Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-02


 especially when there is a probability that he will be nominated. In that case all you have said will act as a boomerang and render your support of him of but little effect.-Greenville Advocate.
 We very much mistake Captain John ston's character if he doesn't make Con- gressman Clarke sick of his transparent bluff in going to Jefferson to open his campaign. After Clarke's friends had worked three days at Birmingham and had scraped Jefferson county with fine tooth combs they could only find 155 men to organize into a Clarke club. Among them there are no men of prominence. This is a beggarly following, in view of the fact that the silver club of I6 rming- ham numbels 1200 voters, not one of whom is a Clarke man.-North Alaba- milan.
 The action of the state democratic committee in it's meeting on the 21st was wise jud.cious and patriotic and cannot fail to meet the approval of every dem ocrat true to the principles of the party and the best interests of Alabama. It pursued the only policy that could pos sibly insure success to the democratic party of the state and save it from the humilia tion and disgrace of negro dom ination. The action of the committee is in exact accord in letter and spirit with the national democratic committee, and is the policy the Courier has steadily ad- vocated all the time. It is democratic, it is right and it will win because 1t is democratic and right.-Athens Courier.
 The state committee settled one thing. or rather one thing was settled by the complexion of the state committee. If Johnston gets majority of delegates to the state convention and is entitled to them he will get them. There will be no committee standing at the door of the state convention with club in its hand to deny this or that delegation the right to enter. If MT. Clarke is rightfully en- titled to the Montgomery delegation. for instance, he will get 1t. Captain John ston is entitled to it, and there is no doubt on this point by the Journal, he will get it. It is an honest state committee and it will be a representative of the honesty, intelligence and fairness of the party Montgomery Journal.
 We think the democratic state xecu- tive committee acted very wisely in throwing down the bars to all who would promise to support the nominees and the principles of democracy. There are thousands of good democrats that wan dered from their first love-democracy- that will come back to the old party un- der the rulings of the committee and help HIS. to fight many of the battles that are before us. In this county there are men that followed Kolb out of the party, be-
 ieying him to be a good democrat, who will follow him no longer. They see one more step and he will land them in the republican camp. This the white men of Sumter will not do, but will return to the party of the white man.-Cuba Banner. By reference to Captain Johnston's loyal letter, published elsewhere in to- days Argus, 1t will be seen that we are not to have the solidity of the party jeopardized by any joint discussion and
 It's inevitably dividing tendencies. Cap tain Johnston, with characteristic judg- ment and forethought. refiecting that the real tug of war for the people must comel in August, is unwilling to hazard party success for the mere sake of personal tilt with an opposing aspirant within the ranks. There would come dissensions which no subsequent application of balms and appeasements could heal. Johnston puts his party before himself, and very properly valves off any joint joust, which would delight only the ene- mics of the democratic party.-Hun.sville Argus.
 MT. Clarke is giving heed to some very unwise and injudicious advisers in con- senting to continue the race for the nom- ination for governor. He must know the utter folly of such course, and that he has no more chance to secure the nomi- nation than Bob MOseley has to be the republican nominee for president. No good can possibly come from his candi- dacy to the democratic party or to him. self And if his object is to create dis cord and SOW seeds of dissension in the ranks of the party, and thereby secure it's defeat and turn the state over to the tender mercies of the Moseley gang, he will find that he will have reckoned without his host, for when the tried and true followers of Andrew Jackson de- mocracy see his game they will turn from him in disgust and consign him to the fate such conduct should receiVe.-- Athens Courier.
 The Mobile News published right in the home of Congressman Clarke, says: "It is very funny that R. H. Clarke should open up his gubernatorial cam paign in Jefferson-Johnston's home county We'll from the way things look in this section it will be hard lines for Hon. R. H. Clarke to carry this, his own county, and maybe he will not do It..
 A well-known citizen of Mobile was in Huntsville quite recently. He is well posted in the politics of Mobile, and what he says is significant. He is of the opin- ion that Captain Johnston could carry Mobile beyond all peradventure, if it was necessary for his nomination. He has recently been all over Alabama, and is satisfied that there are very few coun- ties in the entire state that will go for Clarke. He regards C1arke's proposed in- yasion of Jefferson county as the sheerest uncombe.-HuntsvlleA Argus
 The Montgomery County Johnston club orga nized last night with a rOusing list of members, and starts off well. The re- corders court room was filled with John- ston's friends, who went to start the ball a rolling. It was in striking contrast to the meeting held two years ago by
 Johnston's friends in this city, when there were hardly half-dozen present, and yet that small crowd was the nucleus around which nearly 800 voters gathered alone in the two city beats. Taking that as an index, with nearly 200 present last night after two short days notice what will be Johnston's vote In the coming primaries? Boys. Johnston has got 'em and gone There is no mistaking that. Montgomery may be safely put down in the Johnston column. It Is not, it may be said right here. a fight against MT. Clarke. and it Is to be regretted that MT. Clarke is so hampered in this contest Montgomery Journal.
 Joe Johnston was for twelve years a member of the democratic executive committee and for some time it's chair man. Was for years chairman of the democratic executive committee of Dal- all cho irrn nf