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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-04-13

What killed the bill? The steel
trust How was it accomplished? The
Lord only knows. But few human
beings are fully informed concerning
the ways and means involved and if
you asked them they would refuse to
tell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
Washinuton's New Station

The new railroad terminals at the federal capital are completed, and the cost complete is $14,S49,10 of which sum the government pays $477O,Ooo. The government contributed to the -expense of construction in order to secure a building and approaches in conformity with it's ideas for the de- velopment of the capital.
 The new station is undoubtedly the finest in this country, and it's erection will lead to gratifying changes in district close to the capitol, and with in sight of it. No one who sees what is going on back of the foundation Of the new senate office building will regret the portion paid by the gov ernment It will prove good invest ment in many respects.
 But Washington itself does not like the proposition that each passenger to Washington is to be assessed 25 cents if his ticket costs more than dollar, and 10 cents if it costs less than that in order to pay for the new terminals. In view of the payment by the people of nearly $5,O0O,O0O to- ward the cost of the new structure,
  the people of Washington do not think the proposition is just. They think the public is to be unduly assessed, and the matter may be brought be- fore Congress. for Congress has ex- elusive jurisdiction over the District of Columbia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
THE MOST SERIOUS MATTER

Every political campaign Jefferson exciting, the today pro- hbiton popuou partsans victory for their of observation political their sympathies etherHay winners will probably not have majority of than
 The pohibtons snmptuary surely prey they ton. But still anis have argument utterly Moreover ait great ly handicap industries keep from shrink by municipal government bankrupt city Brming rating causing protect against Joss pay they paying.
 agitation cheap politics wshe Birmingham districts prosperity de feat nrobbon which, industrial develop m pressed i in speech week, is only sham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
Cotton Handlinu

The foreign cotton spinners favor ably impressed all with whom they came in contact in their brief stay in this city. They are earnest and prac- tical men, but they will certainly be disappointed if they expect the re- forms in the handling of cotton that they desire and have recommended will be speedily adopted. All that can be accomplished in the near future is to build up a sentiment in their favor. Public sentiment among farmers is a plant of slow growth. The round bale seems to be lost quantity, but this by no means assures an easy adoption of the Egyptian bale. That form of bale may be adopted in the long run, but no one will see American cotton put up in that way very soon.
 The conference adopted among oth- CT reforms one relating to the housing of freshly picked cotton, as follows,
 'Every gin shall be put in the best order possible for the reason that much of the cotton when first picked Is green and immature. We recommend that all such cotton shall be housed in a good cotton pen at least 30 days before being sinned By this process of curing the immature fiber continues to grow. eyens uD in style and by the absorption of oil is given a rich creamery color is much stronger. more flexible. and has a much greater commercial value"
 The foreign spinneis scarcely know what task 1t would be to house freshly picked cotton "at least 30 days" On most of the farms in the south there Is precious little unused shelter. Even when cotton is baled much of it is exposed to the weather. great deal of shelter would be needed to protect the crops, and farm CTS are slow In making changes. The changes proposed by the foreign spin ners are decidedly revolutionary, and it will be many day before they arc generally applied to the American crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
Small Vote

