The age-herald., 1900-04-08
REPUBLICANS HELD
 TWO CONVENTIONS 
 Split Occurred in Meeting of County Executive Committee. TWO DELEGATIONS NAMED
Bingham Had Majority of Committee Both Sides Claim Victory Chair man Rives and MT. Bingham
 Give Out Statements

A dual county convention was held by the republicans al Pratt City yesterday, and as a result two delegations will go to Mont gomery, one representing MT. Bingham and one MT. Vaughan, in the fight for the state ohairmanship.
 Both conventions were held in the city hall, and both claim to have been the regularly constituted organization, which question will be decided by the state con vention.
 The wrangle occurred in the meeting of the county executive committee, held pre- vious to the conventions, which was called to order by W. H. Harney, the regular chairman. with J. w. Donovan at the sec retary's desk.
 While the question of organization was being considered a motion was put to adopt the organization proposed by the Vaughan supporters which they claim was unanimously adopted, and they at once proceeded to the council chamber and or sanized the convention with M. L. Fowlkes a' chairman and F. A. Dill as secretary.
 Iingham's Supporters
 The Bingham supporters claim that the
 
 of organization, and fourteen of the twen- ty-five members remained in session and organized a convention, with Dr. s. s. H. Washington as chairman and J. w. Donovan as secretary, and adjourned to the same hall where the other convention was in session and proceeded with bus!- ness.
 The Vaughan supporters proceeded to the transaction of business, and after endors- ing the administration Of President Me- kinley, elected the following delegates to the state convention: R. E. S. Rives, c. J. Allison, J. c. Wilson, J. w. Hughes, A. J. Prince, Taylor Scott. John Towers, NJ l.. Fowlkes, J. W. Vaughan N. R. Field ing, Richard Kemp, P. F. Clarke, Hannibal Haywood, w. H. Harvey and fourteen all ternates.
 The other convention which was favora- ble to Mir Bingham also endorsed the Mc- Kinley administration and elected dele gates to the state convention as follows: J. P. McInery, J. Will Donovan, c. c. Ca perton, J. R. McMulln, w. R. Pettiford, S. s. H. Washington, S. P. McCaIpin, J. o. Diffy, w. M. Selcer, E. G. Brown, w. R. Fairley, l.. H. Harrison, A. H. Parker J. A. ". Smith.
 The Vaughan Claims
 R. D. S. Rives, chairman of the Vaughan campaign committee, was seen last night, and gave out the following statement:
 ''The fight is now transferred to the state convention. In this county I have watched the contest closely, and it is. l think, con- ceded even by the opposition that Mir. Naughan's supporters out number those of MT, Bingham by at least 3 to 1 in the beat meetings, yet sinking every consideration or fairness wherever beaten, MT Bing- hams followers have, without exception. bolted. It is very easy by such tactics to secure delegates, and think no comment is necessary"
 It was given out at vaughan's headouar- ters that the following counties which act ed yesterday had instructed their delegates 10 vote Tor MT. Vaughan, with the excep- ton or Perry, which instructed it's dele gates for Wimbs, the negro candidate with Vaughan as second choice: Crenshaw, Autauga, Calhoun. Bibb. Wilcox and Per ry.
 In Greene county it was stated that two conventions, were held by two chairmen both of whom had been recognized by the state committee, and that the convention held at Haysmount, with 400 republicans present, had instructed it's delegates for Vaughan, and that the Eutaw convention failed to instruct
 Mir. Bingham Talks
 MT. Bingham was seen last night and gave out the following statement regard ing the county convention and the cam paign generally:
 Tn the Pratt City convention today MT Vaughan was not only defeated by a ma 1ority of the legally elected delegates but by the action of his followers in the ex- eXutive committee meeting held prior to the regular convention. This action is hardly with parallel in the history of any political party.
 '"The point at issue that caused the ex- traordinary action of certain members of the committee, was the compiling of the temporary role of the convention. On ac- count of the lack of harmony between the two officers of the committee and failure to supply both with the personnel of the delegates from each beat in the county two rolls had been prepared for the com mttee to act upon.
 After the reading of the two temporary rolls a motion was made that the one pre- pared by Chairman Harney be recognized by the committee. While this motion was pending another motion was made by the same side of the house that M. l.. Fowlkes and F. A. Dill be the temporary officers of the convention. The last milton was rec ognized and put by the chairman while the first one was still pending.
 "After calling for the 'ayes" on this motion, without asking for the negative eleven mo of ,y,it