The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-06
"FoR WEAVER AND MONTANA
A Correspondent Coz mi nts 0n SONS Ed
toriai Paragraphs In This Paper.

A Correspondent snts on fOme Ed
torist Paragraphs In This Paper.
To TIM ~INpEpEspENT: W.. Of the PEG.
piss party, have no paper In Helena, 80 We
haye TO lock TO the papers here. Of other po-
litical faiths than our own. IHE IspErEND-
EMIT especially, prints all the news" and
y usually inst and fair in its comments.
Imagine ouS surprise, therefore, whsn we
Esad in tho Wednesday, mornings saus this
editorial paragraph,
"Alabama DEMOCRATS drew mp In line, and
whipped republicans, p~sopis's party men
and boilers with one terrific swips."
And than again. this morning.
Twenty. nine counties in Alabama show
democratic majority OF 10000. with TWEEN
with halt Of this majority had occurred
IN Vermont republican newspapers would
call II M ~'"openinR gum"
now, these two paragraphs are mani
Testify unfair A. 70 the iilst. Your own
news columns dsm0nstratea Ito ahsuEdity.
A dispatch from Montgomery, in Tuesday
mornings paper, says: In the contest be-
tween this democrats and boiling democrats
the republicans aided the latter whenever
possible" And this il probably the founda-
tion for your editorial assertion. but fur
eheF along the anna dispatch says that
NEARLY svsry telegram Ito the Advertiserl
mates thnt the bulk Of the negroes voted for
dispatch from Mobile. in the same issue,
says: "A novel feature was that the COL
o;ed voters turned ont md worked like
beavers for Jones and the straight demo-
cratic ticket" 80, you see, the twhite) re-
publioans aided the boiling democrats
negroes' supported the straight demo-
orats. Az the white republicans of Ala
bnma are but little more numerous than
murdersrs are said to be in the Celestial
world (the good book says q murderer can
not enter the kingdom Of hsaven) and IA
the bulk OF tho neg oes' constitute the
bulb q the republican party in Alabama;
holtsrs."
As to the second paragraph. it is woefully
Unjust to the intelligence of your readers.
Or course, it is true that twenty nine
counties in Alabama show \ democratic ma.
the facts. The remainder Of the news is,
That the boiling democrats carried ter
counties, a~RgreRating II, 600 majority, and
that there are Swenty-four% counties to heal
from, in all Of which the majorities will b.
small either way, most of them being con-
csded to Jones'" and that the Legislature
10 safely democratic" The point you evil
~"ss - ' Aa"Ao Ism VAC sN0o you wNsA
TO convey II that II the democrats had
10000 majority in twenty-nine counties
with tw~enty-four vat TO hear from, R0o6
Lord, what would il be when all the returns
wore in. Now, take the bolters' 11.0W ma.
jority in ten counties from the straights
10000 in ~twenty-nine counties. and yor
have a net democratic majority of 29. 900 il
thirty-nine counties, with >twenty-foul
to hear from. and they will be close either
way, 90 that the democratic majority In tn,
entire state cannot possibly be more thar
50.OOO. and, az the remaining counties art
agricultural and mostly of white popula-
ton. it is safe to say that tho democratic
majority in Alabama will not be over 20,
COO. The returns clearly show that at leas
three-fourths of the democrats rebuked a
tho polls the theft of the state convention
for "Stutfsd Prophet" Cleveland and Hold
on Jones. 70, what a fall was that. m.
country1nen." Thomas G. Jones IL nov
serving a term ~ governor given to him BY
tho people of Alabama in 1890 by . major,
ity of So, 1919. And yet the people are not
revolving this year, o. no! A better com
p~arison, and mole just. would be with thu
vote of 1888, tho last presidential wear
when the governors majority was 110,850
showing a loss 10 the democrats this yen
of at least $1,000, and this. too, after re-
ceiving at least ID, 900 colorsd rspublica,
votes. The legislature elected two year
ago wal as follows:
Joint
Senate. House. Ballot
Democrats. ............. 30 " 1870