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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-15
GRAVES IN CHATTANOOGA

for moment by any democratic leader
whatever may be the feeling of a sprinlS-
ling of the democratic masses with re-
spect thereto. 1t is difficult to under
stand his motives, therefore. for injecting
such an ill-ftting proposition at strict
ly democratic lovefeast. There must
have been something more than a mere
design to attract attention for Mr.. Graves
has resources In that direction that would
have stood him in much better stead.
At any rate whatever It may have been
Mr. Graves was after, he succeeded in
convincing those who heard him last
night that up to this writing Mr.. Bryan
is the one man who affords any sort Of
cohesive rallying center for the demo-
Gratis of the country, He may not be the
nominee-although that now seems to be
the only possible outcome from present
sentiment-but he is at least essential to
a focalization of democratic sentiment
until the time for the state conventions
comes around. Mr.. Graves friend, Mr..
Hearst. is trying to prevent this focaliza-
ton in all the ways available to him. but
he is meeting with poor success.
We are quite sure Mr.. Bryan has full
appreciation of the full significance OF the
present rather disordered condition of
democratic sentiment, of which Mr..
Graves speech is Indicative and we have
not the slightest doubt that in the full
ness of time he will render whatever
service may be demanded to maintain the
integrity not only of the organization but
of the party's traditions, principles and
policies.
OF course, in doing that Mr.. Bryan
renders Mr.. Graves suggestions as to
Mr.. Roosevelt preposterous and impossi-
BILE, and which we take 1t he succeeded
in impressing upon Mr.. Graves Nory
forcibly, as a reference to our local re-
port of the incident will indicate.
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party. Crane has no following out
side of Massachusetts. and Knox re-
sides in a state that is corrupt and
content
There are but three names in the
list printed by the press that have
real political life and ginger in them,
and these three are Roosevelt, Hughes
and Taft. The republican nominee
will be one Of these three. If Roose-
welt declines to run, and if the leaders
think Taft cannot carry New York,
the nominee will be Charles Evans
Hughes, a man whom nobody had
heard of until the life insurance crook
edness was brought up and uncov-
cred. Hughes won his laurels then
and there, and he will win new ones
IL he crowds through practically intact
his public utility bill. That bill then
would become his platform and he
would become a formidable opponent
Of the democratic party In 1908.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-15
Corner Sign Posts.

"A few nights ago | had occasion to
seek friend who lived on a certain
street between certain avenues on the
south side after II o'clock" said a man
who recently came to the city. land 1
had an experience worth remembering
LAS the night was fine | set out to
walk and in so doing neglected to keep
count of how many blocks l covered un-
til | suddenly became aware of the fact
that | must be near my destination; but
there was the trouble, had l gone past
the street or not? Inquiry was out of the
question, as every one had gone to bed
in the neighborhood and the prospects
of meeting any person at that hour out
there were very remote.
After debating the matter in my mind
I decided I had gone block too far, so
I went back one, but failed to find the
house. I then thought 1t might be that
l was ON the wrong avenue, and went
to the next, but still no results. I turn
ed up and down, to the right and the
left, seeking in vain for the street and
avenue l wanted, and finally concluded
the best thing to do was to go back to
Twentieth street and begin all over again.
All this could have been saved to me
and perhaps to many other people like
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-15
ToMLINSoN'S ADDRESS,

From the Chattanooga Times.
John w. Tomlinson, OF Birmingham, is
a native of Tennessee and has many
friends and admirers in the state. He is
a successful lawyer. a foreeful speaker
and a man of much earnestness of con-
victlon and expression. His subject was
"Public Opinion and the Law" His brief
address was plea for respect for the
constitution and the laws, as they stand,
and for amendment-not evasion-when
the constitution and laws are found lack
ing in elements making for the best good
of the country and the people. The prn-
ciples on which the fundamental law OF
the union is based are eternal; "condi-
lions may change but principles never. -
Mr.. Tomlinson deplored the tendency in
influential quarters in the national cap
ital to make changes in the administra-
ton of law, changes involving a serious
departure in principle from the law OF
the land
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CHAMP cLARK'S HISTORY.
the Washington Herald.

