Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-23

eleVateS even the surrounding atmoS- phere. Never cease to seek and demand an education. The wisest men ever known died in old age, having reached that state of intelligence where an honest confession asserted they had just entered the field of reason and wisdom when age cut them down just as the intellectual fountain appeared in sight. Fight for education and fight with every faculty; i it is wealth proof to market fluctuations
 and drouth.-Talladega Reporter.
 Says Ex-Governor Jones in his speech before the Clarke club in Troy The cries of the people of Ala labama-yea, al- most q demand-went up from all over the state that Mr Clarke should come and take the lead" As the Advertiser ! and the half dozen Montgomery goldbugs i who advise with it. together with the | small cotorie of Alabama cuckoos in | Washington, were the only ones heard | emitting any "cries' for Mir Clarke to "come and take he lead" the ex-govern- | ors estimate of the voting strength of the | democratic party in the state Is very low, | and confined to a small circle, with the | Advertiser office as the hub. "The cries | of the people of Alabaman' That do set I tie it.-Sema Times.
 Capt. Joseph F. Johnston, candidate | before the democratic state nomination | for the party nomination for the office of | governor of the state of Alabama. opened | his campaign by a speech at Thomas | vile, south Alabama, on the 18th instant. | He had a good audience, notwithstand- | ing that 1t was not known that he would | be at Thomasville until the day before. His speech was mild, conservative, man | ly, pointed, democratic and convincing. and was enthusiastically received and | heartily applauded by his hearers His | answers to the charges made by MT. Clarke in his Birmingham speech and | elsewhere were full complete and sat- | isfactory.-Mar!on County News.
 fnir Tnh Qf | Thomasville, south Alabama, should be | read by every democrat in the state, | whether of silver CT golden proclivitieS. l It is such a speech that 1t should draw all
 loyal and true democrats, and even those who have left the fold, together again IS | brethren. It is such a speech that after reading it once you find in it magnetism | enough to cause one to read it twice or | thrice and then say: How on earth | could the most ultra goldbug find any | fault in the man?" It is truly patriotic | speech; it is a speech that will live when the good captains foes are dead and for | gotten. If you have not read this speech l you should procure a copy, read 1t care l fully then lay 1t away for future refer ence.-Leighton News.
 Captain Johnston failed to carry this
 county two years ago on account of the numerous and strong personal following | of Governor Oates. Now two-thrds of the leading and influential democrats of | this county who \vored Governor Oates | are warmly for Captain Johnston, who, | after Governor Oates was nominated, | made an active and able campaign for | him all over the state, and did more to se-
 cure his election and rally his friends to l the governors support than any other | man in the state. Captain Johnston in
 that campaign was fighting for the sue 1 cess of the democratic party, while MT. l Clarke was in Washington city, viewing our hard-fought battle from afar. Every | democrat the friend of Governor Oates | two years ago should and will be for | Johnston now.-Athens Courier.
 The distinguished gentlemen who in l augurated the custom of stump speaking | over the state in pursuit of delegates to
 the state convention in 1890, says the
 | State Herald, and who met with such | wonderful success at it as to enable him | to turn up at the state convention with l the delegation from one county solid and
 | one majority of the delegation from his
 own county, was heard on the hustings
 in Troy the other night in the interest of I the Advertisers candidate for governor. l Yes, and he proclaimed 1t before that au- | dience of 200, divided about equally be- | tween Clarke men, Johnston men and | populites, that "a cry went up from the l people of Alabamar-yea, almost de- 1 mand'-for MT. Clarke to come and lead | 'em. Who started the distinguished gen.
 | tleman'' on this last exhibition? Is he @ | candidate for the senate ?-Selma Times 1 Captain Johnston rose above the petty l spite and meanness of the Montgomery | Postoffiee last night when he said that | he wanted the white people to get to- l gether And, he said, i've want them | back into the fold and by our side, and, | for my part. don't care who they vote | for when they come into the primaries l I want them to come if every mothers s | son of them vote for Richard H. Clarke | for governor. We need them-we need l them in our business this year." And l that is the real truth, we need them in | our business, and the committee in Au- | gust, 1892, took this position. too, and l the result was that the democratic ma- | jority in November was increased from about Il, 900 in August to 45000 in No vember. The result next August will. | if those who want to come back are not | insulted by mischievous work of local | committees be no less gratifying to the | democracy.-Montgo Journal.
 onstrate the wisdom of Captain John | ston in declining joint debate with Mr. l Clarke it was furnished in overrunning | measure yesterday when MT. Clarke fell l into excessive personalities, charging | Captain Johnston with wearing false l mask" and making other "unparlia- 1 mentary" references, in which he uttered l his contempt" Of course, the courage l ous Clarke would not say anything be- l hind a mans back that he would not l say to his face. How could debate | progress III tnal SlvIe! NIT. CidTke | seemed to have just arisen from read l ing of Captain Johnston's even-temper- 1 ed, withal pungent, comprehensive and l (so far as pertained to his course in state politics) absolutely unanswerable speech | made at Thomasville Saturday. and it's l perusal had left his fur badly ruffied and his glad blue eyes sadly iaundiced. l This part of MT. Clarke's speech was cut on the bias, but not measured for the | we'll fitting of democracy.-Hu l Argus.
 | Wonder if Mir. Clarke will have the l time to spare from his duties at Wash | ington to deliver at least a few speeches l in Alabama after April 21 in the interest | of Captain Johnston's election as gov ! ernor? We hope so, for he is saying. in his present canvass some pretty tough 1 things about the captain. which may | have tendency to make at least DOT | tion of the Clarke men lukewarm in their | support of Captain Johnston after his nomination by the democratic state con vention. We feel sure that he will help | undo the damage he has done the cause | of democracy in Alabama. Our confi- dence is based upon the fact that Mir.