The age-herald., 1898-07-31
TOMORROW WILL
 TELL THE TALE The Great Battle of Ballots Will Be
 Waged. INTERPRETED DEMOCRATS Will Storm the Stronghold Of the
 Enemy.
AND DRIVE THEM BACK IN DISORDER
Victory Has Been Planned by the Board of Strategy Headed by Chairman R. J.Lowe, ofState Executive Com
 mittee, and His Assistants.

AOhioiioW lS luG great udy Ol DdllleS. It is not a battle of bullets and bayon- cts, but an important one Of ballots; i'm portant because good government is al stake right here at home.
 While it has never been doubted that the result will be overwhelmingly for democ- racy. still it H the duty of every good citi- zen to go to the polls and help make the defeat of the opposition so crushing that 1t will never again dare to raise it's head. The white people of Alabama are again united, and the efforts of a few sore ofIice- seekers to again divide them must be stopped. Ballots are the only weapons to be used in this war
 Go to the polls early tomorrow and de- post your ballot and be careful that an X is made before the name of every demo- crat on the ticket.
 In some counties there is life and death struggle to save to the combined opposition to democracy few local offices. In these counties, especially is it the duty of dem ocrats to stand together and get every cleo tor to the polls Displace a few popuist probate judges and circuit clerks, and that party is dead in this good old democratic state forever
 The Workers
 Much of the praise for the glorious vic tory democracy will win tomorrow is due the earnest efforts of the splendid com mittee that has managed this campaign. They are all working democrats, most of them familiar with the work of like com mittee. Chairman Robert J. Lowe has proven himself a gallant general in the stogetic room just he had done in the strategic room, just as he had done in the battles when he was clearly the hero, and his fellow soldiers so declared by making him general-in-chief. He has managed the campaign with the ability of a veteran. Equal honor is due Adjutant Nat l.. Miller, who carries with him success of three of the hardest fought political campaigns in the history of the state. The same is truthfully said of the assistant adju- tants, Francis L. Pettus, Wilson R. Brown, Ross c. Smith, Edward w. Booker, and assistants worthy of the great party they represent.
 To that grand old battle-scared adviser, General Charles M. Shelley, the people of this state are anxious for the opportunity to show their high appreciation of the many hard struggles through which he has carried the banner of democracy to success. He Is the same brainy, courage leader of electors he was of the confederate soldiers during the civil war between the states. Alabamians have cause to love and reverence General Charles M. Shelley.
 One of the most superb campaigns has been made by the commander-in-chief, Hon. Joseph F. Johnston. His administra- tion is marked as one of the best the state has ever had Every department of the state government has been managed with ability and to the interests of the people, To the able administration of Governor Johnston is due the fact that the opposi- tion made fight for the states offices. The administration has been wise, careful and economical.
 The Field Officers
 The generals on the battle field deserve equal praise with the others in the cam- paign They have given time, talent and experience in working for a complete vic- tory. These can not be enumerated, for they are in every county and precinct in the state. Among the most prominent among them are Pettus, Hubbard, Stall lings, Clayton, Underwood Cunningham, r Lomax Brown, Tomlinson, Montgomery, Waller. Caldwell, Knox, Crook, Martin, Boykin, Mitchell Ferguson, Tally. Tomp- kins. Blake, John. Abercrombie, Turner. Elmore, Graham, Fitts, Ward, Roquemore and others.
 The work of the private will best be told at The Age-Herald office tomorrow night as bulletins of the result are received and posted.
 Chairman Lowe Talks
 "The opposition has made hard fight Tn more counties than for several years,' said Chairman Robert J. Lowe yesterday. ''rrhis is due to the fact that the times of several probate judges and circuit clerks have expired, and they are anxious of re- election. In addition there has been some local troubles in old time democratic coun- ties The opposition has paid little atten- tion to their state ticket. Their efforts have been toward county offices altogeth- CT
 ''But our reports from various contested localities have grown uniformly better from day to day and the prospects now are for democratic gains all along the line
 .The populist party as state organiza- tion is making it's last stand. and like San tiago, they are about to surrender. There won't be another fight like it in Alabama for many years to come."
 CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS.