The age-herald., 1900-03-13
ADDRESSED VOTERS OF WOODLAWN BEAT Hon. John W. TomIinSon Made a
 Telling Speech. AN ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING Spoke Upon the Issues of the Guberna- torial Contest-A Strong Tomlin-
 son Club Organizations
 Candidates Heard
AN ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING

w. ooi1Sf Cdtuludtt iOT IOTOnef, WHO Hu- morously announced that the coroner was the only man who could arrest a governor or a sheriff or take judge off the bench i He believed the people wanted a man in office about his size and with his ability. MT. Tomlinson then spoke to the assem- ply, opening with a humorous reference to the fact that the coroner had preceded him.
 He spoke of the great national questions before the people, and sad they were im- portant in the gubernatorial contest as in the national campaign. The same conven- tion which nominates a governor names del- egates to the national convention.
 He had invited his opponents to meet him here or anywhere else. He would not do anyone an injustice. He would like to meet them anywhere.
 National Question
 But Ito return to national questions, he said Stallings was afraid of them; and Gen. eral Shelley was a little skittish. It re- minded him of the young fellow who went to the war and got scared. His girl said to him Why don't you go and fight. You are a baby.'
 q wish I was,' said he, "and girl baby at that
 MT Tornlinson then spoke on the finan- clal question: giving facts from the report of the director of the mint to show that gold alone could not supply the needs of the coun.ry.
 The number of dollars in the country, he sad, fixed the price of commodities of the couptry. The money question was not a question of politics. bout of economy.
 .r1@ in, 1a \ a baana telling of a snake as big your leg crawling through the snow
 "But snakes don't crawl through the snow," sad a listener
 "Eut this snake had to crawl through the snow,' said he, "the woods were on fire"
 That's the way with lots of us who have to buy now, he. sald, applying the point
 Tariff and Trusts
 Mr. Tomllnson deaJ,h with the tariff and trusts. Nearly everything you buy now, he said, is in trust They double the price of sunl:ght-Glf window glass. But the meanest of all trusts is the school beck trust. He told of the exoroitant prices charged for school books and of the dlfficuity of many children taking ad-
  high price for books. He was in Ken lucky last summer. He found fight loe ing made against the school book trust. He came home and looked into the mat ter. He found we were paying nearly twice as much for school boks here as in some other states. He fought the school book trust in north Alabama. The reply his opponent, MT. Stallings, made was that Tcmlnson couldn't carry Jefferson county. General Shelley came up there and in his quiet way made stillhunt for votes, and only got about fi'foeen votes in the entire county of Marshall
 While I was campaigning in North Ala bama General Shelley who had withdrawn from the race before came out again just as easy-just easy.
 He came by my office several days pre- yious to this and said: ''Tomlnson, this is your opportunity to be elected governor If you are going to run you ought to get in the race without delay"
 I announced a few days thereafter. In the same issue of the paper in which l an- nounced General Shelley reiterated his statement that he was not candidate. Later on General Shelley came back into the race. He had a right to. It is with him. MT. Stalings, whenever he is asked about Jefferson county replies: Shelley will carry Jefferson" You can construe that as you want to. I have nothing to say about General Shelley. am going to tell the people what I know and only what I know. I may think good deal, but l am only going to tell what I know and can prove
 Advocated Direct Vote
 Now, when the county committee was called I advocated direct vote in this county for governor I went to work and got thirty-five members of the committee to sign petition for call of a committee meeting to provide for direct vote for governor. Objection was made to this. Then agreement was prepared for a sub committee to put the names of candidates on the ticket. I signed this agreement. It was then carried to General Shelley. He said he would have to consult his campaign manager He consulted him and refused to sign because he said he would not attempt to dictate to the committee Who would dictate to the committee? General Shelley wanted the governorship to meet him half way between here and Montgomery-down about Clanton.
 'The governorship is like a pretty girl-- you have got to get down on your knees to win her. have not been afraid to ask for 1t. want it, and am asking for it openly.
 His Interest in Jefferson
 General Shelley is asking for certain counties because he has property and in- vestments in those counties. All my prop erty and investments are in this county. General Shelley may make investments or promise investments in other counties-my office is in this county, and my business Is here. General Shelley did have an office in Washington City. I understand it Is there now; may be mistaken-I don't know but I hear that Is his place of business. When | submit>Smy case to the voters of Jefferson county feel like the fellow who stopped at a house in the country and Waa