The age-herald., 1901-10-16
MEN DENY BEING IN OPPOSITION
 ID RATIFICATION Chairman Gray Says There Are Certainly Surprises in the
 CoWart Committee
GREENER AND CoURSoN
Both Named By Anti Faction, But De- clare 1t Was Done Without Their Authorlty-campaign
 Headquarters.

'The newspapers promised some sur prises when the Cowart county committee against ratification was announced" said Chairman Gray of the county Demo- cratic campaign committee last night, land no truer words were ever spoken.
 Among the most surprised men in Jefferson county were some of those whose names appeared on the committee opposed to ratification. These men say they are not against ratification, have not been nor ever will be.
 T presume from this showing,' con- tinued MT. Gray, ''there will be other surprises in the next few days" To substantiate his statements con corning the surprises Mir Gray produced the following letters:
 'IIon. Henry B. Gray. Chairman County Democratic Campaign Committee. Dear Sir:-I see my name on the anti ratification committee. I did not author ize my name to be put there. am for the constitution. and will do all can for 1t. DUKE COURSON,'
 ITO the Editor of The Age-Herald. Seeing my name as among the gentle men who have been chosen by MT, Lee Cowart as his county campaign commit tee opposed to ratification of the new con- stitution. desire to state that my name was used In this connection without my authority, and that no man had any req son or excuse for using my name in that connection. Yours
 "J c. GREENER. Alderman First Ward" 'As a matter of fact" concluded the county chairman, there is practically no opposition to ratification in this county There was some dissension before the question was understood by the people but even that slight objection to the con- stitution is fast melting away.
 Get Encouraging Reports. The Underwood headquarters announce encouraging reports from all parts of the
 made by gentlemen connected with the Shelley headquarters.
 General Shelley has decided not to an- swer the last letter from MT. Underwood in regard to the white primary proposi- | ton.
 | T will discontinue my efforts towards | submitting this question to the white
 people of Alabama in a primary" ex- l plained the General, 'as 1t is useless to | make further attempts toward that end without hope of success. Hereafter will submit what have to say on the ques- l tion to the people of Alabama" General Shelley seems as confident of success as
 ever and says his cause Is rapidly climb ing to the top of the ladder of success. MT. Underwood Has Cold. | Chairman Underwood. of the Demo- cratic Campaign Committee, is confined to his room in the Metropolitan Hotel
 with severe cold. He was unable to at- 1 tend to his official duties yesterday and 1t was with an effort that he presided over the meeting of the campaign com mittee last Saturday
 | The campaign committee against ratifi- cation has issued a circular which con- tains excerpts from the addresses of Hon. Robert J. Lowe, Captain Frank s. White.
 Ex-Governor Oates. Judge Thomas c. Jones and others delivered before the Constitutional Convention. All of these speakers are now supporting the new Constitution.
 Law In South Carolina. In reply to inquiries concerning the suffrage law in Alabama the following letters from South Carolina tell how a similar law has worked in that State: Trenton, s. C., October 12. Hon. O. W. Underwood. Birmingham. Ala:
 Dear Sir-Replying to you letter of the 7th instant. l beg to say that under the new constitution of South Carolina no white men were disfranchised unless they were too indifferent to get registra tion papers. Our people are congratulat. ing themselves every day on the work ings Of the provisions of the new consti- tuition in regard to suffrage. Yours sin- cerely, "B. R TrrJMAN" Congressman Sidney J. Bowie teIe- graphed Governor McSweeney of South Carolina. asking practically the same | question. The reply was as follows: Columbia, s. C., October 12. Very few negroes registered in the State. All the whites are registered. I'M. B. McSwEENEY."