The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23
CALLED OFF SPEAKING
EEFLIN AND STALLINGS ABAM-
 DON BIRMINGHAM DATE.
Say, However, That Other Appoint ments Will be Filled-Hearst Boomers Say They are Fay
 ing Own Expenses.


 Birmingham, March 22-(Special)-J. Thomas Heffin, Secretary of State. ana Jesse Stallings of Birmingham are Tn charge, practically, of the Hearst boom or anti-Cleveland campaign in Alabama.
 An interview. given out this morning indicates that Mir. Hearst Is satisfactory to William Jennings Bryan. Messrs. Henin and Stallings denied that they are being paid. or that their expenses are peing paid by any one. They denied tur- ther that they were fighting any set Of men for delegates to the National Con- vention.
 They say. however, that they will not favor anyone but a regular Democrat, and stipulate that Major w. w. Screws Of Montgomery is not a regular Demo- crat. When asked about other candidates in the field for delegate-at-large to the National Convention, no statement was issued.
 Messrs. Stallings and Heflin had an en- gagement for a meeting in Birmingham tonight. but on account of the funeral to- morrow morning of Congressman Charles w. Thompson, in Tuskegee, which they both will attend, postponement was an- nounced today. Several other dates through the State have been announced and will be carried out
 Tn the language of MT. Hefin. Hearst Is a good man, a New York man, and a man who can unite the Bryan and the Cleveland factions.''
 Mir Hef1in was at the office of Messrs. NeSmith. Stallings & Gaston when The Advertiser correspondent called there to- day. He was asked for an interview, and in the presence of Jesse Stallings, said:
 We are speaking in behalf of regular Democracy, ant-Cleveland, you may call 1t, regular Democracy not for Bryan nor for MT. Cleveland. I think that somebody who can unite the party should be nom- mated and a New York man should be the nominee. think that Mir. Hearst of New York Is a good man. While he was sound money man he was loyal to MT Bryan and. in my Judgment. MT. Bryan would be satisfied with MT. Hearst.
 ''On the other hand. Mir. Cleveland Is very favorable to Judge Parker. So faI as I know, Judge Parker Is good. clean man. We ought to nominate some man who can unite the Cleveland and Bryan factions of the party"
 At this point Mir. Stallings expressed doubts as to there being any Cleveland faction.
 MT. Heflin continued: with the pres ent status of things, I would be satis' fled to see a delegation of the regulars regardless of whether they were silver or sound money men. go to the convention at St. Louis. We have not picked out any certain men. We have not declared for any man. We have agreed upon no man nor set of men and will not advocate any set of delegates.
 Gen. J. W. A. Sanford the latest an- nounced candidate for delegate-at-largc, has been a regular Democrat all his life. Hf AF hot nf wise.
 T have no patience with that spirit In the party that desires to hush up MT. Bryan and counsels against his being heard among the six and half millions of people who followed him. I do not think that MT. Bryan ought to be re- nominated, and he does not wish the nom- ination. But he does want to have some say as to his successor and don't blame him. Mir Bryan is strong In Alabama and has many friends"
 Mir. Hehin was asked as to the men who have announced their candidacy for the position of delegate to the National convention from the State at large. He made some comments, but said that he preferred not to be interviewed on indi- vIduals. He stated that the dates that had been announced heretofore would be carried out. AS to a further continuance of the speaking after the present dates had been filled would, of course, be a matter for future consideration. MT Heflin said that he expected to be quite busy hereafter and might not have as much time as he would desire.
 MT. Stallings stated that the epeakings were being carried on lon their own hook" no expenses were being paid by anyone except themselves, and that they were having lot of fun out of the trips MT. Stallings did not care to give out any interview. though he was close listener to the talk given by MT. Hefiin. He said further that there was no cam paign committee, and that no one was backing him, and the speakings were be- ing carried on more on invitation than otherwise.
 The correspondent asked Messrs. Hefiin and Stallings as to each of the candidates so far announced for delegate at large. We do not care to individualize. said they, but we are for none except the reg ular Democrats. AS for Major Screws. he is not a regular Democrat. Mir. Rus sell, we don't know much about. Mir. Rhodes has had no editorials for MT. Cleveland. MT. Sanford has been a reg ular Democrat all his life; he will fight you if you even douot him on that score. But, we are not for any man or set of men, What we want are men of the reg ular Democracy as delegates to the St. Louis convention"
 The candidacy of Mir. Hefin for the nomination for Congress from the Fifth district is what will make him busy In the future and may interfere with his work in behalf of MT. Hearst, which he started in conjunction with MT. Stallings.
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