The age-herald., 1900-01-06
SENATOR MORGAN
 SPEAKS MONDAY Expected to Strike a Sensa-
 tionaI Key. BOWIE NOW IN WASHINGTON Gives Out an Interview on Alabama &s Politics = The Senator Will Soon Publish a Reply to the
 Johnston Letter
BOWIE NOW IN WASHINGTON

Washington, January 5.-(Special)-Sena-
 tor Morgan strikes a sensational key next
 Monday In the senate. He has served mo- tice on the senate that he intends to make a speech. He did not say what its nature
 would be, but to me he said today that it would be on the negro question, which he regards as one of the pivotal questions of the hour. It opens the debate on the propo- sition to cut down the south's representa- tion and upon the question as to the right of the state to disfranchise the negro and ignorant voter.
 s. J. Bowie, of Anniston, Is in the city on private business He was in conference with Senator Morgan today. Senator Mer- gan would not make any comment on the statement of Governor Johnston. He Is preparing an answer, however, which he will make public in few days.
 MT. Bowie, in speaking of the senatorial contest, said:
 1.-The situation in Alabama is entirely satisfactory to the friends of Senator Nor gan Only five counties have yet acted finally upon the senatorial question. Two of them were carried by Senator Morgan,
 two by Governor Johnston and one by ex- Governor Oates. Two other counties, Nor
 gan and Macon, have nominated candidates
 for the legislature, but 1t is understood that
 each of them is non-commttal and that
 they will vote according to instructions re-
 ceived next April Our friends assure us
 that both of these counties are safe for
 Senator Morgan. Four other counties act before April How these counties will go
 I am not advised, though Senator Morgan has strong and active support in all of them. It must be remembered, however, that the nine counties which have acted and are to act finally before the 14th of April were controlled, so far as machinery went,
 by the friends of Governor Johnston.
 The Dates for Primaries
 "The state executive committee, last oc- tober. fixed a uniform date for the nomna- ton of candidates for the legislature. This
 date was fixed for the 14th day of next April. Exception was made ito such coun-
 ties as had already fixed a different date, but only two three counties had at that
 time acted. The action of the other coun-
 ties was in defiance of the power and au- thority of the state executive committee, and was actively promoted and encouraged
 by the friends of the governor, including his personal organs. The Montgomery
 Journal. edited by his private secretary,
 has conspbcuously approved and encour- aged the action of the county executive committees in rebellion to the lawful party
 authority. i 'The purpose of fe-cing an early pfi- mary in certain counties, in disregard of the party law and regulation to the con trary, was, of course. to ilegtimately in- fuence public opinion by gavr.e false con- ception of the true status of affairs. That they have been able to Induce only nine counties to act, inclusive of those which had acted prior to October, when the state committee met. is evidence that they did mot dare to risk the result in the great bulk Of the counties in the state.
 Fifty-Six Counties to Act in AppI. ''Fifty-six counties are to act finally ,on the 14th of April. In these ffty-six counties are included Jefferson, Montgomery, Dal- las, Mobile, Madison and other large coun- ties of the state j.. "The friends of Senator Morgan and the public thoroughly understand the purpose of the early primaries and will not be in the least stampeded or affected by any ac- tion which the remaining counties may take. Upon the contrary, loyal democrats throughout the state aroused as they never have been, and 1t will be found that III encouid d5hs anu ieruenting ulSloyalty and irregularities, the governors friends have overreached themselves. They have raised issue, which has not only arous- ed the fighting blood of the genuine demo- cracy of the state, but the inevitable ten- dency of 1t will be to produce a reaction among the governors loyal party friends. ''As to the final result of the fifty-six counties which will act in April the friends of Senator Morgan have not the least doubt The reports and assurances which we have from every section indicate the senator's certain reelection"
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