The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-16

Il
bama has been formally declared by Jo-
seph C. Mannins.and his supporters and
the clash of the contending factioas Will
no doubt be heard in Alabama until the
Republican State Convention assemblies
in Birmingham September 16.
1t Is a war of determination. No quar-
ter will be asked and none will be given.
The machine will be smashed or Manning
and his newly formed League of kepuo-
lican Clubs will be wiped off the political
map. Both sides, full Of confidence, nave
girded themselves for the conflict ana
even now the fight among the Republican
voters has begun.
In the beginning the machine has the
more compact and available organization
This was shown in the personnel OF the
two conferences held here Thursday. The
machine men mustered at their CONFER
ence nearly eighty Republican voters. but
the gathering was dominated by the old
leaders who have been holding office in
Alabama since the war. The old leaders
took charge of all affairs. made all
speeches, proposed and seconded all res
olutions. The younger men took no active
part in the deliberations, but were appar-
emily in sympathy with the leaders.
The Manning conference was not espe-
cially strong in numbers when it came to
the SHOW down Thursday. Mr.. Man
ming, however, authorized the statement
that many of the men included in the list
of delegates given out from the machine
conference were his sympathizers ana
supporters. These men. he said, had not
gone near the other conferences and their
names had been used without authority,
More than that, he declared. that large
number of the young Republicans in the
State are in hearty accord with his move
| a. I,If IT
Alabama" They would he declared. give
him valuable assistance in his fight in
the primary.
In an interview yesterday Mr.. Manning
said:
THE effort OF the carpet-bagging ele-
nent to make me the issue In this fight
within the party ranks will fall fiat. 1t
is not Manning but the principle for
which he stands that is at issue. l stand
for the regeneration of Republicanism in
Alabama so that self-respecting men can
affiliate with 1t and vote their principles
without doing violence to their sense of
decency in following leaders who have
| made the Republican party a by-word
and reproach in Alabama. The move
ment which we have started has for its
| purpose the placing of the party on a
| high plane.
Il and my friends will go before the
Republican voters in the present primary
campaign on this issue and We will win.
Mark this prediction. The carpet-bagg a"s
who have held Office in Alabama for forty
years, men who have risen to place on
debauched negro votes will be thrown out
of the party We stand for decency. We
most heartily applaud and endorse the
action of President Roosevelt in naming
Hon. Thomas G. Jones as Federal Judge
and we favor the appointment of an hon
orab,e and upright Dem rat to office If
no decent Republican can be found"
AS to Mr.. Manning's claim and his con-
ference the following letter from A. G..
NeGley who claims to be President of
the League of Alabama Republican Clubs,
was given out yesterday by Judge A. f.
Stratton:
FLORENCE. Ala. August 10,
Captain ]. W. Dimmick, Montgomery,
Ala:
Dear sir-I see by the papers that one
J. c. Manning has called a meeting in
Montgomery tomorrow for the purpose of
forming League of Republican Clubs. |
do not know what this means. We have
a regularly organized League of Republi-
can Clubs in this State and so acknowl-
edged as you will see by the enclosed
letter from the National League. / can
not go to Montgomery to stop this fool
ishness and would ask you to do so. in
tend calling a meeting in Birmingham
the day following the State Convention if
this meets the approval of the Republic
cans of the State.
VERY respectfully,
"A. G. Negley,
President Of the Alabama League of Re
publican Clubs"
This letter was not received until after
the Montgomery meeting had been held
Thursday The President of the National
League. as shown by the letter is Isaac
MflIerv Hamilton Of Chicago It was
said that the resolutions passed by the
Glenmore Hotel conference endorsed this
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