Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-23
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cratic nominees that they have always
done in the past. You have placed the
banner of democracy in the hands of my
competitor, Capt. Joseph f. Johnston. /
know that he will bear it honoraby and
| bravely and Worthiy on every hill and
In every dale in the state of Alabama,
| and | say to you that wherever 1t goes
and man is needed to stand by and lfp-
hold his armS, there | can be called On
the first Monday in August call the roll
or the primaries, let us have, as j hope
| and believe we shall have, every man
| who pledged his honor by voting In
| those primaries to stand by the honiE
| nees of the democratic party. Let us
have him respond manful1y there, and |
| undertake to say that If there should be
in the state of Alabama any living damo-
crat who fail to respond and be ready
when that roll is called, that they will
not be among the ranks of the Grover
| Cleveland democrats. Gentlemen we
shall take this hag-all of us democrats
shall take this hag-under which we
| marched to victory in 1890. 1892 | am
going straight forward, arm to arm, ell
| bow to elbow and touch to touch. We
democrats of 1896 will plant it again over
| the ramparts of populism and republi-
canism, and we need not fear whether
| they fuse or whether they fight What
| Houston won in 1874 and Jones held in
1892 against the hosts of foes, we demo-
| Gratis of this spring and summer of 1895
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united.
! Platform Adopted.
| AT noon the substitutes for the plat
! form were tabled by vote of 331 to 173
| The platform as reported by the commit
| tee was adopted by a vote of 343 to 1861
Substitutes for the financial resolu-
| tons were tabled by vote of $40 to 1874
| Mr.. Russell then offered substitute that
| the delegation go uninstructed. but 1t
| was voted down. The resolutions as re-
| ported were then adopted.
The resolution to indorse Governor
Oates was then carried with a few noes
The committees resolutions as to
| Cleveland were adopted.
Johnston Nominated.
The nomination for governor came
| next. The vote for governor was taken
| by counties and resulted: Johnston
| 1856 1-6, Clarke 147 5-6.
| General Pettus nominated Mr.. john
ston and Mr.. Rhodes of jefferson Mr.
| Clarke
On motion of Mr.. Rhodes the name Of
| Mr. Clarke was Withdrawn and Mr..
| Johnston was nominated by acclama-
| ton.
Captain Johnston Speaks
General Pettus, j. A. Rountree of Nor
| gan and E. L. Russell of Mobile escorted
| Captain Johnston to the chair. Captain
| Johnston said he had received shafts in
| the past campaign; it was over and his
| only enemies are now the enemies of
| the party We must tolerate differences
| of opinion. We agree that we want
| sound money and more of it, we differ
| only as to means to that end. We agree
| on majority rule; we agree that our sal
walton is a united democracy / shall
| carry peace on earth and good will to
men.
| Captain Johnston received much APP
| plause.
| Jackson Nominated.
| At 40 p. m. j. Kirk Jackson was nom
| mated for secretary Of state without op-
| position.
| Auditor.
| At 2 O'Clock ballot for state auditor
| had been taken without result. and the
convention adjourned to O'clock
Charles w. Brown of Jackson, George
| w. Ellis of Dallas and John l.. Cobbs OF
| Montgomery are the candida ties. Ellis
| Is in the lead.
Afternoon Session.
| When the convention reassembled at 3
| o'clock the balloting for nominee for
state treasurer was resumed and the
| third ballot resulted, Mr.. Browns name
| having been Withdrawn, Ellis 2SO1a, Cobb
| 223R. Mr.. Ellis was declared to be the
nominee.
| Five gentlemen were named for the
nomination as state auditor: Messrs.
| James Il. Simpson Of Montgomery, Wal
| ter White of Colbert, A. E. Caffee of
| Lowndes, Parker of Tallapoosa and
| RANKIN oil fScanDla. CaIIee lea on tne
| first ballot, with White second, Simpson
| third and Parker fourth, and on the
| fourth ballot White was nominated by
| vote of 2S2
| Eleven gentlemen were suggested for
! commissioner of agriculture, and the
! first ballot resulted: ]. #. Culver of Bull
| lock. 80; Hiram Hawkins of Barbour, 81;
| Thornton of Talladega, So; Ross of Lee,
| 26; Key Of Montgomery, 81; Ward Of
| Sumter, AS Smith of Limestone, 51 Nc
| 81 II a.,I o,.I .
| Henry, 80. After great deal of log roll
| ing Major Culver was nominated on the
| third ballot the race having narrowed
| down to Culver and Parker. The race
between these two gentlemen was the
| most spirited of the convention.
The following were elected delegates
| for the state at large to the national con-
vention at Chicago:
Hon. j. H. Bankhead of Fayette. Hon.
| Arthur Kellar of Colbert, Hon. John Il.
| Knox of Calhoun, Hon. A. o. Lane of
| Birmingham.
Alternates-Hon. J. c. Clarke of Mo-
| bile, Swanson of Barbour, Hunt of
| Jackson and Strassburger of Butler
Electors from the state at large-S. w.
| John of Jefferson, John w. A. Sanford
| of Montgomery.
Alternates-J. j. Willett of Calhoun,
L. Il. Musgrove of Walker.
Delegates to the Chicago Convention.
First district-D. r. Burgess of Mo-
| bile, John H. Minge of Marengo; alter
mates. James p. Kenney of Mobile and :
| Massey Wilson of Clarke; electors, E. L.
| Russell OF Mobile; alternate. Oscar L.
| Gray of Choctaw.
Second Observation-Disclosures Tenant
| Loinax of Montgomery, William l.. Park
| of Pike alternate, b. b. Mckenzie OF
| Butler James M. Mcmahon of Escam-
bia elector, John d. Burnett of Lee.
| Third district-Delegates. w. r. Point
| err of Dale and T.. p. Hendham of Lee;
alternates. John w. Smith of Russell!
| and C. L.. links of Bullock; elector, I,
| M. Espy of Henry; alternate. NJ. NJ.
| Baldwin of Bullock.
Fourth district---Delegates. d. I. Good
wyn Of Calhoun and G.. w. Hooper of Dial.
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