The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-11

| T. s. Piowman. Pres. Chinnabee Cotton
| Mills.
D. r. Vanpelt. merchant.
| H. M. Burt, farmer.
| e. B. Ledbetter, farmer.
John w. Heacock. M. D.
| 8. w. WEIGH, M. D.
| B. B =. Sims M. d.
II. H. Hutchins. NJ. d.
w. G. Harrison, NJ. D.
]. r. Harrison, M. D.
e. b. Wren. NJ. d.
| w. r. Bishop. M. d.
| Z. p. Cason. M. d.
| A. G. Storey, merchant.
| w. l.. Miller. merchant.
J. b. Woodward, merchant.
j. A. Powe. merchant.
J.. A. Huey. Clerk Circuit Court
! r. Heine. merchant.
F. b. Bowie. merchant
C. 8. Weaver, merchant.
j. B. White. merchant.
II. J. McCary, merchant
w. A. Cook. farmer.
A. o. Riser, farmer.
j. F. Reynolds. farmer.
w. ". Harreil. farmer.
]. X. weisinger, farmer.
G. r. McElderry, farmer.
J. III. Donahoo.
Campaign Committee.
Answers ClrculaT.
Mr.. CARRIER then issued this circular:
| To the Democratic Voters OF Alabama:
| A circular Is being distributed In the
| interest of Mr.. Wilson in which is pub
lished the following correspondence, viz.
| Col Alex. M. CARRIER, Talladega. Ala:
Dear Sir-I see from The Advertiser
! OF yesterday that you claimed to have
received more votes than / received for
Attorney-Genera in the primary on the
| 25th OF August.
81 think you are mistaken in your
claim. / believe have received several
thousand more votes than you in said
primary.
II beg to submit you this proposition:
II the official returns as ascertained by
the State Executive Committee on the
Bird inst. show you to have received a
greater number of votes than I received
in said primary, / will withdraw in your
favor; IL the official returns as thus
ascertained show that have received
greater number Of votes than you re-
ceived in said primary, you to withdraw
in my favor. Very respectfully.
Massey Wilson"
ITO the Hon. Massey Wilson. Grove Hill.
Ala.
Dear Sir-Replying to your letter pub
lished In today's (Monday's) Age-Herald
in which you propose to withdraw from
the race for ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, II the Of
fetal count of the vote at the primary
shall show that my vote is larger than
yours, and that shall do the same II
your vote exceeds that cast for me, will
simply say that the Democratic purity
has formulated rules and course of
procedure for the .electicn of its ncm-
inees and / have made the race so fan
having no idea that these plans would be
departed from or that the same could be
changed or modified by the action of in
dividual candidates.
Democracy of Alabama and cannot but
feel that 1t would be an injustice to the
more than twenty thousand Democrats
who supported the Hon. James Il. Cobb
and the Hon Alexander Troy to deprive
them of the privilege 81 exercising their
choice by any action that you and
NAV take without regard to their pref
erence under present conditions.
VERY respectfully.
Alexander M. CARRIER"
Mr.. Wilson follows up this correspond
ence In an interview in Tuesdays Ad-
vertiser:
~ read Mr.. CARRIERS interview in the
last issue of The Advertiser, in which
he claimed to be in the lead for Attorney
General. 1 Immediately proposed TO him
that II he was in the lead would not
contest
provided he would treat me the same way
in case I was in the lead. 1 said to him
at the same time that | believed / had
received more votes than he had; l still
think I beat him several thousand votes. |
Mr. CARRIER seems to think the two
minority candidates drew more from
him than from me. and in this way ac- |
counts for his vote being smaller than
mine. An analysis of the vote doesn't
n
ties carried by Judge Cobb. l received |
more votes than he did In five. and he re- |
ceived more votes than did in only one |
county. OF the counties carried by MT |
Troy he beat me in half and heat MIN |
in half.
"The statement made along in connec- |
ton with Mr.. CARRIERS interview to the
effect that Mr.. Troy's friends here were |
active for Mr. CARRIER Is not borne out |
nv the facts. Many OF Mr. TrOy's best |
friends are for me, among them such |
men as Judge CASTOR, Tax Collector |
Halls, Hugh Meehan, James j. Han, Ty-
Ter Goodwin and many others whom
could mention.
'In the contest Just closed treated \
Mr.. Troy considerably and courteously
and Mr.. Troy told me that the use of
his name in this connection was without
his authority. l made no trade. combi- |
nation or alliance with any other can |
didate Nearly all of Mr.. Troy's friends |
in Mobile. where he received splendid |
vote, are for me-"
1 desire to say that at the time Mr.. |
Wilson wrote his letter. and at the time |
he issued his interview he knew he was /
In the lead. and he knew that L knew /
he was in the lead His letter and the /
interview were purely for political effect. |
The state Executive Committee. in my |
opinion, wisely and properly provided |
the majority rule for the selection Of |
candidates, and I do not fear to submit |
NV claims to the entire Democracy OF the /
state. / desire especially to emphasize /
d. Auiv Ne