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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-07
DIX POSSIBILITY IN 1912

If Governor-elect Dix meets the eXpec- tations of his friends and carries out his own promise in office, he will be a large factor in the democratic national convention of 1912 For many campaigns the democrats came to New York for their presidential candidates. Greeley in 1872, Tilden in 1876 and Cleveland In 1884, 1888 and 1892 were among the standard bearers selected by the democrats from this state and the republicans same here for Roosevelt. This state is likely to be more attractive as a recruiting ground for presidential candidates hereafter than 1t has been recently. The conservative in fluence which appear to be dominant in the democratic party at this time will banish the old prejudice which dema- gogues aroused against Wall street. Bry- anism being dead among democrats, they will make campaigns in New York state henceforth, especially in view of the ma- jority by which they won in 1910. In the list of democratic presidential nomina- tion possibilities which have figured in the newspapers recently, the names of Harmon. Wilson and Foss are most prom inent. If he takes the same advantage of his opportunity, though, that Tilden and Cleveland did in the governorship, John A. Dix will enter the convention from the pivotal state with powerful and perhaps the most powerful following at his back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-07
All Eyes Turned Toward Montgomery

All roads begin to lead to Montgomery, at least all railroads, and when the com ing week is started practically all the politicians and near-politcians upon whom fortune has smiled will be assem- legislature and to make ready for the new state administration.
 The legislature will be organized in both ernor will not be inaugurated until the following Monday. The retiring gover- nor is expected to fire his last shots in the form of a message addressed to the leg islature This message may be sent in on Tuesday next, and it will perhaps be document bristling with keen points. The retiring governor can be trusted to defend his record. He may even extol it. But the king is dead-long live the king. The old kings defense will arouse but momentary interest, and then all faces will be turned toward the states executive head in the next four years.
 The inauguration of Governor-elect O'Neal promises to be a great popular event If the weather should be fine and warm it will become an event that will long be remembered in this state. The capital city will be full of people all glad to participate in the celebration.
 And after the celebration and the inau- guration then will come hard work for both the governor and the legislature. Both have a record to make, and in order to do this both will have to work long and faithfully. There will be no shouts in that work, but that work is what will be felt when new governor and a new legislature are elected in 1914.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-07
SCIENTIFIC RAIN MAKING

From the Watertown Times.
 There is to be g. revival of the rain making theory, but this time from scien- tific authority Sir Oliver Lodge, an eminent British scientist, asks for government appropriation for experi- ments in the application of electricity, not only to accelerate plant growth, but to disperse the fogs from harbor stations and influence weather in clouds and rain Sir Oliver has already proved the dis charge of electricity into smoky air will clean it by causing the smoke to be de- posited He showed that a steam cloud blown from a boiler into a bell jar could be turned into fine rain by a discharge of electricity. It is the same action that takes place in thunder storm, when a bolt of lightning goes through a cloud and condenses the vapor into rain. Sir Oliver would erect discharging stations and when there were clouds or an accu- mutation of moisture, make it discharge by sending a streak of artificial lightning through it. In the same way he would dissipate fogs at the entrance of harbors. This seems more practical than the ex- plosion of dynamite in the clouds to make a rainfall, but it will have to be thor onghly demonstrated before people will take much stock in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-07
MIsJUDGED

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 A young woman rushed up to young man on Superior avenue the other day and shook hands with him cordially. T have a confession to make to you," she gurgled. You won't believe 1t. but l always thought you drank"
 The young man fingered. for ciove and tried not to blush.
 And now she pursued. T find that you are actually 8 temperance worker. Now I see you are trying to be modest and deny 1t, but you can never fool me again.. overheard my brother saying. in his slangy way, that you were a great booze-fighter! Oh, he was in earnest. Why he said that you had punished more of the stun than any other 10 men in Cleveland. Tin proud to know you; will you ever pardon me for misJudging you?'
 She was gone before he got through choking. rS lf4g
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-07

ed will not be accepted as final The subject will be brought up in the Senate and some action on its part will be neces- sary.
 Senator Lorimer has not yet been heard in his own defense. He was not called as witness to testify before the Senate Investigating committee, and his own view of the case has not been presented. He should be heard in his own behalf.
 The honor of the Senate and of the country are both involved in the Lori mer case. The scandal of democratic legislators voting for a republican candl- date for senator was capped by confess sions that the Illinois legislature has de- cided to act on. For the good name of the Senate and of the American people this case should be thoroughly discussed and every feature of it fearlessly brought out. No one planes the investigating committee, but there is a rising senti- ment in favor of going to the bottom Tn this notorious case. Let every fact In the case be presented, and then let the Senate act fearlessly even if need be to the point of declaring Lorimer's seat va
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-07
PRETTY WOMEN

