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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-04

follows: H. M. DuBose Collins Denny,
G. c. Rankin, r. W. Millsaps and II. N.
Snyder.
1t was then agreed that one man from
each delegation should meet at the church
at 3 clock in the afternoon in order to
arrange for the uniform seating of the
delegates.
A telegram was read from the woman s
board of home missions which had just
adjourned in Asheville, n. c., sending
greetings and best wishes. The message
was recorded in the journal.
Bishop Galloway Reads Message.
At this point it was announced that
the Episcopal address was ready for pre-
sentation. Bishop Galloway read the pa
per which will be found in full elsewhere
in this issue of The Age-Herald.
The secretary was appointed for the
distribution of the message that is, he
is to apporton to the various standing
committees the parts of the message deal
ing with the particular work of the COM
mittees.
The Rev. W. f. McMurry of the st.
Louis conference offered resolution of
greeting to Bishops Granbery and Fitz-
gerald, who were not present, but when
it was stated from the floor that both of
the aged bishops would probably be here
later the resolution was withdrawn. The
Rev. McMurry then offered his resolu-
ton of greeting to j. c. Bergman of
Caledonia, Mr., who is in his 9th year
and is the only surviving member of the
conference of 1874.
1t was decided that each delegate
should be supplied with two copies of the
Daily Advocate
]. w. Heidi of Atlanta then presented
to the conference through Bishop Wilson
the gavel made from the wood of the
tree near Savannah under which John
Wesley first preached when in America.
The Rev. 8. L. Dobbs then invited the
delegates to be present tonight at
O. clock to hear the formal addresses Of
welcome on behalf of the people of Ala
bama. and the conference adjourned to
that hour.
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WITH IMPRESSIVE EXERCISES THE
METHODIST CONFERENCE OPENS

SCENE ON TsSs
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am only here to give the representa-
tives of your great church a welcome to
the state. and 7 am led OF to talk about
the things that most concern my Of
fce-to talk shop to you. j know your
great power for good and hence my earn
Continued on Eighth Pane.l
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CONTINUED on Ninth Page,
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STRIKE SITUATION
QUIET IN FRANCE
PUBLIC ATTENTION is DIRECTED
TO ELECTIONS TO CHAMBER OF
DEPUTIES TO BE HELD NEXT
SUNDAY.

Paris, May S.-The strike has ceased TO
present any general menace and is now
confined to scattered agitations which
promise prolonged struggles in several in
dustries. The explosion of bomb which
was being carried by two Russian anarch-
lists has recalled attention to the contn-
ued presence of a violent element de-
spite the wholesale expulsions and ar
rests of the last few days This leads
the authorities TO maintain precautionary
police and military patrols beyond the
central and outlying districts Squadrons
of cavalry are stationed in the Place de
L'Opera and at the various town halls,
but there is no further necessity to exer-
else force.
Public attention is now diverted to the
elections to the Chamber of Deputies,
which will be held next Sunday. These
afford an additional reason for the con-
tinuance of precautions, as the authori-
ties do not wish the contest to be COM
plicated by failure to maintain order.
Many workmen who quit work at the
end of eight hours yesterday found them
selves locked out this morning, the pro-
prietors refusing to formally concede the
principle while intending to stop work at
the eight hours.
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RESP(,.ss!ss;{; .ss !. WAS MADE BY
| 5 Bj'';., 6; !, ,JP E. R HENDRIX
Eloquent Acs'ress Of Rev. J. II. Mccoy
Bids De'sGat Welcome to Ala
bama, n ere Methodsm Has
kepi ace With State.

