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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-14
Mr. UnderRood's National Opportunity

It is not considered wise as a rule to count chickens before they are hatched, but no intelligent observer of political events hesitates this year to count a majority of democrats in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-second Con- gress. The minimum democratic majori- ty is put at 25 and the maximum at 100 The exact majority is unimportant. There will be a democratic majority and this majority will stand charged with the duty of bringing in in the winter of 1911-12 a real downward revision of the | tarff-not a piecemeal revision but a real revision carried to the limits of a reve- nue tariff only.
 Champ Clark will be elected speaker of come chairman of the ways and means committee, and upon that committee will fall the duty of bringing in a tariff bill that will meet the public sentiment of the country. This will bring Mir Underwood before the country as few men have been brought. He cannot escape the lime The man and the hour and the oppor- tunity will have met
 The tariff that MT. Underwood will put the Senate where privilege and special interests still hold sway What then The Underwood tariff would then simply go to the people in 1912 on it's merits, and the presidential election will be fought out upon it.
 Mr Underwood should cultivate his strength, for great task is before him. That task is almost as certain as the rising of the sun tomorrow morning. The Aldrich tariff will stand utterly repudi- ated in November and so will MT. Tafts piecemeal makeshift, and upon Oscar Underwood will fall the task of preparing a tariff acceptable to the people al though wholly unacceptable to the entire brigade of privilege that have exploited the rank and file unmercifully ever sine, the war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-14
Remembers the Hawes Riot

"The last time I was in Birmingham was the night of the Hawes riot and I will never forget that night in Birming- ham, said Edwin Elroy. advance agent for "St. Elmo" which is at the Bijou next week. T have been through some scary experiences since. but never was I so thoroughly frightened as was that
 night. I was sitting on the porch of a hotel near the jail when we heard rum blings as if many people were talking. I said to one of the ladies in the theatrical company I was with, Kate Claxton, that that sounded like mob. She laughed at the idea and said nothing
 would happen. second after that there was a shot, followed by a number of shots. We ran into the hotel and sought places of safety. The next thing I re- member was the people bringing in MT. Thocl<morton, who was killed. He was postmaster at the time. They brought others who were wounded into our hotel. | It was a wild night
 When I stepped off the train here Monday morning I remarked to some people I was travelling with, We've made a mistake. This isn't Birmingham I
 cannot yet believe it is the same city
 I knew so many years ago. I look at the
 streets. the buildings. the theatres, stores
 and the evidences of growth, and I am
 astonished beyond words. I had expect
 ed to see larger city than when I was
 here before, but I was not prepared for the growth that has taken place."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-14

apportionment made by a democratic legislature would unseat several mem- bers of Congress. r
 The present legislative apportionment is extremely favorable to the republic ans. In the senate there are So re- publicans and 16 democrats. In the house there are 150 members and the republicans have a majority of 40. The upheaval would have to be deep and pervasive to overcome a majority of the Legislative districts as they have been Ncarved out by the machine.
 Just as things look in the light of the Maine election MT. Roosevelt will not consent to stand where he would be bowled over and the entire effort of the machine as well as the pro- gressives will be given to the carry ing of a majority of the legislative districts. This seems to be all that is left to the once dominant party. But in an upheaval the people are not apt to stop half way. The populous state promises to go sweepingly dem ocratic. The majorities of November promise to be staggering in size and the legislative seats will go with the rest.
 Will the vociferous Roosevelt dare to make the race under such circum- stances? The best judges say he will not, for he is a keen reader of the future in politics. He is man who knows just what the Maine election means in November in New York state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-14
Effects of the Maine Election

