The age-herald., 1898-05-25
THE POPULISTO
 LAY PLANS For a Vigorous and Aggressive State Campaign. MEETING HELD YESTERDAY At the Opera House Hotel in This City Chairman Grove Confident of Sue
 cess At the Polls in
 August.

The popuilist state executive committee. together with the nominees of the state ticket and other prominent populists, met yesterday in the state headquarters in room r of the Opera House hotel to formulate plans for the coming state campaign. The meeting was called to order by Chair man J. B. Grove, with Secretary A. o. liar well at the desk The following were pres ent:
 State-at-Large-Fra Baltzell of Mont gomery. I. L. Brock of Center. J. H. Har- rls of Oakbowery S. NJ. Adams of Jemi- son.
 First District-Charles spiers of Mobile. Second District-Judge Zell Gaston of Greenville.
 Third Distrlct-W. c. Robinson of Opslika. Fourth District-John w Pitts of Colum- biana.
 tumpka.
 Sixth Dlstrict-B. H. Williams of Tusca- loosa.
 Seventh District-J. w. Casper of Eason- vile and T. w. Powell Of Pinnacle.
 Eighth District-Thomas F. George of Athens and C. H. Cooper of Hartselle. Ninth District-C. II. Spencer of Bessemer and N. J. Fuller of Centreville.
 Candidates on State Ticket
 The following candidates on the state ticket:
 G. B. Deans of Calera. for governor.
 W. B. Kflebrew of Newton, for treas- urer.
 Alex c. Dake of Canton, for auditor.
 J. M. Whitehead of Greenville, for attor- ney-general.
 L. Reese of Sand Ridge, for commissioner of agriculture. J. J. Hearn of Yantley, for superintend- ent of education.
 Besides the members of the committee and the candidates, there were present Judge E. A. Phillips of Clay county, R. l.. Baker of Tuscaloosa county, A. T. Goodwin of Fillmore county, M. w. Wood of Cullman county, K s. Woodruff of Calhoun county and several others.
 T. H. Maxwell of Tuscaloosa, nominee for secretary of state, was the only one of the candidates absent, being detained at his home by important business.
 Plans Outlintd
 About four hours were consumed in discussion during which the plans for a vigorous campaign were outlined. It was decided to place speakers in the field m the later part of June, when the state will be thoroughly covered. It was given out that the meeting was in every way harmonious. and that the plans proposed were unanimously agreed to, by all pres ent, The chairman was authorized to call a meeting of the reform editors of the state to meet in this city on June Il, to confer as to the part they will take in the campaign. He was also authorized to open the campaign at his discretion, and will at once begin mapping out sched- ule. s
 The meeting adjourned at 9:30 o'clock to meet subject to the call of the chairman.
 Chairman Grove Talks
 Chairman Grove was seen at the head quarters after the meeting by an Age-Her- aid reporter, and said
 At our meeting today we formulated plans for the most aggressive campaign that has ever been waged in the state of Alabama. It is our purpose to open the campaign early to shell the woods until the day of election with projectiles and torpedoes, in comparison to which the destructiveness of Admiral Dewey S engagement at Manila will be insignifi- cant.
 "The reports from all sections of the state warrant me in the statement that the populists of Alabama are thoroughly alive to the issues involved, and will over whelmingly defeat the democratic ticket at the polls in August.
 Several members of the committee were seen and expressed themselves confident of the success of their ticket.