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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-05
The Election of Judges

'"The next time we have a constitu- tional convention an effort should be made to have the method of selecting judges changed from election by the people to election by the legislature, or appointment by the governor, sub iect to ratification by the senate,' said an old citizen.
 q have never approved the popular election of judges and l have heard scores of other people protest against the system in vogue in this state In some states the people elect their judges. as in Alabama, but in Virginia. where l lived the greater part of my life. the legislature elects them.
 Florida has followed the federal plan which, by the way, is an eXcel- lent model The governor of Florida nominates a man for a judgeship to the state senate. But l believe most peo- pie would be satisfied with legislative election.
 No judge should be put in the posi- ton of the ordinary office seeker, but in the Alabama system most men who aspire to the Judiciary have to hustle and solicit votes just as other men do
 Tt some times happens that our can didates for judgeships will not ask any man to vote for them, but such men are seldom winners.
 We will probably have another con stitutional convention inside of 10 years. By that time I think public sentiment will make itself strongly felt in favor of the change suggested"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-05
KING EDWARDS POLITENESS .-rou- Tit Bits

The irreproachable politeness of the late King Edward was not only invidual and relative to persons, it was human and general as we'll once at Marienbad his majesty and a few friends were having tea in restaurant in the pine woods near the town. At a table close by sat another party, the host of which was a well known German prince.
 The work of attending to the guests at both tables devolved upon young English waitress, and the King did not fail to notice the rude, Clustering man ner of the royal German, who threateneu to report the terrified girl every time she had occasion to answer his summons. An moved by this most unjustifiable behaVlor' inc King said to Sir Stanley Clarke:
 You are to convey my thanks to the nroprietor here for the prompt and ad- mirable manner in which my party mas heen served at this restaurant"
 The command was instantly ooeyeo' much to the disgust of the adJoihins tapie "a disgust which was intensihed when in, King gave the timid young waitress a gold piece.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-05
HINTS ON OPENING \ BEEHIVE

From Garden and Farm Almanac
 Have the smoker ready to give forth a good volume of smoke. Use the smoker to scare the bees rather than to punish them,-
 Do not stand in front of the hive lest the bees passing out and in take um- brage.
 Be careful not to drop any implements with which you are working; take hold of all things firmly.
 Move steadily and not nervously.
 Do not run if frightened, for the bees understand what running away means asswell as you do.
 If the bees attack you, move slowly away, smoking them off as you go
 If a bee annoys you by her threatening attitude for some time, kill her ruth lessly.
 If stung by a bee. rub off the sting instead of pulling it out with the nails of the thumb and forefinger and thus forcing more venom into the wound.
 Ammonia applied to the wound made by bee sting will usually afford i'm. mediate relief.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-05
JOAN OF ARC
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From the New York Sun.
 Father Bernard Vaughan, tIe English Jesuit, delivered a lecture Monday night at the Waldorf on Joan of Are" Car dinal Farley presided. Marconi, the wine less inventor. introduced the speaker. Father Vaughan said in part:
 with your kind indulgence I am going to put before you the story of her life as she has put it before the whole world. 1 have no sympathy with persons ike Anatole France and Jules Blois, who, em- uiating the so-called art of Renan and Sabatier. have given their own interpre- tation of her life because her account of it does not happen to suit their peculiar theories of this world. Anatole France and Jules Blois, with those other two TO- mancers, Renan and Sabater, who have read their own story into the lives of our Blessed Lord and of St. Francis Assissi, may vanish into space. We have no use for them.'
 The lecturer described the child Joan as pure, bright, sweet and full of prom ise
 The lecturer contrasted the character
 
 DauphIn, and he pointed out that the diff ference between the two was just this, that the one used all her opportunities. whereas the other lost all his It was a type Of character like that of Charles which begot socialism, said Father Vaughan. Charles was good for noth- ing idler, a might have been. Father Vaughan pointed out to his hearers that after her victories at Orleans, and after the crownins of the King at Reims, the Maid, if she had had her own way would have returned to her village green. She was one who was not spoiled by success.
 Father Vaughan argued that the Maids life would have been incomplete as an object lesson to the world if she had not passed through martyrdom He made it clear that though the Maid was con demned to death by a tribunal presided over by a Catholic bishop it was no valid ecclesiastical court. Cauchon, Bishop Beauvais, who was president at the mock trial certainly did not represent the church, but the Duke of Bedford, whose oontemptble tool he was. Joan herself, realizing the irregularity of the situation anu Wndl WAS llheiN to be liie ihttHpu of procedure in her trial, vehemently pro- tested against it, reepating again and again the cry. ''I appeal to the Pope. ," It was Calixtus III who, as a matter of fact, restored her good name, while it Nas Plus x who had beautifed her.
 Father Vaughan remarked that were Joan of Arc living today she would not, he was sure, be a suffragette. Some peo- pic say she would So why not send her a wireless? asked Father Vaughan. If she were here today she might break our hearts, but she would never, in his opia- ion, break our windows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-05
DIPLOMATIC COMPLIMENTS
D the Saturday Evening Post.

