The age-herald., 1900-04-01
BOTH CANDIDATES
 CLAIM 4 VICTORY Republicans Hold Beat Meetings Throughout County KNOCK DOWN AND DRAG OUT The Friends of Both Vaughan and Bingham Are Jubilant Over the
 Result Many Contesting
 Delegations
KNOCK DOWN AND DRAG OUT

pubicans of Jefferson county. Beat meet ings were held to select delegates to the county convention, and in many instances scenes enacted in other counties were re- peated here.
 In Bessemer Chairman Harney was knocked down and dragged out of the hall and turned over to the police, who carried him to jai The fight grew out of the con- test between Vaughan and Bingham for the craftsmanship of the state committee.
 Contesting delegations will go to the county convention from several of the beats and, following up the tactics employ ed in other counties, both sides claim the Jefferson delegation. The Vaughan people claim that they did not lose a single pre- cinct, while the Bingham people claim to have carried several.
 In precinct 37, Birmingham, a dual con- vention was held. Both conventions were held in the same hall and at the same time, and the proceedings were held amidst the greatest uproar.
 The convention for beat 97 met in Union hall, in Second avenue, and was presided over by R. Kemp, with J. w. Samson as secretary. Twenty-two delegates were se- leeted to represent the beat in the county convention and instructed for Vaughan,
 A contesting delegation was sent up by the Bingham people with instructions to vote for Bingham.
 Isins hams Claims
 At Bingham headquarters beats return ing in all sixty-two delegates had peen heard from, and siXty-two were claimed for Bingham. The following Bingham delegates, seventeen in number, were re- turned from beat~21 held at Seals hail: J. Will Donovan, w. M. Selcer, James Donovan, John Trlmble, c. w. Watson. G. D. Laney, J. R. Richardson. w. H. Bry- ant, J. w. Coleman, W. H. Wilhte, 5. H. Darbey, L. U. Going, c. Fisher J. J. RoS- CTS William Barnes, l.. H. Harrison ana E. T. Logwood.
 McKinleys administration was endorsed. and McI<nley's nomination and reelection advocated. A resolution was adopted in- structing the delegates to vote as unit for Bingham for chairman. J. w. Cole man was chairman. w. H. Bryant was secretary and l.. U. Going was assistant secretary of the meeting. Of the 152 re- publicans participating in the meeting eighty were claimed by the Binghamites. Shortly before adjournment Vaughan ap- peared and proceeded to organize bolt. 'In spite of the importation of delegates from outside the city and the fact that whisky was given away freely" said one of Binghams supporters i've had eighty as against seventy-two for Vaughan
 The meeting for beat 37 was held at Union Hall, Second avenue, between Eigh- teenth and Nineteenth streets. Contesting delegations were returned. Following is 4t,. Jola ts., ,r.1 for Bingham:
 F. F. McAlpine, W. l.. Saunders, c. c. Caperton, A. II. Parker, E. A. Brown, L. w. Walker, W. R. Pettiford, Henry Ken dricks, s. S. II. Washington, w. NJ. Bush, B. F. Watson, R.. M. Bennett, Charlie Fowlks, w. B. Green, P. r. Clark, Aaron Thrift, William McGill, William Ealon, J. D. Bell, Andrew Carmack, A. w. Thorn ton, pr. W. G. Mason.
 The following claims are also made by the Bingham people:
 For beat 20, Irondale. the following dele gates were returned: ". l.. McCombs, James Glover, R. N. Hal J. T. Stanifer, all Bingham. In that beat there was no contesting delegation.
 Beat g, Elyton returned an uncontested delegation, as follows: J. o. Dffay, Samuel Roeouck, J. C. Barker, Joseph Johnson, all claimed by Bingham.
 Beat 3, Johns, returned uncontesting delegat ton, as follows: Captain Clemmon, John Thomas, s. Bray, Allen Robinson, all for Bingham.
 Bingham received a telegram from Bes- somer reading: Unanimous verdict-l6 delegates for you. Harney and about dozen of his followers bolted.
 Beat ?, Union, instructed its delegate, s. D. Jones, for Bingham.
 Beat B. Avondale and Woodiamn, re- turned four delegates instructed for Bing- ham. But from that beat there was also a contesting delegation equally divided-2 for Bingham and ? for Vaughan.
 Pratt City sent contestng delegations.
 One of Binghams managers gave out the following statement from Bingham headquarters:
 MT. Bingham, not being a voter in the city, remained away from the beat meet inS5. Mr. Vaughan attended both beat meetings in the city. participated in both and advised bolting in both. His main supporters were Shelby Pledsants, Madi- son county; J. W. Davidson a populite of Blount; T. H. Miller, Tuscaloosa Major Allison, nonresident elf the state; w. M Barley, democrat; Taylor Scott, of Mont gomery."
 Mir. Vaughan Talks
 MT. Vaughan claims the county is for him whelmngly. In an interview giv- en an Age-1Ierald reporter last night he said: T have carried every precinct in Jefferson county that I have heard from up to this hour, o'clock My friends car ried the city precincts, 21 and 37, which control the delegation from the county, by an overwhelming majority that no hon. est man can contravert, precinct 37 by at least 20 to 1, and precinct 21 by at least or to 1; yet little coterie or little handful of men, not over twenty out of 400, pretend to run a dual convention, when every decent or honest man who was thpra knows that thex did h shadow of chance. There were at least