From the Washington Herald.
Missours fluent orator in the house,
the Hon. Champ Clark, will soon take
his place in the select company of Amer
lean historians. Mr.. Clark, in collabora-
ton with Walter Williams, Is writing a
history of Missouri. which soon will be
issued from the press. No two Missou-
rians are better prepared to write the
wonderfully interest ting and romantic
story of their great state. Mr.. williams
is the editor of the Columbia Herald.
which is universally regarded as tho best
country newspaper in the United States.
and. in a sense, he is to Missouri what
William Allen White is to Kansas. Mr..
Clark for thirty years has been careful
and painstaking student of Missouri his
tory, and has collected a vast amount of
material which. under the deft touch of
himself and Mr.. Williams, Will be shaped
into volume of unusual interest and
value
While generally recognized as one of
the finest orators in congress, Mr.. Clark
writes even better than he speaks. He
invests his work with a genuine literary
character. and is particularly devoted to
American history in his reading. No ade-
quate history of Missouri has yet been
written, and students in all parts of the
country are anxiously awaiting the pub
LEGATION of the Clark-Williams work.
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SUGAR Beet Culture

In Western Kansas there Is a sugar
beet boom, but when the crop is
looked at carefully 1t does not appear
to be as good crop as cotton 1t
costs about $3.50 to plant an acre Of
sugar beets, including the seed. The
thinning and the hoeing cost $3.50 an
acre; the second hoeing, So; the third
hoeing, so, and the pulling and top
ping $3.50 an acre. Here is a total
expense of over $40 an acre, and a
deal of cultivation is involved in the
task. 1t is heavy crop to handle,
the average yield being about twelve
cured crops worth 500 an acre, but
a crop that brings in $45 an acre is a
good average.
The same amount of labor, fertiliza-
ton and care expended on cotton
would insure the production of bale
of cotton on almost any land, and that
would be better than twelve tons of
beets, for the bale of cotton is easily
handled and readily marketed.
The south needs varied crops, but it
can find in truck or fruit growing bet
ter returns than the sugar beet will
yield The sugar beet is, however, an
excellent crop on irrigated lands, for
1t is a thirsty product, and dry spell
In the growing season would lessen
the yield per acre materially. There
are no indications that the Kansas
boom will ever be extended far
enough to GUST King Cotton from his
stronghold.
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Roosevelt. Hughes or Taft

The New York Press prints the
eligible list of republican aspirants in
1908 as follows:
Theodore Roosevelt of New York.
Charles e. Hughes of New York.
Elihu Root of New York.
George b. Cortelyou of New York.
y William. H. Taft of Ohio.
Joseph B. Foraker of Ohio.
Leslie M. Shaw of Iowa
Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois.
Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana.
Albert B. Cummins of Iowa.
Robert NJ. LaFollette Of Wisconsin.
W. M. Crane of Massachusetts.
Phlander c. Knox of Pennsylvania.
This list rapidly melts away when
looked at critically. Root is lifelong
corporation lawyer. Cortelyou collect
ed huge slush fund in 1904. For
eker could not carry Ohio, although
he controls the machine. Shaw is at
the head of banking trust in New
York. Cannon is stand-patter and a
defender of all trusts. Fairbanks has
not thawed out. Cummins is unknown
outside Of Iowa. LaFollette would be
opposed by "the interests" which is
the heart. and soul Of the republican
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MORGAN AND THE SEEDS.

From the Washington Herald.
After a continuous service of thirty
years in the Senate l have at last found
out what L am there for" said the vet
eran John Tyler Morgan of Alabama, yes
terday, as he exhibited letter received
from a lady at Mobile and addressed:
General ]. T. Morgan, United States
Seeds, Washington, ID. c.
The writer thanked the senator pro-
fusely for batch of seeds that had been
sent her last year under his frank, de-
claring that they had produced the most
beautiful roses in all Alabama" and
requesting that General Morgan sand her
some more just like them
1 feel that ] have not served my coun-
try in vain, nor that l shall be wsolly
unknown to posterty now that l have
been addressed as United States Seeds. =
added the senator, as he carefully stored
the letter away for safe keeping.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-15
GERMANY, AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA
Agree on Question of Limitation of
Armament at The Hague.

