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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
BiennuaI Legislatures.

Senator Morgan recently expressed a preference for a session of the legis lature every two years, instead of one every four years. A developing state and changing conditions call for legis lation, and when legislation is needed it should be forthcoming. Quadrennial sessions he thinks, will in other words prove a hindrance and clog upon the states advancement. Senator Morgan speaks from a wide experience in leg islation, and no one will say he is radi- cal or destructive.
 The truth is, amendments to the con stitution should be submitted freely Give the people an opportunity to pass upon every mooted matter. In that way the organic law can be kept mod ern and elastic and reasonably free from objectionable sections. The men who made the constitution of 1901 an ticipated frequent amendments They really invited amendments by making the submission and adoption of them easy and practicable.
 No legislator need if in doubt hesi- tate to vote to submit an amendment, for the people will decide it upon it's merits, and they will make no mistake. A goodly bunch of constitutional prop next legislature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
LUCKY THIRTEEN.
3 Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
 No. IS Is no longer hoodoo.
 The fact has been proved beyond the question of a doubt, and all New York race track people, where superstition prevails in chunks, now believe that the heretofore despised number is a mascot and bespeaks good luck in- stead of an i'll omen.
 It all came about through the vic- tory of .Nigger Mike, a colt owned by J. J. Kenny, saloon keeper at IS Pell street, New York. When Kenny arrived at the track before the first race at Brighton Beach he was dumb founded to see his colt No. 13 on the card. It was also the thirteenth day of the present meeting, and when Sa- loon Keeper Kenny began counting his money he found that he had just $52 and therefore able to make four SIS wagers In looking up at the jockey board wher the numbers of the winners are displayed he discovered that No. 3 still remained in sight as the horse bearing this number won the last race on Tuesday. Kenny was so fuil of thirteens that he stopped and though for a moment and said: T will be blowed." He probably never knew that there were just 13 letters
 in that sentence.
 Rushing into the betting ring, he discovered that Nigger Mike was 100 to l. This nearly made him quit. Horses at this figure seldom win, and nobody l ft Ia oo game. He was going to find out for | the last time whether or not No. 13 was really a hoodoo, as he had al ways been led to believe.
 Separating his $52 into eighteen parts. he made thirteen separate bets, getting $500 against each SIS, until he had tickets calling for $5252, including his own money. Kenny then went into the grand stand and crowded into a seat which he dis covered later was No. 13 in the thir- teenth row from the front Looking at his ticket, he discovered its number was 13,O72. He was beginning to get dizzy from excitement His colt was not act ing nicely at the post and he feared he would get left, but finally the word went up and the field was off. Nigger Mike was well up, but Kenny began to lose his | eyeslght. He couldn't find his own col ors Not until the field headed for the wire was it possible for Kenny to tell where Nigger Mike was running. All | of a sudden he saw that he was in front | but another horse was running with him. l Everybody within a radius of 10 feet for | got the race and turned to see what was the matter with the man who let a | yelp out of him that sounded like a sud | den explosion of one of Barnum's call 1 liapes. Kenny was riding Nigger Mike 1 like demon. He was talking to him as though he thought both horse and Jockey | Crimmins could hear every word. Tell him what to do, tell him what to | do," yelled Kenny. waving his arms like a madman.
 It was a close finish. For one hour so it seemed, Kenny held his breath waiting | for the judges to hand out a number. When No. 13 went up Kenny simply threw his hat away, knocked down thir- teen people and rushed for the betting | ring. After he had cashed he hunted up thirteen of his friends, and lining them up, he bought thirteen bottles oi wine and thirteen cigars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
. EW YORK. August 4.-(special.)- )- It was predicted in these dis
 patches months ago that there

