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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
Fruits and Produce

tCOrrtcted Dy DOuBIas Rros.) Apples, fancy northern. per bbl., $40 $50: bulk, $2.f503: cabbage. Danish, SEC h.; cabbage. new. Florida y375 per crate; lemons, fancy per box, s40 450: Times. imported, sl: pineapp s2.15Q3 per crate; Irish notatoes. per bushel, $1.00: sweet potatoes, Dooley yams, per bushel. s1.50; rdtabagas, Can adian, lD.. 21ac; onions. Red Globe. per ID. 6c: Spanish, per crate, 8; celery. Florida, per crate, 8; per dozen punches, S125; oranges, Florida. sauo 3.25; cranberries. per box. s275@3. per bbl. sl1: grapefruit, Florida, S6f5 50; Strawberries. South Alabama, s2 .O0lf3 y50. strawberries, S5c per quart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
Treasury Statement

Washington. April 19.-At the beginning of business today the condition of the United States treasury was: Working balance in treasury offices, $64,S5S, ,697; in banks and Philippine treasury, s31, ,6a4, 320 The total balance in general fund was sl2Go2l,7Sf. Ordinary receipts yesterday were H,S43,679. Ordinary disbursements were s1. .504, ,2S9. The deficit to date this fis- cal year is sl4,s77,a5S, as against deficit of H.54S9s5 at this date last year.
 These figures exclude Panama canal and public debt transactions
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TECHNICAL EXPERTS
 TO HELP IN PROBE

London, April 19.-The Morning Post learns that several technical experts and others are about to leave England for the United States to assist in the inquiry into the Titanic disaster. It is understood the evidence taken in the United States will be utilized for the inquiry subsequently, to be held in Eng land.
 The relief fund here now totals near ly $200,O00. Of this amount Ambassa- dor Reid contributed s2500.
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St. Louis Produce

St. Louis, April 19.-F'lour strong. Hay strong timothy. s27a3O. 50; prairie. >s22at 25.50. Whisky, s1. 40. Iron cotton ties, 9lc. Bagglng. SMc. Hemp twine, 7l5c. Pork un- changed; prime steam, s9 .95Gf10.05. Dry salt meats unchanged; boxed extra shorts, He: clear ribs, lie; short clears, 1lAc. Bacon unchanged; boxed extra shorts, 12c; clear ribs, 12c; short clears. 12A. Re- ceipts: Flour, 13,009; wheat, 22,00o; corn, 6l eco; oats, 36000. Shipments Flour, 6o00; wheat, 4O,0O0; corn. 40,000; oats, II, GOO.
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.'S Letter

New York, April 9.-(Special.)- .)-rhe market took on a different complexion today with poor cables, more settled weather and favorable outlook. Large selling followed with heavy liquidation by the leading long interests. Flood news was lacking and there appears an easier feeling with pause in specua- ton. The worlds takings of American for the week 275.oOo bales, last year 199,00o Interior stocks lost 2700O bales.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
Naval Stores

Savannah. April 19-Turpentine. firm; 44tsc; sales 333; receipts. 3e6. ship nients, 4s2; stock. HAT. Rosin, firm; sales, 5419; receipts. 1882; shipments, SAT: stock, 42,421. Quote: B. SC 45; D, s6.75: E. s6.9 F. c, H and l. 7.10@ : 12Ib; K, $7.15m7 20; M. ST. 20@7 .25; IN. s7.25@7 30; VIC. s7.3O@7.35; wv, 3567.40.
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Cnftnn Receints 1

New York, April 19.-The following arc the total net receipts of cotton at all ports since September 1:
 Galveston, 3,3d ,676: New Orleans, 1,5SS,- s57: Mobile, 36S,l45; Savannah, 2,2Io.l55; Charleston. 406, ,4I2; Wilmington, 53JSSl; Norfolk. 6lf957; Baltimore. lo3,S5o; New ork, 1866; Boston. 56964; Newport News, 3O31s; Philadelphia, 967; San Francisco. 203, ,O05; Brunswick, 4l5,O93; Port Townsend. 176,347; Pensacola, 206,135; Port Arthur and sabine Pass, 1si,73l; Jacksonville, 59,5i0, Laredo 1866; Georgetown, 969, Gulfport. 65,1sl; Texas City. 5S3, lS3; minor ports, 1856. Total, II ,370, 36l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
Montgomery Market

