The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-22
rrx nEarsrrR SHUTS ITS EYES.


 The Mobile Register seems to be one n, those persons who are blind because they shut their eyes and won't see. IL denies that the State Committee put up the bars in June. 1900, and this IS the way it shuts It's eyes:
 If this Is what The Advertiser under stands by the phrase putting the bars up," then there is not much difference between its position and ours on the sup ject of qualification of voters in the com ing Party election. Neither MT. Smth nor The Register regard the resolutions as doing anything of the kind. NO man is barred from the Party primary ny these resolutions. All men are 'hNlteo into the Party by them, It is an open door affair. The Committee says nothins about a mans past and is not concerne1 with 1t; but asks as to his future. Wi'' he support the nominees? VIII he d" so in good faith? If so he IS Demo crat and can participate in future Demo- cratic elections; if not, not. The AdNer- tiser is simply mistaken when 1t char acterizes the adoption of these resoiu- tions as a putting up of the bars. but If this Is all it requires of the Commit tee. namely, the reahirmation or these resolutions. we say: Go ahead friend! We are with you. Let the Committee give us a primary on those terms. Is The Advertiser mistaken? Let us see Here are the two resolutions of the Committed:
 Resolved, That no person who fails to support each and all nominees or the Democratic Party, both state ana county. in the coming August election, shall be allowed to vote or participate in the nomiuation of Congressman in any District in the State. and Resolved second. That only those l white voters who support all and each of the nominees. having an opportunity | to do so, for State, County and Federai officers shall be allowed to participate in the primaries held by the Democratic
 Party.
 | There are two distinct declarations; 1 first, that no person failing to support l the Democratic State and County ticket l in August, 1900. would be permitted to take part in the nomination of Demo- crats for Congressman In that same year. and second. that only those who sup ported the Democratic State. County and | Federal tickets that year shall be allow
 ed to participate in the primaries held by the Democratic Party"
 The first resolution declared that no man
 could be considered Democrat In the
 primaries for Congressional nominations
 in 1900 who had not proved himself a Democrat in August 1900. The second
 resolution went on beyond the primaries
 of that year, and declared that no mar could be considered a Democrat in future
 primaries who should not prove himself { Democrat in all the elections of 1900.
 Why was the second resolution added if the action was meant to apply 10 th year 1900 only? It is as plain as ian guage can make it that 1t was to appi! beyond 1900. It is preposterous to argu anything else.
 That those resolutions did put up tn
 bars" and that it was so understood
 the time. is unmistakable when one reaa the preamble of the resolutions ana th
 proce edings of the Committee at the time
 The preamble recited the reasons for put
 ting up the bars. that all divisions ha
 been settled as to principles as well
 policies; that the invitation to unite wit the Party had been extended many times that it had been accepted by all sihcer I men and had at length become sourc Q of weakness and danger through 'h
 work of "disorganizers and disfuptioi ists" The invitation was. thefetort
 withdrawn to all who did not avail then , selves of it in the August election or isV , That was the day of grace.
 Not only were the resolutions so ir tended and understood at that tiine' ol
 they were expressly so interpreted , 1901. When the State Committee was taf ing in hand the submission or the Cor
 stitutional Convention question last yea
 an effort was made to change the auah'
 cation. of voters in the Party primarle The effort was made at the sohcitatle of some persons in Lee County IT
 Johnston faction in that County had SUI . ported an independent county ticket II the election of August, 1900. and hem > had disqualified themselves from volir '' in the Democratic primaries se lsOl. Re ognizing the force of the resolutions @ 1900, the fight was made in the State Cor Il mittee to secure some such interpretati' '' as The Register now advances. But u g State Committee meant what it said 'f 1900, and so in 1901 it passed this resol l. ton:
 s, Resolved That the qualifications of V,
 CTS in all the primary elections and be SO | meetings shall be the same as those her s tofore fixed by this Committee, and ' persons shall be allowed to vote in ss pr primary election and beat meetings W le are not thereby qualified.
 tn There it is, good and strong, once m foi all The resolutions looked ( re pi egsly and unmistakably to mems ps es records there The open door was clos ,r in August, 1909. and 1t has been k' CT shut ever since.
 es Now will The Register open it's eyes a hi be good?
 es' JUSTICE TO MIR. CLEVELAND innn