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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14
Men Who Will Not Go to the Polls

The confusion in the republican party is so great and the trend to- ward Wilson is so manifest, it is plain the stay-at-home voter is this year to be reckoned with. Few if any demo- crats will stay at home, but the man who can estimate the number of re- publicans who will stay at home in the old rock-ribbed states will need be q close observer and trained student in politics.
 The drift everywhere according to all tests is toward the democratic standard bearer. And yet the "old guard" will not surrender, and the resourceful Roosevelt will be pretty sure to hold his vote. Outside of the old guard and of the half-frantic SUD- porters of the third ticket there will be . very considerable number of repub- licans of ripened age in good part who will either vote for Wilson or will not vote at all.
 The man who won't vote has moi been counted, and perhaps cannot be until the returns come in on the morn. ing of November 6. Registrations arc filling up slowly. Especially is this the case in Pennsylvania, which k emphatically doubtful, or at an. rate, contested state. The final reg filtration day in that state is October s, and the indications are that a re marlably light registration will be thu outcome. Thousands may stay al
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14
EDISON ON COST OF LIVING

From the New York Sun.
 MT. Edison said that. judging from the sentiments he had heard expressed by the workmen at the factories, Roosevelt would be winner.
 "T don't go out he said. T only judge from the men here. read three New York newspapers. but I don't be- lieye all they say. Roosevelt would win easily If there were not so many sheep in the world who won't think Then the inventor went on:
 The high cost of living is an eco |nomic question. Forty Senates and 40 Houses of Representatives could not change that. We want to live better and we're living a little higher in this country. only in the last eight years have the farmers beeen paying of their mortgages. For years previous they were making no money. Putting on a wage basis the work he and his family were doing, he was losing out. Now the farmer has his innings The ma ichinists and clerks are suffering. The farmer had the dirty end of the stick 10 years and now he's got the other lend. During thatn 40 years the east made money whiIe the farmer made nothing Now the farmer is making la bunch of it and the east is not mak- ing much"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14
Campaign Funds Past and Present

Former Treasurer Bliss admits in a letter laid before the Senate commit tee engaged in Investigating cam paign expenditures that the national campaign committee of the republican party had a fund of $1,600,000 in 1892, when Grover Cleveland defeat ed Harrison; a fund of $3,5o0,000 in 1896, when Mckinley defeated Bryan, and a fund "a trifle over" $3,000,000 in 1900, when Mckinley again defeat ed Bryan. The fund of 1904 was s2,1o0,ooo.
 These figures represent, however, national funds only, and it is plain they should be doubled to cover money paid into state funds and to congressional committees, if a true total of republican expenditures in presidential years be desirable. In 1904 Colonel Roosevelt, for example, induced E. H. Hartman to raise $250,000 all of which went into state funds directly without passing through the hands of the national committee.
 On. the basis of doubling the nation al fund the republicans had in the year 1896 $7,O00,OOo to use against William J. Bryan and in favor of Will liam Mckinley. It is safe to assume from the letter of former Treasurer Bliss that they did not have a less fsum.
 And yet today the democrats are conducting campaign in AS states on less than $40O,OOO. The difference between s7,00O,OO0 and $4OO,O00 is very considerable. It means fewer speakers, less literature and pinched campaign at every turn.
 But still if law could be passed and enforced limiting expenditures by party in a presidential campaign to $500,000, the effects would be salu- tary and highly satisfactory. The Mark Hanna campaign of 1896 stands confessedlythe slushiest campaign in the country's history. It should never be repeated. Between publicity and public sentiment on the one hand and stringent law on the other expendi- lures can be kept down in any party to s500,000, and that should be the maximum.
 At things look at present that max imum will not be exceeded this year in the democratic party, but surely such total will be needed this month in winding up great campaign, for speakers must be sent into the con- tested states. The Mark Hanna fund of 1896 was unduly and corruptly en- larged, and the Wilson fund of 1912 has shrunk until it will not meet legit- innate expenses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14
KINGDOM OF MONTENEGRO

