Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-24
WILL MEET

| and mussed.
 | The fusionists and anti-fusionists have | ''rassed" and the result is dog fall"
 neither faction triumphed The populite and republican state ex- l ecutive committee met in this city yester- day and fixed the date for their respec-
 tive state conventions, both of which, as
 will be seen below, will be held in the
 same city and on the same day but in separate halls.
 The State Herald for the past few months has repeatedly told of the fight being made in both parties for and | against fusion. It was expected by some l that the question of fusion would be | definitely settled at the meeting of the | two committees here yesterday but it | was not. The subject was discussed in both meetings, and in each 1t was agreed | that the state convention and not the executive committee was the proper | place for a settlement of the question. | And so it thus went over | This result Is claimed by each side in | the republican party as victory, and | that being the case all seemed satisfied | with the days work. pr. Moseley claims complete victory in that the resolution to confer with the
  Dr. Hughes, c. D. Alexander and other leaders who have been fighting Dr. Moseley say they won in that the matter of fusion was referred to the state con vention.
 The popullsts discussed the fusion proposition, but soon declined to act on it, claiming it was matter for the state convention to settle The Republican Committee. The republican state executive com mittee met in pr. Moseley's office, corner | Second avenue and Eighteenth street, with the following members present: R. A. Moseley. Birmingham. chairman; w. | H. Standifer, Gadsdetss. .J..s w.. Jonea, | Hayneville; w. w. Jones, Greensboro; A. | J. Welborn, Tuskegee; I. N Carter
 .Greenville; w. N. Garden, Opelika; s. T. l Fowler, Guntersville; James Jackson
 Tuscumba; A. J. Warner. Birmingham;
 c. W. Buckley, Montgomery; E. D. With l erby, Shelby; T.. G. Dunn. Anniston; c. | D. Alexander, Attalla; I. Dawson, Eu- | taw; D. N. Cooper, Russelville; I. T. | Bishop. Guntersville; H. C. Binford,
 Huntsville; A. J. Prince, Pratt City. After the committee had been in ses- | sion a short time a select committee, | headed by Capt. R.. r. Kolb, from the populist committee presented the follow- | ing:
 "A motion offered by Colonel White | head was unanimously adopted recom- | mending that each state executive com mittee call state convention of their re- spective parties to be held in the city of l Montgomery on the 18th day of April,
 said conventions to be held in separate l halls
 | "R. F. KOLB, Chairman. | "I. l.. BROCK, Secretary" A motion to table motion to confer | with the populists was lost. This was | considered by Dr. Moseley as a victory | for the fusionists, and the anti-fusionists | also claimed a victory, as the matter was | left for the state convention to settle. | The vote on the motion to table was as | follows: l Against tabllng--Standfer J.W Jones' | Welborn, Carter, Garden. Murphy, Car | son, Fowler Jackson, Warner, w. w. | Jones-11.
 l'Alexander, Dawson. Cooper, Bishop. Bin. ford. Prince-9
 The following resolution was then | passed: State Convention April 26. %
 Resolved by the state republican ex- | ecutice committee, That a state conven-
 ton of the republican party of Alabama | be held at the state capitol, in the city | of Montgomery, on the 28th day of April | next.
 | Resolved further, That the several | counties of the state shall be entitled to
 the same number of delegates in said convention as was apportloned in the | last state convention, as follows: Au- | tauga A. Bibb 4, Butler 4. Cherokee 4, | Clarke 6, Coffee 4, Coosa f. Cullman 4, l DeKalb 4. Etowah 4, Geneva 4, Henry 6, Lamar 4, Lee 6, Macon 4, Marion 4. Mon- | roe 1, Perry G. Randolph 4, Shelby 4, Tsl-
 lapoosa G. Washington 4, Baldwin 4. | Blount 4, Calhoun 6, Chiffon 4. Clay 4, l Colbert 4, Covington 4, Dale f. Fillmore 1, Fayette 4 Greene 4, Jackson 6. Lauder | dale 6, Limestone 1, Madison 6, Marshall | 1, Montgomery 10, Pickens 4. Russell 6, | Sumter 6, Tuskaloosa 6, Wilcox G. Bar | bour 6, Bullock 6, Chambers 6, Choctaw l 4, Cleburne 4, Conecuh A. Crenshaw 4. | Dallas 8, Escambia 4, Franklin f. Hale 6, 1 Jefferson IA, Lawrence 4, Lowndes 6. Ma rengo 6, Mobile 8, Morgan 6, Pike 6, St. | Clair 1. Talladega 6, Walker 4, Winston 4. Total 124.
 1 Ask for More Time. | Whereas, The republican executive | committee, having under consideration | the question of congressional contests l from the state now pending before the l Fifty-fourth congress, would recommend l that in the case of w. c. Robinson, con-
 testant, vs. George F. Harrison, con | testee, that the contestant be allowed l more time to take his testimony on the following grounds:
 1. The registration list was refused | him in Barbour county Alabama, and | that the political friends of contestee did arrange a malicious and malignant | impeachment proceedings against con-
 testant in order to harass, detein and | interfere with his time allowed for talk ing testimony.
 | Further, That in the county of Bullock 1t is learned that violence was visited up on his witnesses so as to intimidate and retard the progress of contestant taking testimony.
 We therefore most respectfully requesb the committee before whom this contest is now pending that they grant the time l asked for by the contestant that the tes- ! (Continued on Second Page.)