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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30
Primaries and Conventions.

"The excuse" says the Washington Post, for the primary is that poor man stands no chance in a convention because conventions are not honest. Depend on it that party that can not hold an honest convention will never conduct an honest primary cleo tion. The democrats have just held an honest primary in Virginia, and t..ey could, with infinitely less trouble and far less expense, have held an honest convention"
 No doubt the Virginians could and should have held an honest conven- tion, but assuredly they would not have done so. The plain everyday man has little standing-really, no epresentation-in a convention. The delegates are selected behind doors by a few, and in the convention the business is dictated by the bosses; all this on the assumption that no dis honest deal are put through or even attempted. Under the best and hap pest circumstances the convention does not embrace the average man, who is thus deprived of voice in the selection of the candidates of his par ty. The primary embraces all, giving to each equal and full political privi- lege and opportunity. This Is why the primary serves the country. It Is better for alal when all take part in public affairs.
 The Post Is wholly mistaken when 1t says a party that cannot hold an honest convention cannot conduct an honest primary. Experience does not uphold the Posts assertion. It is a bold politician who will steal a vote cast by a freeman. That freeman will be apt to hear at least the truth about the act, and ever afterwards he will camp on the trail of the man that robbed him of his vote. Very few primaries indeed are conducted dis honestly. Very few conventions are conducted honestly. This is the truth and the Post will not have to go far to find men who want no more con ventions. Virginia Is full of such paen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30
A SILENT TOAST.

From the New York Times. To the long, sweet shadows of sunrise To the coo of the doves in the trees To the breeze and the cliffs and the wood-
 land,
 And the breath of the tropic seas. To the moist, raw odor of plantains- To the coolness of fresh-cut sheaves- To the perfume of ripe pimento
 And the oranges scented leaves. To the trill of the ''chit" in the jungle To the solitaire's morning complaint To the scent of the kline in the pastures. And the hills the sunbeams paint To the rise of the moon on the ocean To the rays on the mountains sides To the glint of the light on the palm
 fronds
 In the dear old midnight rides. To the nights all alone in the glory Of the bush with the lizard and owl To the whistling toad in the tree fern And the night winds dismal howl. To the upturned face in the moonlight To the kiss of a land-born bride To the last faint whisper at parting. With the crack of the whip!-"pafe
 rida-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30
Demand for Office Room.

.Dd 1t ever occur to your asked an optimst yesterday, "how many new of flee rooms or office suites have been rented in Birmingham in the last three years?
 'I have just been figuring the theory out, and I find that the number runs up to 700.
 'In the last three years" explained the optimist. three large office buildings have been erected in Birmingham. These are the Woodward building, the First Ma tional Bank building and the Title Guar antee and Trust Company building. In the first two named buildings there are 600 rooms in the last named are 115. Every one of these 715 rooms is now rented
 Not only that, but In the old office buildings there are, learn, not 50 vacant rooms. Isn't that wonderful record for three years?
 "When the Brown-Marx building goes up at First avenue and Twentieth street. and by the way the Eugenotto Construc- tion company has decided to name the new building the Brown-Marx'-all its 2So room will be speedily rented. The truth is that there Is in Birmingham an enormous demand for office room"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30

From the Washington Post.
 ffl WAS deeply grieved to hear of the death of that good and able man,
 General Patrick Collins," said for mer Senator Pugh of Alabama at the Riggs House.
 General Collins was by long odds the most influential Irish Democrat in the United States He put Grover Cleveland in nomination for the Presidency, and we all know that 1t was the Irish vote which gave Cleveland his office.
 What I started out to tell you was little affair in which both Collins and myself figured. After the death of Chief Justice Waite of the United States su- preme court, 1t came to me on good au- thority that the President had promised Senator Edmunds of Vermont that he would confer the vacant chief justiceshp on MT. Phelps of Vermont, who was subsequently, minister to England. An appointment more objectionable to the Irish democracy of the country could not have been made, and 1t occurred to me that MT. Cleveland was about to pcrpe trate a blunder. While the matter was pending I had occasion to go to tho White House. My personal relations with the executive were of the best and I made up my mind to speak freely with him in regard to the Phelps rumor.
 He was busy when called, and took a seat at the messengers suggestion to await the Presidents convenience. As I waited the man told me that Gen. Pat Collins and delegation from Boston, were having an interview with the Pres
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30
EX-SENATOR PUGH PAYS
 A TRIBUTE TO COLLINS

