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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22

spending reduction in the cost abroad there would be very little in the proposi- tion. But the price abroad last year was s2.9o per hundred pounds. reduction of only ten cents
 In other words, there has been a saving by virtue of a protective tariff In the tin industry during the period from 1891 to 1904 of $1.65. and taking off the ten cents makes 1t s1.55. If you had the same re- duction abroad as has occurred at home under this robber tariff you would have a price abroad to-day of only $l.S5. instead of s290.
 These are the financial achievements in- cident to the record of the republican party on the issue of the protective tariff. The results that we see around us every day have been distributed and dissemi- mated through the Republic by operation of republican policy.
 And what will be the judgment in November of the intelligent law abiding, God fearing American people?
 Will they say that the party whose power has been signalized by trail of de- struction and distress shall be vested again with control?
 think not
 On the contrary, I think that the con- trol of the affairs of the Republic will still remain in the hands of that party that has brought to America progress and pros perity unparalleled and unapproached in the history of the world.
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where, laying stress upon the extreme ne- cessity of every man standing by his guns. The man with the twenty-five hundred dollar place was indifferent. He even spoke disparagingly of the Senator and intimated that a change in leadership might be beneficial to the party. This was carried to Conkling. He snapped his teeth and said nothing.
 Probably a year after this the man moved into a suburban town in New Jer- eey and three months after that he lost his position He hastened to Conkling at once and poured out his tale of woe, The Senator listened in silence, and then .n- quired, coldly:-
 "yyfat State do you live in?"
 "Frh',- stammered the former office holder: q am living in New Jersey now"
 "Then," said the Senator frigidly, T do mt see that your case concerns me. renresent New York in the Senate of the United States"
 But, Senator" said the man eagerly. you had me appointed to this position"
 "Oh. did I?'' exclaimed Conkling, raising his eyebrows in well feigned surprise.
 "Yes indeed" was the warm reply; you were the man that placed me-"
 "And then" said the Senator, "having no more use for me you moved into New Jer- sey."
 aoh, Senator" was the plaintive wall, ..I see that have made mistake.''
 "Of course you do-now," was the re- tort. You are in the position of man who owned bond worth $50,000 and paying interest at the rate of five per cent. That's what your place was worth to you. But YOU took your s5O0oo bond and deliberately destroyed 1t. Now you come to me for another. No, thank you. I'm all out of bonds. You might try the Senators from New Jersey. I cannot give you csrtifi- cate of character. but promise not to say anything against you"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22
By w. BoURKE COCHRAN


 Representative In Congress from New
 York.
 HARTIES are divided rather by innate | Jlnstinets than by specific declarations IT of political platforms. The points on
 which they divide are numerous, irre- concilaple and irrepressible. but, general " speaking, not more than one of them can be decided by the result of a single election, and that one question constitutes the issue of the campaign. While high tarln is maintained in this country there VIII always be party urging it's reduc- ton. The extinction of all tariff taxes is of course impossible until all necessity for taxation shall have passed away; and that period will not arrive until government it. self Is no longer necessary.
 The necessity of finding means for tho support of government must last so long as the existence of government Is a neces. sity of civilization. But while every American realizes that tariff taxes of some sort are inevitable, there ia A wide difference between taxes levied merely to make the price of commodities coming from abroad so high that domestic nro. ducers of them may be relieved from any fear of competition and duties imposed to raise revenues necessary to meet the expenses of government.
 Republicans, 1t is needless to say favor the imposition of taxes for the mere pur- pose of making the cost of commodities high: democrats believe taxes should he imnosed for no reason except to meet the necessities of government. Republicans believe that the prosperity, and. indeed the very existence. of our industries de. nend upon giving their promoters inc right to charge high prices through the oneration of a protective tarif
 nar,ncrats believe that any advanta ,o given to one man must be at the expense
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22
Copyright, 1904. by the New York Herai'
 Col
CONKLING's PHILOSOPHY.

s rHEN Roscoe Conkling was in SUI N preme leadership in the Empire Slats ts
 WV he succeeded in placing one oI da' das
 constituents and supporters In a 'i,h uu sirabIe federal position which carrlea Tha man was delighted, for 1t was more nlone' than he had ever made in year lie re, tained it for nearly six years. was pieaseo with the duties which 1t involved, ana ln a hazy sort of way felt grateful to the Senator. But Conkling was not the sort of person who looked Tor gratituoe 70 inucn as he did for unswerving and unspoken loyalty to his interests. The years came and went, and he saw nothing more of this particular constituent
 One fall there was an election which was so closely contested that 1t called for all the resources of the man who was in control of the State organization. Conk- ling sent out a call to his friends every
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22
EFFECTIVE REPULs SEE.

