The age-herald., 1900-09-19
BURST OF PASSION
 AMONG DEMOCRATS
State Campaign Committee Hear Violent Words and
 Decide They Have No Jurisdiction.


 son campaign committee, was the first to speak with reference to the muddle in the Fifth. He said he believed he was chair man of the regular committee. Continuing, he said: T was member of the executive comimttee that met at Goodwater and con- sidered the credentials of the delegates to .--e diSrict convention. MT. ,...te, for the majority, recommended that Lamar Smith be temporary chairman of the convention, and Judge Driver, representing a minority, recommended Felix L. Smith for tempor- ary chairman. Chairman White Of the executive committee refused to entertain motion made by Judge Driver to adopt the minority report, and Judge Driver then put the motion to the convention himself The temporary officers elected were made permanent. credentials committee was appointed and on their report the Thomp- son delegates from --ay and Coosa were seated and the Buger-Brewer' delegates from Fillmore. Four and fraction were seated from Macon, making a total of S2 lo-l0O votes in the convention The con- vention was composed of sixty-one dele gates, thus making anything over BIZ majority. We nominated MT Thompson and adjourned. Everything was done in order. Another convention was being held presided over by Lamar Smith and some man sitting on a table voted Clay and Coosa Counties"
 .., The Brewer side =
 D. M. White of Coosa County chairman of the Brewer campaign committee, sad:
 I am forced to say to you, gentlemen, that 1 saw all the proceedings of the con- vention and to say that 1 differ with MT. Hef1in l was chairman of the Congress sional Executive Committee. We met at Goodwater on August 29 to pass on dele- gates and to select temporary officers for the convention. Six of the members of the committee agreed upon Lamar Smith for chairman of the convention and they also selected two temporary secretaries. Judge Driver made some statement about minority report. You doubtless have seen in the papers and heard statements about me saying 1t was useless to bring in minority report that l. as chairman, would not entertain. Judge Driver said something about a precedent in 1896 when David B. Hill was selected by the exeeu- uve committee to preside over the tempor- ary organization of the National Demo- cratic Convention. That was not a simi- lar case, as I understand it. MT. Hill de- clined to accept the temporary chairman ship' according to my information, and then it was that another gentleman was elected.
 When I had discharged my duties by calling Lamar Smith to the chair stepped down. Judge Driver addressed the chair ana was recognized by MT Smith,"
 Show of Violence
 Judge Driver-"That is a damn lie."
 MT. Wmte-keep quiet. l am not going 10 be disturbed nor bulldozed."
 At the instant when Judge Driver inter- rupted MT. White several men jumped to tnelr feet and ran between the two men who were not more than four or five feet apart MT. White showed no inclination to resent the remarks of Judge Driver further than to say later on that their personal differences could be settled outside of the committee meeting. wild scene ensued, ana TOT time, perhaps five minutes or more, Chairman Smith was unable to re- store order. MT. White continued to talk and Judge Driver repeated two or three tiTes that what he was saying was a lie There was some motion on the part of one or two persons to draw a pistol, but no weapon was brought into view Finally all quieted down and motion was made to go into executive session. This motion did not meet with second, Chairman Smith having declared it out of order Before the incident closed Judge Driver made a state- ment which MT. White branded as "a damn lie"
 When quiet had been restored Chairman Smith addressed the audience, saying that with all due respect. the committee can- not proceed to business until the gentle men keep quiet and in order. We are the representatives of the great people of Ala bama and I beg of you, gentlemen to keep order Let us proceed in a regular and orderly manner and let every man keep cool. There is no necessity for any thing like this. The chair recognizes the gentleman from Coosa-"
 Mir. White Stat, His Views MT White-"When stated that if had any power 1t had passed out of me, Judge Driver turned and said he was addressing MT. Smith. Judge Driver then turned towards the wall, and put his motion on the minority report, and what passed out sidesthere In the mob cannot say. I have been Democrat all of my life, and want to see the candidate nominated by the Dem ocrats; nominated by Democratic people. can't tell you, gentlemen, who would have been nominated had the convention gone as 1t should have done. but do want to say to you that Willis Brewer was regularly nominated by that convention. That con- vention was called together regularly, as l regularly as any convention ever held in that district.
 "If MT. Thompson had a majority of the delegates he could have voted them in the permanent organization and elected the per- manent chairman. The rockribbed Demo- crats of Coosa and Clay are for Brewer. I >->~--~~- ~~---->----~-~~~-~> Concluded on Third Page)