: full vote in Jefferson county, or in the state of Alabama, as for that matter, does not mean large vote when population is taken into account. Here in Jefferson county we have q population of over 100000; it is prob ably not far below 225,000. Yet the possible vote is Jess than 10000. We should have a voting strength of SO,- GOO to 35,000.
 The relatively small vote Is account ed for in two ways In the first place the cumulative poll tax keeps thou sands from voting, and in the second place our floating population is large and many wage workers have not been here long enough to register. It is also true that many who might have registered have failed, through indifference to civic right and duty, to do so.
 One of the most important political contests in the history of Jefferson county will be decided today. The vote will probably not exceed 5000. This will make a poor showing. in- deed, but it may lead to men on both sides of the present fight to bestir themselves in the interest of larger registration. In spite of poll tax and floating population Jefferson's vote should be more than double the num- Der the poll books call for. Here in the district education in American civics is certainly in order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
IMMEDIATE APPLICATION.
the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 'Js Mr. Champion in this car?''
 The question, uttered in a loud. anxious, and even appealing tone, arrested the at tention of everybody in the elevated rail- way coach, which was crowded to it's ut most capacity.
 q mean Mir W. J. Champion"
 All eyes were turned upon the speaker, a tall, wild-eyed West Slider, who was olinging desperately to strap and try ing to steady Himself without digging the brim of his hat into anybody's eyes or stepping on some helpless passenger's corns as the car lurched from side 10 side.
 'I ask again. Is Mir. Champion-I beg your pardon. sir-n the carr
 What do you want of him?" gasped the surly passenger clingng to the next strap.
 DO you see that sign? howled the tall man. pointing with his free hand to one of the advertising cards near the ven tilators. Tt says. For Space in This Car Apply to w. J. Champion l want space! I want It understood that I am applying for space in this car right now! If MT. Champion is not here. gentlemen. Is there any person legally authorized to repre- sent him? I want space enough to live in-snaee enough to breathe in"
 But here the train stopped at a station, and the rush of passengers who wanted to get off swept the tall man, still pro- testing at the top of his voice, out into the open afr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
MOONLIGHT oN.THE LAKE.
From the Washington Herald.
 Wa da nat know whether it was

From the Washington Herald.
 We do not know whether it was an effort to locate the racing balloons that brought 1t all about, or the nearness of the poet to Indiana's s frontier that caused it naturally. Whether it was a premedi- tated solo or spontaneous burst we cannot say. Certain it is that some one gazed into d Chicago night recently, and from the sanetum of our charming con temporary. the Post, of that city, poured forth subsequent song filled with ex- ceeding gladness and attuned to move the stolid rocks themselvesl
 From out the rhapsody we pluck the heart of the theme and lay 1t, throbbing and all aglow. upon the altar of joy-a sacrifice to the gods of those who love and dream. and rejoice to see Chicago lift Up it's eyes Thos Hits the lay along;
 'Seant is the attention that the city reared bestow on the drifting clouds or the rising moon, with it's silvered path across the water, but last nights beauties must have left their impress upon thou sands. The brisk lake wind had swept away the eity's smoke and grime, and from the hour when the moon rose through the heavy clouds that banked the lakes horizon until 1t had passed the zenith the night was one of unusual beauty, bafflng the glaring street lights to efface
 With the deep blue of the sky em- phasized by the feecy whteness of the drifting clouds with the gloom of the lake frightened by the foam crests of the waves and the all-pervading moonlight lending dignity and beauty to the meanest street, 1t was a night worth storing up in memory against the days of storm and cold which are to come"
 Bravo. minstrel. We hardly thought Chicago up to it. That were a night to charm. indeed, that wakes the Windy City to flights of sentimental fancies such as these. Even here in far off Washing ton we seem to feel the flaming of the sweet and perfumed zephyrs that habitu- ally blow from the bosom of Lake Mich igan: with what joy we view in retro spect the drifting clouds or the rising moon, with-its silvered path across the water;' it must have been grandl In the distance, far down State street, per haps, we seem to hear the mellow-voiced wienerwurst vendor singing his ballad with it's touching refrain Get em while they're hot''
 But not until the final burst does the Post reveal the full depth of it's passion- ate and unstinted yearning for the sub lime, the beautiful, and the chaste. There the poet sees "deep blue skies empha- sized by the whiteness of the drifting clouds,' with naught but the gloom of the lake" and the hour of midnight, or the hour, at least, when the moon had passed the zenith" to dispute their respective blueness and whitenessi It only needed one of those night rainbows,' re- gently discovered by that other trouba- dour Post of Houston. Tex, to complete this scene of unrivaled grandeur and fill to overfiowing the moment of supreme ap- peall
 No more shall we imagine Chicago 9 8 ever city where sweet bells may hs tangled out of tune.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
Tellina Arauments.

