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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Generating Campaign Funds

T recall the presidential campaign of 1876 with much interest, as 1t was the first time that I had taken an active part in politics" said democrat. Samuel J. Tilden, one of the greatest statesmen that this country has pro- duced. was the democratic candidate, and Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio head ed the republican ticket Tilden was known not only as a strong leader, but as man of splendid integrity and Jeffer- sonian ideals. Yet. according to the gen. eral belief, he spent a barrel of money before his nomination, and another bar rel in the contest against MT. Hayes. The republicans, also. spent great deal of money that year. but doubt if the total was as large as the democratic ex- penditure. MT. Tilden was millionaire and was uncommonly free with his money. Such being the case. we heard nothing of raising funds, for all the money that was needed was put up quiet ly by the democratic standard bearer. MT. Tilden was elected. but he was count ed out.
 Tn 1880 MT. Tilden would have been the logical democratic candidate again. He was the idol of his party, but he was a timid man and stated positively thnt he would not accept another nomination. General Hancock was made the demo- cratic standard bearer, but 1t was felt soon after the campaign opened that General Garfield. the republican candi- date. had practically walkover. Every n6tr arfb f%o af,1 democrat. held General Hancock in great esteem, but he was poor politician and his campaign was poorly managed. One of the breaks he made was in saying that the tariff was local issue. While thousands of democrats said he was right, still tariff for revenue only was the democratic doctrine. and when he failed to stand squarely on the low tariff plank, it was known that the Jig was up
 ''The republicans spent comparatively little money in the Garfield Hancock cam paign because it was not necessary. The first big slush fund raised by the repub- licans was in 1884, when Blaine, the bril- liant statesman, and Grover Cleveland, the sturdy democrat, opposed each other Cleveland got in on a strict democratic platform and without any excessive ex- penditure of money.
 T hope the present campaign can be conducted without slush funds on any side. but the probability Is that President Taft's packers will raise money galore There will be a record breaking repub- lican fund. no doubt-what we used to call the corruption fund"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
"THE BLACKGUARD RELIGION

events and made no sAtempt to conceal his disappointment, which, with the moments, grew to aAger. He saw fuii well that in points of conversions the meeting was a failu re, and that he had in reality wasted one of his strongest ef- forts. and, clmbin to the raised plat form frorG where he delivered his ad- dress, he thunder ed forth the sensation of the campaign. Holding his hand aoft to get attention, he said: I have spoken for more than two hours. If you rot and go to hell, stun nbling oyer the message of Almighty God. it is not my fault. I have no apolo gy for any utterances I have made. f you people who have not cleaned up have no inclination to do so now, you caii sink as far in hell as the devil can put you. This meeting. is closed.'"
 clergyman sends nie this report: q heard him the evangelism say that if any minister believes and teaches evolu- tion he iss stinking skunk. a fraud, d hypocrite fand a liar The night he said this I privately remonstrated with him. A short dime after this, in another serv- ice, he again attacked believers in the ev- olutionsry theory and. turning to where I sat, ne clenched his fist, and, shaking it in nay direction, he exclaimed with fear ful venom: Stand up. you bastard evo- lution ist; stand up with the infidels and athei sts, the whoremongers and adulter- CTS, and go to he'll The last words were shri'sked with every possible violence of gesture. I did not stand up. Some of his other expressions were as follows:
 SrRwing your dirty vomit Stand on your hind legs, you stnking polecatr If a woman on the avenue plays a game of cfrds in her home she is worse than any blacl<leg gambler in the slums.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
CHINA STILL OLD FASHIONED From the WashinpfOn Post

rroni the NdsnlnStOn IcSt.
 As proof of the assertion which we have heard so often, that China is as dark as equatorial Africa, so far as progress is concerned. and that her in- habitants wouldn't know a reform if one should fly up and hit them in the face, we are told by President Yuan that the policy which he now advocates was adopted way back in the days when Yu sat upon the imperial throne. Yu, it appears, enforced habits of thrift upon his people, who. with that back wardness which ever characterizes the reectionary. have never until now fully shaken on his baneful influence And now Yuan. deaf to the call of the up- lift. prefers the beaten track of his Bourbon ancestors to the broad highway ot modern advance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
THE INTRUDER

outside my window glooms the dark,
 The land in slumber lies; storm clouds o'ercast the heavens arch. No star illumes the skies. Anon, the restless midnight breeze
 My curtain lightly sways; At noon its cooling touch would please,
 Which now. somewhat, dismays, As if a ghostly visitor
 Atteption would engage. To draw my tired and misty eyes
 From off the printed page.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
Our InterIocked Express Companies

