The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-23
MIR. LANES CANDIDACY
REPUBLICAN EDITOR TALKS or
 POLITICAL SITUATION.
Says He Wants to Do Something for Alabama, and That He Can Beat "Mr. Conner or His Man
 Frfday.o

| Huntsville. April 22-(Special.)--The | reported candidacy of Charles P. Lane,
 editor of The Huntsville Tribune. for
 the Republican Gubernatorial nouiina-
 tion, has been the theme of comment
 here for several days past. It IS supp | posed that MT. Lane has some un- | known backing, something up his
 sleeve. or he would not so boldly de- | clare himself as he has already done. | T said l would be a candidate said l MT. Lane in an interview. Tand Tn be- | ing one l want it understood that my | candidacy Is unsolicited-it Is my in
 dependent act. The only way to forbid
 my candidacy or cut me off Is for the | machine to forbid a State primary. l Such an action on the part of the ma ! chine holds the Republican party right
 where we are. We will neither grSY | nor decrease in decency or public ia ! vor. but will be useful alone for 1lling | the odd Federal jobs. Simply this and
 nothing more. Just for mom snt
 think of it-with the matchless busl-
 ness principles of the Republican party | with the incompatible prestige won | from innumerable victories on issues | submitted to the intelligence of the people of the United States. that in l Alabama with her developing wealth
 and intelligence. the strength of the | party SnOulu pc COnHneu 10 l three United States marshals. three | United States district attorneys, | United States land officer and one pest | master from every city and village! | That is what 1t has been-no more, no l less--for thirty-five years. I never
 want to see another Republican pest
 masters convention held in Alaoaml. l q am going before tne reople and | will endeavor to explain. to the people l hat I md Nfh hat rfx
 sents."
 1 Where do you expect your strength
 to come from should you be nominated | and what chance would you have to i beat a Democrat?" Mir. Lane was ask
 ed.
 There Is a reason for all things" | he replied. The time has been when
 white supremacy would have leopard | ized itself had there been a split in | Democratic ranks and Alabama would
 have been veritable political hell had | the split occurred so long as the black l menace existed. That Is reason No. l l. Why. the Democratic party has ex- l isted for thirty-five years in the face of as discreditable destructive a series | of administrations as ever afflicted l commonwealth. In plain language the | politicians saw they had the people in | a hole and that they dared not chirp
 and the State has been run for the benefit of the officeholder, and when 1 recollection time came the attention of | all was called to negro supremacy and | 1t was first all over with the negro | and second, all over with the white voter. The Democratic party of Ala bama hasn't represented a principle | nor presented an idea in twenty-flve | years. Now the negro menace Is zone --the bagging and ties which held the
 white bale Is no more l voted to re- l move 1t. I think in this I was wiser l than my party, which kicked me se- verely because I had the temcrlty to
 vote for, speak for and write for the
 new Constitution.
 Now comes along man of the Dem
 ocratic party, with head on him like l cantaloupe. In the outset of his
 game he assumed the role of innocence
 abroad, while In fact he was the most
 astute demagogue who ever fooled the | fools. That man with his demagogic
 methods. his bad principle. melting the l poor against the corporations, is going l to do more to build up the Republican party than all its own combined vir- | tues. We believe he will have a can didate in the field for governor and we
 believe this candidate will receive the l Democratic nomination if he does. What 1 inducement does the Democratic party | offer the great railroad interests to
 stay inside of Democratic lines, stay there and be burnt, stay there and be
 destroyed: help build fire. a pyre for | themselves and stay there and be the | victim? The negro is gone and the l railroads are free to do as they please.
 'Tf I represent anything under the
 canopy Of heaven 1t is the development | of Alabama. I have written 1t, spoken | it, preached 1t and practlced 1t until I | have assimilated 1t, and I am the natu- ral enemy of the man who raises the 1 knife to destroy Alabama and the man who viciously strikes at our railroads, | the arteries of our progressive blood, ia
 the red-handed destroyer of Alabama s
 prosperity for whom my gun is loaded. | believe on an intelligent showdown, | the issue well drawn, a thorough can-
 vass, could beat Mir. Conner or his
 man Friday. Saying the least of 1t, it
 would be the first race We will have | had since 1874.
 q want to say that I am fin favor or
 compulsory education. I want to deal
 fairly with the negroes on the school
 fund but I want to force the mountain | 'Bllies to receive an education. Thls | class Is q discredt to the State and is
 retrograding in point of civilization | will be blacking the negros- shoes in | ten years more. In short. I want to do
 something for the State. hence 1 will hO 1
 Relatives in Huntsville have been mo- | tified of the death of Dr. James Ham mond Bouldin, formerly of Huntsville, in Taylor County. Tex. Dr. Bouldin was | brother of Mrs. Mary T. Shelby. Dr. James L. Darwin was seriously cut and bruised last night by driving his buggy into an excavation on Clin- l ton Street. He was thrown out on the electric railway and in some manner one leg was cut to the bone.
 Preparations are being made for the establishment of a government expcri-
 ment farm on the plantation of Judge s. Morgan Stewart near this city. Crops
 will be planted In rotation under the direction Of the Department of Agricui- ture at Washington, which has asceT-
 tained by the recent soil survey the best crops adapted to the soil. and To- cal farmers will be given an object les son in intensive farming.
 Jack and the BeanstaIk
 Mock Initiation,
 Casino April 27, 2S, 20.