Rome, April 14.-From the exchange of
official COMMUNICATIONS between them, it
is apparent that Germany, Austria and
Russia are unanimous concerning the
question of the limitation of ornaments
at The Hague conference, and that they
will permit of a discussion of the ques-
ton, but not participate in 1t, not con-
sidering the proposition a practical one.
Italy has chosen as her representative
at The Hague Count Tornnelli, ambas-
sador to France; Deputy Pompily, an I'M
der secretary of state for foreign affairs,
and the Duke of Cavelo, minister at The
Hague, all as plenipotentiaries, and Gen
eral Robilant and Admiral Callardri as
technical delegates. She is not likely to
have law delegate, both Count Torn
nelli and Signor Pompily being experts
in law
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Busseville is happy and content.
CUBA.

From the Washington Star
No well informed person expected Sec
rotary Taft to settle the Cuban question
out OF hand at Havana. The course he
pursued there was the only reasonable
one He wanted the latest information
and obtained it in the proper way. He
listened to all callers, and as his visit
had been widely advertised men of all
parties and of no party paid their re-
spects to him. IT Is determined that first
of all there must be a census taken For
the rest time must show the way. We
shall deal with the situation as it devel-
ops, keeping in mind at every stage the
obligations resting upon us to preserve
order. Naturally, therefore, the length of
our stay will depend on the manifestation
of respect for the laws by the people. AS
at the start, the case is in their hands
Control will be theirs again as soon as
they show themselves prepared for re-
sponsiblity
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RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT UNFIT.
Declares Professor de Martens in Let
ter to London Times.

the London Times, the Russian jurist,
Prof. De Martens, expresses the con-
viction that the. second Russian parlia-
ment is absolutely unfit to work success
fully for the benefit of the Russian ma
ton and cannot advise the nation in the
direction of a constitutional system of
government.
Prof De Martens bases his belief on the
assembly finding not single word to dis
approve of assassnatlons, and murder,
only enjoys speeches of discomfort and
unlimited hate and is quite unfit to dis
cuss needful reforms and cannot possibly
construct new order in the state.
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MR.. GRAVES SUGGESTION.
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe
John Temple Graves of Georgia is a
poet and an orator and doubtless be-
lieves himself to be a politician. Certain
ly he makes unique bid for public in
terest in his power of political prescience
when he suggests, as he did at the dinner
to Mr. Bryan in Chattanooga, that the
gentleman who twice has been the demo-
cratic candidate for president should
nominate President Roosevelt as the dam
ocratic candidate this year.
Mr.. Graves may be said only to have
anticipated the expression In other quar-
ters OF the idea of President Roosevelt
as tho logical candidate of a nonpartisan
union of the great bulk of the member
ship OF both parties. 1t is a fact that
Rooseveltism today is largely a nonparti-
san sentiment. There is little partisan
feeling toward President Roosevelt. He
has enemies and loyal adherents In both
parties.
The only instance of a nonpartlsan sup
port of a president was in the celebrated
EZRA of good feelings when James Mon
roe was the choice of all parties
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From the Louisville courier-Journal

