Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-27
POLITICS IN TUSCALOOSA Capt. Johnston Addressed aLarge Audience Yesterday AND FOUND READY RESPONSE His Dignifed Hidicule of the Opposing caOdi-
 date AppIauded. FINANCE WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH Today There Are Many New Admirers of the Gallant Captain in the
 Druid City and
 Vicinity.
AND FOUND READY RESPONSE
FINANCE WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH

Tuskaloosa, March 26.-(Staff Core spondence) )--Capt. Joseph F. Johnston spoke here today to a large assemblage of the voters of Tuskaloosa county Ills address was devoted to the important is- sues of the campaign, and the enthusl- asm of his audience denoted their strong indorsement of the principles he IS ad- vocating.
 Captain Johnston was introduced by Attorney Henry Jones as follows:
 ''Gent1emen: I have the honor Of pre- senting to you today man who IS known and endeared to his people through the faithful and valuable service he has rendered them. He is candidate for governor of Alabama and has demon- strated his fitness for the office. He Is recognized throughout the state as an able and fair-minded democrat. If he has single fault it is that he has a mind to think for himself. Possibly he has the further fault of being too charita- ble to abuse those who differ from him in principle. No, gentlemen, I am glad to say that in Alabama these are consid- cred virtues instead. I trust and believe that Capt. Joseph F. Johnston will be the next governor of Alabama"
 Captain Johnston came forward amid the cheers of his audience, and thanked them for the opportunity they offered. him to address them upon the political issues.
 "In asking you to elect me governor of Alabama I fully realize and appreciate the dignity and importance of that high office. I consider that I asking of you the greatest honor that can be be- slowed upon an Alabamian by his peo- pie. In desiring to be the leader of more than 100000 of my people do not con sider that I am making any personal sacrifice. When my opponent declared himself a candidate for governor he sent his announcement out from Washington and said that he was candidate only because he wanted to give the admins tration democrats of Alabama chance to vote for man whom they could con- scientiously support He was thereby .smothering personal ambition and making a personal sacrifice. I am vol unteer and not conscript do not pro- pose to say an unkind word about my op- ponent, but will simply reply to the charge he has made against me in this campaign"
 q have served my party in every ca- pacty from private ranks to chairman of the executive committee. I have made speeches for the cause of democracy for the past twenty-five years and, thank God, they have all been on the same side of the question. No revelation has come to me in the night time. Principle never changes. It Is the same yesterday, to- day and tomorrow. Men and women CnanRe, me earth changes, ana even the stars change in their course, but princi- pie is always the same. What was true ten years ago Is true today. My worthy opponent has been in congress for eight years. and during that time the south has been abused, the democratic party and administration vllified and de- nouncad and not once has he raised his voice in their defense, Why did he not arise, and, like Sampson, slay the Philis- tines with the jawbone of ass? a a lent yet he says he objects to me on the ground that I have abused the adminis- tration, The charge is not even true. have differed from, but never abused, MT. Cleveland. I thank God that every democrat in Alabama, whether he tolls with his hands his brains, has the right to stand up in the councils of the party and express his opinions. In this country we have no kings and no czars. But I challenge my opponents to show single word in which have abused any democrat. whether he holds office or not The president said that if the Sherman act should be repealed 1t would restore confidence and prosperity. He believed it; did not I dissented from that mes sage. and leave 1t for you to say whether or not MT. Cieveland's prediction was correct. l have many friends who do not agree with me in policy and I grant them the same right to their opinion which claim for myself. 1 do not think that all the wisdom and discretion and pdtf1Ot1Sm or the 0eInocIdtiC party IS ceDtered in any one man..
 The speaker answered severaly the charges brought against him by the op- posing candidate, and so much to the satisfaction of his audience that they were kept in a continual uproar of laugh ter and applause
 He discussed the money question at, considerable length and in his advocacy of the free coinage of silver found ready response from his listeners. He pleaded guilty to the charge of letting down the bars, and declared that he wanted the vote of every man who be- lieves in the principles of democracy. He thought there were many who had left the party indiscreetly and that they should return to the old family hearth stone. He said that republicans are asking the support of men who had shed glory upon the south and had helped to immortalize southern va1or, and did not believe they would receive it.
 The speaker here Illustrated the idea of fusion by letting drop of ink fall into a glass of water, whereupon the crystal of the pure fluid disappeared and the speaker remarked that the ink and water had both been spoilt. He closed his address with strong appeal to all voters to go to the polls on next Saturday week and honestly discharge the most sacred duty and highest privil- ege of an American citizen.
 sUNDRY CIVIL ILAPPRoPRIATIoNB BILL It Is $17 ,0O0, 900 Less Than Tor Ihe Current
 Fiscal Year.
 Washington, March 26.-The sundry civIl appropriation bin was completed by the appropriations committee today and MT Cannon authorized to report 1t to the house. The bill as agreed to carries an appropriation of s29. .40s.S74 being s11 .o64.- 779 less than the estimates cn which 1t is based. and sl.241 2s5 less than the ap- propriation for the current fiscal year Among the appropriations are the fol-