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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-29

1E is very conspicuous public man, and deservedly so; but his \ l fame will be the less for the inn perfect system of parliamentary govern ment our fathers made for us. The builders of our Constitution feared the people as much as they hated the despot. Indeed, license was more dreaded by them than autocracy. Hence our govern ment Is far from responsive to popular demand It is even contemptuous or it. One notable example was seen In 1S90 when the people condemned the ad- minstration of MT. Harrison more em- phatically than any other administration was every reproved before, or has been censured since. Yet the administration did not turn hair, but kept the steady course 1t had before pursued. Such con- tempt of the peoples will by men In power in monarchical England would make revolution swift and irresistible.
 There Is no doubt that if the despot were endowed with the genius for ad- mnistration of Napoleon Bonaparte and the sincere and inflexble love of justice of Edmunt Burke, and absolute monarchy would be the best government man has yet invented; but the innate selfishness of our nature crops out on the throne as well as in meaner place, and mon archy has produced more hateful rulers like Calgula than it has wise princes like Marcus Aurelius. Absolutism has too many worthless scamps like Henry of Nalois, third of the name, to be spon- sor for On the other hand, the rule of a populace dominated by a Clean is q worse government than the tyranny of a Nero.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-29
BY J. c. HIDDEN, D. D.

cluslon that the scheme of religion as set forth in the Bible, is not unreasonable, If it be assumed to come from the same God that governs the world as we see 1t, and that the God of nature Is not out or harmony with the God of grace.
 Again. Reasoning from conduct to char acter is seriously misleading, unless we are sufficiently acquainted with the con duet to discern the motive of that con duct. If the Being. whose conduct we are observing is supposed to have ends and a!ms that far transcend our ken, then We should be extremely cautious how we reason, from what little we can see of His conduct, to any general con clusion as to His character.
 little child was much entertained at the absurd behavior of an elderly man who was. blowing soap bubbles from pipe, and gazing at them with the in- tensest interest The child did not know that it was Sir Isaac Newton, studying opticsl This is but a faint illustration of the presumptuous folly which often characterlzes mans puny Judgments as to the ways of the Most High. It was not only a deepyly devout, but highly intelligent view that Cowper gave In tho lines:
 God moves in a mysterious way.
 His wonders to perform
 He plants his footsteps In the sea.
 And rides upon the storm.
 Blind unbelef is sure to err.
 And scan His work in vaini
 tod Is His own interpreter.
 And He will make 1t plain"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-29

1861, this young western lawyer left hlS office for the field and was lieutenant colonel of his regiment when the strug- gle was ended. He was politician from boyhood. and a delegate in the republican national convention that nominated Abra- ham Lincoln, In 1S6O He was twice presi- dential elector for the state at large-1Sl6 and 1885, He did not gain a seat in Con- gress until he was 47 years old, and 1t is a pity that inc was not chosen to that body at least twelve years earlier. He served three terms, when he was ap- pointed solicitor of the treasury by Pres ident Harrison; but he was returned to the Flfty-second Congress In 1892, and has been q member of that body ever since.
 The Iowa delegation in the Ffty-third Congress was very strong, containing Gear, Henderson, Cousins, Hull, Perkins, Lacey and Deliver. ss well as Hepburn. One of the senators from that state was James IT. Wilson, a man who was eter- nally expected to do great things. He was one of the managers of the impeachment of Andy Johnson. and his friends claimed that he was the best lawyer of the bunch, but Ben Butler got all the applause given that desperate proceeding. Wilson later got to the Senate. and served there for years, but he never set the Potomac afre. He belonged to that class, all too numer- ous, who promise everything In the flower and yield little In the fruit. He died during the life of the Fiftythird Con gross and everybody knew that some Iowa member of the House would get his toga. My recollection Is that several of them went through their stunts in the House for homo consumption, and Hep burn was far and away ahead of any of the others in showing qualities. He was the man who should have been senator, but at some time of his career he had been of counsel for a railroad In a law
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-29

