The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-09
NOT AT ALL ALARMED. The Huntsyille Republican remarks

The Montgomery Advertiser is getting alarmed at the indifference of the Demo- crats in this State and urges the party leaders to get to work. The Advertiser can well be alarmed for its party has put State ticket in the field without sign of a platform and no one has the nerve to try to campaign on the sole issue of ''We want the offices"
 The Advertiser has not the slightest feeling of alarm as to the result in No- vember. nor does it see any reason for apprehension. At the same time, we do not agree with some of our contempo- raries in their argument or assumption that there is no need for Democrats to make q canvass. That is foolishness. cans are not going to make serious contest and that there Is no cause for the Democrats to make any. That is more foolishness.
 The Republicans have held a convention of white men and put out a full ticket. That ticket has good men on it. and the leaders say they are going to make a square and earnest fight to elect their men. We have no reason to doubt that they will put forth their best efforts to win. They cannot do otherwise unless they admit that their organization is a mere sham, and that they are only keep ing up the pretence of an organization for interior purposes.
 We have enough knowledge of politics and politicians to believe that our op- In hat hp intend to try conclusions with the Dem- ocrats all over the State. That does not mean that they can elect their State tick ct, or any Congressman. but it does mean that Democrats should go into the fight in earnest and win by a majority about which there can be no question. and over which there will be no opportunity for dispute or contest. To elect our ticket by mere majority would be no credit to the Democracy of Alabama, collective ly or individually. The way to win a big victory is by going at 1t with the inten- tion to make the majority as decisive as possible. In the words of The Marion County Democrat:
 Democratic clubs should be organized in every beat in Marion County and united effort made to bring out a full party vote in November While we have dom to sit supineIy down and take any chances of having that majority reduced by carelessness or over-confidence on the part of Democrats.
 That is the spirit and the determina- ton which should govern Democrats in every County in Alabama. An organized effort all along the line is what is need ed We have good ticket but it is poor politics to think that 1t will elect itself What the Republican has to say about our party putting out no platform is of no consequence. Their own party has platform enough for both, and they will have enough to do to defend it. We can make our fight on the general prin- ciples of Democracy without having to depend on a written platform this year. We can make 1t sufficiently interesting for the Republicans by keeping them all the time on the defensive What we want is decisive result and the way to get that is to ksep up the fight all along the line till election day. There Is not the slightest cause for alarm, but there is plenty of reason for organization and ef- fort.
 | And now a word to another Republi-
 can contemporary. The Birmingham | Times. which says:
 Notwithstanding some of the peculiar | spasmodic spells The Montgomery Adver- | tiser occasionally has. it has emphatical- | ly declared in favor of fair and honest | elections and a clean campaign. All these propositions The Times and the Republ- | can party favor and fully agree with | The Advertiser, and will meet it on the halfway ground, and If they are car | ried out in good faith by the Democrats the Republicans have no fear as to fu- | ture results.
 We don't exactly know what The Times | means by "spasmodic spells" unless it
 means that The Advertiser is more earn
 est at some times than it is at others, but we assure our contemporary that we
 are earnestly sincerely and unequivocal- | ly in favor of a fair election in Novem-
 Der. We do not want any Democrat to
 go into office with the shadow of fraud
 on his title. We do not want any defeat- | ed candidate to have any ground for be- 1 lieving that he has been cheated out of his rights. We want no Democrat to take an office to which he is not elected | and try to satisfy his conscience by the dangerous adage that the end justihes the means So far as we can see there is nothing in this contest which can jus tify swindling at the polls. We can win q decisive victory fairly if we try, and we ought to do it or suffer the conse- auences of our own apathy and indiffer- ence.
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