Il 8aa RA AEAA1hNA HI AiE1E us patches months ago that there was a bunch of trouble for both re- publican and democratic parties concealed in the gubernatorial boom of w. R. Hearst. That the trouble has arrived in large quantities the politicians are now willing to admit The situation is this;
 MT. Hearst has organized a strong party of his own called the Independence league, which will hold convention on September Il to nominated him for gov ernor. The strength of this new party is drawn from both the old organizations. <
 In addition to the backing of his Inde- pendenee league. MT. Hearst has obtained the indorsement of the local democratic organizations of half dozen or more counties, and, undoubtedly, he will be a strong factor in the democratic conven- ton, which meets in Buffalo on Septem- Der 25.
 With the conservative democrats the question is: "Will they stand any show of winning, if they nominate some other fight by forcing Hearst to run as an in- dependent?'
 The question with the republicans is "Can they find man strong enough to defeat Hearst if he is nominated, both by the democrats and his Independence league?"
 To the impartial observer it looks like Hearst has good chance no matter how political matters shape themselves. There are many who count him a sure winner if he gets a democratic indorsement. and evening running as an independent, he will be a dangerous factor. He will be dangerous. even in the latter event, be- cause he enters the field at time when both of the old parties are in poor shape for a vigorous campaign.
 The republican party is divided into two factions, one led by Governor Higgins and President Roosevelt and the other by Senator Platt and former Governor Odell. The democrats are, if anything, in worse shape than the republicans. Since the retirement of David B. Hill the party has had no recognized leader. and almost all semblance of a state organization has faded away
 Both parties are also short on candi- dates. About the only man on the re- publican side who could make a respec- table race against Hearst is Charles E. Hughes, the lawyer. who came into prom thence as counsel to the legislative com mittee that investigated the insurance scandals. It goes without saying that the bosses will not accept Hughes unless forced to do so by an acute situation They would much prefer a pliable tool in the governors chair.
 On the democratic side, District Attor- ney Jerome occupies a similar position to that of MT. Hughes in the republican party. MT. Jerome is one of the most popular, if not the most popular, man in New York City today. and his well known stump-speaking ability would win him plenty of votes in the rural districts. He is about the only available man to lift the democratic party from its slough of dependency, but. of course. the bosses don't want him. If the democrats nomi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
Gadsden Growing East.

Next to Birmingham, the city of Gads- den is growing faster than any town in Alabama" said John c. Wiltz, a travelling man. "The Southern Steel company all ready employs a large force of men, and this great industrial concern Is about to branch out on much larger lines. The Alabama Consolidated company has an extensive plant at Gadsden. and many smaller industries are springing up.
 It is understood that the Seaboard Rail- road will build to Gadsden this year. This will give an additional impetus to the place, and in all probability. the next census will give the city 4o000"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 wonder if the baldheads sit in the front row at the concerts in heaven?
 The only people who get very much fun out of saving money are their heirs.
 If woman can't find anything else to be miserable over she can always get up fit of jealousy.
 The fun about betting On horse races is if you lose you don't tell anybody, and If you win you brag about 1t.
 Any woman is perfectly satisfied to have one husband, but mighty few girls can be content with one engagement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
For the Orphans.

The annual barbecue for the benefit of the East Lake orphanage will be held at Smiths park, August 15. We intend to make this event a reeord-breaker, said Warren Tice of the barbecue committee.
 There will be no end of sports. and there win be fine music and dancing. We cleared nearly sl20o for the orphanage last year, and We hope 10 net fully s2o0O this time. The tickets are meeting with ready sale, and the outlook for an im- mense crowd is very bright indeed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
NEW YORK POLITICS OF
 GREAT NATIONAL INTEREST
BY sEwALL HAeeARD.

