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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15
Fate of the Income TaX Amendment

In the recent elections no issue was raised concerning the pending United States income tax amendment, but in nearly every state candidates for the legislature were publicly questioned, and nearly every one of them de- clared himself In New York this was done, and so it was in Massachusetts. When the legislatures begin to meet in January the lines will begin to be drawn, and after a while the fate of the amendment will become known
 It will be long-drawn-out affair no doubt, for if New York refuses to ratify the amendment next winter she may ratify it five years later. There is no time limit on ratification. The con- clusion can readily be postponed dec ade and yet be within the terms of the constitution, which names no time in with ratification must be accom- plished.
 This far Alabama is the only state that has ratified the amendment. Thirty-four more notifications from as many states are needed, and if the 84 come along at the rate of one year the proposition would be incorporated in the federal constitution. But they will come along faster than that, for nearly all candidates in New York and Massachusetts declared them selves in favor of the pending amend ment. When 1t comes to a recorded vote few politicians care to have a record against an income tax-at least, against giving the federal gov ernment the power to lay such a tax in an emergency. The action of Ala bama bids fair to be sustained by 35 states, although time may be needed in which to produce the final ratifying vote
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15
SPEAKERS BACK
 FROM OVER STATE

Judge J. H. Miller returned yesterday from DeKalb county, where he spoke Sat urday at Collinsville and F't. Payne. He was greeted at each place by a large and enthusiastic audience. Out of 400 who heard the speaking at Collinsville, S60 expressed themselves as being against the amendment.
 William Vaughn and J. W. Davidson, after spending a week in Winston, bring the news that everything looks good for the amendments defeat in that county.
 James H. Lsath and T. J. Judge brought back fine reports from Taber- nacle, in Bibb county. They spoke to an audience of about 75. All but one of that number were against the amendment when the speaking began. Before 1t con- cludsd the one man renounced the amend ment.
 Col. P. G. Bowman declares that he spoke to a large and enthusiastic audience in Dadeville, and all but a very few an- nounced themselves against the amend ment.
 Concerning the speech of Jesse F. Stall ings and Oscar Lewis at Alexander City Saturday, Jack Nolan of that place tele- phoned headquarters 90 per cent of the 700 people who heard the speeches expressed themselves as opposed to the amendment. 'There is no doubt" said he, but that we will carry every beat on this side of the river"
 He stated his conviction that Tallapoosa will give majority against the. amend ment.
 Birmingham was filled with anti-amend- ment speakers yesterday and they brought good news from all over the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15
In CONFIDENCE.

From the London Spectator. The wind is lazy on the sea, the ripple
 sleeps below the vine, The worlds a dream for you and me, a
 dream that will not long be mine; But for this hour. let us together find on
 the cliff a sheltered place, Where I can lie on thyme and heather,
 and hear you speak. and watch your
 face.
 If one should come to you and say. "Bad Is my life, my fault is such" Would you then turn your face away, re-
 fuse to him your hand to touch? And if he told you of his grief, for deeds
 of his, what should he fear? Would you help him with your belief. or
 say, .oeodby," my dear' my dsarf The perfect days are very few, and rarely
 happiness as near, So I'm content to be with you. and watch
 your face, my dear. my dear. This dream is all that we shall share;
 will not risk my golden hour, For once in life I will not dare, unless
 you bid who have the power. seek no comfort in a church, where
 priests remit mons foolish sin. Your gift is peace from restless search
 peace for your sake would not win. Tu ask nothing, and nothing tell, but
 watch the sunset with you here. we'll give the sun a friends farewell, and
 then Good night" my dear, my
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15
Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.
 -Sonnets.
War In thA Party Against AldriCh

The Lincoln (Neb) News is a re- publican paper, but like most of the republican papers in the middle west it does not love the Aldrich-Payne tariff. The ideas of tariff revision contained in that instrument are not it's ideas. It listened patiently when the Aldrich- ties said it bore down strongly upon the luxuries, thus making the rich who consume them pay more for them, while at the same time it greatly re- duced their rates on the necessaries, thereby reducing the prices upon them. The News proceeded to list eight ar ticles in each class, as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15
Growth of Musical Taste.

