Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-14
PARTY NOTES AND NOTIONS.
Song of Himself.

Called "Blue-E Eyed Dick " But be that as it
 may.
 am the only champion of the admnistra- Cleveland is great, and I am A very remarkable man myself. My course is the manly course, And courageous in the extreme. l challenged Johnston 10 meet me In a battle for principles, But--nit Principles Is what am after Since I studied the finance question. It is When President Cleveland's administration With many offices to bestow, Including not q few in Alabama, l changed my mind about the finance ques- But that was mere coincidence. Others
 there are
 Who are influenced solely by sordid con With me it is different. They become In passion of elf-agerandizement that it is
 impossible
 For them properly to debate ,s do This finance question: l always rise 10
 speak for principle: I am a holy terror when 1t comes to prin- When rise and stand forth to speak My adversaries all run away. Then again. They areznot informed John T. Morgan Have been teifing them obsolete things Morgan is d back number. l have studied
 the finance question Very recently and am up to date. I was Almost as ignorant as they. was
 time and oft
 did the populistic demagogue deprive or all his argument
 Yes. at Chicago, in 1892, I said. DO not give us Cleveland; give us At that time l had not studied the question: And although had been serving for some
 years
 In congress, I ought not to have been there
 until had studied The finance question.
 Probably you have noticed that when I
 changed
 l did not get upon the fence. l am not straddlebug.
 came clean over and brought with me The courage of my convictions My blue eyes, about which you may have
 heard mention,
 Are fixed on destiny
 About the size of a seat In the United States senate, Perchance-who knows?-some soft snap
 on the federal bench) Notwithstanding Bill Oates and others, Mho ny o for have tbe se s sdmnsra Josiah Patterson. Hilary Herbert and Bill Have spoken here only to fall far short Of proper elucdation of the finance ques- Which, at great personal sacri1ce,. I have come here properly and fully to ex- Besides, the business men of Alabama need
 ed me
 To restore confidence,
 To re-estabish credit at home and abroad l recognize their call. and to their yearn-
 ing
 I respond, cen though it divert me from
 my lofty purpose
 TO take the paltry office of governor of These things to do great courage wants. Nine as l remarked before, is the manly And courageous in the extreme. It is time things were called by their right
 names.
 ''Richard is himself again." For I have abandoned the silver craze. pt.G- I .ala ar1 hap not nhur
 studied the Finance question, along abont the 4th Of Couragel Convictions! Principles! These are the things that make Cleveland I am built that way myself. The president and l. when it comes to And bacEbpone. bai3EGb1ples are hot stuff. Don't forget that the chip on my shon-
 der is
 Stir undisturbed.
 It has been said that am cold man. As cold as a deceased clam . Cast up by the sacred shores of Buzzard's But it Is a vulgar error of the rabble. l really am unusually warm material M r,o, l stand in the arena Of combat TOT prlhci- Unconfronted, armed cap-a-pie and brist- With the weapons of principle, No wonder my adversaries are afraid. I might say more but l have given you Of the kind of shy and modest violet am. As said at the outset, ,, Cleveland is a great man, and iH So am l.
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 The Clarke men here somehow have a forlorn appearance. They look as though they would much rather go fishing. Candidates for county offices are grow ing more demonstrative as convention time draws nigh. Some of them have taken to riding on the street cars. In this way they meet people and become chum- my with them and pay their street car fare for them when chance permits. Washington special about Bowman and Parsons and Kolb being there dis cussing the question of fusion in connec- tion with Speaker Tom Reed was the theme of discussion and speculation among Birmingham republicans yester- day From what they say the Reed folks will be blundering to daily with the flu sionists The McKinleyites are outright against it. They. by the way. are in great glee over reports of their candi- dates stocks advancement within the past few days.
 On one side of First avenue between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets, ap- hears a strip of white cloth bearing the words "Clarke Club" On the other sh1e of the avenue looms the legend. John ston Democratic Headquarters. It is already the HoS' popuIar ieS"'' "' .""" Newspaper readers of politics are moi a little tickled at the Montgomery Adver- tiser's fake claim that most of the "old party workers here are Tor Clarke There are some very nice. well groomed well bred gentlemen among Mir. Clarke's supporters here. but when 1t comes to party workers" men who have been known as fighters for democracy, the rank and file of Jefferson county never saw them and never knew them to re- member them.
 William Vaughn looks highly hopeful and his long brown mustache is elevated with a smile of confidence when any one mentions Mckinley. MT Vaughn ex. poets to be chairman of the Alabama delegation to the national republican convention.
 R. A. Moseley, Jr chairman of the re publican state executive committee, IA of tho huSieSt noliticianS In thf