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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
ECLIPSE OF MCCLELLAN
 IN NEW YORK ELECTION

terrible cost. He will be confronted with an adverse board of aldermen, and his ability to impress himself upon the city government will be greatly lessened
 MT. Hearsts remarkable campaign en- phasizes the fact that the comparatively new idea of municipal ownership has a vitality that cannot longer be ignored IT must be reckoned with hereafter. It ia idle to point to the failure of the i'm mediate municipal ownership idea in Chicago, since the vote in New York indi- cates unerringly the determination of the people to try the experiment. cost what 1t may. The conservative clements in both great parties must face the issue, in the realization that such determined move ments have rarely subsided until the peo- pie themselves have discovered the in- herent weakness of such schemes and their incompatibility with our form of government. Municipal ownership is the crude and communistic weapon with which an increasing fraction of the pub lie is trying to fight corporate aggres- sion and combinations of wealth At the present time it appears to be the only weapon, or at least the most effective one. It seems to make no difference to the wielders of this bludgeon that their suc- cess would be as Injurious as the con- tnuance of present conditions.
 The fallacious promise of 'square deal' carried in the municipal ownership idea has had the effect in New York of obliterating the old party lines and de- stroylng the chances of George B. Me- Clelan of becoming a national figure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
From the Washington Post.

q t0i'i eiiS w WdSHlIlBlO11 POSI-.
 NOJE of the distinct results, of Tues
 SJ days election Is the elimination
 of George B. Mcclellan as a pos sibly formidable factor in national poli- tics. If Mir. Mcclellan had been elected mayor of New York by the overwhelming majority that appeared to be his at the beginning of the late campaign, it is prob- able that he would have feomed large on the national horizon as the hope of the democratic party for President in 1908 His excellent official record, his youth, his honorable personal character. and his ability for large affairs were all in his favor. If his hold upon the voters had again been demonstrated, the next step in his career would probably have been his nomination for governor of New York. and thence. If successful, his way would have been clear for a struggle with William J. Bryan for the national leadership
 From d plurality of S3,0o0 two years ago, however. Mayor Mcclellan squeezes through now with an unofficial plurality of $500, and 1t Is possible that even this beggarly victory may be turned into a defeat. Mir. Hearst's grounds of contest appear to be valid, and strong enough to keep the result in doubt. Assuming. how ever. that MT. Mcclellan has been re- elected, it is evident that the Tammany forces have been so crippled as to re- move him from consideration in the na- tional field. If Tammany has saved Me- Clelian, it has accomplished the fgat at a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
Pratt Ciiv's Ambition.

Pratt City has long been one of the country's prosperous municipalities, and it has now reached the point where it desires to beautify itself as well as to secure to itself all needful urban advantages, such as sewers, electric lights and good streets. It al ready possesses a water supply, and it desires to add to that advantage all the other things desired by house. holders.
 Nor is that all. It proposes to con slider the aesthetic situation. It pro poses to beautify itself. The pending proposition looks to the construction of boulevard along the trolley track, where now an alley and delapidated buildings lie. The proposed boule- wards would prove a handsome invest. ment to every foot of land in Pratt City. for it would at a glance change the opinion of every one who rides through Pratt City or tarries in 1t. The good people of Pratt City owe it to their children to cultivate the sense of the beautiful, and the pro- posed boulevard is in line with that indisputable duty The proposition should be kept before the people, and If need be a campaign of education in its favor should be begun, and con ducted to fruition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
VIRTUE ITS OWN REWARD.

From the Centreville Press.
 We prefer the life of an humble citi- zen, earning our living by the sweat of our brow happy and contented, that what we have was honestly earned. than to be a million dollar grafter, and have o,r sleep disturbed by constantly realiz- ing the fact that the luxuries and com forts were obtained by dishonest meth ods These life insurance grafters are going to have more than the law to contend with Their consciences may be aooa to n realization of their acts but if will he awakened some day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

Charlottesville. Va, on account of the death of his brother. He will be away about ten days.
 J. D. DuBois of St. Louis is at the St. Nicholas.
 Harry E. Williams of Toledo is at the St Nicholas
 John D. Nagle of Philadelphia is at the Birmingham.
 J. W. Bush of Gadsden Is at the Hill man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
Selma Fair.

T was greatly struck with the excellent fair that the people of Selma and central Alabama have gotten up," said Mayor N. w Scott of Ensley. who returned last night from trip to the Central City. 'They have some splendid displays and the fair is we'll attended.
 "One of the features today was the ad- dress of Lieutenant Governor R. M. Gun ningham. People from all over the state were present and heard the address of Dr. Cunningham. which was both eloquent and convincing. The lieutenant governor was evidently among his friends and his speech was wildly cheered. If we can judge by the ovation rendered him in Sel- ma he will carry that section of the state.
 'Of course Ensley being the home of Governor Cunningham we are all pro- foundly proud of him and his record We believe and feel that the people of Ala bama will promote him to the governor ship"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
TOM DIXON AND HIS cLANsMAN.

