The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-19
THE POLITICAL FIELD
 AND THE OUTLOOK
The Campaign is Getting Warm With the Usual CanardS--JelkS Will Get Three-ffthS Of
 the Entire Vote in the State.
BY D. W. McIvER.

, brought by the committeeman was all that could be desired. The committee was firm and yet it was noticeable that IL was only desired to do what was right and proper. with a determination to treat all with courtesy and fairness, but to l have only one rule for all and to see to
 1t that the action of the committee was | to the letter.
 Campaign Tales.
 Many tales have been brought to heal | quarters that are being widely circulated | in the campaign for the purpose of pre- | judicing the people against Governor Jelks One of the silliest Is that Cover | nor Jelks is appointing negro notaries | public in the State. the inference being that it is an innovation and that negroes | have never been appointed to those posi- tions before. The fact is that Governor l Jelks has appointed negro notaries, but in every instance it has been shown that they were appointments and renewals of commissions granted by Governor
 Johnston himself. There gre two instaces
 which have not been printed and these,
 like the others. investigation proved
 were first appointed by Governor John
 ston and the commissions only renewed
 and continued in force by Governor Jelks. Chairman Weakley of the Jelks Commit
 tee, tells me that he heard the story that
 one B. H. Hudson, a negro. had been
 appointed a notary by Governor Jelks in
 Birmingham. He investigated the matter
 and found that Governor Jelks had re-
 appointed him and that he had been orig irally appointed by Governor Johnston,
 June 30. 1897 There is another instance
 within my own knowledge where another story was circulated in Tuskegee of the same sort and which was answered in
 the same way. An enthusiastic Johnston man went into crowd and asked if they would vote for man for Governor who
 would appoint a negro to office. Adding
 that Governor Jelks had appointed Logan
 notary at the Normal School. Investi-
 eation showed that Logan had been orig inally appointed. by Governor Johnston
 and that his Commission had only been renewed by Governor Jelks.
 These are but a sample of the many campaign stories that come to the Jelks
 more foundation in fact. The people are thinking for themselves this year and will
 not be misled by such campaign canards as these.
 The Result.
 do not believe am over r-confdent. l have carefully observed the situation from every standpoint and with the in formation at my command am ready to ccncede Johnston much of the strength claimed for him, and with it all, 1t ap- pears to that he is in a minority in many of the counties that are counted as his strongholds and that he Is a loser. calculate now. without going into any details and attempting to mention coun- ties that Jelks will and will not carry, | that out of lS2. 000 white votes registered.
 that there will he only about 12n 600 votes
 cast in the primaries on the 18th of Au- gust and that Jelks will get 10000 and Johnston 50.000 in round numbers re- gard that a most conservative estimate
 and am prepared to believe that Jelks will
 get a much larger vote, certainly nothing less.
 After looking over the whole field care fully and critically, I confess that am
 badly fooled unless Jelks is a safe win
 ner. and that nothing but overconfidence can make it at all doubtful