The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-18
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caucuses that We're held during the extra
session, and many of the secrets of these
gatherings are coming to the surface. There
is a report that a caucus was held which
populists and repeal democrats attended
and the latter informed the populists that
Messrs. Brandon and Hubbard were to be
their leaders on the floor for repeal and
suggesting Messrs. Spear and Kelly to lead
on the populite side. 1t is further sad that
the governor had an interview with the
two populites and urged that they take the
lead and that to one he laid out line of
speech denouncing Messrs. Lowe and
Tunstall and insisting that he give old
man Pettus HI" and "to rip him up the
back OF words to that effect, because he
had said he had never voted for popu-
lite. 1t is further reported that the popu-
lite caucus declined to designate any lead
ers, though agreeing to vote for repeal.
The statement of Mr. Tunstall and
Messrs- Kelly and Reynolds on the floor of
the house yesterday afternoon attracted
great deal of attention, and it will lie
noticed in the house proceedings that the
statement of Mr.. Tunstall of his part in
the matter was fully sustained by Messrs.
Reynolds and Kelly. Mr.. Tunstall thus
gets the matter before the people in its
true light, backed up by the pooulists in
his statement. 1t was also said that al
the populists' caucus Tuesday evening,
which was held at the instance of Judge
Zell Castor. of Butler, that Mr.. Cheatham,
the member from Butler, offered resolu-
ton to censure Mr.. Kelly for exposing and
disciplng the governor. Mr.. Cheatham
soon discovered that he had the hot end of
the poker, and that his colleagues were not
DISPOSED to do any harsh thing to Mr.. KEEL
ly, but did agree to let the two democrat
ic factions fight it out, and to keep in the
middle of the road themselves.
Reynolds Upheld Tunstal
One of the strongest developments OF the
day was the fact that Notwithstanding the
appearance of a signed statement by Mr..
Reynolds in the governors evening mouth
piece, Mr.. Reynolds stood up on the floor
of the house and sustained and upheld Mr..
Iunstall in the statement there made. The
aforesaid published statement must have
been loaded and seems to have been signed
without being fully digested.
Some curiosity was being expressed as to
the action of Messrs. Brandon, Mcqueen
and MCGUIRE members of the house whose
right to seats has been questioned, and Mr.
Proctor the secretary of the senate vino
is also solicitor of Jackson county, about
drawing their salaries. 1t will be recalled
that Messrs. Brandon and Mcqueen are ad-
jutant general and assistant solicitor re-
spectively, and Mr.. MCGUIRE has changed
his citizenship from Russell ~ Mentgom-
cry, and it was said for these reasons their
seats had been forfeited. Rumor had 1t,
and it was pretty straight. too, that Mr..
Brandon would not draw his pay as a mem-
Der of the house, and at the same time
draw his salary as adjutant general
1t is not known what Messrs. Mcclure
and Mcqueen proposed to do, but like
Mr. Proctor it was said that they would
draw their pay and take the consequences.
1t is known to his close friends that Seere-