The strength of the American govern ment lies in it's written constitution; the strength of the British government lies in its unwritten constitution. The relative merits of the written and unwritten con- stitutions Is a question that has never been decided, but the strength of either depends upon the strict observance of its principles. Of the unwritten British con stitutlon no discussion is necessary. but of the written constitution of the United States a few words may be said. especial ly as the charge is being continually made that 1t is being twisted and thwart- ed to meet present day conditions, The construction of the provisions oe the con- stitution, whether they should be liberally or strictly construed, was the original cause of the creation of political parties in the United States, although these par ties have long since forgotten the cause of their origin. Each had it's advocates, honest, able and patriotic citizens and time has shown, paradoXical as 1t may seem, that both were right
 The clothes that fit the boy won't ft the man; the laws that are sufficient to govern a nation of 100000 confined to thirteen states, will not fit a nation of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-29

Under our system of presidential govern ment Mr. Hepburn plays a comparatively small part. If we had real parliamentary government he would be one among the half score real rulers with a seat in the cabinet and the leadership in the House of Representatives. He Is tho foremost orator on the republican side. a place he has held without question since the Hon. Littlefield failed to make entirely good the promise of his splendid maiden effort. Hepburn is not man of detail. He gen eraizes and is exceedingly formidable in general political debate. His chief fault is lack of accuracy in statement. and in the heat of conflict fle sometimes hits below the belt. He never convicted an enemy of political sin; but he Is Is about the best man in either house to inspire his side for the conflict. In debate he is no match for John Sharp Williams, but in Reclamation he is magnificent. 1t is worth journey from the Mississippi to the Potomac to any Bourbon republican to hear him pronounce the words United States" when grappling with some unpa- triotic democrat.
 William P. Hepburn was born In Ohio in 1S33 and has lived In Iowa since 1S4l He was sixteen years old when Iowa be- came a state, and managed to get tol- erable academic education. He was a printer, perhaps an editor. but studied law and began the practice the year he attained his majority. As Hepburn de- scended, no doubt, from a>colonel of one of the regiments James 1 sent to the con- tinent to help his son-in-law. the Elector Palatine, in the thirty years war, and that subsequently, went from victory to victory under the eye of Gustavus Adol- phus. when war came to this people in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-29

America for the far-eastern trade. for Japan and America are all there are in that race Japan cannot antagonize Amer lea, for she must have our cotton to clothe her people. She would be bankrupt the moment she started war with the United States, The mere contemplation of war would mean ruin for Japans merchant marine, for then she'd be unable to ship her stuffs to China and farther east, And as var power Japan could never make herself greater than the United States. She knows this and war Is farthest from her thought.
 Such seares and phantoms go hand m hand with others more directly pertain ing to our home affairs. But as said above, the American brain has come to realize it's stSength and the American arm It's brawn. American grit, energy and stamina are not to be intimidated or again wrought into frenzy by any Ego $ howl of "Wolf!'
 am on record as devout believer in American integrity and honor. And to revert once more to that little street where so many believe everything thrlV1s but honor or integrity, l want to say that if you feel so you're dead wrong Wall street has the destiny of American finances in its keeping, and there is code of honor in the New York Stock
 
 sphere in the country!
 The code of honor in the Stock exchange is so absolutely without tfnge Of doubt. that millions of dollars pass on the word of mouth or the slightest motion of the finger, Withut the Stock exchanges code of honor there is no credit in America in any commercial transaction! And yet potential as 1t is 1t is impotent to inn peril the vastness of the finances of the United States because they are in the custody of the people, who are greater and stronger than all the moneyed insu- tutlons of our country combined,
 Why, the laboring man is the biggest capitalist today. He has more money to- day than eyer, and realizes more than he has ever done that he is the worlds greatest factor This does not apply mere ly to the man who yields the pick and shovel, but to whoever labors with his brain or his brawn, for 1t is all labor producing, creating strengthening labor. That is the power which is greater, ten thousand fold greater, than all the mag mates of Wall street than all stock ex- changes, than all other influences and powers combined; for that Is the power that makes the finances of the American people absolutely and eternally safc where no scares, no fears, no phantoms can alarm, where no exaggerated Egos can intrude with vexing hysteria.
 Through every eventof financial uneasi- ness-as in this last spell-conservative men have stood frp. They knew that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-29
BY SAVOYARD.