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
~ EXPERIENCE on yesterday to that
w day as the anniversary of the
~ birthday of Clay brings to mind
the fact that today is the one hundred
and sixty-fourth anniversary of Jeffer-
sons birth. While in his day the former
was regarded as the expounder of whig
principles and Jefferson as the father
of American democracy Mr.. Clay when
he first entered upon his career was a
supporter of Mr.. Jeffersons principles and
through the two terms of Madisons adj
ministration. In December, 1908, while
member of the legislature, he made re-
port approving the leading features of
Mr.. Jeffersons foreign policy, denouncing
the British orders in council and pledg-
ing to the President the enthusiastic sup
port of Kentucky in any probable contin-
gency. Again, while in the Senate for the
second time, at the session of 1S09-10, he
strongly supported Mr.. Jefferson's policy
in regard to the Louisiana territory, and
introduced a bill to enable the territory
of Orleans to from state constitution
and be admitted as a state. This was Wig
orously opposed by the opposition to JEFF
ferson. especially by those in New Eng
land, who threatened secession If it were
done. This later led to a reply by Mr.
Clay in the House to Josiah Quincy
Adams, the father of the secession doc
trine, which attracted great attention by
its force and bitterness, by the vehe-
mence of its denunciation of the federal
party, its glowing eulogy Of Jefferson
and its personal reflections on Adams,
whom he stigmatized as soiling the car
pet on which he stood.
Upon Mr.. Jeffersons retirement from
the presidency at the end of his second
term he retired also from actice partic-
ipation In public affairs, and Mr.. Clay,
becoming an advocate of the tariff as
means of supplying the needs of the gov
eminent, after the close of the war with
Great Britain, became the leader of the
wing party, of which the cornerstone was
a tariff for protection. The growth of the
whig party was an evolution growing out
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-15
MUSIC.

By Thomas Moore.
When through life unblest we rove.
Loving all that made life dear
Should some notes we used to love-
In days of boyhood meet our ear
oh. how welcome breathes the strain!
Weakening thoughts that long have
slept
Kindling former smiles again,
In faded eyes that long have wept
Like the gale that signs along
Beds of oriental flowers,
Is the grateful breath of song
That once was heard in happier hourss
Filled with balms, the gale signs on,
Though the flowers have sunk in death:
So, when pleasures dream is gone,
Its memory lives in music's breath.
Music, oh how faint. how weak.
Language fades before thy spell!
Why should Feeling ever speak,
When thou canst breathe her soul %
we'll?
Friendships balmy words may feign,
Loves are cen more false than theyi
Oh, tits only music's strain
Can sweetlr snotha- and not betray. 1
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JEFFERSON AND CLAY

Of the conditions of the country at the
time of it's birth. Had not Mr.. Jefferson
been so advanced in age and remained
in public life longer. it is not improb-
able that his mantle would have rested
upon Clay. AS 1t was, the position
taken by the latter seemed at the time
so in accord with the public necessities
that it brought him into such public
prominence that 1t required the glamour
of military hero in jackson to prevent,
the full fruition of his ambition.
But 1t is to Jefferson and his great
work in the foundation of cur govern
ment that it was proposed to do honor
today in recalling tho great debt due
by the people of America for the in
comparable services he rendered In Sc
curing its liberties. In his day there
were few men who excited more bitter
animosity by his activity in promoting
the successful operation of a government
upon the broad principles of human lib
erty enunciated in his great declaration.
His election as President over the oppo-
nents of his broad views of human free
dom was in effect rescue of our coun-
try from a condition scarcely less OBJ
JeCtloHaDle IMAM undL OF mOnarCn1ca1 rule,
while his service as President and Illus
tration of the practical working of his
governmental theories insured to us the
stability we now enjoy.
1t has been vouchsafed to few men to
watch the growth of the tree planted by
them and enjoy so fully the realization of
their hopes and aims as was the good for
tune of Jefferson. After his retirement
from the presidency in 1909 he spent the
remaining seventeen years of his life
at Monticello in the pursuit of agricul-
ture, in founding the University of Vir-
ginia and the enjoyment of social and
intellectual converse with his wide circle
OF friends, native and abroad. Few men
have been more reviled by those who
could not rise to the comprehension of
his great merit, but no man was ever
more invulnerable against the shafts of
malice with which he was assailed and
his fame grows brighter with the lapse
of years.
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hams growth said H. K White. 'the
crowded street cars would give sufficient
proof OF increased population. have oc-
casion to ride on the various lines-Ens-
ley, Bessemer, Gate City, North Biz
mingham, Avondale and the North and
South Highlands-and 1 find the cars
filled at any hour of the day. Street car
travel has Increased wonderfully within
the past two years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-15
GREAT SPEECHES WIN NO PRIZES
From Lesies Weekly