7 Montgomery, April -(speciai,)--The local produce market today was practi- cally unchanged. The same variety of vegetables were to be had that have been on the stands for the past few days and the prices were also unchanged
 The scarcity of eggs continues. though the price of 20 cents per dozen still holds An abundance of vegetables and other table supplies were to be had at all of rhe stands.
 The cotton market was steady; strict middling sold at 1liac and middling at He.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
Bonds
New York Money

z New York, April 19.-Money on cal easy, 219a3 per cent; ruling rate 2s4 pei cent; closing bid, 2ss per cent: offered al 2s4 per cent. Time loans weaker; 50 days 4i4@81a per cent; 90 days. 31ad3s4 per cent; six months, 3s4 per cent. Prime mercan- tile paper, 44m4lh .per cent Actual bus tness in bankers bills. s4.s425 for 60 day bills and at s4.s7 30 for demand. Conner cial bills, $4.S3ia Mexican dollars. 47c Government bonds steady; railroad bonds easy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
Cotton Seed Oil

New York, April 19--Cotton seed oil was moderately active. prices showing slight decline under scattering selling by local longs, inspired by better weather south, easier cotton and lard markets and less active outside demand. Futures closed to for April and points lower on later months. Total sales. 24,900
 New Orleans, April 19.-Cotton seed oil, rrime refined, in barrels per pound. 5.Joc. Choice meal, s per cent ammonia per long ton. s29; choice cake, s per cent am monia, per long ton, S2S.
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Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, April l9-Cash wheat No
 hard, s1.S0115. No. ? red. s1.o9lt1 l01s. Corn, No 2 mixed. 79lsmSOc; No. white, SodsOlk. oats No. ? white. 59HfaeOc: No. 2 mixed, 59159ihc. Close: Wheat, May, slc77s; July. sl.O1ss; September, 9slz09s5kc. Corn, May. 7S7sc; July, 76asc; September, nssc. Oats, July. 52c; September, Pie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
HUBBARD EROS. & CO

Cotton Merchants, Hanover sauure. r |. Members New York Cotton EH. change. New Orleans Cotton Exchan@s New York Produce Exchange. Asso. slate Aembers assrpoodi l,d Cotton Asso. chase and sale Of Cotton and Coffor Seed oil for future delivery. Special Sf. tention and liberal terms given for con. fragments of spot cotton for dol1vo9V. eeyrespondeneo invito4s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
Poultry and Epgs

fCorrected by CAPITAL & Hine.J
 Hens. 35@50c; live. per pound, 14c; large flyers. 15c lb.: medium fryers, 25c per pound; small. pc per D ducks. 30@ 40c each; guineas, 25c; roost- CTS, BOG each; geese, 4nQ Soc; live tur- keys, 20c; eggs, fresh, 20x2lc; country butter 20125c lb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
Flour and Foodstuffs

tCorrected by tennessee Mill Co)
 Self raising flour. s6: Nellie King flour. per barrel, s54O; bolted meal, per ss pound sack, s2; No. ? corn, per bushel, Kiln dried Sl 10; pure wheat shorts s35; pure wheat bran $34 C. s. hulls per ton, si1; !; prime C. s. Meal. per ton. 80; C. S. feed meal, ger ton, s25; No. timothy hay per ton, s32; mixed alfalfa and Johnson grass, s26; corn chops, per 100 pound sack, $1.J5; white oats, 75c; alfalfa hay, s35; Johnson grass, SPA.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
Liverpool Grain