The political upheaval is almost nieasureless. It is certainly without sectional or state bounds. It has no bounds except the wide wide seas and the long Canadian border Scarcely a state is left securely in republican hands. Not since 1892 has the outlook been so promising to the democratic marty. The dislike of Cannonism has had something to do with it. but the Aldrich tariff and the high cost of living has been a weightier influence if the changing of votes and is rem dering republicans disgruntled, so that they either stay at home on election day leaving their bolder and perhaps younger party associates to go over to the opposition party.
 The election In Maine will be deep ly felt In New York, and the impress sion gains ground that so astute a pol ttician as Theodore Roosevelt will not be unmoved by it. He will dislike to see the movement he is leading de- feated at the polls, but if he does not become the standard bearer of his marty if could still be said that he would have been elected if he had been There may not be any truth in the statement, but still his friends could and would use 1t.
 In other words, Roose~slt who car see little farther into the politica Birthstone than any other man may refuse to stand for governor In thai ease all hope of electing republican governor in November would practic ally be abandoned but desperate eff fort would be made to prevent the leg islature from falling into the hand, of the democrats. This legislature vii have not only a United States senator to elect, but it will make new con gressional apportionment. The presen congressional apportionment is yer, unfair and very partisan. and new
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-14
PRODUCING SPEED OF AUTHORS

cial reward that attends upon literary success in Europe Men like MT. Ches- terton, MT. Belloc MT. Galsworthy, MT. Max Beerbohm are journalists as well as writers of original volumes, and they are in the habit of repnblshing their newspaper work in book form. In France this is even more the practice. Political chroniques, literary and dra- matic reviews, causeries and feuilletons of all kinds are regularly put into book form, among nation whose books are inexpensively published in paper covers and whose publishers call 100 copies an edition. By such means the journalist author in England and France adds ap- preciably to his list of book titles. We need only recall how almost unknown the practice Is in this counthy to see what an advantage the foreigner has. It is, of course, legitimate advantage. If a writer of books is at the same time a newspaper man, it is fair that the time taken from his books should show in the total. With us, again. book writing and newspaper writing do not go hand in hand Even moderate success in the for mer field leads usually to the abandon ment of the latter.
 As to our second reason, 1t is almost self-evident If MT. Chambers derives 20 times the profit from one of his novels that Mr. Benson does, it stands to req son that in the long run he will be under the necessity of writing fewer books that MT. Benson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-14
power for but few of even ss1 mem

power for but few of even 591 mem- bers.
 If the House is to be kept below 400 members the ratio of apportion- ment will have to be increased to 225- 900, and 1t is doubtful whether that would render Alabama's $ fraction large enough to secure the tenth member. The growth of the state in the last decade will soon be made known and then close estimate will be possible of the effects of a rat6 of 225.Ooo.
 A not less interesting question re- lates to Jefferson county. Will it or will it not be entitled to a member of Congress. Here again the census fig ures are needed together with the ac- tion thereon of, the legislature. The population of Jefferson county in 1900 was 14O,240 and an increase of SO per cent would give the county enough for a member even if the ratio were in- creased to 225,OOO. Possibly the legis- lature would say 100000 in Jefferson would, do on account of its rapid growth.
 These two problems will be pretty nearly solved when the census figures for this state are announced, for there is no proability that the ratio will be carried beyond 225,O00. The lesser and more nearly stagnant states would op- pose even that ratio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Rank In Banking World

