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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06

not reported, they are Ealueless, ana thy are now retained as a means or filling the newspapers with political matter, trusting that enough readers will be changed thereby to justify the outlay
 Some experienced campaigners be- gin to think 1t would be better to dis pense with all efforts on the stump and take the money that would thus be expended and apply 1t in sending a daily newspaper to every voter. The stump speaker Is reckless in his state ments, whereas an established news paper must retain public confidence.
 The spellbinder is under cloud, but while one party resorts to appeals from the stump the other party must do likewise, and it will be many years before the stump speaker is altogether abolished. He may be passing" but the process will not be speedy. The newspaper is rising in importance, and as it rises no doubt the stump will decline The change is, however, too far-reaehing to be accomplished in a single campaign. A custom of a century's standing cannot be readily effaced. At the most it can only be said that the trend is against the spell binder and in favor of the newspaper, and it does not seem probable that the trend will ever be reversed. It's present pace and direction may be ac- ce1erated, and long before the present century Is ended no doubt spellbind- iE- will become lost art.
 Voters lls;e to see, however, the can didate whom they are expected to sup port, and it may be that long after the profession stumper has disappeared the candidate will tour his district, using the traditional rear platform as a rostrum from which to deliver two minute spe ches as the train watts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06
CAmpaiun Contributions.

"lt is the hit dog that hollers," says Sam Jones, and MT. Roosevelt Is hol- lering. He evidently intended to get in the last word, but Judge Parker wisely concluded to have that himself, and his answer, delivered last night in Brooklyn, has been carried by the wires to very state, and almost to every community.
 Amid MT. Roosevelt adjectives and strong words in general one sentence only deserves attention That contri- butions,D he says, "have been made to the republican committee as well as contributions to the democratic com mittee is not the issue Here is a distinct confession that MT. Cortelyou has received contributions from trusts and monopolies, and he tries to soften the practice by asserting that Mr. Taggart has received similar contri- buttons. The inference is that Mr. Taggart mas received as much from trusts and monopolies as MT. Cortel- you. The voter knows in general way the proportions each has received from. trusts and monopolies. An oc- casional eccentric one may have
  helped MT Taggart out, but the 453 trusts stand practically solid in the support of Roosevelt and Fairbanks, and the tariff monopolists are arrayed without exception behind them. The entire country knows this in a gen eral and yet practically accurate way.
 The issue thus brought up at the close of the campaign will outlast it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06
Up to the Independents.

The independents-the silent voters of the contested states hold the re- suit of tn election in their hands. This is conceded by both sides. The entire campaign has been rendered peculiar by the independents, who are not or ganized-who have 10 leader, no plat form, no campaign fund. The exceed ing mystery ol this campaign is sole ly due to tIe independents, who were never so numerous in any presidential contest of recent years.
 In New York, at any rate, and prob ably in Indiana, it is conceded by many acute observers that the parti- gan vote is so evenly balanced it will not decide the control, and the inde- pendent vote as the balance of power will come in and turn the scale the one way or the other It is not the masses who will decide this contest it is the independent vote that will de- termine the result. Both sides ex- pect to poll that great force, but neith- cI side really knows how the decisive independent vote will be cast.
 The friends of Judge Parker feel that they deserve the vote that will be cast free from boss or machine dicta- torship-the vote that keeps the good of the country in mind, even if it be to some extent self-opinionated and cranky--the vote that trusts cannot buy or parties sway The hon-parti- gan independent has cut the party traces that held him in order that he night vote his convictions or, at any rate, eccentricities, and this new and decisive force will naturally incline to the democratic party. Judge Parker should poll the independent voter, but no ohe knows what the independents will do. Even in these closing days of the campaign they are as silent as the grave, as mysterious as the Sphynx. All that is known is that leading independents, like Carl Schurz, are outspoken in favor of Parker ard Davis. The hope is that they represent the army of independ- ents who will decide the election on Tuesday next
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06
A Bio Year a Cominu.