The interstate commerce commits sion has with its customary thorough ness and straighout honesty investi- gated the express companies of the country, and it finds that the business is "almost family affair They are so interlaced, intertwined and inter locked, says the report, that the ex- press business is confined to mot more than three groups of interests y The investigation has been in prog
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
FAVORITE FICTION
n The Cbicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 How I Do Hate the Bother Of Pre- paring for a Trip to Europei
 .Yes. John and l Have Got to Go and Dress for Mrs. Leeder's Party. and It's Awfully Tiresome-'
 .I wanted to Give that Head Water A Generous Tip, but He Looked so Swell Didn't Dare to offer It.
 'Yes, I Think That's My Umbrella; Thank You Ever so Much, Mrs. Chucks- ley, for Returning It"
 Your Sermon Was Perfectly Lovely, Dr. Baxter, but Thought It Was Lit- tie Too Short.'
 ..At Your Age, My Son, Realized the Importance of an Education Much More Than You Do."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
White and Black in street Car.

'I have been wondering why the front seats instead of the rear seats in street cars in Birmingham are reserved for colored passengers" said Mobile visitor who has spent week here.
 'In Mobile and New Orleans negroes are placed in the rear. and I am told that this is the rule In other southern cities. It is the better way, and I would think that the Birmingham company would change its plan of separating the whites from the blacks so as to conform to the approved practice in tho other cities of the south
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
FOR A CHANGE.

Bout people in
 The public eye We read so much
 We nearly die. How pleasant 'tis.
 Just now and then, To scan the news Of common men, The kind who don't Get oft in print, Though on this earth Some years they've spent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
LARGE CONFIRMATION.

It strikes us that the way aJ bride eclipses her husband on her wedding day ought to compensate her for the floss of a political vote for the remainderhof her Inquirer.
 Also the way she bosses him naround after the wedding day,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
WHY, INDEED?

Why worry about the high cost of 1iv- ing when one can buy fine young hip popotamus for s250o?"-Springfeld Union.
 But why buy a fine young hippopotamus when you can marry one?-Houston Post.
 But why marry a hippopotamus if there is a likely young gazele in the vicinity2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
ANNOYING MIsuAp

A midnight revel was held in some private club rooms on the top floor of the Towers building last night. Jagsworth was rather late in arriving and only one elevator was running. What do you sup pose happened?'
 something went wrong with the eleva- tor"
 Right It stuck between the first and second floors"
 And that, I presume, was one time when Jagsworth couldn't rise to the oc- casion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
ON A DAY, ALAcK THE DAY

By William Shakespeare. On day, alack the day. Love, whose month Ia ever May, Spied a blossom passing fair Playing in the wanton air; Through the velvet leaves the wind All unseen gan passage find; That the lover sick to death. Wish'd himself the heavens breath. Air. uuoth he, thy cheeks may blow; Air, would l might triumph so. But, alack. my hand is sworn Neer to pluck thee from thy thorn; Vow, a1ack, for youth unmeet; Youth so apt to pluck a sweet. Do not call it sin in me That I em forsworn for thee; Thou for whom cen love would swear Juno but an Ethiope were. And deny himself for love. Turning mortal for thy love.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16

The Baltimose Sun says progressive is radical in a state of boise. reac- tionary. it adds, Is petrifed conserva- tive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
NOT MUCH FIN TO SING

combination wondrous strong Is wine and woman-sometimes song,
 Though many wights on earth there be Who could cut out the melodee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16

Don't be worried about the electoral college. The winner lives in New Jer- sey, and he will have nn unprecedented majority.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16

All the way from Boston to Galveston the rats are being hunted down. and bu- bonic plague germs will not get in unin- vestigated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16

