New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-10-07
IHE CAMPAIGN IN ALABAMA.

UNIVERSAL OPPOSITION AMONG THE WHITES TO THE
CIVIL RIGHTS BuL-DEFEAT OF THE REPUBLI-
CAN TICKET ALMOST CERTAIN-A PROBABLE GAIN
OF THREE DEMOCRATIC CONGREssMEN.
IRON AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNEl
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Oct. 3.-The most heated
and bitter campaign fought in this State Is now IN
progress The will be close, but the chances are
that the Democrats will win. There In the State
2o2 900 voters OF whom $1,000 negroes. The whites
therefore, have majority OF about 10000 But up 10
the present year about 5000 whites In the northern part
of the State have voted Republican ticket These
white Republicans have held the balance OF power, and
gave the State to that party In 1872 and at previous
elections Had it not been for the Civil Rights Dill the
Republicans wouldlhave had fair prospect OF carry
ing the State in November. but that measure has
utterly demorazed the white voters OF the party In
North Alabama. Not more than half OF them Will
vote with their party next month, and, in view OF
that II would seem certain that the Democrats must
carry the State. The Republican managers hare en-
ployed every means to concate the white Republican
element They declare in the party platform " that we
neither desire seek the invasion OF the rights OF tue
white people by tn, coored and we nereoy
Republican party does not desire or seek
mixed schools mixed accommodations for the eoored
people with the white people," Unfortunately for the
Republicans every Democratic orator, stump speaker
and newspaper is provided with copies OF the Civl
Rights bill as passed the senate, and argues that II Is
the purpose to force both mixed SCHOOLS
and mixed accommodations N hotels eating houses
gears and graveyards They urge that the Dill
10 better embodiment OF the principles OF the hepuo
lcan party than the doube-faced, meservlng, tricky
platform promulgated by the Republican State Con-
vention. Thus the Republicans are driven TO the
defensive, and they suffer wherever this matter Is
publicly discussed and 1t is talked over at every cross
roads in the State. Indeed 1t be said that there Is
no issue in the campaign here except tnae VI
Civil Richts The local Democratic papers keep the
bill standing in their columns from week 10 week as
campaign document. BY far the greater part Oh al
the speeches are devoted to this subject The currency
question: the transportation question the temperance
question are and oil sunk out Of sight in the race OF
this 10 the people OF Alabama, momentous issue 30
dicult IL the question the Republicans that nearly
twothrds of their State platform s taken up with IT, III
the vain attempt concliate the white voters WITHOUT
offending the black. As you may imagine the TASK HAS
not been an easy one, and the result has oeen ca
pogu document for the Democrats which they affirm is
the best one they have had since the war! IheT
VOTERS take I'M the Civil Rights bill and the Republican
nlatform and 20 over each clause by clause ana hne
nv line making the former appear as bad as possiDe'
and the latter ridiculous. They play upon Tue pteu
dioes OF the whites to degree that you IN Tue Norh
can hardly conceive Of For instance one OF tner ora
tors will draw narrowing picture Of the enects OF tne
graveyard clause of the Civil Rights bill He VIII tel
hi hearers that if one of them had wife and children
sleeping in yonder churchyard and had reserved po.
nv The Side of the graves OF those dear ones TOT s 1m
homes that big niger could come along win dead
niger and occupy the very spot by MS dead family
he had selected for his grave or tne t
of 400 penalty under the Civil Rights Dill! Inc enees
of such appeals especially among the more "
the whites is TO arouse within them deterln,on "
defeat the Republican ticket almost amounting ,d 70
frenzy There will be probably alarger white Vo,e poieu
in November than was ever before drawn ou' i" MI"
bama. -. .~n ,.ooa man The Re.
publican ticket is headed by Gov LEWIS ana tne Dsu
cratic by the Hon. George Houston hsd IL 9 oeeI
for the Civil Rights BILL Gov. Lewis would De reeecteu'
as his administration has been success put tue pru
dice and passion aroused against the kepuoean parry
by that issue will in all probability defeat hln ne
Democrats Will almost certainly gam Conerees" nv
the IT'D District and the two congressman iion 'e
larr giving them gain OF tDfee,