Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-15


 thousands of votes for Johnston in the 1 primaries and thousands of votes to the | party in August It presageS democrat
 ic success in the coming election, and it
 may be the means of redeeming several
 | districts to the party, the Fifth and even | the skillet" district. The verdict of the | party in Morgan is far-reaching. It | means everything to the party in both | the August and November elections. No l wonder Captain Kolb went to Morgan to | help the Advertiser carry that county | Blocton Intelligencer.
 Morgan county held its primaries last Saturday to elect delegates to the state | convention. The result was a sweeping | victory for Captain Johnston. It was | victory, because two years ago Johnston only had half the delegates to the state | convention, Oates getting the other half, | while in Saturdays election he carried | the county over Clarke by more than to 1 1. His majority in the two DecatuTs was | 112; in Hartselle, 68; in the entire county | about 664. It was victory, moreover | because MT. Clarke and numerous other l speakers for him made desperate efforts 1 to carry th,s county for the moral effect l it would have, but Captain Johnston | made just half as many speeches in the
 county as his opponent, and yet received | twice as many votes. The action of Mor- | gan county is nificant.-Roanoke Her | aid.
 The zeal of some of the friends of MT | Clarke has led them to be indiscreet. In | this vicinity 1t has been said of Captain | Johnston that he was in favor of letting | the negroes vote, and some assert that | he wanted to allow them to vote in the | primaries. Now, any man who makes | such an assertion knows that it is not | true When Alabama was redeemed in | 1874 no man in the state was more active | than Captain Johnston in elevating l George s. Houston to the gubernatorial chair. He was then on the state execu- | tive committee, and, if we mistake not, l had then succeeded the gallant Clanton l as it's chairman It was Johnston and | Shelley, who, by their untiring efforts, | redeemed the old Fourth district and | placed it in the democratic column. | Shame, that any one would do this noble | and gallant democrat such great 1n1us- | tice.-Wilcox Progress.
 l The goldbug press is attempting to | make a good deal of capital out of the | bolt of the Birmingham News. We begin l to believe that was part of a precon- | certed plan. General Rhodes does not | like Captain Johnston, and deserting him | at a critical moment was calculated 10 | do him more harm than if he had opposed | him from the start. The general Is a
 willy old fox, but his treachery to the man from Jefferson will not do any harm. | Captain Johnston will be Alabama's next | governor. It is in the a1r. Every zephyr
 that comes from the gulf whispers it. | The cool breezes that sweep down from the mountains or north aDal1la pIO- l claim it. The boys who have been back l ing MT. Clarke might as we'll get ready l for their little dose of medicine. It may | gag them a little, but the doctor, the | democratic party, says they will have to | take it.-Selma Times.
 ] The primary election in Morgan county 1 leaves no room for doubt as to how the other counties will go. That was the de- | csive battle. There will be skirmishes | here and there more or less interesting, | but of small importance. The question is | settled for as Morgan county went so l will go the other counties. Nowhere else will the gold men be able to make such | a fight as they did there. There is not sufficient time to do so, in the first place, and there is no longer hope to inspire such efforts in the second. MT. Clarke | had concentrated his forces in Morgan county and made ten speeches during his l two canyasses. From this time on Cap l tain Johnston might rest from his labors | with the assurance of success, but he is l too energetic to rest while there is work I to do. and besides, he is in fighting l humor, and will probably push on until l the gold men become utterly stampeded. Mobile Journal.
 The primary election held in Morgan county on last Saturday resulted in a | signal victory for Captain Johnstum In l 1894 the vote of this county was equally divided between Governor Oates and Captain Johnston, each receiving votes | in the state convention. Both parties | in the late election used every possible effort to carry the county, as it was among the first to vote in the primary, besides being a close county. Mr. Clarke canvassed the county twice, making five speeches each tme besides, H. H. Brown | made several speeches in his interest. | Captain Johnston was not idle. He made five speeches in the county. and was joined few days prior to the election l by Captain Bankhead, who rendered ef- | fective service. The result will have a powerful influence on the primary vote | in other counties. In fact, the primary election in Morgan county last Satur- | day virtually settled the guberna torial question in favor of Captain Johnston. | As went Morgan so will go the state con- | vention-2 to I for Johnston.-Marion County News.
 l We wish to enter our protest against | the turn being given to the canvass | state for the high and honorable office of governor We refer to the insolent, con l semptuous and slurTfng manner in which MT. Joseph F. Johnston is spoken of by 1 the papers that have espoused the cause | of Mr. Clarke's candidacy. To listen to | the "goldbug" press any one who pre- snnes to differ with them as to the per- l feet propriety and unvarnished patriot | ism of the single gold stanard theory must of necessity be fool; and one who l does not bow down abjectly and slavish- | Iy before the deified idea of Grover Cleve- l land is manifestly a knave; and that Jo- l seph F. Johnston, who has the sense to | enunciate and follow his own ideas of 1 finance and who does not gape with awe 1 before the great idol of place, is happy | combination of both. This is the general | tone of the intolerable administration | press of Alabama. Certainly, to black ;! belt democrat, who remembers the dark ] days of 1876. sch vituperation comes with