In eloquence and point no other speech
in the whig convention in Baltimore in
1852 even remotely approached the one
but Webster was never a serious factor
in the balloting. In every one of the
fifty-three ballots Fillmore and Scott had
several times as many votes as Webster
and Scott carried off the candidacy. Rob-
ert G. Ingersolls 'plumed-knight' speech
in which he said, Like an armed war;
rior. like a plumed knight, James G..
Blaine marched down the halls of the
American Congress and threw his shining
lance full and fair against the brazen
forehead of every defamer of his country
and maligner of its honor" in the Cincin-
natl convention of 1876 gave Blaine a
sobriquet which he carried to the end of
his life ana it made Ingersoll famous.
But Hayes and not Blaine won the nomi-
nation. Conkling's Appomattox speech
in the Chicago convention Of 1880 in favor
of Grant captivated the country at the
moment, and swept the convention off
its feet Except the delegates). Garfield 5
in favor of Sherman In the same conveh-
ton was scarcely inferior TO Conkling s
In point and power. Neither Grant nor
Sherman received the candidacy. Gar
fields speech for Sherman helped Gar
field to get the nomination for himself,
In the deadlock, although neither he nor
anybody else at the opening of the con-
ventlon had Thought of him as a posi-
bility. When Bryan made his cross of
! gold speech which stampeded the Chi
cago convention of 1896 he was not, osten-
sibly, talking for himself, nor did any
body In the convention think Of him in
connection with the candidacy at the time
he got up there to speak. He entered
that convention as member of a contest
delegation, and was unknown to the
country at the time, though he had the
presidential bee In his bonnet and was
working for his own nomination all the
time that he was in the convention.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-15
Baraca DELEGATES in Atlanta.

Atlanta, April 14.-Between 400 and 800
delegates from all parts of the country
are expected to attend the annual con-
vention of Baraca and Philathea unions,
which begins it's sessions here April II.
Though separate in their formal organ
ization, these two unions are one in pur-
pose, that of engaging young men and
young women of the church in active
Christian work.
The convention will be in session two
days. and many subjects of interest TO
the Christian world will be discussed.
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When the 3 per cents are paid

When the per cents are paid off
or refunded next year, the bonded
debt will be pretty nearly on 2 per
cent basis, ami the annual interest
bill will be reduced to low figures.
No other country in the world is able
to float per cent bonds-certainly
not in large amounts-and our per
cents are selling at premium be-
tween and 4 per cent.
AT the end of the fiscal year there
will be a surplus Of about 100000,
and Secretary Cortelyou intends to
apply a good part Of it toward the re-
demption of the public debt. A like
surplus will appear In the next fiscal
year unless there is a material revi-
sion of the tariff, and such a revision
is improbable, because presidential
election is coming on and the stand
patters are standing solidly together.
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Battleships Assemble at Norfolk.

Norfolk, Va, April 1.-THE armored
cruiser Brooklyn and the gunboat Yank-
ton arrived in Hampton Roads today and
Joined the battleships Texas and Connec-
ticut and the cruisers Tennessee and
Washington, which are awaiting the ar
Rear Admiral Evans, to take part in the
opening day exercises of the jamestown
exposition on April &C. Admiral Evans
fleet is anchored off Cape Henry to-
night, having come up the coast from
West Indian waters, where it has been
engaged in the regular winter drill. 1t
will probably enter Hampton Roads to-
MORROW.
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Serious Floods In Macedonia.

Constantnople, Turkey, April Icon
tinuous heavy rains have caused the
rivers to overflow, seriously flooding Mac
edonia and Asia Minor. The plains of
Brussa. Adabasa, Kutahia, Adm and al
most all the villages are submerged and
there has been heavy loss of life and de-
struction of cattle and property. Coming
after the severe winter and the ruination
of crops, the fields have entailed acute
distress among the population, and the
interruption of railway traffic makes life
difficult