ident. From the room in which they were comforting I could hear voices in excited debate, and it seemed as If heated discussion were in progress. The talk last ed a long time but at length General Col lins and his friends emerged from the chamber and I entered it to find Mr. Cleveland looking flushed and with a manner that denoted no small amount of annoyance. He told me what the trouble was; that the delegation just leaving had made stormy protest against the selec- ton of Phelps as Waite's successor. He wanted to know my opinion.
 T asked the President to excuse me for plainness of speech, but that if he were to name MT. Phelps 1t would be a most impolitic act and one that would give offense to the Irish element throughout the nation. It would alienate the men who were prime factors in his election and would be especially humiliating to Gen. eral Collins.
 Three days later I went to the execu- tive mansion again and MT. Cleveland VOL unteered the statement that he had de- cidded not to send in to the Senate the "aiiio oi MI hsips ioi chiel Jusice. HIS failure to do so was taken greatly to heart by Senator Edmunds, so much so. In fact, that when the name of MT. Full Ter was sent in the Vermont Senator made a long and bitter fight against confirma- tion. He contested 1t at every point, and even demanded to be shown every brief and argument that MT. Fuller had ever made before the tribunal of which he had been chosen chief. Could Mir Edmunds's will have prevailed the Senate would never have concurred in the nomination"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30
Conaressman Iheodore Burton.

There is still talk of making MT. Burton chairman of the appropriations committee, but great as that position is. it would not be promotion to Theodore Burton. Not that he would not make fine chairman Of that com mittee and an effective floor leader, but he should not be transferred, be- cause he knows more about rivers and harbors than all the rest of Congress. He is inhexibly honest, and he will not permit any considerable sum to be wasted on work that will never bring results. He stands by any river or harbor that the people need and will use.
 Some small sums are forced through oyer his head but no considerable money is voted against his judgment. Every member of Congress knows he is the one man who cannot be de- ceiyed as to the need of improvement of a given river or harbor. He knows the commercial possibility and value of every one of them, and this is why he should be returned at the head Of |. rivers and harbors committee.
 The long and short of 1t Is, the country needs him at the head of the head of the committee that he has long honored. He is the greatest chairman that that committee has ever had, and he should stay where he is as long as he stays in the House. Some day when horse sense gains the ascendancy in Ohio he may be sent to the Senate, ard that will be soon enough to transfer him from the riv- CTS and harbors committee to other service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

