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La sentinella del West Virginia. [volume] (Thomas, W. Va.) 1905-1913, 1911-07-15

un ramingo senza patria e trascu-
ratio; ma e invece investito di un
carattere speciale, e, nella sua
coliettivita', viene IA formare una
classe Al parte e puo' conSiderarsi
come un cittddino iRternazionale--
membro di una classe speciale per
-cui, tanto per 10 State che >Pospita
quanto 10 State cui appartiene,
prendonO o devonO prendere spe-
clali provvedimenti u suo favore.
+ COST difatti 81 comincia a discu.
tere di dOppia cittadinanza di
conference internaziOnali sull'emi.
grazione.
Per consequence, in America
specialmente, bisognerebbe insiste
re su questa distinzione fra la vec.
CHA emigrayione sparadica Q la
nuoya emigrazione di classe g di
regiOni = insistere sui fatto che
"enligrante" ha oggi un signiticato
giuridico--che non implica un e.
sere inferiore che abbisogna della
protezione del buoni e del filantro-
pima un cittadinO che cspatria
per migliorarc la proprid condisio.
ne non per stretta neccssita'
pronto ad andaIe nei punt piu'
remoti per raggiungere il suo
scope.
Pertanto risulta evidente la sua
personalita' gimidica Speciale -
che, come tale, 10 fa oggetto di spe.
ciale tutela dell0 State.
Ora non vi g modo migliore per
ben chiarire popolarizzare que
sto concetto che quello di dargli
fappoggio di una tutela legale
alPestero, ~ 'cidle, sistematica e,
naturalmente, efficiente invece di
una protesione flantropica g, di
tatto, gcncrdlmcntc a0mindle.
Questa e emanazione di uno
spirito di umanita' cristianesi.
mo, mentre la tutela legale che af.
fermi diritti dell'emigrante nella
sua speciale personalita' giuridica
non e cio' che il semplice buon
cuore gil coRcede, bensi' cio' che
gil 81 deve.
Tale affermazione di diritti, poi,
non puo' aversi, che merce' una
tmtcla prepondcrantemcntc legalc,
prima Q fondamentalmente tutcla
legale del suoi diritti come Nazio.
male alPestero, in base al trattati,
e secondariamente, tutela legale
del suoi diritti come membro della
classc cmigrantc
La sentinella del West Virginia. [volume] (Thomas, W. Va.) 1905-1913, 1911-07-15
ANDY CONT
Agente de Ia "Sentinella"W We,

Presentiamo al nostri numerosi
lettori, II distinto ed artista gio-
yane Mr.. Andy Cont, non per
fargli della reclame, ma per fare
conoscere, che con lutte le buone
Q distinte qualita che 10 distin-
guono, ha yoluto di propria volon-
ta, assumere Pincarico quale rap
presentante del nostro giornale.
Egli, oltre agli abbonamenti, D
incaricato ccntrattare avvisi Q tut
to clio, che concerne II nostro gior-
male.
Lo raccomandiamo quindi, ai
nostri amici ed abbonati, di usar-
gil lutte le cortesie volute, rite
nendole per conto proprio.
Fra le tante occupazioni che lui
assume, possiede anche In Latro-
be, Pa, un assortito Q splendido
Negozio di fiori artificiali, artisti-
camente lavorati da fare rimanere
soddisfatti q tutti coloro quail
vogliono indirizzargli dele ordina-
zioni, dal quale vengono scrupo-
losamente eseguite.
La sentinella del West Virginia. [volume] (Thomas, W. Va.) 1905-1913, 1911-07-15
News SNAPSHOTS
90 The Week
hanopolie dele sssicmazioni
G Il VittoFia del Ministero

