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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28
Moi an .'OH" Year.

About a dozen legislatures that will
select United States senators will be
elected this year, and also 1856 mem
bers of the House Of Representatives.
also twenty-eight governors, and min
or officers TO the number of several
hundreds. 1t may not be considered
a great year in politics, because a
President is not to be chosen, but 1t
is by no means an off" year in poll
tics.
The year will be essentially politi-
cal and formative at that. The DEM
oerats carried last year Ohio and
Pennsylvania. John NJ. Pattison,
democrat, was elected governor of
Ohio by plurality of $4,000. and the
democratic candidate for state treas
urer in Pennsylvania got a plurality
of $4,000. In both of these states
there will be sharp contests. Penn
sylvania elects a governor.
The New York election commands
wide attention. Governor Higgins
will no doubt be renominated. al
though he ran far behind Roosevelt
two years ago. 1t is not possible to
foresee who will be the democratic
nominee. Mayor Mcclellan has just
begun term OF four years as mayor
of New York city, and he will not ac-
cept nomination for governor. Mr..
Hearst desires and expects the nomi-
nation, and II he does not get 1t he
proposes to become an Independent
candidate. The situation in New
York is complex and full of currents
and eddies that are not generally APP
preciated In other states. The over
shadowing size of the metropolis does
not make for simplifieation.
Missouri does not elect a governor
until 1908, but minor state officers are
to elected and legislature, and the
democrats, led by Governor Folk, will
endeavor to regain control of the
state. There will scarcely be more
interesting contest than that in Mis-
souri,.
The states that elect governors are
Alabama, Arkansas, California Col
orado, Connecticut, Georgia Idaho,
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Mas
sachusetts Michigan, Minnesota, Ne
braska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New
York, North Dakota, Oregon, Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island. South Caro-
lima, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,
Wisconsin and Wyoming-tw enty-
eight In all. II is not, therefore, an
off year in politics.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28
Sixteenth Annual Reunion.

The sixteenth annual reunion of the
Confederate veterans has passed into
history. 1t was in every respect a
happy event There was but little bus
mess to be transacted-it was brief
revival of historical events, memora-
Bile scenes, and cherished memories.
This is what each succeeding reunion
will be and should be- Old officers
were reelected. Gen. Stephen d. Lee
remains the commander in chief of the
veterans, and DR.. Thomas NJ. Owen
stays at the head of the Sons of Vet
Grams. A parade was the closing event
and then the reunion at New Orleans
was ended, and plans for reunion at
Richmond next year began to be
formed
While this series of reunions did
not begin Immediately after the close
Of the civil war, local camps were es-
tablished in several cities early in the
eighties. Camps were formed largely
through the efforts of Gen. John B.
Gordon, and at length the camps were
linked together in federation, and
the reunions followed naturally and
readily The first was held in New
Orleans in 1889. General Gordon and
Colonel Norman, his adjutant gen
eral, are both dead, and their places
are filled by Gen. Stephen D. Lee and
General Mickle. The new leaders are
capable and efficient, and the reports
presented at New Orleans show that
the organization is in a prosperous
condition. Out OF 1883 camps only 10a
are dormant. ForyNyears after the
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nlstInnulshed southern eIrI.

Miss Zudie Harris of Louisville, the
brilliant young pianist who appears In
Birmingham with the Damrosch orehes-
ira next Wednesday, is the only southern
woman who has ever composed work
important enough to go on symphony
programme, and she is one of only two
or three women in the world to win dis
tinetion in composition" said a musician.
Miss Harris is typical southern girl.
She was born In Louisville of Virginia
stock. She studied music in her native
town from the time she was a little child
until she was old enough to go abroa d
In Europe she attracted attention while
yet pupil and next season she is to
make a concert tour of the principal
cities on the continent
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28
Church Conventions.

