The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-25
WATER COMMITTEE
TO MEET TODAY
CHAIRMAN OF COMMERCIAL CLUB
COMMITTEE ON WATER SUPPLY
FOR MANUFACTURING PuR-
POSES CALLS MEETING.

A meeting of the water committee of
the Commercial club has been called for
8 o'clock Friday afternoon by Chairman
appointed, along with committees from
every municipality in Jefferson county, to
secure an adequate water supply for man.
ufacturing purposes at cheap rate.
A call has been issued to the commit
tees appointed by the Board of Revenue,
the Board of Trade, the City Council and
by the municipalities asking them to
meet at the Commercial club rooms at the
same time that the club committee meets,
and the various committees will form a
large joint committee and commence ac-
| tive operations.
The Committee from Pratt City, ap-
pointed by Mayor Hudnall. is as follows:
r. f. Lovelady, DR.. ]. B. Stagg and NJ.
j. Shelvin. The Bessemer committee. ap-
Lacey, c. McAdory, A. II. Woodward,
H. F. Nudes and w. ]. Parkes.
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ject is too big Tor me to give an off
hand opinion about 1t. 1 haven't consid-
cred 1t sufficiently to say what l think
about 1t.
81 see by today's paper" said the Gov
ernor with laughter in his eyes, that
| all the democratic senator's, except Sem
| ator German of my state, are backing the
President. The paper says that nobody
knows how Senator German stands I'm
| ,Ak al ut hat NJ CnNprnnT
jackson chuckled and smiled like a
school boy.
Roosevelt and the South.
Governor, do you think the President
is going to give the south a square
deal?"
IT hope so. I pray so. But really no
| body knows what he will do. | see the
papers say the President has changed his
| southern policy. Heaven knows hope 1t 5
| true.
"I don't want to say anything that
| would discourage the President from
adopting a just policy toward our people.
I hope he will do the right thing. But
I'm not going to place too much conf
| dence in these reports.
The Race Question.
Our people must continue to stand
| guard on this race question" the Gov
ernor went on, impressively. 81 think
| the greatest political crime ever commit
| ted was the acknowledgment of the ne
eroes. It was done by the republican
| party. 1t has been defended for thirty
| five years by the republican party. There
| are a great many good. true men at
| the north who want to join hands with
| us In our effort to eliminate completely
| the negro from the electorate. But they
are in the minority When political feel
1 ing runs high. the republicans at the
north may always be relied upon TO
make the low appeal and stir up race
| prejudice in the effort to keep their party
| IN power.
| A Great Opportunity.
| Mr. Roosevelt has a great opportunity.
| | hope he will improve it. l hope he will
| do, as president, what ninety-nine honest
northern men in every one hundred who
settle in the south do as citizens, namely,
| solemnly resolve that the negro shall not
| be put in political office, or encouraged to
seek political office.
| II believe that none of them ought to be
| placed In office. There may be few in
| dividual negroes who merit recognition,
| but the harm done to the great mass OF
| both races by putting these few negroes
| in office outweighs all the good that can
| possibly arise from such policy.
| IF the President can't get good men in
| his own party to fill offices In the south
/ | hope he will appoint democrats. I'D
| like to see him, in making these appoint
| mCnts, consult the good men OF both
| parties In the south who are not office
| holders If he'd do that and take their
| advice, he wouldn't humiliate us with
negro or scalawag appointees
| Education of the Negro.