Public confidence is fully restored, and pretty soon the incautious will forget the story of 1902 and 1903, and speculation of a dangerous sort will spring up. The promoter is waiting for public forgetfulness, and he will reappear well loaded up with pros pectuses, shares and bonds, mostly water.
 Already the railroads are beginning to be congested with business, and by Christmas timo there will be a car and 1ocomtiye and terminal fam inc of an acute nature. Orders for both cars ant rails show that trans portation interests foresee what Is coming and are trying to meet it.
 In the coke regions of Pennsylvania activity has supplanted dullness and coke consumers are hastening to se- cure fuel for use in the coming year. Iron and steel mills are starting up, and yet producers are holding stocks firmly, anticipating higher prices. The machine shops are also feeling the returning tide of prosperity. Manufac- turers and merchants are all getting ready to meet and utilize a year of activity and prosperity. The retail stores are sharing in the general con dition, gathering in profitable win ter'5 trade even before the year of prosperity is begun.
 The building of electric railroads is to be feature of next year, exceeding perhaps in the aggregate and even in mileage the construction of steam roads. 1t is anticipated. however, that fully five thousand miles of the latter will be built during 1905.
 No drawback to business to activity next year can be discovered Money is abundant, and it can be borrowed at low rates. But, best of all, public confidence is fully restored, and when that is the case in this great product i've country business is necessarily active. Let IS hope that it will not be over-active, especially in the specu- lative markets
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06

THN R. D. J. SCHWARTZ writes E\pE reminscently of the Louisiana lottery in the Philadelphia Tel egraph.
 A northern man. MT. Morris, conceived it, and southern man. Howard, was his partner. The Louisiana Jockey club blackballed Howard, but he fulfilled boast of buying out the concern and making 1t a cemetery, where he now lies buried under ponderous and costly monument Morris believed mankind, as a rule loved gambling, and only needed proper batting to be systematically robbed or exploited. Morris bought the negro and scallawag legislature for a charter, and gave s40.O0O year to the Charity hospital at New Orleans. We know of one newspaper man who made about $1,OOO,0OO in lobbying and the like. Morris Is reputed to have taken $SO.0Oo,OOO out of this business, and the Towards were also immensely enriched.
 Several distinguished northern generals were importuned to supervise the draw ings, but they declined It was sad for the martial regulations of Generais Beauregard and Early that they did this
 
 for s2O,OO0 a year
 One reconstruction legislature was bought for s1OO,O0 but another wanted sl. GOO. Morris profits are said to have been at the rate of 100 per cent.
 Now and then large prizes were ora"h' but the big ones generally went 10 the concern. MT. Schwartz says that nopody knew until later that the whole pulk or n x.s.- unsold tickets were treated by Morrls as his personal investment. to be Virtually thrown in to the wheel and diminish by just so much the chances of the holder of a. miserable eighth" ''quarter" or "balf." At every drawing this little-joker system was arrayed against the public
 When the white people of Louisiana came back to power, largely under the leadership of the present Mir Justice White of the supreme court the robber lottery was successfully assailed and a new charter refused but the death-blow was given it when Postmaster-G General wanamaker and congress excluded it from the mails.
 Some people contend that New Orleans was no better off than before; that more millions came 10 the clly rom apruau than the whole south expended on it, and that when the lottery expired the gamblers resorted to faro banks. bucket shops and cotton future speculation. But, on the whole, a moral principle was up- held and many people were protected.
 Morris and the Towards were very hos pitable and attractive, as well as gener- ous. people. Bad as the lottery was, 1t was probably no worse than some of the so-called legitimate schemes that rob the public and make a few multi-millionaires, as we happen to know.
 There is deal of pot and kettle busi- ness in this whole matter. If Lawson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06
The king Is not himself, but basely led by flatterers.
 king Richard II.
Late Corners al the Theatre.