against Turkey from 1876 to '7s. as an
 ally of Servia, armed and provisioned by Russia. That war resulted in the
 increase of Montenegro to it's present comparatively large proportions It
 was formerly less than half as large as it now is. The Berlin treaty recognized
 Nicholas as an independent sovereign.
 Nicholas is a cultivated gentleman and
 an author. He has written several
 plays and book or two of verse
 Until 1851 Montenegros government
 was theoracy. The 'vladika," as the prince was called, was sovereign, bish- op, judge. legislator and commander in
 chief of the standing army, a body composed of all Montenegrins old enough to bear arms and not too old to get about. The office of Vladika had
 been hereditary in the Retrovitch fam fly for nearly three centuries. Ths Vladika was. by reason of his function
 as bishop, celibate. and the office de-
 scended through brothers and nephews The total annual revenue of Monte- | negro is little more than the fiscal court of Jefferson county spends annu-
 ally keeping contractors, road foremen. auditors and engineers up in the
 style to which they are accustomed.
 It is hardly enough revenue to pay the expenses of one days fighting between I two fair sized modern armies equipped | with the latest artillery. But the whole population of Montenegro is not quite so large as that of Louisville
 There is a long standing close rela-
 tionship between Montenegro and Rus | sia- Montenegro placed herself under I the protection of Russia in the reign of
 Czar Peter the Great. The royal fam flies are related, and 1t has been as-
 serted that Russia would not see the
 little kingdom fall upon evil days. At
 present, however, the European powers
 are asserting hands off" programme
 in the Balkan war. They propose to let
 tho coalition fight it out with Turkey,
 without. however. allowing changes in the territorial status quo of European Turkey to result.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

yUYASHINGToN, October 13-tSpe-
 A< cial.) Baseball is not longer an
 " infant industry" It started.
 like other great American institutions, in
 a small and unpretentious sort of way.
 beginning way back wonder before the
 war as a kind of Saturday afternoon af-
 fair between friends. In those days a
 game of baseball excited immense rivalry
 between towns when the local rivals
 would get out on the diamond and pound
 the horsehide for 75 or 80 runs in an after
 non. If pitcher could hold his opponents
 to three or four runs in one inning he
 would puff up with pride and get as chesty as a member of the legislature in
 the rural districts.
 The score was kept by cutting notches
 on stick; sometimes it took several and
 frequently the official scorer going home after the game with the score would look
 like a dray with load of cord wood. l If sticks In abundance could not be had
 the score was kept by making marks on
 the ground. It was always a signal for ! the fight when an opposition fan" would come along and rub out 10 or 15 tallies with his foot
 | Usually some local celebriety who knew about as much about baseball as a l june5ug knows about a sawmill, would be selected for the umpire. This always led to complications. It was always a mystery to me, in the oh times, why it seemer to be the crowning ambition of | the president of the First National bank I to umpire ball game between his home l town and the team of the rival town or community. Yet this was true. And he always had the same experience. His dig nity always got shot full of holes and looked like the cat had been playing with 1t before the game was over. If he got off without his block being punched he was lucky
 I But baseball, like everything else, has changed. It is no longer thus--that is, it | is not so thus that one would not reeog- l nize the difference. Soon they began to give the pitcher more privileges: instead l of pitching the ball underhand he was al- | ld%ed to throw it. Then the curve came into vogue until now some of our great baseball artists can make a thrown ball | look as crooked as a ward politician The dropball was invented and the spItball and the highball. The later will get a ball l players goat quicker than any other kind, and he need not always take them from the pitcher.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14
PREsCIENCB

By Thomas Bailey Aldrfch. The new moon hung in the sky, The sun was low in the west, And my betrothed and I
 In the churchyard paused to rest
 Happy maiden and lover.
 Dreaming the old dream over: The light winds wandered by. And robins chirped from the net. And, To! in the meadow sweet
 was the grave of little child. With a crumbling stone at the feet, And the ivy running wild
 Tangled ivy and clover
 Folding 1t over and over: Clcsesto my sweethearts feet
 Was the little mound up-piled. stricken with nameless fears, She shrank and clung to me. And her eyes were filled with tears For a sorrow did not see:
 Lightly the winds were blowing.
 Softly her tears were flowing Tears for the unknown yoars And sorrow that was e bol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14
BIG PAPER FOR PARIS

Paris Letter to the New York Times.
 A record in Paris journalism was made today by the appearance of the Excelsior published by Pierre Lafette, with an is- sue of sixteen pages.
 For some time past the demand for news has been steadily increasing, and that the Excelsior, which followed the style of American dailies. should be the first to enlarge it's space in conformity With this demand is, regarded as a re- markable Illustration of the influence of transatlantic newspaper methods
 The Excelsior Was the first Paris daily to use pictures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14
Concerning Railroad Accidents

