The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-24

Chairman. MT. Fletcher's Rebuke. MT. Fletcher created considerable amusement by saying in quiet voice that the gentlemen could talk between themselves. He said he would not rec ognize several gentlemen at the same time.
 Mir. willett moved to indefinitely postpone the whole question in order
 that as he said, 1t might be fully dis cussed.
 MT. Fitts said he did not approve of indefinitely postponing the matter. He
 thought 1t was of paramount consid-
 eration to the party and to the State.
 MT. Fitts said he proposed to hear the evidence in the case at once. He asked
 that each side be limited to one hour.
 He said the facts were ready and ii
 there were no; so many interruptions
 it could be determined in the time.
 Messrs. Heflin and Lowe represent
 ing the State Committee. agreed with
 Mir. Fitts on this proposition.
 The caucus then, by a unanimous vote. reopened the Williams case.
 On motion of Mir. ONeal of Lauder dale. the Chairman was authorized to appoint a committee of two members to represent either side in the hearing of the case. Messrs. Fitts of Tusca- loosa. and Smith of Mobile. were ap- pointed.
 Mir. Sanford of Pike. moved that the Chairman of the caucus appoint d committee of twelve before whom the testimony in the Fillmore County case could be reduced to writing; the com nfttee to be empowered to administer oaths and report to the caucus at o'clock Friday afternoon.
 Wilson Tired of Delay. Mir. Wilson of Clarke. opposed the resolution. He said he believed the caucus was ready to dispose of the matter. For his part he wanted 1t set tied in order that Friday afternoon the delegates might be doing some- thing else.
 MT. Smith of Mobile, said he thought
 it waste Of time to speak for two
 hours further in this matter. This
 was not the proper way to settle the | matter Personally he favored having committee to take the testimony. MT. Pitts said he hoped the caucus would vote down the motion of Mr. Sanford to raise the committee. He | said the witnesses were here and he wanted to proceed with the examina- tion. -,@-
 Mir. Smith of Mobile said he under | stood that the train on which the wit hNDSCS Ati MI. MCheuZlS were COullnR to Montgomery was six hours late.
 MT. Beddow of Jefferson moved to table the motion of MT. Sanford to l raise committee.
 By vote of "A to 30 the caucus tabled the motion of MT. Sanford. MT. Hefiin of Chambers moved that
 a committee of sixteen be appointed to consider the evidence and report to the caucus at 1 o'clock tomorrow after noon.
 Mir. Cunningham of Jefferson made the point of order that the caucus had determined to reopen the case and consequently the motion to postpone by
 appointing committee was not in order.
 The point was sustained and MT. Will
 son of Clarke. demanded the regular order which he said was the recon sideration of the Williams case. The Chairman, Mir. Eyster of Nor gan, said that the caucus would pro- ceed to the regular order and turned the gavel over to Mir. Graham of Tal-
 ladega who also declared that the regular order was the reconsideration
 of the Fillmore County Case.
 Lowe Takes Chair from Graham. MT. Lowe undertook to practice dila- tory tactics and was addressing the chairman. He was repeated called to
 order by MT. Graham. Finally in
 great heat MT. Lowe said that under
 the rules of the caucus he (Mr. Lowe) was chairman of the caucus and that he would take the chair.
 Greatly to the surprise of the dele gates MT. Lowe proceeded to the Presi- dents desk.
 MT. Graham smiled graciously and ho hol him QMr. Graham) to preside. stepped down upon the floor of the hall. MT. Eyster had surrendered the chair to MT. Graham. MT. Whiteside moved to adjourn and the caucus by an overwhelming vote refused to adjourn.
 Mir. Willett of Pickens made a mo- tion to indefinitely postpone the ques- tion and after some further pariia-
 mentary entanglement MT. Willett
 caused laughter by requesting the sec- | retary to read what was in order. MT. Heflin appealed to the caucus for
 fairness to MT. Mckenzie and moved to adjourn until 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
 The caucus refused to adjourn. Mir. Wilett insisted upon a point of enquiry and asked what was before the house.
 Mir. Sanford moved that the infor-
 nation be given to MT. Willett in writing and there were loud cheers. MT. Cunningham of Jefferson de- manded the regular order which he said was to proceed with examination of witnesses.
 Mir. O'Neal of Lauderdale gained the l floor and said he was not a partisan.
 What he wanted was the facts in the | case. He said it was evident that the caucus was not in proper humor to | consider the facts. He hoped the mat ter would be referred to a committee
 to take the evidence. Therefore he favored the motion of MT. Heflin which he renewed.
 MT. Smith of Mobile, said that grave
 charges had reached his ears in this
 matter. He said that two distinct
 charges of forgery had been made. He
 thought these matters should be con-
 sidered by a committee. He therefore
 seconded the motion. Sanford Wanted a Committee, Mir. Sanford of Pike, said he was far | removed from the people of Elmore
 County. He was merely an humble
 member of the caucus, he said seeking
 to do whet he thought was for the best
 intersst 0f tine Democratic Party. He spoke of tlie impractical ability of so large
 body conducting an investigation of the matter. His mind had not yet been | made up on the matter. He only want
 ed fairness and for this reason he hoped
 to see the Williams case referred to a | Committee.
 Mir. Wilson of. Clarke. said he main