The Baltimore Herald calls for re- fern in the matter of late coming at its playhouses It demands a reform in order that all may enjoy the show, while their neighbors who are prompt ly seated are enabled to get the worth of their money expended for ad- mission tickets. Says correspondent of the Herald "The season has just started, and am sorry to say that so far as I have observed it has started badly. Last night at the beautiful playhouse which I attended at least one-fifth of the people came sn after the performance hao begun. This is bad from every standpoint It incom- 1Aodes those who are present; it in terferes with the play, and it gives Baltimore bad reputation"
 The annoyance complained of is not confined to Baltimore. It is wide spread, and there is no excuse for it anywhere It should be distinctly un- derstood that to enter a theatre after the curtain has been drawn up is an injury, an annoyance, a sore griey- ance to those who have been thought flI and considerate enough to gain their seats before the performance hak begun.
 It is not so much what the late conner loses as it is the wrong done to those seated in good season. No lady pr gentleman will knowingly hurt the feelings of others, much less do them an actual injury, and yet the late conner at a theatre does both
 It is the duty of every theatre-goer to be in his or her seat when the cur tain goes up, and 1t is the right of ev- cry seat-holder to have an uninterrupt- ed view of a performance he has paid his money to see.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06
COTTON IN LIMESTONE.

From the Limestone Democrat.
 It is said that Limestone will raise 20,000 bales of cotton this year. At an average price of nine cents per pound this means that the farmers of this county will get almost a million dollars for this product alone, aside from the seed which is now bringing from eighteen to twenty cents per bushel. As compared with six cent cotton, prevalent a few year ago, 1t means that the producers will receive at least s3oo,OOO more for their crop. That s30O.OOO represents or should represent, capital which the farmers have invested in various ways, such as land, better equipment, etc., all of which. Is bearing interest in one way or another.
 Give us ten cents per pound for our cotton for ten years and the south will be a veritable valley of the Nile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW.

Camp Hill Times: The annual industrial edition of The Age-Herald made it's ap- pearance last Sunday and twas hum mer. Besides containing twenty-four pages regular size reading matter, etc., there was a twenty-four-pag magazine devoted principally to the commercial in- terests and industries of Alabama's lead ing county-Jefferson.
 Birmingham Labor Advocate: The 1904 Age-Herald annual industrial review, is- sued October 30, Is an attractive twenty four-page publication in magazine form. every line of which is a well designed ad- vertisement for the city, the Birmingham district and for Alabama, while it is full of valuable information from cover to cover. The people of Birmingham, no less than The Age-Herald, are to be congrat- ulated on this splendid enterprise. one which is far more valuable to the public than to the publishers. It is doubtful if the people of Alabama appreciate at it's full value the enterprise of the press, dis played nowhere more than in Birming- ham.
 Scottsboro Citizen: The annual trade review of the Birmingham Age-Herald, published last Sunday, contained much valuable information and statistics about Birmingham and that great industrial center
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06
History of Alabama.

T understand that Alabama will soon have the oportunity of having published true history of the state from the date of It's admission into the union," said Col. W. H. Denson yesterday. There is not now a full and true history of the state in print, but I am informed that Col. J. W. DuBose is devoting his time while in the department of archives and history at Montgomery to writing such a history as will truthfully and correctly set forth the states history l know of no man in the state better fitted for this work than Colonel DuBose. He is a close student, fluent writer and his knowledge of Alabama and Alabamians is so full as to permit him to write of them in a style that is at once interesting and in structive. Every thine. from his pen rel ative to the states past is entertaining.
 T do not know just what arrangements Colonel DuBose can effect to have his manuscript put into print, but I should advocate an appropriation by the legisla- ture sufficient to publish it. Colonel Du- Bose, like many others of us, Is not too we'll blessed with this worlds goods and consequently If his manuscript is placed in such form that the people may de- rive the benefit from it. it will be neces- cary for assistance from some source. will be glad to assist movement to have the history published by the state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06
APPRAISiNG KISSES.
m the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
 I observe that a stolen kiss Is valued at s15'O00 in Cincinnati, it having caused the kissee to become a nervous wreck, be- sides subjecting her to much umiliation. Now, of course, at this safe distance. in the ice-bound propriety of Boston, 1t is impossible to judge of the rights of the case, but unless the lady who suffered the affront is miracle of lovliness it wasn't worth the price, and the kisser must be mad to think she thought so. However, stolen kisses are said to be sweetest, only thief wants to be cer- tain the victim Is of the same opinion as himself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06
Growing Westward.

