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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
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 q am glad that the national democratic commmittee chose Baltimore as the na-
 tional convention city, said an ardent
 party manA
 i 'The last national convention held in Baltimore was in 1872. Horace Greeley, 1 who had been one of the foremost repub- i lican leaders in the north was a eandi-
 date of the liberal party organized by a
 few conservative men who had belonged
 to one or the other of the two large par
 ties. By going on Jeff Davis bond Greeley
 had won the warm regard of the south
 ern democracy An effort was made to
 have the national democratic convention
 nominate Greeley as the democratic
 standard bearer. But that could not be
 done consistently. The convention, after good deal of debate, decided not to
 nominate candidate, but indorsed Greeley without putting ont ticket
 cast my first vote that year and voted
 for MT Greeley, but General Grant, who was then President was reelected by
 an overwhelming majority.
 "I did not attend the Baltimore conven- l tion, but my recollection is that the crowd gathered there on that occasion i numbered, according to newspaper re- ports, about 5o0O or 6000. Next June it is estimated that fully 10000 democrats will attend the Baltimore convention. Baltimore has about doubled in popu- lation since 1872 and as it has in it's l armory a hall with a seating capacity of fully POGO, there will be no trouble about | accommodating the multitude. Baltimore is not as well off in hotels as New York, which is par excellence the hotel city of the world. It's hotel accommodations may not be quite up to Chicago's, but l think it is in a class with St Louis and Phifa- delphia. Ii has hundreds of high class has many fine hotels, is a next door neighbor of the convention city. The rail- road schedule time between the two cities is only 40 or 45 minutes. In the matter of elegant cafes Baltimore is unsurpassed. High flyers say it is the best place in the the crowd that shouts when Alabama pre- sents the name of Oscar Underwood for the presidency l suppose that one reas- on why the committee selected Baltimore was that Maryland has no favorite son. St. Louis wanted the convention, but Mis- cratic nomination, and that fact would have embarrassed the situation. In Balti- more every aspirant will have a fair show, with the chances strongly in favor of Underwood"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
Independence for the Filipinos

Mr. Bryan, speaking at the Jackson Day dinner, did right when he called the attention of the party to it's pledge of 1908 in relation to the Philippines. Over six million democrats stand pledged by the platform of that year to grant independence to the Philip pines.
 We need the Philippines and the Malay population of the archipelago about as much as dog needs two tails, and the pledge of 1908 should at the first democratic opportunity be made good. The acquisition of the islands was an accident of the war of 1898 with Spain, and our rule in the Philippines has fully shown that we have no constitutional or democratic duties there. The seven millions of Malays in the islands will never be- come Americans in sympathy or as piration. Thei. traditions are wholly different. They cannot be assimilateo benevolently or otherwise. They arc Malays and Malays they will remain and few Americans will seek home in the tropics on the other side of the world. The pledge of 1908 should be faithfully carried out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 Pine Ridge, Ala, January s, 1912 Dear Mister Editor;
 Let's send Bill to China; that is, W. J. B They are in need of presidential candidate and he ought to fill the bill. We have run him so much in this coun- try until he ought not to mind taking a chance in that cline, "where the dawn comes up like thunder in China cross the hay"
 They have started new calendar over there, and with it they should not be denied new candidate for president that would incorporate every ism that has been promulgated from Moses to Bob 1ngersoll.
 If there is anything the new republic cf China needs more than anything else it is presidential candidate that knows how to run. and if our W. J. B. don't t know how to run, who does?
 In 1892, we rock ribbed democrats tried to shy him and his populistic followers off the track by electing a full demo- cratic government and get down to a tariff roforr1 basis, but unfortunately we hung up on the sherman silver law, and let down tho bars for an open fight for 1G to Lin 1896
 Ii John c. Carlisle had repudiated Calico" Charlie Foster and gone back to the treasury, and held to the old American doctrine that the word "con'' l meant either gold or silver, at the op- | ton of the government, we might have saved the country from the run on the national gold reserve and avoided the necessity of a bond issue and the per petual candidate" but that phase of our political history is a thing of the past, but w. J. B. we still have with us.
 If we could only induce aim to go to China, and run for president, maybe we could give oscar Underwood chance to get in few licks for sound democracy | And while we are talking about Oscar i Underwood why not get down to the facts in the case and show that for pure and unadulterated Americanism-that l Americanism that bears the marks oi Jefferson, John Randolph of Roanoke Nathaniel Macon, and on down the line comes nearer filling the bill than any man in public life today.
 Cut out the fact that he is from tho south-forget his nativity-abolish sec tional lines. and look at him as a nation al potentiality, measure him by evers test-true democracy. inteliectuality, men tai and personal boise, and to the un preiudiced mind he is the biggest men tality in the national democracy.
 We southern democrats have been bam boozled ana brow beaten into voting fo anything that the north saw fit 10 sc up for us, so long, that l for one an tired of ii, unless they can show tha they have the most worthy candidate.
 In this good year of 1912 the time, tn place, and the position all point to Osca Underwood for the next standard beare for the national democracy.
 If the nation has not yet gotten be yond the provincialism of drawing tn line at a southern man for the presiden cy, it is time that we should know ii and I'll tell you right now that if the, don't want Underwood for President Tn 'furninst" them. Yours truly,
 BENJAMIN PINEBURR.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
THE CAMPAIGN IN OHIO IN 1912

