The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-24

Limestone, Monroe and Ialladega-
 The Jellks people only eoncede four counties, namely, covington, Fillmore, Fayette and St. Clair.
 Ben r. Elmore of the Johnston cam paign committee. said last night:
 "In closing the campaign. we have the satisfaction of knowing that We have conducted a clean campaign. on a high plane. While the opposition has thrown some mud at us we have not been guilty of any such thing ourselves. am per- fectly satisfied wTrd the result of our campaign, and am confident of a glorious victory.
 My rule in figuring on the result of political campaigns has always been to estimate my opponents strength just as high as he could possibly hope to have. and to underestimate my own strength. In making my estimates of Governor Jelks' majority. l have followed this ruie. have given ex-Governor Johnston every vote he can possibly get in the state, according to the information at hand. If my figures are erroneous, 1t will be to the advantage of Governor Jelks. for I have figured his majority down much lower than our information war rants
 T have been very much amused and interested in the adv alias advice column in the Age-Herald issued from the Johnston headquarters. For instance. in this mornings paper. the Johnston ties claim Mobile. Marshall. Lee, Marion, Etowah and Jackson counties by ridicu- lous and absurd majorities. Not single one of the counties named will give a majority for the ex-governor, with the possible exception of Marshall, and 1t will not if the populists stay away from the polls, and how it Is possible for any honest and self-respecting populite to present himself at the democratic table on the 25th, is more than can see. How ever, there Is no telling to what extreme the Johnston men in that county will be driven to. As an instance of this, you remember that the state executive com mittee requested the county committee of Marshall to be called together to rescind It's action in laying down the bars? very prominent Johnston man In that county did all he could to pre- vent a quoruc. assembling at this meet ing. As an evidence of this. listen to the following letter:
 Martling Ala, August IT, 1902. Dear Jeff:
 See Trian and do not let him go to Guntersyille tomorrow. They are going to try to undo what we done at the last meeting, and if they don't have a quorum they can't do anything. Now, be sure and attend to this and tell Trian not to go. I have just got home from a trip. Johnston Is all right, and work everybody you can for him
 How any decent democrat could advise a member of his party to stay away and break a quoi um when the integrity of the party was involved I can't see.
 Another ridiculous thing in this 'ad- vice column is MT. Knox carrying around a list for the formation of a Jelks club in Annis ton. This, of course, was on the statement of Judge Crook. The judge wSs evidently misinformed, because hc states that MT. Knox did that on the 18th, when as a matter of fact MT. Knox spoke at Andalusia at Il o'clock, and was not in Anniston at any time on the 18th.
 T see, too that his friends are claim
  Barbour. In these counties we will get a majority of at lelst 1679 votes, and we will not lose q single one of these coun- ties, although a great deal of money has been sp' mt in Madison and Barbour by the Johnston people.
 At the outset, what little apprehension might have had, was soon dspelled by the lamentation that went up from the Johnston headquarters that their candi- 10 f cheated out of it-that same old cry which democrats in Alabama have heard for years by sore-toed and disguntled candi- dates. Whenever you hear a fellow cry ing fraud, you may know he has given up all hopes of securing an honest nomi- nation.
 And then another thing has convinced me that they have no hopes and this is that cousin alias Chairman Renfroe, has been at headquarters but very little during the entire campaign. He had to stay in Lee to look after his political fences there. It was a death struggle with Cousin Noah, and he knew that if he lost Lee county his name will be changed to Jonah the other great nayi- gator. But we will carry Lee all right. One thing that convices me of the hope lessness of his candidacy is the fact that his main support comes from a lot of ex- candidates and d1SBruntled fellows. Good, clever boys, you know, but still they be- long to that vast army of siefeated and sore-toed fellows, while the supporters of Governor Jelks embrace such men as Senators Morgan and Pettus, Congress- men Taylor, Wiley, Clayton, Oates, Cole man and other able and distinguished men, and last, but not least, by the hon est upright and horney-handed working men of Alabama"
 Forney Johnston, in charge of the John ston headquarters, gave out the follow ing statement last night:
 Since tabulating out estimate we have received reports from Coosa and Walker which show that our majorities in those counties will far exceed our estimate and the news comes that they have given up the fight in Crenshaw'
 We feel in no sort of doubht as to the result. The work of Governor Johnston's friends in the past week has been very effective. None but good speakers have been in the field and the additional infiu- ence of Col. Russell and Gen. Harrison has been decidedly felt. The magnificent meetings in Montgomery, Huntsville, Mo- bile, Troy and other towns where the machine is supposed to be strong are significant. Our friends wi. go to the polls Monday in good spirits and aggres- sive."
 Chairman B. A. Thompson of the Jclks county campaign committee stated late yesterday that he expected Governor Jelks' ms jority in Jefferson county to be not less than 1000. He expects to carry every ge beat in the county and 10 make a clean sweep from East Lake to