'When the brigade encampment was hel~ at Owenton last summer it looked as If the Alabama soldiers had found per- manent location to hold their annual ma neuvers, but already the rlace where the tents were raised few months ago is be- ing rapidly built up" said military man last night.
 'I rode out to Ensley this afternoon for the first time since the encampment, and was surprised to find that a number of houses have been erected on the site of the camp. handsome and modern resi- dence has been erected on the exact spot where General Clark had his headquar- ters The site on which the Third regi- ment was quartered is covered by a number of pretty houses
 "This all shows that Birmingham is moving westward at a very fast place. When the time comes for holding the next encampment it appears that the Alabama National Guard will be com pelled to get a place still farther from the city,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06
n, c. Fred MeIIln.

Dr. G. Fred Mellln of Knoxville spent yesterday In Birmingham, stopping over on his return from visit to his old home in Livingston.
 Dr. Meliin retired some years ago from the faculty of the University of Tennessee and in the enjoyment of competency he is spending an ideal life on his landed estates near Knoxville. He deyotes much of his time to literary studies and writ ing for magazines. He is also writing historical book on southern journalists of the ante-bellum days
 He has recently made an excursion into politics and is democratic nominee for the legislature sl. Knox county. His old Ala bama friends and especially his university associates, wish for him great majority.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06
Oklahoma Is Growing.

Col. Alexander T. Hamilton, a promi- nent capitalist of Oklahoma City. has been in Birmingham for several days looking after important business interests. He talks Interestingly of Oklahoma, its growth and its general prosperity.
 "The people of Oklahoma are prospering beyond the dreams of the most optimistic forecasters, he said. "The farmers have made abundant crops and the people have the money to spend.
 Oklahoma City is growing by leaps and bounds. Already fifteen miles of the city is paved with line asphalt as there is found in the world. The asphalt comes from the vast fields that are in close proximity to the city,
 Colonel Hamilton was formerly prom inent business man of Rome, Ga. He states that former Alabamians and Geor- gians are found in the front ranks of all the professions and trades in Oklahoma.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06
EDNA MAYS SUCCESS.
Power of Pretty Face and a Charm
 Ing Manner.
1verybody's Magazine.

From Everybody's Magazine
 Edna May now again playing in New York after a three years absence in Lon- don, has improved far beyond what most Americans believed to be her capacity. She is. as pretty as ever, with that sweet appealing beauty. all innocence and low liness. She has learned many things and she possesses something that approaches animation and interest in life. She has made one of the most remarkable sue cesses ever won in England. She has wit enough to know it was not due to her voice or her acting, but simply to the fact that she was Edna May with personali- ty that appealed to English audiences. And she has the rare good sense to re- main Edna May, without affectations or assumptions of any kind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06

It will go over to the years that fol- low, and will probably be fought ont in 1908. If the money of the trusts and monopolies is to elect Presidents and congress, power has passed from the masses to a class, and plutocracy has supplanted the republic. This is- sue must be fought out, especially in 1908. and it will dominate all other is- sues. The republicans set the pace, and the pace cannot be maintained and the republic of the fathers stand. The two are incompatible, and one of them must go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06
AUTUMN IN THE COUNTRY.

