Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-18
The clans gathered in Birmingham yes

The clans gathered in Birmingham yes
terday.
Wearsrs of the tartan of democracy
came from the highlands and the low
lands of Alabama to take counsel and
pass the word of cheer.
Every section of the state was repre-
sented by working democrats, by the men
who fight in the trenches. And few of
the brilliant train of captains were miss
ing.
A Few of the Many.
Among those present and participating
were: Senator Pugh, Gov. William G.
Oates, Secretary of State j. Kirke Jack
son, State Auditor John Purifoy, State
Railroad Commissioner Ross c. Smith,
State Treasurer J. Craig Smith, Hon.
John b. Knox, chairman of the state ex-
ecutive committee; Gen. G. M. Shelley,
chairman of the state campaign commit
tee N. L. Miller, secretary of the state
campaign and executive committees;
Hon w. X. Brown, member of the state
campaign committee; Hon John L. Bur-
nett, member of the state campaign COM
mittee, Etowah Congressman j. II.
Bankhead Hon. o. w. Underwood, nom
inee for congress from the Ninth district;
Hon. w. 1. Bullock, nominee for congress
from the Seventh district; Hon. Willis
Brewer, nominee for congress from the
Fifth district; j. NJ. Cunningham, repre-
senting county chairman, Lauderdale;
Sydney Bowie, chairman, Talladega
county; j. H. Adams, Ozark, proxy for
Dale county chairman; c. j. Brockway,
chairman, Sumter; A. f. Murray, cha1r-
man, Morgan; ]. e. Brown, proxy Tor
chairman, Jackson; e. B. Almon repre-
sentng county chairman Colbert; w. II.
Key, secretary committee, Franklin; n.
Fitzpatrick. proxy for chair
man. DsKalb: n. J. Canning,
proxy for chairman, Etowah; John ii.
Miller, chairman, Jefferson; A. j. Driver
chairman, Chambers; Capt. Joseph +.
Johnston, governor-elect; Gen. E. w.
Pettus and Hon. F. L. Pettus of Dallas,
L. B. Musgrove of Walker James j. Car
rett and G. A. Sem of Jefferson, Hon.
Hiram Hawkins, state senator, OF Bar
bour; j. Fl. Satterfield and Hon. II. S. d.
Mallory of Dallas, e. G. Jones and Percy
Clark of Selma, Hon. A. A. Wiley, MEM
ber of the legislature elect, of Montgom-
cry; W. j. Boykin and w. c. Mcclure OF
Russell, o. q, Henderson of Syiacauga,
Charles f. Waller member of the legis-
lature-elect of Hale; Alfred Tunstall,
member of the legislature-elect OF Hale;
X G. Harrison of Huntsville, .. Kyle,
representative-elect of Decatur; w. w.
Brandon and Col. N. n. Clements, MEM
bers Of the egslature-elect of Tuska-
Jasper, Gen. E. w. Booker of Shelby
Springs, A. J. Driver. Chambers; Robert
Pool. Marengo; w. w. Lavender, repre-
sentative from Bibb; John D. Burnett
of Conecuh eector; L. P. Troup, Nor
gan, epresentative-elect; j. Tom Heflin
representative-elect, Chambers; Robert
d. Eckeberger, editor Huntsville Me1-
curry; Will &. Brown of Cullman, sena-
tor-elect; Hon. John W. A. Sanford
Judge w. S. Thorington, Hon. A. D.
Sayre, Hon. John D. Roquemore, Hon.
Tennent Lomax, Horace Hood, editor of
the Montgomery Journal; Hon. l. F. Cul-
yer; Hon. T. s. Plowman, nominee for
congress from the Fourth district; J. A.
Huey Hon. Cecil Browne, r. e.
Camp; w B. Brown of Shelby, county
chairman and elector; r. T. Robinett,
county chairman of Blount; E. H. Fos-
ter, proxy for the county chairman of
Madison; John G. Winston. county chair
mans representative from Marshall; W.
A. Haynes of Prattyille, ]. P. McQueen
and E. c. Meredith of Eutaw.
Mc,ning Conference.
At 10 o'clock in the dining room of the
Morris, General Shelley and the cam
paign committee heard the reports of the
county and district chairmen who were
present in person or represented by
proxy. These reports were very full, and
almost the entire morning was deeoted
to them. Most of them were highly en-
couraging.
The General Meeting
The general meeting of democrats was
called to order in the O'Brien opera house
at o'clock by General Shelley, chairman
of the state campaign committee. who
stated that he was absent from the state
during the last two campaigns, and,
therefore, did not take an active part,
and the purpose of the conference was to
ascertain the status of the party in the
various counties.
He said the democrats have a well
rounded ticket i0 the field, and the pur-
pose now is to elect it, and he wished to
have free expression from those present
that the chairman and the committee
might obtain correct view of the condi-
ton of the party throughout the state.
. Concluding his remarks, General Shell
ley called Col. John B. Knox to the chair,
who spoke substantially as follows:
John B. Knox's Speech.
II did not expect until my arrival that
would be asked to preside over this con-
ference of democrats from different
parts of the state to consider together
the ways and means to defeat the COM
mon enemy 1t doesn't make any differ
ence what the opposition may call ITSELF
no sane man can say that the contest Is
not between the democratic party and
the republican party. (Cheers.) We have
a. small band in the state for many of
whom i have a high regard, who call
themselves the national party but none
OF them viii deny that their sole pur-
pose and object is the election of Nc
Kinley.
I'VE have had some experience In the
south with republican rule For quar-
ter of century that party was In