Blrmfngham ranks high in the list of So'Wo,OoO national banks, that is to say, banks whose deposits reach $50OO,O00. Ac- oording to the table published in The Financier of New York, September 10, there are 1ss national banks in the $5,Wo,OO0 deposit class and the First Ma tional ranks 112 from the top. On the call of the United States comptroller June 30, 1910, the First Nationals de- posits totaled ss.561, S51, and mccall of September 1, 1910, the deposits totaled s. BIO, being a gain since last June of sl65,559. The increase since September 1, 1909, was s1,700,515.
 New York, of course, ranks first in the banking world and the great metropolis premier bank Is the National City with deposits of $225, GOO 900 in round numbers. The next Is the National Bank of Com merce with nearly sl70.00o,O0o New York has number of other national banks that stand out prominently in the matter of big figures
 It Is noteworthy fact that only one national bank in the entire south car ries larger deposits than the First Ma tional of Birmingham, and that--single exception isfthe Whitney Central of New Orleans, whose deposits on September l were s11,G62263. Richmond is known as wealthy city, but while it has three na- tional banks in the $5,O0OoO0 deposit list each of them is far below Birmingham large national bank. Other southern cities in the list are Houston, Dallas, Nasville, Louisville, Jacksonville and At lanta
 St. Louis belonging geographically to the middle west and Baltimore being north of the Potomac are not considered ill relation to Birmingham's standing. It Is a curious fact that so prosperous a city as Memphis has no national bank with S5000.0 600 deposits; and it is an in- teresting fact that Atlanta is at the tail end of the list-No. 1S9. On June 30, 1910, the Atlanta National had $5,621 ,O97 but is had made no report for September at the time The Financier went to press
 It is another interesting fact that the First National of Birmingham not only ranks as high up as 112 but that Bir- ming ranks as the twenty-fifth city In the
  carried on the recent call of the comptrol- Ter as much as sS,726,910 Those cities ahead of Birmingham are New York, Chicago, Boston, St. Louis, Philadelphia. Pittsburg, San Francisco, Cleveland, Gin cinnati, Kansas City, Buffalo, Minneapo- lis, Denver~ Albany, Detroit, Milwaukee, Seattle, Los Angeles, Portland, Ore; St. Paul. Newark. Rochester, Baltimore and New Orleans.
 The total number of national banks in the United States Is 7291. and for Bir- mingham to stand one hundred and twelfth is certainly no small honor.
 Such high standing as Birmingham en- joys in the financial world is splen- did advertisement for the city and can not fail to attract the attention of large investors and others who are desirous of forming an estimate of Birmingham's solidity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-14
"sHAKEsPEARE AND MOLIERE"


 Brander Mathews in. the North American
 Review. as-
 Moliere is an artist always, and Shake speare is an artist only intermttently.
 To push the comparison between these two great dramatic poets too far would be unfair to Moliere, since Shakespeare Is the master mind of all literature. He scared to heights and he explored depths, and he had a range to which Moliere could not pretend. His is the spirit of soul searching tragedy, of youth full and graceful romantic comedy, of dramatic romance of dramatized his tory: and in no one of these is Moliere his rival. But in the comedy of real life he is not Moliere's rival. In every variety of the comic drama Moliere Is uneoualed-in farce, in the comedy of situation. in the comedy of character, and in the comedy which is almost stiffened into drama yet without ceasing to be comedy. Shakespeare's greatest strength is in tragedy. after all. even though he delights us also with comedy. Moliere Is at home in comedy only, even though he had latent tragic possibility "In depth, penetrativeness and powerful criticism of life. Moliere, comic as he is and not tragic, belongs to the same family as Shakespeare and Sophocles, so Matthew Arnold maintains, pointing out that he had also lone great advantage over Shakespeare" in that ''he wrote for a more developed theatre. more developed society"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-14
Good Roads for Alabama

No one should forget that the Alabama Good Roads association is to meet. in this city on October F and the two fol- lowing days. The probate judges have been requested to appoint 25 delegates for each county in the state, and the mayors of 125 cities and towns are ex- pected to send additional delegates. Nearly every commercial body in the ance cannot be too large or too rep resentative.
 When every progressive state in the building of better roads, Alabama cannot afford to ignore the subject. big and enthusiastic convention in October could devise a programme to be laid before the legislature in January. No other project before the people of this state relates to the well being of more people or to the value of more property. It is great subject and a well-considered plan for securing better roads should be adopted. This is the chief duty of the coming good roads convention in this city. Let every county see to it that it is well rep resented in the October meeting in this pitv-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-14
MOST AS BAD AS RUSSIA

