The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-27

of them praise him, but all of them al
ways want something for somebody
usually themselves. But the prize pack
age in the way of a request dropped in
on ssUncle joe in the form of perfect
ly respectable looking letter the other
day. Here it is:
"Our beaux cannot marry we girls be-
cause all foods and clothing is too high.
what good is us girls If we do not
have husbands? Why don't you make
Congress provide husbands for us? You
will do the country more good by seeing
that all the young people are married.
If all the young people were married we
would not need any Congress or Presi-
dent. This world would then be para
disc We must have husbands. Get
some for us.
For reasons of delicacy the lady's name
is omitted, but the letter is postmarked
Cleveland, Ohio
Former Representative Dawes OF Ohio
has been in washington this week.
Mr.. Dawes has spent the greater part
of his time since he left Congress In
Louisiana, where he has large interests.
1.-The boll-weevil has been of more In
terest to the people in the cotton section
of Louisiana than has politics" he said.
"It has caused a lot of damage, and If
the members of Congress knew the eX-
tent of the damage done by TINS pest
they would not have hesitated to IN
crease the appropriation to exterminate
il. Doubtless their refusal was due to
the belief that so far all experiments
have awaited little. l have seen whole
fields of cotton that ordinarily would
have Welded a bale and a half of cotton
to the acre almost denuded Of bolls. Here
and there one could see a boil. In the
cotton section of Louisiana the weevil is
not causing quite so much damage as 1t
did. The Insect appears to be moving
eastward. 1t crossed the river some time
ago. and is now making its way to the
more easterly states l don't know what
IT might do IL it reached the Atlantic, but
everybody down there hopes 1t will be
lost in the ocean"
Senator Borah of Idaho does not share
the views of his colleague, Senator Hey
burn, with reference to the presence of
the statue of Gen. Robert e, Lee in
Statuary hall He has written a letter
to Colonel Wood of Boise, Idaho, on this
! subject.
Senator Borah expresses the highest adj
miration for General Lee, and declares he
will not by any act foster sectional
strife Colonel Wood had written to
Senator Borah, protesting against the
placing of the Lee statue in Statuary
hall.
.'Why do they have quotations from the
Bible on the front walls of the union
| station?' inquired Senator Bankhead OF
| his colleague Senator Johnston, ais a
street car leisurely slid along before the
$50 100000 edifice.
.sOh, that is to keep people from going
astray," said Mr. Johnston in the mos'
| solemn tones.
| al Of smiled
Hon. Champ Clark must have forgotten
that the great cities of Mexico. st
| Charles, Fnlton and Troy were in his dis
! trict when he made the statement thai
Country folks know better than criticist
appropriations for the Improvement OF
| rivers.
'.They know that when you improve
| river YOU help every man within radius
of 200 miles Of that river They gel
newspapers and they read them and
know more about what is going on II
washington and the United States gener'
ally than the city people