The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-25
BirninI
Fair Primary Essential.

TO the Editor of The Mobile Register:
 Your letter of the 20th inst: asking my
 opinion upon the question or Wnite pr'
 maries in Alabama, Is before me.
 Tn renly would say that this questlon
 naturally springs from the adoptlon oi
 the suffrage clause in our new ConstItu
 ton and should be carefully consioereu
 and I trust will be properly deciueu uy
 the authorities of the Democratic Party:
 Individually. I am heartily in faVor ol
 the nomination of all State anu couii.S
 officers by primary elections at Whlcn
 every candidate shall nave lhe pr'''eeo of naming a manager. M ,
 The call of the recent Constltutional
 Convention and the ratincation ol n'
 work bv the adoption Of a new tohstl-
 tution was in my opinion due more U to
 desire on the part of the people 10
 have fair and honest elections than to al other reasons combined. AS memoer of the Suffrage Committee Tn the otdte Constitutional Conyent1oh ot r AnUT on,v '"o of that committee, but of very large majority of the Convention 10 pro vide as far as practicable in the tunoa- mental law of the land for fair P;s- ex- nression of the voice of the electors. The paw Constitution itself speaks plainly upon this subject. This lnstrument 10 | inc result of Democratic work ana us ex- ecution is in Democratic hands. It oo-
 e,,r. to me that there is no better way of demonstrating our intentions on tn,S suhiect than to inaugurate ana maihtaii' a system Of fair dealing between our. selves as Democrats Whatever may oe said about the retention ot the oid u.t pasi' of representation in our present Consu- tution, in my opinion in party nomina- tions the time has passed when tne
 hita men of any section of thls State
 w,iii without objection. accord greater
 noUer to a like or less numner or "hlle
 man in another section than they pos.
 sass In the councils of our party We
 sho,,d know no section and every Dem
 uat shoi,ld have an equal voice Tn
 U.rtv nominations There is in my opln- pa 2o nlan whereby this can he hetter
 tt.ined than by fair primary elecuons.
 very large majority of the whlte men In Alabama are Democrats rom prinTr- o,
 III ,i and will doubtless adhere to the or
 poniza pc ation if fairly treated. Past dlHer-
 ennas and personal aggrandizemehIs ul W ,S Y,art of party leaders should no" pc
 ,1a pas,de and every effort made 10 re ti lalu all clements of the party. anu ssnecially those who opposed the ra'i.iea ti.,, ion of the new Constitution anu ,,i,, iT .'d is try to secure party harmony. ms is SsSarv liS for the future success or tne
 mnan,ocratic Party in both State ana eo- i Elections Should the misfortune ne san ne to have the suffrage clause or tne t ,,, Constitution successfully asalleo II
 would be deplorahle to ind the ,,.t W,tse ,",or of Alabama divided into two pollu- nISh 1 sontiona or parties. On the other hard If harmony prevails ana we Stahu ,inite cd we will be in a position to correGi an,, errors that may be found ana St!i | n,aintain unsullied the banner or whte supremacy. It occurs to me that me tN amnles of South Carolina. Goorgla '. u
 the white people by Democratic prima-
 rles' 10 George P. Harrison. | OpeI;ka, Ala, March 21. 1902