The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-14
CHAIRMAN BELL
 ISSUES ADDRESS
IS A CALM STATEMENT, BUT TO THE PolNT-A CLEAR AND RING ING APPEAL TO THE DEMO- CRATIC PARTY.

The chairman of the democratic cam palgn committee issues the following.
 Birmingham, October IS, 1906. To the Hon. J. B. Ard, Chairman Dem
 ocratic Executive Committee of Jefrer-
 son County, Birmingham, Ala.
 Dear Sir:-I have received notice of my appointment to the chairmanship of the campaign committee for the coming cleo tion
 The call of the party demands obedience and no or Anary excuse will justify the refusal of a loyal democrat to obey. would much prefer to hold the even tenor of my business affairs, but 1 will nst shrlS a responsibility demanded of me at the hands of the party that makes 1t possible for white men to live in Alabama.
 To your committee let me say, I will undertake to defend the right only, and l will make no excuse for wrong, if any there be; I will and do now take position, that democracy needs no trick cry or fraud and 1t opposes fraud and unfair means on all occasions I under take to maintain that Alabama democrats have, by the adoption of the last consti- tuition, asserted in the most solemn form, that the ballot box must be pure This expression of the people by the adop- tion of the constitution has been ratified by the legislature providing suitable con test laws and now all good men agree that fraud and illegalty at the polls must be abandoned. and all agree that if fraud is perpetrated it should be corrected
 s. Men Above Reproach.
 Your nominees, I am informed, are all men above reproach of character, and the stamp of party approval takes away my right to question personal fitness or personal preference. To me, their perso- nal fitness and character Is sufficiently guaranteed by your approval You have the guaranty of more than 5000 voters who pledged themSelves to support the nominee that your ticket will be elected, This pledge will not be forgotten by those democrats and it will not be violated by them if they know that their rights are respected. Democrats and people in gen. eral, are fair when the truth is told, but when only half told or when misrepre- scented entirely, prejudice and not reason i, governs .
 Success in the campaign is not uncer- tain, but is absolutely certain, if you will tell the whole truth. The opposition has challenged the honor and integrity of your committee and have declared openly that your members are corrupt. This declaration is extraordinary, in the light of the fact that a majority of your present body were members of the com mttee whose virtues the opposition ex- tols and of the further fact that ma- jority of the new members voted to dis miss Stiles contest. But campaigns of abuse against men of the character Of vour committee cannot avail no charge can stand against the sturdy, honest eit- izenship of these men. Ishall consider It as important to the party in this cam paign to defend the character Of this committee, against uncalled for and un- just charges of fraud and other offenses that are not well founded, as is the cleo ton of the nominees. This committee will be in power at the next primary and upon its integrity depends party suc- cess both now and then.
 I must ask all honest men to lend us their aid, democrats who love their party and its principles will be warned of It's dangers. and honest men who hate fraud and illegality, will gladly stand for a purging and throwing out of illegal votes from the ballot box and a fair investiga- ton on all occasions where contest is entered To such men I appeal, not only for your votes but. your voice; stamp on the public mind and especially of young men. that it Is wrong Remember, that no party favoring a corrupt ballot ard opposing an investigation for fraud can, or does. appeal to honest men: but, at best. it must rely on deception and false ! q parties have existed by the score since the days of Thomas Jefferson and the beginning of the party that we repre- sent, They all die. and lead many of our best young minds into political bank ruptcy and ruin
 Must Organize.
 We must organize and be able to give information to those who seek it, let no democrat wait on his nelghbor. All suc- f,,I rt have OrPaniZa ffDn and without 1t there is no success. If you divide our party now, if you refuse to stand by its acts when they are regu- lar and have been done in obedience to party law there is danger ahead
 Threatened as we are, in the face of upheavals in Atlanta Mobile and other points south l beg all good men who love Jefferson county to stop and bury their differences and stand for one party one organiza ton, one ticket and the llp- holding of white supremacy Your pa- triotism and your dity will be satisfied with nothing less. your party calls you, white supremacy calls you. can you ex- pect it's assistance if you do not answer ?
 I shall not knowingly trample on any mans feelings unless it cannot be avoid cd in upholding justice and right l shall not dispte and quarrel with my friends. who disagree with me, and I shall make no deniands upon your committee save loyalty to truth that the ends of justice may be met. I believe this campaign should undertake one thing in a bold manner, and that is to tell the whole truth without regard to who may be hurt. The people have not heard all. It is but partly told. and the truth half told is worse than falsehood.
 With the moral assurance and obligation of democrats who twice participated in 1 and bound themselves to elect your tick taf har c | any confidence in the pledge and in tegrity of the democrats of your county the election is assured; and he who dis putes the integrity of democracy for rets it's records of century of years ROBERT N BELL,