The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-14
ALL IN DOUBT IN ALABAMA.
EACH SIDE STILL CLAIMS TO HAVE
CARRIED THE STATE.


The Sound Money Men and the Sill
verites Each Laying Claim to JEFF
fersOn COunty-JOhnstOn'sV Victory
in Many of the Close Counties Due
10 the Votes of POpuIIsts and Re-
pubIicans.
Montgomery. Ala, April 1s.-The county
conventions on Wednesday are awaited
with intense interest as the democratic
primaries OF Saturday have left the nom-
ination for governor IN great doubt. The
situation IS best explained by Hon. r. H.
Clarke, who is In birmingham tonight.
and sends this statement to the Adver-
tiser: "Our friends have carried Jeffer-
son county and viii hold 1t. II we stand
firm throughout the state my nomination
is assured"
Jefferson, the home OF Capt. Johnston,
has thirty delegates to the state conven-
ton. The free silver issue was forced
there, and Mr.. Clarke met II and triumph
ed. Out of six members nominated for
the legislature in that county, five are
warm supporters Of Mr.. Clarke and sound
money. The sound money candidate for
the Senate was defeated on a local issue,
involving the commissary business in the
mining district. There was a sweeping
sound money victory in the home OF Capt.
Johnston, the free silver leader.
me returns so far put both candidates
Tor governor very nearly together, as To
number or delegates, and several counties
yet IN doubt. In every close county car
ried by Capt. Johnston II was through
the votes of populsts and republicans
many OF whom are declaring that they
nominees.
Many sound money men in every county
supported Capt. Johnston on the idea OF
harmony, believing that HIS advocacy OF
letting down the bars and allowing every
body 10 participate In democratic prima-
mes would bring back many who for the
past -FOUR years have been acting with the
opposition. The vote for Clarke and the
sound money support of Johnston shows
a large majority Of the democrats OF Ala
Dama 10 be against free silver coinage.
IN number OF counties carried by Capt.
Johnston sound money men have been
nominated for the legislature.
Birmingham. Ala. April 1s.-The State
Herald's estimate Of the vote by counties
for delegates to the state democratic con-
vention, as furnished Saturday, is to-day
confirmed by the latest advices from all
over Alabama as substantially correct.
OF the 5O4 delegates to the state conven-
tion, Johnston, bimetallist, Is assured OF
357; Clarke. single gold standard, "a, and
50 are yet doubtful.
There was some doubt about this (Jeffer-
SOM, the largest county In the state un-
tll to-day, when authentic returns give
the county to Johnston by a small bur
decisive, majority. Great interest was GEN.
Tered In contest between two candidates
Tor the state Senate from this county be-
cause they represented-M. A. Porter the
single gold standard, and r.. M. Cunning
nam, the free coinage Of silver at 16 to /.
Ihey had jointly debated the money ques-
ton all over the county. Cunningham
joffty Of 1000.
Capt. Johnston had some so-called sound
money supporters in the state but he was
throughout his canvass an avowed bf-
metallist, and there is no doubt from
the character of the delegations which
nave been selected that the state conven
ton, which meets at Montgomery on Aprii
n, Will adopt an out and out Is to free
silver platform and send a solid deleea-
ton OF that sort to the national conven-
ton at Chicago. 90