The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-01

and shouli be removed. In any event It iooks to the better class of citizens as II the representatives of the President are going a pace in Alabama that is llkely 10 do the party much more harm than gooa' and calculated to arouse feeling or dls- content from which 1t will take many years to recover.
 Ely Promoted.
 Travelling Passenger Agent Ely of the Southern Pacific railroad, whose residence Is In Montgomery but in charge of the Atlanta office of his company, has re eeived word that his son, J. o. Ely. who has been engineer on the new Altoona branch of the Louisville and Nashville railroad has been transferred to the At lanta Knoxville and Northern as assist ant to Division Engineer Feagin, who Is brother, by the way, of Judge N. B. Feagin of Birmingham. Young MT. Ely has made rapid progress in the railroad work for one of his years.
 It has been decided to open the reform atory for negro boys at Spiegner tomor- row. There will be only a few boys to begin with but no doubt several will come in later from the counties.
 Proceedings Flied.
 The first real move toward getting ready to improve the old capitol of Ala bama has been made, in the filing of condemnation proceedings against the owners of the property on the lots to the south of the building. The papers were filed by Attorney General Massey Wilson In the court of the judge of probate, which court will name commissioners to take evidence.
 This property is bounded by the states on the north side and by Bainbrldge. Washington and South Union streets. be- ing 240 feet two ways and 45o one. P J. Anderson. Mary E. Anderson. Annie Bo- Ian, Torrance J. Tooe, Johetta Davis, Sallie !fooie. Alice Kohn, Mary owen and Margaret Dove are given as the owners of the property. While the case is made out the State of Alabama vs. Terrence J. Toole ct als.. all those named are de- fendants. The state capitol commission may or may not buy the property at the price set by the probate commission. It will be left to do as 1t pleases though 1t Is very likely such action will be taken.
 Political Emblem.
 Calvert Smith. well-known young ar- tist of Montgomery. and member of the staff of the Montgomery Advertiser has made the design of the democratic em- blem, which State Chairman Mallory has decided to accept. It Is in accordance
  tee adopted May 24 last, at a meeting in this city It has a game cock, over which. on a scroll. are the words. "W-h-i-t-e S-u-p-r-e.m- -c-y." and underneath the words. For the R-i-g-h-t." One hum dred and fifty copies will be made of the emblem andg>sent to the probate judges judges of the sShties f0i,plaeins on the
 The republicans have adopted the statue of ilcan. following the pattern of the Alel ma exhibit to the St Louis | exposition. " The same number of copies will be s 1t over the state as of the other TT Ere are a number of democrats 1 who are hot satisfied with the emblem decided bon, and an effort will be made | to have 1t changed before the next elec- l ton.
 | Lafayette Tablet. | At a meeting of the board of man | agers of he Alabama Society of the Sons | of the American Revolution, held last | night at the home of Captain Tyler | Goodwin. plans for the bronze tablet of l Lafayette were discussed. This tablet l is to be placed on the building on Talla-