Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-02
"BOB" WARNOCK And the Straight Democratic
 Ticket Was the Theme of Discussion
 at O'Brlen's.
The Ablest Democrats Speak
 in Behalf of the Ticket.
A Monster Parade in Which Every One Was a Warnock
 Democratic Voter.

Birmingham was alive with politics last flight and every person was given the op-
 portuuity of listening 10 arguments in sup
 port of his favorite candidate. Two mon-
 ster meetings were held, one at O. Brien's
 opera house and one in front of the court house.
 Two torchlight processioas marched
 through some of the principal streets of the
 city, and three or four bands enlivened things with music. No less than 2900 peo-
 pie marched ia the two processions, and fully as many heard the speeches. It was
 the closing of the nun icipal campaign and both sides made extra efforts to get the
 people out and inake great demonstra- tions.
 ATTHE OPERA HoUsE.
 O'Brien's opera house was well filled with citizens of Birmingham last night,
 who had assembled there to hear demo-
 cratic arguments. Col. G. w. Hewitt called the meeting to order and presided. On the stage were such well-known gentle
 men as A. 0. Lane, John NJ. Martin, J.
 H. Miller, James E. Webb, J. c. Car
 michael, c. G. Brown, N. L. Miller, w. K. Terry, J. w. Bush, Robert Warnock, James E. Hawkins, c. w. Hewitt and
 others. committee of workingmen, con.
 sisting of Henry Minor, Thomas broomall, J. T. Lynagh, James Jenkins, Henry | Coleman and Frank Hartman, also oc. | cupied seats on the stage.
 | It was large and enthusiastic meeting. Col Hewitt said this is a gathering of the | true blue democracy of Birmingham. The | party has chosen man who Is worthy to | be mayor of Birmsngham or any other city
 He is both good business man anu good
 democrat He has never before asked his | party for office, and yet there are many | who owe their official position to him. He | introduced MT. Warnock to the audience,
 who greeted him wi.h an ovation. ROBERT wARNocK.
 MT. Warnock said it afforded him great | pleasure to meet the citizens here at the | close of the campaign that means more for | the democracy of Jefferson county than to Bob Warnock or any other man. An 1seue | has been made here by men claiming to be l democrats, who have joined hands with
 the republicans. They have set up great | hue and cry against the democratic candi. | date in thls city, trying to make him carry l a load that should not be placed upon him. | The great statesman that wields the pen l that gushes through the News tries to make 1 it appear that am the admi illustration can- | dldate. 1 want to say that it is every word | absolutely false. am the nominee of the | democratic party and not the candidate of any man or clique. l ask all who have | espoused the cause of the opposition to | consider what they are doing before they |
 do something they will regret all their | lives.
 They say-no, they hired a man to say l that once edited a paper in Ohio that was bitter against the south. There is not a | white man in Birmingham who does not 1 know that to be a lie have not stopped
 to vilitication in this campaign. If they | will get some responsible man 10 maks l those charges will deal with him. l came
 here when comparatively a boy, and if l can't discount the character of B. F. Ro- | den, tue chairman of the 'reform' nlove- | ment, l will quit tbe race tomorrow. have heard they propose getting afi' dayiis connecting me with gravel con
 tract. During the Lane administration l was in the gravel business at Gate City
 and shipped gravel to the city. have | been out of that business siuce August. l 1892, and the man who said was guilty Of | fraud lies. It is like the lie that was told | on the car near he fair grounds today. | Harry Jones said on that car that Frank | w. Evans, David J. Fox and Sig Steiner | had each gotten S5o9O out of the bond sale | placed through Eugene Ensleu. l have l two reputable witnesses who say he said | it. l denounce that statement as an in- | famous lie, and am responsible for what
 Isay. IGreat applause. That same man | stood up in Sublett hali and cried for fair | elections and his hands reeking with ball | lot box stufhng.
 want a fair election, and say here that | if am not fairly elected next Tuesday
 
 | ombinalion made demands and threaten to | spill hood. II they undertake to over
 ride the law next Tuesday they will find | the strong arm of the law too much for l them 1 am not a defender of the adminis- | tration We have never had an adminis- l tration city, state or national, that was
 no; subjected to criticism. But when they
 make charges they ought 10 come out and
 sp -cify.
 Here Mir. Warnock spoke of the first | democratic administration, and said II there
 vas any stealing done during that, the | Thompson administration, J. P. Mudd, | chairman of the finance committee, | who approved all bills, must have
 beeu guilty of stealing. Eugene | En.!en was chairman of the finance | committee during the Lane administration,
 ana if there was any stealing then he must | have had something to do with it. Tom U. | Smith is chaifm in. of the finance commit
 tee in the Fox administration, and II there | has been any stealing done curing th1s ad- | mInistration he must have known some | thing about it. 1 hese men are all Tor Van | Ho,ss, the "re.orm' cand date.
 | He told of the gas contract with the city | by which Mr. Rodeu, Mir. Jackson and
 their. associates were to supply the city
 with lights. The city issued '30). 900 of | bonds and was given $2o0 900 of stock. | There was deficit in the conpany's
 treasury. aud the city was required to pay
 hall of thal. They so manipulated that
 business hat the city was literally frozen out of its S26J. GOO of stock in the gas com I pany, Mir. Roden was president of that
 company. NJudging his future conduct oy
 his past you should be careful before you l