Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-12
Gets the Solid Vote of Jefferson
 County,
so SAYS THE CONVENTION
Which Met at Pratt City Yes terday-HiS Maiden
 Speech.

"A H1aES meeLlnS OI IepuDliCduS WAS ueiu in the city haBsat Pratt City yesterday, which was attended by about 200 people, fifty or sixty of whom were negroes. It was virtually Birmingham meeting, as not more than score were present from other parts ofthe county.
 It was remarkably quiet affair, the slate prepared by the committee going through without hitch. The bosses had said what must be done, and it was done without any questions being asked. sa Several speeches were made by republi. can leaders present, but they were exceed ingly tame, as comr ared with the speeches dished out during the gubernatorial cam paign.
 Although every motion went through by a unanimous vote, and resolutions the same, there was little or no enthusiasm manifested. Occasionally a speaker would be cheered when alludng to some dis tinguished republican leader, and Mr. Aldrich, who will be nominated for con- gress today, was heartily cheered when he went on the stage.
 special Paisley dummy of four cars had been chartered for the occasion, and 1t left Second avenue and Nineteenth street at 10:45, having on board some 200 men and Chase's band, which regaled the crowd
 
 meeting.
 In the party going from Birming gham were such well-known republicans as MT. T. Fl; Aldrich. Col. o.. Cadle, pr. R; A. Moseley, Dr. J. w. Hughes, William Vaughan, L wi E. Pa sons, Ex- Gov. w. H. Smith aud others.
 After assembling in the city hall Maj. w. C. Hanlin, chairman of the county re- publican executive committee, called the committee together behind the scenes and fhara thav fnr oruanizi0n body.
 The meeting was called to order at noon by Maj. w. c. Hanlin, who named Dr. R. A. Moseley as temporary chairman. Dr. Moseley, in taking the chair, said it was one of the proudett moments of his life to look honest republicans in the face. For two years nearly, he said, we had been liv- ing under a democratic administration. He alluded to business depression of the past year or two, and attributed it all to the democrats. He spoke of the reserve fund left in the treasury by President Harrison, and. charged that it's depletion was due to the democratic administration. He said the democratic congress had been mOnu- Aenta failure.
 1 Dr. Moseley devoted great deal of his fpeech 10 protection, and the major DOT ton of the balance to alleged frauds in the elections of this state. He said the AGE HERALD, which had denounced IS an- archists and criminals the populists and
 
 come back. But, said he, they will not come back; they have crossed the Rubicon, and will vote the republican ticket this fall. "l tell you it makes me sick at my stomach to hear democratic papers say Oates was elected and gloat over it,' he said.
 ''I know they have Hale and Perry to razzle- dazzle with,'' said the speaker, '.but Truman H. Aidrich has friends not alone in Alabama, but in the north, who xDi 1T In aid md hai ha Id 0f razzle- dazzled this year.''
 Dr. Moseley said he was instructed by the executive committee to name w. B. Lewis, colored, and L. J. Pettyjohn as sec retaries. They were elected.
 Ex-Gov. w. H. Smith was named as permanent chairman and elected uDani- mously. Colonel Cadle, l.. E. Parsons and MT. Snyder were appointed commit tee to escort him to the chair.
 Ex Governor Smith, in accepting the charmanship, said he believed this was mass meeting at which preliminary steps were to be taken to have Jefferson county represented in the congressional conven- ton which meets in Birmingham Wednes- day. He said not only would the repu bli- cans of the Ninth district support the nominee of that convention, but the lief fersonians and populites would likewise support it. He said he thought more of man who would steal horse than one who would steal another mans ballot.
 
 issue, but nearly his entire speech was de- voted to alleged fraudulent elections. He switched off for few moments to villify President Cleveland, charging him with deadbeatiug his way over the Pennsylvania railroad and using government vessels to take his sprees upon. He said the demo- erals didn't want him to drink too much around Washington and had to send him off fishing or hunting.
 Major Hanlin said that under the appor- tionment Jefferson county was entitled to fourteen delegates to the congressional convention, and moved the appointment of committee of five toeelect them.
 The motion prevailed, and MT. Vaughan moved that twenty -eight names be pre- sented to the convention by the committee, the twenty. eight to cast the fourteen votes of Jefferson county in the congressional convention. Agreed to. The committee consisted of A. J. Warner (colored), w. 0. HanIin, William Vaughan, w. H. Harney (colored), w. B. Green and O. Cadle.
 l.. B. Parsons moved that committee of five be appointed to select an executive committee for the county. Carried. and the chair appointed on the committee J. w. Bass, ST. ,.J. w. Hughes, J. R. Rich ardson (colored) J. H. McGhee (colored), w. H. Harney (colored).
 The following resolution offered by Dr. Moseley was adopted:
 Resolved, That the republicans of Jeffer- son county. in convention assembled, recommend Truman H. Aldrich to the re- pnblicans of the Ninth district as in every way worthy of their confidence and sup port as their standard bearer for congress in said district.
 While the committees were out J. w. A. Smith of Birmingham was called on and