From the Washington Post.
 According to the newspaper organs of that section. the whole south is now given over to hysterical controversy apropos of MT. Diyons play. 'The Clans man." We were at some pains to examine the book itself when it first appeartd. and found it a very extravagant and untime- ly revival of an episode which had much better have been left to oblivion. It not only appeals to passions of the lowest and most incendary kind. but, as a gen eral proposition, 1t is untrue. Southerners of the old slaveholding class, who serv- ed in the Confederate army and after. ward passed through the horrors of re- construction. knew perfectly well that the negroes were not the fiends describ- ed by Mir. Dixon. They know, on the con trary, and will forever hold 1t in affect ionate and grateful remembrance, that the former slaves were faithful in every relation-save that of party politics-and that at no time or place, either during the civil war or during the ten years of pandemonium which followed, did the negroes turn their hands against their former masters or against any man or woman of that class.
 or the horrors of the reconstruction period, no need to speak. unless we say as is the solemn truth-that nine-tenths of the enormities of that dreadful time were inspired and actuated by the white leaders. the so-called carpetbaggers, of whom the negroes were the ignorant in striments and dupes. What We wish to make plain as our opinion is that The Clansman" is as false and mischievous and exaggerated as Harriet Beecher Stoves Uncle Toms Cabin," and as little entitled to the respect of honest and enlightened men. The thousands of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
General Conference.

"The Methodsts of Alabama, and es- pecially of the Birmingham district. are very much interested in the meeting ot the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. south, which is to be held in this city next May" said the Rev. S. l.. Dobbs, presiding elder of the Birmingham district, yesterday.
 This conference will bring possibly 15,OO0 people from all sections of the Jnl- ted States and some from other coun- tries to Birmingham, and this city should be greatly benefited by this visit of so many of the best people on earth.
 This will be the first meeting of the general conference of the Methodist church held in the state of Alabama, and Birmingham should feel proud of the honor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
SOME NEWSPAPER MEN.

From the Tuscumbia North Alabamian.
 One good thing about that joint debate at Sheffield is that it brought four of Aiabama's best newspaper men to Col bert county, Ell P. Smith of the Birming- ham News, Will T. Sheehan of the Mont eo,nery Advertiser, Seymour Ransom of The Age Herald and H. W. Roberts of the Birmingham Ledger were here to re- mort the debate. All are fine fellows and deserve all the good things That can sbe said about them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
r,rnm the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 A boy that won't fight other boys prob ably will girls.
 Money makes a good figure in the dress makers it hires for 1t.
 In an argument most men shout so loudly that you can't hear their ideas.
 A girl is about as modest as she can ever hope to become if she will admit there is one other girl in town as pretty as she. If a woman had all her family around her and no money in the bank she would faint only three times when she received Q telegram.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
Hale County Prosperous.

"TIale county Is in an exceedingly pros- porous condition now, and all the farmers, merchants and business men are shaking hands with themselves and congratulat- ing themselves on the good times, said J. s. Powers, who Is the guest of T. V. Boardman and Circuit Solicitor John Me Queen
 'The price of cotton has brought hap piness to the hearts of every one in that section of the state, and we never hear of hard times in our county these days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
NOT A COMFORTABLE SEAT.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 Coal<ley-He is now. they say, upon the very pinnacle of success and prosperity, and yet he isn't happy. JoakleyWell, that's not altogether sur
 prising. Did you ever sit on pinnacle of
 any sort?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
AN INTELLIGENT SPIDER.

From the Kiowa CKan) Signal
 superstitious subscriber who found spider in his paper wants to know If 1t is a bad omen. Nothing of the kind. The spider was merely looking over the paper to see who was not advertising, so 1t could spin its web across the store door and thus be free from disturbance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
About Persons.

Stuart Mackenzie of Montgomery is at the Morris.
 c. S. Chambers of Jacksonville, Fla, is stopping at the St. Nicholas.
 Thomas F. Knight of Greensboro, grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of Alabama. is at the Metropolitan.
 w. H. Moore of Jasper is at the Hill man.
 r. P. Howard of Decatur, H., is at the Birmingham.
 B. D. Radcliff of Chicago is at the Bir- mingham.
 c. c. Whitson of Talladega, member of the state democratic executive commit- tee. Is at the Morris
 w. A Autery of Selma Is at the Nor ris.
 w. A. Davis, prominent real estate op- orator of Anniston. Is at the Morris. A. Leo Oberdorfer, we'll known attor- -e ,o1,a Has lod t.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
KNOCKING GIBSON.

