The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-03
LILY WHITE
REPUBLICANS
Party Will Free Itself
of Negro.
ACCEPTS CONSTITUTION
State Convention Called to
Meet September IL.
Representation is Fixed on the Vote
for Mckinley - Chairman
+. vaughan's Resignation is Re-
fused by the Committee.

Birmingham Aug. 2.-(special)-The
State Executive Committee of the Re
publican party in Alabama met her to-
day in Magnolia Hall, twenty-three out
of twenty-seven members being present,
either in person or by proxy. Chairman
William Vaughan called the meeting to
order.
Mr.. Vaughan, in calling the committee
to order, made an address in which he
stated that in the press assertions had
been made that he would not call the
committee together. He said that In his
opinion it was time for the Republican
party to place candidates in the field for
every office from Governor to constable.
He urged that harmonw should prevail.
He told of the conference held yesterday,
and said that resolutions would be pre-
scented to the committee for action
The roll call showed the following at
tendance:
First District-Joseph T. Peterson, col
ored by proxy for 7. J. Anderson; w. r.
Camerson
Third District-D. B. Smith.
Fourth District-J. M. Raglan, Pleas
ant Shaw.
Russell.
sixth District-J. B. Shields. T. B. Nor
ton, T. II. Miller.
Seventh District-J. F. Bishop, Thos'
II. Stevens, J. D. Mitchell.
With District-A. ]. Prince, ]. w.
Hughes and Ad Winds, colored
A motion was made to go into executive
session. Ad.> Winds, colored. opposed
the executive session. but he was Voteo
down.
A committee of nine. on which was one
coIored man, was named after the COM
Ynittee went to work behind closed doors
to take up the resolutions adopted yes
terday at the Republican conference
Convention Called.
THE committee called State Conven-
zion to meet in Birmingham September
rs Beat meetings or primaries las each
naat NAV decide, will be held August 80
One delegate for each two hundred Vot-
erz in 1900 in the Mckinley election Will
he allowed in the convention.
chairman Vaughan offered to resign
tbe announcement being made that j. w.
Dimmick, national committeeman VIII
liam Vaughan and Julian Bingham nao
agreed on l. Pollak Of Montgomery ror
the nosition, but the committee on vote
of 10 to II would not accept vaughan
resignation or his successor.
It was decided that the Convention be-
sides putting out full State ticket
will select a State Executive Committee
and the committee will select CHAIR
man either a member of its own body
or an outsider. Only legal voters under
the new State Constitution will be per-
mitted to participate in the beat meetings
or primaries and in the State Convention
which means the elimination of the ne
gro.
While no mention of Gubernatorial
candidates was made in the committee
meeting, the following are possibilities
H. L. McElderry, Talladega; Col. t. u
Bush, Birmingham; Joseph II Montgom-
ery. Birmingham; Col. Truman Fl. Aid
rich. Birmingham; Erskine Ramsey, Biz
mingham.
The statement is made that Colonel
Bush, who is President of the Alabama
Consolidated Coal and Iron Company
may run for Congress to oppose Congress
man Underwood. He could not be seer
tonight
The negro Republicans are very much
diseruntled at the action of the commit
tee and say they will appeal to the Ma
tional Executive Committee. One Negro
delegate stated that he would advise
bloodshed If necessary to enforce the
of his