Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-09

held throughout the district under the fol- lowing regulations:
 1. That voting shall be direct for the candidate for congress.
 2. That the qualification Of voters shall be all white votes who are entitled to vote as prescribed by the state democratic exec- utive committee.
 8. That polls shall be opened at 12 m. and closed at p. Tn.
 4. That the beat committeeman shall call the meeting in each beat and hold the elec- ton together with two other managers, only one of whom shall favor the same candidate unless all the democratic voters iu the beat favor the same candidate.
 5. That on the 24th day of September, 1894, each beat com mitteeman shall csrry or send the result of the election in the re- spective beats to the chairmen of the county executive committee respectively.
 6. That the chairman of each county ex- ecutive committee shall carry or send to the chairman of the executive committee of the Sixth Congressional district the result of the election in their respective counties as soon as possible after receipt of same.
 2. That the executive committee for the Sixth Congressional district shall meet on the 18th day of September, 1894, in Tuska- loosa, Ala, and canvass the returns of said election and declare the results thereof.
 8. That the candidate receiving the larg- est number of votes shall be declared the nominee, and be notified by the district executive committee of his nomination.
 When he finished the reading he called for the previous question. There was little squabbling, but upon restoring order the chair ordered vote by counties to be taken. The vote began. and the following is a vote by counties:
 Yeas-Fayette 1, Greene 1, Lamar 5, Pickens 8, Tuskaloosa 10. Total, 31. Nays-Greene 8, Pickens 4, sumpter 10,
 When the vote of TuskaIoosa was cast by J. J. Mayheld perfect pandsmonium reigned, and men almost went wild. For fully three minutes nothing but din of cheers could be heard, and not even the stentorian voice of Chairman Judge seemed to get out of reach of his whiskers.
 Men threw up their hats, benches were knocked down and coats pulled off. It really was scene that can hardly be pic- tured. After some time quiet reigned and cast up by the secretari ies. A repetition of the first scene was made, and when the ex- citement quieted down the gentleman from Pickens made @ motion that the convention adjourn sine die. The motion prevailed and the convention adjourned.
 After the adjournment of the convention Hon. T. L. Long, in an interview with an AGE-HERALD staff correspondent, stated that he had notified the executive com mittee of protest upon the action of the convention, especially in discarding the negro vote, which he stated as follows:
 l. That none of the congressional candi- dates were present when the resolution was passed referring it back to the people for primary.
 9. That the delegates of the convention were sent by the people to nominate a can didate and not to dictate to the several counties of the congressional district.
 B. The resolution offered provided for only white voters to participate in the pri- has said by it's previous action that any body who voted for Col. w. 0. Oates In the August election ot 1894 should be al- lowed to participate in the county beat meetings and primaries for the election of 1891.
 4. That the action of the congressional convention in prescribing new rules aud laying down new precedents and qualifca-. tions for the congressional primary is without democratic precedent in the his tory of the democratic party.
 5. That the convention in saying that no one could vote in the congressional pri- maries takes all power away from the county executive committee and overrides all precedents and rules as heretofore es- tablished by the state executive committee.
 6. That if this rale is established in the history of democratic politics in any con- gressional district of Ala abama, it violates every precedent of democratic rule and government and takes away from the diff ferent county executive committees all power of local and county government by prescribing who shall and who shall not vote In the congressional primaries on &C., count of color only.
 2. That such action will do a great in justice to the counties of Sumter, Greene and Pickens, which gave large demo- cratic majority for Col. w. 0. Oates in 1894
 DEPARTING SCENE.
 Around the passenger station this after noon were large number of farmers, some favoring each of the different candidates, to see the delegations take their departure.
 An old humpback fellow, who had sat day after day awaiting the result, and who was standing close to the train, looked up at Colonel Foster as he boarded the train and said: "Any man who Is willing to trust the people can be trusted by the peo- ple.'
 With this tremendous applause went up and was kept going until the train had passed out of sight. W. 0. L.
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