Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-07

will cheerfully support Captain Johnston or any other good democrat selected by the party in convention. We would pre- fer that we have no factional fight. We do not believe the Advertisers course a wise one for the party to pursue.-L4a- Fayette Sun.
 Will Make Their Preference Felt.
 It is manifest that the Montgomery Ad- vertiser will risk everything, suffer any thing, rather than have Johnston for governor Happily the great masses of the democratic party not only do not have any such spirit. but they regard Johnston as preeminently fitted for gov ernor of Alabama, and they will make their nreference for him felt.-Hunts- vile Argus.
 Moving Quietly Along for Johnston.
 We have not much political talk for our readers this week, nor do we promise much in future. We have long believed that too much politics is the bane of the country The present session of con gress will very probably be a political session, devoted exclusively to president making instead of business. We desire, to remark, however, that the people of Alabama seem to be moving along quiet ly getting ready to make Captain John ston governor next year, while the Mont gomery Advertiser, Mobile Register and other small fry of that persuasion are just tearing their hair of pure vexation. Fort Payne Journal.
 Not Consistent.
 The single standard papers profess that they want harmony in the demo- cratic ranks and use such quotations as "united we stand, divided we fall' etc, and say that democrats must stand to- gether shoulder to shoulder under the leadership of our ablest statesmen and march over the breastworks of our op- ponents to victory" Now this is all true and reads well, but in nearly every issue of these papers we find bitter, factional opposition to the candidacy of Captain Johnston for governor. Captain John ston is an able statesman, a pure demo- rrat, and has spent the best part of his manhood in battling for the democracy of Alabama, and if the newspapers are in earnest about harmony and desire the welfare of the party, let them cease their unreasonable opposition to Captain Johnston. Let their actions comport with their words upon the question of harmony.-Hamilton News-Press.
 Why Fight Johnstonp
 The Montgomery Advertiser and Mo bile Register it seems to us, are wholly inconsistent in their factienal opposition to the candidacy of Capt. Joseph F. John ston befort the democratic convention
 
 determined to let their prejudices on the financial question outweigh their loyalty to the democratic party Captain John stons democracy has never been ques- toned. His friends have announced his name as a candidate for the nomination and he has given his assent and may be considered as having entered actively into the campaign. We have not heard of any. other democrat who proposes to contest the nomination with him; still these journals oppose his nomination solely because he differs from them upon the silver question. and insist that they will see that "sound money candidate is found to defeat him. If you are dem- ocrats, gentlemen, why fight Captain Johnston, at least until some other dem ocrat indicates a willingness to contest the nomination with him ?-Hamilton News-Press.
 The Advertiser Desperate.
 We are sorry for the Advertiser. Some country papers, not having any opinion of their own, have been in the habit of fol- lowing blindly the lead of the Advertiser. Of this influence the Advertiser was proud. It was derived chiefly from it's central position at the capital of the state the headquarters of political news. Ow- ing to increased facilities for obtaining information, the country papers are be- ginning to think for themselves. Hence the Advertiser has lost much of it's iu- fiuence. The consequence is that paper is growing desperate, and is now making strenuous efforts to regain it's lost power. It has covered its face, savage-like, with war paint, and wants to fight-ight to a finish. Yes, 1t wants to rally it's scat tered forces and return to the charge not on the same old battlefield from which it has been whipped, but on a diff ferent field. It is endeavoring now to tnaugurate guerrilla warfare.
 In an editorial last week it asks num- Der of questions Of Captain Johnston. The copy of the paper containing the questions has been mislaid. otherwise we would gladly copy them here.
 There are two questions which We de- sire to ask the Advertiser, and to each Of which we hope 10 receive a categorical answer.
 First-Suppose that Captain Johnston should answer every one of the ques- tions asked by the Advertiser to It's sat- isfaction. would the Advertiser then SUD- port Captain Johnston for the nomina- ton?
 Second-wH the Advertiser support for the nomination any man who advo- cates free coinage?-Opelika News.
 Ths Kind We Neod
 The democratic members of the house Of representatives met in caucus and unanimously voted for Ex-Speaker Crisp for reelection to the third office in i'm portance in this government. Gold standard men and advocates of silver as joint standard with gold voted alike for this able advocate of the free coin- age of silver at IS to 1. Of course, some will say that the honor conferred waa an empty one, as the republicans have an overwhelming majority of the house. But the principle is the same, and if the house had been democratic MT. Crisp would have been the speaker His abil- ity and his fairness would have out weighed any objection the gold standard members had. And yet, down here in Alabama, where a governor has less con- trol over national finances than a one bale cotton producer has over the price of the great staple. we are told by lit-