The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-10

personal difficulties be avoided only | through powerful self-control or the timely interference of the friends of the contestants.
 So far the campaign has been dull and long-drawn. creating not a particle of excitement. The only candidates at whom vitrol has been thrown have been eliminated and it is possible that Russell and Johnston may not feel called upon to lay in a supply. They boast that they have conducted a fair, square 3ampaign. devoid of bitter personalities and the injection of insulting language,
 hat they have stood on a high place
 lbove the filth and slime and have done 10 mud-slngins, or undertaking, and 1t
 hoped that line will be adhered to-
 BOTH ARE CONFIDENT
 The friends of both candidates have stripped for the final round, and both are
 oufiGent of victory MT Russell goes
 nto the second battle with lead of eight to ten thousand votes, but the Johnston contingent is not afraid of tha, They claim, and not without good reason, that Russell has boiled his full strength in the first primary-the Vardaman and Rilbo following. If that be true John stcn will get the bulk of the votes that were boiled for Longino and Collins, the -wo candidates eliminated last Tuesday jy about 450O0 votes between them, and will walk away with the nomination for governor. It is understood that Lon gino and Collins have both declared their intention of throwing everything possible to Johnston. They may not be able to deliver all the goods they would like to deliver. but it is believed that single blast from their bugle horn is worth ten thousand men each, and i' that be true Johnston is the winner. The chances are that lighter vote will be boiled August 18th than was boiled in the first primary-that having always been the case, and will be true in this in- stance for the good and sufficient req son that a great many men who voted for Longino and Collins will never vote for Johnston or Russell. Promises of as sistance have already come to both Johnston and Russell headquarters here from Longino and Collins men, but it is said that majority of such offers have come to the Johnston manager-some of them enclosing checks of a healthy de nomination for the campaign fund
 Russell called his clansmen to Jackson Friday night and spoke to them at Poin- dexter park. There was a goodly crowd of men, women and children on hand to hear him tell about how he was go- ing to be their next governor, and he was literally applauded. But MT. Rus sell cannot draw the crown from among the citizens of Jackson as can Johnston. In the first primary Longino, a Jackson man, got the majority of the votes, but these will now go to Johnston-that is the great majority of them, no matter how many times Russell may address them.
 CASTEEL-FRIERSON FIGHT
 Next in importance is the selection of candidate for lieutenant governor, and for which H. H. Casteel, state senator from Holmes county, and John Frier son of Lowndes, are pitted against each other. This is not an important office on its own account-in fact it is useless but is sought for the reason that it may lead to the governors chair. Should the governor die he gets the job-when the governor is out of the state, he takes his place in the big cushioned chair, and pardon every convict in the penitentiary if he so desires. MT. Cas- teel is an affable man, fair speaker and makes friends wherever he goes, but he has not made th& record that his op ponent. Frierson, nsade during his first session in the legislature when he made the fight that busted the gang of shame less men and women from the manage ment of the affairs of the state hospital for the insane.
 Two of the three candidates for clerk of the supreme court-W. J. Buck and George c. Myers, must also take another go at the voters. MT. Myers is the pres ent holder of that office, said to be the best paying joL in the capitol; MT. Buck is secretary to Governor Bilbo, and has held a similar place under the last four Or five governors. Both are competent men and very popular, so that it is