The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-14
MATTER OF TICKETS.
CARRIER Counties Have Been Sighted
in the Distribution.

CARRIER Counties Have Been Sighted
In the Distribution.
Capt. Borden II. Burr Of Talladega,
reached Montgomery last night and made
this statement:
Notwithstanding the fact that within
the past few days Colonel CARRIER has
encountered strong obstacles in the man.
ner in which the officials tickets have
been sent out over the State, we are cen
iident Of his nomination.
Finding on last Monday that no tick
cts had been sent to different counties,
we wired the chairman of the State Elk
Acutivs Committee in reference to this.
Not receiving an answ err on Wednesday,
a representative of Mr.. CARRIER went to
Birmingham to zee about the matter, and
he was assured that the tickets were be-
ing sent out and that all would be sent
out by Thursday. Friday ard Saturday
we were advised by our friends by wire
that ar insufficient number of tickets
had been sent to Chambers County. that
in Calhoun County. the registration of
which numbers $500 voters elk hundred
tickets were received: Chairman Lowe
wires that the shortage In Calhoun is
due to the printer. Talladega County.
registering over three thousand voters.
received 9S4 tickets; the Probate Judge Of
Tallapoosa County wired us that the
tickets were not received there and did
not go out with the boxes: Clay and
Coosa Counties did not receive the tick
cts in time to go out with the boxes;
tickets only reached Pike County Sat-
urday morning. and Butler County Fri
day evening. and at II o'clock today We
received a telegram from Hon. Fred L.
Blackmon stating that no tickets up to
that time had been received in Cleburne.
and the County Chairman of Cleburne
has not received any State ballots.
"At 1:35 today we received from c. NJ.
Lutrell, at Brewton, Ala, the following
message: No official ballots have been
received in this county. No oflcia in
structions to hold election Monday.
Chairman Leigh declines to call election
without authority
All the counties mentioned above are
counties watch are conceded to Colonel
CARRIER. The friends Of Colonel CARRIER
have been forced at their own expense to
print and distribute tickets within from
three to one days before the primary in
TaIIadega, Calhoun. Clay, Coosa, ITALIA
boosa, Fayette, Chambers. Randolph.
Shelby, Cleburne and Marshall Counties.
and can ada with pride that out of the
5O,OO1 tickets so sent out. not one Of
them failed to have on 1t the name OF
Hon. Massey Wilson as a candidate for
Attorney General, and that we did not re-
sort to the questionable methods of put
ting out tickets with our candidates
name only upon them. We received last
night a wire from Monroe County (which
is a strong Wilson county, stating that
tickets have been sent out and with
wilson's name only upon them. We
wired Chairman Lowe at once in regard
10 this. and he answered that proper
tickets had been sent to Monroe. and
that this was being done without au-
thority.
I've are also advised that the report
will be spread tomorrow In portions OF
North Alabama that Colonel CARRIER has
withdrawn from the race.
I'VE wants his supporters and friends
"a know that he is not only In the race,
hut in. to win. and that We confdeDtly
expsct his nomination by a large ma
jorty.