The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-05

TIES REPORTED - WILL BE
 HELPFUL TO FARMERS IN
 PREPARING FOR PLANTING The general storm which touched the whole southeast yesterday seems to have swept over almost every part of Ala hama. carrying down telephone and tele- graph wires and drenching the land with such a terrific downpour has seldom been unaccompanied by fearful destrue' ton.
 So far as could be learned last night there were no cyclopic troubles in Ale bama, and the high wind which prevailed changing often from due south to due north did only slight damage in blow ing down trees uprooting telegraph poies and harming strawberries
 While practically all communication was interfered with no casualties or serious damage were reported. Last night the Western Union and Postal lines were tied up so that con- nections could only be made with Me- ridian. Marion Junction, Carbon Hill and Gadsden by the Postal. while the Vest ern Union reached only as far south as Moundville. The trunk lines connect ing with Atlanta were down, leaving only trunks northward toward Nashville, Louisville and Chattanooga. The condition of the wires brought about a peculiar and interesting situa | ton in the receipt of the Associated Press dispatches. One of the wires went dead in the early afternoon and 1t be- came impossible to secure connection with | the southern offices in Atlanta, from which the service is usually dispatched. | Finally Birmingham was looped in by | way of Chattanooga on a wire through | Louisville. the other end of which reached all the way to Laredo, Texas, on the | Mexican frontier.
 t, The Mexican war news in today's is- sue was ticked into The AgeHerald of | flee directly from the scene of action, q distance of more than 5000 miles, and | the news of the world, sent out of Louisville was being received by hun dreds of newspapers stretching over that distance at the same time.
 
 0 clock yesterday afternoon. preceded by d spectacular electric display toward the l south, and with eddies and whirls washed | away all the remains of winters decay. Many of the sewers were unable to carry | away the water, while for several hours water stood several feet deep In the l streets.
 | The local weather bureau reported that ninety-nine-one hundredths of an inch of rain fell, and the highest velocity of the | wind was 40 miles an hour. A few trees on the Southside. were blown down, and many telephones were put out of commission.
 Here is the way the wind and rain affected various sections of Alabama Decatur. April 4-(Special) "A heavy l wind rain and electrical storm passed | over this part of the state about 10:30 o'clock this morning In some localities many large shade trees were blown down and fences wrecked. The heavy fall of rain seriously injured some newly plowed
  | tack for millions of families to live now l in decency and comfort. Surely it is the part of wisdom, statesmanship, humani- | tarianism and patriotism to legislate so as to reduce their burdens to the minimum. The resusitation of the Holman rule will help along in this matter No good cit lzen desires to cripple the government Ill any legitimate function, but no good citizen desires that the people be loaded down with unnecessary taxes O. That the publication of campaign contributions and disbursement before the election The bill to accomplish this de- sired reform has been prepared and in- troduced. It will be speedily passed by the House. The average citizen, what ever his politics, is absolutely honest. He demands honesty and clean lines in poli- tics. He believes that too much money is spent in election matters; and he pro- poses 10 put end to it. As the rep resentatives of the average man it Is our duty to carry out his patriotic wishes in that regard to the end that all men de- sirous of serving the public may have fair chance in politics and to the end that this mighty republic, the political hope of the world, may not be destroyed by corruption in elections.
 Admission of States
 6. The admission of both Arizona and New Mexico to states I violate no con- fidence in stating that so far as the House IS concerned they will be speedily ad- mitted and they will be admitted to- gether.
 These are a few of the things which We promised. We are not only going to fuihh them, we have already begun the great task. What We have done is only an earnest of what we will do We l.is day report progress to the American peo- pie. The gest will follow
 No man is fit to be a lawgiver for great people who yields to the demands under solicitations of the few having ac- cess to his ear but is forgetful of that vast multitude who may never hear his voice or look into his face
 T suggest to my fellow members on both sides of the big as1e-which is the lne or demarkation betwixt us as po- litfeal partisans but not as American citi- zens or American representatives-that he serves his party best who serves his country best.
 T am now ready to take the oath and ask that it be administered by MT. Tal- bolt of Maryland"