The age-herald., 1900-04-26

demands constitutional convention Re ferred to committee on resolutions
 Report on Credentials
 Colonel J. J. Altman presented the re- | port of the committee on credentials. It | was adopted.
 The report gave a half vote to each dele l gate from Mobile, as provided by the state committee, and seated written proxy | over an oral proxy from Cleburne,
 On motion of w. R. Brown of Colbert 1 the following committee on permanent or l ganization and order of business was ap- 1 pointed
 State-at-large-John B. Knox. J. ". Smith, A H. Merrill, F. P. Bricken. First District-Oscar Grey of Choctaw and J. J. King of Marengo. Second Distrct-A Steinhart of Butler and Phares Coleman of Montgomery. Third District-J. V. Smith of Russell and w. D. Jelks of Barbour Fourth District-Frank Wilson of Talla- dega, and Tipton Mullins of Chiffon. Fifth-Tom Hefflin of Chambers, and T. l.. Bulger of Tallapoosa. Sixth-J H. Bankhead of Fayette, and A. c. Smith of Lamar. Seventh-W. w. Haralson of DeKalb, and J. H. Parker of Cullman. Eighth-T. R. Roulhac of Colbert and Emmett O'Neal of Lauderdale. Ninth-O A. Street and J. J. Banks of Jefferson
 1 On motion of MT Knox, MT Wilson R | Brown was substituted for him on the committee and made chairman of 1t. At o'clock a recess was taken until | 3:3O
 | Convention Called to Order Convention called to order Temporary Chairman Pinckard called the | convention to order at o'clock, by which | time the auditorium S 4,OO0 seating capacity | was taxed to its utmost and standing in the | aisles and at the rear of the seats were l several hundred persons. In the gallery | were a hundred or more ladies. 1 While waiting for the report of the com | mittee on permanent organization and | order of business several democratic lead 1 CTS were called on to speak, among them being pr. R. M. Cunningham of Jefferson. | Representative Clayton of the Third dis | trict, and John B. Knox of Calhoun. | Dr. Cunningham referred to expansion | and imperialism and said that wherever 1 the AmericanNfag went there should go | the American constitution. This sentiment was applauded
 | MT. Clayton spoke in opposition to a con | stitutionai convention and received feeble | applause from small portion of the l audience
 l Mr. Knox had previously declined to | speak, but at the conclusion of MT. Clay tons speech was agaln called for, and this time responded. He advocated the holding of constitutional convention and gave some of the reasons why there should be one.
 On mounting the stage Mr. Knox was greeted with prolonged applause and as he proceeded with his argument in support of | a constitutional convention it was plainly | evident that the large majority of the | spectators well as the delegates were in sympathy with the movement for 6 revision of the state constitution. | At the conclusion of Mir Knox's speech the committee on permanent organization reported the following for officers:
 Chairman-Frank s. White of Jefferson.
 vice-Chairmen-J. B. Graham, Talladega John B. Knox, Calhoun; w. J. Bonnor Wilcox: D. A. Grayson, Madison.
 Secretary-R. E. l.. Mel, Dallas.
 Assistant Secretaries-Emore Garrett | Calhoun; A. E. Barnett, Barbour; J. M Robinson, J. B. Gibson. Jefferson. | Sergeant-at-Arms-L. J. P. Owen.
 Order of Business | The following order of business was re ported:
 1. Appointment of a committee on plat l form and resolutions.
 | g. The nomination for governor.
 B. Nomination for secretary of state.
 A. Nomination for attorney general. | B. Nomination of a superintendent O l education.
 G. Nomination for treasurer. | f Nomination for auditor.
 S. Nomination for commissioner of agr
 culture.
 9. The nomination of four delegates iron
 the state-at-large to the national conyen
 ton and four alternates. 1 10. The nomination of two presidential 1 electors for the state-at-large and twt | alternates.
 ] Il. The election of a chairman of thi