The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-02

Let us admit that they are both hon
est and capable, but 1t seems to me that
the differences In the records and ambi-
tons OF the two men as outlined above
should decide every thinking man. not
controlled by personal obligations or pref
udice, to vote for w. D. Jelks.
Does anybody want to go back to the
old condition? Does anybody want to es-
tabiish necessary fraud in elections, or
the other alternative negro supremacy, or
balance of power? Does anybody want to
go back to the conditions which make a
distinction between the white men who
belt or who live In the white beats and
the black beats of the black belt coun-
ties? If there is then you know where
to place him in this campaign.
Governor Johnston may not want to
go backward to any of these, but there
Is one thing to a dead moral certainty, If
he had his way, these conditions would
still be with us. He deserves no credit
another thing, there Is not man in Ala
bama, with a ballot in his hand, who
opposes the real purpose of eliminating
the negro vote but will cast that ballht
in the coming primary for Joseph F.
Johnston for Governor.
"There are thousands who voted against
ratification, under the leadership of Gov
ernor Johnston. believing what he said
men would be disqualified. Now that
these men have their life certificates in
their pockets they cannot help but see
that the Ex-Governor either misled them
or else that he was a false prophet. In
either case. they will vote to condemn
his judgment or his insincerity,
How can any man who favors the
great reform follow further his leader
ship? My fellow citizens, the real bal
lot reformers in this State. those who are
rejoiced at the elimination of the negro,
and who are not bound, as they wrong
fully believe, by personal obligation or
-. ,aNk v@Aa e.
Hon. Joseph r. Johnston for Governor.
They cannot take the risk. Governor
Jelks has a consistent record on this
great question. and has done great
deal to accomplish the result. He is not
only entitled to the support of the peo-
pie because of his record, but also be-
cause he Is entitled to your votes as an
endorsement.
experiments on this matter. Governor
Johnston accepts the Constitution be-
cause 1t Is the law. His marriage to that
instrument was a military wedding. Not
that at one time he did not favor such
marriage. Oh no, he at one time start
ed to make a new Constitution himself.
He earnestly courted tho young lady,
even proposed by signing the bill to sub
init the matter to her parents. But when
1t looked a little like the old folks were
going to kick and would not endow the
BRIDE with a United States Senatorship,
why he just called his Legislature to-
And when the new bride of another max
ing was presented to him, he said he did
not like her. She was not chaste and
pure She made fair promises and pro-
fessed honest intentions, but he doubted
her virtue.
And when he had to take her he as
sumed the nuptial relation because 1t
was form of. law, declaring that he
would not let her inflict too big burden
upon the household, and just as soon
as experience demonstrated what she
was that is, after he had tried her. he
would submit proposition to the old folks
to have her trimmed UP to suit his no.
tons.
'Fellow citizens, when organized labor
elects an opponent OF It's purpose ana
methods the head of its organizations;
when the industrial trusts declare for
free trade: when the National Banking
Association declares for free silver: when
the Republicans nominate William J.
Bryan; when the Democrats nominate
Theodore Rusefelt;' when Israel forgets
its God and reviles Moses and the
Prophet and worships at the shrine of
Isis and Osiris; when all Christendom
pulls down the cross and erects the cres-
cent then and not until then, Will the
people of Alabama elect Joseph f. John
ston on his present platform.
We'll, but they say there are combi-
nations. For instance, jerks and Cum
bingham, Johnston and Waller. For the
sake of alignment let us examine these
combinations and see how nearly they fit.
A Gubernatorial head and a Lieutenant
Gubernatorial tail; a candidate for Cover
nor with political tail. Now If you will
carefully examine the JellIs and Cunning
ham combination you will observe the
same sort of stun. From the tip end of
the nose to the extremity of the tail it
is the same sort of dog. Upon the great
question of the day that dog and that
tail marked and wagged together and are
still at it. and are willing to continue
until the final contamination of the great
reform. 1t has the merits at heart of be-
ing a consistent, natural combination,
anyhow and what nature has put to-
gether let no man put asunder.'
But what about the other dog? 1t is
a wonderful dog 1t is a MANUFACTURED
dog. 1t was made at the Morris Hotel.
Nature had nothing to do with it. 1t is
an emergency dog. 1t is intended to at
tract attention at both its head and tail.
The head will bark at one crowd and the
tail will wag at another. II the fellow
does not like the bark perhaps he will
like the 'wag.' The bark says TO the new
Constitution people just look at my
''wag" And the 'wag' says to the anti
Constitution people, Just look at my
bark"
Between the bark and the wag and
the wag and the bark this dog hopes to
win ont But 1t won't do it, The tail to
this dog is a graft put there by the ex-