Interest in good music is much great CT in the United States today than It has ever been and the progress of musi- cal art in the south has been notable in the past three or four years, said Spencer Jones of Haensel & Jones or New York. manager for the Damrosch or chestra and other high-class attractions.
 Nearly every southern city of any consequence has a music festival every spring and many musical celebrities dur ing the season. Atlanta is to have week of the Metropolitan opera next May on a guarantee of over $50.0o0
 T spent two weeks in Texas in De- tober and closed contracts for high-priced artists in every city. Texas is great state and Dallas, Houston. San Antonio are fully abreast musically with eastern cities of equal size. These facts are cer- tainly encouraging to all who are trying to promote the cause of musical cul- ture."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15
A Bad Result.

a1,hree of us were standing on the corner Saturday night discussing the amendment. and the division was one TOT and two against" said a weil-kno"n vo,,ns man. "One of those against the ar,andment stated that tho action of preachers in using their pulpits TOT po- l,tics in the present campaign had driven him away from the church, and Just a' a time when he was beginning to take interest In church work.
 sThe other two are sons or <iinis'ers and one of those two Is the orotner of a minister, and he agreed with tne sneaker. The speaker stated that some +iroa apo he went to hear prominent minister preach and that the suoJec' oA the sermon was a franchise sought by yell-knoEn public service corporation. Thinking it probable that he had picked wrong time to go to hear this minister ba went a second and a third time, and each time he heard a political and not religious sermon.
 .Not willing to trust even these three exner,ences he went to hear second nreacher and then third, and the ex- perienee was the same at all live sermons, heard nothing of the beautiful lire or Christ: he heard nothing of love thy neighbors;' he heard nothing of the conn mandments; he heard nothing of anything that would tend to upbuild him morally
 "On the other hand he heard his feuow- man abused. He heard 1t charged that nearly every one against the amendment was a gambler, whisky man or bought by the whisky interests; he heard that the world was going to the po"-oo"S and that there were no good people ex- cept for the amendment
 "Do you think that class of sermons will tend to quicken faith in reiisionF It tends to estrange them. That Is one of the most lamentabls features Of the present political campaign, for many of the ministers of God are delving into violent politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15
ALFONSO AS HE REALLY IS

no doubt but that he will pass down to history as the most popular and success full sovereign who has ever ruled over Spain.
 Still another accomplishment of the king is his altogether remarkable skill at billiards This he owes to his mother, Queen Christina, who IS an adept at the game. Even prior to her marriage, when still Abbsss of the Order of Noble Ladies of Hradaschin, she was known at the court of Vienna as the champion billiard player of the imperial family. and as having vanquished all those archdukes who had ventured to challenge her. For a time she gave up playing. But when her boy reached the age of 10 she re- sumed the pastime, mainly with the ob- ject of initiating him therein, and is now as enthusiastic about the game as ever. Unless I am much mistaken, Queen Chris tina constitutes the only case of any royal lady in the Old World having achieved any distinction at the board of green cloth, although Queen Alexandra and her sister, the empress mother of Russia, play very fair game.
 Alfonso is without exception the most sunny tempered monarch in the world, ever on the move, and simply bubbling over with high spirits, fun and joie de vivre. Probably it is just because his nature is in these particulars so exactly the opposite of their own that the Span- iards are so fond of their young ruler. For although his government is cordially disliked, and the people are loud in their denunciation of the foolish policy that has led the Cabinet to blunder. yet AL fonso himself is universally liked and even bslovsd-more so, indeed, than any other king of Spain has. been in the past
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15

Compare the personnel of the con tending forces in this bitter amend ment campaign, and what do you find? Supporting the obnoxious proposition political parsons. professional agitators, fanatics and many honest, but un- thinking men. Opposing it five ex-goy- ernors, two United States senators, five congressman, many distinguished educators and thousands of thoughtful, clean. patriotic, God-fearing men in private life. Character and brains combined the comparison is over whelmingly on the side of the de- lenders of the constitution. All put to- gether the articles written and the speeches delivered in favor of the amendment would not be equal in force of argument the discussion of Judge Thomas w. Coleman which was printed in The Age-Herald of last Wednesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15
Planters To Build Levees.

Waco, Tex, November 14-J. E. Horne and other Brazos plantation owners have subscribed money to build a levee for the protection of their lands against over flow. This levee will be the first of series between Waco and Marlin Falls to protect many thousands of acres of land of the highest fertility.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15
LUxURIES.
NECFSSARIES.

This is the tariff that the insurgents are warning against, and they are as- sailing Cannon and Aldrich as the men primarily responsible for it. It is a mistake to say there is any lessening of activity or tone on the insurgent side. The insurgents are aggressive throughout the middle west, and the standpatters are on the defensive. The democrats will naturally aid the in- surgents, especially where they can not themselves take advantage of the situation. The standpatters are con sidered grafters who have betrayed their party and it's campaign pledges. MT. Taft will get a story next year from the northwest that will be apt to wake him from his standpat doze.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15
TAFT AND BIRMINGHAM.
m the Union Springs Herald.

