The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-11-20
POLITICIANS TALK
. ON BUT ONE SUBJECT
How Will Democrats Improve
Opportunities
HARMON rs LOOMING UP
Kansas Man Wants Government to Take
Moving Pictures of Great Events
TO BE Preserved for Benefit
of Posterity
HARMON rs LOOMING UP
BY RALPH M. wHIrEsrpE

In the city in preparation for the OPEN
ing of the last session of the Sixty-frst
Congress two weeks hence and they talk
of little else than the recent landslide.
While democrats are jubilant and conf
dent that 1912 will see them In full pos
session of the government, the republican
leaders are by no means hopeless Some
Of them profess to be rather glad that the
democrats have the next House and will
have to wrestle with the tariff and OTHER
knotty questions which are likely to give
them lot of explaining to do In the next
campaign.
The general opinion Is that Judson Har-
mon has been practically assured the
democratic nominat ton In 1872 The fact
that he carried Ohio by the biggest plu-
rality ever given a democrat. that he has
broken the democratic election by secur-
ing reelection and that he has done
this in the face of the fact that he was
running in the Presidents own state and
with a majority of the cabinet backed
up by former President Roosevelt stump
ing against him, gives him, In the minds
of politicians commanding position.
If it isn't Harmon 1t Is pretty apt to be
Wilson of New Jersey. whose great VIC
tory amazed both democrats and repup-
licans. Wilson has one element of
strength before democratic national
convention which must not be overlooked.
He is southern man by birth, breeding
and education. AS the man who redeem
ed New Jersey and with the possibility
that the strength shown in Jersey will
apply to New York and Connecticut when
conditions are the same will give the
former President Of Princeton pretty
good foundation for an appeal to the con-
vention.
Republics may be ungrateful, but the
records of the pension bureau certainly
does not indicate that this reproach will
lie against the United States.
1t is estimated by the commissioner that.
the sum of s4O73, O5656sS1 has been DIS
bursed in pensions since the foundation
Of the government. This sum is divided
as follows: War of Revolution $40, 900 900,
war of 1872 s45,SOs.676, Indian wars s1o,617,-
119, war with Mexico 1886, 76S, civil war
pine instruction $90,191 ,725, regular estab-
lishment SIS, 5oS01s, unclassified SIG, 1856, 600.
Mrs. Phoebe M. Palmeter, SO years old,
of Brookield, N. Y, pensioned by spe-
cial act of Congress as the daughter of
Jonathan Wooley, who served In a New
Hampshire company is the only pension
er on account of the Revolutionary war
remaining on the roles
The last widow pensioner' of the Rev.
olutionary war was Estha 8. Damon Of
Plymouth Union, VT, who died Novem-
Der Ii, 1906, aged go years. The last sur
vivor of the Revolutionary war was Dam
lei It. Brakeman, who died at Freedom,
Cattaraugus county, n. Y, April s, 1859
aged 100 years months and 8 days. The
last surviving pensioned soldier of the
war of 1872 was Hiram Cronk of Ava, N
Y, who died May 49, 1905, aged 100 years
For the benefit of the people of this
country who are not able to come to
Washington, Congress should make an
appropriation to pay for the taking of
moving pictures of scenes which have
national Importance" remarked James
N. Solitt of Kansas City.
81 suppose a number of private con-
Germs made reproductions of the inaugu-
raj parade in 1905 and possibly reproduce
terest have been made In this city. But
think that the government should take
a hand. 1t would be fine thing for
our grand children, If they could witness
a representation of the Senate In session.
with Vice President Sherman In the chair,
and some big senator delivering a speech.
or the House, when some important piece
Of legislation was before that body.
Some arrangement could be made so
that these pictures could be taken with
out causing the slightest disturbance
probably without the actors In the piece
being aware that their gestures were
being recorded for the edification of pos
terity. These films could be stored in
some government department vault and
copies could be sent throughout the coun-
try. These pictures would prove invalu-
able in the education of children not
only now, but in the years to come"
AT meeting of the congregation of
lexington Presbyterian church call
was issued to Rev. Henry e. Brundage
pastor of the Mount View Boulevard
Presbyterian church of Denver, Col, Dr.
Brundage preached twice while on a visit
here last summer. A communication
was sent to the pastor informing him of
the action of the local congregation and
urging him to accept.
OF the five warrant officers of the navy
who were designated to take the exami-
nation last summer for appointment as
ensigns. Machinist William BENJAMIN
Cothran is the only one who was sue
cessful. He was born In South Carolina.
and received his warrant as machnist
on December 20, 1906 He had served for
over six months as an acting carpenter
in the navy when he received his appoint
ment as machinist. He was recently de-
tached from the battleship Vermont, and
Is now on duty at the Charleston yard
He received his commission as an ensign
on Thursday to date from July 80. 1910
He will get $1700 year, while he has
been drawing as machinist $1625 while
at sea and $3.50 on shore duty
thinking Chinese in America are man
ping out plans for the emancipation of
their country" said Louie Lang. head of
a wealthy Chinese trading companv In
Spokane. in commenting upon reports
from the Orient that the progressiyes seek
u republic for China ''and the great
work will be directed and carried out
from this country. 1t must come.
when China went to war with Japan
she was weak physically and poor finan-
cially, but this is fast changing. Though
the average American does not UNDER
stand or believe it, China Is a different
power from what she was a decade ago
She is awakening, and this means that
she will better herself. | believe that
largely is responsible for this
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