Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-22
ECHOES OF THE PRESS.

'We owe him nothing" the local l cuckoo says of the great Alabama dem | ocrat, Joe Johnston. If the writer had | been long enough in state politics. he | might (possibly) have learned more about
 debits and credits.-Mobile News. l Governor Oates. like a man, a brave | man, has declared himself a candidate | for the United States senate to succeed | MT. Pugh, and he has declared that he | would not go back on his word and ask l the people for a second term as governor l This is the way for a manly man to act. l -TuSkaloosa Gazette.
 l Since Captain Johnston is the only can l ddate we have for governor, and sconsid. | ering his earnest work and patriotism in | the past and his personal fitness for the l place. it is the duty of all the democratic l press of Alabama to pull together as a l unit in order to prevent another candi- 1 date from entering the field and causing | a family fight. The papers can do this if | they will, for no man will have the hardi- l hood to attempt such thing with all l the press against him. Now is the time l ito show that you are made of the kind of 1 stuff of which you say others should be l made.-Tuskaloosa Gazette.
 When the Montgomery Advertiser as- 1 sailed Senator Morgan. on the morning 1 of his last election by the legislature. and l made charges of political treachery by l barter of Votes which it could not sus- 1 tain. the editor of the Morning Mistake | was troubled He waited until the uni l versai voice of the press had cried Nout l against the poor old 'Tiser, and then he l gravely wrote that there was but one l alternative. That paper must prove it's | charges. or make the proper amende to l the senator Judging the local Cleve- l land organ. under its own rulings, the l News says to it: Prove your statements | of Governor Oates having dickered with l Captain Johnston for votes or make the l proper amende to the governor. Failing | to do one or the other. stand Self-con- | victed of libel.-Mobi1e News.
 | In a speech delivered at Clayton on l Monday the governor made the same an- | nouncement. This leaves but one avow- | ed candidate in the race, Capt. Joseph F. 1 Johnston. At this writing he has the field | to himself. Whether or not he will have l opposition remains to be seen. Captain Johnston'S friends contend that he is en- l titled to the nomination and it should l be given him as a reward for services | rendered the party. On the other hand l there are many democrats opposed to 1 Captain Johnston on account of his free silver views and his attitude towards the | national administration.
 With that obstacle removed, there would probably have been no opposition 1 to the captain even thought of. As 1t is. | ms structures or PfeS1QenC CleVeldnU l have lost him the support of many good l democrats who would otherwise have 1 been only too glad to see him governor. l For the sake of unity and party har- | mony we hope the financial question will | be relegated to the rear and its settle ment left with the national congress, where it alone belongs.
 In conclusion we wish to state that be l the nominee a free silver man or a sound money advocate, he will receive the earn est and undivided support of the Times -TuskalouSa Times.
 The Montgomery Advertiser has an- nounced some time since that 1t would support the nominee of the party, even | if he was a 16 to 1 advocate of silver, and | if it will do this then it should not say | that it is better than its own crowd. | Truly it does appear that the Advertiser must be speaking it's own inward feelings when it announces that the nomination oe Captain Johnston will cause a division the party ranks. We think that be- | tween Governor Oates and Captain | Johnston that the latter will cause less disturbance and do more awards heal | ing the troubles that now beset us, for we have recently heard several of our most prominent citizens, who have never been anything but democrats and who were Oates men two years ago, say that l they would not vote for him if he was nominated for a second term. You can put it down that there are a great many | democrats in this community, who do not agree with Captain Johnstons sil- | yer views. who will support him as | against the governor. and this opinion | is not based on an off-hand prejudice, | for we do not deny our attitude towards | the governor but is the summing up of | what we have heard the people say on | the subject.-TuSkalooSa Gazette. The Journal takes no stock in the charge that Captain Johnston and Gov ernor Oates have entered into any deal | by which the one is to be governor and the other senator If there was any such | a deal the Journal would condemn 1t as much as the Mobile Register, or any oth- | CT paper. The Journal is opposed to any | sort of political deal. whether entered | into by it's political friends or foes. The | charge coming as it does from the Mo- bile Register is certainly in bad taste. | It would seem to indicate that the Reg | ister after having failed to get Governor oates out for a second term as governor and out of the senatorial race had be- come chagrined and even desperate and l was now determined to destroy Governor l Oates because it cannot use him to | achieve certain ends. The Register Is not in a position to censure Governor | Oates and accuse him of double dealing. l Only few days ago, in the estimation of l the Register, Governor Oates was a mod
 
 1 he was the only man who could save the party If the Journal had made a simi- | lar assault upon the governor few days 1 ago the Register would have found no l words adequate to express it's disap- l provai. The Register should not lose it's l temper because there Is a possibility of 1 the party getting. together. The Journal l has great admiration for Congressman | Clarke, as it has for Governor Oates. but l 1t Is opposed to both politically and shall l a fad tA | wants a good free silver man in the fed l eral senate as the successor of Senator l Pugh, and it has no doubt that free | silver man will succeed him. The next
 legislature will have five silver men to | one gold standard member. and free | silver man will be elected senator Of l this there is no possible doubt-.Mont~ | gomery Journal
 The Man With the Broken Neck. | Anniston Hot Blast.
 l No doubt many Annistonians have | heard of Barney Baldwin at one lima