The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-13

Grand opera house, ana lHen ie lolio"eu it up with a raly Thursday night at the corner of Walker and Peters streets, just tu take the edge off what the other candidates are doing this week. Judge Russell had a good crowd at both meet ings, and the audiences were kept in- tercsted by what the speakers gave them.
 Friday night Col. J. Pope Brown opened his campaign in Fulton with a big meet ing at the Grand. The principal speakers on this occasion were Colonel Brown himself and Seaborn Wright of Rome, a noted prohibitionist, one who has trav- eled all over the country making prohi- bition speeches. Colonel Brown feels that he has a chance in Fulton despite the general impression that this is a strong local option county. He had a good meet ing, too, ana feels very much encouraged. so he and his managers state, over the outlook.
 Saturday brought the Joe Brown speak, iug, not only here, but all over the state. but this was not the first of the Joe Brown activity so far as Fulton Is con- cerned. No sooner had Judge Russell announced his first attempt to capture Fulton county with last weeks meeting, than the Joe Brown managers got busy and began organizing Joe Brown clubs
 
 militia district in the county. Most of these have been organized, and the sat urday speaking Is only a starter of the Joe Brown fight in Fulton. The forces back of tfe former governor contemplate a big mass meeting at the Grand in the early future at which 1t Is proposed to have every ward and district club march in separately, headed by its president and under its own banner. In this way the Joe Brown management hopes and ex- poets to make d killing.
 It all goes to show how eager each of the candidates is to land Fulton. Will he carry Fulton?' asked one prominent politician of another. recently, in discussing the campaign and the chances of one of the candidates.
 Well, it doesn't look that way to me now" replied the other.
 Then he might as we'll get out Of the race was the retort of the first.
 And that is almost the way the candi- dates and their friends look at it, though they don't admit it.
 According to the best obtainable opin- ion, Fulton county will give the largest vote either to Judge Russell or Joe Brown, but Pope Browns friends are hoping that Russell and Joe Brown will so split the local option vote and the anti-Hoke smith vote that 1t will give him a plural ity. It will be sene, therefore, that all the candidates have hopes.
 It will be seen, therefore, that Fulton county is a sort of an epitome of the statc there are some who are banking on such split in the local option and anti-Hoke Smith vote all over the state as will give the plurality to the prohibition candidate In fact one of the charges made against the state executive commit tee. which Is known to be controlled by Gov Hoke Smith. is that it fixed up the plurality plan of nomination., without a state convention, for the purpose of as- sisting Pope Brown.
 And still the candidates have failed to stir up the usual amount of enthusiasm ! incident to a race for governor. Reports rom many counties indicate that gen erai apathy" is In the saddle and is car | rylng the day. Eight cent cotton is a toplc or more serious interest than any | political campaign could possibly be. Down in Pike the other day the cor | respondent asked about the governors 8 | race.
 Not taking any interest in it here. " was the reply or half dozen prominent citlzens. Good roads and cotton are the oniy things we are talking about here" 1 And that is a sample of reports which come rom many sections of the state. II they don't succeed In arousing more interest and feeling it is certain there will | De an unusually light vote boiled in the l primary of December T. In fact. eyery- | one seems to be anticipating a small vote | at that tme me race Tor commissioner of commerce | ana Iapor' the new state department cre- ated at the last session of the genera, assembly, is now pretty well lined m It was crystallized as result of the r,o.t Ing here this week of a convention con,- posed or 56 delegates from as many Geor- sia idpor organizations which however are not aftiliated with the Georgia Feeder. ation of Labor. Thereby hangs a tale. rms convention, as is well known. in. dorsed Joseph Mccarthy of Savannah. au. thor Of the bill creating the office. over w. A. Kline of Columbus, a well known eeh.iaI or Georela engineer. It agreed to constitute itself a campaign comm,ttee to go to work for Mccarthy and to get l up funds for the fight. This nroba n, !, means that Kline will withdraw from inc race. hut H. Lee Smith of Atlanta ana yv "A Mckenna of Macon. who refused to permit their names to go before the con. ventlon, will remain in it. Likewise IT
 M. stanley of Dublin, editor of tbe -Dispatch, will remain a cand,- date' he Is not affiliated with any labo, l organization and did not expect anu l., dorscment from them.
 Ihe aforesaid labor convention which inoorsed Mccarthy asked the Georrta Y feuelation of Labor to indorse and e,,n- port him; but it is likely the federation
 VIII not agree to this. The chances are the federation will either get back ot
 Lee smith. leader in union typorranh. lcal circles, or divide between smith ana Mckennn: without indorsing either as an organization. "' oi
 ThuJ 1t looks like split, and ratbe, a serious ore, in Georgia labor c,rcIas me typosraphical unions, which arc ar vided hetweeh Smith and McKenna roo,, no part In the convention intimatiny ,,,a 1t was packed" The friends of tbas. l two candidates were not represented aI. ! though they had been invited. and fo, i that reason they withheld their names =
 Following the primary of December , the state executive committee, which ha, i constituted itself state convention ir l Atlanta on December F, will meet nf i declare the result upon basis of pl,,ral l ity of counties carried by the respectty, candidates; that is, upon basis of tho convention vote to which the counties ara