The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30

that would prove Of great good to the r,eor,ie of Alabama must of necessity be kept out of the Constitution. In q case of this kind where the welfare of ali the people of the State are at stake the delegates of the Convention should rise above partisanship. and we do not believe 1t undemocratic to do so. Sure ly the principle of the Democratic par ty is "the greatest good to the great the delegates should ignore pledges when those pledges are likely to prove hurtful to the people. Pledges hastily made as these were. are apt to work harm. Let the delegates be free to give us the best possible Constitution"
 The following from The Birmingham Times shows the view taken of the matter by those outside the Democrat ic party and iS significant. as 1t em- phasizes the fact that the Constitution is being made for all the people of Ala bama. and they'll all have vote when 1t comes.to ratification:
 l, Tt seems that some members of the Constitutional Convention think that all they have to do, in order to get their work ratified by the people of the State. is to Keep certain pledges made by a Democratic Convention. If they will only remember that tbe great ma jority of voters of the State refused to vote for holding a Constitutional Com vention they will readily see that something else Is necessary to set the new Constitution ratified. than merely to keep faith with the minority. If the new Constitution, when proposed. is not a better one than that we are now living under. those who voted against the Convention and those who did not vote, and who constitute the large ma jority of voters of the State. will vote against it's ratification. The majority do not care a cent about the pledges, for they refused to act on them. either by voting against the holding of c Convention. or by not voting at all. The members of the Convention now in ses- sion must certainly take these voters into consideration in determining whether or not their work will be rat ifiad." .4 re
 The Sheffield Reaper. one of the ablest edited papers in the State gives its unqualified endorsement to the edi- torial utterances of The Advertiser on this subject, while The Tuskegee News. recognizing the embarrassing features of present conditions offers a different solution of the difficulty in the follow ing:
 "One of our best men and most loyal Democrats. suggests that In view or the fact that 1t is impossible for the Constitutional Convention to carry out the instructions of the Democratic platform and at the same time comply with their paths to support the Consti- tuition. that recess be taken for one month and that an address be issued to the voters setting forth the present embarrassing position and asking that a Convention of the party be held and that some modification be made in the present orders"
 The Mobile Item also strongly en- dorses the position of The Advertiser and Birmingham News.
 The statement made by one paper that those voting for the Press Asso- cIation resolutions were not bona fide members of the Alabama Press, is not true. The vote was taken by roll call and none but properly accredited rep and bona fide members of the Association were allowed a vote.