Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-08
WILL HAVE 4 CANDIDATE That Is What We Hear From
 the Capital. HE WILL SOON ANNOUNCE A Geld Bug So Informs a State Herald kS Reporter I.ss GOVERNOR CHARGED BY THE BRAVES Q , rom Birmingham in the Interest of MT. Crawford-Pleased With Their Trip.
 No Appointment Until the Expi-
 ration of Present Incumbent
Ht WILL SOON ANNOUNCE
GOVERNOR CHARGED BY THE BRAVES

Montgomery. Dec. 7.-(Special) )-There IS no doubt but that Captain Johnston will have active opposition for the nomi- nation. In less than week, perhaps. his competitor will be announced.
 We are forced to present candidate" said prominent administration demo- crat to the State Herald's correspondent this morning. Joe Johnston. Senator Pugh and the other silver leaders have called us republicans and persistentlv abused democrats of our way of thinl. ing' and as matter of principle we must resent It. AS matter of policy we do not think Captain Johnston is the man 10 lead the democracy to victory. We are going to have an enormous fight next year. IT the combined opposition to de- mocracy should nominate some clean and able leader, like David D. Shelby Qepubncan) of Huntsville or Col Ben hong republican, of Jasper, l should be very apprehensive of our success think we would have a practically easy con- quest IT some of the populst agitators should be selected to lead the opposition" es, l confess that conferences are be- ing held and available candidates are be- ing discussed. You can state with all certainty that sound money democrat VIII be offered for the nomination. venture the assertion he will be nomi- mated, too."
 Tn view of the fact that Captain John- ston has not taken occasion of late to force national issues into the campaign TOT the nomination, do the sound money element In the party regard it as un- wise to inaugurate a family fight at this perllous timer" asked the correspondent. No. The campaign cannot be divorced rom national issues entirely. If Captain Johnstons friends had pursued the even tenor Of their way after his defeat in the last convention and had told the people that they aspired for him to serve the state as governor on account of his abil- lty. his Integrity, and the service he had rendered the party the friends of the administration would have rallied to him. But instead Captain Johnston's mouthpiece, the Birmingham State de- voted almost all of it's efforts and ifs space to abuse of the democratic admin lstration and the democrats who ad- hered to the administrators policies. The captain has also been busy organ iAlIs sllVer leagues and never allows an opportunity to go by to advocate free silver and abuse the presidents policy. His nomination and election would mean the return to the United States senate of free silver senator, and the sound mon- ey oemocrats of Alabama are not dis posed to see this done Yes. the gold bugs" as they are pleased to -call us Will nave a candidate for the guberna torial nomination and he will be a good one." soou
 Unterrified Birminghamians
 A special car brought to the city this morning about thirty of the unterrified who came to press before Governor Oates the candidacy of MT. Webb W, Crawford TOT president of the Birmingham police commission. The delegation called in a po9y on Governor Oates at 10 o'clock and spent about an hour with him. The governor gave them most cordial recep- uon and listened attentively to what they had to say. The members of the party have evidenced the best of spirits since the interview. The governor told them he could make no appointment until the term of the present incumbent expired He did not commit himself any further, but the boys say they like the way he talked and looked. They appear greatly encouraged over their candidates chances. The following were of the par ty: Messrs. Charles G. Brown, John c. Carmichael, Hugh McGeever, Pat Bren- nan. A. J. Camp, John M. McCartin, J. T. Mullen, A. s. Cowan, Robert War nook. D. A. Green, J. c. Curran, William Cutcliffe, F. W. Mccarthy w. c. Coch- ran, E. G. Chandler, w T. Johnston. Sylvester Daily. Robert Waldrop, John. ?; Miller, J. L. Lockwood, Thomas O'Byrne, F. Cosminsky, P Houppert. Henry Zoebel. w P Ward. John Patter-. son, A. Hood, James E. Webb and J. ID. Burton.
 The party returned to Birmingham this afternoon.
 An Infirmary Burned.
 The Watkins inirmary. comprising. four large frame buildings, situated in Highland park, south of the city limits. was burned to ashes this morning There. were some eighteen or twenty patients in the buildings all of whom were safely re- moved to the residences in the neighbor- hood. The fire caught from a defective. fiue.
 pr. Watkins saved a large portion ofs his furniture, but his instruments, which are said to be very valuable, are total loss, and 1t is reported that several pa- tients at the infirmary have sustained losses of property, the amount of which could not be ascertained. One patient on going to bed Friday night put purse under her head containing $25 When she was removed the purse dropped, and when 1t was found and returned to her it contained only cent.
 The building destroyed, 1t is estimated cost about $15 000 and the total insurance held by pr. Watkins was s70OO
 Dr. Watkins. 1t is said, will make arr engagements to rebuild at once
 A 'sFlyer" Wrecked
 New Castle, Pa. Dec. 7-The Pitts burg Flyer. fast train on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railway, which left New Castle at o'clock this evening, collided with an eastbound freight train near Newport station, six miles from this. place. The injured are:
 Engineer Frank Adams. both legs cut off, skull fractured; will die.
 Fireman John Doubt of McKees Rock. knee cap torn off. badly scalded; may not recover
 w W. Bishop, mail clerk of Pittsburg, badly scalded; recovery doubtful.
 Unknown passenger slightly hurt on scalp.
 The wreck caught fire and a panic re-. suited among the passengers. all ofr whom were badly shaken up and terribly frightened. Willing hands fought back fba fla pd 10