Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-22

nominees of the recent primary election
are for Standardization News.
Bullock county, so says the Union
Springs Herald, Is safe for Johnston
A gain of four in Morgan and nine in
Bullock makes thirteen. How many did
Johnston need two years ago? IL the
wave continues this county will add eight
more to the Johnston column, making
| twenty-one. If he holds his own this
will elect, won't it?-Abbeville Times
The Eufaula Times and News, which
pehaps is as good at guessing that john
ston counties will go for Clarke as any
other Clarke paper, said of Morgan coun-
ty that "she was slipping, slipping, slip
ping away from Johnston" The pri-
mary election of the 18th shows that Nor
gan after all did not slip very far away
from the red-headed man.-Moulton Ad-
Vertiser
Morgan county is all right The Clarke
| men crowed and claimed the earth, but
| Johnston captured the delegation by an
overwhelming majority. Two years ago
| 1t was draw game between Oates and
Johnston, but Dick Clarke is not Bill
Oates and the lines are now drawn on
the money question. AS Morgan went
| so goes the Eighth district. Joe John
| ston is sure characterization Appeal.
We doubt IL there is a man in Alabama
who can show up as clean a political
record as Capt. Joseph f. Johnston. If
there could have been anything brought
| to bear against him the Advertiser would
certainly have found it. For months
past that paper In nearly every edito-
rial, has said something about his cam
didacy, yet 1t has never showed one
| thing rejecting against his political rec
ord-Evergreen Courant.
Captain Johnston: We like you over
| here and would enjoy ever so much to
| hear you give us a good old-fas hioned
6nT r.af if.al tai III xxr1an hut
| there is any county in the state which
| you think a visit from you might make
more certain, go there instead. Old Tai
| ladega will be solid for you anyhow, from
| the boys up in the timber down to us
| fellows in the trenches So put inpyour
| spare time where you think it is needed,
| and we will take care of your 16 to
| cause here. By the way, that is about
| the ratio your side bears to Mr.. Clarke in
| this county. Hope it will be as good
| from the others. Yours for justice, Three
| Thousand Voters.-Talladeg News-Re-
porter.
| The Clarke men in this beat have been
advocating that the people be required
| to sign a pledge before they participate
| in the beat meeting. To test the genu-
| ineness of their faith Johnston man
goes to Clarke man and informs him
| that, the Johnston men being in the ma
| jority in this beat, they proposed to re-
quire every man participating in their
primaries to sign pledge that he would
| support the nominee of the party, when
| the Clarke man kicked clean out of har-
| ness and asserted that he would not sign
any such paper. So we suppose the
Clarke men will hush up on the pledge
| business, as some of their men have
refused to sign. What's sauce for the
goose is sauce for the gander.-Abbeville
| Times.
It is about time for the average citizen
| to settle his mind as to his choice between
| Johnston and Clarke In the coming dem
| average man, but there are great many
| "hold-backs' and political fishes waiting
| for the net that is gilded heaviest to
| gather them in, and it is this same class.
| in the majority of elections Especially
4 prirnaries) which tramples under foot the
| true doctrine of democracy by turn
| ing the tide of popular approval and
placing in position and power men who
| have sacrificed every honor to defeat
| the will Of the people. While this is true
| in a great many cases. 1T is our belief
that the honest men who cast their ballot
| in favor of the man representing princi-
pies based upon what they believe to be
| right will turn out en- masse in the COM
| ing primaries and overwhelmingly defeat
all such political jugglery. If this be
done, and it will, there can be no reason
| able doubt as to democracy's choice in
her selection of a champion to bear her
banner on to victory. From all appear
ances the political feeling in Mobile
"waxeth not warm" but there is deep
set sentiment among the people in these
| parts which fully justifes the assertion
| that Capt. Joseph f. Johnston will carry
that banner.-Mobile News.
The Bessemer Clarkeites do not seem
| to be as buoyant as of yore. They do
not seem to have that confident mien
and bear that chilly air of narrowing
bnit
or so ago. They are not now so loudly
Wanting the wonderful and surprising
accessions to their ranks that they in
dulged in a few days since. They
must have heard something; heard
something drop; drop with a dull, sad,
sickly thud. 1t was probably the news
from Morgan. They had been hearing
other news from Morgan. Ever since
the "blue-eyed boy Of destiny" had
abandoned his position at Washington
and come home to save his dear Ala
bama at oh, such a personal sacrifice,
he has pretty well kept his blue eyes
and his feet on Morgan. He has spent
much of his time there converting the
heather, and OH the news he had sent
out from there to his followers! How
he was sweeping all before him. How
the people fiocked to hear him and hung
upon his words like a tiny honey bee
upon the sweet petals of the rose. How
they nurtured and cherished and swore
to sustain MS cause HOW Iuey SlOfleu 10
march under the banner of blue eyed
Dick But alas. alas! the COMPOUNDED
heretics, the base, cruel deceivers went
and voted for Johnston, over two to one.
They glorified, almost deified, destiny's
favorite and then brazenly voted for the
other fellow.-Bessemer Weekly.
Captain Johnston spoke here yesterday
to an audience of about 200 people, COM
posed nearly equally of both factions of
the party. He made a. good speech and
held the strictest attention of the audi
ence for two hours. He first told the peo-
pie why he was here-that he was here
asking their support, not as a free sill
yer advocate, not as goldbug, but as a
plain democrat, speaking to plain demo-
Gratis He paid his respects to the gold
big press and leaders that have charged
him with heaping abuse upon the presi-
dent and administration, but who, being
called upon to show the time and place
that he had made such statements, were
unable to do So He then told why he
was opposed to Mr. CleyelandS finan-