The age-herald., 1900-09-17

vote ratifies 1t on a contest. Thompson carried the county of Randolph and that ! leaves Chambers to its fayorite son and Tallapoosa to hers But they say that at the convention at Goodwater we should not have attempted to substitute a minority for a majority report. That brings me back to little party history.
 The Chica go Convention
 "Did any of you go to Chicago four years ago? At that notable convention, where the tribune of the people declared in eloquent phrase, and yet forcble, as have ever heard that you shall not cruelty the people on cross of gold, nor press down crown of thorns upon their heads In that con- vention when the national executive com- mittee came in and reported that they would recommend David Bennett Hill of New York for temporary chairman, 1t was then that son of Alabama, Hon. Henry D. Clayton, arose on the floor of that con- vention and said: Gentlemen of the conven- tion move as substitute for the report of the committee, or the recommendation of the committee, that we place in nomination for temporary chairman that eloquent southern son and Virginian, John w. Dan- iel, and that convention arose in its might and voted down the majority report of the committee for David Bennett Hin, and elected our own beloved southern son, John w. Daniel, as temporary chairman Who has ever questioned the action of that con- vention? That Is as good Democratic prece- dent as I want, and I want to say here today that the following of Bryan In that convention ratified it, and the following of Bryan Is good enough company for your humble servant Let me give another in- stance.
 The Last State Convention
 "I was in the last State convention and MT. Lowe, the chairman of our State exec utive committee, came in and said: Gen tlemen of the convention, the State execu- tive committee recommends to you the Hon. w. P. Pinkard of Birmingham for your temporary chairman. Did they say you have to take him without vote? Not at all. If committee can come up and say here is what we have got for you, and you cannot have anything else, why was 1t necessary in that convention for MT. Clayton to get up and say: Gentlemen of the convention I move the election of Hon. W. F. Pinkard as temporary chairman of this convention, and when his motion was seconded was unanimously carried before that conven- tion. Why was it necessary to put it to vote if the committee can name the chair man? That Is not intended When you go into a party convention, fellow citizens, you are supreme, you are sovereign, and you do not have to take any man for your tenn porary chairman until the majority of the certified and legally elected delegates in that convention say so Now that Is parlia- mentary law. At Goodwater we had 32 16-100 delegates on the roll of counties. Some say that the roll was not called, but if any of you had been at Goodwater and heard that tremendous shout that almost raised the roof from the schoolhouse, the man running down from there could have told you that Autauga County had voted three for Thompson, and 1t had turned things loose. The Brewer faction were paralyzed from the moment that they found they could not get three votes from Autauga for Brewer.
 workIn1 for Harmonv
 1T have taken longer than intended. I have come here to tell you as Democrat, not as a partisan, that the sovereign voice of the convention can name its temporary officers, and we have the precedent of the national convention at Chicago In 1896 repeat again that if Colonel Brewer, who intended to recognize the State executive committee, and bow to its will, why is 1t that when he organized his convention he did not recognize Clay and Coosa for Thompson, just as we recognized Fillmore for Brewer and Bulger in the Thompson convention? What right had they to take the votes of Coosa and Clay after the State committee had said no? I want to show you by figures that Colonel Brewer has never been nominated by anybody It takes 80 51-100 votes. I will show you that Colonel Brewer has not been nomna ted-Autauga l, Lowndes Il, Macon 2, Tallapoosa 5, El- more z; total 26 Remember we needed 30 51-100 votes. Where did he get them? Simply walked over to Coosa and over to Clay and took ten votes, that were never cast; they would have S6 votes. But leave out Clay and Coosa and the three men from Tallapoosa, and three heroes they are, they have a total of 26 regular delegates in the Brewer convention, and necessary to a choice 30 51-100. There is the statement of the case on delegates You need not go back of this, you need not acquiesce in this un- less you want to; but I have made a fair statement here. took no part in this con- test except as an attorney until that con- vention spoke. I was requested by one of the candidates in this before the pri- mary to go to certain county and make speeches, but I said you will have to ex- cuse me, I am your friend, but if there is a fight within the party In that county, and 1t is not within my district but after the voice of the people Is expressed in con- vention, you can then command my serv- ices on the stump and esemhere, to speak not in your behalf but in behalf of 3e nominee of the party, and so I have come here today raising my voice for the first time, simply because follow the rule and the law as laid down by the State execu- tive committee after 1t had heard the ev- dence.
 People Must Come Together
 "Now, then, fellow citizens, I need not tell you that this a year in which the white people ought to come together. You have heard of the threat of Mark Hanna that
 
 South that are not representative, and he means to make an effort to cut out forty Congressmen from the South. It is time for to get together and present solid front to resist any effort to renstate on the calendar force bill for the matchless Morgan to kill again. and l believe we kill it if it is ever brought up They say that MT. Millstead, the Republican nominee, is a nice man, and it is a mighty nice time for him to be elected. He is a fair and honorable man personally. I will admit that. I know him personally, and it may be that his record is clear, but fellow citi- zens, let me speak to you from a political standpoint truth as eternal as the hills themselves, that the best Republican you possibly find in the South when sent 10 Congress, when he gets under the dominat- ing influence of his party in Washington is worse than the worst Democrat. It is time for us to stand together.
 Before I present to you the man who is to follow me, while matchless leader has said, and our speakers have said