The formal addresses of welcome to
the Methodist general conference were
delivered last night at the First church
In the presence of a crowd which taxed
the capacity of the building.
Bishop Fl. C. Morrison presided during
the evening and introduced in turn the
speakers of the evening. who were: Gov
w. d. Jelks, on behalf of the state of Ala
bama; the Rev. J. H. Mccoy, on behalf
of the Methodists of Alabama; Alderman
j. r. Copeland, on behalf of the city Of
Birmingham, and the Rev. S. L. Dobbs
for the Methodists of this district, of
which he is presiding elder.
The response on behalf of the delegates
to the general conference was made by
Bishop e. r. Hendrix of Kansas City
preceding the speaking there was Il
short musical programme, consisting of an
organ Pilgrims Chorus" by Mrs. Mccoy,
and vocal solo, THE Holy CITY, by Miss
Alice Fallon.
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Veterans and the March.

Another veteran of the civil war Is dead
as a result of marching in a procession.
This time the victim participated in Tues
days parade of the spanish War Veterans
as part of the Grand Army escort Not
withstanding his siXty-nine years he under
took to do honor in this manner to the
younger generation of American soldiers
and paid for his patriotic activity with his
life.
The Grand Army of the Republic should
take formal cognizance of the frequent
manifestations of the evident truth that its
members have passed the marching age. 1t
should formally declare against any more
parades and provide for future encamp-
ments some less dangerous feature of per-
sonal participation by the veterans. The
Minneapolis encampment cost two lives di-
rect,v in consequence of the parade and
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by their men of national consequence.
Speakers of the grade OF Mr.. Shaw. of
Judge Taft. of Mr. Fairbanks of Mr.. Can
non. OF Mr.. Spooner. of Mr. Foraker, of Mr..
Beveridge. would be we'll received in any
southern city. and undoubtedly addresses by
them current political topics would be
productive at least of discussion. Politics in
its best estate partakes but little of person.
aities. and not at al of personal abuse
The man who can give a good reason Tor
championing a policy, and show the bene-
fits resulting from it to the people at large
is worth earring. and has no great difficulty
in securing hearing. And once he Is heard
he is welcome again.
For years the republican managers at
national headquarters paid as little atten-
ton to Maryland. Kentucky. West Virginia,
Tennessee and Missouri as they are now
paying to the states further south. But at
last they changed their tactics. and today
those states are well and properly consid-
cred in the national equation of that party.
In all of them strong republican organiza-
tons exist-largeIy the result, however. or
home efort-and wha is secured by the
democrats in any of them is the result OF
the very hardest work. AS for West Nir-
ginia.' she seems to have become reliably re
publican on all issues. local and national.
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Campaigning in the South.

Secretary Shaw. who spoke to an assem-
blage OF bankers at Louisville yesterday on
the financial subject. has been canvassing
In several southern states in behalf of re-
publican nominees for Congress. and has
been well received everywhere. His au-
dlences have been large. and many demo-
Gratis complmented him by their presence
and strict attention. In Missouri in Tennes-
see. and in Kentucky. reports of his meetings
have testified to unusual manifestation
of interest in his dellverances on the part
of men opposed to him in politics
Mr.. Shaw'S office of itself insures atten-
ton for whatever he may have to say upon
public questions. whether financial or politi-
cal, but it does not explain the success of
his present tour. That is fairly due to his
tactful and forceful presentation 81 the is
sues of the day. He is a good stumper, and
in the way OF driving home a point by
everyday Illustration and everyday speech
his style appeals to a popular audience
with excellent effect. In Kentucky particu-
show that he caught and held his hearers
with ease. At Bowling Green and at Mays
Vile. two progressive towns, the business
men without mgard to party turned out in
large numbers to greet the visitor and the
applause was general and generous
The republican national managers should
carry this policy beyond the border south
ern states. They should arrange in future
Tor canvass OF the lower southern states
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Delaney.