an address characterized by equal
 measures of frankness and egotism, Hall Caine says that he would rather be novelist than millionaire or Presi- dent of the United States. He also says, in his approved melancholy fashion, that young writers are knocking st the door and older literary men must be prepared to give way to the new element While he confesses to having both art and abil- ity, he is willing to follow suit, inasmuch as his success has already been conspicu- ous. The most remarkable feature of such men as Hall Caine and George Bern ard Shaw is their disgusting egotism
 The Ensley citizen who forced his wife to draw him home in @ buggy must have iabored under the impression that he was occupying a rickshaw in smiling Japan. His error speaks we'll for the potency of Ensley's high balls.
 It must be a painful surprise for good old people to discover that they have been drinking cheap whisky as a tonic all these years and have been dilatng upon the benefits that could have been derived far more easily and cheaply from pure whisky, It wouldn't hurt to investi- gate the patent medicines.
 One of the most convincing marks of Alabamas prosperity Is offered by the states weekly papers. It is the weekly paper that comes in closest contact with the people and when fortune smiles on the one 1t is reflected in the other. Dur ing the past six months the improvement made in Alabama newspapers has been most encouraging and gratifying, especi- ally in the weekly papers, although the dailies have not Jagged behind. All are advancing and sharing in the prosperity which the state enjoys. It would take too much space to enumerate all the weekly papers that are making rapid strides for ward. but those at Talladega, Florence, Sheffield, Marion, Gadsden, Attalla, Pell City, Tuscumbia, Cullman, Decatur, Jas per, Alexander City, Ozark and Prattville show a healthy growth.
 In setting out for globe -trotting ex- petition Colonel Bryan remaked to MT. Roosevelt, "Go forward" In the mean- time, Colonel Bryan will go some him self
 It "transpires' that Uncle Sam paid for the transportation that enabled Secretary Taft and his party to create an impress sion in Japan and the Philippines. The reason why Is not so apparent.
 We no longer play San Francisco" re- marked we'll known theatrical press agent yesterday. "The reason why Is easy to explain. but I dare say that the infor- nation would be surprising to most peo- pie. The existence of numerous 10-cent theatres in both San Francisco and Los Angeles has seriously hurt the business of legitimate houses booking high-priced attractions. It Is estimated that there are at least twenty-eight 10-cent theatres in San Francisco, and ten or twelve in Los Angeles. I dare say that the figures for San Francisco should be larger. A small amusement caterer comes along, rents storeroom, builds a stage in the rear, adds one or two scraps of scenery and a miniature drop curtain, puts up box office and a gaudy entrance at the front and, after securing a few mediocre
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30
Cotton Mill Buildinu.

In the last three years 4S3 cotton mills were built in this country, and 4O5 of them were erected amid the cotton fields. In the net three years as many more mills will be put up, and no doubt the southern proportion of the last three years will be repeat ed No one will complain of the south err proportion. It is wholly adequate and satisfactory, but it goes to the benefit of three states only-Georgia and the two Carolinas. The other cot ton states are among the scattering, even Alabama, which has nearly a million spindles.
 Why is 1t that the thirty odd coun- ties of this state that have not sin. gle mill do not take steps to build mills in season when mills are known to be making money? The crop of this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30
A UNIQUE TOMBSTONE.
rom the Seattle Times.

From the Seattle llfiles.
 A stone carving of a grizzly bear in the attitude of defending her cubs has been carved by Andrew Chester Thomp- son of Seattle. and will be immediately shipped to Alaska to be placed over the grave of R. Shadesty, one of the most prominent Indians in the north when alive. He died December IT, 1903, leaving $500 to defray the cost of the monu- ment
 The big piece of stone carving, weigh Seattle to wrangel and from that point will be carried about 150 miles overland to the home of the Bear family or In- dians. The Indians themselves will trans port the grizzly on its overland journey according to their own primitive methods of transportation.
 MT. Thompson has been carving images for Alaska Indians for the past twenty five years. but this is the largest monu- ment he has shipped to Alaska carved from single piece of marble.
 The stone carving provided for shadesty Is. the first to be ordered in a defensive attitude For the Black Bear tribe MT. Thompson has carved several statues of bears. but they have all been on all fours. The Wolf tribe and others taking their names from wild animals have ordered carvings, but the work done for Shadesty is novel in it's conception.
 It is customary among the Alaska In- dians to leave money to pay for their own tombstones and shadesty saved for a lifetime to give himself suitable piece for his grave. He was wealthy enough. though, to leave his kinsmen considerable money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30
Music Schools.

