The age-herald., 1900-02-11
HOW MACON WAS
 LOST TO MORGAN Senator's Friends Divided Their Vote for Representative. LINES NOT TIGHTLY DRAWN Captain Breedloye, the Successful Can didate, Announced That He Was
 Tied to No Mans Coat Tail and
 Would Vote as Instructed
LINES NOT TIGHTLY DRAWN

Tuskegee, February 10-(Special )-In Tuesdays issue of The Age-H Herald Cover nor Johnston is reported as having made the following statement in regard to the recent primary election in Macon:
 "The Morgan candidate in Macon, Judge Hurt, openly proclaimed it, and called on every Morgan man to vote for him; the chairman of the committee asked Judge Hurts consent ito put tIhe names of Sena- tor Morgan and himself on the ticket for a direct vote. He declined this, and then the chairman issued an address calling on all Morgan men to vote for Hurt and John ston men for Breedlove."
 This statement fs made evidently for the purpose of showing that Hurt was voted for by all the Morgan men, and Breedlove by only Johnston men, and that therefore Captain Breedlove is honor bound to sup port the governor for the senate.
 The facts are these: When the executive committee ordered the primary election they didn't have the names of candidates for United States senator placed on the tickets. Judge Hurt was willing that this should be done, and only stipulated that Instructions as indicated by the vote should apply not only to the representative who should be chosen, but also to the senator from this district so far as Macon county was concerned. Hon. c. w. Thompson the senator from this district, an ardent John ston man, although instructed for Senator Morgan by the committee which nominated him, was chairman of the committee, and for the reason above stated, or for some other, no resolution was adopted or offered in the committee meeting providing for a votei for candidates for United States sen- ator.
 Tt,lo UJtttz At nouncernent declaring in favor of Senator Morgan, and issued a circular tetter to slae voters of Macon county, stating that he presumed there would be opposition to h.m in the race brought out and backed by the supporters of Governor Johnston; rlence, vote for elhm would be vote for Morgan and a vote against him would be a vote tor Johnston.
 A few weeks later some Of Captam BreedGove's friends announced him a can dictate without declaring his choice for United States senator. The captain in- serted card later in the Tuskegee News, saying tsat he would vote on this question "as instructed by fTle people and was tied to no mans coat tail" Thus the campaign was on, the captain positively declined to commit himself ito any candidate for the senate. but soliciting votes from both Nor gan and Johnston men, or any other kind of men, saying they could instruct him and lhe would obey.
 Some week or so before the close Of the campaign the chairman of the committee asked Judge Hurt if he would consent for the names of the candida.es for the sen ate to be placed the tickets. to which proposition he, of course, declined, it would have placed him at Ia great disad- vantage in the race. He had strenuously tried to have the lines drawn stating that he wanted the Morgan vote only, and that Breedlove ought to have only the John ston vote, but the captain steadfastly declined. and solicited votes of friends of all the senatorial candidates, insisting that he would vote "as instructed"
 If the chairman of the committee has ever issued an address calling on all Nor gan men to vote fer Hurt and Johnston men for Breedlove," it must still be in the post office, for no man in the county has ever seen one, and the governors infor- mant surely imposed on him in this re- spect Had such address been issued, the result here would have been different, as 1t Is we'll known fact that Captain Breedlove was elected by receiving all of the governors strength and a portion of Senator Morgan's. It Is doubtful if any one in the county knows how Captain Breed love will vote, but few, if any. believe he will vote for Senator Morgan. as the John ston men brought him out and are by far the largest portion of his supporters. It is very evident that the Morgan men who voted for him were simply duped and that the senator lost this county by their tion. R. U. DOWDELL.