Who will mourn for Delaney now? AS
corporation counsel of Greater New York
he supported the mayor in the fight against
Murphy until the latter won, when he re-
signed his Office and went over to the MUIR
ply side. He wanted to be a judge. and
Murphy had some judicial nominations at
his disposal. His long connection with the
mayor. however, had made him objection
able to Mr. Hearst, and his judicial aspi-
rations were vetoed. 1t is a very merry
time the people of the big town are having.
Nearly everything seems to be in the bal
ance. The bench is no more free from the
maneuvering than the most ordinary place.
Candidates for the Judiciary are tagged like
the other candidates, and must hustle with
the rest. If the Buffalo ticket wins there
may be contest about changing the name
of Greater New York to Greatest Hearst
vile, Incompatible Murphytown.
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Sharp Weather, but No Coal Strike

This cold weather may be harbinger of
severe winter. 1t is at any rate causing
the average householder to reflect with sat
isfacton that the ha-d-cCal miners are not
out on strike they were at this time
four years ago. Had peace not been de-
clared between the miners and operators
for another three-year period at the confer
ences In March last this country would prob
ably be now in the grip of coal famine
even more menacing to the lives of the peo-
pie than that of 1902. Such a disaster, at a
time of UNPARALLELED national prosperity,
would indeed have been a sad reflection
upon the ability of the American people
to conduct themselves sanely. Fortunately
the disaster was ayerted by the exercise of
common sense.
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The Treasure Ship.

If Senior Manuel Silviera has indeed
sailed off from Havana with the funds of
bank he is likely to have much more
trouble in landing his loot than had his
prototypes of the Spanish main a few
centuries ago. The places where en-
terprising buccaneer can dispose of his
goods during the hue and cry of the pur-
suit are very few nowadays compared with
the sixteenth and seventeenth and even
the eighteenth centuries. Desert islands
are exceedingly scarce. The mainland is
crowded with summer and winter resorts.
Even the high seas are thiCkly populated,
and Senior Silviera's treasure ship is likely
TO be sighted and recognized by somebody
an one of the vessels that are constantly
crossing and re-croSsing all the lines of
trade.
But it may be that Senior Silviera will
turn up safely and honestly in port with
the funds. He may have been delayed at
sea. His intentions may be entirely honest
1t is true that the appearances are at this
time against him. His departure was not
according to the strict rules of banking and
he neglected certain little details which
commend themselves to careful financiers
when they go abroad with cash if their in
tentlonS are honest.
Senior Silviera's equipment for clipping
with his spells, if indeed he has set forth
thus TO enjoy the wealth of other people, is
superior to that of the average absconder
With his own ship he can probably give his
pursuers a livelier run than Banker Stems
land provided for his detectors. We may
be treated TO a melodramatic episode in the
pursuit of the Carmelina. suitable for re-
production on the ten, twenty. thirty
stage later with red fire and loud noise
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-12
utter's Boss Utterance.

Gov. Utter of Rhode Island, renominated
yesterday. is the latest candidate to declare
that he is an individual in his own right.
and if elected viii owe no allegiance to
any boss.
1t is a popular declaration these days. and
grows out of the just impatience of the pub
lie with boss rule. In some quarters high
officials have been little better than pup
pets. obeying bosses standing behind their
chairs. They have responded every time
strings were pulled. Places have gone to
this man and to that at the behest of the
higher power Legislation has been rec
commended on the demand of the machine
and its head. Campaign obligations were
in the scale, and the beam must tip that
way.
In other quarters the man in the chair
has himself been boss. With far less con-
Germ for the general welfare than for his
own. he has used his office for the breaking
down of one machine and the building up
of another. Figuring either on reelection,
or on getting for himself much as pos
sble out of his one term. he has made every
rivulet turn a wheel and help grind the
grist brought to his mill
At last, in all such matters the evil
became intolerable. Graft spread and -four
iShed ike weeds In neglected Held ABUSES
multiplied until they appeared nearly every
where. The public service was so largely
boss ridden that the people revolted. Hence
these numerous declarations of independ-
ence the part of men seeking office.
They pledge themselves if elected to give
the people a different service, free from
boss rule and its attendant corruption.
1t looks today as if the candidates so
committed would be chosen and one Of
them at least will have opportunity
which If fully improved should Illustrate
the advantages of the new policy. In New
York boss rule has prevailed for years. A
change of parties made little difference in
that respect. Whether the one or the other
was in power at Albany. the cloven foot
soon appeared Which is to say that the
devil was soon to pay. Now Mr.. Hughes is
not a politician. Neither does he owe his
nomination to the politicians. He is as
independent of them as Theodore Roose
welt was in 1900. Popular party sentiment
years ago at Philadelphia If elected
therefore-and his chances seem very bright
Mr.. Hughes should be able to give the
state administration marked both by
independence and by excellence.
We are not putting party government be-
hind us. That and effective party organ
ization are. and must remain, the basis of
things. But We want the party to serve
the public and not boss and his machine
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Proving an Oil Trust.

