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Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
CuRrOIIS RuT TRUE.

Some weeks since the Advertiser open ed the gubernatorial campaign by an- nouncing that it was absolutely essen- tial to democratic harmony and success that there should be contest for the nomination. It called upon Governor Oates to become candidate and urged all democrats to unite upon him. The governor declined to run. Whether he suspected the sincerity of the Advertiser is not known Captain Johnston an- nounced his candidacy. Up to date he is the only candidate in the field and the democratic press of the state largely fa- vors his nomination. Even many papers that do not agree with his currency views are his ardent supporters. Thereupon the Advertiser declares a candidate shall be found" to oppose Captai nJohn- stons nomination. In effect, that it is absolutely essential for harmony and an enthusiastic campaign that there should be fierce struggle for the nomination. There is no question about Captain John ston's integrity or capacity. It not denied that he went into the army a youth and was four times wounded while fighting in defense of his country. It is admitted that he has given liberally of his time, talent and means in every con- test for the success of his party.
 His unpardonable sin is that he has not modified his views on doctrines taught as orthodox many years by the Advertiser. That organ is now practi- cally demanding that no democrat who believes in free coinage shall be eligible to even state office No reasonable man can believe that the Advertiser real ly believes that such doctrine will tend to unite our party. It can mean nothing but disaster. There must be toleration of honest differences, and the State Her aid has no doubts but that the democrats of Alabama will set the seal of their con- demnation on the methods of the Adver- tiser in way that will prevent it from inflcting any further injury upon our party Johnston will be nominated by an overwhelming majority and tri- umphantly elected in August
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
IT LOOKS BRIGHTER.

Many inquiries have come to the State Herald regarding the progress being made by the committee having the steel plant in charge, and to satisfy these, as well as the general interest in the enter prise, the committee were seen yester- day and questioned regarding 1t. From them 1t was learned that the prospect grows brighter and brighter. and there is much to encourage them over the final outcome. The committee called on one of the presidents of a Birmingham land company ard he promised the fullest possible cooperation on the part of his company: not only that, but he was will ing to try to secure similar action on the part of all the other companies, and he thought it entirely feasible to obtain such cooperation. In addition to this, a letter was received from a northern capitalist, entirely familiar with all con- ditions here, who expresses a desire to aid the enterprise, and says if Birming- ham will only make a suitable move from this end of the line that he will un- dertake to raise all funds needed at his end And this from one who is album dantly able to do what he says. Then there is another offer from a local man that is very favorable. So the enter prise is well under way and the commit tee feel genuine hope and encourage ment over the outlook. They will start in for subscriptions early in the new year, and Birmingham will have her long-talked-of steel plant before it ends. It only remains for our citizens to do their part Let the enterprise receive liberal backing in lands and the rest is assured. This is a plan for the devel- opment of Birmingham in real earnest. Now let every friend of Birmingham do his part and the city will soon have new life and vigor in all it's arteries of trade and business
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
THAT ALLIANCE.

The rumor that come from across the water to the effect that England will try to get France and Spain to unite with her on the Venezuelan. question must be taken with much allowance
 Spain has all she can do to attend to little Cuba. France will not break with Russia in order to help England; she will remember how. rapidly her-army left Maximilan to his fate when the million old yankee and rebel soldiers turned their faces towards the Rio Grande in the spring of 1865. The combined population of Great Britain and France. but little exceeds that of the United States, while our resources are vastly greater than those of the two combined. The popua- tion of France in, 1891 was 3S,343. 192. and of Great Britain 37.8SS,153, or D difference of only about 500,000 in favor of France. It is now announced that the census to be taken the coming year will show that the population of Great Britain is the greater. The reason for this reversal of relation is the small birth rate of France and the unusually large one in Great Britain. There has been no immigration of consequence into the latter country, and France has lost but little by em- grafton, so that the above cause accounts for the relative British increase of over 100000 The area of France Is 240,000 miles, and that of Great Britain only little more than half as great, or 121HS1 miles. The population of the two coun7- tries is very little larger than that1 of ours, while we.cou1d take up Great Brit. ain and France and set them down in the state of Texas. The new holy allianceAa most unholy one it would be-could not whip us upon our own shores, even if Russia should not take a hand in the fracas.
 It is natural that the French and the Spanish, looking at the safety of their West Indian islands, should make com mon sympathy, if not common cause,s with Great Britain. but there is every reason why Russia should have no sym pathy with England and very great sym pathy with the United States. Russia and the United States are coming face to face across the Pacific ocean, and the two great powers must join hands in ruling the destinies of the orient. &F
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
(. ROGAN 6 co.