KENYON cox related A new story "A lately to a party of artists who were
 ltelling of their early struggles.
 "One day" said MT. Cox, 'I was in the studio of an artist who fancied he was a portrait painter. He had just finished the head of woman when a picture dealer called Gazing at the painting, he asked:-- What do you intend to do with thatY "'Oh. I just painted 1t to keep the wolf from the door he replied.
 "'Well,' said the dealer If you'll take my advice you'll hang It on the door
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22
DOUBLE JOKE ON MARK TWAIN

" STORY which concerns Senator De- Apew and Mark Twain, and which. 1t { Ms said, both gentlemen love to tell on
 themselves. came up recently at the Lotos Club.
 The Senator and the humor1st were cross- ing the Atlantic on the same steamship when one evening. after dinner. it was sue' gested the diners should make speeches. Mark made a oharacteristically 'drolI not to say sidesplitting. address, and then Senator Depew was called upon for similar effort.
 The statesman arose in well simulated confusion. Tt was understood" said he. '.that Mark and I should write out OUT speeches for this occasion In advance and then exchange manuscripts. We have done SO, but regret to say that have forgotten Marks speech"
 The Senator then took his seat. while his auditors roared in appreciation of the joke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22

oid not desire to make nomination thai would be distasteful to Senator Quay. Sc MT. Blaine was selected to sound Coione Quay.
 Senator" said the Secretary, ''you know MT. Charles Emory Smith?"
 Yes" was the reply, ''very well'
 Would you care if he received for eign appointment?"
 NO" was the quick reply. "the foreigner the better.'
 So MT. Smith went to St. Petersburg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22
ONE ON THE GOVERNOR.

GOVERNOR MICKEY. of Nebraska
 although a deacon of the Methodist \ DChurch, is about the hardest man on
 criminals who ever sat in the Cover ernor's chair. and during his term of of- flee has pardoned only three offendars
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22

from the penitentiary. The Governor Is telling the following joke on himsef;-
 ''The prisoners at the Nebraska State Penitentiary were giving a minstrel show some time ago, and invited the State of- ficers to be present. Several of us went.
 During the performance, the end man with the cork-blackened face turned to his neighbor and said:-
 q was up at the State House the other day.
 'Is that so? What were you doing up there?, he was asked.
 "Oh. just looking around the corridors and offices Suddenly I stepped on the toe of a man whom hadn't noticed. turned round and saw 1t was the Governor said, I beg your pardon, Governor He looked at me sternly and said d:-Don't you know never pardon anybody?'
 "The laugh was on me, and everybody in that house roared. I didn't hear the last of 1t from my fellow officers for some time"
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QUERIES ANSWERED BY THE
 ORACLE.

