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 way of information to Senator Morgan, explaining that he would not call names,
 under a promise made Hon. John B. Knox
 of Anniston, who from the floor of the convention released the temporary pre- siding officer from his promise and cleared
 the mystery CD by shouting the name of
 Morgan which was another signal for an
 outburst.
 Three cheers for Morgan was proposed
 by the chair, and was heartily responded
 to.
 Roll of Counties
 The roll of counties was then called and
 names of delegates were handed in.
 Congressman Henry D. Clayton moved
 the election of the temporary officers MT.
 w. R. Brown started to object, but the
 chair explained that the motion was mere
 ly technical.
 MT. Brown sat down as MT. Clayton re- marked: 'I am glad the gentleman has subsided.
 MT. Clayton put the question: and it was | carried and the temporary officers were elected heretofore indicated, including P. J. Locklin temporary assistant sec retary.
 w T. Bullock moved the appointment of committee on credentials, consisting Of two mebers from each district and from thC Sldtc at idi6S. IL io So OiuSiSo. w. R. Brown moved the appointment of a like committee on permanent organi- zation and order of business. MT Blackwell of Morgan called atten- tion to the fact that there was no roll of delegates yet. The chair said the point was well taken. After some discussion,
 Mr. Brown withdrew his motion. John V. Smith of Russell asked if a proxy in writing was superior to one giv-
 en orally. He said such question ex- isted.
 c. w. Hooper of Dallas interposed a sec ond objection to MT. Browns motion, the appointment of a committee on permanent organization.
 MT. Brown withdrew his motion again, reiterating his original statement, that he knew his motion was not in order, and had made it merely to facilitate business. Credential Comm .ttee The following were named as the com- mittee on credentials. First District-J. H. Webb of Marengo and W. c. Harrison. Second District-S. R. Williams of Conecuh and L. M. Lane of Butler.
 Third District-A. H. Merrill of Bar
 bour and c. L. links of Bullock. Fourth District-B.. J. Schuster of Dal- las and R. P. Thompson of Colhoun. Fifth District-Garrison of Clay and Brewer of Macon. Sixth District-A. B. Smith of Sumter | and W. W. NeSmith of Lamar. Seventh District-W. I. Bullock of i Franklin and Thomas Bradford of Chero- kee.
 Eighth District-J. B. Weakley of Flor ence and Sam Blackwell of Morgan Ninth District-W. w. Lavender of Bibb | and B. A. Thompson of Jefferson. | At Large-J. J. Altman of Jefferson, T. Lomax of Montgomery, H. D. Clayton of l Barbour, Richard Burgess of Mobile. A motion to adjourn was lost and a call for Hon. Frank S. White was made, who was introduced as No. of the Flying Squadron" Captain White made most happy talk, briefly reviewing the work of the campaign and the reuniting of the party. He said that there was yet work Co be done in the reform of the suffrage qualification which brought forth a storm of applause.
 J. B. Graham of Talladega, No. 2 of the Squadron" was next called, and in a short but strong speech he iefenasS the "squad-
 rom against certain ryhmetical prefixes
 which had been applied to it during the campaign.
 Hefliu Made Hit Calls for Quarles and Bowie were not
 responded to, but call for J. Thomas Hefin brought the gentleman from Cham
 bers before the audience and 1t was left
  tion.
 He was introduced as "the sweet singer from Chambers" and in his own inimica-
 ble style he kept the audience in an up- roar with song and story, echoes of the
 campaign. His reference to Bryan was cheered heartily. A call for Brandon from several parts of
 the house, but that gentleman, who occu-
 pied seat near the front, failed to re-
 spond.
 Dan Greene was recognized by the chair, and after referring most feelingly to the absence of Hon. Sidney Bowie of Calhoun and the cause therefor, offered a resolution of condolence to MT Bowie on account of the sudden death of his father, Captain A. B. Bowie of Talladega, which was adopted.
 MT. Lowe of Jefferson presented the fol- lowing resolutions:
 Resolved That it is the sense of this
 convention that the welfare of Alabama Continued On Second Page).