From the Florida Times Union.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald says that "Charles Dana Gibson has quit drawing" According to the New York Sun and some other eminent authorities. Mir. Gibson is one man who never could draw anyhow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

An.Ohioan met Texan down in Fl aso and made the mistake of trying to whip him with his bare fists. The Ohioans bullet-punctured frame is be- ing repaired at local hospital.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

From Judge,
 Am I your little sweetheart?" she asked lightly as she finished ironing his shirt.
 You are my bosom friend" said he fondy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

southerners who have consigneds 1t to abominaton have our undiluted sympa- thy Thomas Nelson Page and Miss Ellen Glasgow have written of the reconstruc- ton period. and. written with intelligence and understanding. Dixons "Clansman' is vicious firebrand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

A Detroit infidel has unveiled a | VI monument to the devil. The
 semblance to his satanic majesty seems to be correct, so far as any one knows, but the furore created by the figure has altogether crowded out con sderatlon of it's artistic merits. The De- | troit man, to say the least of it, thinks uniquely and his reasons for honoring the devil are in keeping with his character The monument is quite an elaborate af- fair. and if the devil ever visits Detroit he will feel like national hero in gazing upon this tribute to his worth. Tn order to show his patriotism. the Detroter adorned his statue with American flags While this act appears less compliment than an aspersion. it were bootless to deny that Beezulbub has acquaintances in this country.
 Missouri loves company. but not the New York Life Insurance company. The man who stands on a cracker box and tells his fellow citizens how to run the government usually plays second fid- dle at home.
 BEFORE AND AFTER. When Benners started out to fight | For party honors and the right HE FELT PRETTY BIG.
 When Benners fell beneath a slide That buried him and eke his pride. l He felt rather small. Judging from the number of eligible women who fail to get jobs in the civil service, there is a disposition on the part of Uncle Sam not to let the women do the work.
 "The Columbia State Is, at this moment. the only surviving example I know in America of personal, pole-cat journalism says Thomas Dixon to W. E. Gonzales, whom he dubs master of pole-cat polemcs." That certainly is talking about a man.
 WAS HE?
 Altho they said he'd win his fight, And victory was expected, | It's all a matter of counting votes
 Now was Mcclellan elected?
 A magazine writer speaks lightly of the Empire of Dollars" yet every man you see would like to get a good job near the throne.
 street car conductor claims that he was lynched by revelers. He was not lynched in good. old southern fashion, or he wouldn't be talking about it.
 It develops that Prince Louis of Bat tenberg is a printer. If he should lose his present job he wouldn't have to live with his relatives.
 The lone democrat elected to office in Chicago has a contemporary in the lone republican who was left in office at Lex | ington Ky.
 1 There is a man in Ohio who is named Hynicka. Excuse us while we snicka TIME TO BUY.
 Now many men go to the stores,
 Altho the weathers fair, And lay them in winter stock
 Of cod-proof underwear
 Quite naturally. Count Trepoff feels that he has grievance He must have re- marked the humor of his complaint that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
POSSIBLE PURPOSE.
From the

From the Rome Tribune.
 A well known burglar is writing arr ticles for the Ladies Home Journal. Prob
 ably trying to explain to the ladies how 1t is that he never is under the bed. when
 he ought, by all signs and tokens. to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

story is told of New Jersey can didate who was defeated and spent the night in a car barn. He probably thought he was in mule barn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

The number of people who died and went crazy as a result of election ex. citement shows the strenuonsness of politics in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

The noble sport of fox-huntng is being followed with enthusiasm in Vir- ginia. It is hard on Reynard, but that is not the question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

Boss Cox is dead and gone, and Boss Dick is left with handful of figures, everyone of which is warning to him to get out or reform.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

The Czar is now a grand duke him. self-grand duke of Finland-and he is mighty glad that he is anything to that land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

Tammany is just able to sit up and take notice. This, however, Is better than trip up Salt river.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

Reed Shoot will be senatorial is sue again this winter, and if he be not bounced two million women will de- mand the reason why.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

Montgomery is not "dry" on Sun days, at least not in the neighborhoods of its 120 places where beer and whisky are sold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

Governor Herrick appreciates today the ingratitude of republic, and so does Boss Boies Penrose, Neither are politically alive however.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

When American railroads go to Spain to buy rails for building a road in this country there seems to be q flaw in the tariff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
Pin Iron Forever!

