Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-28
REPUBLICANS AND POPS Have Begun to Assemble in
 Large Numbers. HAVE PLENTY MEAL TICKETS An Extra Force of Policemen Have Been
 Asked For TO PREVENT A FREE FOR ALL FIGHT MT. Mardis Wood Asks His Friends to Re- serve Judgmentin His Case and Await
 Developments in the Matter.
 Removed to Selma.
PREVENT A FREE FOR ALL FIGHT

Montgomery, April N The repupll- cans and populists will each hold their state conventions here tomorrow.
 A large number of leaders are already on the ground and wire pulling is the or der of the day. A majority of the popu- lists here are in favor of fusion, with Congressman Goodwin as the candidate for governor and the rest of the ticket divided between the two parties.
 The fight in the republican ranks is over delegates at large to St. Louis and the chairmanship of the state committee. It seems to be the field against Mckinley, with no means of telling how the nights tests from over half the counties in the state and the convention may not or ganize for day or two.
 Montgomery, April 27.-(Special.)-Th republican and populst brothers have begun to assemble in large numbers. More of the former are apparent on the streets, however. The colored contingent is here strong. You can stir them with stick on almost every corner. All of them are provided with meal tickets to Baron's cafe, a negro eating house. The tickets are not good, it is stated, unless countersigned R. A. M., which, it will be noted, are the initial letters of Speaker Reeds managers name. Orders on any hotel or restaurant in the city are fur nished to the white delegates of the re- publican faith. Fifteen members of the republican state executive committee met this morning at the Mckinley head nn ri or uh ic ia xpp nufl ha that number of committeeman are Me- Kinley's friends It is stated that the other seven members of the committee were off caucusing with Chairman Nose ley. The result of neither meeting has been made public but it is rumored that Moseleg and his following on the com mittee would probably declare vacant the places of the fifteen other members of the committee and proceed to fill them with men of their own choosing. It is intimated that Chairman Moseley will presley at the door until all of the prima facie delegates of his way of looking at 1t are admitted, and then he will proceed to business. The leaders on the other side guarantee that the convention shall not be stocked on them, and say that they will be at, the door when the fun opens and when 1t closes. It looks now as though there would be trouble in the
 
 lice has been applied to for an extra force to preserve the peace. He has promised to preserve the peace, but de- clines to act as a credentials committee for the republican state convention.
 Prominent populsts claim that their party men have smoothed over all of their differences, and will go in unitedly for fusion and a mixed ticket with the republicans.
 Platform to Be Presented,
 The following platform will be pro- posed tomorrow for adoption by the re- publican state convention by Dr. John H. Henry of this city, an old-time republi- can:
 1. We are for the United States gov ernment. it's honor and credit, with pro- tection for it's citizens on all parts of the globe.
 2. We are in favor of gold, the only safe standard of security for all money It Is the rock foundation of money, na- tiOnl and state. It gives security to all silver and paper money required by the people for commercial prosperity We want no state banks. We favor the in- dorsement and issue of all money by the United States government, gold the sin gle standard Of value. We are opposed to the free coinage of silver at any ratio
 3. We are for a protective tariff and reciprocity, as advocated by the great and lamented statesman, James G. Blaine.
 4. We are in favor of protection for parts of the world by a liberal form of subsidization. And the soldiers that saved this government from disruption can never be too well paid for their services by liberal and just pensions.
 5. We are for upbuilding the supreme suppressing and punishing every form of, lynch law,
 6. We are for forming protective al- liance with Mexico and the South Ameri- can states in upholding the Monroe doc urine against all foreign aggression.
 T. We are for honest men for office, with economy in the administration of all public trust given them by the peo- pie to protect their interests.
 g. We are opposed to fusion with the popuIist or any other party with sil- yer platform, of IS to 1, for we are for the single gold standard, with protection, in- ternaI Improvements, good schools and the Nicaragua canal.
 9. We are for William Mckinley for president Thomas Reed second choice, and Hon. David Shelby for governor, honest elections. free ballot and a fair count, equal rights to all races before the law.
 We claim colored men must hold office to help control their people. Without it we can never have prosperous farming country and cordial feeling between the races in the south. With gold the single standard of money. the republican party will be successful in electing it's governor next August over Captain Johnston, the democratic free silver candidate at 16 to1. "
 A New Manufacturing Enterprise.
 Montgomery Is soon to have a new manufacturing enterprise. Saturday in the probate office declaration of incor- poration of the Alabama Cordage com pany was filed. Messrs. T. S. Young. s. J. Cassels. Donald Mcdonald. J.W Bloch, and C. c. Young are named as the in- corpnrators. The capital stock Is placed at $50, GOO, divided into 800 shares of $100 each.
 The factory will soon be located and erected for the manufacture of cotton