,lrrom the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 rrora sbould exist no desire upon the narr of any democrat in Ohio to underes- t;n,a+e the results of the elections of 1910 ,hro,gbout tbe union, and especially not that held i'll his own state
 Yet it would be gross folly and self ,ecention to attach undue importance to the victory obtained by the party that year in this state.
 We had in that contest ample evidence of the demoralized and disorganized con dition of the republican party, but our own vote, 75,00o short of the vote boiled for the same candidate for the same of- flee two years before was no evidence of his power as a vote getter, notwithstand- inc the much misunderstood 100000 plu- lality.
 The democrats of Ohio in every ward. township. city, county and congressional
 district in this state are aware of the state and local influence that entered into
 that campaign and that produced the results.
 They knew they were not national in their character and that in the next. cleo
 ton the democratic party will be con testing upon issues far removed from
 those that divided the opposition in the 1910 campaign.
 Every democrat knows also that the settling or unsettling, as the case may
 be. of the state issues involved ln the
 campaign of 1910 has drastically weak ened in this state the leading candldate Of that campaign.
 Disappointments as to expected acton
 upon various measures, resentments as 10 unexpected action as to others. grieV- ances, real or imagined, all the numer- ous causes that sap political strength ana bring political weakness have been hl I operation fer three years in this state national issues. and tremendous vote votes of shortage in 1910 might be hve
 times that shortage under existing condi- l tions in a national contest with a candi- | iate upon whom these local disappoint- inents. resentments and grievances would center. in addition to ike opposition upon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
The Business Outlook

In the business world dullness is al- ways the rule during the first 10 days or two weeks of January. In Wall street holiday inacticity begins sev- eral days before Christmas and con tinues well into the new year. In the retail trade there is, holiday rush right up to Christmas eve, but then comes a Hull until January. Such are the conditions year in and year out, but the outlook for each new year is definitely outlined before the Christ mastide is over, and the prospects for this present year are reasonably bright.
 At any rate, the consensus of opin- ion seems to be that 1912 will be g much better year than 1911. The year lust closed witnessed considerable de- pression in the industrial world ano much timidity on the part of capital The low price of iron and the low price of cotton were unfavorable ba- rometers, but notwithstanding those two far-reaching facts business ir 1911 was by no means as depressed as some pessimists 12 months ago predicted that it would be-.
 It is believed now that the disquiet- ing effect of politics in this presiden- tial campaign year has been largely
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
Preaching and Practice.

