The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-23
REFUSES
TO MEET YANCEY
Georgia Candidates Call Each
Other Pet Names
BERNARD SUTTLER is OUT
Split In independence Party viii Help
Democratic Cause and Tom Wat
sons Candidacy Is Not
To Be Feared.

AlldHld, SeDlelnDeF 2I--NOpCSAoi.( y
liticalIy the week has started out with
considerable promise The democratic
nominee for governor, Joseph M. Brown,
has refused to meet Independence Candi-
date Yancey Carter in joint debate be-
cause he is a ''bolter." To this Mr..
Carter retorts that Mr.. Brown is traitor
to the democratic party Thus has the
| situation begun to warm up two weeks
lin advance of the state election, which
will decide a governorship and several
other contests of note.
Mr.. Brown is making a tour of the
state meeting his friends and even those
who opposed him, the majority of whom.
it is evident, will support him as the
party nominee, reports from the various
points which he has visited, giving evil
dence of cordial reception and purpose
on the part of the white voters generally
to support him.
Mr.. Carter spoke recently in Atlanta
and made his second speech today at
Fairburn in Campbell county. He pro-
poses also to make a tour Of the state.
and indications point to the fact that
he will pitch his campaign largely upon
accusations against his adversary. He
has given evidence of this in his letter
challenging Mr.. Brown to meet him in
joint debate
In not a few counties of the state
organizations have already been formed
| composed of members of both factions
the Brown men and the Hoke Smith men
to bring out a strong democratic vote
for the nominee. This has been partic-
| ,.Io - he n
the state In North Georgia Mr.. Brown
was just naturally strong. 1t is in middle
Georgia, then, that Mr.. Carter will find
the most pronounced disaffection, hence
his strongest following. In fact, there
appears to be more Carter talk IN the
tier of counties between Atlanta and
Macon than anywhere else. 1t is an in
teresting, but significant fact that Mr..
Carriers Atlanta audience roundly cheered
the name of Hoke Smith every time 1t
was mentioned at his recent meeting.
The split in the Independence party
seems to be gradually adjusting itself
to the elimination of Chairman Bernard
Suttler of the state committee. Mr. SUIT
tiers elimination is, to date, the net re-
suit of the split for Candidate Carter is
SlAn SuppOIIiue t1iSBCfi ohu 1AoNSS anu
is aligned with the national committee
men for this state Despite all which
Mr.. Suttler asserts he will continue to
support Mr.. Carter for governor.
Considerable fun is being poked at
Editor Gray of the Atlanta Journal, who
had a number of eausti, things to say
about Nominee Joseph NJ Brown be-
cause the latter was not prompt enough
to suit him in announcing his support
of the national democratic ticket. Now
the allegation is made that Editor Gray
did not register this year and was, there
fore. unable to vote for his friend, Hoke
Smith, for governor, and viii not be able
either to vote for the nominee or for
the Acknowledgement amendment to the
state constitution about which he had
SO much to say during the last two cam
paigns So far Editor Gray has made no
denial Of the charge, and In view OF the
Journals daily advice to democrats, Mr..
Gray is being somewhat tainted upon
his failure to qualify himself to partici-
pate in the election of this year
The ACKNOWLEDGMENT law will be voted
upon in the state election of October z.
There does not appear to be much ques-
ton that the amendment will be ratified,
although an extensive negro vote will
be cast against 1t. The negroes, of
course are not registered in sufficient
number to enable them to overcome the
white vote, which will favor the law,
but they will all vote while a good many
of the white voters fail to go to the
polls in state elections. The independ-
ent opposition for governor may serve
to arouse the voters or the state,
&l..ta hrin a
larger vote favorable to the disfranchise-
ment amendment than 1t would otherwise
get The law was amended at the re-
cent session of the legislature so as not
to go into effect until January. The
large negro registration will, therefore,
be apparent also in the national eiection
in November, though in years to come
IL will not figure so much as factor.
The prob ibitionists have decided to
make contest in Georgia this year,
and that makes five electoral tickets
which have been filed SO far with the
secretary of state-democratic, repub-
lican. populist independence and proht-
bitionists. The socialist-labor ticket
usually makes a bid for what little fol-
lowing 1t has in Georgia, but has not
as vet como forward with its ticket.
The republicans appear to have given
I'M their one-time idea of making a
| serious contest in Georgia. 1t was an
| nounced some weeks ago that tney
would send prominent speakers into
the state and would make strenu-
Gus fight to carry it for Judge Taft
IT seems to have been story sent out
for a scare headline. A well-known
Georgian who recently returned from
trip east where he talked with the re-
publican leaders, said he was asked If
$4,000 would do any good in Georgia
! in behalf of the republican ticket. He
informed them that 100000 would
scarcely make dent in Georgia's de-
mocracy and that 1t was no use to try
it. 1t is not considered likely that the
republicans will make any cash cam
paign down in this part of the coun-
try.
The opponents of Gubernatorial Nomi-
nee Joseph M. Brown have built tn cir
campaign upon two chief points: al
legged fraud in the state primary, and
the charge that there was deal on
foot through which Thomas E. Wason,
the populist candidate for President.
was to be complimented with the cleo
| toral vote of this state.
Thee backed up the fraud charges
with the publication of approximately
100 names claimed to have been fraud
1 ulent registered In Fulton county. So
far this is the only evidence which they
~,,tr,ittad TaY CoIlector A. p. Stew