The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-03
Joined By Florida Delegation and ManySpe SpectatorS, Party
 Leaves for the West
HEFLIN IS POSITIVE THAT
 THIS IS DEMOCRATIC YEAR
Says Defeat of Burton Backed By Roosevelt and Taft Was Straw Showing Direction of
 the Wind.

Alabama delegates to the democratic national convention to assemble at Den yer next Tuesday, left Birmingham over the Louisville and Nashville railroad yes terday at 12:15 p. m. They will go by the way of Lincoln, Neb., in order to pay their respects to MT. Bryan. The party will reach Lincoln Saturday, and will be due in Denver Sunday.
 The delegates are travelling in a special train of Pullmans, which was run as section of the L. and Ms regular train No. g. The Florida delegation came up in a special over the L. and N, and their cars and those of the Alabama party were consolidated, thus making very handsome train. The Florida dele gates wore large red badges, bearing the words "F1orida is for William Jennings Bryan," and one of the Florida cars had on either side a sign stretched it's entire length reading, Florida is solid for Bryan"
 Congressman J. Thomas Hehin, the delegate-at-large, who led the Alabama ticket in the recent primary, arrived in Birmingham just before noon and joined the delegation. Dr. R. M. Cunningham and John W. Tomlinson, delegates-at- large, with number of other democrats who go to Denver as visitors, made up quite a large party. Congressman Henry D. Clayton, one of the four delegates-at- large, who is Mir. Bryan's choice for per- manent chairman of the convention, is at the latters request.
 Here is a full list of the delegation: Delegates-at-large, R. M. Cunningham, H. D. Clayton, J. T. Heflin and J. w. Tomlinson.
 The district delegates are as follows: First district, George J Sullivan of Mo- bile and l.. J. Bugg; Second district, J. L. Long of Greeuville and s. H. Dent of Montgomery; Third district, H. L. Martin of ozark and A. E. Pace of Dothan; Fourth district, Chambless Keith of Selma and Dr. Dudley Williams of Cal houn; Fifth district, Judge J. c, Woods of Lowndes county and D. H. Riddle of Coosa; Sixth district, James Pearce of Marion and w. T. Ormond of Tuscaloosa; Seventh district, Watt T. Brown of St. Clair and c. A. Collins of Hanceville; Eighth district, Harry Walker of Lime stone and M. A. Clay of Jackson; Ninth i district, J. G. Oakley of Bibb and s. w.. John of Birmingham.
 1 In discussing the situation MT. Hefin ! said:
 "The outlook for democratic victory has not been so good since Cleveland's ] election in 1892 The panic that came during MT Clevelands second admin istration had a very disastrous effect on the democratic party, and republican i leaders everywhere told the people that the democrats brought on the panic. Dur ing the prosperous times that followed. the republican party discussed no eco- homie question-answered no democratic argument, but employed as their cam paign slogan the phrase that the demo- cratic party produces panics and the re- publican party produces prosperity
 When the fact is, the prosperity that we have enjoyed was achieved by brave and industrious people over re- | publican difficulties and in spite of the republican party. Having taught the country that panics only come when | governmental affairs are badly man. aged-and when democrats are in pow er-the republican party in this cam paign is distressingly embarrassed. It is bereft of it's chief argument, or campaign cry, and throughout this campaign will be on the defensive. It must carry the laboring oar. In other words, it has deceived the people and ! stands convicted before the country. In 1904 a republican President and congressman of the same faith promised i to revise the tariff before the next presidential election. They have not done so. They did not intend to do so. l They promised to pass some laws to protect the 1aboring man from the mer- ciless grasp of the trust king. They have done nothing that they promised him that they would do They said that they would break up the trusts, but trusts flourish today as never be- fore-and they have not prosecuted a single trust except where democrats furnished the evidence and forced the | prosecution.
 Another thing, you take the muni- cipal elections in the large cities north and east, and democrats in nearly every instance defeated the republican nomi- nees for mayor. An instance of much
 significance was the mayoralty race Tn Cleveland, O. Congressman Theodore
 Burton, chairman of the rivers and ha--
 bors committee in the House, and a very able and popular man, was re-
 quested by President Roosevelt and Mr. Taft to make the race for mayor Of Cleveland, and he did so. He had the backing of the national administration,
 Tom Johnson, a democrat defeated him
 by over 10000 votes.
 All these things are straws show ing how the political winds are blow u,l,o Siu nf