''rhe growth of this city. said Mss Norma Schoolar yesterday, "is shown in the fact that we have nov eight schools for the teaching of vocal musi". A short time ago we had but one.
 T have myself twenty pupils. and when I have twenty-four, as I soon VIII, VIII have to give eight one-hour lessons day, and that is certainly full days work in music You see we believe in the eight-hour law in rsusic. and if you have to give eight lessons in vocal music every week day I feel certain you would advo- cate the eight-hour rule also.
 Few appreciate how rapidly music IS gaining ground in this city, our teachers of both vocal and instrumental music are among the best in the country. Sev- eral of them are highly trained. and the Alabama student cannot do better than turn toward this town"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30

vaudeville teams, he is ready for busi- ness. The entertainment offered in such places consists chiefly of song and dance specialties and moving pictures, but 1t is worth the price. People go to these small theatres in rapidly increasing num- bers, and they are spreading all over the west. They are most profitable invest ments. No one could blame small man. i. agers for taking advantage of the oppor- tunties thus offered. but they hurt our business appreciably."
 Jerome Folk, Dunne, Weaver and Roosevelt are examples of progressive Americans in politics. These may aptly be styled the Big Five" The eyes of the country are on them, although now and then From" Johnson of Cleveland and Governor Lafollette of Iowa come in for a share of attention. The game Of politics today has become strenuous in every sense of the word. Rampant graft has called forth rampant reformers. The latter are made necessary by the former.
 Forty thousand farmers attended the Interstate Fair at Trenton, N. J., last Wednesday. Good day to work shell game.
 It is said that ex-Auditor Sherrick of Indiana may be arrested soon." man without pulls and other advantages en- joyed by the up-to-date ''grsfter" would have been behind the bars since the day his rascality was discovered
 A class rush took place at Denson uni- fu at Wednesday,. The entertainment started at o'clock in the evening, and continued with vigor until a. m. The president of the fresh- man class was taken to the woods and given a free hair cut. sophomores treated each other to hair cuts, several boys were hurt, freshman was stripped of all his clothes and another freshman dis appeared. Aren't the dear young ruffians husky, Agnes?
 Yellow fever will prevent Governor Var- daman of Mississippi from attending the launching of the battleship Mississippi and will keep him from treading on any ones toes
 A comedienne quit her engagement in high dudgeon because the manager of the theatre ODJecleu lO SHOWiH6 hci ankles and neither limbs in singing and dancing speciaties. Good for you, Dolores! What would the stage be without lingerie and ankles, not to speak of limbs?
 A man was arrested in New York for eating grass. Trying to lead the simple life, probably
 The New Hampshire man who was robbed of S320O on a train can console him. self with the thought that he would have had to give 1t to the Pullman por- ter, anyway It Is not surprising to learn that farm- CT has been kidnapped in Wisconsin. Farmers are waxing so plutocratic these days that they command no insignificant ransoms.
 AERONAUT'S LITTLE JOKE. Said an airship man to his aid-de-camp, As he tested some piano wire While not high roller by any means. You may say am still high flyer" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Field as an Author.


 "A Chicago publishing house has of fered MT. Field strong inducements to write a book" said Press Agent Atkin- son of the Field Minstrels. After due cons,deration he has accepted the nner' and will begin work on the book ih the near future. It will treat of his exper- fences as a minstrel manager, covering a pe-1od of nearly thirty years. During that time Mir Field has travelled over this country many times. and his friends pe- lieve he has gathered some data that will make interesting reading. He mas always travelled with his eyes open, mas met many people in socl1 and political life and has kept in close touch with the political affairs of the codn..y.
 The book will go to press some time after the holidays"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

Memphis Commercial-Appeal: Birming- ham is to have another big steel plant The Iron City certainly do move.
 Gadsden Times-News: If Birmingham refuses to support a republican weekly where's the wisdom of starting a repub- liean daily in that city?
 DeKalb Record. Birmingham has at last ceased to hold up travellers and take dollar from them for a certificate. The action was little belated, but 1t Is bet ter late than never.
 Tuscumbia North Alabamian: Mayor Ward besides being a hard working of- ficial, has decided to let Birmingham have one more good, old circus. The children are all for Ward now.
 Marion Standard: Birmingham and the railroads are now defraying the expenses of securing health certificates in that city. Birmingham don't wait many moons to remove an obstacle that may obstruct her progress.
 Centrevllle Press The one-dollar health certificate fee that has been charged by the Birmingham authorities has been re- pealed, and now a citizen travelling out of that city can get certificate free. It is time this sort of extortion was called of.
 Huntsville Mercury: Blrmingham's mayor has decided against merchants moving their stocks on Sunday, and ex- poets the police to see that the Sunday law is respected If Birmingham continues to improve along these lines 1t will not be long before bad" Birmingham will be a forgotten term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press
 All is not figure that dresses that way.
 woman can pretend almost anything except that she likes to smoke.
 A girl Is never sure whether you squeezed her fingers or she did yours
 Remorse lasts almost as long as the punishment for the thing that causes it.
 An accident may make man great. but 1t takes steady plugging to keep him so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30
Allen on "Euaenotto."

