The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-11
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The Mobile Item had the following:

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 The Sumter Sun says the adoption of the constitution was Democratic measure" We hope The Sun is mis- taken, for if it's statement Is correct 1t places the white Democratic Party of Alabama In bad fix-it Is well known that the white voters of the State de feated the adoption of the constitution by over 5000 majority.
 The official count of the vote cast at the election Nov. Ii. 1901. shows the fol- lowing result:
 For constitution. ....................l@,6l3 SIS No constitution ................ .Sl,1S4 Majority for constitution ........ 26,S7s.
 Let us admit for the sake of this argu- ment that all the votes cast for No Constitution" were the votes of white voters then the claim of The Item would show this result:
 For constitution ............. 2o,S67
 Majority for no constitution. ... ..30, 0o0
 It would follow that the voters who voted ''For Constitution" were divided as follows: White voters .... ........ ......... 23.s67 Negro voters............ .... ......... S,446
 Total for constitution ..............16.6 SIS
 These figures alone show the abeurdity of The Items claim. But in addition, the last census shows that there were in 1900 l3s6e males. 21 years of age and over in Alabama. These are classified. as between Native whiN' and Native Negro" as follows:
 Native white ............ ........ ....2A.2f2 Native negro ...... ............. .lSl, ,345
 Majority of native white .......... 42ss7
 The remainder of males 21 years of age and over is composed of other native colored and foreign born persons.
 The total vote cast at the election in November was 1s0,347. which was B, ,S65 less than the total white voters of the State as shown by the last census. It is a we'll known fact that there were quite & large number of votes, reaching into the thousands, cast for No Constitu- ton" by negro voters in all parts of the ibio Wdo CSPCStdiiy thC CdSc HI the counties where the majorities were for no constitution, for instance in the counties of Butler, Cherokee, Chiffon. Choctaw. Conecuh. Coosa, Lauderdale and Lee. The enemies of reform now pos- sible under the new constitution harp principally upon the vote in the counties of Dallas. Hale. Montgomery. Perry, Sum- ter and Wilcox, large negro counties, in order to create the impression on the white counties that there was not a Constitution But the entire vote of those counties may be eliminated and still there would remain safe majority in favor of the new constitution. The com bined majorities for constitution in those counties amounted to 25,9l1 votes. The total majority for constitution in the State was 26,s79. There figures, show that after deducting the total majorities in these counties there would still remain | majority of 96S in favor of the new constitution. The census shows that there are in these counties 13,456 white voters, nearly all of whom strongly sup ported the new constitution. It will then
 be seen that from every point of view. when the matter is fairly considered, there can be no other conclusion reached than the one that a large majority of the
 white voters of Alabama cast their bal lots in November for the adoption of the
 new constitution. And 1t may be truly said that if the Democratic white voters had been as fully convinced then as they are now, that the registration of voters would have been made as it has been made thus far, they would have voted solidly for the new constitution.