Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-16
GASTON 4. ROBBINS Named by the Fourth District Democratic Convention TO SUCCEED HIMSELF
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Nomination Made on the First BalIot-Peace Reigned and
 Victory Is Assured.

| ANNIsToN, Oct. 15.--[Staff Correspond
 ence. 1.-The ruling of the state executive | committee on the important matters @ | lating to the late primary cleo
 tions in the Fourth district to nominate a
 candidate for.congress was accepted in fine | spirit by every one of the aspirants, and
 that same spirit of loyalty was displayed
 throughout tIie convention, which con- vened here todayjn pursuance of the dic- | tates of the state committee. flOn | It will be remembered that there was | some dissatisfaction among large number
 of democrats when. the result of the pri-. | mary was announced giving the nomina- l ton to Capt. T. b. Plowman of Talladega.
 There was absolutely no objection to the | gentleman himself, but it was wbispered | around that some or his friends had been q | little over jealous in his behal},e and th- t l the vote of his county was increased so as | make him Q sure winner. The moment | these murmurings reached Captain Plowl
 man he announced sthat he could not be | induced to run If there was the slightest l indications that he was not the choice of
 the majority of the democratic voters of | his district, and he immediately asked the
 state executive committee to take the mat
 ter in hand and decide what was to the | best interest of the party. a4
 l The committee was called to meet in | Montgomery on the 10th Instant. The re- | convention today did quick and good work 1 in putting forth a standard bearer who has already made an eDviable record ln con gross and who pledged himself today in his l speech accepting the nomination that he would from now till November S. through
 day and through night, work for the cause | of democracy and promised to perch vic l tory on the democratic banner of the 1 Fourth district. v 4.s=.geis4e
 Early in the. morning I'got tip, not l frnu, MQrdje Who'd far ha d0aen} If Oi iva fins away, but from the ever welcome ''little | bird, ,'' so that it was the expected which
 happened when MT. Robbins received. on
 the first ballot, Az, out of a possible 69 votes.
 | When the delegates assembled shortly after 12 o'clock Chairman Ayers of the dis 1 trict committee called the convention to | order, stating in a few words why the del egates had again been called to meet. He
 then named Judge T. T. Burton of Cleburne | as temporary chafrman, with R. E. l.. | Neil and w. D. Davis as temporary score. | taries. st.sss- ,ssa.s .te
 Full delegations responded from each
 county on roll call. A motion was carried to make the temporary officers permanent. The next business was the nominating of
 candidates. MT. Mooffng of Calhoun placed the name of s. D. G. Brothers of Calhoun in nomination.. Mr. Knox of the Caldwell, likewise of the same county. MT. Mardis Wood of Dallas nominated Hon. Gaston D. Robbins of Dallas.
 Calhoun voted II for Caldwell, Chiffon
 cast for Robbins, Cleburne passed, so did
 Dallas, Shelby voted for Robbins and Tal-
 ladega passed. CIeburne then cast for
 Robbins, Dallas followed with 16 for her countyman, and then Talladega came in on the homestretch with 10 for Robbins. At this junction the delegates became very enthusiastic, but before the vote was an- nounced Mir. Knox of Calhoun said that his county would change her eleven votes to Ex-Gov. R. w. Cobb of Shelby, but this was without effect since Shelby stuck to Robbins, and the chairman announced that be was duly nominated. .,....
 MT. Knox then moved to make it unani- nous, which was carried amid great en- thusiasm. Calls were then made for those who had been candidates, but before they appeared on the platform MT. Knox offered resolutions indorsing Senator Morgan in the strongest terms. The resolutions were adopted unanimously, and he then stated
 that the great Alabamian was in the city and asked that he be invited to address the convention, which was done.
 MT. Reese of Dallas then offered resolu- tions praising Hon. T. s. Plownan for his loyalty and devotion to the democratic party, and approving him as one of the truest democrats in the state. These reso- lutions were adopted unanimously by rising vote. sesasaasse 7s Mir. Robbins being loudly called mounted the platform and made strong speech, which had the effect of allayiug the disap~ pointments which had fallen to the lot of the other three true and tried democrats. Next came Captain Plowman, who de- livered @ short speech, which left no doubt as to his patriotism. He was followed by Mir. Brothers and MT. Caldwell, both of whom pledged their unswerving devotion | to the principles of their party and pledg- ing their heartiest support to the success- ful candidate. These short speeches were 80 full of the right sort of talk that the convention became wild with enthusiasm, ,, | and was in this condition when the noble
 senator appeared on the scene.,
 Senator Morgan for thirty minutes held | that audience as no other man In this state could have done. Every sentence he ut tered was pregnant with meaning. He perfect health. It was most gratifying to hear him say that from now until the No- | vember election he would devote bis time I speaking in the Fourth and Ninth distIidts. Harmony with . big H now prevails in the Fourth district, and all hande are de. | termined to send Hon. Gastop A. Robbins i back to congress. He is especially strong throughout the country distriets, lpd they l will send up good round fnajoritfes for
 him. He is an able man, with a clean rec. ord. Senator Morgan sasd ia his speech that no man could praise him too highly. If Senator Morgan continues fn his pres- | ent fine health of body and mind there will l be some senatorial timber sent back into 1 the dry kiln about six years from now. Fourth. His infiuepcs there is simply wonderful. He has somewhat of the samo physiognomy of the fish consul.
 Bob Neil of Dallas and Bob Goodwin of Calhoun are not twins, but are aS much alike as the two dromios. They were mis- taken for each other SO often today that they concluded the boys were putting up a job on them just to make them set lem tp. Mir. Knox of Calhoun and MT. Castl3, berry of Talladega had wee small ''sSrap"