1.-The general conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, south, which
meets in Birmingham next week, should
be followed by other general ecelesias-
teal conventions said a citizen.
''While the. Methodists are particu-
larly fortunate in having a spacious
building like the First church in which
to hold the big quadrennial meeting, the
Baptists of this city could easily accom-
modate the Southern Baptist association
in the First church on Sixth avenue, and
the Presbyterians could house the
Southern General assembly in the First
church at the corner of Fourth avenue
and Twenty-frst street. The general
assembly meets every May. and it should
not be difficult to induce the body to
come to Birmingham.
las for the general convention of the
Episcopal church. which meets trien-
nially, it will be many years perhaps be-
fore 1t turns its face in this direction. 1t
is the largest of all the church bodies
holding stated meetings, and usually it
accepts invitations only from cities of
great size. II IneelS HtAl year III iNlNuHiOlu
Va, chiefly as a matter of sentiment in
connection with the jamestown celebra-
ton. Moreover, Richmond is a great
Episcopal stronghold. 1t is not only
strong socially and financially, but in
the matter Of communicates it probably
outnumbers all the other Protestant
churches there. Within the city limits of
Richmond there are eleven or twelve fully
organized churches with rectors and
many of the edihces are commodious
and stately, The general convention has
never met in my day in a city of Rich
monds size-about 10000 population.
1.-THE Catholic church does not hold its
councils at stated times. Each of it's
three plenary councils in the United
States have been held in Baltimore, and
that city will always be selected for such
gatherings on account of the ranking po-
stion of its see"
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About Persons.

The following Alabama visitors are
stopping at the Metropolitan; NJ. w
Rice and wife of Battelle, George S. Ed
wards of Tuscaloosa, j. A. Farrell OF
Huntsville, l.. c. Chisholm of Anniston,
and w. " Echos of Hartsele
w. B. Bowling of Dadeville is regis
tered at the Birmingham.
G. Julian of Paris is at the Hillman.
II. d. Miller and T. r. Miller of Opelika
are stopping at the St Nicholas.
C. NJ. Skinner of Huntsville is at the
Morris.
w. T. Brown of Ragland is at the st,
Nicholas.
II. Maring of Selma is registered at the
Hillman
W. X. Grimes of Dadcville is stopping
at the Morris.
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good Americans in the second gener

