The age-herald., 1898-04-06
HOMESTRETCH 0F
 PRIMARY RACE Campaign Jockeys" Using the Spurs and Candidates
 Bleed" Freely.

This is the last week of the democratic campaign for 1898. The candidates are en- terng upon the home stretch, and they are now getting down to business.
 The grand stand is beginning to cheer and the goal of public office is only five days off, though to the majority 1t is prob ably six years off.
 The candidates have quit talking so much and their jockeys-otherwise known as campaign managers-are beginning to ap- ply the lash. In short, money is beginning to circulate. A gentleman who has been there himself and who understands about as well as any the intricacies of Jefferson county politics, told an Age-Herald report CT yesterday that at the very least esti- mate $40O a day would be spent by the candidates to grease the way into safe plurality next Saturday. When the fact Is taken into consideration that in the last election one probate judge candidate alone spent over $2O00 in his own behalf during the last five days of the race, some idea can be formed of the amount of money that will be spent between now and next Saturday.
 Pratt City and other mining districts are VI contents of these barrels" Though Btr- msngham herself will have large portion There is a floating, uncertain element that every candiadte ds trying to get by one way or another.
 Election bets are being made, though with rot enough regularity to form amy opinion from them. Betting promises to be lively before the week is over.
 "Not Keeping Lent"
 There is g. certain red-headed politician of this city who quite startled a party O! gentlemen yesterday by the frank admls- sion that he was mot keeping Lent in re- gard to lying"
 70, but thed-e are others, ne aaoeu oS way of justification.
 There were so many "gsass houses around that tine point was not o'scusseu amy further.
 The following delegates oo the coun.y convention were nominated by the Bimetai lic club of Davis beat Monday afternoon' Cha rles F. Enslen, B. F. Roden. E l1essef' James A. Allen, D. J. Fox, F. F. o' Braei' w. c. Scott, M. J. Higgins. D. 5. loai'n- man J. M Bradley. w. J. Anams' F. D' souires. George c. Harris and Frank AT rico. W. A. Wright was "oaiiii'eeo -o' beat CO1n1nll . It now develops that there is pot or "l,icking'' against this ticket and there seems to be but ldtte doubt that an oppo- sition ticket will be put out. "I never heard of Davis Beat having a hdmetallfc club" said a gentleman yesterday. They certainly didn't have one three or four weeks ago at the biretalac conference. Jefferson Beat The democrats and the bimetalfic club of Jefferson beat met last night at Ma lones store last night in Avenue O. Over A hundred voters were present. The fol- lowing county convention delegates were nominated: J. R. Ryan, W. G. Montgom- cry, P. G. Bowman, ". M. Malone, Dave Ovens and Henry TompeaTh Robert J. Lowe was nominated for beat committee man. Col s. w ohm. c. c. Johnston and G. B. Burkhalter were endorsed for the legislature and R. L. Thornton for chan cellor and the delegates were instructed to vote for them in the convention
 Stiles Endorsen
 At a meeting of the Bricklayers union last night at their hall, the following reso- lution was unanimously adopted:
 'The Brichmalkerv International unaon will vote unanimously in favor of J. F. Stiles for the office of probate judge of efferson county.
 ''CHAS. E. WILSON,
 Recording Secretary"