The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-13
A DANGEROUS SPIRIT.


 A DANGEROUS SPIRIT.
 The Advertiser a -ew days after the adjournment ofa the Georgia conven- tion expressed it's great regret that convention of Democrats should have been so intolerant towards the minor ity of the party in thdt state. Among other things we said:
 That one extreme leads to another 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 rms perhaps is not so much to be wonder ed at when it Is considered that II numbered in it's 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 ring of intolerance in the proceedings from beginning 10 end that bade no good to the party. There is a spirit et utter oeliteratlon or those who do not swallow all the doe traines set forth in the platform that can only work harm instead of that peace which ought to be the predomt- hating thought of men who make the welkin ring shouting. their great love for the dear peepuL
 With greater regret we have to de- plore the bitter and unrelenting spirit ot the majority in last Mondays Ala bama Convention. towards the minor ity as disclosed in the primary. Tn the Georgia case the Convention was for the purpose of announcing the re- suit of a primary and declaring the nominee for Governor. The question. therefore. of Governorship was before that Convention as a matter of prime importance. The friends of the other candidates did not make their appear ance and the Convention, therefore, was composed entirely of the adher- ents of the successful candidate.
 There Was no such condition in Ala bama. The candidates for Governor and all State offices had already been selected. The only candidates to be selected by the Convention were some of the Judges of .he Supreme Court and an Executive Committee. The sit- uation in Alabama did not warrant such an utter disregard of all Demo- cratic precedent as was first pro- claimed in the caucus at Birmingham and put through under whip and spur in Montgomery.
 We copy two articles on this page, one from a paper which supported MT. ! conner and one whica supported pr. Cunningham. Their lines of thought run parallel as to the danger to come from the spirit that has prevailed in the State Convention. The Mobile Items editorial appeared before the Convention assembled, put It was in condemnation of the policy which pre- vailed in the Convention nere ana which was championed by MT. F, S. White who was MT. Corners mouth piece. It's denunciatfon Of what was uttered in the Birmingham eonelave can apply with still greater force 10 what was uttered by Mr. White. who for the first time in Democratic con- vention in this State, told his breth- ren of the minority that If they want ed war, they could get II to the knife | and the knife to the hi1t." Even the Georgians stopped short Of sucn an ut terance as that. There might possi- ! bly have been some excuse TOT strong language by MT. White if there had been a single word uttered prior 10 his 1 intiammatory speech which called for even incorporate language on his part. There had been a clash or opinion, some debate. but all in good temper and with utmost desire to su6serve party ends, when the leader of the majority made the apove quoted bloody remarks.
 ! The Advertiser does not make these remarks with view to lessening in- terest in the coming election. On the contrary 1t Is our earnest hope that every man who supported pr. Cum ningham will go foyaIly to the polls on election day and cast vote for MT. Conner and all the nominees. It Is their duty to do so, and to aid in all honorable ways in making his malor- ity a large one. This they should do, whether there is or is not an opposi- tion ticket. We cannOs. however. shut our eyes and ears to plain facts nor
 should we fail to warn against evils
 which are sure to follow Eno Ssntin-
 ued dominance of s>ch a spirit as was
 outlined by Messrs. White and Rhodes. and accentuated by the favorable ac-
 tion of a majority of the members of
 the State Convention