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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09
OpeDlpe of the Postal Savings Banks

In each state postal savings bank is receiving deposits. The system is at last in operation. Bessemer is enjoying @ new savings bank, and any citizen in that city who has dollar can open an interest will be paid. No,passbooks will be used. Instead will be issued certifi- cates and these certificates may be turned into postal savings bonds in denomina- tions from s20 to s1OO.
 These new banks which will soon be es- tablished in all towns, are not, it should be remembered subject to ,state laws. The local laws relating to women and minors do not apply to them wife's account will be free from interference from her husband, and a child's free from the control of parents or guardian. State inaws do not apply to the postal banks at alL
 All told there are about. sS,OOo 100000 fin the United States, and two-thirds of this vast sum is in the pockets of the people. When the postal banks are car ried to a maximum it is believed no in- considerable part of the s2,OOO0 0OO,0o0 now carried in the pockets of the people or secreted in old stockings will be depos- fled in the postal savings banks, and in the long run the people may become the holders of all of the government bonds, ard the banks may have to look elsewhere for securities for their circu- lation. But this is some time in the fu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09
Wider Publicity For Local LqWS

The proposed law requiring the publica- ties to which they apply is measure that will promote publicity and the public good The general laws are now pub lished at the expense of the state, and the local laws of county would be published at the county's expense.
 By the terms of the proposed bill the commissioners of a county would be re- aulred to contract with some paper in the county for the publication of it's local laws. The cost would be chargeable to the general fund of the county
 Unless this is done few people in a county know tho scope and exact terms of local bills, and it Is believed that pub licity will operate to decrease the volume of local legislation.
 It is proposition of merit and it should l become law. Publicity is always bene- | fcial No bills should be gumshoed | through the legislature and none should be held i'll comparative secrecy after they | have become laws. Let every local bill be published where it will be judged on it's merits. It is a step toward good gov
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 Look who's here George M. Conan, physical comedian. vocalist, producer, lyricist, composer, dramatist, is mentioned by his friends as being candidate for new honors. It is the dope, as MT. Conan in his former character would say, that he is going in for 'art for arts sake"
 Concerning the forthcoming transforma- tion of MT. Conan, a New York theatrical paper comments at length, and amazedly. We quote:
 '"rhe new George NJ. Conan theatre will open the second week in January with a new play by the Yankee Doodle dramat- ist. At least this is the definite announce ment made yesterday by MT. Conan him. self. The play is finished and the cast engaged, but everything concerning this latest effort of the playwright is shroud- ed in mystery, even the name is a dark secret, and will be until the last moment. This is strictly in accordance with Mr. Cohans wishes.
 Being about to make my debut as high-brow dramatist,' said MT. Conan yesterday, I deem it fitting and appro- prite that we should maintain a dignified reserve concerning our opening production at the George M Cohsn theatre.
 I have sent my dancing slippers and all my light comedy wardrobe to the storehouse, there to repose indefinitely I trust, forever I"
 It is the way of all flesh, There was Pop Anson, who essayed a business e l, success in athletics, and ran upon the rocks, seafaring men say or out of them, as the uncultured landlubbers put it, as rapidly as a trusting widow spec ulating in rubber stocks.
 There was Eddie" Foy, who, having had the good fortune to make his coun- try laugh, cherished a strange ambition for tragedy roles, but was happily per- suaded that his 'mitier" was comedy. and that MT. Hamlet of Broadway was the most serious vehicle in which he could hope to ride with safety.
 Charles Dana Gibson did well in black and white, but felt the lure of livelier colors. He went abroad upon fast boat, to return as one of our lead ing painters in oils. But he has re- turned to black and white
 The list is long. MT. Cohan falls into the class of notable Americans who do not know the value of the advice about sticking to ones best Whether he has written a play better than Shakespeare" or nearly as good as Shaw" and wheth- CT he intends to play a large part like Lehr, or some dainty little thing like Jul jet, is not foreshadowed in the reports at hand. No lack of confidence would prevent him from a '"- -- to appear as the Merry Wives of Windsor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09
fenreSsee'S Legislative Troubles

