Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-10
STATE PRESS ECHOES.

The Advertiser and the Register are losing some of their strong men and pa- pers and the State Herald Is picking them up.-ndependent.
 Wanted-Somebody anybody, to run for governor against Joe Johnston. For conditions and rewards apply to the Montgomery Advertiser-Talladeg Re porter.
 Captain Johnston or captain anybody else. if nominated by the democratic con vention, should receive the hearty sup port of every democrat in the state.ACle- burne County Standard-News.
 The Advertiser gets mad and "cusses" when Capt. Joe Johnston writes letters, and it gets madder when he doesn see proper to write. Your Uncle Joe is not in the habit of doing what his enemies want him to do. He is saving wood and saying nothing and is going to be the next governor of Alabama-not senator. Dick Clarke Is more than likely to go to the senate-Selma Times.
 Capt Joseph F. Johnston seems to be the only man upon whom the democratic party can unite, and there seems now no doubt of his being the nominee of the party for governor of Alabama. There Is no DelleT ueIHOCidl III tlc SldbC lhdi Captain Johnston. His being an original silver man may cause many gold bugs to knife him by the aid of the secret ballot, but 1t will not affect his election. Baldwin Times.
 Capt. Joe Johnston is steering clear of any political entanglements with men who have been on both sides of the finan- cial fence. He has won his spurs by brave and fearless fight and an unalter- able adherence to party pledges Those who have disregarded their pledges and promises as party leaders jealously view his hold upon the masses, and some ann bilious men try to tack on to him be- cause of their own weakness.-lndepend- ent.
 A great many of the Advertisers pets among the state press are now engaged in proving to their own satisfaction that Joe Johnston is not the man for govern or, but have not yet succeeded in getting a man who is willing to buck" against him. Trot out your man and we guaran- tee that Joseph will put him to sleep in three rounds using a feather pillow Tor a glove.-Selma Times.
 
 The Times has nothing but kindly per sonal feelings for any man. We want it understood that we have no personal war to make on anyone, and we will not do it. We have our opinions on many matters, but we will not allow them to stand in the way of harmony for Alabama demo- crats, and. most of all, we will make no disagreeabTe war on any man or set of men. This is a time when every democrat should pool his issues with every other democrat and spread harmony all over the face of the earth.-Eufaula Times.
 Every democrat should remember that Capt. Joe Johnston has entered nearly every canvass in this state for the past ten or fifteen years and Remained in it until victory was assured, speaking in the most doubtful counties at his own expense, while others that should have taken part stood idly by waiting to see how "the cat would jump." If the dem ocratic party of Alabama owes anybody anything it owes debt to Joseph F. Johnston.-Cuba Banner.
 Since Captain Johnston is the only can didate we have for governor, and consid- ering his earnest work and patriotism in the past and his personal fitness for the place, it is the duty of all the democratic press of Alabama to pull together as unit in order to prevent another candi- date from entering the field and causing a family fight The papers can do this if they will, for no man can have the hardihood to attempt such a thing with all the press against him. Now is the time to show that you are made of the kind of stuff of which you say others should be made.-Tuskaloosa Gazette.
 If there is a democratic paper in the state that opposes the nomination of Capt. Joseph F. Johnston for Governor, since Governor Oates declined to make the race, that paper has not the welfare of the state at heart. Captain Johnston may differ with thousands of us on finance, but that honest difference does not impair his democracy or disqualify him as an aspirant to the highest office in the gift of the people. Let the demo- cratic press unite in sowing the good seed and there will be majority of not less than 5o,oO0 loyal citizens all over the state next August shouting, "Hurrah for Governor naturalization News.
 
 It is only a question of time when a paper that is run as personal grievance organ, and whose editors are extremists, will be whipped so badly that the edi- tors will have to give room to more con servative men who have fewer enemies to punish. The Montgomery Advertiser is trying to force fight within the dem ocratic party which thousands of those who have heretofre followed it do not approve and will not be parties to. The Advertiser had just as we'll learn now as later that the business people are tired of political strife and discord, and will refuse to be led into 1t by this rule Or-ruln QlctatOr G0VernOr oates. as we predicted two weeks ago. is the Adverti- sers latest victim.-Greensboro Watch man.
 The Peoples Tribune, Captain Kolb's paper, which so bitterly fought fusion with the republicans at Birmingham and which is evidently at heart democrat ic and feels that it is in the wrong com pany, criticises the position assumed by Colonel Reese since he was chosen sena- tor by the populist party In this state to contest Morgans seat Comparing Cleve- lands position and action with that of Colonel Reese. the Tribune says:
 There is not a shadow of doubt that the people will repudiate all piebald poli- tics. and start the fast approaching years of the new century on the same solid, Jeffersonian doctrines that brought in the present expiring century with Thomas Jefferson as the exponent of sound de- mocracy."
 So it seems that Colonel Reese Is about to encounter opposition in his own ranks. and has stirred up hornets nest where 1t was least xpected.-Montgomer Jour nal.
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