The sage of Oyster Bay is burning mid night oil in order to write a tariff plank for the bull moose party. Few are equal to the task.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
WELCOME. ANTI oxv

WELCOME. ANYH oN. A. A. Adee, second assistfint secretary of state. is back on his jots again. after making a bicycle tour of Europe. By love! we hadn't missed hi h.
 HAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16

Gen Daniel l.. Sickles is waving the bloody shirt because Woodrow Wilson was born in Virginia. He can change his own vote only.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
WE MOULD BE GIAD

man recently paid over s260o0 for a rug and doubtless the person he paid it over to was glad to get the money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16

The colonel says his views on the tariff are we'll known. Well known, by whom? Name the man or the printed line. colonel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
JUST ABOUT.

A political band wagon that didn't make any noise would be about as useful as saw without any teeth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16

Senator Tillman says our biggest dread naught should be called the Terror, while John Sharp Williams says the name should be "Skeered O Nothin'.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16

The number 13 has been vindicated. Count, for example, the letters in Wood- row Wilson's name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16

Clam bakes are no longer popular at the resorts near Boston. Those who have attended one can readily see why this has come about.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16

Grover Cleveland was born in New Jer- sey, and Woodrow Wilson will go to the inauguration from that state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16

The old fashioned citizen who made speeches on the Fourth of July died just before the civil war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16

A Kansas man is using a vacuum clean CT to catch grasshoppers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
CAIsE AND EFFECTl

Mrs. Brigham is entertaining out of town guests.
 MT. Brigham left for New York on a business trip Sunday.-Broof field Mag net.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16

The one hour limit is being applied to bathers at some of the beaches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
ATARMTNG.

'fDibble is a warm-hearted fellow"
 Indeed he is. When Dibble 'glows with a generous impulse Pm almost afraid he'll set bis clothes on fire.o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16

Dr. Longs description of the bull moose is opportune and fitting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16

After the convention Clarence Funk and Edward Hines became an issue again in Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16

Bathing suits in Atlantic City must conform to rules hereafter. The line has been duly drawn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
A LONE OCCUPANT.

T have an idea in my head Please be silent moment What for?''
 T want to see if can hear it rattlng around"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16

The cruiser Birmingham is bombarding icebergs, hoping in that way to destroy their effectiveness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16

John D. advises people to eat less. but chorus ladies who are being entertained by young men decline to accept his ad- vice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16

Secretary MacVeigh may resign, but Tama Jim Wilson never will voluntarily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16

the several governments their hearty CO., operation for the purpose of bringing the republics of the western hemisphere into closer and more sympathetic trade rela tions through participation in the fifth an- nual convention of the Southern Commer- cial Congress, and in the active partici- patton in the permanent exhibit main- tained in Washington.
 Consular officers in Latin-American countries will bear In mind the depart ment's interest in the success of the con- eress, and supply the inauirers such in- formation as may be available as to the purposes of the congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
Southern Commercial Congress


 business viewpoint will be the Southern Commercial Congress. headquarters in Washington, D. C.. which is to convene in Mobile In the fall of 19l3 said mem Der of the Chamber of Commerce.
 That congress has been called in coll nection with the opening of the Panama canal. Clarence J. Owens, managing di- rector, whose office Is in the Southern building in the national capital, is just now calling attention to the letter which Secretary of State P. J. Knox Is send ing to the diplomatic and consular repre- sentatives of this country in the western hemisphere.
 "The motto of the congress is For a greater nation through a greater South, and Mir. Knox in referring to the motto says the work of the institution Is, there fore, national in its scope. It has for its purpose the interpretation of the re- sources of It's territory says Secretary Knox, and the exploitation of its advan- tages and opportunities for the informa- ton of the world MT. Knox's letter concludes as follows:
 "'while the congress is not part Of the federal government and the proposed fifth annual convention Is not to be held under governmental auspices, the depart ment of state cordially endorses the plans above mentioned and directs all diplo- matic representatives of the United States to cooperate in making the plans effective and to convey to the govern ments of the countries in which they are located information as to the approval Of the department of state and ask from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
MEDICAL EDUCATION IN EUROPE

The New York Mail calls it the moose welt party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
FAMILIAR NAME.

