The age-herald., 1900-01-15
SENATOR MORGAN'S
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Writes a Long Letter to Chair
 man Frank s. White.
IS FOR PARTY INTEGRITY
Charges Governor Johnston With Elm ploying the Patronage of His Office to Secure Seat
 in the Senate

Captain Frank S. White. chairman of the Morgan state campaign committee, is in re- ceipt of the following letter from Senator Morgan, dated at Washington, January Il:
 ''washington. D. C., January H. 1900 ''Captain Frank s. White, Birmingham, Ala. Dear Sir:-Your letter of the Sth inst. was received thls morning, in which you inform me of the formation of a cam paigp committee with view to my return to the senate as a means of preserving the integrity of the democratic party in Ala bama.
 ''The body of citizens who have bestowed this honor on me- and the committees they have selected, are of such high character and are so greatly esteemed by the people Of Alabama that | could not fail to be grateful for their voluntary movement in my suppors because of its reference to my course as a democrat and indicates their beMef that my candidacy for the senate will contribute to their patriotic desire to preserve the integrity of the democratic party
 Tn the month of August announced my candidacy for reelection to the senate in reply to a letter largely signed by the peo- P4< Ol tdllddtSd SouiltS- Ait1SIOACAS' Ah eNAS four elections to the senate which I have had the honor to receive, have made no such declaration until after the legisla- tors had been chosen that were to elect sana.crs. In this election, however a new plan was sprung and, for the first time, primaries were ordered in few counties in which it was arranged that there should be an expression by the people of their choice for senator. Being wiling at all times to abide by the choice of the demo- cracy. fairly ascertained, 1 was compelled ei.her to announce my candidacy or to per- init myself to be driven from the field by this sudden and novel proceeding, engineer ed in the interest of Governor Johnston. I knew, as many others did, that he had been actively employing the patronage of his office to secure q seat in the senate for nearly the whole period of his two terms as governor. l also knew that 1t was a lead- ing part of his campaign to put me into dlsfavor with the people eff the state think ing that l was the most formidable obstruc- tion in his path but I kept along with him in all of his known policies as governor, not suspecting that he was insincere in his course, until after he had approved the law twlth which had nothing to dol, providing for a constitutional convention, and then demanded that the act of which he was the real father, should be repealed by an extra ordinary session of the legislature.
 q refused to follow him n this strange course, and he made my refusal the occa- $ cn for a false accusation against me and; my colleague in a message to the general assembly. He thus created the breach that made 1t my personal duty to oppose his subterranean pian of campaign for the sen ate, CT else sink into public contempt If ne nad stepped with his purpose and plan to destroy me an obstruction to his am- oition, the democracy of the state would easily have survived my retirement from pl1Jl.c life; but the came to the desperate conclusion that lie must also destroy the integrity of the democratic party, by re- fuslng to adhere to it's decision that the jaw, which he hdd apgroved ought to be supported ss the polls.
 '-1Aen he threw off his mask and de- nounced the state convention in a message to call session of the legislature, and it's action, and the executive committee for o3ey.ng the will of the convention and won't on in defiance of constitutional re- slraing to secure the repeal of that law which he had approved
 ITO better accomplish his real design, Of working out sn election to the senate by coIyoination with men, who for years, have bitterly opposed the democratic party, le stin concealed his candidacy, until early in December of last year, when he knew that my public duties required my pres ence in the senate, and he. began an indus- trieus campaign to secure majorities in .... ;-l, view, because they were largely populst.c in gle latest elections.
 -It is true, therefore, that Governor Johnston is running for the senate as the aE,cagonist of the democratic party, and that General Oates, Nil. Roquemore and are candidates on the bass of/preserving the Integrity of the party, against an at tempt to destroy it.
 As to my personal interest in such a campaign, l freely stake it on the success or the true democracy, believing that il is better to go down with that glorious body Of citizens than it could be to survive the destruction of it's organization.
 As far as l may find il possible, con- sistently with my duties in the senate, will gladly assist in your work, so gener- ouSly undertaken, in which I shall have the honor of again defending the rghtful au- rhorfty of the party against an open de- fiGnce which our governor nas proclaimed.
 Your personal kindness to me in this matter is most gratefully appreciated.
 Sincerely yours,
 JOHN T. MORGAN"