''I, like most of the qualified voters in Jefferson county, l take it, will be glad when it Is all over," said Maj. E. T. Taliaferro. T hope the antis will win, and if every man who is al heart against prohibition goes to the polls and votes, 1t will go wet by a decisive majority.
 Tt is inconceivable how any man who thinks of the welfare of the Birmingham district, and especially of the industrial conditions at Ensley, can vote for the dangerous experiment that the prohbi tionists propose. Many convincing argu- ments have been presented against the prohibition side. Among the most telling are, in my opinion these Atlantas dis tressing experience in the eighties and Mayor Wards interview of last Monday, when he said There is only one thing we can be positive prohibition will do--it will free liquor from a heavy burden, the his toric device that has always been used to crush or restrain any undesirable traffic. It will mark the commencement of a long, bitter, harassing conflict that will un- settle salaries and incomes, wreck friend ships and paralyze the spirit of public cooperation; then repeal of the law will follow. In coming into office I swore to do everything in my power to protect the faith and credit of the city. l therefore cannot honestly share responsibility, even. tacitly, for movement which if suc- cessful must necessarily undo what it has taken years to build up and cripple every department of the city government for an indefinite period. All my sympathies are with the good men and women support ing prohibitions my judgment is against their plan"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
The Electorate.

contest is decided Monday, the small vote that will be cast should teach the people of the Birmingham district a lesson said a public-sprlted citizen. Every man who has been in Jefferson county the required time should qualify himself to vote.
 This county. with about 225,o0o popnla- ton, should have something like 30e0o voters. l make due allowance for the floating character of the population. 1 hope in the next campaign 10 see a deeid- ed improvement in the total list of elec tors"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
Cenoress and Immiuration .

Attorney General Bonaparte has de- cided that the new immigration bill forbids a state from advancing the fare of immigrants or from promising them employment. The bill was un- objectionable when 1t was sent to con ference, and in the rooms of the conference committee it was amended and reshaped until it became a veri- table gold brick to the southern states that sorely need immigrants. Some of the southern senators were up in arms when the conference report was pre-. sented in the senate MT. Mallory of Florida, for the purpose of fixing the Issue distinctly, said: q should like to ask the senator from Massachusetts if. under his construction of this pro- posed law state fund for immigra- tion would be prohibited Thereupon MT. Lodge said: "There is nothing to prohibit state uolng that.
 The same day, February Ia, Senator Latimer of South Carolina said: 'I wish to ask the chairman of ths com mite if in his judgment and in the judgment of the conferees the bill has been changed so as to prevent state,
 
 when the state has contributed The money through it's legislature, from bringing immigrants to a state." To that Mir. Dillingham; of Vermont, who had charge of the immigration bill, said with emphasis: Tn reply to that dnquiry will say that I do not think 1t affects it at all"
 A On -such assurances a-ahe bill was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
IN HOTELLOBBIES.
Lady Registers Her Complaint.

While everybody is registering com plaints concerning the service of the Bir mingham Railway, Light and Power company said q lady yesterday, '1 want to have my say. It is true that the company operates too few cars on popu- lous lines. and true, too, that the cars are very dirty exceedingly dirty, I night add. But here is my complaint. Let the' conductors forego the courtesy of helping the ladies to the ground. Yesterday one of them left the print of his hand on my sleeve. | can forego the dirt in the cars and generally find some gentleman 10 give me q seat, but. it is the limit to carry throughout the city the impressions of a greasy hand on linen sleeve"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
TO ONE IN PARADISE.

By Edgar Allan Poe. Thou vast all that to me. love,
 For which my soul did pine: A green isle in the sea, love,
 A fountain and shrine All Wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers,
 And all the flowers were mine. An. dream too bright to last.
 An starry Hope. that dldst arise But to he overcast
 A voice from out the Future cries. "Oni on,"-but OCT the Past
 tDim sulf) my spirit lowering lies Mute, motionless, aghast. For. alas, alas, with me
 The light of Life is OCT,
 No more-no moreno more (Such language holds the solemn sea
 To the sands upon the shore) Shall bloom the thunder-blasted treA. Or the stricken eagle soar. And all my days are frances,
 And all my nightly dreams Are where thy gray eye glances,
 And where thy footstep gleamS- In what etheral dances.
 By what eternal streams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
Railway Motor Cars.

