The age-herald., 1900-02-18
BOTH SIDES ARE
 MAKING CLAIMS
Fight for ChairmanShip of Re- publican State Executive
 Committee Grows Warm.

The contest for delegates to the state republican convention between Julian Il. Bingham and William Vaughan, candidates for the chairmanship of the state executive committee, continues to wax warm, and 1t would require the services of Phiadel- phia lawyer to figure out just how matters stand. Both factions are laying claim to every delegation that is elected, and from an unprejudiced view it would appear that dual conventions are being held in every county, and from present indications it appears that the man who can organize the convention will carry off the plum.
 convention was held in Macon county yesterday, and as usual both sides are claiming the delegates, and, in fact, two delegations were elected
 Beat meetings were held in Madison county and from indications received at Vaughan's headquarters it appears that MT. Vaughan has carried the county. Convention or committee meetings were also held in Macon, Cullman and Chiffon counties, and, with the exception of Chil- ton county, which gave its endorsement to MT. Bingham, the other two are in dis pute The Bingham people also claim that Henry, Coffee, Geneva, Covington and Crenshaw, which are claimed by Vaughan have not acted
 T. H. Miller, secretary of the Vaughan campaign committee, made the following statement last night:
 County republican conventions have been held, and instructed delegates to the state convention as follows:
 ''For Vaughan-Marion 1, Etowah 2, Franklin 1, Chambers G. Geneva 1, Coffee f. Coyington 4, CrenShaw 1, Henry 4, Law renee 2. Total, 32.
 For Bingham-Marfon 3; Etowah, 3; Franklin, 3; Elmore, 4; Lawrence, 2. Total, 14.
 ''It is claimed that conventions have been held in the following counties and delegates instructed for Bingham, but they were not regularly called, and regular conventions will be called and delegates selected: Greene, 4; Pbckens 4; Tallapoosa, 6. Total, 14.
 "Winston is in the Bingham column with four delegates, but the county committee was called and after meeting it resolved it. self into county convention. The Tusca- loosa county convention was held on call of the regular chairman and selected six dele gates and instructed them for Vaughan. Soon thereafter the Bingham faction held a rurnp convention and seleited delegates. hence you can place that county in the con- tested column.
 '.Reports from the Macon county conven- tton held today state that the convention was called by order of County Chairman J. O. Thompson and that the six delegates were instructed for Vaughan, but the Bing- ham faction holted and held another con- ventlon therefore this county is placed in the contested column.
 "A summarv of the counties that have acted gives Vaughan S2 of the uncontested delegates and Bingham IA.
 up to g o'clock about one-third of the beats in Madison county have been heard from, and they stand 13 for Vaughan and 1 for Bingham. This does not look like Mir. Vaughan is going to lose the county in which he was born.
 'I notice in an afternoon paper that J. J. Curtis wires from Cullman that con- vention was held there yesterday and in- structed the delegates to the state con venton for Brigham, when the facts are no convention was held It was simply . meeting of the county executive commit tee. From information have quite num- Der of proxies were held in the meetng.'