Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-29

vincing. No man of any party could | justly complain of single utterance con- | tained in it. for it is pregnant with ex- | alted ideas of patriotism and philan- | thropy and good to all people of all class es. Such a man, with such a record and l such utterances, cannot fail to secure nomination and election.-Southern Idea. | On to the gulf, Captain Joe; on to the | gulf. Make it unanimous! Let your dem- | ocratic steed take drink out of the Ten nessee, and then wash the mud off his | feet in the salt water on the south side of Baldwin.-Selma Times
 | Is it possible that Johnston man has been elected chairman of the democratic executive committee of Montgomery county? We thought that the Montgom cry Advertiser carried the democracy of that county around in it's pocket, and that it dictated to them what men should fill the positions and what they should do. It seems that the Advertiser is | "hoodooed" this year, that she can't con | trol her own county, much less the whole | state. The day of boss rule in the dem ocratic party has passed, and no one man can run the executive committeeeS and
 the party to his own notion. The people are the bosses and they are in the saddle
 this year in great shape. This is truly
 an suspicious season for old-time democ-
 racy in Alabama. Alabama Enquirer. Why does not MT. Clarke in his speech
 es and through his mouthpiece, the Mont ROmery AQNefIlSeT, meet nndnc1dl lS- sue squarely? They dodge behind the popular phrase, "sound money" and vir- tually deny that they are in favor of gold
 monometallism, while they indorse every act of MT. Cleveland and his administra- ton, which by it's acts has proven itself
 the enemy of silver and has practically established gold monometallism by re- deeming all government indebtedness in
 gold, instead of coin-either gold or silver as both the law and the contract pro- rrt1 nx.C1xr and lot pie know what you really mean by .sound money" Why not tell the peo- pie that under the present rules of the
 secretary of the treasury the United States is as much gold standard coun- try as England Tell them, what you
 know to be true, that "sound money" as interpreted by the present administra- tion, means gold monometallism-noth- ing more, nothing less.-Marion County News.
 Capt. Joseph F. Johnston spoke in the Montgomery theater on the 20th instant to large audience. The Advertiser, which couldn't or wouldn't tell a lie, gives a full account of the speech and says "there was no meat in It." In that lies the secret of it's opposition. The po- litical gourmand who established the pa- per has fed at the public crib for more than quarter of century and Is still "lean and hungry Cassius." Every Alabamian knows that the Advertiser has been in a great measure the cause of the present disrupted condition of the
 democratic party. The candidacy of Dick
 Clarke is not for the good of the party,
 but to justify the sale of the bonds to the Rothschild-Morgan syndicate. The result will be a surrender of the state to the fusionists. If blue-eyed Dick Clarke
 got twenty nominations he could not be
 elected governor His abuse of the edi-
 tor of the New Decatur Advertiser shows
 him up as a political ruffian, whom P. G.
 Bowman of Birmingham can afford to
 help nominate.-Blount County News
 Dispatch.
 The Clarke papers harp upon his politi-
 cal campaign as one of principle. They
 write him up as the champion of Grover
 Cleveland, whom to the Alabama delega-
 ton at Chicago in 1892 he denounced as
 "d-d mugwump." Is not Captain JohnstonS campaign also one for princi-
 pie? They differ on the silver question.
 So do democrats in all the states of the union, and so do republicans. Both of our senators and the majority of our rep reSentatives in congress are with John- ston on this question. This effort in cry ing principle is to frighten democrats from their fixed views on the financial question and to rally around the Clarke banner. It will be a lesson to the Adver- tiser and some others when the conven- ton meets and acts. In 1894 Wyly was for sound money and Stallings for free silver. By these same men who are now bowling for principle Wyly was condemn ed and Stallngs lauded They must know that the governor of Alabama will have nothing to do with national finan- cial questions. Our party Is divided, and l if silver democrats are to be denounced l for their candid views under this cry of principle. MT. Clarke and Captain John ston are wasting their time and had bet ter retire from the canvass. They had both better preach reconciliation among democrats, unite the two wings of the party and contend then for victory. The people want Johnston. wss.-s k""''"'en> | want Clarke. Eceeches of tie ,narace-r of Johnston's at Thomasville alone can