good Americans in the second gener-
alton at any rate.
If all immigrants could be landed
in this great country where they are
needed. instead of being landed where
they are not needed, we would cease
TO hear talk of this or that restriction.
of head taxes and special qualif1ea-
tons. The restrictions keep out many
immigrants, and the proposed head
tax of So would reduce the number Of
arrivals materially.
Instead of adopting restrictions the
government should formulate a pro
gramme that would land all persons
from Southern Europe in New Or.
leans. because from there they can
readily be carried to all parts of the
cotton belt. and if need be they can
be carried at times to the upper sec
tions of the Mississippi valley also.
At New Orleans ships can secure out
bound cargoes of cotton and lumber,
and 1t will be strange indeed if this
simple plan of protecting the congest-
ed cities from immigrants that are
not wanted and of filling great dis
tricts with white farmers VINO are
wanted is not at least tested
1t is not too much to say that we
cannot secure too many immigrants
If we can land them near where they
are wanted The only evil of the sys-
tenn is the landing of them in New
York where they are not wanted.
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From the Washington Post
IT looks as though Hobson-we refer.
of course, to Captain Richmond
Pearson Hobson, late of the navy
has been chosen to come TO Congress
from the Sixth Alabama district, to sue
coed the Hon. John II. Bankhead, who
has represented that district for the past
twenty years. They arrange the matters
in the primaries nowadays, and in states
like Alabama the nomination is usually
the equivalent of an election. The infer
ence, follows, therefore, that Hobson,
who seems to have carried the primaries,
will step into Mr.. Banloheads shoes the
first Monday of December, 1907-unless,
indeed, the President should call an extra
session next March in order to, avail him
self of Mr.. Hobson's talents at the earliest
possible moment.
OF course, nobody has forgotten Cap
tain" Richmond Pearson Hobson, lately
of the United States navy. He was one
of the heroes of Santiago. To be sure,
there We're a great many heroes during
those ninety days of or war with Spain,
and, as they say in the sophomore vale
dictorles. where all behaved so nobly- 1t
were invidious to make distinctions. AS
It happens, however Hobson was spe-
cial and peculiar hero, for it was he who
volunteered to sink the Merrimac In the
channel and thereby keep the Spanish
fleet from issuing forth to battle. That
ingenious expedient had been conceived
by Admiral Sampson. or by his advisers,
as many prefer to think, and Hobson
volunteered to execute 1t. Fortunately, he
didn't succeed. Neither line officer nor
a navigator he very naturally missed
the point, and blew up his vessel in
position where the wreck could do no
harm nor good to anybody. But he vol
unteered for a task of great supposed
danger. and he deserves all the credit
that may attach to the performance. At
least, he didn't know that the Spanish
mines and torpedoes were harmless and
no doubt he believed that the shore
batteries were capable of destroying the
average Pennsylvania haystack. He I'M
dertook an enterprise that had every
appearance of desperation. That he came
out of it alive is not at all to his dis
credit No one can deny it.
Now, Mr. Hobson is likely to come to
Congress, and while his heroism at San
tiago in 1898 must have been Instrumental
I'm rousing enthusiasm on his behalf, We
are told that he has won chiefly through
agitation for vast naval establishment
and uent promises of success to that
effect in the event of his election. Ac-
cording to the various speeches. adj
dresses and assorted public utterances
with which he has been credited it would
seem that he proposes to expand our
commerce at the cannon's mouth Given
80. 900 600 900 worth of battleshps, cruisers,
etc. Hobson will undertake TO exploit
our nerchandise In every foreign land.
The teeming millions Of China Tor ex-
ample, can be induced TO buy another
shirt aud pair of pants X properly i.sos
preached Thressened by our frowning
broadsss.isdsss the fruit-smeared children of
The tangled bush will cry aloud for cot
| ton aprons Hustled by our fleets and
souadrons, the now triumphant traders
of European monarchies and empiree will
put their tails between their hind 3e61
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Not Too Many.
avert

Last week over $4,000 immigrants
landed in New York, and in the month
of March $4,000 came in. These are
remarkable figures, and they point to
a total in the calendar year of 1885,
900, thus eclipsing the record of 1905,
which was just about round million.
Many Slavs and Poles and Huns and
Italians are coming in, and not many
Germans, swedes, Englishmen or
lrishmen. But one set is as freely as
simulated as the other, all becoming
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28
COLONEL BANkHEAD.

From the Charleston News and Courier.
The Hon w. II. Bankhead of Alabama
who, after a long term in the house of
representatives is to be succeeded by Mr..
Tobson, has been useful ard prominent
member of that body. At one time when
the democrats were In control he was a
leading candidate for speaker. He is well
known in the Piedmont region of South
Carolina, having frequently visited in
Greenvillc his daughter, the wife of the
late Congressman William III. Perry. His
defeat is regretted by a considerable num-
her Of personal friends in this state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28
MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME.

(By Stephen Collins Foster0
The sun shines bright on the Old Ken
lucky Home,
Ills summer. the darNies are gay,
Thc corn tops ripe and the rneaooWs are
in bloom,
While the birds make music all the day;
The Young folks roll on the little cabin
floor,
Al merry. all happy and bright;
Rv,n Inv hard times come a knocking at
Then my old Kentucky Home, good
night.
Chorus:
Weep no more, my lady
Oh, weep no more today.
We will sing one song for the Old Ken
lucky Home,
For the Old Kentucky Home far away.
They hunt no more for the 'possum and
the coon.
on the meadow: the hill and the shore;
They sing no more by the ghmmer of the
moon.
ON fhe bench by the old cabin door:
The day goes by like a shadow DER the
hearth,
Win sorrow where all was delight;
The time has come when the dar1ies have
to part.
Then my Old Kentucky Home, good
night.
Chorus.
The head must bow and the back will
have to bend,
Wherever the darby may go.
A few more days and the trouble all
will end,
: IL the field where the sugar canes
grow:
few n1dre days for 10 tote the weary
load.
NJ natter..twi1l never he light;
few mole days TIT We totter on the
Then M Old Kentucky Home, good
niGht -
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28

