The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-13
NEW CONSTITUTION
 JOINTLY DEBATED
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 vention nobody ever found him. They even knocked out the Committee on Rules so often that they were afraid to bring in any rules. Because Governor Jelks had used the expression that he would guarantee that no white man would be disfranchised, Colonel Denson had set upon him and made much to do about 1t. All who knew the Governor knew of his becoming modesty and retiring disposi- ton. and were sure that he did not mean that he would go outside of the law to bring that about and to enable him to make that guarantee good.
 Colonel Denson is no more in favor of negro domination than I am,' said Mir. Lomax, but they got him off up there in Birmingham in some way and have taken my friend, Bibb Graves along with them. Neither of them have any business on that side. They have gotten Mir. Stall ings off, too, but when he gets through with John Knox at Opelika, he will wish he was back again."
 MT. Lomax said the Convention kept its pledge not to increase the powers of corporations and all franchises to cor- porations were limited to thirty years. The argument is made that the Constitu- ton should be opposed because the Rail- road Commission was wanted in the Con- stitution and made elective by the people by some other fellow, when it was left as 1t had been since 1t was established and it had given satisfaction to all
 In conclusion, Mir. Lomax said that other States have taken up the movement for reform and would go right along with Alabama in her step towards ad- vancement and prosperity.
 Reply of Col. Denson.
 Colonel Denson began his reply to MT Lomax by saying that his opponent had excelled him in Reclamation, but in logic and reason he had porved fiat failure The liberties of a people. he said, were never preserved by bald assertion or dec lamation.
 Bring out your skillet,'' shouted a stentorian voice in the rear of the theatre
 That skillet is a better skillet than you ever owned" retorted Colonel Denson. ''l have no doubt you sit on a three-legged stool at home"
 Continuing his remarks Colonel Denson said that those whom he represented had never said they would take the new in- strument to the United States Supreme Court but it might go there. He twitted MT. Lomax with being a candidate for the United States Senate and admonished him to be careful in experimenting with liberty.
 Colonel Denson said that Mr. Lomax had felicitated himself that he was ad- dressing Lomax audience. He said he observed that it was Lomax audience when it came to Reclamation, but not when reason was demanded.
 A voice-He ain't in 1t.
 No he ain't in it, replied Colonel Den- son ''and he never will get in 1"
 The speaker then took up a paper from which he read to show that in certain counties there were more negroes who could vote under the educational qualifi- cation of the new constitution than there were white men.
 If you have honest elections declared Colonel Denson under this constitution you've got to register and vote these negroes. You're either going to have faisehood and deception or you're going to have negro domination in the Black Belt" He said the bald, grey boys of the mountains" would never submit to negro domination.
 "Denson, what are you going to do about Barbour County" asked gentle man in the audience.
 Barbour is the third grand division: it don't count" replied Colonel Denson.
 There was a further interruption and Colonel Denson said with some warmth that if 1t was a Lomax audience. it cer- tainly should be composed of gentlemen.
 In reference to his former speeches and his change of heart, Colonel Denson said that he was not of the family of which it was said "Once a fool always a fool. He declared that if Alabama was to have white supremacy Alabama must continue to have dishonest elections. He said he had cited the figures to show why this was so. The Federal Constitution, he said, inhibited anything euse.
 Colonel Denson said MT. Lomax had jumped on him like he was the constitu- tion. He said MT. Lomax was not the first man who had jumped on him and he would not be the last man to jump off of him.
 Then Colonel Denson deliberately charged that thirteen solicitors had con- trolled the Constitutional Convention and that there had not been any necessity for electing 155 men to do the work. He declared that sheriffs and probate judges had made the delegates do their bidding because these officials controlled elec- tions The Constitutional Convention did not listen to the hundreds of petitions from the people of Alabama concerning the Railroad Commission. he said, be- cause the chairman of the Convention was a railroad attorney and the chairmen of the committees were employed by rail- road companies and they were chained to the services of corporate interests. He also cndTSeu lhdt d hloyoli'J oh eAiS iiiSiA active in the cause of the new Constitu- ton were either in the employ of the Government or the State. He named Messrs. Underwood. Clayton, Brandon and J. V. Smith.
 You'd better make Brandon come in and attend to his militia" he said, and the audience laughed
 How about Judge Coleman?" some one asked.
 Colonel Denson promptly replied:
 For ways that are dark and tricks that
 are vain, -. Let Judge Coleman rise and explain"
 Colonel Denson paid a high tribute to the character and ability of Governor Jones and Governor Oates, and said the Convention had paid no attention to them C..a..o..r,n.. Oatns the hignegi