The age-herald., 1900-05-05

tion of the gun; and, after due considera- ton of the merits of each, recommend that the gun be placed on stone and brick foundation on the courthouse property, at the corner of Third avenue and Twenty sixth street. We are assured that the coun- ty will not object to this disposition of it.
 That when placed, the committee recommends that it be presented to the city by the club in such formal and appro- priate manner as may be determined, Re- spectfully submitted,
 Sterling A. Wood, chairman; W. J. Wheeler J. J. Banks Cullpepper Exum, Joseph Bietman, Committee"
 John W. O'Neill moved that the report be received and the committee discharged with the thanks of the club. The motion was adopted and then MT. ONeill moved that committee be appointed to cooper ate with committees from the city council and the Elks in the ceremonies attending the mounting of the gun on May A.
 Thanks of the Women
 While the motion was being discussed the presence of a committee from the Fed eration of Women's clubs, consisting Of Mrs. R. D. Johnston, Mrs. Peter Bryce, Mrs. S. D. Cole and Mrs. Converse of Sel- ma, was announced. This committee came before the club to thank 1t for the help IL had rendered in securing the farm for the reformatory school at East Lake. Mrs. Johnston acted as spokesman for the com mittee, and told of the fine stock the as- sociation has at the farm, all of which is registered and has long pedigrees. She said the association had $10OO farm and a $10000 house, all of which had been se- cured on $60O0 She said the different coun- ties of the state either had been or would be asked to make appropriations for the school, and that the claims of each coun- ty would be recognized when taking boys T11, ,1DlrA .t1rf- astically of the school. and concluded her remarks with the statement that In future 10 boy in Alabama would be able to say he had not had a chance to reform.
 After the committee had retired consid- eration of the motion to appoint commit tee to cooperate with similar committees from the Elks and the city council in mounting and decorating the Spanish gun was resumed. The motion also provided that the gun should be loaned to the Ell1s for in the street parade on the 14th, the first day of the street fair. Major An derson president of the club, stated that he wanted to go on record as opposing the motion. He said he was opposed to the gun being put on exhibition and used as an advertisement for any body or any concern
 General Shelley favored the motion say ing that the gun was a trophy of war and had been loaned to Alabama that her cti- gents might see it, and that they could see it as we'll while 1t was being hauled around the city as when mounted He said it was no longer an implement of war, but trophy and could not be used adver- tisement, either by an individual or com pany.
 The motion was adopted and the chair designated as the committee the same gen tlemen who formed the committee that se- cured the gun for Birmingham. That com mittee consists of Sterling A. Wood, chair man; W. J. Wheeler, J. J. Banks. Culpep- per Exum and Joseph Beitman. Cullom Bill
 H. c. Orem, chairman of the committee to which had been referred the Culom interstate commerce bill, submitted a re- port. The majority report signed by H. c. Orem, John w. O'Neill and B. B. Conner, favored the bill, and was as follows: we, the committee, beg leave to report that it is shown that the interstate com merce commission have practically only ad- visory powers; that we have ample exper- fence with a commission of such powers in our own state and know that it is ut terly impracticable, and we believe that commission of five disinterested men to act as a safeguard for the people of all the states with the circuit, appellate and supreme court of the United States as final arbiter of all important differences is ample security against any inequity or called mandatory rates, and that the people are entitled to all the safety included in the Cullom amendment, therefore we recom mend that the Commercial club endorse the request of the Board of Trade, the Bir- mingham Freight and Transportation bu- reau and the Wholesale Grocers associa- ton.
 (Signed) "H. c. OREM. Ch'mn,
 "B. B. CONFER,
 "J. w. O'NEILL."
 B. Steiner signed a separate statement to the effect that the majority of the com mittee had met and agreed to report favor ably on the bill.
 Sterling A. Wood submitted a minority report adverse to the bill
 Joseph Beitman moved the adoption of the report and the discharge of the com mittee with the thanks of the club.
 MT. Wood spoke in opposition to the ma jority report, urging that the Commercial club was not a commercial body, but that 1t was composed of all interests of the city and community the merchants, the manu- lecturers, the railroad men, lawyers, doc tors, and in fact all classes and profess ions. The point made by him was that the club should not take sides with any one class of business men against another that it should act as a balance wheel between the different interests of the community Opposed Endorsement
 General Shelley opposed an endorsement of the Cullom bill, not that it was bad, but on the ground that the Commercial club should not undertake to dictate to congress what laws it should adopt
 B. B. Conner advocated the endorsement