Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-26
 WELL, II IS ALL OAE WAY The Tide Is Sweeping Johnston
 to Montgomery.  MIR. CLARKE AS OLIVER TWIST f! e= -e -r' 3sH 4t -.-- 45.| -.ra t....fi.- His Cry for "More' Is, Distressing The State Wants and Will Have Bus mess Executive.

Capt. Joseph F. Johnston would make a good chief executive and he is the man for the democrats to put at the head of the ticket.-LaFayette Sun.
 The Register knows that Captain John ston is democrat and it believes he is the man of the hour for governor. That is why 1t is supporting him.-Russell Register.
 Johnston need not fear Clarke as a candidate for governor. The people are going to have voice in the coming cleo tion, and that voice will be for Johnston. -Heffiin New Era.
 That the state needs good financier and business man no one will question, and the people have confidence in Cap tain Johnstons ability and capacity as such.-The Courant.
 Captain Johnston has been loyal, faith ful and true to the democratic party and he merits the nomination for governor at the hands of the democrats of Ala bama.-Gadsden Tribune. =
 With all the hard things the Montgom- cry Advertiser has said of Captain John- ston, it will cut shine in aiding in his election after his nomination by the next democratic state conVentiOn.-JackSon vile Republican.
 Though the state convention adopted rules hurtful to Captain Johnston's chances in 1894, not one of Captain John- ston's friends. be it said to the credit of their loyalty to the party, made any as- sault upon the committee.-Montgome Journal.
 We feel confident that democratic sen tment in this county is largely in favor of Capt Joseph F. Johnston for governor and that a unanimous delegation will be sent from this county to the state con- vention committed to his nomination. Colbert County Banner.
 It becomes more and more apparent every day that Captain Johnston is the man to sweep the state next August. There is not another man in the state who can poll the immense number of votes that Johnston is capable of doing. Johnston is our man.-Oakman News.
 Politically south Sumter is all one way. We appreciate and honor MT. Clarke, but we feel that Captain Johnston is en- titled to the nomination and should have it. We believe that Captain Johnston would do more to harmonize the party than would MT. Clarke.-Cuba Banner.
 We are proud of Carkes talent, admire his ambition and are glad that he is citizen of old rMarengo, yet sometimes the wisest can be wrong for Lycurgus was recognized as one of the wise men of Greece. yet his Spartan laws were so se- were they were said to have been written in blood.-Marengo Democrat.
 In the last campaign, six of the eight OIUCldlS dt tne cOuTt HOuSe were IOT OdteS and two for Johnston. Now the entire eight are for Johnston. This is a fair indication of the sentiment in Colbert county on the governorship. At least two-thirds of those who advocated the nomination Of Oates are enthusiastic Johnston nen.-Sheffield Standard. . We believe the majority of the people of Alabama are in favor of Joseph F. Johnston for governor. and we are and have been all the while of the same im- pulse of mind, believing him to be the most available man to unite the different factions in perfect harmony. Johnston has done good work for Alabama, let the honors fall upon him this year.-Oak- man News. 0
 MT. Clarke has gotten himself in Ia pretty pickle" He has surrendered his seat In congress from the First district to become a candidate for governor, for which position he is sure to be defeated by Captain Johnston, and in becoming a candidate for governor he has thrown away all hope of being elected senator. Truly the star of the "blue-eyed boy of