The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-31

| been served. Notwithstanding this fact.
Judge Callahan Of Decatur, attorney for
knight, stated prior to leaving Birming-
Its power. Modesty is not necessarily a
characteristic"
| He told the story of bad boy who had
been reprimanded and finally told his
teacher; IT can do something you can't
do, I can grow"
BIRMINGHAM can grow, and will later
possess those characteristics and polish
of maturer cities She Is not too young
to have that hope and inspiration that
we hope will lead her to even surpass
these older cities"
He declared that city should not be
estimated in value by it's wealth and re-
source alone. I'VE may buy material
things but the essentials of civilization
faith. love- art-must be developed In
our community life. The power to ap-
preciate, to speak the universal language
of art comes with maturity.
| "With us in Birmingham the ideal OF
the artistic, the aesthetic. the beauutui
| Is ahead of us. We are not slotniui'
| More than half million is now pelns
expended for school facilities, but II Is
our duty to turn our eyes to the golden
age in the future
| Walker Percy Called Upon
| Walker Percy linked the names of Mar
shall. Gaynor, Harmon. and declared tnat
to see Marshall under the wing OF Col
John w. Tomlinson suggested that ne
might be "almosl IN the pie'ioo"
ring"
His subject was 1.-THE Industrial EN-
Move" who is supporting us?" he
said. 1--WE are not producers, but merely
vSell fed ma rasites. The real producers Oh
wealth are the men on the payrolls-tne
black-faced coal miner, the laborer in the
steel plant.
.sThe Industrial employe deserves our
consideration because we need MIN ano
more of him. One company neeos oVoo
more men right now
| He went into the reasons LOT the IN
| happiness of the employees.
| "Oh. these employees have seautlfui
time? No Board of Trade banquets, ana
IL they start craps game IN au'el
corner in Jumps bunch of deputy
sherifrs and shoots up the gang
| I'VE need to make this country attrac-
| tive for the laborer to offer some lnouce-
ment to come and reason to stay. lie
promised to try to pass some laws to re-
duce explosions and prevent obstruction of
human life. He thought that change IN
| the system of compensating injured en-
Moves would do away with many lawyers
who ought to be famers
| "I shall favor the abolition or taxes
upon individuals for public roads. don
believe In liens on manhood and think
that the power should be taken from
peace justices. These things snouid De
done in common fairness to the great
body of working people IN THIS COM
munity."
Major Screws Speaks
| co,one, THOMPSON then introduced
MOI w w. Screws Of the Montgom-
cry Advertiser ;.
1T is a great pleasure to me to
| ha here" said Major Screws. He
thought Birmingham need have no rear
of any shortcomings, and declared that
all Alabama feels the deepest interest,"
in Birmingham's progress.
Major Screws discussed the advance
of newspapers and said that of the
famous editors "one remains who for
his individuality is everywhere recog-
pized. genial and brilliant Henry Wat
terson. He is lacking in some quail
tiles they possessed and the lacking
is to his credit. Whole pages were
filled with abuse and invectives which
cannot be found in the respectable pa
ner Of today. Take files OF the papers
Of the day when it was charge and
counter charge of grossest personal
kind. and when street fights and duels
often followed in the wake of edi-
torial articles and compare with the
clear-cut, clean and able presentations
| to be found in the press today and the
verdict will be In favor of the present
as against the past conduct of news
papers.
Here and there are suggestions OF
the elimination of the editorial page
altogether and substitution of news.
Under such state Of affairs no one
would care for one paper over another
SO far as any thought was concerned
but preference would be governed al
together by the weight of scandal.
Islander and too often salacious wares
that might be offered Under such a
rule the newspaper would not be the
comfort and solace that 1t is now to
the home and fireside.
1.-THE present plight of the republic
can party Is a result of the wise ex-
ercise of the power of the press. Ed
ucated to tho iniquities of the tariff,
to the danger of Cannon's arbitrary
rule and to th~ republican party's
| complainant alliance with the legal
lized extortion of the Payne-Aldrich
tariff bill, tho people put the pressure
on Congress which resulted in the hui
initiation of Cannon and the repudia-
ton of Cannonism by members Of his
|
| power of the press built up the pub
lie sentiment, which destroyed the dis
cipline and solidarity Of the republi-
can party, by means of which 1t had
been able to deceive the people and
win its victories. With Cannonism
repudiated. with President Taft under
a cloud of popular disapproval, with
the republican party torn by dissen-
sions, as it has never before been torn,
with leaders like Aldrich and Hale
seeking shelter from the storm, the
republican leaders viewing the cha
otics condition of their party can at
tribute 1t to the educative power Of the
press. The democrats at the dawn of
q new day, with the sun of promise
lighting THE path just before them,
with the goal of victory in sight,
sh ould bear its gratitude to an indie
pendent, aggressive press which has
torn the mask of hypocrisy from the
republican party.
Your most distinguished guest can
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