Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-29
STATE PRESS ECHOES.

Very few men could draw such large and representative audience on so short a notice as Captain Johnston did last night-Opelika News.
 Joe Johnston will receive the nomina- tion in April and under his leadership the democracy of Alabama will march to a glorious victory in August-LaFayett Sun.
 A thorough canvass of Cuba beat last week by one of our citizens developed the fact that out of over 100 democratic vot- CTS there is not dozen Clarke men in the precinct. All are for Joe Johnston and harmony.-Cuba Banner.
 The friends of MT. Clarke are making great efforts to carry Wilcox county for him. They write from their own beat to other beats announcing that their beat is solid for Clarke. This Is a part of their desperate game of brag. Solid in horn. Wilcox Progress.
 The talk in the Decatur Herald that Morgan county will go for Clarke is all stuff. The most sanguine Clarke advo- cates give it up that Johnston will carry the county by a good majority. They are simply fighting to keep up appear ances.-Alabama Enquirer
 A North Alabama paper is obtuse enough to remark that the tenor of the Hon. Richard H. Clarke's speeches-be ing entirely on national affairS-would indicate that he is now engaged in run ming for senator rather than governor. Well, he hasn't said that he isn't-Roan- oke Leader.
 With Johnston al the head of the ticket next August DeKalb county can be car ried by the democrats. Even Cherokee would tremble in the balance with John ston for governor. He is the man for the occasion. This is the reason the people are going to nominate him and elect him.-Fort Payne Journal
 The Birmingham State Herald, having treed the Montgomery Postoffice about it's alleged fight for principle" is now shooting at it with a rest. The State Herald is cruel. But perhaps the State Herald is loading it's gun with mis- spelled word. Try spelling principle" another way.-Montgomery Journal.
 It is fact worthy of note that some of the gentlemen who attended that now celebrated conference in this city that brought MT. Clarke out are sorry they spoke. It is also rumored that many who signed the Clarke club list are going to take their names off, and others whose names were signed without their consent are simply going to ignore the Clarke club and vote for Johnston Montgomery Journal.
 We certainly dislike to be forced to support a man for election after having said as many hard and unjust things about him as the Montgomery Advertiser has said and Is saying about Captain Johnston. But it hasn't yet entered into the old lady's calculations that she will have to advocate Captain Johnston's election for governor-but she'll have to do that very thing this year, sure. Paste this up on the wall. you dear old kicker and see what true prophet we will prove to be.-Greensboro Watchman.
 Instead of gaining, the sound money cause has lost by the blundering canvass of MT Clarke. MT. Clarke's canvass has been a mistake. It has been a mistake from the first. It was mistake in its inception. It has been so in manner and matter It's purpose has not been to ad- vance the cause of isound money" It was conceived and is being carried out to enable personal grievance and malig nant newspaper to wreak personal ven geance on democrat who has always been loyal to the party, and man whose private and public record have been above reproach. It is a personal war, and one that Is bound to lose. It will fail because its motive is plain; its purpose shameless.-Montgome Journal.
 Joseph F. Johnston is a Confederate soldier who carries the scars of five gun shot wounds inflicted in the late war in his body while fighting for his convic- tions. He carries the scalps of more re- pblican politicians, taken in public de- bate in Alabama, than any other demo- crat in the state He is the peer of any man in Alabama today as an orator and a campaign speaker. The idea of his "skulking away" before Clarke, and that MT. Clarke should have the immodesty to charge him with skuiking In the pres ence of an audience who had heard both men speak, and were able to size up their ability, is one of the marvellous develop ments of this campaign.-Scottsboro Pro- gressive-Age. Capt Joseph F. Johnston inaugurated his canvass, for governor at Thomasville on Saturday last His speech is wise and ' conservative, argumentative and con-