The age-herald., 1900-02-20
MORROW SPOKE FOR MORGAN BeddoW and Blackburn Held Up
 the Governors End. ASKED JOHNSTON TO DIVIDE TIME All Eyes on Meeting of County Executive Committee Tomorrow Governors
 Friends Will Oppose Direct
 Vote for Senator.
ASKED JOHNSTON TO DIVIDE TIME

The senatorial campaign opened in Jeffer- son county last night with a large meet ing at Lewisburg, the principal speakers being Hugh Morrow in the interest of Sen ator Morgan and Felix Blackburn and c. P Beddow in the interest of Governor Johnston.
 "A Morgan club was recently organized at Lewisburg, and the Morgan campaign committee assigned MT. Morrow to ad- dress the club.
 The other candidates were well repre- sented at the meeting, either in person or by proxy, and some warm speeches were made. MT. Morrow, in advocating the re- turn of Morgan to the United States sen- ate, made an eloquent plea, and most ably did he present reasons in defense of his arguments. He handled the governor with out gloves, and expressed his faith in the sound judgment of the voters of the county.
 Hon. John w. Tomlinson was present in the interest of his candidacy for governor, and Colonel J. J. Altman represented Gen. eral c. M. Shelley G. R. Harsh was also slated to help out the Shelley forces. John l.. Parker, candidate for tax assessor, and H. c. Miller, candidate for county treasu- Ter, were also present.
 Willing to Divide Time
 The Johnston campaign committee yes- terday assigned speakers to fill appoint ments at the time and places announced by the Morgan committee on Saturday, and gave out the information that a division of time would be asked at the Morgan ap pointments.
 Noting the announcement of this action in the afternoon papers, Chairman Frank S. White and Secretary R. E. L. Neil last night addressed letter to Governor John ston offering to divide time at all appoint ments heretofore or hereafter to be made on condition that a like division be granted at all Johnston appointments. Special at tention is directed to the governors ap- pointment at Centerville, Bibb county, next Saturday, where division of time is ask ed for Hon. Sid J. Bowie.
 The appointments by both committees for the week are as follows: W. H. Denson and c. B. Powell, to speak at Bessemer Thursday night. Chairman Frank s. White and w. H. Stanley are bill ed for speeches there on the same night in behalf of Senator Morgan. Cpatain W. c. Ward and c. P. Beddow, to speak at East Lake Friday night. This is the same date that H. S. D. Mallory and J. F. Graham are announced to speak in the interest of Senator Morgan's candidacy.
 w. H. Denson at Avondale Friday night. For Senator Morgan, Captain Frank s. White and W. H. Stanley will speak
 John T. Shugart and c. P. Beddow, at Brookside Friday night. For Senator Nor gan, W. W. Quarles and Hugh Morrow will speak.
 G. B. Burkhalter will speak at Palos Sat urday. Captain Frank P. O'Brien and Sid ney J. Bowie are announced to speak there the same day in behalf of Senator Mor- gan.
 Dr. Cunningham and Hon. John R. Me- Cain, of Clay county, at Pratt City, Friday night in the interest of Senator Morgan.
 Meeting of Executive Committee
 When the county executive committee meets tomorrow there is likely to be a live ly fight over the effort to modify the plan for the primary. The Morgan people are going to ask the committee to order a direct vote on the senatorial question and the Johnston people will oppose it. Whether the committee orders the direct vote will de- pend entirely on the standing of the com mittee. If Governor Johnston still controls
 
 it. as he did at the other meeting. there will be no direct vote. but If it has slipped from his grasp the voters may be given chance to express their preferences for the federal senatorship.
 A member of the Johnston committee stated yesterday that the petition request ing Chairman Lowe to call a meeting of the committee was not originally a Tom linson, but Morgan move. The man who made the statement is a member of the county executive committee. and says he signed the petition, but at the time he did not knoGy 1t was fin the interest of Senator Morgan. He is opposed to direct vote for senator, but says he Is willing to let the names of the candidates for governor be printed on the tickets if all the candidates agree ito it. The Morgan campaign committee claim that they did not know anything of the pc tltion for meeting of the executive con-