The age-herald., 1899-03-30
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
 WAS MADE PARTY ISSUE;
 SUBMITTED BACK TO THE PEOPLE
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chair by Chairman Jelks Col. Denson was greeted with great applause. Everybody
 knew that he would soon bring order out of chaos and he did He ordered everybody
 seated and everybody obeyed in quick or
 der "The scenes which have been enacted
 here are disgraceful," said the colonel in
 deep voice which seemed to frighten some
 of the erstwhile unruly youngsters half out
 of their wits.
 "This convention will now proceed to
 business" he continued. "The question be-
 fore the house is the adoption of the plat
 form" MT. Clayton called for a vote by
 counties The call was ordered. The vote
 resulted ayes 254. nays PA. The chair de-
 clared the platform adopted.
 MT, Brandon offered a resolution that as
 the question of holding a constitutional
 convention had not been voted on in the primaries, it was now inexpeiient to pledge
 the party. The resolution went 10 the com
 mittee on resolutions.
 MT. Brandon then moved to take the resolution from the committee and place it on its passage MT Tunstall said the con-
 vention had no right to withdraw the reso-
 lution before the committee had time to act
 Mir. Bowman, of Jefferson, moved a re- consideration of the vote by which the plat
 form was adopted, stating that he did so
 for the purpose of offering the Clayton
 resolution as substitute for section one of the platform Lowe Attacked Bowman
 MT. Lowe was recognized. He attacted
 Bowman, asking whom that gentleman
 represented.
 "He came here as a marplot, a spells pot pie to disturb the deliberations of this con- vention."
 "Why did you vote with him?" a delegate asked.
 "I did not vote with the gentleman. My
 delegation Is instructed to vote as a unit
 and the delegation voted ave-" replied Mr. Lowe. He then denounced the enemies of a con-
 vention for fighting from under cover, and challenged them to come out and fight openly as his side was doing. If this Is not democratic measure,
 whose measure Is it?" he concluded. MT. Tunstall raised the point that Bow mans motion was out of order, as other business had been transacted since the adoption of the platform. MT. Bowman replied to MT. Lowe. He
 said he was much mortified at the gentle mans remarks, and he hoped that they had
 merely been said in the excitement of de-
 bate. He had voted 'aye," but 1t was for
 the purpose of reconsidering the vote. He said he had been friend to the gentleman when friends were needed.
 'I am with the people," he declared, "and if an a marplot & majority of this con vention are marplots." He said that to adopt a resolution bind ing a man against his will would fail to bind him. MT. Lowe made a eharp cut ting reply. MT. Tanner, of Jefferson, finally got the l convention down to business by offering l resolution that 1t was the sense of the ] convention that a constitutional convention | be held. MT. Wallace, of Madison, asked | for a suspension of the rules and the plac- | ing of the resolution on immediate passage. Brandon moved to table the motion. The convention refused to table by vote Of l 332 to 166. The Tanner resolution was then | passed. The regular order was demanded, l which was the nomination of thrty-three delegates from the state-at-large. The fol- | lowing were nominated: Ticket Nominated | First district-W T. Sanders, of Lime- stone | Second district-A. F. Muuay, of Morgan. Third district-Robert L. Hipp, of Blount. Fourth district-John w. Grayson, of Madison. Fifth district-J. B. Starnes. of Marshall. Sixth district-Amos Goodhue, of Eto- wah. Seventh district-John B. Knox, of An niston. Eighth district-Thos. s. Plowman, of Talladega- Ninth district-J. J. Robinson, of Cham bers.
 Tenth dstrict-Thos. L. Bulger, of Tala- poosa. Eleventh district-George A. Searcy, of Tuscaloosa Twelfth district-J H. Bankhcad, Jr., of Walker. Thirteenth district-R. M. Cunningham. l of Jefferson. | Fourteenth district-W A. Altman, of | Sumter. | Fifteenth distrct-John Parker, of El- more. l Sixteenth district-Morgan M. Smith. of | Augusta. Seventeenth district-G. R. Farnham, of | Conecuh.
 Eighteenth district-W. F. Hogue of 1 Perry | Ninteenth district-Howard Douglass, of l Washington. Twentieth district-Wm. Cunningham, of | Marengo
 Twenty-irst district-A. H. Johnson, of | Monroe
 Twenty-second district-J. N. Jones. Mon- l roc
 .Twenty-third district-w. c. Oates. Hen l ry.