The age-herald., 1901-05-04
BANKHEAD'S WORK
 MAY AVAIL GOOD But Burton Says River and Har- Dor Com nittee Can't Come COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETS Mir. Exum Will Be Presldent-ModeI of the Battleship Alabama for Buff
 falo--The Mine Workers
 Make a Request.
COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETS

Mayor Walter Melville Drennen is asked to respond for Birmingham in the meeting of the Southern Industrial Con- vention that meets in Philadelphia next June.
 Hon. T. F. Burton, chairman of the rivers and harbors committee of the na- tional House of Representatives. writes that his committee cannot visit Birming- ham in June, as invited by the Conner cial Club of Birmingham but hopes the committee can come to Birmingham in September.
 Chairman Burton writes that it is the purpose of the rivers and harbors com mittee to visit only the Mexican gulf and Pacific coast ports and that the commit tee will not have time to visit interior towns, such as Birmingham. Congressman Bankhead. Congressman John H. Bankhead of the sixth Alabama district. the most powerful friend the south has ever had in the mat ter of river and harbor improvements and the leading Democrat on the rivers and harbors committee-the man who above all other men has stood stead fastly by and labored for the south. and who has secured by his own exertions the | rich appropriations for the sCoosa, the Tennessee, the Warrior, the Bigbee, the Alabama, and the Mobile harbor improve ments, is striving to get his committee to come to Birmingham, and still has hopes of getting Mir Burton and the other members of the House committee to come to Birmingham in June.
 Congressman Bankhead hopes to get his committee to come to Birmingham. In these particulars-in getting appropria- tions from the Congress for Alabama's harbor and It's waterways Congressman Bankhcad confessedly. has had fs'7 equals. And this is said with all honor to the Hon. Hilary A. Herbert, former Secretary of the Navy, who has done more. next to Colonel Bankhead, to ad- vance the individual interests of Alabam- fans and the general well-being of Ala bama than any other man honored with high place at Washington by the people.
 The Formal Meeting.
 President Kettig called the Commercial Club to order in the club building at CLOCK yeSleTudy dllSihooh. It was the regular monthly meeting of | the club, and the treasurers report, rem l dered by the able treasurer, w B. Leedy, | showed that the net receipts of the month over and above all expenses, were $S1.35. Thereupon J. W. McQueen. A. J. Mapes and S. R. w. Brown were made mem bers.
 Secretary Gibson read a statement that Congressman Underwood had vainly en- deavored to induce, in the name of the club, President Mckinley to visit Bir- mingham The President of the United States was very sorry he couldn't come.
 President Flynn of the United Mine Workers of America Alabama division, asked that the Commercial Club make ar- engagements for the entertainment of the Mine Workers Convention In July next, and that request was passed over till the next meeting.
 B. B. Conner asked that a special com mittee be appointed to ask the consti.u- tional convention to provide that there be a clause in the new constitution to the effect that members of the railroad commission of Alabama be elected by the people.
 MT. Conner further urged that this com mittee be asked to say to the constitu- tional convention that any law restrain ing corporations will be good one. This proposition passed over to fu- ture meeting, John W. O'Neill, delegate elect to the constitutional convention, de- claring that he favored the proposition as to the choosing of he railroad commission h,y Donrlar election
 Buffalo's Exposition.
 The committee on the representation Of Alabama at the Buffalo Fair reported good progress. Six companies had been formed, and they would spend $10,0O0 to represent the State in Buffalo. The spe- cial committee in this particular were Frank r. Anderson, W. N. Malone and B. Steiner.
 New Officers Proposed. The special committee to suggest new officers for the Commercial Club for the ensuing year reported:
 For President-Culpepper Exum. Vice Presidents-John W. Tomlinson Edward Ware Barrett, T. G. Bush, w. N. Malone E. O. Hopkins, George Grif- fin, A. L. Fulendwider, John w. O'Neill.