''The use of the rail motor in England is growing rapidly and the experience already gained suggests that the move ment is capable of further development" says the Railway Age. More than 60 years ago the problem of single car work ing in Great Britain was taken up on the old Eastern Counties railway. but the time not being ripe no permanent re- suits were then achieved. Nothing more was done until quite recent years, when the British railways were seriously as- sailed by electric tramway competition. and the idea was again brought into prominence, or all the British companies the Great Western has been the pioneer In the rall-motor work, and it has now S5 of these vehicles in regular service on the system, the first car having been introduced In October, 1903.
 These cars. eight of which have been built by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon company of Gloucester, Eng. are 59 feet six inches in length oyer holdings, nine feet wide, and seven feet 10la inches high from floor to roof, inside. There are four compartments, in add- tion to the motor compartment and the rear driving vestibule, vz:-smolxing non smoking, center vestibule and lug gage compartments. There is but one class of accommodation and all of the compartments are divided from each other by cross partitions with sliding doors in the center. The dimensions of the motor end are clearly shown on the drawing. The smoking compartment has seats for F, and the non-smolSlng compartment seats for 2S passengers.
 ''The motor forms the leading bogie, the vertical boiler being fixed at the bogie center. The boiler tubes are i20 in number and are of solid drawn steel, 1A inches in outside diameter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28

w Yoosuf, who has just returned from abroad became interested in study ing the drinking habits of various na- tions and has come home with some ideas of his own on the subject
 "Contrasted with the German and Aus trian methods of imbibng spirtuous liouors the Americans drink too much and their actions in general while in sa- loons partal1e more of the porcine nature than ofssane human beings said the doctor.
 we ought to take a few hints from our German and Austrian friends and learn to drink decently," said Dr. Yoosuf. "Then, instead of making reservoirs of ourselves we could imbibe as decent peo- pie should. Why, our custom of treat ing the crowd is abominabe.
 | "In my opinion the temperance prob- lem is the most vital thing in modern life in tine United States" continued the doc tor 'I did not see one drunken man dur ing my whole stay on the continent. Here l can see them every minute in the day.
 When I first entered German territory I was struck by the absence of saloons as we have them. No bars were to be seen anywhere, and on inquiry l learned that there were none. Instead there were restaurants and gardens, where hundreds of-men, women and children drank beer Allthese places are emlnently respectable and indecencies are never either seen or heard anywhere.
 "In Europe there is no such thing as npr z A man enters a bar and sees his friends lined up for a drink Some one says, Have a drink on me and then the de- sire to treat circles around the gang. Half or all of them are drunk at the end In Germany, on the contrary, each man pays for his own beer, which is much better than our custom. They pay their individual bills, drink as much as they want to- and then go home in d sober condition. They enjoy themselves. We are hoggish and don't enjoy our drinks.
 ''I was at the Hofbrau Platz in Munich where were seated at one time 5000 per sons drinking Muenchen beer. Women were just as numerous as the men. It took the crowd on an average b to 70 minutes to drink one glass of beer Amer jeans would have swallowed it like light ming. Germans sip the stinulant grad nally getting the full taste as We do our wine.
 ',Of one man in Munich asked the question: Why is it there are so many drinking here and tou have no intoxicated persons? He answered with three reas- ons. He Said first that Germans did not
 .X,. they drink only small quantities and do 1t slowly. thus missing the intoxicating results of the beer. Thirdly he thought the absence of drunks was to he ascribed to the fact that treating was unknown. 'It was the same all over the conti- nfnt There they drink for a social chat. Americans in Europe get tipsy and make themselves the laughing stock of the na-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
BACK TO THE SOIL.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
 There Is no more wholesome and encour- aging Sign in this country now than the tendency to what is called the "agricul- tural revival" The former drift of popu- 1ation from the farms to the cities is checked. It was unwholesome and ab- normal in a country like ours of abund- ant land and boundess fertility. and the reaction was bound to come as surely as the return swing of the pendulum. There Is reverse flow from the city to the farm. The causes of this in every way desirable turn of the tide are complex First and most potent, undoubtedly, is the economic one. the increased relative profltableness of farming and the multi plying evidences that the farmer is d DroSnarOiS man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
Primaries and a Precedent

