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

Court, where his peculiar tact and
consummate ability. was recognized and
acknowledged by all, doing his full duty
to the State. and yet maintaining the re-
spect and commanding the admiration
of every defendant in his court. AS a
prosecuting attorney he has displayed
and unusual and remarkable faculty and
fitness and bench and bar are high in
their praise of his record in that position,
which he has filled with such consum-
mate skill and high ability. There is no
higher encomium he could desire or am
bition have than the approval and en-
dorsement of all his associates of the
bench and bar and of the people of his
own home county and city, and have
had no difficulty in learning that he pos
sesses all OF this to the highest degree.
The Second Primary.
The closest friends Of Colonel CARRIER.
who are really conducting his canvass
for him. Mr.. j. A. Huey, the Circuit
Clerk. one OF the leading and most popu-
lar and highest esteemed citizens of the
county, his campaign manager; Mr.. ]. H.
Johnston. who is widely known. and
honored all over Alabama, who Is giving
much Of his time and talent to the con-
duct of his cavass and others of such
personal and political followers and sup
porters. say that he owes no one any
apology for being in the recond primary.
as that was the plan from the beginning
and that the ridiculous proposition of his
opponent to withdraw If his vote was
the lowest was play to the galleries and
Is of no force to those who understand
the situation and want to be and intend
to be fair and just. The plan as origi-
naly laid down by the Committee fully
and unreservedly entered into by every
candidate who complied with its condi-
tons, contemplated and provided for just
such a contingency as now exists, they
say. and 1t Is puerfle and childish for any
one to attempt to arouse any prejudice
on that account and unfair for his OPP
ponent to claim any advantage because
he is few votes ahead in the primaries
The conditions were such that 1t was
really expected, but 1t was calculated
from the beginning that with the other
candidates in this section of the State
out Of the way that Colonel CARRIER would
beat any candidate that would be pitted
against him. His friends, with force
and argument that cannot be controvert-
ed, say that the plan of the Commit
tee having been made and entered into
by each candidate they and the Com
mittee were bound to the people In good
faith to carry It out and give them. an
opportunity to vote for the two highest
candidates in case no one received a
majority in the primaries. 1t was a pro-
mise made to the voter which would
not have been kept If Colonel CARRIER had
withdrawn and that he had no power
to do So for having gone into the primary
and accepted the plan. 1t was the duty
of the committee to have a primary be-
tween the two highest candidates
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of the individuals as they had nothing
to do with 1t. whatever. but under the
plan the people had the right to vote
and express a choice between the two
highest candidates in the first primaries,
no one having received a majority of all
the votes cast. 1t was the rule that a
candidate must have a majority of the
votes to become the nominee of the party
for any ONCE and to be declared the