Reports from the oil trust prosecution al
Fndlay. Ohio, indicate that things are mol
running Mr.. Rockefellers way in court.
The admission of testimony has continued
at rate to promise that the real relation
ship between % Broadway and the great
array of subsidiary and outwardly independ-
ent corporations viii be fully disclosed. 1t
seems waste of time thus to have to strive
vigorously to establish the fact that there is
an oil trust and that it holds monopoly
over the business of refining and selling oil
products Evidently the court at Findlay is
disposed to allow this stage of the case to
be prosecuted with dispatch.
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Hearst. Warner, and the Tariff.

There is some amusement in New York
over the tariff deliverauces of Mr.. Hearst
and John Dewitt Warner. one of his lead
ing supporters. Said Mr.. Hearst in one of
his first speeches:
II believe in protection for infant indus
tries. | believe in protection for American
labor"
Said Mr.. Warner with reference to demo-
cratic congressional nominations:
Let no democratic candidate be named
who is not pledged to free trade-straight,
unCompromising-for the benefit of the
whole people. And IT, by fair means or foul
means a man is put up as nominahy
democratic candidate who is a protectionist.
or who is i'm favor of a revenue tarir, see
to it that he is beaten.
Very funny. truly, but not without prece-
dent. The democratic campaign of 1892
which was successful, showed just such a
contradiction within the party.
At the national convention the protection
lists triumphed in the platform committee
and prepared a plank which men like Mr..
Whitney Mr.. German. and Mr.. Brice de-
sired. and which was entirely acceptable to
Mr. Cleveland. But the revenue tariff men
the free traders as they are known in this
country-protested on the floor of the con-
ventfon. and won their fight. The result was
hailed as Il signal triumph for them and
which they interpreted on the stump as a
challenge to the death to protection. And
of course Mr. Cleveland, who was indiHer-
ent to everything but the nomination. &C
cepted the substitute The same game haG
been PLAYED at St Louis four years before.
The democratic protectionists took their
medicine like little men. Mr.. German and
Mr. Brice were members Of the Senate. and
knew the situation in that body thoroughly.
They had not a particle of fear that the
free traders would be able to write their
tariff plank and tariff speeches into law
On the contrary. they felt reasonably sure
that when the time came for separating
party CUFF from party power 1t would not be
difficult. to employ the phrase of Dr. William
Everett of Massachusetts. to deposit the
free traders in cavity. So they simply
held their peace until the opportunity pre-
scented itself and then tripped up the free
traders in gallant style. After Mr.. German
and his protectonist friends in the Senate
got through with the Wilson tariff bill it
was sight to behold. What Mr.. Cleveland
thought of it is matter of record, although
he lacked the nerve to veto it.
With this little history before us, let us
not make too merry at the expense of Mr.
Hearst and MIR. Warner and their differ
ences over the tariff issue. If Mr.. Hearst
wins his present race and on the strength of
his victory sets out to capture the presi-
dency. he is not going to be too hard to
please in the matter of a tariff platform
deiverance. AS Mr.. Cleveland was fourteen
years ago, he will be chiefly concerned
about the nomination. and the boys may
knock a platform together to suit them
selves. If nominated as also in Mr.. Cieve-
lands case, he himself will be the platform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-12
Family Troubles