The fusionists and the regulars in Ten nessee will be almost tied on a joint ballot of the two houses, and this is what made a deadlock possible. The bosses on both sides are trying. to elect United States senator, several state officials and to control the state board of elections The regulars control the senate and the fusionists the house, and the regulars stayed out of the house to prevent a quorum which could compel a full at tendance and which could unseat some regulars, thus giving the fusionists clear majority on joint ballot. An addition of four regulars to the fusionist strength would have given the house 6e members, which is a constitutional majority.
 The trouble is now satisfactorily ended. The agreement in full has been published. All contests are to be withdrawn and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09
HOMER DAVENPORT, CARTOONIST

heads inevitably swell. In Dewey's case the ocean of gush we drowned him in was kept within bounds by a certain Yankee thrift. We confined 1t to words, not deeds We did present him with picayune little house in Washington, a narrow and unlove1y little thin thing, el- bowed into tile background by handsome residences all around it.. Dewey married and. foolishly thinking the American peo- pie had given him the house to do what he liked with, presented 1t to his wife as wedding gift.
 The storm of abuse that fell on the
 uckless ex-hero surpassed anything in our history, even what we handed to Hobson. While the Indian givers who had contributed anywhere from 10 to 15 cents to the fund were writing letters to the editor, and saying they never would have done 1t If they had known what miserable wretch Dewey was. and wanted their money back, Davenport came out with one of his greatest car- toons. It simply represented Dewey sail ing into Manila bay on the Olympic and destroying the Spanish fleet, and under T
 It helped powerfully in the revulsion of feeling which set in in Dewey's favor. Shortly afterward Davenport and Dewey met in Washington. Davenport said the admiral, in tones broken with emo ton, the one ray of comfort have had in the last few days has been your car loon. never dreamed that the tribute I paid my wife of putting that house in her name could in any conceivable fash ion have offended the sensibilities of the American people, who had given me the house. When saw how cold many peo- pie became to me 1t nearly broke my heart. didn't think 1t possible that the same people who had applauded me could turn on me so soon and for such a cause But when I saw that cartoon I knew it would be all right and that they wouldn't be angry with me very long"
 "When I saw.'' said Davenport after ward, how the old hero was suffering at the thought that he had offended the nation he had fought for. it so affected me that I cried like baby
 .Davenport's delight as westerner was to sit on the top of rail fence with some chum and swap stories. In his eastern environment the fence rail has been modified out of the scheme, but other wise his favorite recreation is the same. Yet Davenport is such a delightful talk CT that the swapping feature is somewhat one-sided. Most men would rather hear him talk than talk themselves. In any group he becomes the center.
 That early habit of studying public men and affairs he has kept up all his life, and he knows everybody worth knowing all over the country. This does not mean politicians alone; his acquaintance ex- tends to all walks of life. He knows all the eminent prize fighters, and is a strong friend of Bob Fitzsimmons. In fact, he is a good boxer himself. He knew all the leading trotting horsemen, such as Orrin Hickok, John H. Goldsmith and c. c. K. Billings. In his youth Davenport had a reputation as a rider of trotting horses. If a man Is of promi- hence in any line, it is fairly safe bet that Davenport knows him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09

trial, but because, for the blackest of all crimes. they had served the state long enough and had suffered fin health and happiness" Was it ever the intention of Gods law or mans law that red-handed murderer should not suffer fin health and happiness when, like Cain, he stays his brother?
 Such f1imsy excuses for a selfish or weak-minded disregard of law and morals always tend to encourage crime and make life unsafe for the honest and law-abiding citizen. It is necessary for governors with the pardoning power not only to read poetry. but also to read and digest the fifth commandments: Thou shalt not kill" With it goes the corrollary: "Thou shalt not pardon or agonize over the red-handed murderer" It Is mercy enough to spare his life at all. but to shed maudlin tear over him is to out rage the dead and degrade and weaken the laws. Is 1t any wonder that murder here should flourish as in no other civil lized land? .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09
STORY FROM PARIS

