The age-herald., 1900-04-28
THE POLITICAL
 FIRES ARE OUT Shouting is Over and the Pot Has
 Quit "BiIin'."
THE PEOPLE ARE DELIGHTED
Some Dissatisfaction That Straightout Declaration for Constitutional Con- vention Was Not Incorporated
 in Platform-End of Struggle

The politicians have returned from Mont gomery, and the work of the state demo- cratic convention was the subject of gem eral conversation yesterday.
 The nomination of Colonel Sanford for governor gives general satisfaction to all | classes of democrats, and from present in- dications he will poll the largest vote ever cast for a gubernatorial candidate in the state. While the partisans of General Shelley were disappointed at his failure to secure the nomination. they do not feel sore over the defeat and will give the nom- inee their most enthusiastic support. The nomination of Colonel Sanford was a victory of the people over the politicians. Few of the latter were among his sup porters in the convention, and every means known to the politician was used to cre- ate defections in the ranks of the Lee county man, but they failed of success. The democrats of the state had spoken in no unmistakable terms and the delegates sent to Montgomery could not be swerved from their duty and their instructions by any arguments or combinations. They were for Colonel Sanford and for him they were determined to vote. No one who took the pains to post himself doubted the nomina- tion of Colonel Sanford after the arrival of the delegates in Montgomery. His name was on every tongue and some there were who offered to bet that he would be nom- mated the first ballot. With the excep- tion of the partisans of the other candl- dates there were none who believed more than three or four hallots would be neces- sary to settle the contest.
 Some Dissat tisfaction
 There is some dissatisfaction through the state over the failure of a straightout de- claration in favor of constitutional con vention being incorporated in the platform of the party. The fact that a resolution was adopted favoring such does not meet the wishes of large body of the demo- crats, especially in the northern and south ern sections of the state. It was urged by some of the leaders that the constitu- tional convention question was as much an issue in the campaign that ended with the primaries as any other question, and that the overwhelming endorsement of Senator Morgan and the rebuke of Governor Johnston was a victory for the advocates of a constitutional convention.
 It was urged on the other hand that while the democrats of the state might desire a convention for the purpose of making certain changes in the consttu- tion it was not good policy to put a clause to that effect in the platform. They urged that if this was done it would cause the defeat of democratic nominees in several of the close counties in East Alabama and other portions of the state.
 The Administration Ignored Tie state convention never made any reference to Governor Johnston or his ad- ministration during its two days session. No resolution of endorsement was intro- duced and there was no reference what soever to Governor Johnston in any of the proceedings Some of the delegates dis cussed quietly the advisability of introduc- ing resolution endorsing the administra- tion or some of the acts of the present governor, but no such resolution was ever presented, and it Is very improbable that it would have been adopted had it been offered.
 Jefferson county fared exceedingly well at the hands of democrats of the state. Both the temporary and permanent chair men were from this county the chairman of the state executive committee, the sec retary of the committee, two delegates from the state at large to the national convention in Kansas City and one dele gate from the Ninth congressional district are all residents of Jefferson. In addition to these the Jefferson delegation furnished one or more members of each committee appointed during the session.
 General Shelley Lo al
 General Shelley, one of the defeated candidates for the gubernatorial nomina- tion, while disappointed at not getting the nomination, accepts defeat in a gracious manner. At a conference of the Jefferson delegation held in Montgomery Wednesday General Shelley said:
 My friends have discharged their ob- legations to me and I have no further claims upon them. I cannot ask them to be governed by what they suppose my feelings are in casting their votes for minor state officers. cannot undertake to ask my friends to punish those who are not true to me or who are not my friends. I felt that my friends in voting for minor state officers ought to be allowed to exer- else their best judgment without any em- barrassment by requests from me. Be- sides, I didn't think it right to undertake to punish people who do wrong in the heat of excitement. Whatever of injus- tice and wrong-doing has occurred will find it's punishment in the consciences of those who did 1t.
 q am as true to the party as ever and as anxious and as willing to labor for its success as ever No personal disappoint- ment can ever abate my energy or change my purpose to work for the party's suc- cess. I shall take as much interest in la- boring for the success of our nominee as any one of his friends in the state of Ala