The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-20
(. P. LANE ON
 I. H. ALDRICH Former Says Latter Makes
 Him III. TELLS HIM TO BRING OFF" CauStic Interview of Hunts
 vile Editor. Takes Issue with A. rich on Lat ter's Statement that Democratic Press is "Misrepresenting
 Republicans.

In an interview given out last night Hon. Charles P. Lane of Huntsville de- livered some hot shot at former Con- gressman T. H. Aldrich, for the latters remarks before the Jefferson County Re- publican convention.
 MT. Lane stands for the new constitu- tion and is grateful to 1t Tor the oies- sings. he says. it bestowed upon the Re- publican party in eliminating the negro. He intimated that it would have been even greater blessing if it had elimi- mated "a lot of fiim-fiam politicians" from the Republican party. MT. Lanes re- marks upon Aldrich are caustic and characteristic of the Huntsville editor. His interview substantiates tile claim of those who know him that he will be the unique and enteresting figure in the Re- publican campaign:
 While returning home from Tuskegee last evening, he was seen by a represen- tative of The Advertiser and the follow ing embodied in a special to The Adver- tiser of yesterday from Birmingham was handed him:
 ''T. II. Aldrich made a breezy talk be- fore the convention, saying the campaign of misrepresentation" on the part of some of the Democratic press nad already be- out for this kind of a thing. He said that local paper had incorporated in it's report of the State Republican convention a resolution relating to the new consti- tuition which was never adopted and did not even get a second, and that it was so incorporated in the report as to lead the reader to believe that it was adopted by the convention. He declared that the purpose was to put the Republican party in the attitude of accepting the new con- stitution, when. as a matter of fact. it did not accept it's provisions and objected very strongly to some of them
 After reading it MT. Lane said: II would be glad if MT. Aldrich would ring paign. My clear recollection was that the Committee on Resolutions embodied a resolution accepting the constitution. l noted 1t. was delighted, and if that resolu- ton was ever eliminated l in common with that local newspaper man. was not aware of its eliminaton. l have not the official report before me and it may have been done. but 1 do not believe it was done. This order of talk from MT. Ald- rich is rot, his fling at the Democratic press makes me il-it sounds like Joe Johnston's whine. and ] do not intend to tolerate. 1t and refute the insinuation and assert that the Democratic press of Ala bama are honorable men, and that they have not only been fair to that conven- tion, but generous, have impressed me that they have been like the Irishman's tree, so straight it leaned just a little our way.
 Furthermore, l made a speech be- fore and after my nomination, in each Of those speeches, especially the first stated that I had supported the ratifica- tion of the constitution from start to finish, was proud of 1t. and would do the same thing again under like circum- stances. There was not a man in that convention who dld not know I supported the constitution, still 1 was nominated with enthusiasm. and I will say to MT. Aldrich. that the Republican party of Alabama had the negro lifted off their backs by this constitution, and they do not want him or his sort to lift them back by cutting and sashing at this in- strument which brought them the bles- sing" with emphasis MT. Lane said, just such film fam as this Is calculated to des troy all the good we have accomplished, and now we have gotten rid of the negro nuisance, we will beg MT. Aldrich to take a back seat and not make our party ap- pear like a set of donkeys. kicking the constitution which was to us God send. No sir. intend to sing the praize of that constitution and to applaud its virtues and my only regret is that it was not so drafted that 1t would have eliminated a lot of film fam politicians in this State which the Republican party would have at all times been better off without than with"