The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-14
jerks and Johnston Partisans
Becoming More Definite
TELEGRAM FROM JOHNSTON
A Jelks Club Was Organized at Wy.
lam Last Night, and Congressman
o. w. Underwood Made a
Speech to $50 People.

They are now beginning to make some
definite claims at the political headquar-
ters. Heretofore they have made claims
a plenty, of course but It was always
a general proposition; this kind of state
ment for instance: Our news today is
the very best yet. It could not be better.
We have received no diseouraging re-
ports at all, and J. will win by an over
whelming majority"
The political reporters have had this
sort of statement made to them daily
since the campaign opened. 1t was al
ways the same old story at the opposing
headquarters The reporters would meet
on the street. What do you think of
the race for GOVERNOR one would ask.
The reply would be, II have Just been
to Us headquarters. and my opinion to
you privately is. that he will win" But
it usually depends on which Us head
quarters he had visited last.
They have a way of telling you things
in such confident manner at these head
quarters. and If you doubt. they will
show you stack of correspondence, just
received by the last mail OF course,
which contains favorable reports from
every section of the state. and probably
from every county. If there is still any
lingering doubt in your mind as to this
being a fact letter or two will be taken
from the pile and read to you. and you
will hear something like this: ~. Will
carry this county five to one. 1 have
made poll of the voters of my precinct,
and out of 1888 seen, 300 were with us and
many of the balance have not decided
whom they will support" And another
one will be something on this ORDER
1.-THE report published In the = that
there were only A people present at the
]. speaking the other night, is a malicious
and premeditated falsehood. By actual
count there were SIS. and If there was a
]. man in the crowd. he did not make
himself known. This county will go
solid for j. Send me a ton of campaign
literature"
Col. Ben F. Gilmore of the Jelks COM
mittee. and who is putting In good, hard
ticks for his candidacy every hour dur
ing the day, never makes any claims All
of his statements are made conserva-
lively. He admits that there may be
two or three counties in the state that
will give small majority to former
Governor Johnston. Two of these coun-
ties, he says, will probably be Marshall
and Marion. He admits that In Lee coun-
ty there will be fight, but does not
concede 1t by any means. Mobile, he is
confident of. Montgomery, he claims by
at least 1900 majority.
I'VE are not claiming the world, the
flesh and the devil" said Mr.. Gilmore,
but we do claim what the Gods have
given u.s.. Did you ever think of it." he
continued. that we belong to a winning
crowd up here at these headquarters?
Our people are always winners. We have
no grievance against the good people of
Alabama and they have none against us.
We have no sore toe stuck out for every
wayfarer to step on. And did you ever
notice. too, that the man with doubt
full grievance rarely ever excites the
sympathy which he endeavors TO arouse?
We are making this fight on the COM
didate by the people of the state, and
their approval will be substantially mani
tested at this little primary we are going
to have the 25th of this MONTH"
Mr.. Elmore announces the following ad-
ditional appointments:
S. II. Dent. Jr.-Bessemer, August Is;
Chambers county, August Is and 49,;
Jones Chapel, August o. II a. M; Willow
Springs. August %. p. m; Cullman. Au-
gust 49,
]. Tom Hehin-Brantley. August Is. 10
a. M; Luverne, August Is. p. M; Bar
bour county, August 16.
Gen. William C. Oates-Kingston, Au-
gust 16.
T. L. Sower-Millport. August 10.
W. W. Brandon-McYille August 49,;
Mantling, August 10.
]. j. Banks-Oakville, August 20: Moui-
ton, August 81, 10 a m. Mount Hope.
August 81. p. m.
r. II. Clarke-Evergreen. August Is.
G. L. Comer-Les county. August p. %
and %.
E. Fl. cabaniss-Blount Springs. August
21.
NJ. K Clements and Earl Pettus De
Kslb county August % end 49,
James II. Webb-Montgomery Hill. Au-
gust IS; Stockton, August 16
Chairman B. A. Thompson. of the felix's
county campaign committee, rs a very
busy man. He is always in a good hui
NOR however. which goes to prove his
statement that he is well satisfied with
his campaign in jefferson. He states
that he is now taking up the little pre-
cincts In the corners and byways that
have escaped his attention thus far in
his endeavors to get the larger beats