From tho Union Bprings HeraId.
 It does seem that Birmingham and the President were highly pleased with each other Taft predicts that the Magic City will have population of half a million within a decade He does not hesitate City, Seattle and Los Angeles-cities whose growth knows no bounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15
Great Trsssdian.

.Mantell, the distinguished trageoiah' r,bo besins a three nights engagement a+ the Jefferson theatre is easily our foremost Shskespearean actor anu no should, and doubtless will oraw iaise audiences" said an old theatregoer.
 .1 have seen all the famous tragedians of this country and England who nave anneared during the last 40 years ana III severe roles Mantell has not been sur nassed. His Macbeth, enacted here sea son or two ago, was as fine as any l a,,a. ,,,tne,sed and I feel sure his Lear will reach high water mark. The las' time saw Lear was in 1875 when Eo- win Booth had the title role.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15

States which have constitutional prohibition are doing one of two things settling down to system of revenue producing saloons by allowing saloon keepers to operate under a schedule of fines. as in Iowa, where one town alone has 105 bars; or they are permitting blind tigers to carry on an extensive traffic in liquor, as in Maine. Prohibi- ton once in the constitution by ma- jority vote of the electorate, stays there by minority vote in the legisla- ture That is one reason why many in Alabama who are opposed to the liquor business are going to vote against the amendment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15

Two weeks from today the voters of Alabama will decide whether or not we are to have prohibition written in the constitution. The amendment is most monstrous proposition. Not since reconstruction days, indeed. has the state been so menaced as it is now If every liberty-loving voter does his duty the majority against the amendment will be over whelming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15

The Anti-Saloon league shoulders the responsibility of precipitating the amendment proposition in this off year. The campaign is full of politics and tur- bulenee in an autumn that might have been marked by tranquility and thrift but for agitatiors and bigots. Amend ment leaders thought that by forcing the issue while prohibition hysteria was at it's height they could run rough shod over the conservative people of Alabama. But the freemen are taking hand in this fight and when free men are aroused in a crisis-and this is a grave crisis-they are invincible. It has been so in the south even since the troublous period of reconstruc- tion: and right over wrong, liberty over the spirit of oppression, will pre- vail at the polls two weeks from to- day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15

The Amendment.

2 Section l. The manufacture,
 3 sale and keeping for sale of alco-
 holic and malt liquors and other intoxicating beverages shall be , forever prohibited in this state, : but alcoh ol may be sold for medi- 5 cal, scientific and mechanical pur- poses, and wine for sacramental 3 purposes under such regulations 9 as the legislature may have pre- scribed or may hereafter pre- scribe. Sec. 2. Nothing in the constitu- } tion of Alabama shall be construed to prevent the legislature. under the police power, from designating 3 places wh ere such liquors may not be stored or kept.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15

The women demand the ballot be- cause it makes all equal but that is just what it does not do. It is i'm possible to make the voter who has full coal bin and one who has an empty one equal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15
Invasion of the Bell Home

The place of business of Joe Bell, the son of a respected Confederate soldier, and his home were searched by detectives in East Bessemer. Alder man George Ross states that Bell is his near neighbor: that Bell has never been suspected by his neighbors of selling whisky; that he has never been arrested for any offense; that he is a man of high character and a law abiding citizen. He keeps a grocery store and meat market, and he lives over his store.
 Now, why in the teeth of article 5 of the bill of rights, was this citizens home searched by two detectives? An anonymous letter signed "A Friend" started the business. The anonymous letter was addressed to the mayor. The mayor accepted it as the truth, although not a single specific act was mentioned in it-simply a vague | charge that Joe Bell and his partner were selling liquors. The mayor at once ordered the chief of police to swear out a search warrant against Joe Bells place. This was done, and not a trace of liquors was found in the store or in the home. The search warrant was sworn out by the chief of police, and the writ was issued by Mayor and ex-Officio Recorder Lewis. And here is all the evidence they had to go on:
 "Bessemer, Ala.
 MT. Lewis, Dear Sir-This is to in form you of man selling whisky and fresh meat without license Joe Bell & Pernolo, at Thirtieth street station, East Bessemer, is selling both keeps it upstairs; you can see for yourself; my husband drinks it. I am tired of it. Please. for nS sake, stop him from selling it. A FRIEND"
 Neither the mayor nor the chief of police claim to have had any further or supporting evidence.
 If a home may be searched under such evidence, of what value, pray, is section of the constitution, and yet if roadc oc Fo11nuc.
 That the people shall be secure in their persons, houses. papers and pos sessions from unreasonable seizure or | searches, and that no warrants shall any person or thing without probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation. The action of Mayor Lewis and of Chief of Police Wallace needs inyesti- gation. Any one can write an anony- nous letter, and if search warrants may lawfully be issued on such a basis no mans home is safe from off cial espionage and invasion.
 The viciousness of the Fuller law straight from the pen of Judge Weak | ley finds illustration in the Bell case. That bill aims to relieve the man who makes an affidavit to secure search warrant from all claims for damages. Are the people ready to widen the opportunity for searches of homes by ratifying section 2 which would en. able future legislature to render even the mere keeping of liquor in a home crime? On the fiimsy charge of an anonymous letter Joe Bells home was searched because it was charged in that letter that he was selling li- quors in his home. Once ratify sec tion and legislature can transform into crime the mere keeping of a bottle of liquor for home use. The anonymous writers would then become busy, and searches of the Joe Bell sort would become everyday events. l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15

