Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-05
ONLY ONE QUESTION NOW And That's the Size of John
 ston's Majority. HASTEN HOME, BLUE-EYED B. Or the GobIins Will Get Your Birthright-How the Various Counties Are "Going
 For Mir. Clarke
HASTEN HOME, BLUE-EYED B.


 Captain Johnston will be the next gov ernor of Alabama.-Warrior Breeze.
 And they do actually say that John- ston will carry Mobile Clarkes home county. Well, well!-Cuba Banner.
 Clarke men are doing their utmost; but their frantic efforts will not avail. John ston will win in Sumter.-Cuba Banner.
 Capt. Joe Johnston is making friends as fast in south Alabama as he did up in this portion of the state.-North A1abam- ian.
 We believe that Johnston will be 20,- 900 or 30,000 votes stronger in the state than Clarke in the August election.- Leighton News
 Clarke is in line with the party.-P. B. News. Then where was he in '92? Has he or the party changed?-Brewton Standard-Gauge.
 Johnston is growing in favor with the people every day. We feel that he is go- ing to be nominated beyond a doubt Moulton Advertiser.
 During the present campaign we have heard no supporter of Captain Johnston speak disrespectfully or unl<indly of MT. Clarke.-Jacksonville Republican.
 We are not surprised to learn that Col onel Clarkes manner of abusing Captain Johnston is making votes for Johnston all over the state.-Leighton News.
 Johnston will win the gubernatorial nomination because he deserves to win. The democratic party will honor him for his past services.-Anniston Hot Blast.
 The only question now is Johnstons majority in the convention. If Clarke's name is presented 1t will be withdrawn before the vote is announced.-Leighton News.
 The Clarke men of this section have given up the hope, and all of the organ ized crowd have harmonized among them selves to support Johnston.-Rockford Courier
 Justice, harmony and success can best be promoted by the nomination of Cap tain Johnston, as we think-and in this belief we are not at all lonesome.-Roan- oke Leader
 It is now an absolute fact that man Is here with money for the purpose Of buying votes for the goldbug candidate for governor. A man he bought has di- vulged eyerything.-Warrior Breeze. <, To show how Dallas county stands it is only necessary to state that in three pre- cincts in Dallas Clarke did not have single adherent, and Johnston men had to be selected as inspectors.-Selma Times.
 Let the friends of Captain Johnston In Calhoun do their duty next Saturday, and at least ninety-five of the 115 dele gates in the county convention will be for the red-headed candidate.-Jackson- liic INCPuDllSdh.
 If the signs can be relied upon John- Eton will be nominated in the state con- Nention by over 100 majority. Some are 80 cruel as to say that Clarke's name will never go before the state convention.- Alabama Enquirer.
 The Clarke column in Mobile is waver- Ing before the steady onward march of the victorious Johnston legions, and be- fore the sun goes down on April Il Mo- bile county will prove to be Dick Clarke's Waterloo-Selma Times.
 The Montgomery Advertiser says that Hale county is almost sure to go for Clarke. Yes, it will "go for him. in manner the Advertiser won't admire. ntll Ego for him. like Fitzsimmons went for Maher-Greensboro Watchman
 The Advertisers cry of fraud in Nor gan has everlastingly knocked the Stun- ing out of Hon. R. H. Clarke. There is such thing as blunderbuss going oil at both ends, and it seems that the entire charge kicked backwards this time Selma Times.
 The Advertiser says that the prima- ries won't settle the contest in Montgom- cry county. It is supposed that contests will be filed and the county convention appealed to for the purpose of trying to beat Joe Johnston out of the county Selma Times.
 Lust before the battle, mother and ev- erything looks dark hard to find man who agrees to vote for Clarke. They say of bonds they're tired and very, very sick and cannot, shall not vote for bon nv. blue-eyed Dick."-Biount County News-Dispatch.
 Tomorrow week will settle Dick Clarkes "hash." He can then go back to Washington and pick up his work where he left off in a vain attempt to be nominated for governor of Alabama. He will be badly defeated candidate North Alabamian.
 Mobile county is slipping away from Clarke and 1t Is more than likely that Johnston will gets it's delegation. big Johnston club has been organized at Clarkes home, and the "blue-eyed boy has been urged to hurry back at once Moulton Advertiser.
 It's a necessity for the democracy of Alabama to nominate Joe Johnston for governor and place him on a platform indorsing the coinage of both gold and silver on terms of equality. If it does not the result in August will be doubtful. Alabama Enquirer.
 Johnston sentiment in Lauderdale Is getting more solid all the time. The emil nently respectable contingent of Clarke and gold standard advocates have our highest regards and best respects-but that's all They're awfully short on votes.-Florence Times.
 Straws indicate the way the wind
 
 fers. The Clarke brethren, some of them, are bowling much about the fraud and the unfairness of the Johnston folks "a fine indication that they realize the weakness of their man.--Roanoke Lead CT.
 It is only question of what Johnston s majority in the state convention will be. There are not over eight counties in the entire state that seem to be reasonably reliable Clarke counties, and three of these are presenting an evenly balanced prospect between Johnston and Clarke.-- Huntsville Argus.
 When asked what had turned Fillmore county from Clarke and made it almost certain for Johnston, an Fillmore man re- piled that 1t was the Montgomery Ad- vertiser's cry of fraud. "If," he added, cit had that effect in Elmore, what effect did it have in other parts of the state?"- Montgomery Journal.
 Everything north of Calera is conceded to Joe Johnston. and the scene of battle is now in the Second and Third districts. Jess Stallings has taken off his coat and is making the fur fly in Montgomery sonptu and tba "a uroa aro txUo to ope