Evening star., 1896-08-01
Final Speeches Of the Campaign in
Alabama.
BOPH PARTIES PROFESS CONFIDENCE
Republicans Claim That They Are
Loyal to Goodwin.
ESTIMATES OF THE RESULT


Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
BIRMINGHAM Ala. August 1.-Final
speeches of the campaign are being made
in nearly every township in Alabama to-
day. Captain Joseph F. Johnston demo-
cratic nominee for governor, is in Winston
county Governor Oates is speaking to his
home people in Henry county, Congress
rran Bankhead democrat, in Franklin
county. and Congressman Goodwin, popu-
list. republican nominee for governor, Is
speaking in Lewiston county The out
look is for an unusually heavy vote Mon
day.
Democratic leaders predict success by a
majority of from thirty to forty thousand.
while the fusion managers claim their
ticket will win by from twenty-five to
fifty thousand. Democrats say the popu-
lists have given up all hope of electing
Goodwyn, and are now after the legisla-
ture-
Populist leaders deny this, and J. A.
Bingham, populist chairman, SAYS his
party expects to carry all the white coun-
ties but three, and will poll big vote in
the black counties.
Chairman Vaughan of the republican
committee denies that republicans are in
different to GoodwynS success, and says
they will vote for him to a man. 1t is
said that Weaver and Sovereign did more
harm than good to the fusion cause in Ala
bama- Sovereign left last night without fill
ing his appointments today. seemingly dis
gusted with the Alabama populists. Sow
ereign is a hot Bryan man, and did not
like the idea of popullsts fusing with the
republicans.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, August 1.-For
some time there has been talk of the re-
publican committee taking down the two
colored men on the electoral ticket to
rNlo - ha 20
vote for Mckinley. Nathan H Alexander
colored, one of the republican nominees for
elector-at-large. publishes a letter saying
that he will not come down, and that if
the committee tries to force him down 1t
Will mean another republican electoral
ticket.
WATSON MUST REPLACE sEwALL.
PopuliSt Terms Announced by w. l..
Peek of Georgia.
ATLANTA, Ga, August Wv. L. Peek
who ran for governor the populist
ticket in 1892. and headed the Georgia dele
CATION at ST. Louis. makes q significant
statement to the Atlanta Journal today
1t is follows:
'CONYERS. Ga, August !, 1896
TO the Atlanta Journal
1T was understood with the democrats
that if the popuiists would nominate Mr.
Bryan Tor President and southern popu-
list for Vice President that Mr. Sewall
would retire from the race; or, in other
Words, that he (Mr. Sewa1D would be taken
down. and that our candidate for Vice
President should be placed on the ticket
with MIR. Bryan With this understanding
Mr. Watson was unanimously nominated
Every state in the Union supported him ex-
cept South Carolina, and it was not repre-
Sente1- This was the broad ground on
which the democrats and popIlists met.
Having teen deceived by promises, we
made it a certainty on our part, and re-
yersed the order of business. and nominated
the Vice President first
Senator Jones, chairman of the national
democratic committee, was there, togther
with many prominent democrats from diff
fereDt parts OF the United States, urging
this course for the success S>of financial re-
form. We did not iuderSe Mr.. Bryan, but
made our platform and nominated him then
for President by over +a-ztwo-thirds vote.
Mr.. "atson'S nomination WAS greeted with
long and as loud outbursts of enthusi-
was Mr.. Bryaa's. and beg to say
now that there is but one course to pursue
If good faith IS to govern this union of
silver forces. viz.
''W tson electors must be put up by the
democratic party from Maine to California.
1t would be lack OF fidelity to ask or do
otherwise. IN the south, yea, in Georgia,
1t would be an unpardonable sin and un-
faithfulness on the part of the democratic
party, and the people will hold them re-
sponsible for the result
(S.giIed 'WILLIAM L. PEEK"