Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-16
MONTGOMERY.

| Montgomery.
| Montgomery, April 15,-(Special) 1.-The
| Montgomery county convention organized
| with Tennent Lomax as chairman. A
| committee on resolutions, credentials and
| order of business was appointed. john
! ston has exactly three-fourths of the del
| egates, counting for Clarke those from
| the single contested beats, which the
| committee may accord him in the interest
of harmony The convention then ad-
| journed until 2:30.
Montgomery, April Is. = (Special.)-
| Without dissenting vote the Montgom-
| cry county convention today adopted a
resolution indorsing in the most com
| plimentary language the candidacy of
| Capt. Joseph +. Johnston and in
| structing the 10 delegates to the state
| convention to vote as unit for him and
| for all preliminary motions favorable to
his nomination. There were in the con-
vention 1861 Johnston delegates and 6912
Clarke delegates.
The 13 Clarke delegates from beat
whose seats were contested were allowed
to retain them in the interest of har-
mony.
Judge Thorington, chairman of the
county executive committee, called the
| meeting to order, and on instruction
| from the committee nominated Hon. Ten
nent Lomax for temporary chairman
and Hons II. H. Matthews and f. M.
Purlfoy for secretaries. They were in
| stalled amid great applause, and were
| subsequently made the permanent Of
| ficers.
Mr. Lomax accepted the honor most
eloquently.
Only one contest was reported by the
executive committee-from beat 1. the
| committee referred the case to the con-
| vention, for the reason that in the ab-
sence of a contesting delegation they pre-
hA IN
| whether the seats should be vacated In
case the alleged Irregularities should be
proved. The convention, as sta ted, al
lowed the delegation to retain their
seats. Committees on credentials, order
of business and resolutions were appoint
ed The only squa bible of the convention
grew out of a proposed suggestion of
the selection to the state convention,
which was embodied In the report on
the order of business. Montgomery's 10
delegates have heretofore been selected
as follows: Each country beat elects
and instructs l delegate, each town beat
elects 2 and instructs 2, and l delegate
at large Is elected by the convention.
The report proposed that each beat,
county and city alike, should select 1
delegate, making 16, and the other 3
should be elected by the convention.
| The effect of this would be that beat g.
| which went for Mr.. Clarke, would be de-
| gates.
General Sanford was outspoken I'm ia
vor of sending a solid silver delegation
to the convention He thought the victory
would only be half won unless the con-
vention did so. His son. John w. A. San
ford, Jr., argued to the same effect. Col
onel Roquemore differed with the gentle
men and delivered one of the most elo-
quent and patriotic speeches ever heard
here. He reminded the convention that
partisanship should not be displayed; !;
that in the splendid victory many sound
money men had helped Captain Johnston
to achieve in this county must not be
marred by dissensions. He advocated
relegating the money question to the
state convention. and suggested that 1t
would be only proper for that convention
to refer 1t to the national convention, as
nothing was to be gained by the minor
conventions declaration in the matter
1t was evident that most of the silver
men, as well as the Sound money" men,
were for an equal settlement. Colonel
Roquemore, while a sound money man,
was one of Captain Johnstons most ac-
tive supporters here, and In Difference to
him and to the other sound money sup
porters of Jefferson's candidate the con-
vention, by vote of PIG to 40, defeated
the proposed change in the selection of
delegates Resolutions were introduced
as follows: .--s.zzs-s
enthusiastic supporters, introduced a
patriotic and beautifully worded resou-
tion declaring that 1t was now the
bounden duty of every good democrat to
forgive and forget the trials and quarrels
through which tb1y had just passed and
get together in hearty and loyal support
of the nominee, that democratic prnci-
Piles might be perpetuated in Alabama
and the rule of the white man be con-
tinued. The rules were suspended and
the resolution adopted amidst hearty
cheers.
A resolution was introduced indorsing
in the most flattering terms the candida
cy for nomination as state auditor of
Hon. James b. Simpson of this city and
heartily recommending him to the de-
mocracy of the state as able, honorable
and efficient for the Office to which he
aspires. 1t was referred to the commit
tee on resolutions.
An exceedingly complimentary resolu-
tion indorsing the candidacy Of Hon. Fl.
c. Tompkins of this city for the United
States senate was also referred to the
committee on resolutions, as was another
resolution recommending to the next
general assembly the passage of law
governing primary elections In Alabama.
1t is stated tonight that the committee
has resolved to report favorably on all
the resolutions.
The following were nominated by ac-
clamation for county Offices: For sheriff,
Charles e. Parks; for tax collector, Ell
lott l.. Armsted; for county treasurer,
Amos Jones; for coroner Woodley C.
Campbell Four votes were then taken
for tax assessor without result and the
convention adjourned until tomorrow
morning. when the assessor and the rep
resentatives will be nominated, resolu-
tions adopted and the state convention
delegates and a county executive COM
mittee selected.
1t is safe to say the money question
will be relegated to the state convention.
Perry.
Marion, April 15.-tSpecial.)-The Per-
ry county democratic convention in
structed her 10 delegates for Johnston,
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