Liverpool. April 19.-Wheat spot, No 2 red western winter, Ss 49d; No. , Mani toka not quoted. Futures firm; May, Ss I'd. July, IS 10Ad; october. Is 7ssd. Corn, spot, American mixed firm; 6s 6d Amer ican mixed, old, firm. Gs l1isd: American, new. Kiln dried, steady; 6s 9Nd. Futures modified; May, 6s 71kd; September, 5s 4Itd.
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receipts 2s1; gross receipts. 2si: sales. 56s; stock. 19,i96
 Lorisville; Firm; middling, 11iac, net re- eeipts, 162; gross reeeiptsl 169i shipments, 19, sales, POP. stock, 16o.
 Total today: Net receipts. 4975: gross re- eeipts, 6696; shipments, 9649; sales, S955; stock, 2I7521
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Dry Goods

New York, April 19.-The cotton goods markets were steady and quieter during the day. Jobbers report moderate trade with resistance to price advance shown in several quarters. Price advances shown in several other quarters were noted Trading of moderate volume in coarse woolens and pulled wooIs had It's effect Yarns were advanced. Knit goods are tending higher and upward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
New Orleans Cotton Futures

New Orleans. April 19.-Spot cotton steady; middling, 11%c: sales, 300; to ar rive, 225. Low ordinary, 5-1ec; ordinary, 1-ae; good ordinary, 19 9-16e; strict good ordinary, 10 15-16c; low middling. Ike; strict low mddling. 111ac; rniddling, 1l%c; strict middling, 12 1-16c; good mddlinS, 12 5-16c; strct good middling, 12ltc; mid ding fair, 12 13-16c; middling fair to fair. E S-16c; fair, 13 9-16c. Receipts, 329S stock l1225O
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Local Cnttnn
Pig Iron
Meats

Corrected by Armour & Co.) Lard, 12ssc; compound, 95sc: D. S. snors ribs, 1l.S0c; rib bellies, r. 40c; ham butts 13isc, Boston butts, He; pork loins, 15hc; spare ribs, lie; breakfast bacon. 20Q22c. Star Reg. ham, 1Gc; Star skinned ham, 17Ac
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Y, mn last wear and l7s.OOO year befor'

oa5ooo last year and 173,0oo year petors last. ,.. .s11 l
 Total since September 1 this year. IT. DO ooo, against 9.SO.0OO last year and S'S'0'1 GOO the year before. c....oa.
 or this northern spinners and canaaa took 2.042,O GOO bales this year, against l,eso,- GOO last year and 1,SSsOOO the year psio,9' s1, sonthern spinners. 2,110,eO0 against 1,Sl4.- ooo last wear and 1,796OO0 the year betorei and foreign splnners. I.O5S,O0o. against D. 5lsoo0 last year and 4,7A.ooO the year oe- fore. -.,+,o,,
 .tIncludlng overland minus correc'ion 5000 since September l.
 Not including overland minus cor1se. tion. --l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
Imports of Merchandise

New York, April 1s.-Imports of mer- chandise and dry goods at the port oi New York for the week ending April 1a were valued at s23.444174. Imports of spe- cie for this port for the week ending to- day were s259, 1885 silver. s42l ,629 gold: ex- rorts. sqI1,134 silver and $411 ,99S gold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
St. Louis Grain

St. Louis, April 19.-Cash wheat, No { red, sl.15a1.1G; No hard, s1.10M117. Corn No. 3, Sl1sc; No. 3 white, S2as5c. Oats No. 2 5sc: No. white, 59Ac. Close wheat, May, N.1215; July, s106isGl1 .07
 Corn, May. S0ssc; July, 7s2sm1S1sc. oats May, 57ikc; July. 537zGt54c
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Weekly Cotton Statistics

Liverpool, April 19.-Weekly statistics: Imports all kinds. 5000 bales; imports American, 42,000; stock all kinds. 1,340,0O0; stock American, 1.224,000: American for- warded 6G0OO total exports, 7i5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20

