on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
 How should the fact be ascertained tnat a citizen has been deprived of the right to vote by reason of his race, color, or previous condition of servitude? Evidently Mir. Crum- packer, who is endeavoring to achieve fame as an abridger of representa- tion, thinks the question should be decided by committee of the houss ot representatives. that committee to be headed by himself, and the greater part of which is to be made up of fellows like unto himself.
 This, however, would be the height of irregularity. If any state has passed a law affecting in any manner the ballot let that law be investigated, but the place of final investigation is the United States supreme court. not the house of representatives. If any l.w be questionable, it is not the part of the house of representatives to test 1t. It is a judicial question, if the methods of the past are a guide. The judicial branch of the government still exists, and it is wholly competent to test any law of any state affecting organized for that and similar pur poses.
 MT. Crumpacker proposes in the first place to act before 1910, contrary to all practice and all law; in the second place, he proposes to super sede the court of last resort, and in the third place, he proposes to pass a joint resolution cutting down rep fesentation by abolishing freedom of debate in the senate. In order to ac- complish his demagogical purpose he proposes, in short, to change the na- ture of the supreme court and of the senate. Can he do it? Probably not, but still he can try to do it, and while he is trying to do it he expects to be kept in congress even if it be for a lifetime. He is wholly willing to serve a lifetime in congress as an agitator, and he can find no other
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18
UNION SPRINGS PROSPEROUS.

From the Union Springs Herald
 The Birmingham Age-Herald, in it's is- sue of the 10th inst, contained quite nice write-up of Union Springs by its stan correspondent, Frank V. Evans, who spent day or two of last week here col lectfng data for his article During a stay of that length of time no careful ob- server could fail to note the many evil dences of prosperity, and Mir. Evans did not fail to note and praise the spirit of progressiveness and enterprise now exist ing here. These evidences of prosperity are more easily seen in Union Springs, as the largest town, than in the rest of tlSs county. but the good fix in which the whole county is now was observed by this expert correspondent, and there were warm words of commendaton for the farmers of old Bullock ans congratula- tions on harvesting such a good crop
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18
IN HOTEL LOB8lES
AI.bams Marble

Why not build the new high school .' 0l Alabama marble?" suggested pe,'i0'ls and home-lovlng citizen in the l0pDs VI the Hillman last night
 Tt would make a beautiful apeparance and start the ball in motion that would be a great advertisement oi one .ne resources of the state. There are a iew quarries in Tanadega county which ought to furnish the material at actual cost, and I believe they would do it. lt would be as cheao as brick and much more at traotive. would like to know that proposition like this is under consioera- ton. Let us try it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18

1908. No one can now say what that platform will be, simply because dem oeratic principles must be fitted to issues and conditions of that year. Those issues and conditions may be very different from those of today. The party will stand by the plain peo- ple. as it ever has, and it will be in
 1908 a very live party, and that Is all
 any one can prudently say at present
 It is all that need be said. Time and
 the old historic party will do the rest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18
Death of Superintendent Lang.

Death of Superintendent Lang.
 w. s. Lang, who was shot at Bloc ton Saturday night, died yesterday at St. vincents hospital, in this city, from the effects of the wound. The death by violence of any reputable citizen is deplorable, but in the fatal shooting of MT. Lang the community Is especially stirred, regardless of the personality of the deceased.
 MT. Lang was the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company's superin- tendent at it's coal mines at Blocton. He enjoyed the reputation of being just man as well as an exceptionally efficient mine manager. But he incur red the enmity of some of the union miners working under him prior td the strike and the Tennessee company was asked to discharge him. The com pany made an investigation and then publicly announced that the miners not only had no grounds for griev- ance, but that MT. Lang was giving eminent satisfaction as superintend- ent. Since the strike the Tennessee company's mines have been worked by non-union men.
 The trouble Saturday night fol lowed the arrest of two union miners who were said to be trespassing on the Tennessee company's property at Blocton and the escape of a third union miner who was alleged to belong to the trespassing party.
 While one of the theories of the shooting is that the union miner who escaped fired the bullet, there are other theories, and in the absence of developments the public is at loss to know what to believe concerning the identity of the assassin.
 But it behooves every right-minded citizen in this district, regardless of union or non-union sympathies, to give expression condemnatory of the outrage which resulted In MT. Lang's untimely end.
 Lawlessness was in evidence in the mining camps soon after the strike
  was declared, and more than one man was shot. But Mr. La :, was the first | high official to meet his death, and this tragedy therefore rises to more serious level and becomes burning public matter.
 The Tennessee company has offered a large reward for information that will lead to the arrest of the man who shot MT. Lang, and the murderer is almost sure to be brought to justice eventually.
 While large part of this commu- nifty feels friendly to the union miners and while every man in Birmingham feels sure that the officials of the United Mine Workers deplore the oc- currence at Blocton as much as any persons in the district, 1t will be espe, cially in order at this juncture for the | miners union to join actively with the citizens at large in every movement to maintain law and order.
 The union miners have perfect right to strike, No sane man ques- tions this right. But the Tennessee company and every other mining con cern has a right to operate their mines with non-union miners if they see fit. There is no place in this district for the murderer. be he union or non union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18
MARoUlsE DEs MONSTERS.

