The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-13
.B|G DEMAND EOR
 CAMPAIGN BOOK New Edition Of Democratic Texl
 Cook To Be Issued No STRIKING IN GEORGIA Clark Howell Laughs at the Idea of the Republicans Getting Georgia's Vote. Good Chance to Carry Ohio
 for Mir. Bryan.
No STRIKING IN GEORGIA
By THOMAS J, PENCE,

William Jennings Bryan reached CnlcaBo
 on his second speaking tour of the cam
 pagn he said to Chairman Mack and his
 associates at headquarters: T have just
 read the democratic campaign text book and I want to say that it is a splendid publication-the best of the kind, in my opinion, ever issued by any party"
 The first edition of the text book is ex-
 hausted, and orders have been given for a second edition to meet the demand for the book, which has proved to be a most
 popular publication. The charge for the text book is only 25 cents, which barely
 meets the cost of postage and printing. Orders should be addressed to tue Text
 Book Bureau, Democratic National Head- quarters, Chicago, III.
 "This talk of Taft carrying Georgia and other southern states is pluperfect non-
 sense," said Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, and national com
 mitteeman from Georgia, when he arrived at democratic headquarters this morning,
 where he was welcomed by MT. Brown, i Chairman Mack and others.
 MT. Bryan is just as popular in the | south as he ever was," continued MT.
 Howell "He will not only get the elec-
 toral votes of the seouthern states, but he
 will receive as well the popular vote | in that section and with majorities as 1 large as in former years. l have been | much amused as the result of stories Tn
 eastern and western papers intimating that Georgia will enlist under the banner l of the republican party this year. Noth- 1 ing could be further from the truth. Geor- | gia is a democratic state, and we look ! upon these statements about Georgia l drifting into the republican party as humor and poor humor at that. UT | course, there have been divisions amongst 1 Georgia democrats in local matters, but this very situation tenGs to creat healthy rivalry and to strengthen the party. There is no division in our ranks when 1t comes to voting the democratic ticket. Personally, MT. Bryan is very strong in Georgia, and l do not believe there is a democrat in the state Who VIII not give him the benefit of his vote. "Our state election occurs October [, which is A. month in advance of the presidential election. MT. Brown, our | nominee for governor, will have all or | 1oO. GOO majority. Although John Temple | Graves. who Is one of the candidates TOT | the vice presidency on the ticket or the l independence party, is Georgian, ao
 not believe that he will poll more than
 4O0O votes in the state. Four years ago ] Thomas E. Watson as the presidential l candidate of the peoples party received | % bOO votes. This year his vote will not | be so large. Taft's vote will be less than | 45 GOO and the combined opposition to the | democratic party in Georgia will not have more than 75000 votes. l might say that the estimate given here is most nperai one. MT. Bryan's popular vote in Geor- gia will not be less than 115,0O0 and LOOK
 for it to reach 125,000 or more" MT. Howell emphasized the fact that there is no factionalism amongst Georgia democrats this year. He referred to the nresence of Gov. Hoke Smith and him. self on the same platform in Atlanta last week. This meeting took place while the torrental rains that swept the soutn were at their height MT. HoweH says that he never witnessed larger or more
 enthusiastic audience and that 1t refect-
 ed the temper of Georgia democrats gem
 erally. Continuing, he said: This talk of Georgia going republican IS all moon-
 shine. It Is newspaper talk pure and
 simple and there Is nothing in the polit- teal situation in the state to justify IL.
 "People who do not understand the
 situation are inclined to laugh when
 say that if the election should take place today Ohio would give Bryan and Kern
 a majority of at least 50.000 and pos-
 sibly 100000"
 This statement from W. l.. Finney, democratic state chairman in Ohio, gives an idea of the character of the aggres- siye fight that is being made by the democrats in that state. MT, Finney, who firmly believes that Judge Taft will fail to secure the electroal vote in his home state, called at democratic head quarters today in company with K. G. De Wesse, chairman of the speakers bu- reau in the Ohio campaign. They con- ferred with MT. Bryan, Chairman Mack and Chairman Atwood of the speakers
 bureau at democratic national headquar- ters. The best speakers in the party are to be assigned to Ohio and assurances were given by the leaders of the national democracy that they would give MT. Fin ney and his associates all the assistance possible in the fight to be waged ill that
 state. Both MT. Bryan and MT. Kern will take part in the Ohio contest. Dates are also being arranged for Theodore A. Bell, Judge Parker, and Congressman Champ Clark of Missouri ard Ollie James of Kentucky.
 "I have never known the democratic
 party to be in such good shape in Ohio," continued Mr. Finney. Bryan and Kern, our presidential nominees and Judson Harmon, our nominee for governor, havc added strength to the party, and today
 there is not man in the state under
 suspicion of having been democrat prior
 to 1892 who is not out for our ticket. A
 number of reasons are contributing to-
 ward a democratic success. We win get
 the solid labor vote, while the record of
 the republican party will also help us
 There has been rottenness In the state administration, the exposure of which has not failed to make an impression on the
 people of the state."
 "Bryan and Kern will poll greater
 percentage of the electoral vote in Ohio
 than in any other northern state. I am
 thoroughly familiar with conditions, and
 l know what say is true. The sentiment
 Of the people is unmstakably with Bry-
 an. Illustration of this statement was af-
 forded at the opening of the republican
 state campaign Saturday. when Governor
 Hughes of New York and Senator Bever-
 idge of Indiana spoke to 10000 workers
 from steel plants. A three-day holiday
 was arranged for this event and the men
 marched to the speaking in uniform.
 They were asked to cheer for Taft, In-
 stead they cheered for Bryan and Kern,
 showing enthusiastically how theiy will vote
 in this campaign. Less than 10 per cent
 of the marchers attended the speaking"