The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-03
NEGRO TELLS OF
FRIEND CHARLEY
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state of Maryland IN 1900, will not be
reorganized this year.
The league was composed almost ex-
clusively of bankers and financiers of the
democratic persuasion, and every effort
was made by the league to encompass the
| defeat of Bryan electors. S. Davis War
| field, a lifelong democrat, and at that
| time and now the postmaster Of Balti-
more, was it's president. These gentle
men not only voted for Mckinley and
Roosevelt, but spent large sums of money
in the ditribution of sound money litera-
ture throughout Maryland. They exert
| ed a powerful influence and proved a
valuable alley to the republican state
committee.
One of the most prominent members
| of the league was Mr.. John NJ Nelson, a
member of the banking house Of Ham
bleton & Co. Mr.. Nelson in reply to a
query as TO whether the league would
be reorganized for the coming campaign
said: II have no idea that the Sound
Money league of 1900 will be reorganized.
What would be the use of 1t. The firan-
eial question to my mind is settled"
| This statement represents the views OF
| all the gold democrats of four years ago
and to a man they will vote for and ex-
ert all their influence towards the cleo
| ton of Parker and Davis.
The party leaders in consequence Of
| this announcement are, jubilant and
| more confident than ever that the state
will 60 democratic by a good majority.
| Chairman Var diver of the state commit
tee even. goes so far as to predict that
! Parker Will sweep the state with ma
jority OF not less than 10000.
Italians Coming to Mississippi.
c. S. Phipard, manager of the the So
eiety for the Protection of Italian Immi-
| grants In New York. who has returned
| from an inspection of southern cotton
| fields, intends to ship a large number of
| Italian families to Mississippi to take
| the place of negro laborers who are
abandoning the industry. The planters
in and around Greenville. MISS, he ex-
| plains want good Italian workers.
IAN the planters" Mr.. Phipard added.
| "are anxious to procure labor to gather
| this years crop. The gathering win be
started about September 10. I am advised
by reliable parties that green hand can
| pick from 100 to 100 pounds of cotton per
day, and on becoming expert, from $50
| to 800 pounds. By this means any family
sent down In Greenville and vicinity on
| or before September Is will be assured
Of a cash income up to the time of the
next planting, in 1905. When they can
| take a farm for each family of as many
acres as they can properly handle"
Claimed to Be Non-Partisan.
| It is now claimed in the department of
commerce and labor that the campaign
| document issued yesterday showing an
| increase Of / per cent in wages over cost
of living, is absolutely non-partisan. One
reason being that about half the force
at work are democrats. In discussing this
phase Of the situation today, Chairman
| Cowherd Of the democratic committee
said:
ITO refer to the appointment of men
| to indicate their politics Is so apparently
| lacking of sound reason that it is hard
| ly worth discussion. We all know that
with this government under republican
rule for eight years what the politics OF
| the government employees is. 1t would
operate according to the Same principle
| II the conditions were reversed with the
| democrats in control of the government
Until the employees Of the government
here are thoroughly convinced that Par
| ker and Davis are to be elected next
November It will be hard matter to find
any democrats. When 1t becomes appar-
ent to them that Parker will be elected
it will probably be found that three
fourths of the employees of the govern
ment are democratic. When he Is elected
| 90 per cent Of them will be democrats.
NOW what is the use of talking about
politics of the man employed in the bl-
| reau of labor or any other bureau In this
city," concluded the chairman.
Alabama Ranks Twenty-nInth.
According to the annual report of the
commissioner of internal revenue issued
today Alabama with 1898 ,539.49 ranked
twenty-ninth In the list Of states contrib
| uting through internal revenue tax to
the support Of the government.