The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-24


 crats to enact them into law.
 MT. Hughes is harping on Ameri. canism as one of his campaign issues and his speech next week will doubtless ring with it. But Mr. Wilson has been making "Americanism" addresses ever since he became President. Of course, all good citizens are patriotic and all such are animated by spirit of genu- inc Americanism. What the men who do the voting wish to hear discussed are practical questions and large and vital policies.
 The split in the republican party four years ago made MT. Wilson's election easy. And the democrats hav- ing great record to their credit now should be able to achieve another signal victory in November.
 r AYES WHITCOMB RILEY was a ' fortunate man. He got great deal out of life. His poetic gifts brought him fame and ample financial returns. He enjoyed through many years a popularity that was more
 than nationwide A Poet Who Died and firmly en- Greatly Beloved trenched himself
 in the hearts of thousands of people, who found com fort and inspiration in his poems. He was the peoples poet and greatly be- loved by them. His quaint humor was always delightful and he was adept in ningling pathos with laughter.
 Few are the singers who live long enough to see their fame secure, whose old age is frightened by the plaudits of multitude and the kind offices of thousands of friends; who have enough of tEis worlds goods to pro- vide them with comforts, and even luxuries.
 A good poet never dies and the works of Riley will live after him, but for while at least his sunny charac- ter will be missed, particularly in his home city, where he was honored and esteemed. Not a great poet, to be sure, but one whose Tyre was attuned to life in lowly places and one who sang with rare sweetness and charm.
 TT HERE is great deal of destitu- | tion among the flood sufferers in Alabama and an organized move- ment for raising and distributing relief funds should be started without further delay. The government has
 been called upon Relief Needed to aid those who for Sufferers are without food
 and shelter, and it will no doubt do it's part; but no formal appeal to the public has been made by the stricken communities.
 Birmingham should not wait, but should proceed at once to raise fund No matter how much the government does, there will be need of all the con- tributions in clothing, bedding or money that the good people here are disposed to contribute.
 A week ago the Tennessee company made a generous donation unsolicited sending it direct to Mobile. Since then few individuals have sent checks to communities where destitu- tion prevails.
 Let the Chamber of Commerce ap- point a relief committee and inaugu- rate systematic work.
 VATHILE the typhoid situation has w greatly improved, as result of prompt and intelligent action on the part of the health department and the medical profession, and the CO., operation of the people, the danger is
 not over. New Timely Warning cases are re- Regarding Typhoid ported every day
 and Commits sioner Hornady's warning against indifference, published in Sundays Age-Herald, was most timely. He said the only discouraging fea- ture in Saturdays developments was in the falling off in the number of applications for vaccin- ation. This apparent indifference to preventive measures arose evil dently from feeling of security based on the fact that the government ex- perts had finished their work here and had left for other fields; but as our health commissioner reminds the pub lie, Dr. Lumsden, in the final para graph of his report, urged the im- portance of vaccination. Indifference toward this preventive measure," says