Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-18

l NONenDeT II. (IneSe are gwen dDONe.J Selection of chairman of the county executive committee. Adopted. l Resolutions. l The committee on resolutions reported | the following:
 | ]. We demand honest elections in Ala | bama.
 | ?. We favor the free and unlimited coin | age of silver, etc.
 | 3. We favor such protection to Amer
 ican labor and the products of American | labor as will free 1t from competition l with foreign pauper labor and with the products of foreign pauper labor. l 4. We are in favor of taking the con vics from the mines of Jefferson county and thereby giving free labor an honest l chance for an honest livelihood. | ,. We demand that all wage earners 1 shall be paid their wages in lawful money | of the United States, and that such pay ments shall be sem-monthly. | 6. We heartily indorse the conference l resolutions adopted in this hall on NO vember 13. Adopted.
 l Coxey Resolution. | MT. Albright of Bessemer offered the | following resolutions We the delegates to the county con- | vention of the peoples party indorse | the Omaha platform of July 4, 1892, in
 toto, except the financial plan, and we | would therefor substitute instead the | Coxey good roads and investment bond
 plan.
 And we also recommend and indorse | the system known as the initiative and | referendum. Lost
 | Mr. Bowman here called on the conven- | tion to take some action either for or | against co-opera tion. | Here a little breeze for the first time | fitted over the convention, and demo- | crats who had a faint recollection of the | dark days of republican rule in Alabama
 I I.1fn tr A14a dRa- | tors began to administer the medicine. | One delegate wanted to hear first re- l port from the republicans cooperative | committee.
 Adam Parr of Wylam called for the | reading of the names of the delegates, l so that the convention could tell who was for cooperation. He claimed the l motion out of order.
 | The vote on fusion by beats was called | for resulting in 46 ayes and 0 nays, 1 Bethlehem, Irondale, Williamsburg, Gate 1 City and Linn's voting no. | The following were appointed com | mttee on conference with the republi- | cans P. G. Bowman, H. B. Stamper, Amos Sharritt. Bryant Smith, John War
 ble and s. w. Nunnally. It was ascer- | tained that MT. Stamper was not del l egate and Adam Pow was substituted. | The convention adjourned until 2:3O | o'clock.
 | Afternoon Session. l Mr. Fountain stated that Jefferson county was entitled to 29 votes in the state convention. There were fifty-eight | voting places in the county. He made | motion that those elected by the prima- ries be considered the delegation to the state convention, with authority to cast | the entire 29 votes. Carried. | Dr. G. B. Deans, chairman of the state | executive committee, being noticed in l the audience, was called on for speech, fed Crow for him 1 that he was unwell and could not re- l spond.
 l pr. Crow was then called to the stage, l and in short speech pledged his alle- glance to. the party and the action of the convention.
 l MT Len Button offered the following resolution, which was unanimously l adopted:
 Resolved first, That we strongly urge l that all printing ordered by the county 1 commissioners, and paid for out of the 1 funds of Jefferson county, shall be given l to the lowest responsible bidder doing business within the said county; That we favor patronage of home institutions and home labor.
 l Resolved second, That we recommend and urge that our representatives in the general assembly use every means pos l sble to see that all printing, of whatever character, ordered by the general assem- l bly, and paid for out of the state treasury 1 be given to the lowest responsible bidder 1 doing business within the state of Ala | bama, and that such work be not sent ! out of the state, as has heretofore been l the case; that the tax payers Of the state | of Alabama may reap whatever benent may accrue therefrom, as, in our opinIon' | they are justly entitled to same. Mrs. Jones of Chicago was noticed in | the audience and was called on for speech As she stepeped upon the stage | she was greeted with a cheer, followed l with the expre ssion, "Take your hat off, mother and give us good one. She said she felt rather out or place, | but whenever there was a gathering or | the peoples party she rather 1elt at | home Now is the time to bury petty | iealousies The party is confronted with 1 grave and intricate questions whatever 1 the convention indorses every man Tn the 1 audience should indorse. l nave great | confidence in the great American people 1 and whom they put up for office Will De | tbe man for the people to support. The people of Alabama are afflicted With some | kind of political disease and the medicine 1 called for may be fusion but whatever you do, don't fuse with the democrats. 1 Mrs Jones described pathettcaily the | working of children in the factories from l 6 o'clock in the morning until ' o'clock 1 in the evening for a mere pittanee and l sked that the mothers of this country
 be considered by remembering the pro- l lection of the children from such apuse l Mr Bowman, as a member of the con- mittee of conference, reported that his l committee had conferered with a similar | committee appointed by the republican | convention and had decided upon .co- operation Also agreed to the adoption l of the resolution in the division of the, i offices as agreed by the conference
 Mir. Bowman reported that the selec- i tion of the state senator belonged to the | populists but that the office, while one | of importance was of small emoluments, | and as no populist had sought the honor, l he suggested that MT. J. A w. Smith, | republican, be nominated for that place. | Order of Business. The order of business being called and | inc nomination of a senator being nrst 1 in order MT. Bowman put in nomination l J. A. w. Smith.
 ! Several names were placed in nomina- i tion. but were withdrawn.
 | The nomination of MT. Smith, repuD- | lican, for senator before the republicans | nominated him rather troubled the dele | gates and they appeared at loss to