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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT TOM PLAT AND
HIS SOUTHERN REPRESENTATION BILL

New York. and he has introduced this
bill into the United States senate to pay
them. The old gentleman wants to be
statesman, but he is on the wrong track.
Henry Cabot Lodge tried 1T with his force
bill back in the first of the ninetiea, but
he failed and regretted it.
curtailment of the right of franchise
started in Massachusetts. An educational
and property qualification was there
adopted. It was not a violation of the
constitution. Every privilege of the Amer
lean citizen has a check. Any man may
ride on a railroad train. but to get
through the gate at the depot he must
have a ticket for that train. Any man
can vote, but to be able to cast his ballot
he must be able to write 1t and to per-
form other minor qualifications. Any
man has the right to walk the public
highways or the streets of the city, but
police regulations require his nakedness
to be covered with clothing: otherwise
he is denied the privilege. So it is with
the Alabama suffrage law. and with the
law in other southern states, and congress
will not interfere.
Senator Piatt In his old age is attempt
ing something which is sure to meet the
fate of other attempts of the same char
aeter.
The average politician, who aspires to
be a statesman, wants something to
jump on, as for instance, in his own BALL
wick Helm made ado about Booker
Washington and Roosevelt. It appealed
to some voters at home but 1t has un-
doubtedly retarded Helms growth as a
statesman for several years at least.
The man who appeals to the common
sense OF people is the man who wins.
That was MeKinley's strength. The man
who attempts to arouse the prejudices or
passions of a people gains nothing in the
end. 1t matters not whether man be
born in Maine. Massachusetts, Maryland
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
Russian Sims Sunk.

Japanese pluck and luck still hold
good. The taking of 203-Metre hill has
resulted in the sinking of the Russian
fleet. at Port Arthur, only one ship of
fighting force, the Seyastopol, remain
ing afioat. The craftsmanship of the
Japanese all along has been remark
able, and the handling of heavy guns
on 203-Metre hill but confirms their
reputation In that respect.
The Russian ships. too, have been
sunk in comparatively shallow water,
and when the Japanese capture Port
Arthur they will proceed to raise them
and add them to their navy. But
there will be no hurry, and consequent
waste of life, in the capture of Port
Arthur, for 1t is now comparatively
valueless. The garrison will doubtless
be starved out, and its fall may not
take place until next spring.
In the meanwhile the Japanese fleet
will get ready to meet the Baltic fleet,
or more probable still it will assist in
the capture of VIadivostok. 1t is no
longer needed at Port Arthur beyond
few light swift vessels to prevent
blockade running.
The capture of 2O3-Metre hill proves
to have been the greatest and best sue
cess of the Japanese on land, outrank-
ing in importance even the crossing
of the Yalu. At no point have the
Japanese encountered defeat of a ma.
terial nature, and 1t is not reasonable
to expect they will meet more hard
fighting hereafter than has already
come to them They are. however, as
strong after temporary check as after
victory and the Russian anticipation
that defeat can stay them will not hold
good. True, they have not. got good
slice of 1t as yet, but the chances are
that the slow and stupid Russians will
not be able to inflict upon them more
than something of a temporary and
unimportant nature. Even General
Grippenburg, who is lowering about
Hardin, far from the front, will scarce
ly be able to inspire the Russians far
enough to pull victory out of persist
ent defeat.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
Athletic Timber.

Birmingham certainly contains fine
athletic timber" said ]. o. Gillesby. the
new physical director of the Young
Mems Christian Association of this city,
''and I predict that in a few years this
city will have some splendid athletes.
"A majority of the young men In this
city have good physical endowments. L
suppose the cause of this is that num-
Der of them spent their early days on
the farms.
1.-The gymnasium of the Y. NJ. C. A..
is being built up rapidly. The new
equipment will arrive in a few days and
then we will have a well equipped ath-
letic department. Already our young
men are taking to the athletic work and
many are training for a place on the
basket bali team. We hope that when
the team plays Yale we will have a
strong and well coached team"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
Our Alabama Crop.

