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 remained in room at downtown hotel
 until 12 o'clock advising with his friends,
 but he received little consolation, and re-
 tired to his office at the capitol He had
 attempted to fix the committee, but he
 failed.
 Chairman Lowe was asked to prepare an address to the people embodying the ex-
 pressions of the committee. He will issue the address tomorrow. vigorous cam paign is to be inaugurated at once. Received Many Replies
 When the committee convened at 12:30
 o'clock the chairman stated that at the last meeting of the committee in Birmingham he had been requested to write to all of the nominees for delegate to the constitutional convention and secure their views upon the issue and the platform. He had received
 replies from eighty-seven of them. Of this number seventy-seven stood unequiyocaly
 upon the platform adopted by the state convention, six favor the constitutional
 convention with some provisions, and four
 were opposed to a convention.
 Mr. Pettus moved that the nominees pres ent who had not replied to the chairman
 be now heard from The motion was car ried, and Colonel T. S. Plowman, of Talla-
 dega, was first to respond. He endorsed un- 1 eauivocally every act of the recent state
 
 motion amended so that all of the nomi- nees present could speak. The amendment carried.
 Immediately there were enthusiastic calls
 for "Cunnngham'-the brilliant son of Jefferson county Senator Cunningham un-
 corked a bottle of ginger, and he seemed to administer a little of the contents to every man in the room. His brilliant words, burning with true democracy, furnished enthusiasm which lasted through the entire | l1f., .to ofaVr1 ont statement of another "I am democrat. He said he endorsed the platform from top to bottom. He had always favored con stitutional convention since the question
 was first discussed and he still favored, and would favor it on the second of May. If enough democrats in the state senate would stand with him, he would sit at the capitol forever, before the bill calling convention should be repealed The Dill IS a democratic measure, or else he ala not know what a democratic measure Is. lie closed his remarks with the querry. Who is it in Alabama that is afraid to trust the neople?" The audience of more than two hundred representative democrats, was greatly enthused. They cheered the sena- tor for several minutes, and then were cries for "Buger."
 Colonel Thomas L.. Rulgcr Colonel Thomas L. Bulger, of Tallapoosa, responded He had opposed the convention hill in the legislature for the reason that
 he considered it incomplete, in falling to submit back for ratification. But a maJori- ty of the democrats passed 1t, and the state l convention endorsed it. The oemoeratic | platform ''met every reasonable objection l that every reasonable man could raise. | He believed the bill would be carried at the July election Colonel Bulger concluded | with this statement: q favor white mans government, ie. ! the conseuuences be what they may. oo rot helieve that there Is any one man m | Alabama who can sidetrack the democratic | party" This statement was Voolerousis | applauded. ,,o,+oo,,erv | rasnonded to enthusiastic calls. He sald ! thar he stood today just where ne stooo | when at the meeting in Birmingham d lew | days ago. "For ten years have advocated | a constitutional convention, he sa'd, ana | I advocate 1t as strong today as l did ten years ago. When the state convention | smoke it bound every democrat. l am op- | posed to the repeal of the bill, and my | time. voice and means are at the disposal | of your campaign committee in the cam | paign for the success of this measure. | Hon. Richard H. Clarke of Mobile, re- l sponded to calls. He believed revision Of | the constitution necessary for the good | morals and the advancement of the pros | perity wealth and happiness Of the people. | A democratic caucus had framed the cal | for a convention, democratic legislature | passed the bill democratic convention | had pledged the support of the party to | the measure By whom are the delegates nominated distrusted?" he asked fhey were nominated by the will of majority
 of the people in their respective counties | and districts, and no one man, at least, | has the right to say that this bill is l against my will and then attempt to 1 throttle the will of the people"
 Knox Made Strong Speech
 Hon. John B. Knox, of Anniston, made l one of the strongest speeches delivered. He l was in full acord with all that had been | said. He could not understand, he said, why any member of the democratic party, | upon its past record, could fail to distrust the party. T am astonished to hear that l a prominent member of the party has | charged that the democratic platform is charged that the democratic platform is not l sincere This same democrat charged that i if a convention is held the right of trial by | a jury will be imperiled. I do not remem- | Der but once when such a right has been | denied, and this was in the case of the i Jefferson county commissioners court" There was great applause at this direct | thrust at Governor Johnston. MT. Knox l ably argued that the bill was now party | measure and the necessity for its support | by democrats "To secede the party &C., l tion,'' he said, would put the party In a | ridiculous condition. There is no doubt 1 about the result at the election in July, | but even should the bill meet defeat, it | would be honorable and not brand us l towards and place the party fin disrepute." | 'Down where live we are democrats" l said Hon. Francis L. Pettus, as he begun
 his speech in response to hearty calls. "We l have but one dictator-the democracy in | convention assembled We have no govern l or of the democratic party. Search my ! county from end to end, and you can't find
 single white man who does not say that AaA H.