boats rocked, such as amendments by impertinent democrats who seek to put the G. O. r. on record. The old rules allowed that. Under the gag of the Rules committee it cannot be done. And that is why Hepburn was powerless to make the Legislation of the House responsive to the membership instead of mere ratifca- tion of the speakers decree.
 For some years the House has taken its orders from Joseph G. Cannon John Dalzell and Charles IT. Grosvenor, and these got their orders from Theodore Roosevelt That is the sole reason that Oklahoma did not come into the Union years ago Ship subsidy passed the House under that lash, and the steal would be the law of the land this moment if the time had not been so short that 1t died in conference.
 When tho triumvirate-Cannon, Dalzell, and Grosvenor-were hard put by the un- patriotic logic of John Sharp Williams, Hepburn was ordered to the front to bear the brunt He doesn't jest at scars; he has been wounded. Mir. Billy Patterson did not get more of devi, of lick than old Pete received in his bout with John Sharp in the debate touching the sales abroad of our trust-made wares cheaper than they are sold to our own folks at home. Then came Charles Ian dis, who declared that he did not believe n word of it, but if it was so, it was ex- actly right. Pushed to the wall, Dalzell admitted 1t was true and gloried in 1t.
 Ii the democratic party should come to this town next winter asserting states rights and demanding tariff reform and stick te the text. make these paramount and keep them paramount, it might yet turn out that Haman Is accursed and Mordeca blessed.
 Oh. ye of little faith
 Copyright, 1907, by D. W. Newman)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-29

"A Review of the Present Financial Sit
 uation by Daniel J. Sully, The Cot
 ton KNg."
 1" HE voice of the craking prophet
 Is heard throughout the land. 4 The wise and timid men have watched the so-called panic. have seen the stocks of our greatest properties go down and down, and have scream ed in terror.
 do not believe the country Is frightened but it is interested. So am going to give my views or the situation as a business man. and as a man who has never lost interest in that little street of great power where all values are weighed and sifted, bought and sold-Wall street.
 What then brought about the f1urries and worries (there has been no panic) of the fall of 1907? It looks to me as though 1t were all the result of hys- teria, hysteria engendered by the ex- aggerated ego Of a strong man. This hysteria has now collapsed, utterly, ap- solutely; and because Of American grit, character and fortitude the ma jesty of American finance has not been injured in the slightest degree eithei at home or abroad.
 If has gotten to be a habit to talk of financial epochs" There are no such things; periods of psych olosical feeling prevail among the people que to scares and frights at phantoms. Tn the present instance (the incidents through which the country has just nassed) a misconceived assumption or Omnipotent Power caused scare and created a phantom.
 But it has collapsed, evaporated, "petered out
 You can set 1t down as an axiom that anything that appears to threaten Anarican finance is intangible and not based upon genuine facts.
 The waves of depression that occur are occasioned by the timid who gorge inc market, throwing off their hold ;nos know the impression prevails widely that certain individuals In Wall street make and break the prices of stocks and commodities at Will. That is q monumental fallacy.
 If is possible-and we have seen how ,ossible-for an inflated Ego to spread conta zion of hysteria by forecasting hupaboos and arrogating vain powers o,d thus spread demoralization But that isn't typical of American ilnance no,. does 1t smack of it's true spirit!
 American money, American securitieis, American investments. were never as safe and valuable and secure as they are at this minute, And everybody in the United Sfates should be fervently thankful that all this humbug and hullaballo has col sapsed, and that the failure of this in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-29
<SV/HEN Professor Drummond M calls upon us to recognize
 " Natural LAW in the Spirit

