Birmingham age-herald., 1894-11-13
"A STORMY MEETING
Of Young Democracy Last Night. Robert Warnock Indorsed for
 Mayor-An Ineult Resented.

K Young Democracy held rather stormy meeting in the city court room last night. Every body wanted to say something, but with two or three exceptions nobody said anything. All tried to speak at the same time, and the result-nobody was heard.
 The meeting was called to take action on the municipal campaign, to consider whether the democratic ticket. headed by Mir. Warnock, would be indorsed, or whether Young Democracy would keep hands off.
 The meeting was called to order by Pres ident Richard F. Johnston, and about fifty members were present..
 After several motions, amendments and substitutes and intellectual attempts to make speeches by several gentlemen, MT. w. K. Terry was recognized by the chair and read the following resolution, which be offered as a motion:
 -A Whereas, Robert Warnock and his alder
 manic ticket are the regular nominees of
 the democratic party for mayor and alder
 men of the oity of Birmingham in the city election to be held on the 4th day of De- cember, 1894; and
 Whereas, They are capable men and worthy the support of true and loyal demo- crats therefore be it
 Resolved, That Young Democracy will support Robert Warnock and his alder manic ticket. the nominees of it's party, and use all honorable aud fair means to further the election of the ticket. Mir. Richard Evans gained the floor, and | h short talk opposed the resolution. He raised the point that Young Democracy was county organization and that the resolution offered by MT. Terry was not germain.
 Mir. P. Cosminsky moved in lieu of the | resolution that one of the gentlemen | who requested the president to call the | meeting be called upon to state the reasons | therefor, whereupon MT. Abernathy said | it was to ascertain where Young Democracy l lists, and whether the club would support l the democratic nominees or the independ- | ent ticket.'
 ! MT. Evans renewed his point of order l and the chair ruled it we'll taken. 1 MT. Cosmiusky said Young Democracy | was organized to further the aims of de-
 mocracy and to assist in electing demo- l cratic nominees, and that the club has as
 much right to indorse city democratic ticket as state or national democratic l ticket.
 | MT. Terry appealed from the decision of 1 the chair and MT. Johnston, the president, | was given five minutes in which to explain
 his position. MT. Terry taking the chair. l Wr. Johnston said he had not thought to | speak until he found that partisans had | packed the meeting, and then added that
 tive may as we'll realize that the people l want business administration and that we may as well realize InaI tue pHrty ldsu l will not be as effective as it has heretofore 1 been. '
 The appeal from the decision of the chair ruling that the motion was not germain ] was sustained by vote of 31 to 17. .7fa.s5 l Mr. Felix Blackburn said he did not be- l live in going behind the returns of party l election. He was for the Warnock ticket,
 but he opposed Young Democracy taking | part in this campaign, as some of its mem-
 bers lived outside the city limits. | r .f,xv- .oI hoe t.-kf | saying that if Young Democracy had a
 single element or feature in it ib was that | it is a democratic club. It's object was to
 promote the interests of democracy, and no
 resolution could be more germain to it's pur- l poses than one indorsiug democratic nom- l inees. He believed a democratic club | should indorse democratic nominees, no | matter whero they might be.
 MT. w. M. Ewing spoke in the same | line, and then MT. Huddleston took the l floor to oppose the resolution. He charged l the defeat of democracy last week to cor | rupt machines, and mentioned Tammany | Hall as the most corrupt political machine in | existence. He said Birmingham had a | miniature Tammany Hall ,and that some of the ring was present. At this remark MT. | G. B. Burkhalter, street commissioner, approached the speaker and asked if the remarks were intended for him. MT. | Huddleston repeated the statement, where | upon MT, Burkhalter slapped him in the face. The members all rushed to the gen :
 tlemen and prevented further trouble. During the uproar gentleman moved to adjourn, and the chair put the motion and | declared the meeting adjourned without | taking the negative vote.
 Mir. Terry appealed from the decision of
 the chair and, mounting the stand, put the
 motion on the appeal, which was sustained and the resolution was then adopted, those
 opposing it refraining from voting.
 MT: Johnston, president of the club,
 stated to an AGE HERALD reporter after
 the meeting that he did put the negative l vote on the motion to adjourn, but there l were only two or three who say they heard him if he did SO. An AaE- HERALD re- | porter was within or feet of him. and l failed to hear 1t if such motion was put.
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