The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-11

gomery December 2S last and passed a resolution emb bodying very similar quail flea tions for voters in the next demo- cratic primary. Is there anything wrpn g or radical in such a resolution? It IS hard to think that any true democrat or honest man, of whatever political faith or affiliation. will dare take a con- trary position. The old saying that 1t is the Init dog that howls" is true and entirely applicable in this case.
 For a number of years all over Ala bama we have had quite a large per centage of so-called prohibitionist dem- ocrats of the Brooks Lawrence per- suasion, who, after voting in the dem
 ocratic primary, refused to further fol- low the guidance of that good and great
 democrat who is loved and respected
 wherever known. Col H. S. D. Mallory of Selma, but followed Brooks Lawrence
 instead and voted for Joe Thompson,
 the "color blind' republican. Many of these same men would become offended
 at being called anything but demo-
 crat yet they voted the republican
 ticket straight, thereby indorsing Joe
 Thompson, as well as his "nigger" sec
 retary or office clerk.
 Should inidels be allowed to select
 ministers for the churches? Certainly
 not. unless they profess a change of
 heart and further promise to support
 the church in the future. Then why
 should few statewiders, so-called pro-
 hibitionists of the Brooks Lawrence and
 Joe Thompson "holier than thou' per
 suasion, led by few onion headed ed-
 itors, be allowed to assist in naming the
 nominees of the democratic party, un-
 less they, too, when challenged, promise in writing to hereafter support the nominees of tho party in such primary? In a nutshell, this whole howl was started by newspapers like the Birming- | ham News and Montgomery Journal
 and few others in their unholy seces. | sion movement against the state dem ocratic executive committee for refus- | ing to allow MT. Wilson or anybody elst 1 to ride into favor in Alabama under the Underwood banner. What would his tory have said of George Washington
 had he fought under the flag of the col onies and secretly attempted to aid the cause of the British Jack? What would | it have said of General Grant had he fought for the Stars and Stripes and the | flag of the Confectionery at one and the same time. and what would it have said of Gen. Robert E. Lee had he failed | to resign his commission in tho United States army when he espoused the cause of the Confederacy? What is the mem ory of Benedict Arnold to the American | people today? What will history say o1 l the democrats of Alabama, who. pro. fessing a true and loyal friendship foi Oscar Underwood. yet attempt to make | their fight under Wilson colors, both be- 1 ing aspirants for the same high honor l We are taught in the good book: "Ht | that is not with me is against me, ano | he that gathereth not with me. scat l tereth. Luke 11:23. Therefore they | that are not for Underwood are agains | him. and truly, they scattereth.
 | If the above statement of facts ana comparisons are true, then my resolu
 tion and the subsequent action of tn, | executive committee was right. Il wrong, then may we'll be called tn, | state democratic executive committe;
 .'jibbering imbeoiles" and myself {
 fool" Yours truly, T. l.. LONG. | Jasper, January 8, 1912.