Roma, 8. - In previsione del
voto sui mOnopolio dele assicura.
ziOni, Paula df Montecitorio e. af-
fOllatissima- Affollate son pure
lutte ie tribune. Rispondendo ad
analOga interrogazione, II Soto
Segretario agli Esteri On. Di Sea.
lea dichiara che lie navi da guerra
lie quail visiteranno porti della
Tripolitania,x contribuiranno a
mantener vivosnegl'Itaiiani II sen.
timento della patria lontana.
Lon. RohertasG Cali interroga IL
A0vcrno sufse vesSanioni ,turehe I'm
Albania.
L'OnOrevole Di Scalea risponde
che al spera una prossima sOluzio-
ne del confiittO nei Balcani.
Lon. CALI inviando un salute
agli Albanesi conclude gridando {:
Viva rAlbania:
PARLA lion. GIOLITTI
Riprendosi la discussions sui
progetto di monopolio dele assicu.
razioni, POn. Pozzato ri dichiara
favOrevole al progetto, ma Ia Came
ra rumoreggia e 10 costringe a con
cludere. Fra In destra e la sinistra
c'e' uno scambio d'insolenze. Indi
sorge IA parlare II Presidente del
ConsigliO e 81 fa' IL piu' complete
silenzio.
Lon. Giolitti dice:
"Difendo un progetto che garen-
tisce sott0 questa forma un rispar.
milo nelfinteresse del paese ed / cui
benef1ci sonO devoluti allie pensioni
operate, ottenendosi COST la sOlu.
ziOne di I'M gravissim0 problema
che implica una spesa di circa cen.
to milioni di lire all'anno: Con
questo disegno di legge IL Governo
ri propone anche di accentrare mel.
lie sue mani una forza finanziaria
Ill primissimo ordine".
Indi fra applausi e rumori ron.
GiOlitti passa u spiegare In delta.
Clio rutilita' economical del mono.
polio.
Convene che Ia discussions deb
ba avere tutto IL carattere pOlitico.
Accenna ALA necessita' Ill affret.
tare In riforma electorate o al dice
lieto del nettO delinearsi dele diyi.
sioni di partito. POleinizZando
con ron. sonnino e con ron. Sa.
landra sulla mostra di liberalism0
che han fatto pella discussions del
mon0pOlio, dice ch'egli crede esser
piu' liberale IL fare gl'interessi del.
10 State che quelli di pochi CAPT
talisti.
Ion. Salandra interrompe chic
dendO We lie parole delpOn. Giolitti
non suonino otfesa nj Deputati.
Lon. Giolitti prosegue dicendo !:
Mai otfesi | miei cOlleghi".
Ripete che difende gl'interessi
dello state contro quelli di privati
capitalist:
COmbEtte II concetto di dedicarp
alle pensioni operate meta della.
vanz0 del bilancio perche' vi fini.
rebbe per lesinare sulle spese della
difesa naziOnale mentre II Parla.
mentO mai nj rifiuto' al sacrifizi
impOsti da sacrosante necessita'.
Dice oh" fayori' le industrie Q
comprcndc | sindaccati opefai che
pero' non d@vono mai cOnvertirsi
IN forza pniitica che possa sopralfa
re 10 Stato. Conclude chiedendo
rapprovazlone del progetto di
monopolio.
La sentinella del West Virginia. [volume] (Thomas, W. Va.) 1905-1913, 1911-07-15

Ialo fCcl sennea Per Pef Sfs S9stFo del Gosf W
ed Ohio inue presentaro accommodate al nostr;
s con sue maniere comuni sapa accattvars Ia si
ID nouca del nuov conoscen Non per questo ancpamo
aoVu rngrazameni tu vogono interesare Nor
Ia difusione del nostro seimanale pe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-11
Mansion For The Governor

By a vote of p to S6 the house has passed bill to appropriate $5o,000 for the purpose of building a home for the governor of the state, with an appropria- tion of 5000 a year for it's maintenance. including servants and accessories.
 The state is not so pressed for revenue that this proposition should be turned down. Every state in the south, Arkan- sas and Alabama alone excepted, has a governors mansion, and it is not to Ala bama's credit to be without one. No doubt the senate will accept the house bill and Alabama would then soon have a home for it's chief executive officer.
 Perhaps the best feature of the new bill is the hope 1t holds out to the poor man who is ambitious to serve the state as governor. Under the house bill no one is so poor he cannot afford to serve if elect ed, and if the primary plan be changed as Governor O'Neal suggests there will be little need hereafter of selecting only men of large means to serve as the head of the state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-11
Biz Medical College in Rirmingham