U. (. V. REUNION, MACON.
 CAMPS FROM BIRMINGHAM, ENSLEY, BEsSENER, EAST LAKE, AvONDALE AND WOODLAWN WILL LEAVE ON U. C. V. SPECIAL TRAIN MONDAY, MAY c, s;OO A. M.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
Live Stock Market

200: market, steady to strong bea,es s5.6od s.. 75. Texas steers, s4.750 n. western steers, s5.60m710: stoclxers A 30m6. 65; cows and heifers, s2.s5@' i i.25; calves. $4.50@7.50
 Hogs: Receipts, 2o.0o0: marka. firm to shade higher; native, s5s 5o. western. f.25@7' yearlings, s5.som f.25: native lambs, s. 25G7 90: wes- .ern, s5 5o@S. 35.
 St. Louis, April 1a.-Catt1e: Receipts.
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Taking of American Cotton

New Orleans. April 19.-Secretary Hester gives the taking of American cotton by spinners throughout the world as follows in round numbers:
 This week this year '3O1.O0o. against
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Grain Receipts and Shipments

Kansas City, April 19.-Receipts: heat, 2l 0s0, corn, 16.0Oe; oats, 9O0O Shipments: Wheat, 57,OCO; corn, 330O0; oats, 9000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
Coffeesand Sugar

Corrected by Franklin. Stiles & frank- lin. Coffee: ArbuckIes. s2s.3O per 100 lbs. l: Luzanne. PIC lb. Sugar: Standard gran.
 ulated. 6Ac lb.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-11
The Greek Letter Societies.

1t will be surprising to great many
people to learn that there are in Amer
ican colleges to-day 2.5oo chapters of
Greek letter fraternities, that these
chapters in their time have initiated
$4,000 men, and that they own prop
erty valued at least at about $I5.ooo.ooo.
Much has been written of college
"frats." They have sometimes been re-
garded as destroyers of higher scho-
lastic standards, have often been ac-
cused of being potent influences for
evil, and occasionally have been charged
with fostering among their members a
spirit of snobbishness and hostility to
all things pertaining to the general good
of the schools.
Many who have studied the question
of fraternities in school believe them to
be of benefit instead of harm The
fraternity system with its tremendous
membership of educated and enlightened
men and its vast financial resources
can be made an enormous force for
good or for i'll. The duty of the pres
ert is to see that they develop along
lines that viii not interfere with aca-
demic democracy and Intercollegiate
prosperity. -
The Washington herald., 1912-10-11
Best Way to Save the Seal.

A single closed season has resulted
in an increase Of the Alaskan seal pack
to number greater than it had at
tanned within the past fifteen years.
There are 10000 more seals on the
Pribilof rookeries than there were in
1911, and of this increase nearly $4,000
are females. Commissioner Bowers at
tributes the increase to the suspension
OF pelagic sealing and refers to "a Bit
ter controversy" on this subject before
Congressional committees.
But the theory that the decline and
threatened extinction of the seal herds
were due mainly to the pelagic hunt of
these animals was never seriously con-
troverted; the question in dispute was
the advisability of continuing the drives
on shore of the bachelor males. The
fur seal is a polygamist, and the killing
off of the surplus male population was
held to be advantageous to the herds
as whole. Congress, however, has not
adopted this theory, but has suspended
u killing on land for five years. Pc
iagi- hunting is permanently enjoined
by treat
The Washington herald., 1912-10-11

|perience when the Legislature submits
important issues TO the electorate.
II is some time since Ohio had .
constitutional convention, so that her
voters are not exactly suffering from
WEAKNESS in this matter. Their op-
portunity was an unusual one. If they
neglected to take advantage Of it. how
much interest would they display if
they were called on frequently to cor
rect the constitutional decisions Of their
courts?
All this. of course, is apart from the
question whether they are competent to
do the work of the courts better than
the courts do it. Few people doubt
that the courts sometimes make mis-
takes. or that there is need of judicial
reform, but We have yet to hear any
convincing reason why, if the people
don't succeed in choosing satisfactory
judges, they can nevertheless be expect
ed to take the time and trouble to
serve satisfactorily as their own SUI
preme court for peculiarly difficult
class of cases. IL
The Washington herald., 1912-10-11
Panama Canal Too Small.