"The Clerk of the Day." in the Boston
 Evening Transcript.
 A discreetly anonymous benefactor sends the Clerk story from Paris. Re- oently there appeared in Paris paper an advertisement explaining that "a gen. tleman, very rich, refined, would marry young woman, even without fortune.' In another paper "a lady, well off, elegant, marry "a young man, even without for tune.'' Both advertisements proceeded from the same joker.
 He got some 200 answers. To each he replied in amiable terms, begging a per- sonal interview in Place de Bourse cafe at the following Sunday. To facilitate recognition, each was to wear a white rose.
 On the eve of the cataclysm, this scamp wrote to the prefect of police, "A conspiracy is being formed to overthrow the republic. Tomorrow, at 2, number Of conspirators, men and women, will meet at the Cafe K. You will know
 
 blem."
 At the time appointed came cabs and taxis, and the cafe proprietor welcomed such throng as had never been seen in his tablishment. Detectives outside sent word to the nearest station to have re-enforcements ready in case of trouble.
 Well, Clerks should not look a gift story in the climax-especially as this one hasn't any-unless you call the cyclone of laughter a climax (the joke ended that way, as the profusion of white roses was self-explanatory) or pre- fer to top off with a heartless Anglo Saxon guffaw at the sentence with which the reporter concluded his narrative. He foresees several marriages, as "wearers of white roses formed acquaintances which will probably ripen into tenderer sentiment"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09

no new ones begun. and the missing regu-
 lars will appear today to be sworn as
 members of the house. Governor Hoop
 CTS vote will be counted and he will be
 duly maugurated
 This will end the deadlock, but no one
 feels at all sure as to which side will have control on joint ballot, and this ren- ders the election of a United states senator to succeed Senator Frazier uncer- tain. Neither side is sure of a majority when the two houses hold a joint ses- sion
 The people of tennessee will be content to await joint vote now that the bus mess of the session can be taken up and disposed of The deadlock was fast be- unpopular in the state and all are no doubt glad that the deadlock is broken, and that revenue and appropriation bills and all other needful bills can be passed and the wheels of government kept in motion. The states interests were not served in the creation of a deadlock, but that deadlock will be excused now that it has put an end to a series of tricky contests for the pur- pose of unseating opponents. Under the agreement signed in duplicate and duly it is agreed the sitting members of the two houses shall remain members 10 the end of the session.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09
FASTER FLYING FOR SAFETY rom the New York World.

From the New York world.
 Claude Grahame-W White, in a London interview, makes a novel argument for higher speed in aviation as the best means Of overcoming one of its main risks. That risk is the onset of sud- den. wind gusts In spite of the fact that where aviators were once baffled by a five-mile breeze they can now keep their machines under control in a 25-mile- an-hour wind, flaws in the wind yet re- main a grave peril to all airmen. Says MT. Grahame-W White:
 "On a high-speed monoplane, for ex- ample, you dash through an adverse gust in the same way that fast torpedo boat destroyer thrusts her way through an opposing wave. At speed of 100 miles an hour it will be possible to pilot ma chine through everything short of an actual gale '';'.5 ta
 This is much after the manner of a plea for greater risks in aviation to escape the hazards that already exist. In rail- way and all other forms of transit speed has come as the last development after mechanical appliances have been perfect ed. To reverse the conditions in avia- tion would be to multiply the dangers which experiment has shown to be only too numerous in high-speed flying.
 What aviation needs more than speed Is safety along with accuracy and precision. Safety, MT. Grahame-White, as "a prac- tical flyer" thinks 1t has, notwithstand- ing it's fatalities, mere 30 among 300U airmen! But aeroplane engines are not yet reliable and aeroplane construction reveals defects which must be corrected before flying becomes safe or sure. More attention to the mechanical essentials and less to the circus feats will best pro- mote the conquest of the air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09
Tribute to E1kins