From the Saturday Evening Post.
 Francis l. Madero, President of Mexico is a small man and somewhat sensitive on the subject. Not long ago Madero and his cabinet were photographed. Abraham Gonzales, secretary of state, is very tall man and stout, and he was required to stand next To Madero when the picture was taken.
 Madero lifted his eyes to the top of the head of the great Gonzales. observed the difference in stature and coughed slightly Then he said "I feel that my size will not show to advantage unless we are seated"
 Your excellency," replied Don Abra- ham, 'if you could only stand on your wisdom we should all be dwarfs."
 Well said. Madero returned, pro- vided you did not stand on your courtesy at the same time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-05
THE TRAGEDY AT MACON


 another that he wore a black derby. one will say that the fight occurred in the middle of the street. another that t oc- cured on the pavement.
 All human beings are more or less fallible in reporting what they have seen or in drawing deductions from it. For the protection of innocent men and womenr the law has been framed with view to presuming innocence until guilt is proved, and with a view to permitting the escape of nine guilty men rather than have one innocent man punished. The law naturally does not want nine guilty men to escape. but such precautions are provided against conviction of an inno- cent man that frequently guilty men do escape. To have the law framed in any other way, however. would be repugnant to the American sense of justice. The thought of an innocent man serving long term in prison is abhorrent to the last degree.
 Advocates of the recall of Judges and judicial decisions are making way for just such tragedies as the one that oc-f cured at Macon. Ga. Under tn claw. Tyndall is guilty of murder, if he fired the shot that killed the man who was on This porch that night The fact that mistake was made does not lessen Tyn- dals responsibility. If the verdict of the coroner's jury stands, it will be an invi- tation to other men to make the same defense to all sorts Of crimes. Were the thy of the people with Tyndall and were the recall in operation, no judge would dare cause his arrest and convic- tion. And yet. if such mistakes" are not punished, what is to become If even handed justice in the United States?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-05
Investigating the Salvation Army

Chief of Police George H. Bodeker has decided, at the instance of Police man J. E. Jones, to investigate the rooming house of the Salvation Army on South Twentieth street. Policeman Jones makes the grave charge that the people who live in the rooming house in question "are not what they should be-
 This charge is brought against an institution that works for and among the very poor, and Chief Bodeker will no doubt deal justly with the Salva- ton Army, giving it the benefit of impartial treatment. Every city needs the work done by the Salvation Army The Pisgah Home is no doubt another useful institution, and both are need ed here. There is room for both, and they should work side by side in 8 cordial manner
 Chief Bodeker's report will be awaited with interest, and The Age. Herald hopes it will be just and inn partial. A rooming house for the ac- commodation of the homeless anC moneyless is not a picnic, and it may be that the one on South Twentieth street S doing al that it can reaSotl ahly he expected to dc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-05
Fashions Edict and the Cotton Slump

The crop of cotton this year exceeds 16,000, ,000, an aggregate nearly 20 per cent larger than that of any other year. Large as the crop is, yet George Neville, president of the New York cotton exchange, says the price of the staple would not have slumped to 10 cents if women had refused to wear tube skirts which admit of but few undergarments. The demand for cot ton goods has been decreased by fash ions cdict, in other words, to the ex- tent of 12 yards on every costume purchased. This has cut down the de- mand for finished goods to remark able extent.
 MT. Neville, who was speaking be- fore the American Cotton Manufac- lures association at Washington, went on to say that modistes have now decreed that women shall wear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-05
Alabama's Control of Rates

The decisions recently pronounced in the federal district court at Mont romery in favor of the Louisville ard Nashville railroad ard the Central of Georgia raiil oad can well afford to wait upon decisions in the United States supreme court which will be rendered in similar cases from seven states. Judge Sanhorn's decision in the Minnesota case is one of the num- Der. The other states that are fight ing for the right to control intrastate rates are Missouri, Kentucky, Oregon, Ohio, West Virginia and Arkansas.
 Briefs have also been filed by Gov ernors Harmon, Hadley and Aldrich claiming the right of state to rega- late commerce within it's borders. \ big fight is also going on in which the railroads hope to have the state con- missions rendered subservient to the
  interstate commerce commission.
 While such great battle is pending 1t seems unnecessary to conduct much of fight from Alabama, for proba ply every important question involved in rate legislation will be decided b, the great court before its adjournment for the term.
 Governor Harmon claims that if g state cannot regulate railroads with. in its borders there is no power tc regulate them at all. Every possible question, including confiscation anc all that, is before the highest court and Alabama can stand still and soor know what power she has to regulat, the railroads within her borders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-05
Governor Aycock's Untimely Death

