The age-herald., 1899-05-05
Last Speech Was Plea for White
 Supremacy DEBATE LASTED NINE HOURS Hehin of Chambers Made Splen- did Effort Against Bill. PLEAD FOR PURITY IN POLITICS Cofer Said Attempt to Trade With Pop
 ulists Had Been Made.
HE WANTS IT INVESTIGATED
And Offered Resolution Providing for It-Lowe Hopes for Victory When Measure Comes Up
 in Senate Monday

 gomery, May 4.-(Special.) .)-The bill repeal ing the bill providing for vote on the question of whether a constitutional con vention shall be held in Alabama passed the house this evening by a vote of 59 to 50. The debate lasted for nine and one-half hours. The anti-repealists knew they were defeated when the session first opened, but they fought a game fight, contesting every point but the Johnstonites and populites had the votes necessary to win. The vote in detail on the final passage of the bill was as follows:
 Ayes-Bibb, Box, Brandon, Bruner, Byars Capps, Cheatham, Cofer Cornelius, Dawes, Davis, Delchamps, Doster, Edwards, Flew ellen, Forester, Foster, Fuller, Garner, Graves, Green, Harris Haynie, Henry, Hollis, Hood Houston, Hubbard, Huey. Jarrett, Jones, of Bullock; Jones, of Lee; Kelly, Killen, Knight, Long, Lyle, Maddox, Morbut, Mathews, Miller, Mitchell, Moody. Mccain, McGuire Mckee, Porter, Reynolds. Robinson, Rousseau, Sloan, Smith, of Bald win; Smith, of Escambia; Spears, Sturdi- want, Sullivan, Thigpen, Tunstall, White 59
 Nays-Speaker Address, Arlington, Bayles, Brown, Bulger, Cannon, Carson, Collier, Cornelius, Davidson. Gar rett, George, Godbold, Hardie, Harwood. Hefin, of Chambers; He1in, of Randolph; Hurt, Jones, of Covington; Jones, of Will cox; Lavretta, Lee, Mcqueen, Patterson, Pettus, Poole, Riggs, Rogers, Screws, Sey- mour, Stodghill, Tate, Vaughan, Wal lace--35.
 MT. Tunstall changed his vote from no to aye to move reconsideration of the bill
 Nineteen Were PopuIists
 Of those voting for the bill nineteen are populists and forty are democrats. All those voting against the bill were demo- crats. This gave majority of three demo- crats for the bill. The bill will not reach vote in the senate before Monday. Both sides are claiming a victory in the senate. The vote will be close and 1t requires the final vote to settle the matter.
 Chairman Lowe said tonight that the fight would be surely won in the senate. There were three or four genuine sur prises on the final vote in the house. It was fully believed that Messrs. Mitchell of Lauderdale, Robinson of Mobile and Hous- ton of Jefferson, would vote against the repeal MT. Houston first voted against the bill, but just before the vote was an- nounced he changed. Messrs. Gibson and Burkhalter were paired.
 The speeches were opened by the favor able report from the rules committee on the resolution declaring that amendments sould be adopted before the repeal bdll was ordered to third reading.
 MT. Tunstall spoke in favor of the reso- lution.
 Cofer Intima@ed Trade Was Attempted MT. Cofer opposed it in rather sensa- tional speech, charging certain members opposing repeal with attempting to make trade with the populfsts last night MT. Heflin of Chambers replied to MT. Cofer in a strong speech.
 T know nothing of the proposition the gentleman refers to-" he said, but If it were true, no white man, democrat, popu- list or republican, can crfticise it when you talk about bringing the white people to- gether. If it were true, going to them would have been chlvalric courage on the part of the democracy in the interest of the white people of Alabama"
 MT. Brandon asked MT. Hefiin if he had not changed front since his speech Tues day.
 'No, sir,'' replied MT. Hef1in. q am standing on the bedrock of democracy, where I have always stood, and I plead with you not to desert the old ship
 If his language was too harsh for the
 populists In his former speech, he had intended no reflection on them; but if
 they favored a reunited white mans
 party. now was the time to join in the effort to get 1t. If the democrats had offered them thrty-three delegates they
 had best have accepted them as they
 would never be offered that much again. new constitution is absolutely neces-
 sary for purity In politics. No amend
 ment could be framed and passed. He pleaded with the democrats to strike
 off the febters and not follow the dic-
 tates of the man who had with dag
 ger struck at the heart of the party.