The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-14
SPOKE AT WEST END
MESsRs. SHERRoD AND HER
BERT ARGUED FOR JOHNSTON
Forty Persons Attended the Meeting
and Good Humor Prevailed-Point-
ed Question by Confed-
crate Veteran.

G. NJ. Sherrod of CORTLAND. and w. F.
Herbert of Montgomery, spoke last night
at West End to a crowd of about forty
men in the interest of the candidacy or
Ex-Governor Johnston. The crowd was
rather calm and the only enthusiasm was
raised by the replies of the speakers to
questions from party of Jelks sympa-
thizers.
Mr. Sherrod. who Is touring Middle Ala
bama for Ex-Governor Johnston. was ac-
companied to West End by w. F. Her.
bert and ]. A. Parker. AS chief speaker
Of the evening he was introduced by Mr..
Herbert who presided over the meeting.
= The speaking took place in front of the
store Of R. M. Lee. who is the Johnston
leader In West End beat. The men stood
out in the dark under the wooden awning
while the speakers stood in the doorway
framed in the light reflected from the
store.
The crowd was good natured and
fiiei dly. The Sneakers were helped along
with suggestions from the Johnston SYM
pathizers and they were questioned by
the Jelks supporters. In this the speak
ing took the form of a political exp erfence
meeting.
Mr.. Sherrod made no attempt It )ra-
tory, but delivered his remarks in a con-
versational style. His speech was a
eulcgy of Ex-Governor Johnston person
ally and polite lilly. He spoke less than
thirty minutes. He made no attack upon
Governor Jelks. personally. and the Cow
ernors political record was touched upon
only in an attempt to show that he was
not as good a friend of education as was
the Birmingham candidate.
Ex-Governor Johnston was praised
Throughout Mr.. Sherrod's address. His
claim for the Jefferson candidate as a
business Governor was not so strong as
the Ex-Governor had himself made in his
campaign speeches. In dealing with the
financial claims for the Johnston admin
istration Mr.. Sherrod quoted not the fig
u1es which Ex-Governor Johnston had
used in his campaign, but the corrected
figures from the official record of the
State.
While lauding Ex-Governor Johnston for
his war record and recounting the wounds
that he had received in battle, an old
Confederate soldier in the audience in
terrupted the speaker:
How many SCARED Confederate vet
Grams did Johnston turn out of officer
he asked.
None. that were worthy" replied M
Sherrod.
THE poorest Confederate soldier that
Johnston threw out of Office was a wor-
thier and better man than the head
ed candidate who Is asking the people OF
Alabama to make him Governor third
time" retorted the old soldier, who ap.
peared to be a leader of the Jelks CO.
terie in the audience.
The speaker compared the two candi.
dates. speaking respectfully of Governor
Jelks and enthusiastically of Governor John.
ston. and closed by asking his hearers:
''Who Is the better man for Governor?
From the Johnston adherents on the
right of the audience came the response
Johnston" while the coterie of Jelks
supporters cried, "Jelks.'
At the conclusion of Mr.. Sherrods re
marks, w. F. Herbert asked the CROWD
to remain to hear a few remarks from
him.
He charged Governor Jelks with being
in favor of an equal division of taxes fol
the public school fund between the white.
| and the negroes. He touched upon nc
other point and spoke only four or five
| minutes.
The small audience, at the close of the
speaking adjourned to the interior 81
the store where free refreshments were
| on tap.