Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-26
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 The Birmingham Monograph wants to know the attitude of the Advertiser as to the two leading candidates for congress in this district in 1S94.-Montgomery Ad Vertiser.
 No such thing. We have never asked any such question. The attitude" of the Advertiser as to the candidates for con gress in the Second district in 1894 is well known. Then why should we be inquir- ing about it's "attitude?" That is not our inquiry. We have been earnestly seeking on the part of sound money dem- ocrats who are supporting Captain John ston and being lambasted by the Adyer- tiser for principles " sake to find out, if possible, what disposition the Adver- tiser made of its "prnciples' during that campaign. That is the question and not what the attitude" of the Advertiser was Please bear this in mind.
 After lodging the issue about as long as it could comfortably do so the Adver- tiser says it did not support either Stal- lings or Wyly. Here is what it says in that regard:
 Tt did not favor either of them, their democratic record was regarded as about on an equality at that time"
 Now we have it straight from the shoulder-"did not favor either of them." Why? Because their democratic record was regarded as about on an equality at that time" Just think of it! This pa per, that lay awake at nights trying to get a candidate in the field against Captain Johnston for principles " sake no longer ago than in 1894 sat quietly by and per mitted a congressional election to pass over in it's own district without worthy candidate in the field. Where were it's 'principes' then? It had then in it's own sanctum the same democrat it now of- fers to the people of that district, and not even for the sake f~'principle" did it dare trot him out
 The Advertisers own statement con victs it of having laid it's principle" on the shelf in 1894. At that time a fight for principle" was even more important than it could possibly be now. The man to be elected to represent that district in congress at that election would get to . Washington and into congress in time either to support or oppose the admnis- tration and yet the Advertiser, the very soul of principle" with a suitable man in it's sanctum as far as principle" was N0'iiN'i Se'i ouPilitiy bS eLHu pcIIllllGu the campaign to go by, the election to take place, and according to it's esti- mate, no worthy candida te.was furnished the people of "principle" in that district to vote for Such being the case, and there is no longer room for doubt, because these facts we get from the Advertiser, does it now come of good grace from that paper to be bowling about "prn- ciple" and lambasting men who, though believing in what is termed sound money, are unwilling to follow the Advertiser in it's effort to vent it's personal spleen against Johnston?
 The truth is, Captain Wyly was sound money man and a staunch de- fender of the administration, and the Ad- Vertiser knew it; and MT. Stallings was a free coinage man and not supporter of the administra tion and of this the Ad- Vertiser was fully cognizant, but it had personal grievance against Captain Wyly and "principle" did not apply It also has personal grievance against Captain Johnston and principle" hap pens to apply The situation in a nut shell if the Advertisers personal griev- ance had happened to have been against MT. Clarke instead of Captain Johnston that paper would now be regarding ne- ther of the gentlemen as worthy demo- crats and be gliding along supporting no one for governor, as it says it did in the congressional campaign in the Second district in 1894. With some people it makes great difference as to whose OK is gored, but with the Advertiser it makes great difference as to which candidate 1t has personal grievance against.
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