the sound money" column. It fans it. self into this delusive hope by reasoning that if the silver democrats in Calhoun were as strong as said to be, that the subscription list of the Republican would enable it to stay in Jacksonville and make money.
 Does the subscription list of the Ad- vertiser pay it's expenses and give it's editors a living? No; neither does the subscription list of any other paper in Alabama pay such an amount. The Ad- vertiser well knows from it's past expe- rence that for any paper to prosper 1t must have a liberal advertising patron age. This is what the Republican has come to Anniston to get, and it is going to get it.
 As to the Republicans subscription list, it is larger than any other paper in this section, and is at least four times as large as will be that of any goldbug weekly ever published in this county.
 The Advertiser need not worry over Calhoun. Three-fourths of the demo- crats of this county are for the free and unlimited coinage of silver, and will so declare in next years convention.
 Calhoun is all right.-Jacksonville Re- publican.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
A CARNIVAL.

There is no reason why Birmingham should not have carnival for mardi gras. There would be no rival or com petition with other cities in the matter. At first it might not come up to the mark, but gradually it would evolve into an en- tertainment which would draw thousands of visitors to the city. Speaking of Br- minghams ambition in this respect, the Mobile News tries to throw cold water upon the sceheme. Our Mobile friend must bear in mind that energy and money will accomplish at once what it has taken so many years of experience to bring about in New Orleans and Mo- bile. We have the benefit of their expe- rience. There is an idea that it is only in so-called Creole towns, whose people are descended from the Franco Latins and which have large Roman Catholic tendencies, that the carnival can be success. This is an error The car nival of New Orleans grew out of that of Mobile, and that of Mobile is of com paratively recent origin. It has no taint of the middle ages and was originated and is conducted by young men of all re- ligions and by many, unfortunately, of no religions. It is simply holiday com- bining pleasure with business.
 It has been urged that Birmingham is too far to the north for a carnival but we should bear in mind that the most successful and enjoyable carnivals of the old world are in cities whose climate is far more severe than that of our own temperate city.
 Here is what the News says We may read it, although we do not agree with it.
 ''The News is apt to catch on to every- thing in the way of it's namesake, whether in or out of town, if it has any bearing on Mobile. We presume our live contemporaries will wake up by New Year to the fact that Birmingham has grown so ambitious as to propose a car nival, and by her own little self, next mardi gras. Our city editor has tumbled to the fact that the Chicago of Alabama proposes to dam the stream of travel to Mobile and New Orleans, and divert it to Birmingham uses. by an imitation of their long considered and world-known beauties. She has gone so far as to or ganize a Birmingham Carnival associa- tion,' and to print letter headings and envelopes with that alluring, if deceiv- ing, device. We are not offering advice, but it may be we'll if Birmingham stop right there.
 "The great cities of the country have initiated our Creole carnival; notably, Baltimore. Cincinnati, St. Louis, AL bany. Louisville, Memphis, Vicksburg, and even New York. They have spent anywhere from $S0,OOO to $125.00O on their varied attempts, Today the carnival lives in only two cities-Mobile and New Orleans, St. Louis has annually grand and brilliant fall pageant, and that ends the list; and even in three of the success es cited above, the big cities had to se- cure their designer and their expert arti- sans from Mobile.
 "The reason of their failure to continue
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29

 their pageants (even when financially and artistically brilliant sueeesses) B two-fold: eostliness and want of expeH- ence /
 Tt has taken Mobile sixty-five sue- cessive years-and an outlay of some $2.000,000 in hard eash-to reach her pres ent pre-eminence. The carnival spirit and the traditions of the great mystic orders descend from father to son. It has cost New Orleans forty years of study and labor-plus an amount of money we would not dare to estimate to reach her glorious record of today St. Louis, we have heard, has spent as much 900 on a single Yelled Proph- ct celebration week.
 'Yet. our hustling and practical neigh bor Birmingham, hopes for a carnival of her own fixes it for the same date as Mobile and New Orleans. and begins to talk of it just sixty days in advancei We are proud of our Magic City, proud of her growth, her pluck and the practical way in which she is striving to pull out of her post-boom Slough of despond' But we really do not believe that she will fail to- read the lesson of the somewhat larger and richer towns we have named; that sbe will attempt to do within sixty days what 1t has taken us more years to perfect OF that sshe-swill be unable to translate the truth: Non omnia pos SumuS omneSp7
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
Democracy Has So Decided.