'I was very much grieved to hear of the death of Senator Stephen B. Elkins, said Senator John H. Bdnkhead, who was in Birmingham for a few hours Sat urday.
 "I was thrown in close personal con- tact with Senator Elkins in a number of the committees on which we both served and I learned to admire him very much.
 While it is true he was a republican he had no sectional feeling and. was all ways liberal In his views toward the south. He had never been appreciated as he deserved by southern people. It is be- cause he was not understood.
 He will be greatly missed in the United States Senate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 TONER DAvENPoRT'S first na' | tional work was done in opposition Il A to the Pacific funding scheme, IT which he "created" c. P. Huntington as comic character. He came to New York just in time-shortly before the presidential campaign in 1896, in which he was to make his greatest fame. His dollar mark" cartoons of Mark Hanna in which the republican manager was dis played in q suit of clothes studded with dollar marks, took rank in cartoon his tory with Nasts Tweed cartoons and Bernard Gillam's "tattooed man. series at the expense of Blaine. The three make a trinity unapproached in the an nals of American caricature.
 Not long after the campaign was over Davenport and Hanna met. The cartoons had been savage. One of them represent ed Hanna wearing the dollar suit and the brutal visage into which Davenports delft pencil had distorted his square face, standing with one foot on a skull. Ii nore the stning caption, Where Han- na Stands on the Labor Question"
 Mark Hanna was sensitive to newspaper attack, and Davenports assaults had been cruel. The situation was delicate. Hanna made an effort to be pleasant but his face was grim. Finally Davenport said "Of course, you understand, MT. Hanna, that my cartoons of you represent no personal feeling. They were political"
 "Oh, I never minded your political at- tacks,'' answered Hanna, gloomily, and then broke out like a volcano: But that one with my foot on the skull of labor that hurt"
 Reed was another of Davenport's vlc- tins. No cartoonist ever succeeded in catching as Davenport did the peculiar baby drop of Reeds mouth and the hu- morous effect of the eyelids, and his DOT traits of Reed exaggerated those char aoteristics enough to make Reeds friends scream with laughter whenever they saw Davenport cartoon.
 Personally Davenport and Reed were friendly, but Davenport pursued the speaker relentlessly by his cartoons for years It was with him a matter of con- viction. To him Reed was the incarna- ton of all the abuses in Congress, as Cannon is to so many now. To Davenport Reed was the tool of "the interests" though he considered Reed personally honest
 For Davenport has intense political con- victions A friend of his described him the other day as a Roosevelt demo- crat."
 What was perhaps the most affecting incident in Davenport's public career oc- cured at the time when Admiral Dewey returned to America. In our customary, hysterical and slobbering American way a way which we describe as that of "An- glo-Saxon' sanfroid and imperturbabil- ity, casting meanwhile a scornful glance on the comparatively calm and self-con- tained French-we had thrown ourselves at Dewey's feet, hailed him in terms that would have been extravagant applied to Nelson, and virtually invited him to walk up and down on our prostrate forms.
 We always do this with heroes, and then throw bricks at them when their
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 Realtives are so much worse than boils because it is so much harder to get rid of them.
 child who likes to kiss old people Is going to grow up to be a genius for in- sincerity.
 When a mans hair begins to turn gray immediately he gets an idea he Iooks distinguished.
 All that widow learned in one mar riage she tries to learn over again in an- other without letting anybody know 1t isn't new. -(
 A woman can't understand why her husband wants to keep stocks and bonds in the safe deposit when he leaves her old love letters tp him on closet shelf.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09
REWARDS OF HUMoR