'In Atlanta the other day" stated q well known Birmingham lawyer yester- day afternoon, "I was informed by a leading haberdasher of that city that he had built up a fine Birmingham trade. He declared that his speciality, a 8 shirt, was very popular in the Magic City.
 Becoming interested, I asked him the names of some of the Birmingham men with whom he had had dealings. He very politely furnished me the list desired and | was amazed to find among the numer- ous names several of men who are lead ins spirits in the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce.
 "On returning to Birmingham the first thing that caught my eye was a large electric sign erected by the Chamber of Commerce, reading Trade in Birming- ham,. The seriousness of the situation so effected ne that sent in my resigna- ton as d men1ber of the chamber. The Atlanta shirts which are popular in Bir- mingham can be obtained from Birming- ham merchants at $1.50''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
ABOUT MUSICAL COMEDY

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 rHE news that Miss Mabel Harrison
 is i'll of tuberculosis at Saranac
 \ Lake, and may probably not re- cover, will cause very genuine regret to many Louisville theatregoers wbo re- member hec as the leading woman in one Of the few good musical comedies that have been written in the last 15 years, Babes in Toyland." The dispatches telling of her illness mention Miss Bar rison as having won considerable sue cess in "The Blue Mouse coarse farce that had a profitable run several years after she played delightfully."- the role or a school girl and sang and acted charm ingly the simple little song, T Can't Do That Sum-
 only once in a long while is there a break in the list of coarse and noisy examinations called musical comedy and the creation of one boasting little sense and sentiment as well as music that does not suggest the circus parade. Dolly Warden. . in which Miss Lulu Glaser took the playgoing public by storm in the role of an unsophisticated young girl from the country "as fragrant as an English garden" Babes in Toyland' in which Miss Harrison wore short dreses and hair down her back in pigtals and, with her slate pencil poised above her slate, sang put down six and carry two-gee but that is hard to do;" "A Country Girr' in which tlfe late Miss Helen Marvin and Miss Blanche Deyo divided honors in two very different characters both or them '.nicee young girls, are three that were at once wholesome, bright and mu- sical. All of these were box office sue cesses. "A Country Girl" better known in the east than the west, was deemed worthy of a revival several years after if enjoyed two or three seasons or pop u,arity. and Babes in Toyland' was presented by other casts than that which Miss Harrison headed.
 "What the people want' is musical com edies depicting scenes of debauchery in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
Wind Burning Automobiles.

Some few citizens, but perhaps no po- loeman, knows that Birmingham can boast of one of the finest speedways in the United States, and that it is none other than Eighteenth street from Tenth avenue to the railroad crossing, said a Southside resident. Records for speed are made there every day between the hours of D. m. and Il p. m, but the record for killing fortunately yet remains to be made
 "On the afternoon of Christmas Day saw an automobile making a 60 mile an hour pace along that street, and on Sun day evening had a hairbreadth escape from instantaneous death by one of these burn the wind chauffeurs, but I want to take this opportunity of telling these speeders that if they threaten my life or limb by burning the wind I'll threaten theirs by burning powder. If l can't get protection through the law I'll pro- tect myself and take the consequences.
 'All the laws and ordinances ever passed against speeding will not have the effect of stopping it until we find one of these speeders is put upon the streets with broom in his hand and irons on his ankles. One or two such examples would soon put a stop to what is fast becoming an intolerable nuisance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
SOME NOTED OBJECTS

From the Chicago Tribune.
 The 15 most noted objects of scenic in terest on tire Baltimore and Ohio railwa, in the picturesque region between Wash ington and the Ohio river: 1. Genuine Bull Sawdust Smoking To
 bacco.
 2. Stiffkins Starch. 3. The Coal Dust Twins. 1. Trappers' Whisky, First Under tin,
 table
 5. Sudds' Pink Ribbon Milwaukee Beer. 6. Gastoria. The Children Howl for it I. Airy Fairy Soap. s. Use Flulte's Mixture. 9. Smoke the Buzzard 5 cent Seegar. 10. Drink Hccus Focus. II Chew Old Family Plug. 12. Jojos Borated Talcum Powder. 13 No trespassing. A. This Farm for Sail. 1s. no HunTinG AlouD.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
TRIBULATIONS.