Officials of big railroad systems in the United States who have appeared before Charles c. McChord of the in- terstate commerce commission in New York recently, declare that there is no way to prevent railroad wrecks. Their examination and the testimony which they submitted tends to show that hu- man life must continue to be sacrificed because of the demand of the public for speed. H. J. Horn, vice president in charge of operation of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road, and E. H. McHenry, vice presi- dent in charge of engineering, both testified before the committee inves- tigating the Westport wreck. MT. :McHenry declared that the human ele- ment (which never can be eliminated" was the chief factor in the problem. Both men seemed to agree that this human element did not extend to of ficials, but ended with operatives.
 Tn the testimony it was brought out that bulletin issued September 23, last, and signed by the general super intendent of the Shore Line division, shortly before the wreck called atten- ton of the operatives to the fact that Considerable fault had been found since the heavy traffic had commenced on account of so many trains being late" Further on the bulletin said: "Every effort should be made to keep trains on time, and conductors are re- auired to avoid loss of time at sta tions."
 In the testimony it was shown that an engineer was reproved for the loss of one minutes time, and he was asked to explain why this time was lost.
 The high rate of speed and the ex- ceedingly fast schedules of trains in the United States have been the an- swer to the general demand of the public for rapid transit. The whole an- swer to the problem of why this coun- try suffers so much in the way of great railroad calamities is summed up in the one word, speed. In Eng land and in some other countries the average speed of passenger trains is greater than it is in the United States, and accidents are few, but that is ac- counted for by the fact that all lines are not only double tracked but are fenced in; and track walker to ex- anime spikes and cross ties is always in sight.
 The American railroads are not al- together to blame. They are only giv- ing the public what they want and what they demand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14
Great Future In Farming.

T know that there has been a very great improvement in farming in Ala bama in many essentials in the past decade" said an enthusiastic lover of
 country life.
 T believe that whereas the wiregrass
 was for some years the banner section of the state in diversified farming and
 making a living at home, now north
 Alabama has moved rapidly to the front. Then, too. central Alabama in truck ing for big markets and the raising of corn, hogs and hay has found a new
 source of profit specific or incidental sStock raising, particularly cattle, has received marked attention and dairying s is attracting many persons, some of large means. Raising honey for mar ket has proven profitable to seevral
 apiaries. As for poultry raising there
 are thousands of dollars invested in the state In fine strains that in a few years will bring enormous returns.
 The steady building of travelable roads if not always 'good;' the use of improved and labor-saving machinery; the planting of better seed and the
 intelligent use of good fertilizers has
 left a marked and upward trend to farming in Alabama"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

greatly stirred upA Business was blignted few weeks before election. Since then we have not had many hot campaigns, because republican victory was foregone conclusion.
 T am not an active politician.o l vote the republican ticket and will take pleas ure in voting this year for Mir. Taft, but it looks as though Wilson is going to be elected. I am connected with important mercantile interests and I can say, as every other business man says. trade has been remarkably active in spite of poll ties The reason there are so many op- timists in the face of democratic tri- umph is because there Is hope that the Senate will not permit any radical meas ures to reach democratic President for his signature.
 Many of my friends think that the re- publican party is now on its last legs, and that the progressive party will be victorious in 1916. I do not think so. The republican party is not dead, Roosevelt may succeed in causing Tafts defeat, but I regard the word progressive as something intended to catch the unthink- ing voter It is to me like an ism The democrats have way, when they get in power, to step down and out at the end of four years. I think the republican party will get itself together and be in winning shape four years from now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Car fare is all a woman needs for a day of shopping.
 A woman can pray hardest to get rid of cold that makes her nose red.
 It scares any wife to think what if a prince should fall in love with her.
 The money that has run through the taxi meter will never splurge again.
 Nobody knows the road to heaven. but anybody can follow the one to the other place with his eyes shut.
 Wit wags solemn tongue to sober dinner table.
 A woman can always increase her husbands income by telling it
 The man who imagines he is working himself to death never will.
 If woman had a cork leg, she could be sensitive about its shape.
 A woman can be more ashamed ol having sore heel from tight boot than e husband in jail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

By Ellen Key, in the Atlantic.
 All the bodily bangs and labors which motherhood and mother-care have cost age after age Is the least of their giv- ing. All the patient toiling which mil lions of mothers have imposed upon themselves when they alone have reared and fed their children, all the watchfu nights all the tired steps-all that moth CTS have denied themselves for the sake of their children, is not the greatest oi their sufferings. That is their greatest sorrow which a man has expressed r the poem wherein the mother throws her heart at her sons feet, who. as -.t angrily stumbles over it. hears the hear whisper, Did you hurt yourself. m, child?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

pay into the state treasury all told, Such counties live on the bounty of counties like Jefferson. If the whole thing were fully explained the tax payers on either side of the line would be surprised and in some cases shocked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