By Mrs. Mary Ware. Autumn waves her. crimson banners Over all our fair savannasl
 And in her regal robes again, Autumn reigns OCT hill and plane. Autumn twines her golden hair Into garlands bright and fair, And every mountain brown, and noary' Smiles with Autumn's golden glory Thus. Autumn. with a smile and tear Sweet handnaaid of the dying year. Amid her lonely forest dells
 Is wreath.ng wreaths of immortals. And with delft and dainty fingers, Binds the orow when beauty fingers; For nature bravely strives to wear A smiling face amid despair. Birmingham, November, 1904.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06
Stump Orators Goina Out.

Senator Rayner of Maryland, him self fine speaker, says the day of stump oratory has passed. Men are still talking from the stump. but near ly all experienced observers agree in saying that votes are not changed by such afforts. When such speeches are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press
 The hardest thing about making money Is to cash Tn.
 Most people get religion when they have had everything else
 No matter if she really had a maid, a woman would have to contradict
 A girl is born with more education about man than he could learn about women in a thousand years.
 It's great comfort to a woman te test the water with a thermometer. so that when the baby shivers she will know it isn't because 1t is cold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06
cui Bono?

From the Chicago Tribune.
 The campaign chiefs had met in com party
 Hadn't we better open the proceedings with prayer?' suggested one of them.
 No" said the others. We did that at the national convention-and look where we arc novvt'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06
STRENUOUS scHLEY.

From the Pensacola Journal
 Admiral Schley will vote as he fought. -Age-Herald.
 If he votes with the same energy that he fought the republican inspectors of election had better keep their weather eyes upon him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06
Portraits of Father o,ReIIIy.

An oil portrait of the late Father o. Reilly, painted by Miss Edna K. Smith is being admired by hundreds of the friends of the lamented priest. It is on exhibition at Loveman, Joesph & Loeb's.
 Otto Bruch, the German artist, who recently arrived in Birmingham, has just placed on exhibition in Louis Saks' win dow an oil portrait of Father O'Reilly, which makes a strong impression. Both artists have produced j striking linkeness of the original.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06
Death of a Knoxville Lady.

The death of Mrs. Charles P. Brooke, which occurred at her home in Knoxville last week is greatly lamented by a large circle of friends in Birmingham. Mrs Brooke visited this city on number of occasions and was ardently admired by all who knew her. She was lovely young woman and was a shining ornament in southern society.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06
LOUISIANA LOTTERY WAS
 A GREAT MONEY MAKER

and the men who turn states evidence can be credited. the Louisiana lottery was rather moderate sinner compared with some other of the banditti at the north.
 who continue to flourish, and are now pouring their millions into the republican campaign treasury in anticipation of fu- ture favors and immunity from disturb
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06

When Henry Watterson and Mir. Bryan and Grover Cleveland are each and all in line, pulling true every time, the democratic party may be said to be truly solid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06

Indiana Is sharing with New York a deep political interest and Indiana Is also the home of historical novelists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06

The republicans are never satisfied. At first they said Judge Parker talked too ntte and now they say he talks too much.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06

Political matter is now outranking and dsplacing on the first page news from Port Arthur and Rojestvensky.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06

No one knows who will shout "Banzar' next Tuesday night, as both sides are in a state of nervous doubt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06
About Persons.

J. M. Eagan, Jr., of Hollins Is at the Hillman.
 M. c. seaborn of Pell City Is at the Hillman. The Hon. John B. Knox and Mrs. Knox were registered at the Hillman yester- day.
 J. A. Payne. a prominent business man of Cincinnati, and one of the proprietors of the St. Nicholas. is at the St. Nich- olas.
 c. Jackson of Blocton is at the St. Nich- olas.
 J. Sullivan of Cincinnati is at the St. Nicholas.
 Flex L. Smith. a well-known attorney of Alexander City, is at the Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06

stoesseI will be disappointed if Port Arthur declines to become his tomb. He picked 1t out and so named 1t long ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06

In a London hotel fourteen persons ex- pect to receive tips, and the patient land- lord comes to his own last of all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-06

The weather Is coming around to the satisfaction of the voters who will go to the polls on Tuesday.