Governor Aycock's Untimely Death
 Deep gloom was cast over the Ala bama Educational association by the sudden death of former Gov Charles B. Aycock of North Carolina, which occurred last night on the stage of the Jefferson theatre while he was addressing the teachers of the state assembled in annual convention. For several years past the distinguished visitor had done splendid work in the cause of education, and his place on the programme here was a notable feature of the associations great meeting.
 The passing away of any public man, esteemed for his virtues and leadership, always causes sorrow, but the death of one under circumstances so startling as we have in Governor Aycock's untimely end has all the effect of lamentable tragedy.
 Governor Aycock had been one of North Carolina's most beloved chief executives. He was man of rare force of character and winning per- sonality. Fairly idolized throughout the state, his friends had been urging him to become a candidate for the United States Senate, and his ad- mirers looked forward to the day when he would grace seat in that body.
 The people of Alabama will sym pathize profoundly with the people of North Carolina in their irreparabe loss, and throughout the whole south the friends of education will lament and will long cherish the good mans memory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-05
UNDERWOOD GAINING GROUND

From the Mobile Register.
 Evidences continue to multiply showing that Oscar w. Underwood is gaining ground as presidential candidate. The silent force of the man is tremendous. He keeps steadily at his job in the House, and is apparently the least concerned man in the nation in the Underwood candidacy. Such course as he has pursued and is pursuing naturally attracts attention of thinking men, and it is the thinking men of the United States who are becoming more and more interested in Mr. Under wood.
 By the time the nominations of all the parties are made the air will be cleared, and it will be seen that the campaign will be one of issues and not of personalities The main issue, the one overlapping issue, will be the tariff. Thinking men see this, and they are discussing 1t in. all the marts of discussion. Naturally then they turn to Mr Underwood as the great leader of tariff reform, the one man in the demo- cratic party who is a practical tariff maker, who knows more about the tariff perhaps, than any other member of Con gress More than that he knows Con gress and how to control Congress the prime need of a President who is pledged to a given issue.
 Mr. Cleveand's critics charged against him that his failure to get through his tariff bills was due to his ignorance of Congress He was a greater moral force | than practical political force. This would hardly be true of Mir. Underwod As a practical political force he stands above his fellows, and they look up to him he deserves to be looked up to-a leader who leads his following in unbroken file | to victory after victory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-05
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 NGE of the reasons why society ln-
 slsts that individuals should not O take the law into their own hands, but should seek redress in the courts, is clearly shown by a tragedy re- gently enacted at Macon, Ga. Coming home unexpectedly one evening. Franklin TyndalL prominent man, thought he saw a stranger embracing and kissing his wife on the front porch. He pulled re- volVer from his poeekt and shot the man dead. After it was too late Tyndal dis covered that it was not his wife, but her sister, who was being embraced, and that the man whom he killed was to have been married to the young girl in several weeks. coroners jury exonerated Tyn- dall.
 If all men settled their disputes in the same manner, thousands of men would lose their lives annually through mis- takes of judgment, passion, or through mis taken identity. There would never be any assurance that the punishment for orehses would be adequate. Men with nasty tempers would be averaging sup poeeu insults every day in the week. mere IS no end of cases where all the evidence points. circumstantialIv, to the guilt or the defendant. but where inno- eenee IS prositively established by a calm review of the testimony in court.
 Any one who has listened 10 testi,po,1, in courtroom knows how the stories of eye witnesses to a given situation vary according to the DerceDtion ;,+o1,..
 and power of observation of the different spectators. One will say that the man who fired a shot wore gray felt hal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-05
JONAH's "sTORMY TIME"

Montelair (N. J) Dispatch to New York
 Sun.
 Jonah has had a stormy time, but still he is not an alegorcal myth" declared Bishop Joseph F. Berry of Buffalo in his sermon today to the Fifty-hfth New ark annual conference, over whose ses- sions he is presiding. He strongly de- nounced the doctrines which would have the world accept Christ merely as a good man. There is no grip in the gospel that makes Christ merely good man. D he said.
 The bishop smote higher criticism and the doctrine of the Interrogation mark, as he called the preachings which tend to pick flaws in the Bible Dead men in the pulpits. dead men In the governing boards and dead men in the pews of our churches-that will be the condition if we turn from Christ" said the bishop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-05
HOW TO GET TALL