In Delaware town the women have agreed to give all the eggs their hens lay on Sunday to the church. This plan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

The cranberry crop is short and the price of turkeys has gone up. Thanks giving Day will be observed this year under cruel circumstances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

The consumer will gain nothing by turning from beef to mutton, for as soon as they do it the beef trust will mark up the price of mutton. It is mutton trust as we'll as a beef trust.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

Even the small contributor is afraid he win be investigated by some future Investigating committee. Penrose build ed better than he knew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

Without any desire to make rude re- marks, still we think 1t appropriate to oD- serve at this time that General Sickles did not make war his only speciality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

The death of Prophet Senator Peffer of Kansas and the previous death of "Sockless Jerry'' reminds all that the present political leaders have rendered those early popular leaders mere moder- ates with some reactonary tendencies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

Philadelphia has women street car con ductors. and Kansas City Is to have wom- an policemen who will not shy at the sight of a mouse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

Tie St. Louis Globe-Democrat is at- tempting to defeat Woodrow Wilson by consistently mentioning him as Pro- lessor" Wilson. It is pretty scheme, but the plain people do not consider il convincing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

Sir Thomas Lipton is coming across on the Caronia, and some think he is about to make another effort to capture the America's cup.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

Our noble fleet is after all simply steer ing straight toward junk pile. All ships arrive at one at last.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

The ultimate consumer wants no more dissolutions that do not dissolve. A real dissolution of a monopoly remains to be disclosed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

The best music in Chicago at present is by far the sizzling of the steam in the pipes of the apartment houses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

An attack upon Turkey will at any rate take place on the last Thursday of next month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

William Sulzer says he will become gov ernor without entanglements, and that he will remain free to the end of his service. This is notice to MT. Murphy to go way back and sit down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

No one discusses Taft or Roosevelt cabinet, but many begin to wonder who will be placed in charge of the depart ments when Woodrow moves into the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

The fourth class 4postmasters are now on the classified list for life, and the third class hope to get there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

A London pastor thinks young people should be allowed to flirt in church. It Is not matter that is subject to regula- tion The young people do as they please.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

A man Is said to lose some of his self respect after he has seen his portrait on a campaign banner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

grind out new members for the Ananias club
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

The gunmen of Nicaragua are outdoing at present the gunmen in New York city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

Thus far in the worlds series no one has blamed 1t on the umpires.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14
Aav.rt,s,u~ CulIman.

''I have seen two or three notices or an illustrated pamphlet setting forth the attractions of Cullman, but 1t seems to me that the Louisville and Nashville, which got up the book. should give 1t a wider distribution" said a man who has been active in the development of the Bir- mlngham district T read a very com plirnentary article in The Age-Herald a few days ago about this Cullman pam phet, but although it has been out for several weeks, only came across one by accident notwithstanding the fact that l had asked several persons in close touch with Cullman to get me copy. Leo K Steiner of the Steiner Bros, who own more land in Cullman county, prob ably, than any one interest >>1housands and thousands of acres-had to write to the Louisville and Nashville railroad for copies of the pamphlet. He gave mo hone, but we expressed surprise that the up such good advertising matter for Cull-
 man, did not circulate 1t more exten- sivey.
 Whoever has charge of that work is, no doubt. sending these pamphlets to the north, where homeseekers are found, but in addition they should be distributed in Birmingham and in every town In north- ern Alabama, so that they could be sent by persons in these different communi- ties to their friends at a distance. This work of exploiting Cullman as a fine agricultural and truck farming coun- ty is matter of decided interest to the whole 1tate. Not many homeseekers have settled in Cullman within tho past five yors, but I expect to hear of an influx
 within the next year or two.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14
The Quiet Campaign.

While Colonel Roosevelt has been
 making some racket and has furnished some lively copy for the newspapers, and
 while Woodrow Wilson has bsen far from
 tame in his speeches. the campaign is nothing like as exciting as I thought it
 would be- said F. T. Shea of Chicago.
 ''I have been a voter since 1892. The campaign of '96 was. believe. accom- panied with the greatest nervous strain of any in recent years. Bryan with his ls to issue had the east frightened and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

Think you, n little din can daunt mine earss Have not in my time heard Hons ro"''
 Framing of the shrew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

No one sees rising Taft wave ex cept young MT. Hilles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

President Taft is a striking proof of the general optimism of fat man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14
THE SUPREME. SORROW

Bliss in bungalow has supplanted 10, in cottage.