From the Richmond Post Dispatch.
 The Marquise Des Monsters Merinville was we'll known in Richmond as Miss Mary Gwnedolyn Caldwell, daughter of William Shakespeare Caldwell. The fam fly of father, two daughters and compan- ions. came here in the early part of the seventies. and established themselves in the homestead at Ninth and Marshall streets. MT. Caldwell was living as a retired capitalist; his daughters attended the School of the Convent of Monte Ma ria. on Church hill. and were popular in large circle. Charity was one of their virtues They gave of their worldly goods to religious and charitable institu- tions. and many individuals, who needed and deserved aid, got it from the Cald- wells.
 The big bell at the Cathedral was paid for by MT. Caldwell and 1t was through his interest that that great institution, ''The Little Sisters of the Poor,' was es- tabllshed here. When. the family re- moved to New York the home at Ninth and Marshall was turned over to the church, to be used as a home for the needy poor regardless of religious incli- nations. That was in the days of Bishop Magill, about 1871. Later, during the term of Bishop Gibbons, afterwards cardinal, the home being too small, the property now occupied by the Little Sisters was purchased.
 There was some surprise by leading Catholics here last night at the publica- renounced the Catholic faith, as she had been so earnestly imbued with Catholic ideas. and had done so much for the church in this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18
Fruit In Alabama.

From the Collinsville Courier.
 The farmer should remember that an apple or a peach orchard in Alabama Is worth more than an orange grove in Florida, and that all can have orchards with the proper effort Why not plant out orchards and make Alabama great fruit state? The fall is the best time to put out trees, and now is the time to get your ground ready
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18
Joseph Bryan.

Joseph Bryan of Richmond, first vice president of the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron company, Is in Birmingham. No man appreciates the resources of the Birming- ham district more than MT. Bryan, and as a prophet of Birmingham he is known far and wide. MT. Bryan said yesterday that he was glad to see Birmingham keeping right to the front in the prosperity pro- cession, but that 1t was just what he ex- pected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A woman has a passion for all anni- versaries except birthdays.
 A woman hates not to rent house she knows some other woman wants.
 Generally it's the girl who can look the most innocent who knows the most.
 Some men have such will power they can go walking with girl without get ting engaged to her.
 It takes an awfuly stormy day to make some men realize what comfortable place their home Is. {
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18
A WINTER EVENING AT HOME.

By William Cowper. Now stir the fire and close the shutters
 fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa
 round And while the bubbling and loud hissing
 urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but, not inebriate, wait on
 each. so let us welcome peaceful evening in. Iris pleasant through the loopholes of
 retreat, To peep at such a world;t to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the
 crowd; To hear the roar she sends through all
 her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18
Booming Knox.

From the Selma Journal.
 Knox boom for 1908. says a Pittsburg dispatch to the New York Sun. If they will just prefix John B. of Anniston' instead of "P. c. of Pittsburg" we don't know but what we would join in the booming
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18
What Was the Trouble? ?

From the Huntsville Tribune.
 In looking around for reasons why the democratic party failed in the last na- tional race. 1t is surprising that no demo- erat discovers that the democratic plat form failed utterly to represent a single patriotic principle. There was no reason assigned why a democrat should be elected. Even their candidate, noting the silence of the platform, attempted to nail in plank by telegram. The party never indicated that it even favored this plank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18
Jeffersor-s s stronn Polnt.

From the Huntsville Mercury.
 Jefferson county does not take much stock in cotton, but when it comes to iron she Is strictly in 1t. Iron has ad- vanced in price several dollars ton dur ing the last thirty days and business in the Birmingham district is consequently booming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18
HENRY PATTERSON IS IN
 THE SLOUGH OF DESPOND

Let him hie himself to his own beloved state and there imbibe little of Ken tucky's famous balm. With this ichor in his veins he will see the world bathed in sunshine the birds will sing for him in sweet and melodious tones, and all na- ture will surround him with paean of s1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18

A Utah bride was too bashful to kiss her husband during the marriage cere- mony until the magistrate broke the ice with loud salute. It is wonder that she has since had the courage to live with Eim.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18

Senator Foraker says it was not landslide, but an avalanche; but the victims in both feel much alike, and will not quarrel over the name of the thing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18
What We Can Do.

