Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-14


 templates affiliating at the coming elec- | tion fails to nominate for president can didate who favorS the free unlimited and l independent free coinage of silver at 16 to 1, who is unalterably opposed to banks of Issue, and who is in favor of a free ballot anG.a fair count, and if his said party, or parties, fails to embody in it's platform declaration for free silver as aforesaid, shall thereupon renounce allegiance to | such party.
 ?. That we are unwilling to fuse with l or allow on our ticket any man who does not renounce allegiance to his old party l after such party has failed to declare for | free silver as aforesaid, and against 1 banks of issue as aforesaid" Dr. Grove moved to lay the substitute | on the table.
 l MT. Hobson requested pr. Grove to 1 withdraw his motion to table, saying that | 1t was merely a specie of gag law. Dr. | Grove refused to withdraw his motion l to table, and 1t prevailed. The resolutions reported by the com | mittee were adopted. The committee also submitted the fol- | lowing resolutions. Whereas, The state elections in Ala bama in August, 1894, as we'll as that of 1892. was carried by frauds of the most outrageous character; and Whereas, The persons who were given certificates of election as representatives of the Fifty-fourth congress from this state, except from the Sixth and Seventh districts, were the results of fraudulent elections; and
 Whereas, The legislature of 1S94-5 con- tained a sufficient number of members elected by fraud to charge its political complexion and secure United States senator against the will of the people as expressed at the ballot box; and Whereas, The effect of these frauds and the failure or refusal of election officers to execute the election laws combined with the impossibility to secure an en- forcement of the laws, robbed the people of a republican form of government; and Whereas, The testimony in the coh- tested eleotion cases for representatives in the Fifty-fourth congress from the Third. Fourth, Fifth and Ninth districts show the most unblushipg frauds. which practices which charaoterizes elections in this state; therefore be it
 Resolved, That the national house of representatives be requested and are hereby petitioped to send an invesugat- ing committee to Alabama to ascertain the correctness of these charges and to take such action as the exigencies of the case demand.
 Resolved further, That this convention also petition the United States to with hold it's recognition of John T. Morgan as United States senator from Alabama
 
 the validity of his title to that office, and that should investigation show that he was not legally elected by persons hav- ing the right and power to vote for him as United States senator, that they will take such action as the constitution and laws exact and demand.
 The resolutions were adopted.
 A. P. Longshore introduced the follow ing:
 Whereas, Our neighbors, the Cubans, are engaged in great struggle for inde- pendence and civil liberty. against Span- ish oppression and dominion; and, Whereas, Spain has governed these, our neighbors, with merciless and des- potic rule these many years: therefore, be 1t
 Resolved O, That we, the people of Alabama in state convention assembled, do hereby extend to the patriots of Cuba our earnest and heartfelt sympathy and sincere hope that they may achieve the boon of self government and independ- ence, for which they are so heroioally fighting.
 Resolved (2). That the congressman from this state, to-wit: M. W. Howard, w. F. Aldrich, T. H. Aldrich, A. T. Good wyn and w. c. Robinson and w. s. Reese, United States senator-elect, be, and hereby are, requested to use their utmost efforts to secure recognition by this government of the belligerent rights of the Cuban patriots. and a vigorous and honest enforcement of the Monroe doctrine by the chief executive and the congress of the United States in regard to South American complications. A motion to adopt prevailed. On motion P. G. Bowman, R. F. Kolb and A. T. Goodwin were appointed committee to select a committee of five to complete the organization begun at the conference.
 On motion the conference adjourned sine die.