i nate Jerome and he wins, they will have in him a formidable presidential candidate two years hence.
 Charles F. Murphy, the leader of Tam many Hall is one of the latest recruits to the Hearst camp. MT. Murphy has not committed himself publicly, but the other day, when the democratic state convention met here he did all he could to further Hearsts cause. Mr. Hearst wanted the committee organized with a man friendly to him at its head, and he wanted the convention held in Buff falo. He had to drop his reorganization plan, but he got the convention sent where he desired it to go.
 Not so many moons ago Mir Murphy was calling Mr. Hearst a socialist, an anarchist, an assassin. His morals were loathsome and his debaucheries unspeak- able That was in the recent city cam paign, when Hearst came so near beat ing Mcclellan for mayor
 Hearst, too. has done his share of swal- lowing. After the city election his news papers charged the Tammany boss with about every crime known. They called him a robber, an inciter to murder and the finest production of corporation vile lany. They put him in stripes in their cartoons, and advised all good citizens that it was their duty to send Murphy to Sing Sing. But for a month they have been strangely silent. and Murphy has spoken of Hearst only in terms of respect
 Murphy is. willing to do almost any thing now to obtain power and patronage. His break with Mayor Mcclellan has cost him dearly and he Is not through pay ing. Besides having had no patronage for himself or his friends he finds his throne at the head of Tammany tottering under him.
 The talk that Roosevelt will again be candidate for president is looked upon here as nonsensical. The president doesn't want office. unless it Is to go to the Senate. He wants to be the boss of hls party. To that end his programme for the summer and fall bristles with pollu- cal activities. He intends to direct ths congressional campaign. and he will mix in every state fight where he thinks his influence will be needed to help force victory for his party. He has, thus far, three major propositions on hand:
 Fifst-He has no faith in the Platt- Odell reconciliation. It is his intention to take absolute charge of the state cam paign in New York. break Platt and Odell if they do not fall in with him and dominate the nomination for governor.
 Second-He now intends to make speech at the York county fair in Penn sylvania in October. That speech will be a rallying cry for all republicans to support the organization ticket in the state. notwithstanding the independent republican movement, which has the sup port of the democrats. He has promised Senator Penrose to make this speech on the ground that the republican ticket is worthy of the support of every member of the party.
 Third-He will be practically in charge of the congressional campaigns in the close states and will do all he can to help elect republican majority.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
EVENING.
V H. w. Longfellow.

By H. w. Longfellow. Day is done and the darkness N Falls from the wing of night As a feather is waited downward From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Clean through the rain and the mist And a feeling of sadness comes o'e
 me
 That my soul cannot resist. A feeling of sadness and longing That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow, only
 As the mist resembles the ra1n-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
JADED PALATES.

From the London Sketch
 Nothing new to eat has been discovered for several centuries past. The monotony is not confined to breakfast, 1t is equally, if not more so. felt at lunch and at din- Ter. There are disgracefully few animals fit to eat, and the Okapi which seemed sent to solve the difficulty, is bitter dis appointment. because there are only three specimens of him known to exist, and two of those are stuffed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
Nathan L. Miller.

'T am not a politician, but if Nathan l.. Miller is not nominated for the state senate by very large majority I will be greatly surprised" said a business man.
 'I meet people from all parts of the county, including Birmingham and nearly every one I have talked to is a Miller man. He is well known to the voters and his popularity is proverbial."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
READY FUR A TEST
the Pttsburg Post.

From the Pittsburg Post.
 DO you think that absence really makes the heart grow fonder?" inquired the young man who was not parueuiary welcome caller.
 q have never given the matter much consideration" was the young lady's re- sponse. Suppose you stay away for five or six years and we'll sec"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

The old round of strikes and assasi- nations and uprisings Is to be gone over in Russia. The Little Father Trepoff and old Po-, the unpro- nounceable ex-procurator, present. He does not see the seething mass that rejected him and hat is the real Rus sia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

If dollar campaign funds will suf- fee the public will become still r.ore curious to know who got the millions that the trusts contributed in previous years. Somebody put both hands in the slush barrel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

The New York cotton market con- strued the government report on the condition of the cotton crop as bearish, and yet only average conditions were reported.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

The standpatters should get ready to endure, pity and embrace the Iowa idea, which Is marching on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

Murat Halstead has at least two thirds of the history of the Panama canal already written.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

Soon the poets will turn from poli- tics to Christmas verses, and that would be a change for the better.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

Mr Nicholas Romanoff keeps him. self alert. He remembers Louis XVI as well as some other folks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

John D. Rockefe1ler's new-found faith in his fellow men does not in clude Ida Tarbell or Tom Lawson un- til further notice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