A Mr. Dinger lectured recently in the Christian church at Lawrence, Kans. Probably distant relation of Hum Din- ger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
The Open Air Concerts

"I am told that the committee of the Music Study club in charge of the park concerts vii have Napprs band play every Saturday afternoon during the remainder of tho summer in Rhodes park on the South Highlands" said a citizen.
 According to the original schedule q concert was to be given every week night in Capitol park, but as people are busy shopping on Saturday night. and as so many persons who enjoy open air music work in stores until 10 o'clock on that night, the Saturday attendance in Capitol park has been small com pared with the crowds that assemble on the other evenings of the week. It is proposed. then, to have the Saturday afternoon concert in Rhodes park in lieu of the Saturday night performance In Capitol park.
 The announcement that a request pro- gramme will be rendered in Capitol park every Wednesday night meets, no doubt. with general approval. This re- quest night programme follows the cus- tom of other cities"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
JUST ANY WAY.

JUST ANY WAY. The trains go north, the trains go south, The trains go east and west, But when I long to take a trip Most any way seems best!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
A GREAT HELP.

 No matter where one bubbles forth To view the rustic scene; Or west or east, or south or north, Tanks filled with gasoline Supply the puffing motor car With fuel to proceed Down lanes where pigs and poultry are, With undiminished speed
 RESPLENDENT YET DULL. Why do you avoid Plimpson?" Because his garments hurt my eyes" That being the case, why don't you wear green goggles when you talk to lim?"
 Because his conversation isn't worth that much to me-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
OUR CHOICE.

Some poets sing The skeeter: To us the rose
 Is sweeter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16
TELEPHONES

Things out of hope are compasst oft with yenf'riDg. Poems.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-16

z. E. Morgan and W. G. Wharton are the only authorized travelling represen- tatives of The Age-Herald in its circu- lation department.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1912-10-16
Score by Innings:

won, 2 to /. Pitchers, Marquard,
.O'Brien and Bedient.
Fourth Game-Friday at Pole
Grounds, New York. Red Sox
won, 3 to |. Pitchers, Wood and
Tesreau and Ames.
Fifth Game - Saturday, at
Fenway Park, Boston, Red Sox
won, 2 to 1. Pitchers, Bedient
and Cady and Mathewson.
Sixth Game--Monday at Polo
Grounds, New York. Giants
won, ) to .. Pitchers, Mar
guard and O'Brien and Collins.
Seventh Game To-day at Fen
way Park, Boston. Giants won
II to 4. Pitchers, Teereau and
Wood and Hall.
Eighth Game-Fenway Park,
Boston. Red Sox win, 3 to 2.
Pitchers, Bedient and Wood and
Mathewson.
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1912-10-16
MRS. ROOSEVELT
To JOIN HUSBAND
Alarmed at News of Husbands Con.
dlton, She Hurries to Chi
caeo From New York.

New York, Oct. 16-In order to be
with her husband while he is com
PEELED to remain in the Chicago hos
pital, and to be at his side when be
comes home to Oyster Bay, Mrs. The
odore Roosevelt, with her son Theo.
dore and her daughter Ethel left for
Chicago over the New York Central
railway Tuesday afternoon.
She was accompanied by her family
physician, DR.. Lambert, who will as.
sumo charge of the coloners case as
soon as he reaches him.
Mrs. Roosevelt said that while she
was satisfied the colonel was in no
danger, she believed that he would be
much more comfortable in mind and
body to have her with him.
Mrs. Roosevelt, her daughter Ethel
and Mrs. j. West Roosevelt went to
Progressive headquarters just before
noon, and in the private office OF
George w. Perkins listened to the
latest bulletins from Chicago.
while shocked by the occurrence,
said Mrs. Roosevelt, Il am hopeful,
and the latest word that my husband
rs in no danger has allayed some of
my fears"
George w. Perkins, who was alone
in Progressive headquarters when the
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1912-10-16

word came, prevented Mrs. Roosevelt
receiving a serious shock. The first
word the financier had was/from the
telegraph operator, who dashed madly
into the room, gasping out that Roose-
velt had been shot and killed.
Mrs. Roosevelt received the follow
ing telegram from her husband:
Il am now in the American hos
pital. The bullet did not hit anything
vital, and I think they will find it
somewhere around. 1t is no more
SERIOUS than the injury the boys re-
ceived My voice is holding out well.
and l will go on with the trip. Don't
worry. Love to all
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1912-10-16
STANDING OF CLUBS
HOW THE SERIES STAND

