The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-11
Fine Feeling at Conference in B|Ount Springs to
 Outline Campaign
PROMINENT OFFICIALS
 AMONG THE SPEAKERS
Headquarters Will Be Opened in Bfr- minEEam Today and Vigorous Cam paign Will Be Made to Pile
 Up Big Majority
 BY BURR BLACKBURN


 Blount Springs August 1o.-(special)- Pitching the battle on the democratic principles of Jefferson, Equal rights for
 all and special privileges to none." more than 100 of Alabamas most prominent men met with the state campaign com
 mttee here today. and launched the cam paign for the election of the democratic l tickets which have been nominated in state, districts and counties. l Chairman Jesse Stallings and Secretary | John Altman will open headquarters this morning on the third floor of the Brown
 Marx building. and every day until No- vember will see the committee mar
 shaling the democratic voters of the
 state.
 Ringing speeches calling upon all the | democrats of the state to rally to the
 standard, making light of the republican
 chances. but urging enthusiasm and en- l ergy instead of apathy, were made by l Senator Joseph F. Johnston. Emmet | O'Neal, Congressman Oscar W. Under- wood. Congressman William Richardson, | and half dozen others.
 The platform adopted by the state con vention was unequivocally indorsed by all | the speakers except Walter Seed, nom- | nee for lieutenant governor, who failed | to mention it in his speech and declined | to be quoted on the subject when seen l after the meeting. although he said he would make speeches all over the state | in favor of the entire democratic ticket. MT. Seeds speech was the subject of much cof1lment. it was possible to in- | terpret Its meaning in several different ways. His failure to mention the plat form caused much surprise. | Called to Order in the Morning I During the morning the crowd gathered | from all parts of the srate.e and al IL
 o'clock Chairman Stallings called tho
 campaign committee into executive ses- | sion Present were M V. Atkins of Dal- | las. John Gamble of Pike. J. H. Bank | head Jr, of Walker, P. G. Bowman of | Jefferson. and Will T. Sheehan of Mont | gomery from the state at large; M. Y. | Wellborne of Calhoun c. E. Thomas of Autauga. Robinson Brown of Tuscaloosa, and J. H. Nathan of Colbert. On motion of Judge Nathan the selec- tion of John Altman secretary was approved Judge William Richardson. congressman from the Eighth district,
 made an enthusiastic talk, pledging the
 Eighth district and every county in 1t for the democratic column. John B. Knox addressed the committee on the po- e litical condition in the state, and, after discussing the campaign to be made in various parts of the state Chairman Stallings WAS given authority to appoint all the committees he needs to carry on the fight It was decided to make a strenuous fight in the Seventh district and give MT. Burnett an even larger ma | jority than he has ever before received. | It was decided to organize every county and precinct in the state at once, and to pitch the campaign along national lines. | treating the prohibition issue as settled, | and discussing Jeffersonian principles, the | tariff, the railroad bifl the pure food bill and the high cost of living. The chair man was also given authority to make provisions for a campaign fund Telegrams were received, expressing E. good will from Chairman Tyler Good wyn of the state committed, who Is In the east: Senator Bankhead, who Is in- disposed Congressmen Taylor. Dent, Hefin, and letters from about 400 promi- nent men who could not get away from business.
 Public Meeting in, Pavilion At 2:30 D. m the public meeting was held in an open pavilion. and for two hours strict attention was paid to num- Der of speakers.
 Senator Joseph F. Johnston was first introduced, and sounded the call for uni- ted effort, expressing the optimistic spirit which prevails throughout the democracy of the nation.
 "I am like the bloodhound" he said.
 When I hear the horn of democracy
 blow I can't keep away" He referred to his work since returning from Washing ton, preparing the minority report on the high cost of living and then took up the situation in Alabama.
 "The negro Is no longer an imaginary dividing line between the democratic and the republican party" he said 'The time has come when we must stand on the old democratic principle, expounded by Jeff ferson equal rights to all and special privileges to none
 Naturally, the skies were never brighter for democracy. You have seen the republicans split on rock, and every where the standpat republicans are be- ing struck down. Insurgency is simply the sliding scale to democracy. We have hopes and we'll grounded one, that we shall control the next House Of Repre- sentatives The people are determined, and they not only do not want Cannon. but they want no republican of any kind for speaker We hope to gain six or seven in the Senate, and the democrats with the progressive republicans will con trol Aldrichism will be dead.
 New York is growing stronger every dav under the leadership of Mayor Gay nor, who was yesterday struck down by an assassin. Tn Indiana, the batherskate who represents It now will be known no more Ohio is split wide open. and we ex- pect to elect that grand democrat, Cover nor Harmon, again, putting him on the road to the White House. Everywhere the democrats are active. progressive and hopeful. Throughout the west, in states like Wyoming, the Dakotas and Montana, we have reasonable hopes for gains on our side
 The senator spoke with some feeling Of the dense majority against which the democrats battled all winter and spring, and he said he hoped to live to see the day when the democrats will control the Senate .'But the democrats have been standing shoulder to shoulder and many iniquitious bills have been killed. We up there want to see you in Alabama stand-
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