The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01
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| sity have powerful moral effect upon the
party and upon the voters generally. The
platform adopted leaves no sort of ground
for any sort of opposition from any source
Every objection hitherto urged has been
met and answered, and opposition can come
now only from sheer wilfulness-a purpose
not to be pleased. a purpose of opposition
| without cause or excuse.
Democrats amongst themselves fought out
the fight in the state convention on We'd
! nesday, and the result all democrats will
abide by and gladly sustain. The constitu-
| tional convention is assured. 1t is impossl-
| BILE now to defeat it,"
1.-THE state democratic executive commit
tee," continued Chairman Lowe, "is called
to meet in Birmingham on the Sth of April,
chiefly for the purpose of formulating the
/ plan of campaign for carrying the eonstitu-
tional convention, and generally for party's
| business affairs. 1t is urgently desired that
every nominee for delegate to the constitu-
tional convention, and more especially the
| nominees for delegates from the state at
large shall be present and consult with
| the executive committee"
Owing to trining incident in the state
| an impression obtains that Chairman Lowe
and Congressman Henry d. Clayton, of the
Third district, are not on amicable terms.
This impression is entirely erroneous. Mr..
Lowe and Mr.. Clayton were at the Univer-
sity of Alabama together, and ever since
they met there as students frank friend
ship has subsisted between them. Nothing
that occurred at Montgomery has lessen
ed the cordially of their personal and po-
litical relations; and the great prominence
of each in the councils of the democratic
party make 1t needful that this fact be
made known, as it is here stated by au-
thorlty.
Congressman Jesse F. Stallings, of the
Second district, spent yesterday in Bir-
| mingham. He was reticent. When asked
as to the object of his visit here, he an
swered 81 am not in Birmingham Please
remember that fact" This was taken to
mean that he preferred that his visit to
this city be not referred to by the news
papres. But Congressman Stallings is of
too much consequence in political life for
one of his rare visits to Birmingham not
to be mentioned and commented upon by
the newspapers. The indefatigable
gresham from the Second saw many per-
sonal friends and politicians in the city,
and it may be that he really preferred that
his visit be not made publicly known He
came to the city shortly after midnight
yesterday morning. and failing to obtain
accommodation at the leading hotel he was
impelled to go elsewhere for a bed; and
that is the why and wherefore" of the
non-appearance of his familiar name in the
Age-Herald of yesterday.
Congressman Stallings is one of the two
avowed candidates for the democratic nom
| nation for governor in 1900 The other is
| General Charles NJ. Shelley, of jefferson.
| Mr.. Stallngs declares, it is alleged, that he
| intends to visit every precinct in forty-nine
counties of the state in his own interest
| for governor The remaining seventeen
counties Mr.. Staliugs presumably considers
| either safe or hopeless. However that may
| be, he is a candidate for the governorship
and he is determined to win that honor,
| which hundreds of good men would not ac-
cept at any price, and which thousands
| would wish to win at any cost. Mr. STALL
ings is man of extraordinary interest, and
| he is moved by an over-ruling ambition to
| be governor of Alabama. He will win if he
can. We shall see what we shall see. 1t
| would be absurd to attempt to guess the
names of those men who will next year ask
| the state democratic convention for the
| gubernatorial nomination. General Shelley,
| veteran leader of democracy and one of the
| best loved of Alabamians, is a candidate.
| So, also, is Mr.. Mr.. Stallings, the able
| young congressman. Former Speaker of
| the House N. N. Clements of Tuscaloosa,
| declared five months ago that he would be
| candidate; but nothing has been heard
| from him of late. 1t may be that the fight
| will be between General Shelley and Con-
gresham Stallings alone
Former Congressman Tom Williams, of
| Gilmore, was in Birmingham yesterday He
| is said to be one of the several applicants
| for the probate judgeship of his county,
| made vacant by the recent death of Judge
| w. P. Gaddis. 1t is further said that his
| son-in-law, Mr.. Peter Buyck, is also an
| applicant. 1t would seem to be improbable
| that both are applying to the governor for
| the appointment. TON" Williams is one
| of the very best men In Alabama, and 1t is
| probable that no man ever personally knew
| him who did not feel for him some degree
| OF affection. He is warm-hearted and
generous, and all his impulses make for
| good. He served several years in the lower
house of congress, and 1t is safe to say that
| every member of that law-making body
/ was fond of the white-haired, rosy-faced,
| laughing, genial gentleman from Ala
| bama.
There was never before in the history
| of this country such wonderful Industrial
movement as that now In progress" said
l.. b. Musgrove, who returned yesterday
from New York. Things in business way
| are wild. The boom is tremendous; the
activity in Wall street and in the metropo-
lis generally is unexampled. Money is be-
ing made more easily than ever before. Any
| proposition for legitimate investment re-
ceives earnest consideration, and is likely to
be favorably acted upon. And the Bir-
| mingham district Is attracfinp mora .sttx,.-