For the year 1901 Alabama stands
credited with a crop of 100000 bales,
and this was perhaps the largest crop
that had been grown in this state up
to the present year. The agricultural
department estimates the Alabama
crop of the present year at 1,27S,900
bales, and other experts have put this
states crop at 100000 bales.
1t is not difficult to ascertain the
states crop from the reports made to
the census bureau by the ginners, ex-
cept perhaps along the borders of the
state, where cotton from two states be-
comes intermingled, but the approx
mate amount of a states crop is at
least ascertainable. Before reports
were obtained from the ginners esti-
mates of the crop by states were large
ly guess work. The last report of the
census bureau for the crop year should
keep state lines in view, and in that
way the product of each state can be
ascertained.
As over million bales had been
ginned in this state up to November
IA, it is plain the agricultural depart
ment has not overestimated our crop.
1t will not fall below 1.250,000 bales
and it may rise above 100000 bales.
1t is a bumper crop in a state that
is not ordinarily good for more than
a million bales.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD
AaJ0ao

day. The subject Is a trlhe haclneyed
perhaps, but is still interesting. Consult
the column Of short advertisements to be
found in one of the daily papers of the
country marked Personal" and after
you have read it carefully you will be
convinced that humanity's chiefest aim is
to be humbugged. Such a column ap-
peared recently in a New York paper. Out
of eighteen advertisements of the usual
want column style, fourteen announced
that Madam viri' or Professor Agnolop
would reveal the secrets of the universe
and all important matters appertaining
to humanity In distress for a fec rang
ing from Is cents on up to any figure that
the victim could be induced to pay. Now
these people manage to exist somehow
and the majority of them derive very
fair income from their occult" practices
simply because a sucker is born into the
world every minute and there are barely
enough fakirs to attend to their wants
DR.. Henry X. Pancoast, the celebrated
x-ray specialist of the University of Penn
sylvania. thinks he has discovered pro-
treatment might eliminate the necessity
for drawingthe color line by rendering it
a very difficult and confusing problem
to decide when and where the color line
should be drawn, 1t is probable that no
treatment which science is at present able
to employ could remove the characteristic
appetite for watermelon and thirst for
chicken roosts, which distinguish the COL
ored brother along with his ability to
wear large-sized shoes.
From the recent action of the house
committee on industrial arts and expo
sitions in tacitly disappearing the plan
to hold an exposition at Jamestown in
honor of the first settlement of English
there. it appears that the heavens are
rather cloudy. for this project. The COM
mittee decided not to recommend to the
house the authorization Of an Industrial
exposition at jamestown or to report
any bill authorizing money for such a
purpose. However, 1t was directed that
"a subcommittee shall be named to con-
slider the Maryland bill which authorizes
the exposition and appropriates $5.OO0,00e,
and report to the full committee some
way to commemorate the occasion with
out holding an exposition. While they
do not think so now, 1t will be very for
tunate for the promoters Of the James
town fair If their plans do fall through.
Should they persevere in their efforts
they would probably make the acquain-
lance of deficit that would raise the
hair on their heads TO a perpendicn-
lar position.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
Military courtmartiaIs.

IT notice the Brandon Light Infantry
artillery officers are to courtmartial GER
tain members of the battery for failure
to attend drill and musters without
good excuse" said a military man.
1.-THE only way to enforce the military
laws of the state are to carry out rigidly
every detail. I am quite sure If the
young artillerymen were given heavy
fine, they would be present at the next
roll call by the first sergeant. However,
l am not In favor of sending them to
jail. l think this would be too severe
punishment for the young and patriotic
national guardsmen.
However, the military laws OF the
state give the commanding officer the
right to imprison in the county jail, mem
bers of a military company who refuse to
pay fine imposed by a courtmartial'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
am popper'd, warrant, for this
world.
Romeo and Juliet.
William Allen Whites Advice.

