The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10
JUDGE o. KYLE
 FAVORS JOHNSON
Says Johnson Is Winner and That Bryan Is Loser-Washer-
 woman's Son.

Decatur, May 9.-(SpeciaL) )-Judge o. Kyle of Decatur had the following to say today concerning his choice for the demo- cratic nominee for President of the United States:
 q favor the nomination of Gov. John A. Johnson of Minnesota for the presi- dency over MT. Bryan for the following reasons:
 Johnson is a winner and Bryan is a loser, as shown by the past political his- tory of the two men.
 We have nominated Bryan twice here tofore, and twice has he been defeated twice has he failed to carry his own state of Nebraska
 Johnson has twice been elected gov ernor of Minnesota over terrible opposi- > tion, and when the republican candidate for President swept the state.
 Tn my judgment if Johnson had not have been a man of ability, with a clean record, he could not have done this suc- cess is the test of merit
 If Bryan should be nominated, l can see no reasonable chance for his elec- tion; on the other hand, if Johnson is nominated I firmly believe that he can be elected.
 Johnson can carry Minnesota, Illinois, New York and a sufficient number of the western states, which, united with the solid south, would elect him; his clean and able record as governor, together with the fact that he is 'washerwoman son., would appeal to the labor vote of the country. for one am weary of going to the polls and voting for a man that l feel confident will never win, simply for sentiment. l have Loyalty and faithfully supported Mir Bryan In two campaigns for the presidency; if he is the only dem- ocrat in the party who is worthy of being nominated for that great office, then there is no need of holding any conven- tion.
 "I favor Governor Johnson's nomination over MT. Bryan because I consider John son the best democrat of the two.
 MT Bryan is regarded as an honest man; when he declared himself in favor of the government ownership of railroads l believed he meant what he said; think he still believes in that doctrine, although he may not think now is the time to put it into effect.
 'As a democrat I believe the railroads should be strictly regulated by law, but l do not believe in the government owner SHlp OI luelll, SucIN IS HOl ueInOcTdIlc dS l have been taught it. If the doctrine of government ownership of railroads was put into practical effect it would, in my Judgment. make a hell of the south.
 Governor Johnson, while declaring him self as being in favor of regulating railroads and restraining them to a proper use of the powers conferred upon them by law, has declared emphatically against the per- nicious doctrine of government ownership. In this, as a southern man, I heartily approve.
 Governor Johnson is also a states rights democrat, if 1 have been correctly informed; if so, that Is an additional req son why he is worthy of our support in preference to MT. Bryan.
 "In these days, when the national gov ernment has made effort after effort to overstep the limits of the states, the safe- ty of the future requires that we have as President of this great country man who believes in the rights of the states under the constitution as defined by the fathers of the republic'