The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-08

again chosen to lead the democracy the historic organization gave him loyal support and the immense vote rolled up for the ticket in New York state was due largely to the solid eff forts of the Tammany braves.
 Tammany Hall not infrequently sacrifices the national democracy in order to trade votes for it's municipal or state candidates. But when it is true to the party whose cause it tra- ditionally espouses victory is usually expected. There seems to be no ques- tion now but that Tammany will make a splendid record in helping to carry New York for Wilson and Marshall.
 Tammany society, organized in 1789 by worthy artisan as a counter weight to the so-called aristocratic Society of the Cincinnati, did not "get into politics" until 1900, when Aaron Burr dominated it. But it did not come to be recognized as a democratic then styled repubhcan-institution un- til several years later
 It has had it's tribulations and backsets but no reverses could de- stroy it. It is not only the oldest polit- ical organization in America, but it boasts of never having let the Fourth of July pass without a fitting cele- bration. Its Independence Day observ- ance this year was notable for an abundance of good, old style demo- cratic oratory.
 A N era of thrift began to manifest "A itself a year ago, and un- paralleled industrial activity has been in evidence ever since, and yet lead ing republicans, including the stan dard bearer, MT. Hughes, himself,
 speak of the gen. Prosperity More eral prosperity, Than Temporary now practically
 nationwide, as only temporary. The thrilled orders on the books of the iron and steel con- panies and the sound condition of most branches of commerce, together with large harvests in sight, assure con- tinuance of high record prosperity into next year.
 While great part of this country's enormous business has come from Eu- rope as a result of the war domestic trade has been expanding steadily and is contributing today in marked de- gree to the solid character of business expansion.
 No boom period has been of very long duration. Prosperity and de- pression have way of alternating every four years. But if this present
 
 prosperity is not permanent in the sense that previous periods of good times have been permanent statistics, financiers and business prophets have failed in their grasp of the situation.
 The republicans had counted on an empty dinner pail coming to their rescue. Hard times, or the menace of hard times, had been a stock argu- ment against the democrats whenever they happened to be in power. But now that abounding prosperity is felt in New York and throughout the east the republicans have put their heads to- gether to devise some means to mini mize it's effect on the wage earner; and the best they could think of was to pooh-pooh flush conditions and call prosperity temporary. But the people are not so easily deceived. They know an era of good times when they feel it, as feel it they do now.
 T OR several days following Lord ! Kitchener's untimely death there seemed to be popular demand for Gen. Sir William Robertson as his successor at the head of the war office. General Robertson, as chief of the army staff, was Kitchener's main dependence as military associ-
 ate. Starting out Lloyd George in in youth as a Kitchener's Shoes fo O m a n, and
 afterwards enlist ing in the army, his rise from the ranks to his present high position has been most spectacular.
 In many respects his army career has resembled that of Lord Kitchener, but the latter had had more adminis- trative experience than General Rob- ertson and when the British govern ment had to decide upon a new secre- tary of war David Lloyd George, min ister for munitions, was chosen. It was a wise choice. This appointment will mean no reflection upon General Robertson. who has never had an op-