H. H. Windrrr in the Porular Mechanics Maga-
zine.
That the limit in the building Of big
ships has not yet been reached or even
decided on, is the opinion Of the recent
International Congress Of Navigation.
As to what the final extreme length of
ships may be no one seemed willing to
definitely commit himself. The subject
came up during the discussion OF a re-
port in which 1t was recommended that
a Limitation in size might be secured by
refusing government aid to the building
or operation of sea-going vessels whose
maximum dimensions exceeded, length,
800 feet; breadth. Jos feet; draft. 3c.2 feet.
At the same time the prediction was
made that the time was not for distant
when the Panama Canal will be too
small to permit the safe passage Of the
great ships Of the future. Naturally the
loss Of the largest ship afioat was dis
cussed In its bearing on future contruc-
ton, but the opinion was that that event
would serve as no deterrent; that a
smaller ship with the same injury would
not have remained ahoat nearly as long.
On land the tendency is unquestionably
toward Capitalization and large units.
with a result of better service and
greater economy. The isolated electric
plant cannot, ordinarily, compete with
the large stations in big cities, Railroads
are building larger locomotives to haul
longer trains. Steel buildings that were
erected only ten years ago and which
should last a century are being pulled
down to be replaced by taller structures.
Whether this same tendency will work
out equally well when applied to the op-
Grafton of monster freight carriers at sea
is yet a disputed question.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-11
Best Medicine.
he RumAlo Exrrp~.

Fum the RuffAlo ExrrrS.
Fresh air Is probably the worlds best
medicine. not only in the treatment Of
disease. but in Its prevention. This Is a
statement buried in an announcement
by the National Association for the
Study and Prevention Of tuberculosis
Not one person In 100. it says further.
gets enough fresh air at his work. a: his
rest or in his sleep. The association has
published q handbook on the subject OF
sleeping out of doors and giving direc-
tions as to how to obtain the greatest
benefit in so doing.
The helpfulness of fresh air has long
been understood in a general way. but
calling IL the worlds best medicine will
give II a new value in the minds of
many. knowledge Of 1t has expanded in
the last few years from a point at which
II was thought necessary to send suffer
ers from tuberculosis to California. Colo
RADIO or Arizona to a point when the at
mosphere Of the Adirondacks was appre-
ciated. and since then. to the appre-
citation of the most available large open
space having clean air.
But while the curative work goes on.
thousands Of more or less able-bodied
persons make no effort to secure individ-
ual breathing space. They sleep with
closed windows, ride in closed cars and
work in stuny offices, shops or stores.
Some few persons in the crowd whose
lungs are offended protest or escape, but
the bulk Of humanity tolerates polluted
air while 1t cries for unpolluted food and
drink.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-11

A tank q Q receptacle. for holding
0uioo, ana - about - Interesting ~ .
DOE. or . stump. or . erosscut .saw. OF
. SPAWN cure.
There ars many kinds Of tanks which
are very useful. and without which this
would be . sad and dusty world.
water tanks are more necessary than
legislators. and gas tanks srs more
useful than orators. though not ~ i'm
posing. But there 10 one kind Of tank
which 10 of no use TO the world In any
capacity. and that II the man who de-
votes his life to the holding OF malt
and spirituous liquors.
Like other tanks. this sort Of man 10
niled through . small hole in the top.
but there the resemblance ends. What
ever is poured into him IL spoiled. and
moreover. II helps spoil him. There
are human tanks who hold almost in
creGisie amounts of liquor, but they
do not do II as successfully as barrels.
and they get nobody's thanks for it.
A human tank is a nuisance, because
after II II full II moves about from
place to place and gets in the way OF
trafnc and falls down on crowded side
walks and goes TO sleep with its boots
on. II a wooden tank were to roll on
its Foundation and stakEer from place
to place. emitting loud whoops and
shaking hands with total strangers. II
would be demolished with an Ak. But
everyone 10 kind to the human tank.
and gets out Of its way instead Of tip
ping II up and rolling II back to the
brewery where It belongs
Human tanks devote their lives and
energies to their profession. and MI
up each day with highballR.
whisky sours, sloe gins. peach BRAN
dies, Tom and Jerrys. and malt liquors.
A mixture like this would eat the lin.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-11
Mrs. Russell Sage's Benefaction.

