| Show SOI 11 1 l SOUTH CRACK CRACKING 1 N G THE CONSTANT trend of I 1 lie he satte alaba alabama ma in to the republican i party has received a tremendous im impetus pettis during the past year according accordine to pope long republican state chairman who attended the meeting ot of the association of state slate chairmen in washington we now have twenty republican lican co counties in alabama said mr long and although this is not enough to control the state we are making very rapid strides toward the day when alabama will have the same opportunity to select its public men from contending republican and democratic tickets that is now enjoyed by the northern states A large majority ot of our young men who were democrats when they went away to war have come back to alabama to join the republican party they are all from democratic families but they have hake seen a lot oi of the outside wo world ald their views have broadened and they have had a political awakening we have no doubt that v we e actually carried the seventh congressional distich in the recent special elec tion we carried five out ot of the seven counties in the district but in tile the two other counties we were not sufficiency represented and the democrats managed to count enough votes to offset our majority in five counties however this special election had a splendid effect in revealing the greater strength of the republican party in alabama and the fight goes on energetically and enthusiastically I 1 |