From the Lamar lMo.) Democrat.
 Nine hundred dollars for giving three of your friends each a small bot tie. upon a very hot day. Talk ab out this old town being dry, what do you call this? Three weeks ago at his sale one sweltering Saturday afternoon. F. P Smith handed his friends, Tom Carl ton, W. P. Finks and J. M. Earp, each small, cold bottle. If he paid tn e fine assessed against him Tuesday this beer would cost him about dollar a drop. City Attorney Wilson, upon hearing of the incident, declared it was in violation of the local option law, so he filed an information against MT. Smith, making. the giving away of each bottle a separate offense. MT. Smith was defended by Messrs. E. L.. Moore and H. W. Timmonds. These gentlemen didn't sweat their collars down arguing the matter. They had their appeal bond all filled out and signed, when they went into court and they didn't ask for any jury. The facts were agreed upon in advance, so there was no wrangling upon that score. The two gentlemen argued briefly that the courts had held that no legislature ever had the power to pass a law, taking from man the right to give his friend a drink. MT. Wilson maintained that MT Smiths acts were a clear violation of the local option law. Judge Ward found with the city attorney, and as- sessed MT. Smith with the minimum fine, under the local option law, which is $500 for each offense. Mir Smiths lawyers say the case will go out in one. two, three order when 1t reaches the higher court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-14
Democratic Success

''The great democratic victory in the state of Maine yesterday is a matter for great rejoicing among members of that party" said Frank V. Evans of Jasper, who has been spending a few days in Birmingham.
 "The democrats of Maine are to be congratulated for their perseverance and loyalty to the party during the long years of their minority in the state. But this is year for democratic victories. The greater reason is there for large first state in the calendar ''The republicans of the country watch gains in democratic states just as we watch gains for democracy in republi- can states. Gains in the republican vote in Alabama mean more than the average voter can realize
 "A gain in the republican vote this in a national way and it gives added strength and power to the republican officehoiders and patronage distributors in Alabama.
 | Every democrat in Alabama should see | to it that the republicans make no gains which would mean one of two things
 Either that republicanism is gaining in 1 favor in this state or that the party | leaders are not popular leaders. T believe that Walker county will
 come to the front all right with a safe democratic majority but 1t will take some
 earnest work. The parties are pretty
 evenly divided in Walker and it will taks
 some careful campaigning to keep the olt
 county on the right side"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-14
Home Effect ci the New Apportlonment

The popula lion basis of representa- tion in Congress is now 194,1S2, and the ratio of apportionment to be deter mined this winter will determine whether Alabama Is to have 10 con-
 The House at present consists of 391 members and some think the House is too large now, although the British house of commons consists of 600 mem- bers. But there Is little work under the Cannon scheme of centralization
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-14
TuEREsA,s ULTIMATUM.


 Whereas, my husband, George Rosen- grant. son of the late John Rosengrant and Maria Rosengrant, formerly of Fork ston township, has left the house rented by me, and for which 1 paid the rent, and has left my board and taken his bedstead along with him and sold 1t, this is to warn all persons not to harbor or to trust him on my account, from this date, as I will pay no bills of his con- tracting. l shall continue to pay my rent and to keep up my table in the usual form in his absence, and having one less to feed I will be pardoned, think, if say in better style than for merly There is hard winter creeping along and he may incite your sympathies to trust him on my account, seeing that I am doing very well, thank you, but you just keep In mind that you have re- ceived this warning ana govern yourself accordingly.
 THERESA ROSEN GRANT. Tuckhannock Pa, Aug. 10, 1910. N South Bridge Street.
 -Tuckhannock Pa) Republican and. News Age. ai
 STUNG BY LIMA.
 Let's all of us "a
 Uplift a sob
 And vail the fate 4s
 Of Sheriff Bob%
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-14
IRISH WOMEN WELL DRESSED

From the New York Evening Sun.
 Pretty Irish women go in more for quaintness and picturesqueness than any thing else. When an English woman tries the same effect she carries it of full or so svelte as that of the Irish wom- an. What would make a pretty, origi- nal picture of the one would almost make fright of the other. The Irish woman dresses rather to suit her individual style but also with an eye to the modes, and she is getting to be a very well dressed woman indeed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-14
CANNED CUss WORDS