Will Alabama ever get over the po- litical campaign habit? It may but it will be some time before we are free from political agitation. This amend ment campaign could have been de- ferred at least a year. The state would have been spared heavy and useless expense and business interests would have had breathing spell. The amendment will be defeated but no matter how the election might go po- litical prohibition will be disturbing issue again next year and after. Elec- tions every few years are necessary and wholesome, but continuous performance" so to speak, is a curse and is sure to retard the develop ment of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15

Diaries for 1910 are in the hands of the people, and yet that early Christmas shopping has not been con- pleted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15

Street dust kills 25 per cent Of those that breathe it, but if they did not breathe the dust they would pick up germs, and it's all the same in the long run.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15

King Edward has bestowed knight hood on Lieutenant 5hackleton who does not claim that he got near any pole
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15

Roosevelt will come marching or sailing home next June. He will find boom awaiting him in the middle west.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15

Among the best evidences that the amendment is beat and badly beat are the absurd claims which the amend ment leaders, in their desperation, make as to the result. The most ardent amender admits privately that the cleo tion will be close and yet the official reports contain preposterous figures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15

King Manuel of Portugal is visiting King Alfonso of Spain. No doubt they discussed the depressed state of the King business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15

A super-super Dreadnought is to have a displacement of 30,000 tons. It may soon be necessary to widen the ocean.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15

The New theatre in New York is bravely trying to hold the mirror close to nature instead of boosting it's stars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15

The governor of Missouri offers 5000 for a state song, words and music. Thus far there are no appli- cants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15

Indian summer must be trying to win the blue ribbon for endurance and maintenance of temperature and amount of sunshine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15

"The Bands of Hope" in this cam paign may be long on hope, but they are certainly short on votes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15

Ty Cobb shook hands with Mir Taft. All honors are showered on a Presi- dent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15

Some cities want the Jeffries-John- son prize fight, while some would not accept 1t as a gift.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15
New York'S New Theatre

The New theatre, founded by pub lie enterprise and wholly independ- ont of any theatrical syndicate. has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15
Stock Market and PoIitics.

Henry Clews in his Saturday review of Wall street conditions says in part:
 Of late the stock market has sheun
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15

There will be frost on November 29 and it will nip the amendment peo- ple severely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15

Roller towIls are hereafter illegal in Kansas. bat state of unique stat utes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15
THE BUSY sToRk.

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
 Birmingham is working the stork over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-15

character.
 The king is very much of an athlete. He is today the only reigning sovereign who can boast of playing a first rate game of polo He Is one of the best sporting shots in Europe, and has car- ried off all sorts of prizes, in Spain and abroad, by means of his prowess at pigeon shoots. He is a daring horse- man, sl1illful yachtsman. an adept swimmer and diver, excels at tennis and with the foils, and Is. I am sorry to add all speed laws it is wonderful that he has not killed himself or anybody else As 1t is, some of his escapes have been hairbreadth and altogether miraculous, and he has been repeatedly taken to task about the matter by his mother, by his consort ana especially by his ministers who have pointed out to him that his life belongs, not to himself, but to his people, and that his death in an automo- bile accident would entail the most dis astrous consequences. not alone to the dynasty, but also to the nation.
 Alfonso exercises the most extraordi- nary influence over horses. and indeed over every kind of animal. His nags not only know him, but they are devoted to him in a marvellous degree. He teaches them all sorts of tricks. and they seem to understand him in way that is ab- solutely amazing. He never takes out the same horse two days running. avoids, in fact, favoring one at the expense of the other, and If he continues to show in the future half as much cleverness in the management of his lleges as he does in the manaRemant of his harsA< th>"> is