Birmingham state herald., 1896-09-10

their banners and yellers that they would shaken the firmness of this great old county, but democracy here is not so easily tempted, and when the prop CT time in November comes they will roll up heavy majority for the nominee, Henry D. Clayton of Barbour. Your cor
 respondent will state fairly that the con-
 vention today was very enthusiastic
 one and contained many of the best citi-
 Zens of this district, yet the rush came
 from Barbour with their favorite, who
 was nominated, tke Hon. G. l.. Conner
 Many speeches were made, and they contained a bitter attack oh the Chicago
 platform and Mir Bryan. These dele
 gates say in substance that they have no hopes of electing Mir. Conner, but that
 they now desire to set forth principle
 and precedent that will give them vic tory and success in the coming years.
 It doth appear that they are laying forth
 principles and precedents that will aid and abet democracys common enemy in laying our grand old party into the lap of Hanna and his kind.
 It Is said on good authority that these
 delegates do not come to this convention from large number of constituents, and aside from the county of Barbour Conner will have absolutely no following among the white voters, and this fact was dem onstrated today when it was ascertained that out of the 100 in attendance over fifty of them came from Barbour, the counties or COUee ana SeneVa not even being represented at all.
 General Harrison was the permanent chairman of the convention, and he made
 a reiteration of his Montgomery speech,
 having stated that the platform adopted by the Chicago convention was the worst platform ever adopted by national con-
 vention. It is plain to see that the be-
 loved general is sore and mad because
 the democrats of this, the Third district,
 would not permit second betrayal on
 his part; so many that stood by him at the convention here two years ago turned
 away in disgust today uttering traitor
 His sudden change is too obvious in
 meaning to be of any influence, and he
 never denounced the Chicago platform or
 condemned the democrats of this district
 so severely until the handwriting on the
 wall slowly and surely inscribed Clay
 ton" If he thought that there was any
 chance to be elected he would have fought it out with Conner today, but he knew 1t was a dead mans nomination and refrained from opposing his dear friend Conner, who gave him such hard fight before" (Comer never carried a county in the district)
 MT. J. l.. Pitts, former citizen of this county, played very important part in this convention; in fact the convention was dubbed Pitts convention" He had the whole thing planned and mapped out, and in the opening it was MT. Pitts moves this and moves that until out of fifteen motions MT. Pitts was the author of thirteen. It is here proper to add that MT. Pitts is the cashier of the East Ala bama National bank of Eufaula and that he furnished in part the special train that brought the crowd from Bar bour. While your correspondent can urge nothing against the standing of any member of this convention, its complex ion plainly shows that the fight for con- gress in this district is now on between fhe pooDle and the bankers cOrpOra tiOn6 and money lenders. The people are in 1t to stay, and when the jury, who are the masses, shall have rendered their verdict in November 1t Is safe to say in common parlance that there will not be greasy spot left of this unfortunate nominee.