From the New York American.
 T have met many beautiful women dur ing my career. Some of them were noted as beauties at Newport some were noted in New York, in Paris and in Brooklyn. But of all the women I have seen I must say most emphatcally that those saw on my recent trip to South America are the finest. And of these I put those of Chile in the front row.. with particular reference to the women of Santiago and specific attention to the wives of three government officials. Their names are Jeanette, Rose and Hell enc.
 "Their last names? Gentlemen never tell the last names of the women they admire. My wife, ever since I've been back, has tried unsuccessfully te learn this-and failed"
 This was the enthusiastic opinion of John H. Hanan, who returned on Friday from an extended trip through South America, starting early in November, aft- CT leaving his wife at stylish water ing resort near Paris.
 Santiago was the city where had the time of my trip. I might say that it was the place I will for all time remem- Der as the city where the best time oS my life was spent.
 Here, in the public park, the women, in their wonderful carriages, go out to see and be seen. They are all beautiful. I went out to see them, and was struck with their beauty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-07
Governor Harmon On The Income Tax

On Monday last Governor Harmon de- livered his second inaugural address. This time he spoke to a legislature con- trolled by democrats. The previous Ohio legislature was republican in both branches It did not heed Governor liar mons Suggestions and recommendations. but this one will
 The Ohio governor urged the new legis- lature to ratify the pending federal in come tax amendment. Without such a tax,"i said Governor Harmon, "the ex- pensses of the federal government, which now amount to s1,ooo, ooo,oOO per year, can Iot be fairly distributed. They are now collected by tariff and other taxes on consumption, and the enormous invested wealth of the country escapes. A few States have undertaken to tax incomes, but. as I am advised. with little success. Changes of legal residence are too easy 
 No make. The efficiency of federal in- home tax has been proved. And the levy Ag of one would help secure the lower lIk of tariff taxes so greatly and gen. orAlly desired, while the people will waAch more closely what is done with fhek money when they know they are paying taxes and how much.'
 Thlf is the plain truth of the matter, and np one has more forciby presented It. It is Reasonably certain that the legis- lature of Ohio will accept Governor Har- mons advice and that Ohio will be add a this winter to the list of ratifying ofates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-07
IN HOTEl. LOBBIES
To Be Good Year

Business conditions generally are look ing brighter than they were a few weeks ago. said Robert Jemison, Jr., ''and l peheFe the country will have good year.
 The Birmingham district is in especial " hne shape. It is a noteworthy fact that visitors from the east all agree prac- ticaliy In saying that Birmingham has a greater air of prosperity than cities in thelr part of the country. But there probably will be big improvement in all sections by spring. Basic conditions are certainly sound and as soon as the railroads hear from the interstate com merce commission and the United States supreme court renders it's decision on the Standard Oil and the American Tobacco cases' there will be a healthy revival of puslness all along the line.
 Here in Birmingham there are many signs or a steady forward movement There will be a great deal of building both in the business district and in the residence sections. I know of a large number of handsome residences to be erected during the year. From all ap- pearances Birmingham's building record for 1911 will surpass that of any pre- vious year. Yes, I feel very sure that Birmingham will have a prosperous spring and summer business"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-07
No LeSe Majesty In This Country

The United States supreme court has dumped overheard all alleged federal libel laws. It will be remembered that Pres ident Roosevelt caused federal indict- ments to be found against the New York World The World had printed some Panama articles that MT. Roosevelt considered libelous, but instead of pro- ceeding under the laws of New York in the New York courts MT. Roosevelt resorted to an act of Congress passed in 1895 It was a law relating to govern ment reservations or jurisdictions. Under this law he assailed a newspaper with all the resources of the United States at his command
 ly quashed in a federal court sitting in New York, and then the question was carried to the United States supreme Acourt. The decision of that court ky sweeping and final. There is no fed
 ral libel law to muzzle American news papers, and no one hereafter will assert khat the freedom of the press is a presi- aential privilege.
 New nationalism was smashed by the people in November and the doctrine of |lese majesty was knocked out by the bupreme court this week. The freedom of
 he press is above and beyond all fed
 ral usurpation, and no newspaper can
 e prosecuted for libel except in it's own
 tate under state laws.
 The press of the country is indebted to he New York World for this great vic- ory. It was won at no small expense. md the decision obtained will ever be )of value to the press of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-07
Modern Democratic Governors

