investigate who the parties were. They were under the cover of darkness, and doubtless will there remain." "Most respectfully, J. M. WHITEHEAD." "They are under the cover of darkness, and doubtless will there remain." What manner of Democracy (?) is this, which forms a prominent part of the nation's administration--even entering the make-up of the cabinet of the President! It is no surprise that an opposition cause to such a party as this Democracy (?) would dare to undergo the most trying difficulties in its struggle to maintain freedom of speech and to sustain human liberty; it is no wonder that the Southern champions of reform dare to preserve law, protect home and have honest government. CHAPTER VII. ELECTION METHODS OF THE DEMOCRATS. "Bourbon" campaign intolerance, ballot-box stuffing and other similar crimes against human liberty have become a common practice in the political contests in Alabama. It is said frequently by the opposition in this state that one's skill in fraudulent election manipulation wins promotion in the councils of the Democratic party. It is also not untrue that voters who have been accomplices in perpetrating election frauds have been rewarded with official positions "on account of efficient services rendered the party." The election law in Alabama was framed for facilitating fraud as an alleged necessity for protection from negro supremacy. But, once having secured the "machine," the "bosses" have taken advantage of this "original purpose," and have carried the practice of stealing ballots so far as to feloniously take white men's votes in order to preserve the "machine" intact. This practice has been carried out to such an outrageous extent that an overwhelming majority of "white" ballots have frequently been reversed by the "machine bosses" in order to continue the evolution of the office-holding hierarchy. The original ballot-box stuffing law has been recently displaced by another equally as iniquitous. This new law was enacted at the last session of the Legislature and is known as the "Sayre Election Bill." As fair and able criticism that has been made of this bill appeared in the _Alliance Herald_, Montgomery, Ala., edited by Frank Baltzell, one of the ablest and most forcible writers in the South. The _Alliance Herald_ says of this measure: