Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-11

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Clarke's hahdshaking expedition
through the shops and mills has made
scores of votes for Captain Johnston.
Yes the Johnston men have been ION
the run" several days, but only on paper
in the humorous columns of the local
Clarke organ.
The tide was booming in Johnston's ia
vor all day Thursday and yesterday. 1t
will not reach its highest point until the
polls close this afternoon.
No doubt Captain Johnston would be
glad to see Mr. j. w. Worthington return
to the party and vote for him-Captain
Johnston wants to see former democrats
come back home.
What will become of the esteemed
clarke Kolumn" after today? Though
lost to sight to memory dear it will ever
be- because of its valuable services to
the Johnston forces.
Today's work in jefferson county will
sound the death knell to the outrages
heretofore practiced by some in this
county, with the aid of the once per
month pay day and the time check.
With Joseph F. Johnston as the candi-
date for governor there will be an old
time revival of democracy such as has
not been witnessed in Alabama since the
matchless Houston campaign in 1874.
No bitterness should exist between the
able editors of the "Klarke Kolumn" and
Col. j. Warren Worthington because the
latter was made the leader of the Clarke
contingent. Intellect and capacity will
assert themselves.
The fine italian hand of Mr. ]. War
rem Worthington will fail to get in its
perfect work this time. His environment
is not suitable, and then he is handicap
ped by his prominent connection with the
commissary system.
The State Herald is authorized to state
that Mr.. j. w. Worthington is mistaken
in his recollection of the interview which
Captain Johnston had with him some
months ago, an account of which Mr..
Worthington published in the News yes
terday afternoon.
The South Highland nabobs are greatly
incensed that the Hon. Richard Henry
Clarke did not include their bailiwick in
his circuit of handshaking peregrina-
tons. They think that in his frantic
hunt for votes they should not have been
given the icy shake"
Men who champion the cause of re-
pubicans in one election are expecting
rather too much when they undertake
to run the democratic primaries follow
ing and think they should have i'm
munity from the legitimate criticisms of
democratic newspaper.
The fellows who work all day for a
dollar time check and have to take it to
the captains office at night and take
so or 20 cents for it in order to get little
cash to buy medicine for the sick wife
or babe will do their duty today by vot-
ing against the continuance of the sys-
tenn.
who struck our man?' will be the
question petulanty asked tomorrow
morning by the kid politicians of the
Clarke persuasion. Why, bless your
souls. boys. the answer will be easy. 1t
purchasable democrats of jefferson coun-
ty and Alabama.
It's solid silver dollars to ginger snaps
that before his recent handshaking tour
through the rolling mills and shops of
Birmingham, the aristocratic hand of the
Hon. Richard Henry Clarke never touch
ed that of single horny handed son of
toir' in Jefferson county The boys
caught on to his racket readily.
Mr. J. Warren Worthington says in his
card that the State Herald has libelled
him. The laws of Alabama may be so
lax as to permit men to reap the bene-
fits of money collected for house rent
from poor laboring men who never act
ualy occupied the houses but they have
not yet said it was libellous for news
paper to say a man voted the republican
ticket when the fact that he did so vote
exists.
The absurdity of the Clarke campaign
in jefferson county reached it's climax
when the Hon. Richard Henry Clarke
made his handshaking pilgrimage
through the shops and mills of Birming-
ham, The distinguished gentleman
doubly discounts the intelligence and in
dependence of the workingmen il he
imagines for moment that they did not
understand and resent his estimate Of
them.
On yesterday. after thu Hon Richard
Henry Clarke had completed his tour of
one of the great shops where a large
number of laboring men are employed,
leader among them WAS heard to say
quite emphatically. hat Clarke was
either crazy or looked upon them as FOOLS
II he thought Their votes could b. caught
by such cheap demagogaery, thai they
understood the motive for his sudden and
excessive interest ill them and desire to
shake their hands.