In yesterdays news dispatches came of flcial recommendations from three demo- cratic governors-Governor Marshall of Indiana, Governor Dix of New York and Governor Foss of Massachusetts. Gov lature to enact direct primary law, to pass a referendum act, and to pass laws forbidding the existence in the state of the issue of railroad bonds without the consent of the state railroad commission, and also the issue of a dollars worth of by the state board of tax commission CTS.
 Governor Dix of New York discussed largely the adoption of plans for the re- trenchment of expenses. Excessive taxa tion he says, breeds extravaganza, waste and criminal corruption. But he found room in his message for a recommenda- ton in favor of the income tax proposi- ton, and also room for a recommenda- tion that United States senators be elect ed by popular vote.
 Governor Foss of Massachusetts, not only asked his legislature to pass legislation providing for the popular nomination of United States senators, and to ratify the federal income tax amendment, but he also asked the legislature to give the people power of legislation, through the initiative and referendum. He urged the legislature of Massachusetts to provide a in what he terms these safeguards of representative government He also asked for direct primary law based on the recall.
 The governor of Massachusetts is even more radical than the governors in the middle west, and one would have to go to the far west to find a governor who keeps step with Governor Foss, who swept his state by a pluarlity of 35,179!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-07
VOICE OF ONE WHO KNEW

From the St. Louis Republic.
 While "The Girl' was undergoing re- hearsal in the Chicago auditorium, pre- vious to the first performance in St. Louis, a westerner, whose father was a '4ser, and who was born in Calaveras county, California, strayed into the the atre.
 He looked on for a few minutes and then began to ask questions. "Where' s the boss of this outfit?" he inquired. He was directed to MT Dippel by waiting prima donna with a 33-inch hat and an Italian name.
 Look here," said the man from San Juan to the great impresario, "excuse stranger; but you've got a mighty good show up there that might be whole lot better.
 "Them boys up there on the stage are supposed to be in the county where l was born, and they actually let that bar tender pour out their whisky for 'em,
 'Why, that kind Of a proposition in the old days-er in the San Juan to- day, for that matter-would raised a TlOl you COulu nave heard to san JOa- quin. And then that flash gambler
 q beg your pardon MT. Dippel in- terrupted, suavely, but there's gentle man here I'd like you to meet"
 And in a moment he had introduced Tito Ricordi of Milan, the personal rep resentative of Puccini in the west "Now, pray go on," said MT. Dippel. The Cali fornia man cleared his throat.
 why said he "when they ketch that extra card on him, that fellow looks sick, scared. It wasn't never that way in the old days. The boys might be crooked once in while, but they was game. Have him stand kinder dogged and sullen like, but just as If he didn't care spotted calf's tail what they done to him."
 MT. Ricordi listened, and thanked the new critic. You see," he explained, there's a lot O my friends from Denver likely to come down to see this show, and I want it to look natural to 'em. But whatever you do, don't let no bartender pour out no whisky 'cept what he drinks himself-not in free America"
 So the presentation was amended to suit the ideas of the man who was born in Calaveras county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-07
Apti-spitting Law

About a dozen passengers on an incoming East Lake car were put un- der arrest for splitting on the floor of the car a few mornings ago." said a citizen of East Lake last night.
 q happened to be one of the vic- tins and though I was not alone in my uncomfortable position it was real ly embarrassing. But I approve of the crusade. I know I should have been arrested and paid my fine cheerfully. I was guilty, it is true. but not through habit.
 q erred once and was caught. think every man who spits on any floor should be arrested and made to pay for it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-07
Oklahoma City,s Progress.

w. o. Chenoweth has returned after an absence of two months from a trip through part of the west and the south west. q found prosperity the rule in Texas and a very high degree of prosper ity in Oklahoma" said MT. Chenoweth.
 Oklahoma City Is a marvel of progress and enterprise. Talk about cities that do things, Oklahoma City is at the top of the list The citizens there raise large sums of money to promte any large business project. They are all the time doing something big.
 Texas cities are all thriving, and I was especially impressed with the prosperity of Dallas and Houston"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-07
Hopeful View for Iron Trade

The week closes with a quiet pig iron market locally. Quotations for the first quarter are generally $11 on a No. basis. Matthew Addy & Co.'s Cincinnati report says:
 ''The New Year opens with better ment in the pig iron market There is a real and pressing demand for iron In fact there is today more actual inquiry in the middle west than there was dur ing the entire month of December. One of the most significant things about the largest of the inquiries is that they are for shipment through the entire year. In otherd words, consumers realize that prices are at the bottom and the longer the time contract they can make the bet ter. Naturally the furnaces are doing their best to limit orders to as short de- liveries as possible.
 Producers of pipe iron are much more hopeful. They have reason to antici- pate that conditions will soon change very much for the better. There has been such a great reduction in output that the over-production from which we have been suffering is already thing of the past. It really looks as if we were not at the present moment making the iron that we are using. It is notorious fact that consumers are running with scant stocks, having forced the furnaces to carry all the surplus money. And the great bug aboo of the stocks on hand would not supply the country's need 21 days. A smart buying movement would change the whole situation in very brief period. From the very nature of things that buy ing movement is bound to come. The time of this purchasing cannot be fixed with certainty but it will surely not be postponed for any great while.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-07
PEPPER FOR ICE CREAM
From the New York Sun.