W Natural Law in the Spirit ual World, we hesitate. He eloquently maintains that the same laws-laws not merely analogous but the same-are con- tinued from the natural into the spirit ual world. This seems to be an extrava- gance arising to some extent from con- fusion of the several distinct meanings of the word law and in general form a reasoning from metaphor to fact and vice versa, which is fallacia fgurae dictionfs Ca failacy of figure of speech). He con- stantly mistakes slender analogy for iden- tity."-Prof. Noah K. Davis
 Professor Davis further points out that Professor Drummond goes astray in his doctrine of "Bogeness," or the origin of life, declaring the natural law, that life can be originated only by life,. to be a law which is extended into the spiritual world. and holding 1t to be the universal law of regeneration. AS matter cannot become living of itself, but only through contact with matter already living, so the mind of man can not become spiritual of itself, but only by the influence of the Divine Spirit"
 To this view Professor Davis very prop erly objects that though 1t may pass as rhetoric, still when it is claimed to be not a figure of speech, but the statement of a sober fact--a scientific truth-then anology Is mistaken for identity, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-29
\ \
EPUBLICANISM is on trial in \ the United States. Under that A Fo-,, of oovarnment A nation

EPUBLICANISM is on trial In
 N the United States. Under that
 4 0 form of government a nation sprung into existence 130 years ago. having at that time a population of a little over 3,OOO,OOO. and which is to- day about So,oo0,ooo. Under that form of government the lives, liberty and property of its citizens have been safe guarded and its territory extended across a continent. Freedom" was the word enscribed on the banner un- der which that nation began it's march, and that word was a lodestone which attracted to that banner the oppressed and enslaved of the old world.
 Republicanism was translated as meaning the government of the peo- pie. by the people, for the people It was a government in which every man caunted, every man participated and which every man supported. The ma jority ruled. but the rights of the mi nority were respected. A republic chose for It's first President a man to whom the word party" was unknown. He was the chief citizen among citi- zens; the worthiest among the worthy.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-30
- WHO KILLED NELSON? %

poleon's feet in the Bay of Aboukir, when
the Little Corporal nearly had India in
his grasp.
Subsequently, in the battle of Copenhagen,
Nelson, fighting against terrible odds, gained
a magnificent victory. The Danes were about
to enter into an alliance with FSance, and Mel
son was sent to intercept their fleet
The first admiral on this occasion was Sir
Hyde Parker; but, as his ship had struck
upon some shoals, he was obliged to look on
idly while Nelson was fighting. Fearing that
the enemy was about to triumph, Admiral
Parker ordered the signal flag to be put up,
which meant that the English should cease
fighting.
Nelson, when informed Of this, raised his
telescope to his sghtless eye-for he could
only use one of his visual organs-and cried:
"I don't see the signal Keep mine flying
for close battle-nail it to the mast!, That is
the way to answer such signals!"
It is easy to conceive what an electric effect
this had upon the gallant tars. The Danes
were crushed, and the possibility of an al
lance between Denmark and France was re-
moved.
Admiral Villeneuve's feet off Cape Trafal
oar. and in that engagement he lost his life
History briefly says he was shot by French
r;aeman. stationed in Villeneuve's ship, the
Redoubtable, which directly faced the Vic
tory, Nelson's ship.
Let us see what is known concerning the
obscure Frenchman who robbed England of
her greatest naval hero. His name was Rob-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-30

ert Guillemard. In 1905, at the age of
twenty, he entered the French army as a
conscript, and his first assignment was to the
Redoubtable, then stationed in the Bay of
Cadiz.
When this ship faced the Victory in the
famous battle, Guillemard, with five others,
was ordered into the tops. While they were
going aloft, Guillemard relates that he took
a view OF the prospect presented by the hos
tile fleets.
For more than league extended thick
cloud of smoke, above which was discernible
forest t-of masts and rigging. Thousands of
flashes penetrated this cloud at intervals, and
rolling noise louder than thunder arose
from the water.
When the English topmen of the Victory
saw Guillemard and his companions, they
opened fire, which was returned. Three Of
Guillemard's companions were killed and all
of the English's topmen and at this june
ture he perceived an officer walking up and
down the Victory's deck, and giving orders
in loud tone.
Guillemard observed that the officer had
only one arm, and, having often heard Mel
sons personal appearance described, he con-
cluded that this must be the English ad-
miral.
The French soldier on the tops of the Re-
doubtable took aim and fred then, through
the clouds of smoke, Guillemard saw group
of persons gathering anxiously around the
officer who had fallen.
Thus fell great Nelson by the hand of
common soldier. Guillemard lived for many
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-30