AFFILIATIONS. The life Of any seribbler Is not lust what it seems, For topographic errors Do haunt him in his dreams.
 Birmingham Age-Herald< And when he finds an error And sends up correction They sifnply make another And fill him with dejection.
 Milwaukee Sentinel And when he grabs the proof sheet And makes his meaning plain, This is the way it's printed ''Aeiouydzzzlsiij xxzzlji<X S67,p And then he goes insane
 Cincinnati Enquirer. My cup of woe is brimming- have enough to fill it. l wrote Take out quite plainly But the foreman failed 10 kill it.
 Louisville Post
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
RESTRICTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The success that a man admires is his own.
 There's no law against picking mans pocket if it's in horse trade.
 The reason a boy looks so much like his father is it's going to be so unlucky for him all his life.
 The only time microbes make it dan- gerous for a man ito kiss girl is when her father catches them at it.
 The more money goes into wedding presents for young couple the more useful it would be for them to have some of 1t to pay the bills of the grocer aud butcher.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
An Undesirable Citizen.

Mai. ". A. Moody is the best baseball fan in Birmingham, and a "knocker' or the home club, in his estimation, Is an undesirable citizen.
 In the presence of the major yesterday some friends related the following story: "A candidate for office, one morning dur ing the baseball season, met Major Moody and requested his support in the primary which was about to be.
 ''The major replied: At yesterdays ball game I heard you knocking the home club, and therefore I cannot vote for you. I do not consider the man who knocks home enterprise the proper citizen to elevate to high office"
 Major Moody doesn't deny the story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
Baltimore Wins

The National Democratic committee acted wisely in selecting Baltimore as the convention city. June 25 is the date-a week after the republican con- vention.
 Baltimore will prove an ideal con- vention city A hall with a seating capacity of 20,000 is required to ac- commodate the vast throng of demo- crats that attend national conven- ton. Baltimore has that hall. s The Fifth Regiment armory, where the convention is to be held, has been thor oughly tested. The Saengerfest met there in 1903. On that occasion there were 5000 singers on the stage, and the audience numbered not less than 5000. The armory is on level with the street, and no buildings adjoin it. It is safe, therefore, and by the plen- tiful use of electric fans it can be made comfortable in June.
 Baltimore, like all communities in it's latitude, is insufferably hot in mid summer, but the temperature there in June is always delightful. According to the weather bureau, Baltimore's average temperature in the month of June, 1907, was only 66.7 degrees. In 1910 June averaged 70.4. Last year it was 73.4, and in no June during the last eight years has the average gone higher than was recorded in 1911. Baltimore is one of the most hospit- able cities in the country. It has eX- cellent hotels, and it is famed for it's cafes.
 Democracy's hosts will gather in Baltimore from every quarter and if the hotel accommodations are not suf- ficient to meet the demand, Washing ton is only 45 minutes from that city, while Philadelphia is close enough to be utilized if necessary for hotel pur- poses. Oscar Underwood, whose name will be presented to the convention for the presidential nomination, will be pleased at the committees. action in voting for Baltimore. His friends have all along been strongly in favor of that city.
 Mir. Underwood's strength as a presidential quantity is increasing rapidly He is the logical candidate, and in him are combined all the ele- ments of successful leadership. In the first place he is the acknowledged master of the tariff situation, and the tariff will be the great issue upon which the presidential contest is to be conducted. He is courageous to the last degree, but is proverbially cool and temperamentally conservative. If the Baltimore convention places Un- derwood at the head of the ticket, no matter who may be his republican opponent, the democracy will win 8 splendid victory in November.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
Ifnder,yood Long Considerch.

"As far back as November 12, 1910, ' stated R. II. Baugh yesterday morning, business men ol the east were consider ing Oscar Underwood's rising star.
 "On that date received letter from Morris Bucl1ner, vice president of the National Trust company, inquiring con corning the estimation in which Birming- ham holds it's favorite son.
 "In replying I spent considerable time in eulogizing Underwood, and was grati- fled shortly afterwards to receive anoth- CT letter from Buckner in which he also praised the congressman.
 q believe that the solid men of the east are heartily in favor of MT. Under wood, because in him they know that there is no agency bent on the unneces- sary disturbance Of business. The people want safe and sane man at the head or the government. Business certainly needs rest from political agitation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
\ CONTRAST.