Already primaries are beginning to hut into. the presidential election ana hv 1912 they will be apt to dominate ,,ros,dential conventions, and later still they may supersede them aito- .etber But next year the delegates from Wisconsin will necessarily be chosen in primaries, and if a clique or faction in that state should call snap convention two sets of delegates from Wisconsin would appear at the national convention, and then the se- lection of delegates in primariesk would be decided.
 Roth national committees wily how over doubtless issue call that per noits the selection of delegates in any manner the respective states may pre- fer All know that the primary is gaining ground rapidly-that 1t has come io stay. and that all states will adopt it in the next ten years. It would therefore be idle to issue can that looks to state conventions onF. Public sentiment is looking away rom conventions to primaries in all com munities. even in the boss-ruled states of the effete east.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
DRINKING IN GERMANY

tives They call for cocktails and sin and champagne, and become shot up good and hard. In many cities they have signs over the restaurants, American saloon American drinks That means that the proprietor is catering to the American love of whisky and is making our thirst for liquor put sheclSles into his pocket.
 While in Vienna l visited Venedic, the Coney Island of Austria. I looked for drunks, but saw none. l saw Germans and Austrians drinking champagne. Six of them drank one bottle in how long do you think? Two hours. l watched them and noted the time. Here they would have gotten tight in short time. Ten bottles would have followed the first in- side of less than two hours"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
About Persons.


 F. l.. Seely, who has been the prime factor in the success of the Atlanta Geor- gian since it's initiation into the southern journalistic field and who succeeds John Temple Graves as editor of that paper spent yesterday in Birmingham. MT. Seely is greatly interested in the prohibit tion fight here.
 Tyler Goodwin, member of the legis- lature from Montgomery county, was reg istered yesterday at the Florence. Mr. Goodwin, as is remembered was a can didate for speaker of the house prior to the election of the late Speaker Martin. He is considered one of the strong men, bers of the lower house, and is exceed ingly popular all over the state.
 J. L. Palmer. former mayor of Dora, Walker county, was a visitor to Bir1ning ham yesterday. Mir. Palmer stated that while a prohibition election has not been called in Walker, he can see it coming The former mayor of Dora remembers when prohibition reigned in the county, and remembers that whisky was sold openly on the street by booze pedulerS. v He states that Walker is prosperous now, and believes in letting well enough alone MT, Palmer was formerly a very popu- lar University of Alabama man. a mem Der of the class of 1903.
 k. J. Chambers, president of the Mont somery Baseball association. was in the city yesterday MT Chambers is d great baseball enthusiast, and believes that Man ager Ryan will have q worthy outiit foi next season. We are determined to win a pennant In Montgomery some of these days, said the president. ''and will al ways have good team in the Capita City We are expecting our most pros porous season next year"
 Col. w. H. McKleroy of Anniston. Mrs McKefroy and daughter. Miss Louise Mus grove, were registered yesterday at tho Hilman.
 l.. B. Musgrove, general manager of the Corona Coal and Iron company, was al the> Hotel. Hillpan- yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,
From the New York Press.

From the Ney York Press
 Hope is very valuable asset till you try to cash 1t In.
 Then there's the fool who gets photo- raphed playing the plano.
 A woman likes to have her husband get wet feet SO she can worry about it.
 What a woman carries on trip she calls her luggage if it's paper parcel
 Clocks are very convenient things not to have in the house if>you come home at in the morning.