B. M. Allen, the criminal lawyer. who Is known now and then to have a sun kissed child of Ham for client, didn't want the new fifteen-story skyscraper to Dc named "The Eugenotto.'
 ''why did you object to the name9" MT. Allen was asked yesterday
 Well" said he. 'I don't know that my objection is altogether valid, for I ad- init that Eugenotto Is euphonious and att tractive, and its origin Is of course, high ly interesting. But you see if have an office in that building and one of my negro clients tackles me on the street or over the phone and I tell him to come up to the Eugenotto, the odds are 100 to l that ''cuffy" would take week to find out where the building was"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30

The Brooklyn man who played the role of burglar in order to break his wife of the matinee habit is either stingy or powerfully impressed with the evils of the stage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30
GERMS TIC BURN.

From the Rome Tribune.
 Good Lord. did you ever hear so much talk about germs? Germs to the right of us. germs to the left of us. germs inside of us. volley and thunder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30
THE ONLY WAY.
pm the Atlanta Journal.

From the Atlanta Journal.
 In Norway when a girl hires out to cook. she signs contract to stay six months. In this country the only way for a man to get cook to stay six months is to marry her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30
DAY OF WONDERS.

From the Jackson News.
 A Montana inventor says that he can grow potatoes without vines. He might be able, if this Is the case. to grow pop ulists without whiskers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30

A wealthy woman in Ohio has been ordered to pay her husband alimony all the rest of his life. That looks more like business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30
UnIverslty Football Prospeets.

T have just returned from Tuscaloosa and the indications are that the uni- versity will be represented by fast football team this season." said an alum nus of that institution at the Morris last night
 "The attendance of the university is larger than 1t has been in the history of the school, and the coach has plenty of good material to select his team from While many of the old players did not return to college their places can be filled by men who should make splendid athletes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30

Rivalry between life companies Is fierce and expensive. but yet they are supposed to be conducted for the bene- fit of existing policy holders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30

In view of the part played by office boys in high finance, it is not surpris, ing to learn that an office boy in New York has inherited fortune and tif1a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30

The subway tavern has gone out of business indefinitely. That place start ed off with hoodoo 1t has never been able to lose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30
WHERE cHAuNcEY ATE.

From the Charleston Post.
 The Equitable society according to the latest revelation, runs a restaurant Chauncey Depew was a heavy patron of the pie counter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30
ALL LOOK GOOD.

From the Rome Tribune. The New York Times says the new twenty dollar bill is inartistic. Oh quit yer foolin.' Never saw one that wasn't
 A beauty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30

From the Charleston News and Courier. If they would use more spades and fewer Agricultural implements" in dig ging the Panama Canal 1t might help
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30

Bishop Potter has word to say about Sunday baseball, but he was wise enough to wait until the season had practically ended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30

Judge" Hamilton refuses 'for pru- dential reasons" to hand in his ex- pense account. He should either hand it in or else hand over $10O,0O0 to the policy holders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-30
Impressions of Birmingham.

T. L. Little, formerly of the Reed ho- tel at Chattanooga. has accepted the po- sition of night clerk at the Hillman. MT
 Little is one of the best known hotel men in the south. and is acquainted with travelling men from all sections of the