Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-17
THE LATEST ALABAMA NEWS
Clarke's Claim as to the Nomi-
 nation of GoW Oates
RIDICULED BY HIS FRIENDS
Deadly Parallel Column Again Used to Flag the Montgomery Adyertiser-Time When
 Clarke Was Not in the Balance.

Montgomery, Jan. lb.-(Specldd).-1ne Washington correspondent of the State Herald in the issue of the 12th instant asked the question: with which, Clarke or Johnston, will Governor Oates train?" and says that it must be remembered that it was MT. Clarke's brilliant effort that turned the tide in Mobile county and gave Colonel Oates the solid vote of that county. A well-informed Mobile man, in referring to the statement. said:
 "Mr. Clarke was not for Colonel Oates until after MT. Rich withdrew from the race. Then he went in and made a gal lant fight for Oates in his city. But the fact should not be lost sight of that Mr. Clarke had most excellent help. Judge Price Williams. who is a host in him. self, Ex-Senator Daniel Smith, Dick Fay Tor and all his kin, Le Vert Clark, Syd Prince, Major Ross, Harvey b. Jones and many others, whoLare good workers, did their best for Oates and made more votes for him than did Clarke individ- ually. One day, 1 remember, Price Will Hams took the streets with Oates, intro ducing him to every one he met and ask ing them to vote for him. Then Judges Toulman and Scenes were friends to Oates. All these were for him because they knew and admired him, and not be-
  perhaps all of them, declared for him be- fore Clarke did. The Mobile Register was also for him, and the solid vote of that county was given him not alone by Clarke's efforts, but as the result of the work of all the men above named.
 Furthermore the Washington special said. Clarke went all over Ala bama at the cost to himself of nearly $15 per day the same being deducted from his salary as member of congress for ab- senos.r and used every means to further Oates interest. In fact, it Is remember ed that MT. Oates owes his successful nomination to MT. Clarke solely
 That statement Is ridiculous and is utterly untrue. MT. Clarke went up to . Perry county and made ore speech with Colonel Oates there, and that night they both spoke in Selma and, 1t may be stated, Oates lost both those counties. Clarke never made any other speech for him outside of Mobile until after Oates nomination The declaration has often been made by those like the correspond ent who knew no better. that Governor Oates owed his nomination solely to MT. Clarke. Suppose Oates had lost Mobile, he would have been nominated anyway. Mobile had seventeen votes. Take them from Oates and give them to Johnston, it would have made difference of thr- ty-four votes, and Oates was nominated by forty majority and on the first bal lot Suppose that MT. Clarke alone car ried Mobile, which he did not do, and no one can point to any other county he carried for Governor Oates, how can it be contended for one moment that he nominated Oates?
 "On the other hand, MT. Clarke appealed to Colonel Oates immediately after the primaries to have him made president of the convention, and Oates appealed to his friends, not only to do that but to make him temporary chairman as well, and it was done. Immediately after the convention MT. Clarke went to work lay ing his pipes for the United States sen ate. His plan was to have Oates run again for governor and thus let him go to the senate. This arrangement seems to have suited precisely the purpose of some other epople. But they found that the old one-armed hero of the wire grass could not be thus used-that he would keep his word and refuse to ask for a second nomination. He could neither be driven nor cajoled. It did not suit their purpose to let Johnston go in unchallenged, and now MT. Clarke and the Advertiser look sour at the gov- ernor
 There. was never such a campaign within the state as Oates made, and neither Clarke nor any other man in the state is so powerful and effective a cam paigner and stump speaker as the pres ent governor is It took all that he could do to beat Johnston. and MT. Clarke will
 
 en to carry before the campaign is half over. He will need Oates help worse than Oates needed his. but the governor will observe the good taste not to under- take to dictate to his democratic breth- ren who his successor shall be-"
 The Supreme Court.
 The following decisions were rendered by the supreme court today:
 Mcclellan J.-Thomas l.. Farrow ct al. vs. the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway company, appeal from Marshall circuit court; reversed and re- manded
 Henry B. Lee vs. s. H. Spaulding. ap- peal from Lauderdale district court; re- versed and remanded to Lauderdale cir cult court.
 T. K Brantley & Son vs David Will Hams, appeal from Bullock chancery court; affirmed
 John G. Cullom vs. Geraldine Weber, appeal from CulIman circuit court re- versed. non suit set aside and remanded. Samuel J.-Bolling, administrator, etc,