The physicians of this city are striving to establish here large medical college as a branch of the University of Alabama. This would supplant the medical college at Mobile, which is not particularly use- full. It would put an end to the training of new Alabama doctors at Nashville and elsewhere. The proposed plan would strengthen the university and lift Ala bama up so far as medical learning is concerned.
 The plan may not be favored in Mobile for strictly local reasons, but the good of the state plainly calls for the establish ment of d large medical college. This can be done in city of the 100000 class, and this is why the movement has been start ed to transfer the medical college at Mo- bile to this city, for an institution of that nature if located here can it is said procure large endowment. As a busi- ness proposition it is difficult to see now the members of the legislature outside of Mobile can consistently refuse to enter tain and support the Birmingham propo- sition. The population requirements can be met here and not elsewhere in this afate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-11

bill d dry county can remain dry if dry hess has at it's back a majority of votes. The Parks bill is based on the popular will and in that respect it is unassailable. A better solution of vexed problem could not well be found. Each county is to decide for itself what it will do as to liquors The people are left free to say what they will have. The Parks bill embodies the spirit of the Declaration of Independence, and surely that is good, sound doctrine
 What is needed now is peace and free dom from this particular problem. The legislature has spent about 20 of its 50 al- lotted legislative days, and it should now be left to formulate undsturbed needful should be considered practically settled ir the house-and that body should get right down to hard work in perfeeting the legislation that the state needs for four years to come at any rate and per haps for many additional years. Many in portant bills are to be acted on. Gen. tlemen of the legislature, get to work. Give important matters consideration, and let every day of the session hereafter be one of action and accomplishment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-11
THE STATION AGENT

From the Chicago Post .
 A Missouri legislator has introduced a bill compelling every station agent in his state to answer under $25 penalty, every question put to him by the travelling pub lie. ds-s
 It was our fortune last summer to be marooned for three hours in a reilroad depot at an ex-lumber town in northern Wisconsin. During that period the sta- tion agent, an emotional man with a red face and very red hair. was asked at least 10oO questions. Most of them con- cerned he transportation industry, bit a large proportion had to do with the open ing of the partridge season. Scattered through those main topics were inquiries as to the tariff, the weather, the county fair and number of intimate personal matters Incidentally everybody used the ticket window as a sort of information one else.
 Our admiration for the ticket station agents method of disposing of this mass of Interrogation was intense. He never missed giving informatin where inforina- ton was really needed, but with per- fectly wonderful instinct he kept abso- lately rilent on about 76 per cent o, the questions and allowed them to answer themselves. Never have we beheld such And yet this paltry Missouri legislator would harness up such geniuses to . nard and fast rule of conduct. All the laws in t,a world couldn't do it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-11
4 LULLABY

From the Westminster Gazette. Lady Moon, O Lady Moon, Here's little sleepy grille that must 20 to slumber soon!
 Won't you glide across the window m
 your shining silver wings. Won't you spare 'twixt noon and noon Just one tiny tender minute to ffaiss cot
 with baby in 1t? Though know you're oh, so btlsy with
 hundred million things. Lady Moon. o Lady Moon, ~ Let her see the polished buckles on your
 gleaning silver shoon, Let her touch your diamond rings and
 the star dust on your wings: And should you bend above her-ah! but
 that would be . boon! Ind kiss her little rosy lips, how kind,
 Q Lady Mooni
 Tell her just one fairy story that you've
 gathered as you 90
 From tho pine woods or the snow, From the gAyly lighted cities or the stars
 above them strewn; ; There's sleepy little girlie that wouli
 like 50 much to know Just one little fairy story, Lady Moon! Lady Moon. oLady Moon. m It is late; and you're 50 busy with so
 many trysts to keep.
 And our little wide-eyed babba--it ,.
 time she, wont to aleep! Kiss those cheeks that mock Decemher With their roses picked In Juno: Though ahes sleepy she'u remember. ehe'H rememhers Lady Nopni
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-11
Hope is a lovers staff; walk hence with that And manage ii against despHtring thoughts.
 Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Victory of Fair Politics

The scheme of Joseph Gurney Cannon of Dsnville. H., and of other extreme partisans to prevent an undoing of the outrageous gerrymander of New fork state was defeated in the House by ma- iorities ranging from 29 to 40. The Sem ate has always accepted bill that more largely relates to the makeup of the House, and 1t is therefore wholly prudent to say that the House of the Sixty-third Congress will consist of 4S5 members in stead of s91 the present number.
 Under this bill New York will gain six members, carrying her delegation up to 4s members, and her electoral vote up to 45. NThe present New York legislature is democratic in both branches, and it will proceed to apportion the populous state on just, even If democratic, basis, The democrats of New York are cer- tainly entitled to an inning after serv- 
 ing 20 years under apportionments mark edly partisan and unfair.
 Alabama will gain a member of Con- gress-will have 10 members instead of nine. As the unit of representation is 210ooo, Jefferson county will have 1s.0o0 people beyond the unit. These 16,Ooo will not. however, mind the fact that they must go 10 years unrepresented in the federal House of Representatives. When Blob, Perry and Blount counties are an- nexed to surrounding districts the pres- ent apportionment could stand unchanged although some changes will probably be suggested and a few perhaps adopted
 But after all, the best consolation con- nected with the apportionment bill is the defeat and overthrow of Cannonism. The democrats and insurgents did it, and Can non could not line up his party even if he did have a caucus decision at his back Caucus decisions do not control insurgents who are a law to themselves The S91-bll and Cannonsm are dead letters and the country will soon be rid of both
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-11
From the Chicago Evening Post.