William Allen White of Kansas, a
republican, hopes the democratic party
will be organized to the extent that
its historic place as the party of criti-
cism and opposition will be restored.
But the historic place of the demo-
cratic party was that Of progress AID
action. 1t was not a party of mega
ton. The other fellows took up that
role while the democratic party of JEFF
ferson and Jackson did things.
Mr.. Whites programme of demo-
cratic reorganization may be excellent
from a republican point of view, but
IT will never in this world satisfy dem
ocrats who prefer to belong to a party
In power rather than to an opposition
party.
True. criticism and obstruction have
their claims in a country governed by
parties, but Mr. Whites assumption
that the republican party was born
to rule is a mistaken one. The his
toric party carried through the Louis
lana purchase, established the Monroe
doctrine, fought out the Mexican war;
and today as the friend OF the people
faces capitalism, the most dangerous
foe the republic has ever known. 1t
was formerly the party that marched
at the front, speaking at all times for
the masses.
And this is what the democratic
party must do again if it is to attain
again to historic standard. 1t must
put forth definite programme, not
necessarily full of extreme or radical
propositions, but every line of it must
stand for progress and better govern
ment A party of passive resistance
never arouses popular enthusiasm and
a policy of that sort is wholly foreign
to the historic party in its historic
days. The whig party filed that bill,
but the democratic party never did,
and it cannot win by following Mr..
Whites advice and taking up the old
task of the wings or of their prede-
cessors. The democratic party must
get ready to put itself in the van of
progress. This is its true course, its
best iope.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
Jefferson CountY's Hiuhways.

The board of revenue has a rare op-
portuniry to render the county of JEFF
ferson famous by giving it from Mt
Pinson to Adger, from Horse Creek to
Oxmoor, the best roads in the south.
Will it hesitate? Will 1t hesitate when
the county contains an abund-
ance of the best OF ebert; when its
own abundant convict labor will cost
all told but "a cents per man day?
The Age-Herald is confident it will
not. True long-sighted economy for
bids. Humanity in the treatment of
the county's convicts forbids. The
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11

or Mississippi; Alabama, Arkansas or
Alaska, his merits will always tell
Mayor-ele George Ward has already
given evidence that his cries for economy
were honest. He starts out. as an alder
man. advocating a reduction of the sal
airy which is to come to him when he is
sworn In as mayor. He proposes to start
reforms and economies at home. and then
apply them to others. II Ward keeps this
up, he will be the mayor Birmingham
wants and needs. Economy in city gov
ernments on proper lines will bring Biz
mingham to a point Of greatness. At
the same time, economies can go too far.
I believe In spending money when 1t Is
spent in the right direction for substan-
tial and lasting improvements. And we
all know that many improvements are
have some good streets, but we need ten
blocks Of paved street to every block
which is now paved. Some expenditures
should not only be made on the city
streets, but on the county roads. We
already have good system Of roads, but
they have not been kept in good condl-
tion, and I am glad of the movement
which is now being advocated In favor of
using the county convicts on the county
roads.
charlotte, N c.. has demonstrated what
good county roads men to a city. The
roads around that town ara eradad II,xo
railroads, cherted and macadamized, and
the average farmer in that section can
haul as much to Charlotte with one horse
or mule as the farmers In other sections
can haul with two or even four. AS
consequence the products of twenty miles
around go to Charlotte by wagon, and the
city is becoming one of the centers of
commerce and industry of the south. So
1t should and can be with Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
DoInq a rushing business.

st have seen many queer mercantile
combinations In various, out of the way
places In my time, but 1 found two of
the most oddly contrasted business enter
prises in Birmingham the other day that
has yet met my notice." said travel
ing man. ~ was passing along a side
street when l discovered a combined bar
Der shop and restaurant run for the con-
venience of colored patrons There were
several tables covered with dirty red
cloths which were provided for visitors
with appetltes. but only one chair for
tonsorial candidates. However, the barr
Der chair was so close to the tables that
there was no chance for the barber to
get lonesome. while the danger of hair
clippings being waited over to mingle
with the food was very great.
II do not know whether one and the
same person was the proprietor of the
barber chair and the restaurant equip
ment or not. II such is the case he is
very enterprising citizen and manages
to kill two birds with one stone very
cleverly. When there are no applicants
for shaves tonic rubs, shampoos and hair
cuts the proprietor can busy himself in
waiting on table, or perchance assist the
chef In browning a roast, while If fas-
tidious guest should arrive and feel that
he needs a shave before dining he can
have the operation performed with dis
patch and then take his seat at a table
feeling that he is as presentable as the
occasion requires.
However, eating under such circum-
stances would be rather difficult for me,
and l fear that my appetite would be
almost quiescent in the presence of fly
ing lather and flying WOOL
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
IN HOTEL LOBBlES
rral4s- of Artists.

