The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30
GROUP OF CONVENTION DELEGATES


 walker. the President of the C0nskf- tutional Convention of 1875. and is the son of Richard w. Walker. who wac delegate from Alabama to the Cone gress which framed the Constitution o8 the Confederate States.
 Coming as he does from one of tho distinguished families of Alabama and being acknowledged one of the ablent lawyers in Alabama it is natural that Judge Walker should be regarded aa one of the strongest men in the con- vention. He is 8 member of the lead- ing committees and while he is seldom heard on the floor of the Convention iu debate his counsel and infiuence in Committee rooms is of the greatest ser~ vice to the State. I Hon. A. E. Williams. Hon. Arthur Ellis Williams of Efs more County was born June 5th. 1s63s near Nixburg. Coosa County. Ala His parents were bereft of all their prop- erty by results of the war between the States in which his father was a true and faithful soldier from 1861 to 1se5- MT. williams received the greater part of his education in the common schoelss but when nearing manhood. he took af literary course at a college In Glasg0ws Mo. and later q course at the Southerm Business College Rowling Green. KMs He took a course in law at the Univers sity of Alabama, while General R. C. Jones was it's president. What cola legiate education he secured was at his own expense. In April 1891 he was ad> mitted ts practice law. being examtue8 by ex-Governor Thomas Watts and AAs sociate Justice J. R. DowdeiL He nuas3& success In law, while he practiceds but his bad health caused him tD uQlS 1t and thereupon he became an active dealer in lands and up to data has beers a successful speculator.
 Mir. Williams is proud of his Demo< cratic record. He has always been ~ Democrat. even in the most trying hours of Fillmore County, when it was hard to tell who would do to depend upon. He and a few other young meH of his county made a bold and fearless strike in 1898 to overturn Popuiism, ana they made great success of 1t.
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 Hon. IT. 4. Smith.
 Hon. Mac. A. Smith was born in that portion of Coosa County which was de~4 tached from Coosa and attached to the present County of Elmore. His parents were Malcolm and Mary B. Smith. both now deceased. who were natives of North Carolina. The early education of Mir. Smith was secured In the schools of Autauga County. t0 which his parents removed in his child~ hood. His scholastic course waa ended at ogiethorpe University, Gazs which course was left incompleta bX the breaking out of the Civil War.
 Mr. Smith was licensed to pracfica law by the Supreme Court of Alabama as early as 1887, but he did not @hanE out his ehingle" until about 101A He has. frequently been honorea with public trust by the people of his county. For over fifteen years he continuously filled the office of notary public and exs officio justice of the peace, and for three terms held the office of mayor of Prattville. which offices were made vacant by his removal to his country home. 'Frogmoor." where he at pre- sent resides. His law office ts iu Prattville, wllither he drives every day. He first represented his county in the popular branch of the General Assem- bly, of the State, at the session of 1SS2 and 1883. Then in the State Senate at the session of 1s90-s3. Again in the lower house in 1S94-5. He Is at present A tion, having been elected to the posi~ tion by the unanimous choice of nia people. He is a Democrat of unswerv- ing loyalty.
 Notwithstanding the many and cons spicious ways in which he has been honored, MT. Smith has not become irA Hated with self-importance nor vain- glory. but on the contrary, he seems to be impressed all the more with the weight of responsibility which evidences of public confidence imposed upon him. He Is a member of the Committee on Education and Impeachments in the Constitutional Convention. He has prepared and introduced about q half dozen ordinances in the Convention, all aiming to restrict the powers of tha legislative branch. Ills theory IS that the organic law should be a conciss declaration of rights followed by we'll defined scopes of authority given to the coordinate departments respectively with more restrictions and limitations than enlargements of the powers of the different ntagistracies. He feels deep interest in educational matters. and is President of the Board of Trustees oe the Prattville Male and Female Aca~ demy. ~
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 Hon, W. W. Whiteside. ji