From the Chicago Evening Post.
 n oBERT LOUIS STEVENSON has N been caressed much too tenderly A A by far too many gentle readers to have him escape counter criticism of a sharp kind. Here is the latest acid com ment: "One remembers that Henley also told Us how Stevenson could never pass a looking glass without casting a glance of admiration at himself in it. From ex- actly the same self consciousness arose. in our opinion. the weakness of his style, much praised and really beautiful though 1t was. Almost invariably 1t Is a self conscious style, a style that spends much time in admiring itself and casting af- Nearly always 1t is over-elaborated; it poses, 1t 'cadences. as the French say. It seldom says anything without looking around for admiration, like pretty wom- an in the witness box. It keeps one eys fixed on the reader, and in the reader it assumes certain forgiveness of affecta- tion, or touch of precosity. Hardly any thing is said in the inevitable, straight forward manner, as things are said by passion or indignation. Profound and per- sistent emotions had no place in his na- ture, and the result of the deficiency was . beautiful style that some critics used to suck like sugar plums. It was, in fact 50 beautiful that for few years the critics appeared to think good style began with stevenson and would end with his imitators."
 This commentator quotes H. J. Moors,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-11
LegiSlati0n and the Ls9islat0rs

It is difficult to see how any real be- liever in popular government can object to the Parks bill, for it provides that ev- cry county can on petition of 45 per cent of registered voters secure an election in which the electors can vote up or down prohibition, dispensary or high license It provides in the difficult matter of regu- lating a vexed problem a county unit rather than state unit, and county in a state made up of cites and agricultural districts is the more sensible basis.
 When this action of the house is ap- proved by the senate it will be final for four years to come at least and all good citizens should accept in that spirit The state has long been distracted over the liouor problem and a rest of four years should be welcome.
 Let all remember that undslSthe Parks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-11
BUYING A CAP

From Judges Library.
 Early in the winter man from the backwoods wandered into a Syracuse gents furnishing store. Here the shiny winter caps caught his eye.
 After gazing at these for long while. lie said:
 HOW much you want for one O them caps?"
 "One dollar" rejoined the clerk "Try this one on, sir"
 But this proved to be size or 50 too small, sitting upon the woodchopper's head like a peanut on a barrel.
 Heres VT dollar, mister. I'll take this cap"
 "But the caps too small" declared the amazed clerk, pushing back the prof fered dollar. Wait till you try
 "Oh, I'll fix this sos it'll fit." was the nackwoodsman's final exchange before starting off with his purchase. ''when I git home all I'll have to do is to slit it's back up with a knife, lace 1t with shoestring, and everythinsll be all hunky dory!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-11

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
 Sir Francis Galton met Carlyle twice. On the first occasion he says, Carlyle surprised him by his Unexpectedly cour- teous, even polished, manner: but lie be- came more like his ordinary self later on. On the second occasion he seemed to me the greates bore that a country house could tolerate" But Carlyle amused him by gravely hopping up and was the only man who ever got Herbert Spencer to the Derby. Spencer said that the crowd of men on the grass looked like flies on a plate and that the Derby was just like what he expected 1t o e.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-11
FEMININE RUDENEss
the Boston Traveller.

