The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-24

fcopyright. 1904 by Mcclure, Phillips
 s.Yev tol' me who ye ar-re with f'r pris- hinke said MT. Hennessy, but who ar-re ye goin. to vote fr fir vice prisidint2'
 T haven't med up me mind" said MT. Dooley. They're both good an great men. Hinnery Gassaway Davis is a fine ol' yirainian (West) gintleman. Through his middle name he is related to Willum J. Bryan an he Is father-in-law of another gr-reat man, Siniter Elkins. MT. Davis is eighty-wan years old and has forty miIlyen dollars or is forty millyan years old an has elghty-wan dollars. I'm not sure which but annyhow tn figures pass es belief. He Is a good man an 1t is thought that his ripe judgment an still riper fortune will add gr-reat strength to tn ticket. I see in tn pa-apers that he looks twinty years younger thin his years an I'll bet that befure tn campaign IS over he'll feel three milIyen dollars young CT in his bank roll.
 .i1ih' raypnbliean candydate is tn Hon. rable Charles Fairbanks who halls 1T m Injyanny. Hence tn wurrud hail. He has almost tn same qualifications fr the lofty office f'r which he has been unan- lmously choosen be tn threasurer iv tn campaign comity He Is not quite tn statesman that Hinnery Is. He misses IL be about thirty-nine millyons. olill, Ae has enough to do his jooty wortnly through tn campaign. Siniter falrpahhs has a fine record. He served throughoul tn rebellyon as cashier iy tn f1fst Na- ytional bank iv Terry Hut an has iver since given most iv his time an labor to his counthry an his eounthry s rail- roads. He Is sthrongly in favor iV presarv- in tn goold standard an as much " IL ns possible. Hnnery Davis doesnt care so much about goold. He has all Kinds. An, there in a few well choosen wur- ruds Hinnissy Is tn biography iv tn two men, wan iv whom will sarXe thls counthry as vice prisidint fr tn nex four years in Washin ton an the other will serve 1t Jus as much be stayin at home.
 .'It,s sthrange about tn vice prisidinty, Hinnissy Tn prisidiney is tn highest of fee in tn, gift iv tn people Tn vice pris- idinev Is tn nex highest an tn lowest. 1t isn't a crime exactly. e can't be slnt to jail fir 1t but it's kind Of a dis grace. It's like writin anonymous let ters Whin Sinitor EllSins is asked about his father-in-law now, he shakes his head an says: We don't speak iv him amy more in tn family At a convintion near ly all tn dllygates lave as soon as they ve nommynated tn prisdint f'r fear wan Iv thim will be nommynated fr vice pris- ldint They offered it to me frind, Joe Cannon an, tn language he used brought tn blush iv shame to tn cheeks iv a navg1lr dillygate firm Allybany. They thried to hand it to Hinnery Cabin Lodge an he wept bitterly They found man firm Wisconsin who was in dhrink an had almost nommynated him whin his wife came In an dragged him away firm timptation. Tn was they got Sinitor Fair banks to aecipt was be showin him pitcher iv our gr-reat an noble prisdint thryin' to jump 2. horse over a six feet fence An they on'y prevailed upon Hin nery Davis to take this almost onequalled honor be tellin' him that tn raisen tn Sage iv Esoopus didn't speak earlier was because he has weak lungs.
 why Is 1t, I wonder, that ivrybody runs away firm a nommynation f'r vice prisid4at as If it wad an indictment be tn gran fury? It usen't to be so. I've hol- tered mesilf black in tn face fir of man Thurman an'Hendricks iv Indyanny. In tn oP days, whn tn boys had nommy- mated some unknown man firm New York fr prisdint they turned inan nom- rnynated a gr-reat an well-known man firm tn West fir vice prsidint. Tn can dydate fr vice prisidint was all iv tn ticket we iver see durin a campaign. Tn la-ad they put up fr prsidint stayed down east an was niyer allowed to open his mouth except in writin' befure wit nesses but tn candydate f'r vice prsidint wjnt firm wan end iv tn counthry to tn other howlin again tn tariff an other i'm mortal Issues, now dead. I niver voted fir Frover Cleveland. I wudden't vote fir him annvmore thin he's vote fir me. voted fir or man Thurman an Tom Hendricks an Adly Stevenson befure he became a professional vice prsidint They thought 1t was an honor but If yed read their biographies today ye'd find at tn end Tn writer will pass over tn closin' years iv Mir. Thurmans career hurridly. It is enough to say iv this painful peryed