From the New York sun.
 There's pepper in that" said a res- taurant waiter, pointing to a small sil- yer shaker he had placed beside a heap ing dish of ice cream he was carrying to a guest. Sure, it's to put on the ice cream, too," he replied when an inquirer failed to see the connection between the two.
 Lots of folks want to put pepper on their ices. You see. if mans stomach is sensitive the cold cream hurts him, but pepper is stimulating enough to overcome the effect of the cold And the funny thing is that you don't taste the pepper at all. The ice cream is so cold that 1t kills the other. If you don't believe 1t I'll give you some with pepper. and you'll find that there's no taste of pepper there at all."
 There wasn't.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-07

Alabama voted down the constitutional amendment proposition by decisive ma jority. It was much the hardest set back statewide prohibition had had and Ala bama's vote had a far reaching effect. It had an effect on Missouri and last Novem- Der we voted down constitutional prohibi- tion by over 100000 majority. And yet an uninformed person might gather from the Associated Prohibition Press that Alabama adopted the amendment. It is hoped the prohibition matter in the forthcoming all manac will be more clearly edited and more up-to-date."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-07
About Persons

Jack Moore, a prominent politician of walker county, was in Birmingham yes terday.
 Wilson Brown, after spending the holi- days with his brother in Texas, returned yesterday to Birmingham. He was en- gagged in showing the district to several Chicago visitors yesterday afternoon, who are interested in coal properties here.
 
 President George G. Crawford of the Tennessee company left yesterday for New York, where he will attend the din- ner to be given January Il, under the presidency of Judge E. H. Gary to the heads of all the iron and steel companies, independents as we'll as those of the sub- sidiary companies of the United States Steel corporation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-07
Montgomery Is Lively

With the arrival of the advance guard of the legislature Montgomery Montgomery people within a little time G. Miles of the capital city who was in Birmingham attending to some in- surance business yesterday.
 "The coming session promises to be one of the most notable that has been held in Alabama for many years and will watch the proceedings with in- terest.
 "The insurance business of the state seems to be in fine shape at the be- ginning of the new year. The num- Der of new home companies that have been established in Montgomery and Birmingham during the past two or three years speaks well for the enter prise and wisdom of our business peo- ple There is no reason why good strong companies, both fire and life, may not flourish in the south and Ala bama should have her share of tho business"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-07
BY-GONE REPARTEE

c. c. Colton, "The Lacon."
 Louis XIV was exceedingly molested by the solicitations of general officer at the levee, and cried out, loud enough to be overheard, That gentleman is the most troublesome officer in the whole army" Your majesty's enemies have said the same thing more than once," was the answer. Voltaire, in speaking of the effect of epithets in weakening style. said that the adjectives were the greatest enemies of the substantives, though they agreed in gender, number and in cases. A gentleman at Paris, who lived very unhappily with his wife, used, for 20 years together, to pass his even- ings at the house of another lady who was very agreeable and drew together a pleasant society. His wife died and his friends all advised him to marry the lady in whose society he had found so much pleasure. He said mo- he certainly should not, for that, if he married her. he should not know where to spend his evenings
 Bubb Doddington was very lethargic. Falling asleep one day after dinner with Sir Richard Temple and Lord Cobham, the latter reproached Doddington with his drowsiness. Doddington denied having been asleep, and to prove he had not offered to repeat all Lord Gotham had been saying. Gotham challenged him to do so Doddington repeated story, and Lord Gotham owned he had been telling it. We'll said Doddington, "and yet I did not hear a word of 1t. but I went to sleep because I knew that about this time of the day you would tell that story.''
 None are so fond of secrets as those
 who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift
 covets money, for the. purpose of circu- latiOn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-07
Concerning Swiss Army Rifles

T am in favor of the enactment of some sort of measure which will take from the hands of negroes the dan gerous Swiss army rifles which have been so cheaply purchaseable during the last few years" said William H. Barnard, member of the Jefferson coun- ty delegation to the legislature. Much harm has already been caused by the promiscuous use of these high-power weapons and it is necessary that some thing should be done by the legisla- ture to relieve conditions, not only in Jefferson county but in the whole state
 Just what measure will be the most desirable l do not know In the first place, tax should be placed on the sale of the guns, but this would not lessen the danger from those already In the possession of negroes. I am in favor of any constitutional and legal measure which will make it harder for any person to secure or own one of the rifles. As it is, nearly every ne- gro cabin in the county is equipped with one of the murderous weapons. If trouble should arise, there is no tell ing what would be the outcome.p