Traits OF HiAtS
''It Is interesting TO note that the pei
sonal characteristics Of carioomses anu
illustrators are frequently revealed IN
their drawings said an observant elti-
zen Yesterday For instance Homer
Davenport whose cartoons are lainiiiar
TO newspaper readers in all par "a e.is
country. Is rather careless IN ms pe'soiiaA
appearance. q triae slipshod IN ms CON
versation and indolent with the lhaelence
of a strong. healthy man who Is not SO
lazy as he looks. In his drawings Dav-
export denends on a bold sweep OF his
pen to sneak volumes. His cartoons are
rugged. earelessly drawn, but powerful
and convincing, like the man. ms WIN
Is. accomplished with sweeping STROKES
that any but a trained and confident man
would hesitate to make
u. S. Anderson, known as VET anotn-
er newspaper artist who has won Tame
with his pen, resembles Mr.. Davenport
somewhat In characteristics and IN ap-
pearanee and his work reveals the same
freedom of treatment. Harrison Fisher,
on the other hand is Of studlous turn
of mind. He looks like a poet lie wears
his hair in poetic style and has a serious
air. His pictures always show a caretul
study and fidelity to locale. Carl %.
Schultz, the originator of Foxy Grandpa
is a very precise looking Individual. his
hair is parted exactly in the middle and
plastered to his head. His general ap-
pearance shows time spent before the
mirror and a consideration of what to
wear In his drawings you Will find that
Mr.. schultz's lines and curves resemble
his plastered hair in their preciseness
and a certain stiffness Of treatment that
distinguishes this artist
''Alice Barber Stevens one OF the best
known of women Illustrators, has an IN
tellectual tousled appearance that might
serve for a poet of passion and her
drawings have the same tousled, intel
lectual characteristics. Just as the man
or woman who writes book reveals MS
own personality In the lines, so an artist
displays his character in the pictures
that he draws"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
A woman's clothes are always comfort
able when they are becoming.
A girl shows very good Judgment to be
thin only in places where nobody sus-
poets it.
No woman ever tried to get divorce
from a man who thought she had curly
hair.
All the fun Of having a bank account is
destroyed for woman because the
cashier knows how much money she
hasn't got.
1t is very hard luck the way man can
creep up two flights of stairs at o'clock
In the morning without making a sound
and Just when he gets into his wife's
room stumble over her shoes and wake
her up.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
Additional Federal Judgeshlp.

Indications are plentiful that the bill
providing for another federal court dis
trict in Alabama will be enacted by con-
gress," said a well Informed Alabamian
at the Hillman yesterday who has Just
returned from Washington.
''The enactment of the bill will be deter
mined largely by the attitude of the Ala
bama delegation in congress, and es-
pecially by Senator Pettus and Represen-
tative CLAYTON, who are members re-
spectively Of the judiciary committees OF
the senate and house.
From what I could gather in Wash
ington the Alabama delegation favor the
bill"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
Needless Alarm.

From the Gadsden Journal.
What is Santa Claus going to do when
he strikes a house that is heated by
steam and has no chimneys ?-Age-Her-
aid.
The Age-Herald should not brighten the
little boys and girls who live In steam
heated houses. We doubt not but that
some way Santa Claus will find their
stockings. Perhaps he will come by way
of the cellar. And having found coy
room in a steam-heated house he is liable
to be extra generous too.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
SWEET AND TWENTY.