1t was time that something decisive
should be done to protect the migratory
feathered creatures. The beautiful
wood duck is almost as nearly extinct
as the wild pigeon, whose flights dark
ened the skies within the memory of
men now living. The prairie chicken
is going fast Sportsmen who a few
years ago used to find quail and part
ridge in plenty in the North now make
pilgrimages to remote districts OF
Southern States for their favorite
shooting. Snipe and some of the
choicer varieties of the duck family
yearly grow more scarce. Song birds,
even. though protected in most places
by laws more vigorously enforced than
those as to game birds, need better pro-
lection and a better chance to breed
unmolested.
In the bird-refuge they will find such
protection. The American Game Pro-
tective and Propagation Society has
refuge and bird farm in Massachusetts.
Similar projects are contemplated by
sportsmen's organizations in other
States. There should be refuge some
where along the Carolina coast. With
this phase of the endeavor must 60
protective legislation. Eventually Fed
eral protection of migratory bird life
may be necessary, as varying State laws
leave odds against the birds.
Probably in no other way could Mrs.
Russell Sage have done so much for
the bird life of this country as by the
purchase Of Marsh Island, in Louisiana,
as a refuge for migratory birds. In
that great tract of wood and swamp
land they will feed and nest. and freed
from the attacks of market hunters,
poachers, and plume gatherers. game
birds and song birds alike can breed
and recruit their yearly dwindling num-
Ders. |
The Washington herald., 1912-10-11
A Bad Primary Law.

CALIFORNIA; record of the past, per-
haps, makes less surprising the dis
honor which it is now purposed to add
to it. The plans have been laid to dis
franchise in the present campaign a
great party, and this initiative has been
sanctioned by the States highest tri-
bunal.
Four years ago the President received
a plurality in California we'll up to-
ward a hundred thousand. When the
pre-convention primaries were held this
year fraction of the electorate reg
istered a preference in favor of Mr.
Roosevelt as the nominee of the Re-
publican convention. He failed to Sc
cure the prize. He left the party. and
IN new organization he usurps the
place that belongs to another In the
votes that President Taft will receive
in California his name will have to be
written in on the ballot, which imposes
upon those who prefer him task that
will lose him thousands of votes. A
more effective device for disfranchisc-
ment could hardly have been contrived.
Along this path the State provides a
fit leader, its own Governor, the rum
ming mate of the Moose leader. He has
referred to the President of the United
States in terms that might be pardoned
in the politician of the slurns, but COM
ing from one of his pretensions have
shocked the sense of decency of true
citizens. If such an extinguishment of
individual rights can be successfully ac-
complished it reveals weakness in our
electoral system. Should this usurpa-
ion prove successful in the State, Con-
yress should exercise every constitu-
ional power at its command to defeat
his wrong. ]
The court held that as long as the
provisions of the law had been COM
olied with the Attorney Generals de-
nurrer must be sustained. The courts
:stimate of the statute itself was ex-
,ressed by Chief Justice Beatty, who
aid:
In my opinion it is a very bad pri-
nary law. 1t disfranchises absolutely
he voters of this State and deprives
them of the free exercise of their func-
tons as independent voters. As to the
provision that hold-over State Senators
ere qualified to sit as delegates to help
choose Presidential electors, / see that
one-third of the voters are positively
without the right to express their free
choice. In this case the voters of four
teen Democratic districts were disfran-
chised.
A question may be permitted whether,
in view of the courts condemnation of
the law, it should not have found
against the Attorney Generals. de-
murrer.