The age-herald., 1900-04-27

Smith, w. P. Pinckard, Dan. A. Greene, R. M. Cunningham, Frank P. OBrien and others that might be mentioned, spoke they received the closest attention from the convention and the spectators. Some of the delegates, in speaking to the Age Herald correspondent of the Jefferson del- egation, said they had acted on all ques- ton with wisdom and conservatism, and that they had been loyal to friends; and
 added: "When you people in Jefferson
 want anything let us know We will help
 you get anything you want"
 The convention re-assembled at lo:1o
 o'clock this morning and was called to or
 der by Chairman White.
 The first order of business was the
 nominat tion of a candidate for secretary
 of state.
 Robert P McDavid's name was placed
 before the convention and he was nomi-
 mated by exclamation. MT. McDavid Is
 the present secretary of state, having
 been first elected in August 1898. Charles G. Brown, the present attor- ney general was nominated by acclama-
 tion for the same office.
 John w. Abercrombie of Calhoun was nominated by exclamation for superintend- ent of education. MT. Abercrombie Is
 serving his first term in that office J. Craig Smith For Treasurer Walter D. Seed of Tuscaloosa and J. Craig Smith of Dallas were placed in nom nation for state treasurer. MT. Smith got the highest number of votes and was | declared the democratic nominee for treas urer. The vote was as follows: Smith, | 2741a; Seed, 22919.
 For auditor the names of A. W. Bailey | of Lawrence Robert H. Greene Of Mont | gomery, William H. Mathews of Marion | and George W. Ellis of Montgomery were | placed before the convention.
 As the baloting proceeded 1t became | evident that the race was between l Mathews and Ellis, with chances largely | favoring the former.
 Matthews For Auditor | At the conclusion of the roll call Math- l ews had 207h votes, but before this could
 be announced Jefferson, which had given | Mathews 15 votes, and distributed the
 other 15 among Mathews three opponents, | changed her vote to 30 for Mathews. Dale followed suit, whereupon dozen delegates | Jumped to their feet and tried to catch | the eye of the chair. They all wanted | to change to Mathews and finally the | names of Bailey, Ellis and Greene were withdrawn and MT. Mathews was nomi- mated by exclamation. For commissioner of agriculture the names of Hiram Hawkins of Barbour, R. | R. Poole of Marengo, J. Melville Thornton | of Talladega and A. B. Brassell Of Mont 1 gomery were presented to the convention The vote was taken, and when the last l county had answered to the roll call Poole
 was but votes short of the required s53. | Jefferson changed from 20 for Poole and l 10 for Thornton to 30 for Poole A dozen | or more counties changed their votes, some | from Poole to Thornton, some from Thorn ton to Poole and others from Hawkins and Brassell to either Poole or Thornton. Brasselps name was withdrawn, and Mont gomery's 1s votes thrown to Poole Poole Nominated
 This ended the changes, and the secre- tary announced the result of the ballot as follows: Poole, 297; Thornton, 172; flaw kins, 35. Poole was declared the nominee. MT. Poole was called for and responded | in a short speech that caught the crowd. United States Senator John T. Morgan A. White of Jefferson and R. J. Lowe of Jeff | ferson were elected delegates-at-large to
 the national convention, and c. W. Hooper
 of Dallas, R. M. Cunningham of Jefferson, | Ed Kirkbride of Mobile and John H. Pee
 bles of Limestone as alternates. These l elections were made by exclamation. | Electors at Large
 J. B. Graham of Talladega and John B. | Talley of Jackson were selected by &C., clamation as electors at-large for the state. l and w. w. Kirkland of Dale and Daniel Collier of Tuscaloosa as alternates W. w. Quarles of Dallas and John V. Smith of Russell were named as alternates,
 but as they held state offices they are not | eligible to be electors. For this reason | their names were withdrawn. thirty minutes recess was taken to enable the delegations from the different congressional districts to get together and
 select the delegates to the national conven- l ton and electors and alternates. Captain Whites Resolution On reassemblins Captain F. 8. White of