Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-10
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a renomination for the office of governor notwithstanding the desperate effort of the Advertiser to force him Into the race Here is what he is quoted as having said to the Advertiser yesterday. when asked regarding the rumor that he had repudi- ated the double leaded editorial which appeared in that paper Friday morning.
 Instead of repudiatiHg the article, stated to every one with whom l talked about it that 1t was substantially true, but that the Advertiser had put 1t little too strong. I do nots desire 10 pe- come a candidate next year and It IS well Known that did not desire to be candidate when I was nominated; put the importunities of friends and the party demand for me to run was so gen eral and widespread that l yielded. l do not think there Is such demand now as to require me to make the race. but circumstances may be such in the future there may be such a demand, or if 1t be- comes necessary for the good of the par ty for me to make the race again, am always ready to answer every party call"
 So we have it from Governor Oates in the shape of an interview with State Herald reporter, which appeared in the State Herald yesterday morning that he is not candidate for governor, but is a candidate for the senate. We also have it from him as set out above to the Ad- vertiser, that he is not a candidate, does not desire to become a candidate and that he does not think there is such a demand now as to require him (me) to make the race"
 Having announced Friday that in its judgment Colonel oates admittance that |, d. ,i,ao rendered him by the party was sufficient grounds for saying that he was really in the race, the Adevtiser in the following language withdraws that statement in its issue of Saturday:
 "He is not candidate for a second nomination; that is to say, he does not seek 1t.
 He says there has been no sort of for nal demand upon him as yet, and plainly indicates that he needs only to be con- vinced of the judgment of the party as to the necessity for his waiving his personal preference, in order to yield that prefer ence.
 Now that his position is made plain. there will be no doubt of the consequence. The party wants no inflammatory fac- tional fight next year, and 1t will not be long in letting the wish be made clear. Governor Oates will soon recognize the demand for his leadership, and any oppo- sltion that may be attempted in the effort to keep alive the silver agitation, will soon fade away for lack of sympathy in the party ranks.
 From Governor Oates interview as published in the State Herald Saturday, from his statement to an Advertiser ed- itor as published in that paper yester- day and copied above and from theabove statements taken from the Advertiser the following conclusions are reached: i. Governor Oates Is not a candidate for a renomination.
 2. He does not desire to become candi- date.
 B. He would only accept the nomination on a formal demand made on him by the party.
 4. That the party has not made such formal demand upon him.
 In saying that he would not decline the party's nomination to be its standard bearer for governor were it rendered him Governor Oates has said only what any other patriotic democrat conscious of his ability to fill the office would say, pressed as he has been to the point of answering the question yea or nay
 There are hundreds of men in Ala bama who are not candidates for gov ernor and who have no thought of be- coming candidates for that place or any other place who would if asked to say whether or not they would accept the nomination for governor if rendered them by the democratic party answer as Governor Oates has answered. If the party in convention assembled next year should see proper to tender to Governor Oates the nomination he would prove himself unworthy of the honors already bestowed upon him by declining to &C., cept it-and his announcement regarding a tender of the nomination. over which the Advertiser has seen proper to make so much noise. really amounts to noth- ing, because the tender can only be made by convention of the party. To sum up here is the whole matter in nutshell: Colonel Oates is not candidate for governor, but for senator. He Is too patriotic to decline a renomination should the party tender it to him, or rather demand that he take it, and if he were not so patriotic, being candidate for the senate at the hands of the party he is too wise man to say he would not accept the nomination for his party for governor if called upon to do so. Having declared at the outset that he would not be candidate for renomination, hav- Ing reiterated that declaration and not really desiring the position, the people of Alabama, even those who do not agree with Colonel Oates in politics, will ad- mire his manliness in not allowing him. self forced into contest simply to grati- fly a disgruntled newspaper.
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