The age-herald., 1898-08-04
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There were a number of prominent poli ticians in the city yesterday, bringing good news of the great democratic victory on Monday. The democratic headquarters in the Morris was thronged all day. All of them were in good spirits except Hon. John B. Knox of Calhoun. It is an unusual occurrence for MT. Knox to be on the losing side, in fact. the first time in his career that he has been swamped by the enemy. MT. Knox -stetcS that on fair deal the democrats would have gotten all the off, ces by majorities of from 300 to 600, but the most fragrant frauds were committed aad Bolter Crook and his allies made a clean sweep. Calhoun is the one disappointment of the democrats.
 Hon. Wilson R. Brown of Colbert re- turned to the city yesterday. He has passed through rousing campaign in his county, having made about twenty speeches. The great democratic victory in Colbert is large ly due to the splendid work of MT. Brown, and he was one of the happiest men at headquarters yesterday.
 Funny" John Burns of Dallas mailed the following on a postal to Chairman Lowe yesterday:
 SHAKE.
 ALL
 OWE
 YOU.
 NOW FOR A
 NEW CONSTITUTION.
 THANKS
 AND
 PRAISE"
 Colenel Burns hopes to be in the next legislature as chief clerk of the house. He is very popular
 Hon. John H. Wallace, Jr., of Huntsville, was one of the prominent visitors MT. Wallace is new Richmond in Alabama politics, but one of the most brilliant young lawyers in the Tennessee valley. He will doubtless soon reach the front rank. He is just from a hot campaign in Madison. where he won a brilliant victory for the legislature.
 The contest in Madison very heat ed one, the principal speaker for the op- position being Editor Lane of the Tribune. Lane was posing as the great moralist of the county, and made some very bitter att tacks on his opponent, Mr. Pulley. The first of these attacks on the stump was made at Owens Cross Roads at the same time that Hon. John ". Tomlinson spoke there. Colonel Tomlinson was telling yes terday how young Wallace played the once invincible Lane. He was fearlessly han dled, being termed contaminated bundle of inconsistencies whose conceit was a CO., lossal specimen of geological architecture, o,,6 fire nf tln lrf11 orator the aspiring editor was relegated to the obscurites from which he sprang Mr. Wallace will be one of the best work ing members of the next legislature, and will readily take rank as an orator with the famous young men of last session-J. Tom Hef1in of Chambers, Ned Robinson of Mobile, and Will Brandon of Tuscaloosa. ''The illness of Judge William Richard son has taken him temporarily out of the canvass for congress in the Eighth dis trict," said a prominent democrat from up in the Eighth yesterday. Judge Richard son is now at Bailey Springs undergoing treatment for sciatiea.
 '"The executive committee of the Eighth is called to meet in Decatur on August s, and as Judge Richardson has a majority of its members, late convention is likely to be called, 1t being generally understood that the judge desires a late convention, hoping to be able to resume his canvass and at the same time getting time for the Wheeler sentiment to die out-if die it can. The action of the committee Is awaited with interest"
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