Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-09

next Saturday it will be a regular STAN
pede. Johnston is surely coming.
Saturday night it will be impossible
to find man who will acknowledge he
ever said Clarke would carry Jefferson.
Democrats cannot be bought with
money or cigars, and Jefferson county
democrats are no exception to the rule.
If Montgomery is so certain for Clarke
why are the Clarke people there appeal
ing to Colonel TomYl<ins to speak in the
city next Friday evening?
They may import all the wheel horses
left in the Clarke ranks into jefferson
county, but after all Clarke will not
carry precinct in the county.
McIver, the scavenger of the Advertis-
| er, is in town. He is pushing his little
filth cart around the state. Maybe he
will bolt if things don't go to suit him.
Has 1t come to pass that some demo-
Gratis of Jefferson county are following
in the lead of republican and would
have him control the policy of the party
Great efforts are being made to force
workingmen to vote against their con-
victions, but it will not work They are
for Johnston and. will remain so to the
end.
The people of jefferson county will say
by their votes next Saturday that the
poor shall not longer be taxed herea-
bouts to add to the income of corpora
tions
We knew the thing was pretty unani.
nous for Johnston in Montgomery, but
had no idea that the Advertiser could
only get 139 business men to proclaim fol
Clarke.
Captain Johnston is going to win by a
great majority in both jefferson county
and the state, and each of his supporters
should contribute as much as possible to
that result
Ask the Clarke men If their counsellor,
J. w. Worthington, ever expresses to
them the hope that his protege, Aldrich,
will GUST the gallant Underwood from
his seat in congress.
With Joseph F. Johnston as the stand
ard-bearer of the democratic party VIC
tory in August will be as certain as ii
was in the good old days of Houston,
Cobb, O'Neill and Seay.
The merchants and laboring men are
bestirring themselves and will see to 1t
that no man who favors the present vi
cious commissary system will be sent to
the Legislature from Jefferson county.
The commissary question is one of vi
tai Importance to the merchants and
wage-earners of Jefferson county, and
they will vote for candidates for the leg
islature who will exert themselves to
correct existing evils.
The old ring led by the Advertiser is
dying hard. They are skedaddling all
over the state, making frantic efforts to
stem the Johnston tide but to no avail.
They are doomed. The people are in the
saddle this A. ID. 1896.
The cause of bimetallism is growing
stronger every day and there is every
reason to believe the Chicago convention
will be controlled by its advocates. Ala
bama will contribute her due share of old
time democrats of the true faith to that
body.
The Advertiser is undoubtedly fright
ened about Montgomery county. In fact,
it implicitly admits that county is for
Johnston by getting some business men
to make an appeal for Clarke. Montgom-
cry will go for Johnston. Poor Adver-
tser.
In its editorial columns the Advertiser
exclaims that Montgomery county is as
certain for Clarke as Geneva, but in its
local columns we find an appeal from
Clarke men TO Colonel Tompkins to
speak in Montgomery for Clarke Friday
evening.
The Advertiser has succeeded in get
ting 139 business men in the city of Mont
gomery to proclaim to the world through
the columns of that paper that they are
supporters of Mr.. Clarke. Rather a
small showing, considering that Mont
gomery is the home of the Advertiser.