TWO DOVES.
Two doves that mated in a cot
Agreed to join their common lot.
They worked to build a pretty nest
With straw-you know, they deem 1t best.
They lived happy welded life,
Quite free from all unseemly strife.
They reared a family or two
And coed all day, their fond hearts trues
It was a pleasant sight to see
loving air so happy be.
They uiderstood-each one-of course,
So neither ever sought divorce.
And yet, no wonder they lived so
Fer they were only birds, you know.
The old soldiers are telling stories in
New Orleans. Many faces seen at the
reunion this year will be missing next
year at Richmond. but this thought does
not lessen the enthusiasm of the veterans
who wore the gray. 1T is a rare assembly
OF youth, beauty and gallantry now be-
ing entertained by New Orleans.
WATERMELON NEWS.
Mister Jaybird on de fence,
Say, Niger, look a-heah,
Dey's some'n green down in de patch
De good times mighty neah."
PAUL COOK.
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Distinguished EceIesIastIc.

Monsignor Fowler Immediately attached
to the Congregation of the Propaganda at
Rome is the guest of the Rev. Father
Coyle at St Paurs rectory and will preach
at high mass tomorrow, The Monsignor
is recently from the Philippines where he
acted as secretary to the archbishop OF
Manila. lie speaks hopefully of social,
civic and religious conditions on the is
lands
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28
y ERE is a pretty story the kind
D11 that sweetens life and makes hui
= manitv better. It appeared in the

pl that sweetens life and makes hui
mainly better. 1t appeared in the
New York correspondence Of a Cincinnati
paper and is as follows:
Six thousand crippled and homeless
children were the guests of the big Bar
mum circus the other afternoon. coming
from every institution on the island. The
riders rode harder than ever before. the
acrobats made more desperate ventures,
and the clowns we're funnier than they
had ever even hoped for in the solitude
Of the dressing tent. One clown. es-
pecially, caught the fancy of the children.
He played a trombone, and hesitated
about where he should make his stand.
Six thousand kids went into spasms of
laughter at his appearance and six thous-
and voices shrilled invitations to him to
stop here, mister and play If You Ask
Me Why I Love you. He pretended
great uncertainty. 'TI stop wherever one
of you can ask me without laughing"
said he. The chorus of laughter shrilled
louder Six thousand times thirty-two
cleaning teeth shone at him during the
uproar. He started to walk off with bur
lesdue solemnity, when little fellow,
with one arm done up In a bandage, lean
ed over the edge of a box and addressed
him, without trace of merriment in
eyes or voice.
tPlease. mister he said, don't go
way. Marys here and she's got to lie on
two chairs, and if you go way she can't
see YOU"
That clown gave Mary everything in
his box of tricks He didn't leave sthe
place until the bugle sounded the recall.
Then there were two thin channels
marked through the white paint of his
face. as he waved his hand for the last
time in answer to the happy smile in
Mary's little white face.
SOMEBODY ON THE LINE.
Hello. Central give me six
Three-two-0-forty-
What is that? Say hello, there!
Somebody's on the line?
oh yes, so glad to know, Mrs. Jones,
That you will lend your aid.
The ladies' of the church must work
Until the debt Is paid"
Hello! hello! that you, Banks?
Well close the deal today"
Hello Yes, you're right, my dear
l say just what you say
Yes, send ityup, I'm waiting now.
My dinner will be late.
pound of cheese, a dozen eggs
And-er-some soap-one cake.'-
Now, were you there. dear Algernon?
Why did you slight me so?
Next time you play a trick like that
You'd better let me know"
Say, when will you be able to
Come down and pay that bill?
If you don't settle up, right soon,
I'll sue you, deed | will
"Burrrrrr!' Hello, Central ting, ling,
ling
Somebody's the line.
I'm waiting patiently for six
Three-two-0 -forty-nine,
The yeast cure for cancer is questioned.
1t does give rise to some doubts.
There was an old woman who lived in
a shoe. She had so many children that
she didn't know what to do, so she said,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28
INTERESTING PICTURE.

