The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-07
NOT MUCH s,cN or uARMoNy.

nat O0c cAhFtfnG ttduS tO dhOthCt has been the rule since the world was founded. The latest illustration is found in the action of the triumphant wing of the Democratic party in Geor- gia in convention assembled. This perhaps is\not so much to be wonder numbered in its membership a host of recent Populists, prominent among them being the three latest candidates for Governor, in opposition to the reg ular Democratic nominees.
 There is a ring of intolerance in the proceedings from beginning to end that bade no good to the party. There is a spirit of utter obliterst tion of those who do not swallow all the doc- trines set forth in the platform that can only work harm instead of that peace which ought to be the predomi- mating thought of men who make the welkin ring shouting their great love for the dear 'peepui"
 It is nearly two years before the Georgia Democrats will select dele gates to the National Convention which will nominate a Democratic candidate for President. The State delegates to the ational Convention always select the Executive Committeeman. yet res olutions were unanimously adopted, calling for the selection of MT. James R. Gray to fill that position, and that. too in the face of declarations about smashing slates" When it is recalled that MT. Gray is the controlling spirit of The Atlanta Journal, and that the present Committeeman is Clark How ell. of The Atlanta Constitution, who had the temerity to oppose Mir. Hoke Smith for Governor. the keenness of the thrust can be readily seen. MT. Gray will make a wise committeeman, Is a loyal Democrat and most excel lent gentleman. but it would have looked more like peace and conciiia- tion to have allowed the delegation to the next Democratic Convention to have taken the initiative in selecting a National Committeeman. The action of the Georgia Convention in this re- gard looks as if 1t was intended to humiliate one man rather than advance party interests. Under a recent act of the Georgia Legislature the Railroad Commissioners are to be elected by the people instead of receiving appoint ments from the Governor. It is more than year before the first vacancy will occur, and although the conven- tion adopted a resolution declaring in favor of a State priniary for every office from constable to Governor, and wiping conventions off of Georgia soil, this convention went ahead and nomi- mated a candidate for Railroad Com missioner, instead of calling a primary for his selection next year That doesn't look much like smashing slate" Another notable fact Is that the law requires at least one practical railroad man to be enc of the commis- sioners. The one whose term first expires has been all his life in practical rail- road work. The convention named for his successor very elegant gem tleman, who served as an attorney for the Plant System about fourteen 
 dent of the railroad from Dothan to Abbeville in this State. His selection | as a practical railroad man is about equal to taking a blacksmith for po- sition which calls for a first-class chemist. All the way through speech es and resolutions there is a vein of we are in the saddle and will ride | over all who oppose us" The Dem ocrats of Georgia have nominated their | candidates for the Legislature They | did this in regular primaries, yet Mir. Smith in his address to the convention | composed entirely of his friends. for no | other delegates attended, virtually de- manded that the thumb screws be put upon all legislative candidates until l they agree to the demands set forth | in the platform or be made to with draw as candidates These men were selected for legislative places before the convention met and it Is a species of dictatorship, on the part of MT. Smith, to make such demands, that will not suit liberty loving people.
 | Both Georgia Senators and most of tho Georgia Congressmen opposed the plan Of disfranchisement advocated by Mir. Smith. being satisfied that with the tax paying prerequisite negro suf- frage in Georgia could be controlled 1 if not prevented, yet the spirit of that | convention was of outlawry of those who did not accept MT. Smiths plan. There can not be long continued peace in any party counsels when the domi- nant faction shows so much intoler- ance as was exhibited in the Georgia | convention.
 The Birmingham Age Herald of yes