From the Westminster Gazette, London.
 Another vocal trouble comes from Hungary. There a gramophone dealer has been so annoyed by the singing of the girls in a dressmaker's workshop that adjoined his room that he filled one of his instruments with swear-words and set it to work when the girls were all assembled at their labors. The de- fense that he was only testing new records did not save him from having to pay damages to the amount of sov- eregn. He would have found 1t cheaper to buy a parrot!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-14

a modern, up-to-date office building, with a new elevator.
 'Workmen have torn out all the in- side woodwork of the Boston Shoe Store stand on Second avenue, and it will be turned into a modern, handsomely ap- pointed banking house for the Merchants and Mechanics bank.
 'The Commercial State bank is fitting up 2lO North Twentieth street for new home. President Elliott says that the patrons will find more light, air. and new fixtures at the new location.
 Two or three fire damaged places are being restored and many alterations and new fronts are being put in other stores in most instances for new tenants"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-14
Returns From Virginia

This seems to be a fine crop year throughout the south," said George P Bondurant the well known lawyer, who has just returned from Virginia, his na- tive state
 "I have divided my vacation between North Carolina and the Old Dominion with my family, and we have greatly en- joyed the summer.
 q was glad to find a high degree of prosperity in Virginia. All the crops are abundant. The orchard industry in that state is thriving as never before. A man with farm near Roanoke, Va, has been offered s22,0oO for his apple crop grown on 22 acres. Think of it, 5000 an acrei
 Farm lands are steadily enhancing in value. I saw lands in Virginia that could have been bought some years ago at 1 an acre now selling for $25 an acre"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-14
Changing Location

There are many changes in the loca- ton of business firms and banks an nounced on streamers on buildings to take place October IT. said a real estate man.
 Some of the vacant houses left here by the coming of prohibition have never been permanently filled. There have been many vacant stores in different parts of the city the two years of prohibition, something unknown prior to January 1, 1909.
 'The building formerly occupied by The Age-Herald is being overhauled and, judging from the rotting timbers re- moved, 1t certainly needed it. 'The building purchased by Maj. Frank Y. Anderson, known as the Thomas build ing, Is being rearranged and completely oyerhauled and on October 1 1t will be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-14

From the New York Sun.
 'Why is it that the butcher always sends me more meat than I order-never by any chance less?' complained a young housekeeper to her husband.
 Let me give him an order" said he. and stepping to the telephone he called up the market.
 Send me two pounds of porterhouse,' - he ordered, "and say, if you can't cut two pounds make it pound and half"
 He got the two pounds by the next delivery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-14
HELEN

By Edgar Allan Poe.
 Helen, thy beauty Is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently, OCT perfumed sea, i. The weary, wayworn wanderer bore To his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me homl To the glory that was Greece.s To the grandeur that was Rome. Lo! in yon brilliant window-niche
 How statue-like I see thee stand,
 The agate lamp within thy hand! An! Psyche, from the regions. which Are Holy Land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-14
REFLEcT1oNs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 Anyhow, argument lets off steam.
 man exaggerates his miseries; wo- man her happiness.
 When a girl will admit she has big foot it's an absolute certainty she hasn't
 You can touch up an old painting and make it look young; toucking up an old woman makes her look older.
 The old codgers who tell how much worse the world is than it used to be ought to get consolation out of how they are near the end of 1t, but they don't.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-14
KEEPING TT QUIET

From Harper's Magazine.
 Small Caroline's home was unfortu- nately located in very gossipy neigh borhood, and, being an observant child, she had drawn conclusions. After an un- usually naughty prank her mother sent her upstairs to confess her sins in prayer.
 Did you tell God all about it?" she was asked on coming down again.
 Caroline shook Her head decidedly. "'Deed I didn't!" she declared "Why, 1t would have been all over heaven ip no time!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-14
MAY BE A FEW MORE.

How many people do you suppose there are in this country who eat beans?"
 Well, there are at least 670,5S5." "Why are you so sure of that num- ber?"
 Because that's the present popula- tion of Boston"