The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-25
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 Troy Herald: We notice that some of the papers say that Joseph F. Johnston will very likely be a candidate for gov ernor. If the eX-Governor should decide to shy his castor" into the race there will be something doing. There is no man in the state that has a bigger hold on the common people than has Joseph r. Johnston. His administration of the affairs of the state were up to the very top
 Sylacauga Progress: Let the people vote for them as first choice and give voice to their views by naming the best men to succeed them. Let us call upon Joseph F. Johnston and John B. Knox and demand their readiness to accept the honor and the service. They owe it to the state and the state owes if to them. Both are fully equipped. and while not upon exactly the same line are true rep resentatives of all the people and of democracy.
 Birmingham Ledger One prominent man states that he had always fought Gov ernor Johnston and that he had nearly diWdgS dllltIeu lTOIn any position taken by Captain Johnston, but now that he saw where in many instances he had been wrong and the Governor right Time has proven" continued the man. that every measure that Captain John- ston has championed has proved the ex- Governor is by far one of the most far seeing statesmen that Alabama has ever produced. I don't believe that Governor Johnston will turn a deaf ear to the ap- peals that are being made by the people in every county in this state"
 Huntsville Tribune: We don't know whether Governor Johnston will become a candidate or not, but we do know that while he was governor he made the finest executive and business officer we have had in thirty years. He Is the order of man Alabama needs now and all the time We will add that we saw not the slightest symptoms of his being a candi- date during his visitation here; at the same time we say most emphaticaIly that Alabama needs Joseph F. Johnston in her business right now.
 Selma Times: There will be four can didates in the field for the Senate certain. and there may be more, viz: Knox, John ston, Clarke and Oates. There may be several others who will poll a few thou sand votes each but these will be the four leading candidates for the success sion. With these four contending for the two succession places it would not take the ken of a prophet to see who would win out. As the field now stands Knox and Johnston will come under the string away ahead unless something further should turn up to disturb the present conditions
 Sheffield Standard: It Is now generally conceded that former Governor Joseph F. Johnston will lead In the race for alter nate senator should he decide to become a candidate Johnston's growing popu- larity Is no less perplexng to the poiti- elan than it Is pleasing to his friends. They cannot understand how 1t is that the discredited leader of four years ago should now be the most talked of man in the state. The Standard has stood by 'the red-headed rooster from Jefferson" through sunshine and through storm, un- dismayed by defeat confident that time and the sober sense Of the people would at last do justice to a brave and patriotic mana man whose clean public and pri- Yate record has proven impervious to the shafts of envy, malevolence and misrep- resentation. Johnston is on top.
 Wilcox Progressive Era: Dallas county leaders laud former Governor Johnston and offer him support in the senatorial succession race should he decide to offer for that position. The wise heads of Dal- las know a good thing when they see it. His loyalty to his people and country, his business ability as citizen and states man stand boldly out before his people today an acknowledged monument to his fitness for this high position or any other to which he might aspire. Governor Johnston has many friends in Alabama who know him as man and friend, who. in his official life. was always Joe John- ston to them, and are ready at all times to serve him and are only awaiting his announcement now to get busy
 Montgomery Journal: A gentleman who formerly was strong anti-Johnston man, favoring the gold standard, said the other day that he intended to support Johnston and the reasons he gave were these: He Go'hnston) made Alabama her best governor since the laemtned Hous- ton He did more than anyone else, in state or federal position. to heal the bit terness between the white men growing out of the efforts of selfshness on the part of certain interests to keep everyone but their own circle from the table; his wisdom, conservatism and loyalty to the democratic principle-that all men should have an equal showing in the race for life-aided beyond measure in putting the state on the road to prosperity and development"
 Marion County News: The Luverne Critic thinks that the people ought to elect Joseph F. Johnston governor in order to 'vindicate' him. The two ad- minstrations of Joe Johnston need no vindication. They stand as monuments to him a statesman of ability and in- tegrity. The fact that not a single law that was passed during his conduct of the office of governor has been repealed, but are being carried out by his suc- cessors, is enough to show that said laws were good for the people. It would not add one iota to the high standing of Joe Johnston to be governor again, and from a pecuniary point of, view II would be an injury to him. No, lthe record made by Joe Johnston needs no vindication, and his friends in every county in Alabama are proud of the fact that his acts as governor have been so fully endorsed by those who abused him the most