From the Admission Star.
Walter Blackmans delineation of the
"Hohson kiss in today's Age-Herald was
8 revelation to most of US, and it would
be interesting to know If the captain
posed for the picture.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28

Jane Dowie forgot all of John Alex
ander's un1ind words when she heard
he was i'll as well as deposed, and she
visited him in Chicago. The curtain
Is about to fall on Dowie, who scarce
ly seems part of an enlightened
century.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28

The latest Aldrich hold-up relates
to denaturized alcohol, and to free ma
terials for use in San Francisco. There
is no appeal except to the people.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28

William Nelson Cromwell-he of the
short money-is still the administra-
tons bosom friend No important
Panama business is transacted without
his 20. X"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28

Russian liberty is still essentially
autocratic and Siberian, but the dou-
ma is coming, and its right to ask the
reason why cannot be suppressed.
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The inheritance Tax

From the Bangor Commercial.
inheritance tax is no new thing" Ger
tanly not. Haven't the meek been paying
all the taxes hitherto on the ground that
they inherit the earth?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28

There is great danger that the fans
of Birmingham will grow over-chesty
pondenng on the Coal Barons' bril-
liant record.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28

Now that the chewing gum king is
being sued for divorce, 1t may be taken
for granted that the greatest philan-
thropists are not immune.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28

woman died from excitement
caused by witnessing a recent per-
Torrance of king Lear The Bard
of Avon is still potent.
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Dowie and Rockefeller are both vic
tins of process servers.
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King Alfonso declines to receive any
to indulge in a rummage sale.
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The Car is to come out of his pal
ace stronghold on May 10, to open the
douma. He should come out at once
to revise his fundamentals"
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AS an understudy Gen. Fred Fun
ston was a great success
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The More the Merrier

From the Tsttler.
Il. want to introduce YOU to yoSS Z
lady--a very nice girl--and she $, north
her weight in gold
Stout girl, l hope. -
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The immunity bath devised by that
Chicago judge has put new courage in
the trusts, and they will proceed to
collect past dues.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28

Not a peep from the Publicity bill
in either House of Congress. and that
is not the worst of it-there will not
be one
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28

The Princess Ena really loves, 1t is
said, King Alfonso, despite the cam
eras and their products.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28

A Birmingham man told another man
yesterday that he didn't ''re-cogg-nize"
him. and the latter said he didn't guess
he did.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28

The New San Francisco will be built
like Paris, it is said Then the at
mosphere out there will be more
wicked than ever.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28

The drydock Dewey has well nigh
blocked the Suez canal, thus estab-
fishing an international blockade.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28

The Cliff House declined to step
into the sea in order to add to the
picturesqueness of the earthquake.
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About all that Dowie can now do is
to have his beard trimmed and quit
the prophet business.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28

Voliva speaks of Dowie's gorgeous
robes as Mother Hubbards," and he
has sent them to the remnant coun-
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The drydock Dewey is humping into
Africa at present.
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Missouri is mighty glad she has a
governor who will stay in office four
years.
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An acknowledgment earth is desira-
BILE, and a trip to Mars might furnish
it
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In San Francisco a loaf of bread and
blanket constitute luxurious living.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28

Self-denial money is still flowing to-
wards the shelterless in San Fran
cisco.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28

Don't be surprised if you should receive
a soied collar bearing a few hastily
scrawled words 1t may be postal card
from San Francisco.
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ExAsPERATING.

A man who got his life insured
To allay all his fears
Has had to pay the premiums
For more than thirty years.
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wouldn't it be glorious if spelling really
were lost art, as some people aver?