Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-14


and Kessburg a. total 80 delegates. john
ston will have Sc majority in the county
| convention. The sensational report sent
out yesterday relating to a hand
| to-hand fisticuff between factions in
| Gadsden beat meeting is without founda-
| tion. Two boys in the door way of the
| court room became involved in a personal
! affair and only one blow was passed. The
| meeting was disturbed for few seconds.
| The charge of fraud in the wrongful
| participation of republicans and populists
in the room report is only sore toe
| The meeting waB as smooth and har-
| monious could be expected, and all OF
| Johnston's and Most of Clarxe's support
| ers express themselves as being satisfied
| as to the fairness of the rulings of the
| chairman and the honesty of the John
! ston and Clarke tellers, who counted the
| votes and passed upon contests of voters
Gadsden, April 13.-tSpecial.)- beat
| nesting held in the court house Saturday
afternoon was the largest in the history
| of Gadsden. The doors were thrown open |
| at 1870 and by o'clock there were fully
| 800 people in the house, and at that time
| the house was called to order, and Amos
| E. Goodhue was elected chairman by
| majority of 19 votes over Capt. A. L.
| Woodliff. The Johnston men were seated
| on side of the house and the Clarke |
| men on the other. The house was pretty
| equally divided, Johnston's majority be-
! ing only 10 votes. The Elliott band rem
| dered some good Johnston music and
everything passed off quietly, with the
| exception of a little sparring match of
| one round between a Johnston and a
Clarke lad Out of 146 delegates to the
| county convention fair estimate will
| give Johnston 132, Clarke IA. All beats
have not been heard from at this writing.
franklin.
Russellvile, April 13.-(Special) 1.-The
beat conventions in Franklin county were
| exceedingly quiet. All are for free silver
| and Johnston, and there is not enough
| opposition to even make the issue inter-
esting. 1t is said that there are only ten
| Clarke men in the county. Russellville
| beat has sixteen delegates in the county
| convention, and they are instructed for
Johnston
The race between ]. b. Moore of Tus-
| cumbia and ]. 7. Young of Marion for
| senator will be close, with the chances in
favor of Young We have heard from
only two beats on the senatorial race, and
| these two beats give Young 20 delegates
| in the county convention out of the SIS
| delegates in the convention. Young's
! friends feel pretty sure of enough of the
balance to control the county convention,
| and If Young gets the Franklin delega-
tion it will give him the nomination. Ma
rion will give Young delegates, and
| Franklin's will give Young delegates,
against Colbert's for Moore.
| The pops held their convention Satur-
day at Belgreen and nominated the fol-
| lowing ticket: For representative. w.
| T. Gait; for sheriff. William Hargett; tax
| collector, Robert Davidson; assessor, j.
| w. Sheriff.; treasurer, A. T. Petree; SUI
perintendent of education, Oscar Cham
| bers; commissioners. Todd and Strick-
| land.
This is considered weak ticket, and
the democrats think they can defeat It,
The democratic primary in this county
to select various county candidates VIII
| be held May 23, and hot fight will be on
from now until the dear people settle 1t
| in August
Greene.
Eutaw, April 13.--(Special)-ou of ten
| beats in this county heard from Clarke
has "a delegates and Johnston s. Two
| other beats to hear from. Total dele
| gates to the county convention, "a.
Hale.
Greensboro. April 12.-(Special. .)-Of-
fical count gives Johnston in the county
convention SO, Clarke 43. Waller and
| Tunstall are lected to the Legislature,
Torbert sheriff, Jack assessor and Turpin
collector The vote for treasurer is very
close.
Greensboro, April 13.-(Special.)- .)-Hale
| is absolutely for Johnston; no contests or
| threats of any, so all of Clarkes friends
/ admit
Henry.
AbbevilIe, April 13.-( Especially )-Henry
| county has gone for Clarke. There are
| so delegates to the county convention.
| Clarke will have 81, Johnston 80.
| Dothan, April 12.-(Special.)-The re-
| port of yesterday is unchanged. The
| county goes for Clarke by more than
1000 majority. Democratic supporters of
| Johnston refused to participate In the
| meetings, owing to the restrictions inn
| posed by the county committee, but they
| will stand by their candidate to a man in
the August election. The contest from
/ Johnston beats may go up to the conven-
| tion The Advertiser wires its cores
| pondent here this evening that Clarke is
| nominated, and that his friends are pre-
pairing to fight for his rights Does it in
| tend to bolt?
Jackson.
! Scottsboro, April 13.-(Specia1) Jack
son is solid for Johnston.
| Scottsboro, April 13.-(Specia1 Full
| returns from precinct meetings in Jack
son have not yet been received, but both
Johnston and Clarke men concede a solid
| delegation for Johnston. There is great
| rejoicing here over the good news, and
OLD Jackson feels that she has done her
| part well.
| Lamar.
Sulligent, April Special )-From
| what can be gathered this morning john
ston has carried Lamar county by at
least to 1. In this beat Johnston got So
| and Clarke "a votes; Pine Springs, john
| ston II, Clarke 1; Crews, Johnston got
over 30 and Clarke none. At Vernon. the
home of the Courier, where so much has
been claimed by the Advertisers claimer,
| Johnston got II to Clarke's H. At Mill
| VILE Johnston got "a and Clarke O. Other
| beats have not been heard from fully,
| but enough is known to put Lamar coun-
ty in the Johnston column by at least 2
to /. y
| Lauderda1e.
Florence. April 13.-(Special.)-
ston will have every vote in the Lauder
| dale convention except 2 from st. Flo
| rain The county went Overwhelmingly
for him and the Clarke men acknowledge
| their utter defeat. There is no cry of
| fraud here Clarke and Johnston men
| alike declaring that the meetings were
| conducted with the utmost fairness
/ Johnston's popularity surprised his
friends, many pronounced sound money