First Game-Tuesday, at Polo
grounds New York. Red Sox
won to 3. Pitchers, Wood and
Tesreau and Crandall.
Second Game-Wednesday at
Fenway Park, Boston. Tie game
D to = eleven innings. Pitchers,
Mathewson and Collins, Hall and
Bedient.
Third Game = Thursday at
Fenway Park, Boston. Giants
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1912-10-16

ONROOsEvE[T
POSTPONED
SURGEONS FIND CHEST WOUND
is FOUR INCHES DEEP AND
DELAY PROBE.
COLONEL MUST QUIT
CAMPAIGN, SAYS DOCTOR
viii Be Sent to Oyster Bay When
Sufficiently Recovered - ~
Could Speak Today"
He Declares.

Chicago, Oct. 16.-Col. Roosevelt
! Will not be operated on at once. His
! physicians issued a statement at Mer.
animation, indicating the former
presidents condition was such that it
would be preferable to permit him to
rest several days before attempting
to probe for the bullet fired into his
right breast by an assassin in Mil
waukee.
The statement shows Roosevelt's s
pulse was 80 at 10 a. m. 1t was "a in
the morning, and is normal at 72. His
temperature and respiration are good.
Earlier in the day DR.. Murphy, who
is chief surg con, made statement in
which he declared "Col. Roosevelt's s
life is not in any danger" but he said
also that the colonel would not be
able to do any more campaigning this
year. AS soon as he is able to travel,
DR.. Murphy said, he will be sent to
Oyster Bay and kept there until en-
tirely mended.
Roosevelt ate his customary break.
fast of bacon, eggs, toast and tea,
talked without difficulty and sent out
for five books to read in bed.
Colonel Says He Gould Speak.
DR.. Murphy and the other surgeons
were emphatic in telling the colonel
that to assure his complete recovery
he would have to remain quiet for sew
eral weeks and the colonel agreed re,
luctantly, insisting that he felt per
fectly At" and could make a public
speech.
The announcement that Col. Roose
welt would do no more campaigning
was followed by a revised announce
ment that If he recovered sufficiently
he might address a mass meeting at
Madison Square Garden in New York
about Oct. 26.
The first person whom Col. Roose-
velt asked to have brought to him at
the hospital was Rev. Edward ]. Bait
man, former chaplain in the United
States army and for years close per-
sonal friend of the Bull Moose leader
Maj. Battman was sent for at once to
be brought from his suburban home
in Wilmette.
During the preliminaries of the
X-ray examination at Mercy hospital,
Col Roosevelt laughed and joked with
the surgeons.
Carrying that speech in that pock-
ct certainly was a lucky thing for
you," said Dr. A. J. Ochsner, one of
the Chicago surgeons.
"Ho, ho!" the colonel laughed.
THAT speech would have stopped
more than bullet. 1t was great
speech"
DIR. John B. Murphy stopped peering
into the X-ray machine and looked at
the colonels face.
Game pretty near getting you,
colonel" said the surgeon.
mot with little bullet like that"
Col. Roosevelt replied. They'll have
to use bigger caliber lead than that If
they want to get me. 1t would take
howitzer to kill Bull Moose"
The colonel jokingly ehided the sur
geons for taking things so seriously"
He insisted he was feeling fine"
"Tll be out campaigning in the next
"a hours" he said. 'if they let me
have my way about it, I feel great
this morning and l could deliver
speech now II you doctors would let
me get up"
The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1912-10-16
Taft sends His Sympathy.

Ellis Island, N. Y, Oct. 16.-Presi-
dent Taft sent the following telegram
to Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Chicago:
'I-am greatly shocked to hear OF the
outrageous and deplorable assault
made upon you. And | earnestly hope
and pray that your recovery may be
speedy and without suffering. Will
liam II. TAFT"