If the Russian revolutionaries would carry fewer red flags they might be able to shoot straighter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

The shopkeepers in St. Petersburg have boarded up their windows. They know what is coming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

Secretary Root will have to put his digestive system to an extreme test in order to succeed in South American diplomacy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

The army may be the revolution after all in Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

The revolution that was started at Skatudden naturally failed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

MT. Bryan should not try to be datto and president at one time. It would be unconstitutional.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

Every Russian carries bomb either in his pocket or in his heart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

In Chicago they are sending graft CTS to jail If this sort of thing goes on all jails will have to be enlarged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

The President lets Dick and Dorer do the talking nowadays, while he loafs and disports his muscles in the hay fields.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

Civil war in modern forms is raging in Russia and it will continue to rage until autocracy is driven out bag and baggage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

Diamonds are imported chiefly for decorating the interior safety deposit vaults and to please the scenery kick CTS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

The Coal Barons should not trife with tailenders for they are some times loaded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

Bombs and bombardments fill the Russian stage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

All that MT Bryan wants in the Illinois democratic party is common honesty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

The paper trust and the Chatta- nooga Tradesman are endeayoring to prevent tho making of paper from cotton stalks The Tradesman is es- pecially officious and offensive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

It is considered going from bad to worse to go from New York to Chi cago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

All Pittsburg iron masters seem to
 have been tarred with one stick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

Private Secretary Loeb is kept busy in denying renomination rumors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

Lepers carry tainted money and there are several kinds of lepers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

The douma, though dead and dis persed, is still a great force in Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

Democracy's true love, Willie, is coming home, ana she is naturally ex- cited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

The chorus girls will soon return from the fashionable summer resorts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

China is making a new constitution, but it cannot be completed before 1918.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05

The paper trust and the Chatta- nooga Tradesman are endeavoring to prevent tho making of paper from cotton stalks. The Tradesman is es- pecially officious and offensive The New York cotton market con strued the government report on the condition of the cotton crop as bearish, and yet only average conditions were reported
 John D. Rockefel1er's new-found faith in his fellow men does not in elude Ida Tarbell or Tom Lawson un- til further notice.
 Secretary Root will have to put his digestive system to an extreme test in order to succeed in South American diplomacy.
 The President lets Dick and Dorer do the talking nowadays, while he loafs and disports his muscles in the hay fields
 Civil war in modern forms is raging in Russia and it will continue to rage until autocracy is driven out bag and baggage.
 Diamonds are imported chiefly for decorating the interior safety deposit vaults and to please the scenery kick CTS.
 In Chicago they are sending graft CTS to jail. If this sort of thing goes on all jails will have to be enlarged. Soon the poets will turn from poli- tics to Christmas verses, and that would be a change for the better. A1r. Nicholas Romanoff keeps him. self alert. He remembers Louis XVI as well as some other folks.
 
 The standpatters should get ready to endure, pity and embrace the Iowa idea, which is marching on.
 
 If the Russian revolutionaries would carry fewer red flags they might be able to shoot straighter.
 The shopkeepers in St Petersburg have boarded up their windows. They know what is coming.
 Murat Halstead has at least two thirds of the history of the Panama canal already written.
 
 MT. Bryan should not try to be datto and president at one time. It would be unconstitutional.
 The Coal Barons should not trife with tailenders, for they are some times loaded.
 All that MT. Bryan wants in the Illinois democratic party is common honesty.
 It is considered going from bad to worse to go from New York to Chi cago.
 Democracy's true love, Willie, is coming home, ana she is naturally ex- cited.
 China is making new constitution, but it cannot be completed before 1918. The chorus girls will soon return from the fashionable summer resorts. The douma, though dead and dis persed, is still great force in Russia. Private Secretary Loeb is kept busy in denying renomination rumors.
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 Lepers carry tainted money and there are several kinds of lepers. i. All Pittsburg iron masters seem to have been tarred with one stick.
 
 Every Russian carries a bomb either in his pocket or in his heart.
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 The revolution that was started at
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-30
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A Terrible 4ffIiction

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