The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-08
AGE-HERALD ECHOES

Savannah Press: The growing hole in the treasury begins to create some uneasi- ness in the mind of the thrifty Birming- haln Age-Herald.
 Washington Post While good people may die young, the good stories don't asserts The Birmingham Age-Herald. Most bad ones, too, are older than Me thuseah.
 Columbia State Says The Birmingham Age-Herald: Mother Eve never wore a sheath gown" No; not even a Parisian modiste could make even sheath gown out of single fig leaf.
 Washington Post The Birmingham Age-Herald has discovered that not one of the presidential candidates plays dla- bolo. That ought to make us all feel more kindly toward the whole bunch.
 Anniston Star: Birmingham Age-Herald says that only one of the seven presiden- tial candidates before the public has been officially notified of his nomination. Ap- parently the Age-Herald does not regard Tom Watson as a candidate.
 Florida Times-Union: In reply to our Hope isn't knee high to hustle" Paul Cook of The Birmingham Age-Herald says: 'But you can't hustle without hope" Then Paul cannot hustle, for he Is hopeless.
 Atlanta Georgian: "The campaign poets are getting down to work slowly and limpingly," says The Birmingham Age Herald. Yes, and if they don't steer clear of this shop some of em are going to be past the limping stage.
 Washington Herald: Noting a headline in the Washington Herald reading, Mis- guided MT. Watson" The Birmingham Age-Herald inquiries, "Is it possible that MT. Watson's chauffeur is incompetent?' Perhaps MT. Watson is his own chauffeur.
 Onelika Post: "Weeds in cities" says The Birmingham Age-Herald, 'are not only a landscape blemish, but they are harbors for mosquitoes, and mosquitoes are apt to create malarial diseases. No weed should be left standing within the city's bounds. This is the way to secure public health and public beauty"
 Altoona (Pa.) Tribune: That able demo- cratic newspaper, The Birmingham Age- Herald, IS convinced-perhaps by it's own desires-that Georgia will not falter be- cause Tom Watson is the presidential candidate on tho populist ticket and John Temple Graves the independence nominee foi vice president. Georgia, The Age-Her- aid tells us, will vote for Bryan. Well, we have put her down in the Bryan col umn Still, 1t will be remembered that Georgia's delegates to Denver were against him from start to finish.
 Montgomery Advertiser: In some com ments on the subject of biennial legisla- lures. The Birmingham AgeHerald says
 we want a governor and legislature that will pull in harness together. H. therefore, the biennial amendment is to be adopted the people no doubt will de- mand that the rest of the state govern ment shall be put on biennial oasis through another constitutional amend ment submitted perhaps in 1912
 We have a legislature now that pulls just as the governor directs and the peo- pie of Alabama ought never again to De subjected to such an infiiction. Leglsia- tors elected every two years can learn the wishes of the people and leglslate more in their interest than if elected every four years. If governor sets himself up against the legislature, the legislators oa n oyarrida his yetOeS,