Speaking with reference to the proba- ble candidacy of Col. R. H. Clarke for governor, the Russell Register, an ad- ministration paper, says: We shall be very sorry to see him enter the race as the representative of the views of MT. Cleveland, because we do not think the result will portray the true sentiment of the democracy of Alabama as to those views. We believe that many Cleveland democrats will vote for Captain John- ston, for reasons entirely foreign to the currency and money question, and we be- lieve that MT. Clarke, in entering the race and making the fight on these lines, and the Advertiser, in endeavoring to use the lash to secure the vindication of the national administration, will distort the nomination of Captain Johnston into a repudiation of Mr. Cleveland when such will not be the fact. We believe that Captain Johnston will be nominated whether MT. Clarke runs or not, or whether MT. Clarke runs as an admins tration candidate or not. The democracy has decided that Captain Johnston should have the nomination, and that same de- mocracy is going to give it to him.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
let Us ssToteo Fair

The Argus can see no relief, no safe ty for our country except through the financial plan so ably urged by MT.
 Cleveland. But this is a purely national question and can only be effected
 through national issues. But, while we abate neither jot nor little in our faith in the gold basis of value, so long as there can be no international agreement, we can but recognize that there are great many democrats of another view in Alabama. Even the most sanguine gold advocate will have to admit this; which, being true. so far as the Argus can have voice, we shall not let 1t be said to our brethren, when it comes to state offices. that they are good enough to vote, but not good enough to hold office. We should l like to see such sound money democrats as Herbert. or Clarke or Seay or Tomp- kins sent to the senate. But we should also like to see some faithful, honest, tireless party fighter like Joe Johnston made governor In this we are, un- doubtedly but refiecting the views of many Cleveland democrats Gf you choose to so term them) all over this end of Ala
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
SWayed by Selfish Interests.

The democrats who advocate the fres coinage of silver at the 16 to 1 ratio arc advocating what they believe to be, and which has been, one of the fundamental principles of democracy since it's founda. ton. The goldites want them to eschew this great principle before they are will ing to have harmony, as shown by their strenuous efforts to get out a candidate to oppose Captain Johnston, who, it is admitted by nearly every newspaper in the state can come nearer solidifying the party than anyone else. If they are SC anxious for harmony, as they desire us to believe, why so much opposed to the only man who can bring 1t about? The motive is covered with too thin a gauze--it can be clearly seen through. Personal pique and selfish interests sway them, and not patriotism and the good of the party Clayton Courier.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
1soe. THE STATE HERALD.
1896.
Subscription Price of the Daily Reduced to
 Six (S6) Dollars Per Annum.

Subscription Price of the Daily Reduced to
 Six (S6) Dollars Per Annum.
 The State Herald management, appre- ciating the very liberal encouragement extended to the paper by the people of Alabama and other states, and especially grateful to the business men of Birming- ham for their very liberal support during this season, hereby announces a reduc- ton of the subscription price of the Daily State Herald for 1896 to six ($6) dollars per annum, delivered free by mail or by carrier
 Thus the State Herald becomes the only daily morning newspaper in Ala bama which meets the demand of mod ern journalism. placing itself in easy reach of every reading man, woman and child in the state.
 This reduction in subscription price does not mean a decline in the general excellence of the State Herald. It is the purpose of the management to steadily improve the paper in every department and make it invaluable as daily visitor to Alabama homes and business offices. In announcing this reduction the State Herald which already enjoys the largest circulation of any newspaper in Alaba- ma, confidently expects a large increase in it's number of readers, at home and abroad, because we realize that Ala bamians are an appreciative people, who always respond literally to the invitation of enterprise and progress.
 This reduction in price carries with it the necessity for a strictly cash system in the subscription department. There fore our patrons will be expected to pay monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or an- nually in advance, and will not become offended when cut from the list for delin- quency.
 Our rates for 1896 are as follows: Daily State Herald per month...$ 50 Daily State Herald, per quarter...... 1 50 Daily State Herald, per annum. ..... % Sunday State Herald alone, per an-
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 THE STATE HERALD,
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Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
None but Its Anointed.

Can it be possible that the Montgomery Advertiser will not even give its gracious consent that the State Herald may ap- the Venezuelan boundary? We submit that of all the petty journalism we have ever known, this freak or our Montgom- cry contemporary is the smallest. What wretched stuff it has been dealing forth to its readersi And this is the savior of Alabama democracy that will have none but its own personal high priests to sit in the party temple. none but it's anointed for governoE-Huntsville Argus (Adm.)
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29

That will doubtless result in the nomina- ton of Captain Johnston and the adop- ton of free silver platform. But if the majority honestly says no, then what ever it recommends let every true demo- crat acquiesce in and help on to success. Because the Advertiser sulks is no req son the whole party should go into mourning Talladega News-Reporter.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
Calhoun All Right.

