The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-05

J. P Morgan said of Gates coup that busted August Belmont from the control of the Louisville and Nashville railroad in 1901. He has bought kings domain in southern rice lands, thousands of acres of coal and iron, mills and furnaces, a race track here and there, and it is not likely after all this that he has beeh caught mapping
 MT. Gates and his son were the prin- cipals in the brokerage firm of Charles G. Gates & Go. The firms offices occupy ing the basement and the ground floor of the Trinity building, Ill Broadway, cost an annual rental of $50000 and are the most expensive brokerage suite in the world, it is said. A part of MT. Gates announcement that may interest Blrmlng- ham is that he will devote more time in the future to his "outside interests" This probably means that he will look more carefully after the vast improve ments and extensions he has planned in the Birmingham district and elsewhere
 Mayor George B. Mcclellan the young man who has recently been very busily engaged in digging a grave for his pot- ical prospects. has just officiated at hls own funeral by Hopping back into Tam many hall after having for brief space defied Leader Charles F. Murphy and all forms of boss rule. It was just seven months ago that the mayor said: "As democrat and as mayor of this town l am unalterably opposed to Charles r. Murphy and everything that he stands for" The fight between Mcclellan and Tammany has been one-sided. but inter- esting. Mcclellan was originally strong Tammany man. in fact he Is a creature of the present boss. Murphy. He was nominated and elected for a term of two years. The Tammany grafters were willing that he should give the city an honest and efficient administration and he did fairly we'll The men he appoint ed to office were Tammany district lead CTS, but they did not cause the public scandals that usually go with Tammany admnistra ton and the result was that Mcclellan was renominated and elected over W. R. Hearst by narrow margin. Meantime, the term of the mayor had been heightened from two to four years and the Tammany grafters saw a great feast in sight. They cared nothing about the citys welfare now. They had four years ahead of them with no thought of making a record for another term be- cause they knew that such thing as a third term for Tammany was out of the question. So they demanded of the mayor that he appoint the men to office who would deliver the goods The mayor had made pledges in the campaign that he uld nor Ieti nke DreHklnB anu ne TeIustu. Then came the split between him and Murphy
 To get revenge Murphy stole the dem- ocrate>~ nomination for governor for Hearst. The mayor retaliated by trying to undermine Murphy In the organization, but his campaign was unsuccessful, and now he is back in the wgwam That he is dead politically, however. there is no doubt. Tammany will always hate hiih as a traitor and the friends that he made by his semi-independent attitude he~ ~has sacrificed by his reconciliation with Mur- phy. At one time Mcclellan was talked of as a candidate for the democratic nomination for president and doubtless he would have mustered considerable strength in the element that is opposed to Bryan had not disaster overtalSen him.
 If Commander Peary can get the s600OO to complete the necessary fund he will sail from New York on July 1 for his new assault on the north pole. It is easier to raise a fund for most anything else than for polar research as Command CT Peary can testify. American rich men, ysnturesome in most things, show little eagerness to finance expeditions for a goal which if gained would be nothing more than a sentimental triumph. AL most the only examples of such enter prise are Morris K. Jesup. who furnished most of the funds for the last Peary ex- pedition, and the late William Ziegler, who financed the Baldwin and Fiala ex- petitions.
 If Commander Peary gets away on time he expects to reach the ice fields by the middle of July with practically the same equipment as on his former expedition.