have sought from Alpha to Omega and cannot Can you tell me1 s. s. B. We cannot tell you, for dligent search fails to disclose the information. The con- clusion is that the words were not writ ten but spoken. and then repeated by the hearers. If any HERALD reader has the desired information we would be glad to receive 1t.
 What Is meant by "iivinr like princer,
 M. M Princes usually live in ease. without ef- fort. on the labor of others.
 have champagne bottled before 1s42. Hss |, o Ssasoa GnnGns faenss to make t It has not. It is likely less injurious than 1t was when bottled.
 Are the waters of the oceans practtcsyIv n, . level. and if not. why not7 GEOGRAPHY They are not. Water in the Bav of Ren. gal Is 300 feet above the Indian ocean levaI and that of the Pacific along the coast Inf South America is heaped as high as . thousand feet or more above the waters In the opposite Atlantic. These elevations depend on the attractions of great noun tain masses-the Bay of Bengal on the Himalayas and the South Pacific on the Andes.
 shoah Sap Tsman ps RroDeFy be called an She can properly be called an 'actor' fl she is one. A person who acts is an actor regardless of sex.
 Is there law in New York which rnakea an officer allowing prisoner to escape serve bts sentence7 W & r A No.
 l.. l.. Kiln relation to your query on
 When Adam delyed and Eve span Who then the gentleman Oscar Hanter writes:-"It Is transla- ton of the German Als Adam grub und Eva spann, wo war denn da der edeI- mann the war cry of the peasants in the War of 1925 against the nobility and clergy, who claimed divine right to rule. that Hume, in his history of England, credited the lines to John Ball when he Iincited the Wat Tyler rebels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22
SMITHS FOREIGN MISSION.

EHARLES EMORY SMITH, editor. dip-
 lomat and former Cabinet Minister, Nranks high with men of affairs. He
 was counted among the ablest men that surrounded President Mckinley, and even to-day Is numbered with the most influential of President Roosevelt's un- official advisers MT. Smith admires the talent and the political sagacity of Senator Quay. but there have been times when he could not work in harmony with the senior Senator from Pennsylvania.
 Thereby hangs a story which MT. Smith does not hesitate to tell on himself. After Quay's successful management of the Harrison campaign in 1888, he took front rank with the powerful party men in Washington. After General Harrison had completed his Cabinet and was casting about for suitable men to represent the United States at the foreign capitals he conceived the idea of rendering the posi- ton of United States Minister-now Am bassador-to St. Petersburg to MT. Smith He mentioned the matter to his Secretary of State-James O. Blaine-and that gen. tleman cordially agreed that 1t would be g desirable appointment. The administration UaA In tts houAxmoon, and the President
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22

Englshman, who had been a silent though apparently interested member of the par ty, met Mark Twain on deck.
 "Oh. I say" he began, T had always heard that Senator Depew was remarkab bly, clever, don't you know; but what wretched drivel of his was that you were obliged to recite last nightr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22

What Is meant by Living like . princer'
 M. M. Princes usually live in ease. without ef- fort. on the labor of others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22
".Suspecte d'' and Clean Hands

If the method of raising revenues cannot be affected by the election, and. therefore cannot be an issue of the campaign. inc election can determine how the proceeds of revenue shall be expended whether thev shall be trusted to hands that are suspect. ed or hands that are undoubtedly clean.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22

Copyright, f904, bp the Neto Fork Herald Co. By CHARLES E. LITTLE
 FIELD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22

a source Of defeat ana disaster to hls party.
 During his first term. however. the Sem ate was republican. Mr. C1eveiands func- tion ther, was to arrest Senatorial agsres- a,on and defeat Senatorial usurpation. rrbera his success was decisive-I may say ertraordinary. There his part was not to
 make men do salntary things in co-opera- ton with him, but to prevent them from doing mischievous things In spite of him.
 Hia mart was that of an obstacle, and he nlaved 1t admirably. This year there is no ,rospect of carrying the Senate No nolicv distinctively democratic can be in- anp,,rated, but vicious republican policies can be checked. suppressed. stamped out forever.
 The qualities most necessary In a demo cra t,c president now are essentially the s,,aItttas of an obstacle-sturdy, uncom-
 5.a-aisins honesty that cannot tolerate r-o,,d even when fraud is subservient, adulatory or useful-a cleanness or thought displaying itself always in clean nolitical acts: an atmosphere or oe,no- rratIc simplicity and candor which Mir. lSaaualand always generates wherever he ". and which, entering the Executive
 sSan.ton now, would be like letting the air and inc sunlight Of heaven into room
 sunarheated and overcharged with dan
 gsrous atmospheric quantities.
 ur cIeveland's greatest availability,
 ,a,,ar consists in the certainty of his
 success, which would afford a very favor
 D hle opportunity of putting a Southern
 man on the ticket. Until Southern man
 is '"r successful at a national election. we
 cannot consider the war as settled. recon-
 cilIation complete. peace fully established.
 L., a,ectine A resident of the old seces-
 s,on s States to the Vice Presidency. would sa .,,v repeat the experiment on larger scale. and the election of a Southern man to the Presidency would follow. naturally. inevitably and agreeably. Who- ever may be nominated 1t is to be hoped that the result of superior importance may follow. f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22