From the Rochester Democrat and Chron-
 icle.
 Death is expensive in England. as shown by the death duties which must be paid by the estate of Henry Silver. life- long humorous contributor to London Punch. These duties will amount to s1, SCO,0OO. It must not be hastily concluded that fine of that magnitude has been imposed as a postmortem punishment of the paragraphers, although a man who devoted long life to perpetuating low voltage funny paragraphs for Punch must have contributed much to the gloom of the nation. Unless one of the late MT. Silver's colleagues has manipulated the news dispatches and perpetrated one of Punch's characteristically involved jokes, Mr. Silver left an estate of $600O,0Oo. The enormous increase in MT. Rockefeller's personal estate since he became mem- Der of the International Association of Humorous Paragraphers is now in a measure explainable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09
POINT WE'LL TAKEN

From the Marion County News.
 Birmingham Is contemplating cutting down her police force. This is a bad move. If the present number cannot control crime smaller force most cer- tainly will not do 1t. It. will not be very inviting to. country people to visit Bir- mingham when they know that the city is short on police officers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09
soLILoQUY OF KING RICHARD II

 By Shakspere. (From Act III, Scene of of King Richard ID. Of comfort no man speak; Let's talk of graves. of worms. and epi-
 taphs, ~ .T s~ Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth. Let's choose executors, and talk of wills: And yet not so,-for what can we be-
 queath sss' s4 ssee,1-s F Save our deposed bodies to the ground? Our lands, our lives, and all are Boiling
 broke's,
 And nothing can we call our own but
 death.
 And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our
 bones. For Gods sake, let us sit upon the ground, And tell sad stories of the sdeath of How some have been dspss'd; some slain Some haunted by the ghosts they have
 depos'd. Some poison'd by their wives; some sleep All murthered: :-for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of king Keeps Death his court, and there the
 antic sits, ff scoffing his state,- and grinning at his
 pomp; g Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchixe, be feard, and kill with
 looks; Infusing him with self and vain conceit,- As if this flesh. which walls about our
 life,
 Were brass impregnable. and humour'd
 thus es {Et Comes at the last. and with a little pin Bores through his castle-wall. aud-fare-
 well king!
 Cover your heads. and mock not flesh and
 blood }ls With solemn reverence; throw away re-
 spect, atstl,s - Tradition, form, and ceremonious duty; For you have but mistook me all this
 while: live with bread like you. feel want
 taste grief. Need friends :-subjected tirus,S aN How can you say to. me. am king9
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09
ernnent.

The backs of street car transfers have heretofore gone unutlized, but now there are several schemes for that purpose. One city proposes to make known in that way it's sanitary rules.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09
BRISK WEATHER

From the Arkansas Democrat.
 The Birmingham AgeHerald says Ala bama coal is in demand" Sure it is, and most any sort of coal Is in demand as long as the theremometer is flirting with zero.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09

Trasker l.. Oddie, republican, is the sole gain of the republicans among governors, and he is governor of Nevada, which has about half the population of Birming- ham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09

The man who has been calling for an old-fashioned winter is as silent now as the tomb. He has acquired wholesome dread of Medicine Hat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09

William E. Corey, the ex-steel man, proposes to live in Paris when he might live in a clever American town that bears his own name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09

The initiative and referendum has been devised, says one writer, to enable the minority to make the majority dance while the minority fiddles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09

Five preachers are, alas, mixed up in the vote-buying scandals of Adams coun- ty, Ohio. They should be transformed into ex-preachers by Judge Blair on the spot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09

The bank guarantee legislation of Okla homa, Nebraska and Kansas is now on a sound legal footing and it has prob ably come to stay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09

The Secretary of State agrees to fur- nish the war if the newspapers VIII furnish enough reportorial warriors
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09

The first business before the members of the supreme court Is the telling of each ones favorite story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09

The town that has a postal bank is in- clined to regard other towns in it's state with considerable disdain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09

The pleasantest city noise is that which comes from the riveting of steel beams in 20-story skyscrapers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09

New Yorks democratic record is one governor in IS years, but 1t may do bet ter hereafter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09

While Doc Cook was in the Arctic circle he was not any colder than most of us were during the recent cold wave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09

The millionth patent has been granted by the patent office at Washington, and it wasn't a glove fastener.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-09

No allowances are made for round trip tickets when depositors go to Bessemer to deposit their money.