The Montgomery Advertiser is now catching at straws. It sees that the chances are now strongly in favor of the silver democrats controlling the next state convention, and it is whistling to Keep up it's courage It even sees that in the move of the Republican from Jack sonville to Anniston that the silver dem ocrats are not as strong in Calhoun as has been reported, and expresses a hope that next year Calhoun will be found in
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
The King Bee.

The Uniontown Canebrake News says:
 It seems that the Advertiser has at last treed a gubcrnatorial candidate. He will soon announce himself, and then the fun will begin.
 Yes, the Advertiser, the king bee of the remnant of Randolphism in Montgomery county, is the accepted leader of this movement to get out a candidate against Johnston. Randolphsm under the pre- text of serving the party has been guilty of many crimes against the party not the least of which is it's present effort to disrupt it.-Montgomery Journal.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
From What Source. PleaseP

We would like to know from what source the Advertiser would draw re- cruits to the democratic party, if not from the men who have in the past opposed that party? Then, if, they are to come from that source. how are they to be obtained if they are not allowed to par ticipate in the primaries? Shut them out of the primaries, will they then march up and vote the democratic ticket? We think not.-Weekly Mirror.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
Has Taken the Contract.

Doesn't the Herald know that the es- teemed Montgomery postoffice has un- dertaken the contract to defeat Captain Johnston? It Is devilish big contract. and 1t fully realizes it, but 1t is attempt ing it daringly and desperately. As to the State Herald it is but natural and right that 1t should defend its townsman from the wanton assaults of a malignant newspaper Montgomery Journal.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
Pretty Hard.

The Montgomery Advertiser is an amusing old jade. Without her Journal ism would be hand-organ minus the monkey Once power in the state, she has gone into a fit of political decadence that makes her know she is dying if not dead, and amid it all, standing with one foot in a grave of her own digging. she pours forth humor fit for gods. A good old soul in her time, she will ere long be held in grateful memory.-Oxford Enter DriSe
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
Misprint and Reprint.

Johnston, get your gun, your sword and your pistol, there's a goldbug in the coal scuttle, and we'll have some fun," sings the Montgomery Morning Hypo- crite, And we'll have some fun," cho- ruses the Afternoon Reprint.@Shefield Reaper.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
Thanks.

The State Herald's Sunday edition was beauty. Enjoying, as it does, the larg- est circulation of any daily in the state, edited, as 1t is, by men of brains and prudence. it bids fair to be the just pride of Alabama Our state has long been in need of f1rst-class daily newspaper, and the State Herald seems to be making ef- forts to fill the "long-felt want."-Oxford Enterprise.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
Entitled to the Nomination

While we have nothing to say against MT. Clarke, we believe that Captain Johnston is entitled to the nomination and that he will receive it at the hands of the democratic party and that he will be the next governor of Alabama Colbert County Banner.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29

bama. It is with this kind of concilia- tory spirit that our forces are to be brought together and kept together for the struggle with the common enemy Tn August. 1S96 Democrats must "tote" fair with each other.-Huntsyille Argus (Adm)
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
Going to Win.

Don't worry about the relations of the Journal and the State Herald and John ston's campaign. Johnston is going to be nominated and the only thing that worries the Journal is the possible bolt of the es.-Montgomery Journal.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
ECHOES OF THE PRESS.
Breechpin Burned Out.

The recoil of the Montgomery Adver- tiser is attributable solely to the fact that the breechpin of her gun is burned out She should send it to the gunsmith for repairs.-ShefIield Reaper.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29

It has been discovered that potatoes can be evaDorated like apples, and used in the same way. The potato crop in Michigan was very large this year. and potato evaporators are being started up all over the state.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
Let the Thing Rant,

The way to harmony next year is not to follow the Advertiser, which seems to have gone clean daft on its Johnston abuse, but to let the old thing rant while the party gathers itself together and fol- lows willingly the will of the majority.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29

Sir Lewis Morris says that the only reason why Great Britain does not rescue Armenia from the Turks is that she is afraid of a war with America at the same time.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29

The New York Evening Post thinks that the president and congress are both engaged in the "gleesome game of put .em-in-a-holer
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29

MT. Roosevelt says England never lets a consideration of abstract right or mor- ality interfere with the chance of her na- tional agrandizement or mercantile gain."
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29
Wants Better Game.

Many of the papers are coming out in favor of Hon. Richard Clarke for the gub- ernatorial nomination. In our opinion the "bue-eyed boy of destiny" is in quest of better game.-Athens Courier.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-29

The Russell Register says it will be be sorry to see MT. Clarke enter the race as the representative of Mr Clevelahd's views, because it believes the result viii not reflect the views of the party in Ala bama. It says many Cleveland demo- crats are supporting Captain Johnston
 and it believes he will be nominate,i whether MT. Clarke runs or not 'sSy