\ CONTRAST. Full oft, upon rainy day You'll hear the Trouble Brother say. "1 sure do wish the sun would shine No more of this deluge for miner Such dolaful tones he doth impart. Who hath no sunshine in his heart No happy store on which to draw When soddeh clouds and winters flaw Make dreary all the world about. Til people scarcely venture out. The cheery wight rocks little what The elements may do. or not. Still doth he keep from feeling blue, However great his share of rue, Well pleased to show his level best, With all q youths unhagging zest; And stormy days, or days of sun, His gladdest thought: My duty
 done!n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
NrcoLErE IN THE TOWER

From "Aucassin and Nicolete.' Nicolete, as ye heard tell,
 Prisoned is within a cell
 That is painted wondrously With colours of a far eountrie, And the window of marble wrought There the maiden stood in thought, With straight brows and yellow hair. Never saw ye fairer fair.
 On the wood she gazed below. And she saw the roses blow, Heard the birds sing loud and low, Therefore spoke she woefulIy;
 "Ah, me, wherefore do I lie
 Here in prison wrongfully?
 Aucassin, my love, my knight. Am I not thy hearts delight, Thou that lowest me alright? 'Tis for thee that I must dwell In the vaulted chamber cell. @ Hard beset and all alone!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10

his record and associations in nations issues of supreme importance and ir terest to the people.
 This coming campaign is to be a cor test for the advancement of the interest of the great masses of the people, and [ select as the leader of that campaign candidate whose vote had fallen off 75,o' in two years time in his own state al. whose record in national affairs had bee in opposition to the party candidates al platforms, would be but a travesty, CT tirely unwarranted considering the IT. portance of the issues involved.
 This campaign will be between the T, publican and the democratic parties upe, national issues. and tremnedous Vo, will be boiled in Ohio. Our candida must be one that will appeal to U voters through his fidelity to his pledge his loyalty to his supporters, and h, long and faithful attachment to the prll ciples advocated by the party.
 Ohio's electorate has largely increasP in numbers since 1908.
 The voters in the state were far mo' numerous in 1910 than in 1908, yet t' vote of the entire state was 100000 vot' less in 1910 than in the earlier year.
 The sOo.Cd0 voters of this state WI failed to vote in 1910 will be at the poi next November. and the democrats Vi need a candidate to head their ticket th can carry the state upon the greatf total vote ever cast
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
4 PHILANTHRoPIST

Now that poor Doe" Quigley is dead, some affecting tributes of esteem are be- Ing paid to his memory. If everyone whom Doe made laugh in his long ca reer on the stage-those who still survive hin-were to cast a single flower on his resting place. it would be buried deep in bossoms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
A suRMIsE.

Colonel Bailey of Houston tells about Kansas woman with 8 cats and lus- band who is suing for divorce. That poor man probably believes, deep down in his heart, as the saying goes, that there are really s6 cats at his house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
Last Year.s Business.

''While there was some activity in cer- tain lines of business last year. it was not as satisfactory as one might have expected. owing in large measure, think, to political agitation said Matthew l.. Stetson of Chicago. Still. 1911 might have been worse. and now that it is passed we business men should feel thankful that things rocked along as well as they did.
 'rhe new year opens much brighter than 1911. I predict that in spite of a presidential campaign general trade will be fairly brisk this spring. There Is ger>
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10
INSTRUMENTS.

"so yoa have bought a new set of shakespeare?7
 Yes"
 How are the notes?" Easy! The first doesn't fall due for month yet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10

erai talk of boom year from now, and t may be that that boom will start heAe November"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-10

In 19 years Edison says horses will have from Chicago. He should in all kindness have allowed the horses an oil her Near