Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-09
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 Captain Johnston has practically no opposition for the democratic nomination for governor. North Alabama will send d solid delegation to the convention in structed for him.-Colbert County Ban ner.
 We seriously doubt if Congressman Clarke will poll 100 votes in the Colbert county primary. A goldbug in this coun- ty is as scarce an article as ward poll tlcian in the blissful beyond.-North Ala bamian.
 Already a hot campaign is going on among democrats, which will become more bitter and more hurtful to the party every day from now till the middle Of April while hardly lick will be dealt in all this time against the party's real foe. And yet some democrats are dcnouncing the executive committee for preparing to end this suicidal struggle thus early. This cry of 'snap judgment is only an ac- knowledgement- by the Clarke men of their own weakness.-RandoIph Leader.
 A Clarke club has been organized in Birmingham and Johnston club in Montgomery, and Kilkenny cat fight" is to be carried on within the democratic lines, not for the enlightenment and good of the people, nor with the view of giving strength to the party. but to gratify the rancorous hatred of the Advertisers gang of pap-suckers and the voracious desire of Richard H. Clarke for office. Just think of it, democrats of Alabama, "blue-eyed destiny" Dick is running for congress, for governor and United States senator at the same time. Now, isn't Dick Clarke daisy?-Blount County News-Dispatch.
 MT. Clarke will, it Is announced, speak in this city one day next week to the Clarke club. He announces that he will +o choxx tha yi,,er v,,ar, free silver will injure them and that gold monometallism is for their benefit. When MT. Clarke succeeds in convincing the working man that when he has $2 in his pocket, one a greenback dollar and the other a silver dollar, that he will be bet ter off when the money power takes his silver dollar from him, the laboring man will be delighted; and when, right on the heels of this convincing statement, he tells him that he will be still better off when he takes the greenback dollar from him in order to maintain Mr. Clarke's English gold standard he, with all the working men, will run over each other in the April primaries to get to vote for MT. Clarke.-Montgomery Journal.
 It is rather early in the game to com mence to guess on the result or the guD- ernatorial fight, but little guessing will not do a great deal of harm and Will make entertaining reading. From the present outlook it does not seem possi- bIe for MT. Clarke to defeat Joe Johnston The Clarke men recognize this, for they are making great big bluff in Jefferson, when they know they have no possible the fight in Jefferson for the moral effect it will have on other counties. MT. Clarke will carry the first district, with the exception of Monroe, which has al- ways been against him. He will carry Greene Sumter, Pickens and Tuskaloo- t,, ha Civ ha cpcOn6 district will go for Johnston although he may lose Montgomery. That county is at least fighting ground, while both sides claim Pike and Wilcox, but Johnston has much the better chance in the latter county The third district looks decidedly like it would go for Johnston. Henry will, per haps be for Clarke, while old Barbour is now tottering in the balances, and Is just as apt to drop over in the Johnston column as otherwise. The ninth dis trict can be put down as unit for Joe Johnston though. as was said above. big bluff is being made in Jefferson, The fifth district is almost solid for Johnston, though Fillmore may go for Clarke on account of being in the shadow of the Montgomery postoffice. The eighth dis trict. the glorious old valley of the Ten nessee, will come up solid for the red headed candidate, even Limestone, the home of Houston and Pryor the home of Rob Rawls and the domcil of the 1mDetuOuS DOyS WIlO DuTHcO 1ONCihoi Jones in effigy, 1t, too, will float around in the Johnston column, and Hector Lane where, oh, where will he be, If he don't make haste and "get on the band wagon?" The seventh district will be solid. with the possible exception of Cullman and Cherokee. The popu- lites in the latter county will all vote for Clarke, because they think he ts the weaker man of the two. and that their candidate can down him at the polls easier than they could Joe Johnston. The fourth Is all right with the possible exception of Shelby. That is populte county beyond redemption, and 1t may go into the Clarke column It is. per- haps, the worst populite county in the state except Pickens. Calhoun. Cleburne. Tarladega. Chiffon and Dallas will all fly the flag of honest money and the coinage of both gold and silver at the ap- preaching state convention. and poor little Shelby may he left out in the cold.
 MT. Clarke. i'en has cinch in only nine counties with a fighting chance in about as many more. Joe Johnston will come to Montgomery with every county north of Calera. with the possi- ble exception of those named above and with half of the black belt and two thirds of the wire-grass counties hang ing from his belt. Jess Stallings will proceed to take Uncle Wallace's scalp and. thank God the democracy and Ala bama will be saved.-Selma Times.
 Now that the state executive commit- tee has prescribed the rules and regula- lions for the voters in the race for the nomination for governor, the question is. who will be the choice of the people? We think Joe Johnston will be an easy3svin- ner. The better he is known by the masses the more are appreciated those sterling qualities of head and heart that endear him to his fellow citizens. Cap tain Johnston was born near Charlotte.