The production of pig iron is going up by leaps and bounds. The pig iron output by 10-year periods in half cen fury have been as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

Alabama may be incubating an in. surance scandal on the negro side. A little ventilation in that quarter would be salutary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

Philadelphia is entitled to two Thanksgiving days, for one will not suffice in these times of reform.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

The bosses of America and the grand dukes of Russia should be as- sembled and sent to sea in one very leaky boat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

The Grand Duke Nicholas, but Boris, the American chorus girls favorite, is lost, strayed or stolen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

The boss business in this country has felt the influence of the raids on Russian grand dukes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

Bessemer means business when it offers to set up Vulcan, and it's propo- sition should receive due considera- ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

Political bosses go down when the people rise up in their might.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

Even the man who told you so ap- peared after Tuesdays election. His gall is unmeasurable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

Boss Trepoff has, like Boss Cox, re- signed. Each knew when he had had enough. Some bosses do not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

William Travers Jerome or John M. Pattison Is the hero of the elections.
 Both are reformers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

The ballot boxes of New York, sealed and resealed, are still in the limelight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

Tammany made the mistake of it's life when it refused Jerome on it's ticket
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

If all the threatened arrests Ire made in New York it will be necessary to erect a few more prisons
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

It reminds one of the old Portsmouth days to read MT. Takahira's name in the papers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

the newspapers were no sooner granted freedom than they took advantage of it to assail him roundly. The joke is on Trepoff and the autocracy.
 No doubt temperance cranks feel warm because in his annual report on condi- tons in the army, General Burton says that if the soldiers were furnished with light beer, under the direction of the com manding officer, there would be fewer assertions. It is hard to convince some people that "canteen" conducted by the government is more to be desired than the disorderly brothels which are found near every army post. The "canteen" is the lesser of two evils. Try this argu- ment on a White Ribbon enthusiast and you will be sorry.
 WILL FOLLOW PRECEDENT. The boss they say, will pass away,
 But just before he starts, Hell take a bag of party swag
 To spend in foreign parts.
 Even if everybody else kept silent. can didates and prizefghters would talk enough to keep the world awake.
  be at times, pert paragraphers are quaint ly asking, Who Is Mrs. Chadwick?' The story of an Indiana man who came all the way back to Peru from New Mex leo to shoot at his mother-in-law incites us to jest, but we haven't the cour- age.
 THE TRIUMVIRATE. All hail the peerless triumvirs
 Let peans upward roll
 The king of metal--great King Iron!
 King Cotton and King Coal
 It is reported that a movement is on foot to reorganize an order known as the Sons of Clansmen. The idea seems to have started in Birmingham and was sug- gested by the recent presentation of Thomas Dixon's "The Clansman." The Sons of Clansmen would probably prove no more harmful than a society styled the Sons of the Original Cleveland Man. The proposition Is absurd and is important only because 1t shows how some people let themselves be swept off their feet by cheap sensationalism.
 The number of pretty women figuring in divorce suits awakes the suspicion that it Is easier for a homely woman to keep out of trouble than 1t is for pretty ont; also, that pretty is that pretty does. Birmingham people seem to think that Bessemer is joking about wanting to take charge of Vulcan and put him on his feet. Alleged wits have taken liberties with the Iron Man so long that he is considered jest. The Commercial club of Birmingham faces an embarrassing sit- uation. If the Bessemer offer is not ac- cepted it will be incumbent on BirmIng- ham to do something for Vulcan.
 HOME SWEET HOME.
 Sing a song of home life,
 Mothers making bread.
 Fathers in the bedroom
 Lounging on the bed;
 Arthurs in a poolroom
 Betting on a chance,
 Marys at a dancing school
 Learning how to dance.
 The Tact that a saloon "scrub" turned down the vote of Senator Philander c. Knox proves that we still live in a demo- cratic country. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

An Indiana man named Light de- sires to make his expenses lighter by getting a divorce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

The election of Jerome as no-party man is a warning that all grafters should heed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

The "bosses" are still looking around them in a dazed fashion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

The contested mayoralty election in New York promises spectacular fea- tureS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

Bernard Shaw does not shave, veal a collar, or write decent plays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

That loud slamming noise is the lid coming down on Cleveland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

The revolutionists of Russia are marching on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

Tickets away from Russia ought to be in great demand just now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

The split ticket and the independent voter were much in evidence this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

Revolution is almost at the door of Peterhoff. where the Czar puts up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

Candidate Wins simply overesti- mated himself and his epigrams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

The Thanksgiving proclamation is acceptable to both parties this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

A river is the last place in the world in which to look for ballot box.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

Philadelphia is no longer corrupt and contented."
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o ruin'd place of nature! Thls great world Shall so wear out to naupht.
 king Lear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
OF COURSE.

Avoid the woman behind the hat pin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

Altho they said he'd win his fight,
 And victory was expected, It's all matter of counting votes
 Now was Mcclellan elected?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11
TTME TO pTTv

There is a man in Ohio who is named Hynicka Excuse us while we snicka.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

When Benners fell beneath slide That buried him and eke his pride.
 <IIe felt rather small.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

It develops that Prince Louis of Bat tenberg is printer. If he should lose his present job he wouldn't have to live with his relatives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-11

The lone democrat elected to office in Chicago has contemporary in the lone republican who was left in office at Lex ington ky.