The age-herald., 1900-10-16

Alabama can be tyrannized over It is a great principle, living, vital principle in the affairs of government for which 1 con- tend. Colonel Thompson has told you about the campaign prior to the meeting of the Executive Committees. He has in- formed you of the fact that he carried the county of Macon, the county of Randolph, the county of Coosa, the county of Clay and the county of Autauga, which gave him 32 16-100 votes in the convention, com posed of sixty-one delegates He has shown you that in every county where he made contest with Brewer or with any other man who aspired to the position against him he has swept the field"
 Action of the Convention
 Here the speaker discussed at some length the action of the Goodwater Con- vention and the legal points involved. Con- tinuing he said: This Is not a question alone for men who are for Thompson or for Brewer, this Is a question addressed to you Democrats of the Fifth District striking at the very foundation stones of Democracy and I ask you today will you allow the proud temple of Democracy built by the hands of men like Jefferson to be undermined and torn down by the arbitrary rule, by the unjust and unfair rule of one man of your district? That is the serious question which confronts you today. To- day you are free men; next Saturday night If you stamp with approval the conduct Of DdNlu M w flhte you are SldNeS anu yOu are the meanest kind of slaves because you have submitted willingly to slavery. I have not much patience with a man in slavery, even though he Is enslaved by force, because I believe that true man and brave man will die before he will submit to slavery, but have no patience on earth with a coward who will go and willingly put his neck in the yoke and be- come a slave at his own suggestion. If you slaves, then, my friends and fellow citizens you are the meekest, you are the most willing, you are the most submissive, you are the most grovelling slaves that ever diseraced any county on earth. Now. I don't believe you are slaves; l believe you are free men and I believe you will emphas your love of freedom and rights by speaking out on next Saturday and de- claring by your vote and your voices that you shall rule this district, and not David M. White That is the question.
 Sovereignty of the People
 After endorsing Colonel Thompson's course in attempting to get the contest set tied and reviewing the committees acton, Captain White referred to ths people actlng as sovereigns as follows: You nave the sovereign right to determine what the Dem ocrats of the Fifth district will do In this emergency. You have to say by your yer dict together with the other people Of the Fifth District, whether the people of the dis- trict shall control the party, or you can
  surrendered the power and the party shall be controlled by the despots and tyrants who happen to be in the chair of the com mittees. That is for you to determine. You can take the choice Intelligent men, patri- otic men, broad-minded men, Democratic men, cannot hesitate when that question is put before them, and 1 want to say to you, my friends in Chambers that the people Of Alabama are stirred as much over this question as you are. The cry comes from Taff axyfr anf fnr n originally but I am for Thompson now, be- cause Thompson means Democracy. l was against him in the original fight, but today he stands up as the embodiment of Demo- cratic principles and the right of the people to act, and I am for Thompson; and the ir- telligent, unbiased press of the State, yea, out of the State, declares that Thompson is the nominee and that he ought to have 1t. Every section of your State is aroused. The eyes of the State are upon you. You are upon trial, to a certain extent, because your intelligence and patriotism are in the scale"
 "The people of Alabama will say after Saturday next whether the people of old Chambers are really and truly Democrats, whether they are really and truly patriotic, whether they really and truly believe in its great principles and believe in the right of the people to control, or they will turn away form the scene in sorrow and say my brethren in Chambers have lost the
 
 ark of the covenant abides with you. Re- member for the time being the star of the party shines over the skies Of the F1fth District in Alabama Remember that Dem ocrats all over the state are looking to it. We all look to the east for light, and oh how we In Central and West Alabama gaze upon the east today The Congress sional district along the eastern line along the line where the people kiss the first rays of the morning sun, where they welcome the great orb of light, we look to you upon this occasion to give us light, we look to you upon this occasion and beg of you and yours not to permit the great lamp of Democracy to go out in darkness but keep it ahame with love- Be patriotic in your party integrity.
 In Conclusion
 "Now, my friends, I have delayed you longer than l intended. As 1 said before, l am here today, not at the ins lance of Colonel Thompson l am here today at my own expense; 1 am here today paying my own way without the promise of re- ward or the hope of a reward, except that reward which l believe l will get in the hearts of my countrymen when 1 have discharged the duty to them which l owe to them. Now, my friends the question Is with you, and l ask you, all of you, to beStir yourselves, arouse your neighbors to the polls and see that on the 20th of this month the truth is declared. See that
 
 impressed with your manhood; fold 1t lov- ingly with your Democratic fingers and then look to the future and say, I at least on one occasion helped to save my party when 1t going down in defeat be- cause, I tell you, if Democracy itself, the voice of the people is to be hushed, the Democratic party cannot live The Demo- cratic party is out of its atmosphere ex- cept when it is close to the hearts of the people. If it has home earth, if it has an abiding place in the world it Is in the hearts of the masses of the people. The Democratic party has no friends with tyr ants. The Democratic party has no friends with the despots; but the Democratic party has its home, its eternal ng place, in the hearts of the people, because through democracy Is the cause of the people. Now, fellow citizens, l thank you very kindly for your attention, for have delayed you longer than l expected" E. E. K.
 Clark Asks Vindicat tion
 Helena Mont. October 15.-SenatOF w 4