E,ror, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 While the Germans are striving to be- oome a thin race, the Japanese are aspir- ,no to height This is the western idea of heinz A man, and anything western ap- meals to Japan. Nor is this the most dif- scult of initiative feats Any one, so it is said. can add an inch to his or her stature with trying a little. All one must do is pull ones self out. We append few rules:
 l. Place the head between two brass posts in the foot of the bed and push on the top rail. at the same time pulling
 back with the body and plunging around
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-05
SIR HENRY,s ADVICE
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune
 belated story of Sir Henry Irving comes from a former member of his com pany. Sir Henry received a number of notes which grew into letters of length when his secretary continued to ignore them. Finally one reached the gover- nor" who scanned it carefully and found that the writer complained that he was Sir Henry's double and was continually being mistaken for him. This evidently So annoyed the gentleman that he insisted on knowing what the famous actor intend cd to do about 1t.
 Sir Henry sent an envelope containing a shilling and the terse advice. Get your hair cut"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-05
From the Atlanta Constitution.
 X"/ILSON has carried Wisconsin, NA/ whereupon in the exuberance of
 " delight at having captured a

" delight at having captured certain republican state, the friends If the distinguished candidate declare that the campaign is over and that their favor te is in the White House-t though he has not to his credit one-fourth of the dele gates already elected.
 The average republican majority in Wisconsin for the past 20 years has run from 50,000 to 1O0,0O0 and there is no more chance of the democrats getting the cleo toral vote of Wisconsin this year than there is of the republicans carrying Georgia.
 Wisconsin is one of the ism" states. and it is a remarkable fact that in these lican, Wilson finds his real strength as a delegate getter. Wherever the "isms" are strongest Wilson runs best.
 But the democratic party cannot elect it's candidate for President this year by appealing to the ism states. They have chased the moonshine of this hope in the past, and always disastrously.
 No possible combination can spell suc- cess for the democrats this year unless it includes the states of New York, Con necticut, Ohio and Indiana. These states republican, the democrats are doomed to certain defeat These states democratic the victory of the party is assured.
 It is. therefore, to the doubtful states and those which have democratic incli- nation that the party must turn for suc- cess. New York, Ohio, Indiana and Con necticut all have democratic governors and each of them will go democratic in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-05

like a frightened horse. This will stretch the neck.
 2. Lying flat with the feet hooked in a chair across the doorway, try for about 10 minutes to reach some object on the floor just out of reach. The great variety of ways in which one can stretch and let out something here and there is astonishing. This exercise will loosen all the bones in the sockets.
 3. Stand erect, and try to touch the toes with the fingers without bending the knees. As you find yourself able to do this. touch them with the knuckles and, finally. clench the feet also and touch the foot knuckles with the hand knuckles. This will take lot of kinks out of your back.
 Buy yourself pair of suspenders big enough for you. A great many men would grow more if their suspenders would let them. Indeed, suspender stunt is the most common cause of short stature among men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-05
Business Before Congress

Majority Leader Underwood says the legislative work of the House will hereafter be confined to appropria- tion and supply bills, with a minimum of special legislation. An isthmian canal bill, and bill to abolish the commerce court and one to amend the patent laws will be considered. No bill to change the Sherman antitrust law will be considered before adjourn ment.
 This means that the House will en- deavor to pass all needful bills and be ready to adjourn by or before June IS, when the republican national con vention meets in Chicago
 Chairman Underwood is under no obligation to bring in more revisions of tariff schedules until the Senate acts upon those that the House sent to it. It is non-action by the Senate, in other words, that prevents further revision of the tariff. November will, however, decide whether the country wants tariff for revenue only or one for protection, including protection for profits. The decision of November will be final and conclusive. It will be in all probability plain and unmis- takable, and Leader Underwood is simply awaiting the verdict of the people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-05
REFLECTIONS OF \ BACHELOR

From tte New York Press.
 Women get so little because they ex- pect so much.
 Types that used to be gallant pirate captains are only admirals of finance new.
 Anything less than four hours of sound sleep in an armchair man calls just dozng off for second.
 It's not wrong for little girls to Kiss a man, because they have such wet kisses lie never wants them to do it.
 \ poor excuse isn't really a bit better than none al all. hut the poor devil ies- ycrately needing one has to think IL Is.