From the Boston Traveller.
 ,"Politeness," says MT. Webster, in his unabridged book, Ifs . word which de- notes that ease and sracefulness of man. ners which first spring up in cities con- nected with . desire to please others by anticipating their wants and wishss, and by studiously avoiding whatever might give them pain"
 Truly, though, if it first sprang up in cities, 1t first died there, and now women have to have . politeness league to re- member what 1t is.
 They have such league in England, Germany and Italy. and there is talk of a branch here, but as one woman sighed when she spoke of it, well never have one till we have more time'
 Too much hurrying for courtesy. is that 1t? Does that explain why women will shove in front of each other going through a revolving door. just to squeeze fat woman protestingly between the edge of the door and the frame?
 Does it explain why | woman will tell all her family history to the clerk at the counter while she is buying; just because the woman with g prettiest hat is waiting for that same shop girl to attend to her!
 Are women always in such a hurry that they must jam into an elevator to ride one flight, rather than walk up? Is 1t hurry that makes them jump in front of an older woman and seine the only seat on the car, while they talk loudly of tho lack of chivalry of the modern men?
 Is 1t haste that leads women to whisper together at . luncheon, leaving the one strange guest with tho idea that she must be the subject of general convefsation?
 Oh, no. 1t is not haste; 1t h modern man. ners of the feminine sex.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-11
ASQUITH IS COLD

James Douglas, Adventures in London"
 The prime minister Is man of fec and iron. The Asquith look down UT on is a thunder cloud with a silver lining; his face the thunder cloud. and his white hair the silver lining. White hair softens the features of other men, but 1t hardens lis It lies chill and severe on his temples He Is man of snow with marble mouth and jaw of steel, man of Ice with frozen eyes and frozen voice. A fir. st. bitten man with wintry mind and an Arctic soul. A lonely man with a b',ter- ,ly desolate face. and a rare smile like glacial sunshine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-11
LINCOLN THE STORY TELLER


 Whitelaw Reid in Leslies.
 ' He was not ''perpetually telling humor- ous and sometimes risque stories In the White House." he had no such concep- ton of the duties of statesman in ex- alted position and in time of extreme peril. On the contrary. he probably told fewer stories during his whole stay in the White House tahn in any previous year Of his adult life, and for every one he did tell a hundred poorer and coasef ones were fathered on him. Nor did his stories call for the unctuous and super fuous excuse that they afforded him a time. No doubt he was sad in the White House, but he had been sad all his fife.
 The wit and humor with which his stories overfiowed were an essential part of his strange, frontier nature. as essen- tial as his melancholy, his ready s.mpa- thies, or his ambition. He had no dlssi- pations and no other amusements; in- stead of these he told stories from boy hood to admiring comrades. Ho told them uncommonly well. and in public they always illustrated his argument and helped him carry his point. Nothing, for instance, could have made plainsr his view about the unfitness of the Free Soil CTS to assume the place of great na- tional party, and, with their one idea un- dertake the complex duties of carrying on the government of the country than his story. at Worcester, Mass, as early as 1S4S, about the Yankee peddler who had but one pair of trousers in his stock, and commended it to every customer as large enough to fit any man-and small enough to fit any boy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-11
Period of Rest Due

'"The people of Alabama, prohiibtionists as well as anti -prohibitionsts, will be glad of a rest from political agitation over the liquor question that will follow local op- ton legislation and the settlement of the wet or dry question in such counties as may elect to have 'tYout at the polls,' :" said an old democrat "I say prohibition ists as well as -prohibitionists, mean
 ing that great many men who have been enrolled in the prohibition organiza- ton are not extremists.
 Fifty or more men of my acquaintance who voted for the proposed amendment tell me they are sick and tired of the pol itics of the whole prohibition business. and will vote for any reasonable plan that will allow citizens to purchase liquors in the state rather than send their money to other states for their wet goods It is estimated that prohibition has caused to be withdrawn from circulation in the Bir- mingham district several million dollars. Several millions have gone to pay for whisky and beer shipped from Louisville, Cincinnati, New Orleans, Jacksonville and other cities where the liquor traffic is le- gal. I have one friend who voted for the amendment and who still stands up for statewide prohibition politics. He is a bull-headed man, and I heard him say orly the other day that we would never have tranquility in Alabama until pro- hibition was incorporated in the consti- tuition. Congressman Hobson made some such remark as that in one of his recent speeches. Unsophisticated persons, those who are not informed on matters in dis tant parts of the country. may have an idea that constitutional prohibition would be workable and reasonably satisfactory; tut it is passing strange that men of in- ttlIgence who read the news spapers and who have some knowledge of human na- lure would advocate at this late day con- stitutional prohibition in Alabama. Maine has been struggling for more than half century to shake off her constitutional prohibition shackles. The democratic party in Maine has for years been mak- ing the fight for a resubmission to the people, and It is at last to be crowned with victory. The fight is not yet over. hut democrats being in power in Maine will be able to carry through submission legislation. Maine is q backward state. It has increased very little in population in the past 50 years. and is very low in the scale of education. If constitutional