Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-22

with the Clarke faction, and have been
cautious not to say anything to give Of
Tense or reflect upon the party, but such
a warfare as is waged upon Captain
Johnston by the Advertiser BODIES no
good to the party, Colonel Clarke's
cause must be bad, indeed. when 1t calls
for such practices in the 1ines.-Cullman
Gazette.
The Montgomery Advertiser claims to
have discovered gross frauds in connec-
ton with the recent primary in Morgan
county. The Advertiser sent a CORE
spondent to Decatur, who claims to have
found 121 men who say they voted for
Clarke at Decatur, whereas the returns
gave Clarke less than eighty votes at
the Decatur box The people of Decatur
do not seem to be greatly excited over
the Advertisers alleged exposure and
neither. of the Decatur papers, which, by
the way, happen to be Clarke papers. re-
fer to the matter except in a brief man
ner.-F'lorenee Herald
In its efforts to bolster up its candidate,
"Blue-Eyed Destiny" Clarke, the Adver-
tiser continues to devote nearly all of it's
editorial space, of it's manufactured rot,
for the purpose of creating prejudice
against Captain Johnston. The Adyer-
tiser is plainly pursuing its course of rule
or ruin, which has long been it's policy.
The democrats of Alabama are weary of
being domineered over by a selfish and
net seem to realize that this is a dem
ocratic form of government and not
monarchy. The self-appointing supreme
dictators, Messrs. Screws and Glass, will
find out that their bulldozing tactics
have become intolerable to the democrat
ic party of Acknowledgements Cou-
rant.
The Montgomery Advertiser has been
bowling fraud" in the primary at De-
catur and has been publishing kilograms
denouncing the action of the managers.
The Sun is opposed to ballot box stuffing
and will ever raise it's voice against it.
So little confidence is placed In the Ad-
vertiser's correspondent who went to De-
catur that the attempted exposure by the
Advertiser is thought little of in this
county. Not even q little breeze was
raised in these parts by this howl Of
fraud 1t seems that there are just as
many good men who disclaim any knowl-
edge of fraud at the Decatur box as there
are those who cry fraud. One thing we
know, and that is the managers of the
election are good, honest men, who would
not dare to do such thir g.-LaFayette
Sun.
Suppose the republican smelling COM
mittee comes here They will be unable
to show any flaw in the validity of the
legislature, because in most of the coun-
ties where they cry fraud there was no
opposition to the democratic legislative
ticket. OF course populite Senator Allen
wants to aid the republicans in getting
up campaign thunder.-Montgomery Adj
vertiser; Try as hard as he
may, Senator Allen can get no
better republican campaign thun-
der than the Advertiser recently
furnished him. He can no doubt, though,
get forty men at dozen voting places in
Montgomery county who will swear that
they voted for Kolb against Governor
Jones and that their votes were not
counted.-Jacksonvil Republican.
1t is becoming a very serious question
with democrats in Alabama whether the
Montgomery Advertiser will support
Captain Johnston or not when he is NOM
mated for governor. In the memorable
fight against Eolb in 1892 the Advertiser
read the signs of Kolbs anticipated bolt
WITH accuracy. and pointed out and con-
demned said signs vehemently. Kolbs
principal stock in trade and the one upon
which the Advertiser based it's predic-
ton of bolt, when a county went
against him was fraud" And now the
Advertiser is engaged in the same bust
ness. It's cry of fraud against the dem
ocrats of Morgan county, simply because
that county went for Johnston, is long
and loud. We do not believe the charge
and we commend to the Advertiser its
own utterances against Kolb in 1892, and
ask 1t to ponder them NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
boro Waterman.
The action of the Montgomery Adver-
tiser in sending man to Morgan county
to investigate the action of the white
democrats of that county in their recent
primary election is condemned by the
best friends of Mr.. Clarke in Limestone
county. His most ardent supporters are
outspoken in their condemnation of the
Advertisers action in meddling with the
affairs of county simply because it
went against it's favorite. 1t may have
been true that there were Irregularities in
10 orxr oIa
fraud, but what business was it of the
Advertisers? The white democrats of
Morgan county are supposed to be able
to take care of their own affairs, and If
Mr.. Clarke's friends did not resent it,
then 1t was i'll becoming of the Montgom-
cry Advertiser to send a man to hunt for
fraud Let there be no interference In
home affairs by any outsiders and there
Will be better prospect of harmony in the
ranks.-Athens Courier.
Clarke was badly defeated in Morgan
county on Saturday by Johnston, and the
Montgomery Advertiser, to bolster up
it's former pretentions that Clarke would
carry that county, and to stop the heavy
tide that has set in toward Johnston in
every part of the state, alleges fraud at
Decatur and has sent a representative
there to write 1t up. There were $50 votes
polled in the primary at that box and of
these Johnston received 205 and Clarke
rs. Give them all to Clarke and he would
then be beaten in the county by 456 votes,
and, giving him the Decatur delegates
| to the county convention, Johnston
would still have double the number of
Clarke. Every lover of Alabama is
bound to condemn this course in the Adj
vertiser, especially so when the senate of
| the United States IS contemplating send
| ing committee down here to investigate
| the August election of 1894. The Mont
gomery Advertiser has done more to dis
| rupt the democratic party in Alabama'
| than all other agencies combined, and
now raises a foolish cry of fraud when
| facts and figures show that the carrying
| of Morgan county by it's candidate was
| an impossibility after granting every
| thing claimed. The Advertiser has one
| of two objects in view either to bolt the
| nomination of Johnston, which is now
| almost certain under cry of fraud, or &C
| complish his defeat after he is nominat-
| ed. The white democrats of Alabama are
| fast catching on to it's rule or ruin" poll
| cy, and on April II will deliver a rebuke
| that will resound from the Tennessee to
| the gulf, from the Chattahoochee to the
| Mississippi line.-Sumter County Sun.
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