The age-herald., 1900-02-25
ADDRESS TO THE VOTERS OF ALABAMA Issued By the Tomlinson Gam
 paign Committee THE GUBERNATORlAL RACE Secretary Mitchell Talks of a Commit tee Meeting Incident Regarding the Question of Direct Vote.
 Facts Not Denied.
THE GUBERNATORlAL RACE

Chairman w, H. Morris and Secretary J. A. Mitchell of the Tomlinson campaign com mittee, have issued the following address to thesvoters of AiHbama:s ~ -r,s To the Voters of Alabama.
 We respectfully ask your support of the Hon. John W. Tomlinson for governor of Alabama, who is in every way well quail fled to discharge the duties of the exalted position that he seeks at your hands. He is a lifelong democrat; he is the only can didate now in the race who follows, all along the line, the leadership of William J J.~Bryan, fighting for the Chicago platform and against trusts and imperialism.
 MT. Tomlinson is especially waging an aggressive warfare in this campaign against the school book trust that has lifted, by means of an unlawful combine, the price of school books beyond the reach of many a poor child and is robbing parents or nun dreds of thousands of dollars every year in exhorbitant charges. He Is not the candidate of any corpora tion or individual, nor is he the candidate of any faction opposing cor porations.
 Mr Tomlinson has always been an active party worker and has never sought nor held office, nor has he used the fact that he has worked for the party in securing legislation for special interests as ho5- byist. He is now chairman of the national democratic silver committee, having sue ceeded Senator Harris of Tennessee to that high position. He was a member of the last national democratic convention and worked for the adoption of the famous Chicago platform and the nomination of William j. Bryan, who is his personal as well as his political friend He served as a member of the democratic campaign committee of the state in 1898 and member of the national democratic ad- visory committee, appointed by Chairman rrf q loo fy,lR Rl Jars.. -fd mittee during the campaign of 1896. He made speeches in Alabama and an a number of other states during the memorable cam paign of l395 for the democratic party.
 Of course, MT. Tomlinson is being op- posed, as every man is fighting fear'essly the battles of the people, which Mir. Tom linson is doing in this campaign. He Is conducting his fight on a high plane. He has no corruption fund at his disposal and those who are in politics only for the money that is in it need not apply at his head quarters.
 MT. Tomfnson favored and fought for a direct vote for governor in Jefferson coun- ty. so that the people might have an op- postunfty to express their preference direct for governor, feeling confident that the peo- pie are with him. Respectfully.
 W. H. MORRIS, Chairman Tomlinson Campaign Committee.
 J. A. MITCHELL,
 
 MT. Mitchell Talks
 J. A. Mitchell, secretary of the Tomlinson campaingn committee gave out the follow. ing statement yesterday:
 ''We are very much gratified at the &C., ton of the county executive committee on Wednesday in ordering direct vote for governor, and we feel that this action of the committee was a victory for Mir. Tom linson. I see that MT. Walter Moore has I'll q hl1 int Earfx1N F., or the fact that he, a member of the Shell ley campaign committee, moved to lay on the table the resolution providing for a direct vote for governor This was a feet and MT. Moore does not pretend to deny it. People can draw their own inferenees from it.
 "Mr. TomIinson and his friends, from the first. strongly urged this change in the plan and went before the committee and insist ed upon it's adoption. General Shelley may not have made any public objection to the plan, but 1t is quite evident that he was op- posed to 1t; and 1t Is significant fact that member of his campaign committee who was in position to know his wishes in the matter. moved to table the resolution
 lf General Shelley was not opposed to it. why did he not sign the agreement as MT Tomlinson did. for the sub-c committee on ar rangements to provide for direct vote for | governor? Why did every one of his sup | rorters on the executive committee oppose | the resolution?
 1f General Shelley was favorable to the resolution. or even if he wns willing for 1t Ito pass. it would seem that the least that | he could do would have been to ask his | active supporters on the executive commit tee not to oppose the resolution. On the whole. 1t is but fair to conclude that csener- al Shelley was unwilling to submit his | claims to the people and permit them to say | by their vote whom they preferred for the office of governor of Alabama"