have champagne bottled before 1s42 Has |, mdergone chemical change to make 1t fnjurious to person drinking 1t? w R '
 It has not. It is likely less injurious than 1t was when bottled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-15
LAND OFFERED FOR
 LITTLE NEGRO BOYS
SAM DAILY, A NEGRO IS READY TO DONATE 125 ACRES FOR JUDGE FEAGlNs REFORM MOVE MENT.

Judge Feagin got encouragement from a peculiar source yesterday in his efforts to reform the young negroes of Birming- ham, He has received an offer of 125 acres of land near Tuscaloosa to be used as a place for sending these little negro boys where they may be taught trade and raised properly.
 The offer was made by Sam Daily. ne- gro well known to all who have attended the state school at Tuscaloosa where he waited on the college men for number of years The negro is well known to several influential men in Birmingham and they have stated that ne is good and representative member of his race.
 The proposition was conveyed to Judge Feagin by F. M Clark, negro Presby- terian preacher, who does a great deal of missionary work He was at Daley s place Sunday attending missionary chapel he has there. He was instructed to make this offer to Judge Feagin, and yesterday morning he was in conference with the judge for some time.
 The property is about fourteen miles from Tuscaloosa. which makes it far enough rom cliy ille lo ieihoNe Hh eeHiP taton from the negroes. What the plan for using the property is, provided Judge Feagin accepts it. is not known.
 Judge Feagin is considering the matter and trying to devise d way to utilize Daily's offer to the best advantage He has sent an encouraging reply to Daily and has asked that he come to Birming- ham and have a conference with him in regard to it.
 Judge Feagin received several letters yesterday from people who have received probation negroes, and all state that the boys are doing nicely. These reports are to be made monthly, according to the agreement made between Judge Feagin and the people receiving them when they are delivered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-15
Attorney eeneraIls oplnlon.

Washington, March 1.-The attorney general. being asked this evening con corning the merger decision. said.
 My views of the decision cannot be better expressed than in the language of one of the best known railroad presidents in the United States on the occasion of the decision in favor of the government in the court below. He said The decision Is sound law, good sense and for the ad- vantage of all legitimate interests, and for the country's welfare, and it voices the judgment of probably nine-tenths of the most conservative business men of the country
 The country is to be congratulated that the governments protest against the first appearance of the holding company as a device to control competing interstate railroads has not been in vain.
 One of the results of the governments action has been to accelerate the return to more sober methods in commercial af- fairs.
 ''f think the danger of uncontrolled per- sonal power in railroad management has been averted. As to the hearing of the decision upon other railroads, have only to say: The government has never claimed that the law is any broader than It's language plainly indicates. If between other railroads there exists contracts, coluplHdllonS ana cOHsplTdcles by WnicH interstate comerce is restrained. then they violate the law; during the trial and ar gument the government paid no heed to defendants contention that the makeup of substantially all the great American systems of railroads was on trial
 ''The governments position was then that the question before the court was the validity of the Northern Securities de- vice. It's invalidity is what the court has decided. The government is claiming no more now in respect to this case than 1t did before the bar of the court
 "I say this much not because it is neces- sary to give the country assurances that the government does not mean to run amuclI but because of the hysterical char acter of that part of the defendants case and some utterances that followed the de- cision of the court below
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-15
hio railroad and the Order of Railway