Fathers got the rheumatic
An mothers got a chill;
\ stomach-ache is all that is
Distressin' brother Bill
Uncles throat is gettin' sore
An baby has the Group,
An sisters coughs regular roar;
You ought to hear her whoop.
The different microbes here about
Has all been classified.
Each shows peculiar stripes, no doubt,
When duiy magnified.
The greatest comfort We have found
Is learnin' science terms.
Sos all of US kin sit around
Comparin' notes on germs.
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doubtless several of the veterans have since
succumbed to ailments induced by the ex-
ertion of the march in that city.
The grand army of the veterans of the
sixties is dwindiing in numbers fast enough
without Fastening the day of the last mus
ter with this unnecessary indulgence. Let
the veterans hereafter on occasions calhng
for their presence assemble in bodies and
review the younger marchers as they pa
rade in strength Much more Impressive
will be such a spectacle, with the old SOL
diers honoring their juniors and being hon
ored by them.
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Tillnan.

From the New York Tines.
1t is a great pity that Senator Tilman
should have chosen to discredit himself
as q national pol teal figure. He has abil-
ity and energy enough for that part. and
we do not dispute an essential honesty Of
purpose also. When his reason is not sub
merged by his passions he is capable of
good counsel. But the vein of coarseness
and brutality in him shocks and revolts
all the decency of the American people
whenever he gives it expression. And he
has never made5a more cynical or more
revolving exhibition of it than in his recent
outbreak about the race question in the
south. 1t simply disqualified him to be
heard with respect or even with patience
upon that subject
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The Hearst Hoax,
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
Exposure of the Hearst hoax is now so
complete that his campaign begins to look
Ike a joke. A pretended opponent of po-
litical bosses he comes to the front as the
eager partner-perhaps also the dupe-of
the most notorious of all the bosses. The
ostensble enemy of corporations. he Is
shown up not only the creator and
beneficiary of corporations. but as resort
ing In their formation to the questionable
expedients that characterize the hated
trusts
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Not DISCOURAGED.

Doesn't 1t sometimes discourage you to
Ind so many of your scientific theories in
accurate?"
Not at ALL said the learned man. There
are always plenty of new ones to discover
and theories are anyways more interesting
than demonstrations
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No Way Out.

why do you insist that you will never
go into politics." asked the patriotic
citizen.
Because. answered the self-centered
man, lat present L am not rich enough to
afford it. And when am rich enough the
public will regard me with suspicion for
that very reason
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-12

The question of whether bookmakers
shall be permitted to operate at the fall
race meeting is again under agitation. And.
as usual. people with money to lose are in
no apprehension whatever that there will
be a lack of facilities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-12

Very possibly John d. Rockefeller will be
more less panied to discover some of
the things his bright young men were
doing to boom business while he was trav-
cling in Europe playing golf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-12

The placid Chinaman irons shirts and
plays fantan, and never realizes the stir he
is liable to make in American politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-12

1t is feared that some wicked lawyer with
his eye on techncaities has in endeavoring
to protect W. r. HearSt's interests got
ten him into a peck of corporate trouble
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Diamonds.

From the Philadelphia North American.
The Premier Diamond NJ ming Company
of johannesburg has just paid its annual
dividend of 400 per cent. What We need is
municipal ownership of diamonds.
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A Chicago View.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
1t seems to be almost impossible to find
labor to dig the Panama canal. The aver
age man hereabouts would rather pay to be
allowed to freeze at u championship ball
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-12

Murphy. like any other Tammany leader
is willing to stand great deal of abuse so
long as he does not get entirely the worst
of the bargain.
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Romance OF the Sea.

From the New 1Ork WOrid
Between the cruise of the schooner Frolic
with a cargo of contraband Cinnamon and
the flight of Cuban banker by sea with
ST 900, 600 the days news presses fiction
close for honors.
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Not to Be Desired.

If all the year were blooming May,
When sunshine greets the eye;
We'd never have reed bird gay,
Nor yet the pumpkin pie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-12

The law suits against the estate of the
late Russell Sage have not materialized.
There so many ways of enjoying $4,000
other than backing the game of litigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-12

The Greater Washington movement has
the advantage of a solid foundation 1t
rests on that great, rock-ribbed truth 1T
pays to advertise