The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-23
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BOTH CANDIDATES BITTER
Morgan's Scathing Irony Keen
as Whetted Steel.
THE LIST OF APPOINTMENTS
The Debate at Elkmont Yesterday Was
Morgan Victory, Though Both
Speakers Scored Several
Brilliant Points
THE LIST OF APPOINTMENTS
BY ROBERT M. RAwLEs

BY ROBERT M. RAwLEs
Athens, November 22.-(Special) 1.-The
joint debate is a thing of the past in this
county between the governor of the state
and Senator John T. Morgan.
The fourth and last debate was concluded
today in the quiet and lovely little village
of Elkmont, nine miles north of Athens
Last night there were heavy rains, and
roads we're muddy, but that did not prevent
several hundred of the sturdy white men
of that section of the state from meeting
the distinguished speakers at their last ap-
pointment today.
The rain, though falling from early in the
night until sunrise this morning, ceased and
the sun broke out and 1t was a day more
like spring than late fall
The two speakers spent the night in Ath-
ems last night where the senator got rested
we'll. The governor met his supporters in
conference at his hotel and laid plans for
the future
Both candidates started early for the
meeting place in separate carriages, the
governor with his friend, Banker Allen, and
Senator sowell. The senator was accom-
panied by Representative Pettus.
Though the roads were heavy they
reached Elkmont. about II o'clock and found
large gathering there to meet them, the
largest since Saturday.
List of Appointments
On the arrival at Elkmont, the senator
sent note to the governor asking about
his further appointments, and the governor
replied by Editor Rawls, who carried the
note giving list of all his appointments
made to date.
They are as follows: Guntersville, No
vember 25; Henryville, November 25, at
night Albertville, November 27; Walnut
Grove, November a. at night; Tuscumbia,
November 30; Sheffield, November 80 night;
Cherokee, December l. Leighton, Decem-
ber Q.
The governor announced that he had not
yet learned the places in Jackson where
his friends had selected for him to speak.
IIOl LULA generously leHuerSu Ills large
school building for the use of the speakers
today, and a comfortable place was had
there and good room for the speakers.
At a Disa Vantage
The governor was not in his usual good
form today, and appeared at a disadvant-
age, compared with the grand old senator,
who has seemed to improve and fatten on
his hard work of campaigning. His speech
today was of unusual vigor and eloquence.
He was never apparently more himself.
The hour set for the speaking was IL
O'clock but 1t was ten minutes after that
time when ]. w. Legg, a wealthy planter
and a supporter of Senator Morgan, called
the audience to order and introduced the
governor, after having stated the terms,
the governor still having the opening and
closing
The governor began by saying that the
people of Alabama had conferred a great
honor upon him, and that 1t will always be
a pleasure for him to meet them and talk
face to face with them; that he was glad of
an opportunity to tell them of his efforts
to serve them. That the conditions that
pie. His efforts had all been to lift his
people up to a higher plane He was en-
barrassed with heavy state debt when he
went into Office That debt of more than
half million dollars stared him in the
face and that the school money was always
late being paid. To pay this large deficit
was a serious problem, but to do this with
out increasing the tax of already tax-bur-
dened people was financial problem.
He thought carefully over this matter and
devised means from which this could be
done He recommended to the legislature
the enactment of law that had been called
back tax law. This was aimed at men
and corporations who were escaping their
fair share of burden of taxation. He be-
lieved In ALE men carrying their share of
the log. Did not want a fellow to shove
the hand spike too far towards the other
fellow. Let 1t remain equally divided and
each fellow carry his share of the load.
''Was not that right?" asked the gov
ernor. "I am here to defend that law. I
believe In special privileges to none, equal
taxation to all. This law has lesseped the
burden of every man In the state," said
he He stood by the men who earned
their bread by the sweat of their brow.
He said that since 1896 the school money