Ohio railroad and the Order of Railway rates of wages and hours of work upon all lines of that company have failed to effect d settlement of the differences and the question whether to strike or not win now be determined by vote of the men, all ballots to be turned in by March 20. The railroad company would not agree to give vacation without pay. The teieg- raphers' schedule provides that wages on the main line from Philadelphia to Chi- cago via Washington. D. C.. and on the line to Pittsburg, Wheeling and Columbus shall be s525O per month and other lines $5 less The company would only agree to pay $50 and $45 per month respectively. The operators demand S55 per month for men on towers handling switches. The company offered $S50 less. Numerous other demands. including vacation with out pay. to block teegra phers were re- fused. Should strike occur about 400 men will be affected including those In Philadelphia, Chicago and Baltimore
 The following list of events with special rates are given out by the Louisville and Nashville railroad local passenger office:
 General conference. African Methodist church, Chicago. April 29-May 1 rate for round trip, $2025
 General conference. Methodist Episcopal church, eolored, Los Angeles. Cal. May, $51.75.
 National Association Retail Grocers, San Francisco. Cal, May S5i.75.
 Knights Temnlars, San Francisco, Cal, Sentemher, $51, D.
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows Ala bama grand lodge. Mobile May to 9; return limit good to 14th, fS.o5.
 Baptist Young PeoDle's union of Amer ica. Detroit. Mich. July $e225.
 Peabody Normal Institute. Nashville. June sG50
 Southern Baptist convention. Nashville, May s65o.
 s''rire~s meeting, Atlantic City. N J.. July S27.9o.
 Suoarcane Growers association. Jack sonvile Fla. May: S12 20.
 General assembly Cnmberland Preshv- terian church Dallas. rev.. May: so2 .25
 Knights of Pvthias of the World. Louis vile. August: Si2
 Southern Good Poads convention New Orleans April st0 75
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-15
WE DO TT RIGHT.
 EMPIRE LAUNDRY

ert Harty makes a good Jack Dashington, the wild son.
 Mary Marble as the Little Host" has a part in which she wears trousers. and she does this as well as she does any of her parts where she wears the ordinary woman's paraphernalia. She is masquer- ading as Willie Everdrop, a little dude, and she does 1t well.
 In the first act one of the scenes does not go as well as 1t might because the audience is unable to hear more than half of what is said. This is the scene around the table. It is too far back from the footlights. and the sound goes up instead Of out towards the audience.
 The well on the country home of Josiah Dashington proves to be a regular foun- tain of youth IL revives many a weary passerby. as champagne has been emptled into it by mistake. The idea Is good
 The theatre was we'll filled last night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-15
COMMENTS MADE ON
 SECURITIES DECISION

Omaha, Neb.. March 14-Gen Charles Manderson, general counsel for the Bur lington railroad. one of the lines effected by the supreme court decision in the Northern Securities case, said the decision would not in his opinion either benefit or injure the general public. He also stated that 1t would in no may affect the man agement of the roads in the merger case. the Burlington, the Great Northern ana the Northern Pacific. and that each of them would continue to operate as sepa- rate and competing corporations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-15
ADJUSTMENTS
At the Biiou.


 "A laugh every minute" Many com panies have claimed to produce it-a few have done so. The Bijou musical comedy this week in Little Host is one of the few The laughs are not of the ordinary little kind which merely amount to a smile They are the hearty laugh that indicates one is enjoying the perform ance to the fullest extent.
 The Bijou company has been here many times and it has produced several very fine plays. In some the company has been well cast. Little Host" is the most fortunate of all the company's produe- tions in this respect The company is so cast that every one has part which fits like a glove People who have never appeared to much advantage before actu- ally shine in this production.
 Laughs are not the only thing. There are several pretty song parts and each of them is staged appropriately. In all of the songs the girls have new and stunning costumes. Their dances are new and clever. The songs are so assign ed that each singer has one well suited to her voice. In short the entire produc- ton might be called happy combina- ton.
 Chip makes much of the comedy as Herr Einesang. a German musical professor He has two comedy make-ups which are original and clever At the beginning of the first act when he appears on the stage in ragged condition as a result of ride down a hill on bicycle. he makes a hit. He Is hustled around. thrown from pill low to post. in a most ludicrous manner, which is all very amusing.
 ". IT. Halter distinguishes himself in this play. As Honest Bill Reilly he earns many an honest laugh which makes the members of the audience go away with a friendly feeling for him. John Dunne Is well fitted for the part of Josiah Dash ington. member of the prohibition crowd. who falls off the wagon" Rob