The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-29
HEADQUARTERS OF
 BOTH SIDES BUSY
Former Governor Joseph E. Johnston Issues Statement
TO MAKE ACTIVE CANVASS
Full List of the Johnston State Cam. palsn committee-chairman WeaEley Continues to Re-
 ceIve Best of Reports.

Chairman Weakiey of the Jelks state campaign committee continues busily at work preparing for the active campaign, which was inaugurated last night in Bir- mingham when John B. Knox and Dr. R. M Cunningham spoke at the Audi torium. MT. Weakley reports that he is receiving the most encouraging news from all sections of the state.
 At the Johnston headquarters yesterday everybody was busy mailing letters, cir eulars and campaign literature. Former Governor Johnston was the busiest of all. With his coat off he rolled circulars, seal ed and addressed them. and wrote let ters, besides receiving numerous callers all day. He reported the receipt of about 12O letters during the day. each giving an encouraging report.
 MT. Johnston's Card.
 During the morning he issued the fol- lowing card:
 Tt is being reported privately In some places that I am in favor of restoring to the illiterate negroes the right to vote. opposed the suffrage clause in the new COHSlllHlloHt OeGdhSt II WOu1o AAoiA fAAl- chise many white men. as it has 10000 in Jefferson county alone. After the bill calling the first constitutional conven- tion was repealed I urged the legislature to pass an amendment to disfranchise the ignorant negro vote, and it refused to do so, though 1t could have been done without any cost to the state.
 -t-o r vor of the re-enfranchisement of the ne-. gro vote is either ignorant or malicious, and if he repeats it after rcadipE this mo- tice he is unworthy of the respect of de- cent white people. r
 osigned) "Jos,F. JOHNSTON" It is stated that during the remaining days of the campaign MT. Johnston will make two~speeches each day. beginning Thursday. His appointments include the following:
 Marion, Thursday noon; Uniontown. Thursday night; Linden, Friday noon; Selma, Saturday noon.
 Jesse F. Stallings will stump the Ten nessee valley. commencing Thursday and closing in Huntsville on August 9.
 Other appointments have been made as follows:
 Sam will John and W. L. Martin, in Chambers. Randolph, Clay and Talladega counties closing in Talladega- August g.
 E. M. Robinson of Mobile and J.. M. Miller of Marengo, fin Clark, Sumter and Wilcox counties, closing in Camden on August g.
 R. D. Barnes of Lee, and c. P. Bed dow, of Birmingham, in Walker. Bibb and Chiffon counties, closing in Naples vile, August g.
 W. M. Lackey and John G. Winston, in Cherokee. Etowah and DeKalb counties, closing in Guntersville on August g.
 w. J. Gilmore at Brookside next Satur- day night.
 Charles D. Waller and Colonel John will speak in Sumter and Tuscaloosa counties this week.
 Johnstoa's Campaign Committee.
 The full campaign committee for the former governor has been announced. II is as follows:
 Central Committee-N. P Renfroe, chairman; L. B. Musgrove, D. B. Bestor w. H. Lawson, R. B. Kyle, J. V. Allen, c. F. Moritz, E. J. Ksrkbrioe. w. P. New man. Hugh McGeever, Ed. Veitch, R. P. Wetmore, secretary. First District-Charles E. Mclean, John l F. Watkins. R. D. Turner. Second District-J. Lee Long, John D. Burnett, Pat McGauley
 Third District-James E. Foy, Sam Houston, H. B. Steagall
 Fourth District-D. M. Scott J. L. Walthall, A. P. Agee.
 Fifth District-P. O. Stevens, J. D. Norman. s. E. Gaston.
 Sixth District-W. A. Young, James w Sheppard. Amos Horton.
 Seventh District-B. H. Nicholson, A. E. Hewlett, c. c. Appleton.
 Eighth District-John B. Talley, J. J. Mitchell, B. l.. Pulley.
 Ninth District-W. H. Kettig, George White, R. T. Robinette.