From the Roanoke Leader.
 We southern people can make corn and cotton if we can't elect a President. Let's turn our attention more than ever to the former business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18

George Turner formerly of Ala bama, now of the state of Washing ton, lost the gubernatorial prize. and is tired of politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18

Captain Baldwin announces that he will take a trip over the skyscrapers or New York in his airship, and 1t will be hard for the "coppers" to arrest him for exceeding the speed limit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18
Quite Different.

From the Yonkers Statesman.
 She-Did you ever take your automophe apart to see how it worked?
 Newell, not exactly, l have taken IL apart to see how 1t didn't work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18
ALABAMA PRESS.
MIaht Prove AeeeptabIe.

From the Mobile Register.
 Notwithstanding the positive denial by Russia of any intention to accept any mediation, we venture the opinion that a business-like proposal from some one authorized to do the talking would meet with acceptance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18

Pension Commissioner Ware has screwed up enough courage to resign his thanxless job. He ought to have had something easier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18

Samuel Fessenden is attempting Co break into the senate as General Hawley goes out. but Millionaire buckley stands in tho way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18

The Gadsden Times-News Is install ing linotype machine and will short ly be converted into daily paper. The progress of the Times-News is q source of qualification to its contem- poraries over the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18

Judge Parker, So reports say, Is about to become trust lawyer at $50,000 a year, but this may be a wicked invention of the post-election enemy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18

The goosebone reads, "A long, hard winter, beginning early" But goose tones are no more to be trusted than e.ection predicters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18

Carl Schurz says there are two osevelts-President Roosevelt and President-elect Roosevelt, and the two may be very different.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18
AeREED!

From the Richmond News-Leader
 The Birmingham Age-Herald says the south is on it's feet and can tote it's own skillet. You bett
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18

The direst calamity of the cam paign impends. There is threat to publish in a series of volumes the speeches of the campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18

Congress may not look kindly upon the proposition to raise the Maine and make it a Coney Island show.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18

When the St. Louis Filipinos get back home they will all become pro motors and begin selling gold bricks to their untreveled neighbors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18

Politics and pie is what Senator Platt offered his guests at the pan cake dinner. Politics and pie always go together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18

In Missouri democratic governor and republican legislature will have to find a way to pull together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18

Minnesota now writes his name "Yon Yohnson." He is that kind and all other kinds of an American.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18

The Athens Alabama Courier has Just passed its twenty-ffth birthday, and is steadily advancing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18
No North, No South.

'I saw an incident today that is suf- ficient to prove that there Is no longer north or south, notwithstanding some may assert otherwise" said a pedestrian.
 Two old Confederate veterans, mem bers of the Bessemer camp, were stand ing at Loyeman, Joseph & Loeb's corner waiting for Bessemer car The veterans were returning from the Mobile reunion. and were wearing their gray uniforms t!nd the badges of their order, when they were confronted by two Grand Army vet erans, members of the railroad comm s- sioners party in Birmingham. The north ern veterans introduced themselves and at once entered into a most friendly dis cussion of the war of the Cos.
 For almost an hour these four form soldiers reviewed the@batt1es of the civil war. It turned out that in several fights these same veterans had fought against each other Yesterday, however. thelr faces lighted with smiles when recount. ing their experiences. When they bade each other goodbye 1t was indeed touch- ing scene and the tears rolled down the cheeks of the former warriors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18

The betting for or against the sue cess of the Baltic fleet in reaching Nladivostok is becoming active.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18

Divorce in America has become a fine art.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18
An exhaI,d meteor,

A prodigy of fear, and portent Of preached mischief to the unborn times.
 -Klne Henry ".
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18

Wall street is kept busy stufing th' lambs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18
About Persons.

Earle Cochran of Fort Payne is at the Hillman
 II. c. Fisher of Newman. Ga, Is at the Hillman
 F. L. Woodruff of Montgomery Is at the ,Hillman.
 A. J. Callahan of Thomasville. Ga, is at the Colonial.
 A. C. BallJrd of LouisviAe is at the Colonial.
 J. M. Jones of Talladega Is at the Metropolitan.
 Judge J. E. Camp of Talladega, pro- bate judge of Talladega county, is at the Metropolitan.
 James H. Nathan of Sheffield, member of the state executive committee, Is at the Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18

The greatest fair that the world has ever seen will close December I. From now until the big show at St. Louis goes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-18

Washington Bureau Age-Herale.. l421 G Stfeet N. W.