The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-14

she peon,e who had been elected to offie
 bv thla partv set to work to remedy a far ,s could be done these great evils, an to-day the people of Alabama hav "A new constitution. with all It's at
 tendant blessings; the statute book of the State have been purget Of their pollutine and oppressiv
 lexislation. and this has been TO placed by wholesome laws of character beneficial to the people, large number of useless otaces nave beer abolished. salaries of officers generally have been reduced, communities have been relieved which under local misrul, were strangers to the administration oi public justice, the public officers of tn, State and of every county have been made the servants instead of the masters of tho people. a basis has been fixed for the ad. justment of the public debt upon q plar of compromise at low rates of interest and the principal. payable at long periods of time: rigid economy has prevailed in every department of the State govern ment, an incorruptibie Legislature has made laws and incorruptihle officers have enforced them, crime has been punished, justice has been administered. In such . condition of affairs confidence has been restored, spirit of natural contentment prevails among the people. and prosper ity has once more returned to our long suffering and afflicted State. If all has not been done that might, or could, or ought to have been done under the cir cumstances, it must be remembered that the period has been brief the difficulties to contend against have been great, and if any man shalf honestly find fault with any of this work, let him remember these things, and let him also remember that perfection has never yet been attained by man in any of his works. But history may be searched in vain to find any in- stance in which any political party ever accomplished so much for any people within such brief period; and on this we challenge the annals of the world, from the beginning of time.
 Third. That we have no fears or doubts that the good people of this State, who have witnessed all these things and know them to be true, will. by their votes at the ballot box. decide that the party which has earnestly and fearlcssly inau- gurated all these reforms is the party to carry them into effect. and to make such other reforms as experience shall show to be necessary and for the best interests of all the people of this State.
 Fourth. That the career of the Repub- lican Party in Alabama has demonstrated beyond ali question that 1t Is unworthy of the confidence of the people of this State; its career in this State has been characterized by corruption, lawlessness. intrigue, hatred of the great mass of the white people who would not suc- cumb to it's iniquitous designs and demands. and d general disregard of the rights and best inter. ests of all the people of this State; IL stole into power in this State in 1868 in of the Constitution and laws of the United States. and in violation oi the Constitution and laws of this State and in open and shameless disregard of its owr solemn pledges. by contriving ,u have Constitution fastened upon this State that had been voted down by the reople and by having all the ofIices If this State filled for an entire term by men who were never elected to them by the people and who were usurpers; its officers, thus fastened upon the people corruptly sold out the credit of the State, made a nockery of justice, robbed the cradle and the grave for purposes. of per- sonal plunder, enacted statutes to au- thorize and shield fraudulent voting at elections, and not content with this, by false and hypocritical representations
 
 staes Army to be sent Into this State to aid them in carrying into effect wicked and outrageous system of arbi- trary and unlawful arrests for the pur- pose of intimidating the good people of this State and preventing them from ex- ercising the privileges of the elective franchises right sacred and dear to cv- cry American citizen and formidable to tyranny only; it has established Court House Legislatures to prevent them from discharging duties they were elected to perform for the benefit of all the people of the State; 1t has defeated the will of the people by electlng a United States Senator by fraud. bribery, corruption and violence, and has defeated an honest and fair investigation of the means by which this outrage was accomplished; 1t has dragged old men and venerable citizens of this State from their families upon false and pretended charges and by means of arbitrary and unlawful arrests. and has transported them to far distant points for trial and then has released them from trial, all for the purpose of trying to strike terror into the hearts and minds of the free people of this State and thereby prevent them from voting for the persons of their choice for the public offices of this State and for members of Congress of the United States; it has procured to be transported into this State by the Government of the United States upon false and corrupt pretenses vast quantities of bacon for the pretended purpose of being distrib- uted among the sufferers by the over flows of the Alabama, Tombigbee and Warrior rivers, but in reality to be used a5 1t was used as a corruption fund in k. Amfa SrlfI ..R people of this State in a popular cleo ton; it Is the author of the social equal ity law" by which 1t has been attempt ed to force white people and negroes Lo the same social level in every respect, and of the reinforcement law" under which so many arbitrary and unlawful arrests have been made of the people of this State for political purposes, and which has recently been declared un- constitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States, and of the infamous Force Bill," by which a wicked, ma licious, deliberate and fiendish attempt was made to strike down the lib- ties of the people of this State and of every other Southern State of the Ameri- can Union in order that the Republican party might be restored to power by crushing rights sacred and dear~to the American citizen; its corruptions and Iawlessness in the administration of the Federal government have also been open and shameless; and such a party thus loaded down with all these monstrous wrongs and outrages upon the people of this State, and the people of the United States is now attempting with the aid of a few ambitions. disappointed. rest less, ofiice-seeking spirits. who have heretofore acted in opposition to 1t, to divide the Democratic and Conservative party of Alabama by getting out so-