BY Shakespeare.
o, Mistress mine, where are you roaming?
Oh, stay and hear; your true loves COM
ing,
That cal sing both high and low;
Trip no farther. pretty sweeting;
Journeys end in lovers meeting.
Every wise mans son doth know.
What is love? TITS not hereafter.
Present mirth hath present laughter;
What's to come is still insure;
In delay there lies no plenty;
Then come kiss me. Sweet-and-T Twenty.
Youths stuff will not endure.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
Poultry Raising.

The excellent exhibit of the Alabama
Poultry and Pet Stock association which
was held here last week drew general
attention to the commercial value of
chickens and eggs.
The exhibit of fowls was highly cred
table and it should result in increased
interest in the poultry business. Few
industries pay better than the raising of
poultry. Some progress is being made
in Alabama along this line but the time
should come soon when the Birmingham
market will draw the large part of its
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11

From the Chicago Journal.
On his twenty-frst birthday Julius
Caesar was figuring how he stood.
"By Bacchusl" he exclaimed biting the
end of his tylus perplexedly. II owe more
than a million sestercesr'
Boy he cried, tell the coachman to
hitch up the brougham. l must call on
Andrew Carnegie's lawyers"
Which showed that Julius managed to
keep up with the times.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
ALABAMA PRESS.

From the Montgomery Advertiser,
Pity the poor Connecticutters. The
Hartford Times tells us that owing to the
drouth and early frosts, ''it is feared that
there will not be cider enough to last
till next haying time" Only think of it!
Drouth in Kentucky closing the distil-
leries and in Connecticut cutting off the
cider crop. Some people will have to
learn to drink water yet.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
THE SIMPLE AND ANXIOUS LIFE.

From the New York Sun.
Are you Interested in the simple life?"
we inquired.
"No," replied the wild-eyed man; 1T
takes all my time avoiding a simple
DEATH
Dextrously lodging three autos and an
explosion, the New Yorker passed from
view.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
Warming Up 7. c.
From the Mobile Item.

From the Mobile Item
Should old Tom Cat Platt's bill to cut
down southern representation in congress
go through, it will prove grand climax
to a life that has been one long series
of political misdoings. 1t will be suf-
ficient to insure the old political repro
bate a good warm place in the deepest
shades of hades.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11
Divorces Prolific.

From the Brewton Standard Guage
There were sixty thousand divorces in
this country last year, or an average of
nearly seven for every hour of the day
and night, Sunday included. This business
of making and unmaking misilt marriages
appears TO have become national in
dustry.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11

A Spanish bull fighter attempted sui
eide at Madrid the other day because
of the new law that forbids bull fight
ing on Sunday. Humanitarians could
hardly censure bull fighter for killing
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11

President Francis could come very
near convincing the potentates of for
eign countries that he is President of
the whole United States as we'll as the
retiring president of the late St Louis
fair.
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SN0Odt 81 oOitcs
DR.. ]. A. B. Lovett president Central
Alabama Agricultural school at Blount-
Vile, passed through Birmingham yester-
day. enroute to Shreveport to attend
the national cotton convention to meet
on December u and 10
H P. Gibson of Corona is at the Hill
man.
s. NJ Morgan of Atlanta is at the
Hillman.
J. A. Holmes of Boston is registered
at the Hillman.
w. A. Gibbons of Chicago is at the
Colonial.
The Rev. DR.. W. E. McIwain of An
iston. president of the synodcal college
for men. is at the Colonial.
]. H. Harrison of Jemison is at the
metropolitan.
]. T. Greene of Blocton is at the Met
ropolitan.
w. T. Williams of Jacksonville Fla
is at the Metropolitan.
Prof. william F. Feagin of Montgomery
chairman of the board of examiners in
the department of education Of Alabama,
is at the Morris
s. Friedman of Tuscaloosa is at the
Morris.
c. Scales of Mobile is at the Morris.
r.. A. Wyatt of Richmond is at the
Morris.
G. Jackson of Blocton is at the St.
Nicholas.
w. Johnson of Nashville is at the St.
Nicholas.
c. j. Abbott of Cleveland is at the st.
Nicholas.