worthy Junior Partner" replied that Of
fetal.
, "You will close the door and allow no one
to come in or go out without the permission
of the firm, or either of them"
"The door is closed and the order shall be
obeyed," responded the Porter.
Fright Worthy Senior Partner, the lodge
is in proper condition for business" reported
the Junior.
By this time the officers were so busy in
looking out for their parts that they had be-
come quite serious. OF course, they hitched
and haggled in reading the work from the
papers; but it was not the intention that any
papers should be used after the first meeting,
and the new officers were to be required to
commit to memory the parts they were to
speak.
worthy Junior Partner, what is the object
of a lodge of B. S. LIP asked the presiding
officer.
'To make its members strong in the knowl-
edge. and practice of Honesty, Truth and JUS
tice," answered the Junior.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-30

sits just at the right of the Senior Partner,
and Edward Gilwood will take that place. The
Messenger con- comes me next, and / ! wIh-takee, that
Gas 1 am the .only one left, | must take
that place." said Fred Binks. ~But am not
the Worahipful Porter. the Grand Worthy
Nothing of that sort; simply the Porter
only this and nothing more. Now the Offices
are filed, and the workmen are all in their
places" continued Bryan, as he placed chair
for himself at the left Of the Senior Partner.
"Hurrah for the workmen!" exclaimed Ed
ward Gillwood.
"I must repeat what said before. If you
make fun of the work you will spoil the whole
thing. said Bryan, seriously. though he had
not failed to see beforehand that great deal
of levity must be expected from the boys.
''The next business is to open the lodge. and
then we shall be ready to admit the members,
one at a time. We must hurry up"
"I think the fellows outside will get tired
of waiting" suggested Fred Binks, who was
seated at the door.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-30

years after this deed, but he never reached any
distinction in the French service. The rea-
son he gives in the concluding part of his mar
rative is plausible:
Though" he says, "the shot that had
brought down this admiral had rendered
service to my country. was far from con-
sidering it as an action of which 1 had a
right to boast Besides, in the general con-
fusion every one could claim the honor. 1
might not be believed; 80 that I was afraid
of furnishing my companions with subject
of ridicule, and did not think proper to men
tion it to them nor to the French officers. 1t
was in this manner that more than once in
the course of my life carelessness and false
shame have deprived me of advantages |
might justly have claimed"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-30
The Professors Son

eve shall be ready in five minutes more,
if you don spend any time in talking nom
sense" replied Bryan. "Now, look at your
papers, if you please, and go on with the
work"
as they had opportunity and each of them
had an idea what he had to do.
The Senior Partner raped three times on
thetable, at which signal all gave attention.
Worthy Junior Partner" said the presid-
ing officer.
fright Worthy Senior Partner" replied the
Junior, reading from his paper.
What is always done before the lodge is
opened?" asked the Senior.
''To station the Porter at the door, who is
to allow no one to go out or come in without
PERMISSION" answered the Junior
HYou will attend to that duty"
Brother Porter" said the Junior Partner.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-30
Disappointed

A CLERK in a banking house celebrated the
twenty-ffth anniversary of his Connection
with the firm. Schmul, the principal. hands
him in the morning closed envelope inscrib-
ed, I'm memory of this eyentful day."
The clerk gratefully receives the envelona
without opening, but on gracious hint from
the head of the firm. he breaks the cover and
finds-the photo of his master.
"Well, what do you think of it?' in
ouired Schmul. with a grin.
s1t's Just like you," was the reply.
IN. B-What the poor clerk had expected
was a check for a thousand or soD