The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-18
of winston called for the previous ques-
Reports Nominees.

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 State Auditor-T. B. McNarrery of Marshall.
 Attorney Generally. H. Armbrecht of Mobile.
 State Treasurer-H. Lee Brown of | Conecuh
 Commissioner of Agriculture-T. B. Morton of Fayette.
 Superintendent of Education-J. c. Fon- vile of Crenshaw.
 MT. Smith was then introduced and made a speech accepting the nomination. He declared 1t was not his purpose to seek office. but since he was named he declared he was here to work He said every man must work. hard to secure votes.
 Stand by the laws of the state" he declared, "and work for your party. If | you do not like the laws then they can be changed. As good citizens we must | abide the state law and enforce 1t. l If that law is not constitutional, &C., cording to our view, we should enforce | it notwithstanding our personal feelings. | Iu my judgment the constitution is not constitutional but I will say nothing but | enforce 1t until it is settled by the su- preme courts.
 Gentlemen. I never hear 1t said in democratic quarters that any man is not respected because of his political views. | I say I have always had the respect of my neighbors. though always a republ- | can.
 "rhe democrats have asserted that we will have fair elections. and it Is our duty i to see that such is the result
 'T appreciate the honor you have con ferred and accept the nomination witn 1 pledges to- do my best"
 c P. Lane of Huntsville was called to | the platform and made a speech of ac- l ceptance, declaring the party must work and that by so doing 1t would win.
 W. H. Armbrecht spoke in acceptance, saying:
 T consider it the greatest honor that could be conferred upon me to be nomi- | mated for the highest office of my profess sion in the state by the first white re- | publican convention ever held in Ala | bama. If elected I will certainly see that | all laws are obeyed. l will also work | anywhere for the election of the ticket.' Following these speeches words of ac | ceptance were spoken by MT. McNarren, | MT. Morton and MT. Brown. For MT. Karter, J. J. Curtis spoke of conditions | in Cullman county and the Seventh con- | gressional district He declared they would elect a congressman from the Sew enth despite the devil and the democrats.
 EIecting a Committee.
 The question of electing executive committee was then taken up. Upon the question of eleoting one man from each | congressional district and one for each | 2000 votes cast for Mckinley, or majority | fraction, the vote stood 1855 nays and 1l9 ayes.
 Captain Bryan moved that three com mitteemen be elected from each district. J. H. Bingham offered a substitute that each district elect three men and seven from the state at large.
 A motion was made by Judge Steel to lay this on the table. On vote to table the result was 155 for and 167 against. On the Bingham motion the vote was unani- nous.
 A motion was made and amended that the chairman appoint one man from each district to suggest the names of the men at large. This committee was named as follows:
 H. W. Armbrecht, J. w. Dlmmich, W. W. Millikin, w. Battle, Judge What ley, Judge T. B. Morton, Charles Mo- Narron and J. H. Bingham.
 They retired to make up their report. While out the other men were selected as follows:
 District Committeeman.
 The committeeman from the districts were:
 First-John 0. Hubbard. s. A. Leonard
 second-W. c. starks. B. s. Purdue and H. F. Irwin.
 Third-W ". Millilxin, c. M. Cox and B. F. Hudson.
 Fourth-Lewis H. Reynolds. H. L. Me Eldery and J. M Ragin.
 Fffth-W. W. Wadsworth, N. B. Nich- ols and H. E. Burkstrasser.
 Sixth-C. B. Lunsford, P. M. Long and T. B. Morton.
 seventh-J. J. curtis W. s. Standifer and John Isbell.
 Eighth-A. G. Negley. Walter Stephen son and John A. Steel
 Ninth-William Vaughan, J. W. Hughes and J. W. Davidson.
 -at-Large-P. H. Smith, w. w. Simmons, H. G. Cooley, J. H. Bingham, l. Pollak, I. H. Miller and B. l.. Dyer.
 A resolution was passed endorsing Will Ham Vaughan as follows:
 Resolved by the republican state con vention that we hereby express esteem and confidence in our retiring chairman. tn. Hon. William Vaughan"
 A resolution was passed that each con | gressional district place a candidate in the field
 When the Second district was asked to name it's committeeman, two reports were handed in, one by T. O. Bingham, giving the names of T. c. Bingham, w. w. Prdgen and John M. Green. Inc other report named w. c. Starks, B. 8. Perdue and H. F. Irwin l l. C. BlnE1hIn I0Hu6 d statement IdVOT- ing his own report Capt J. F. Bryan answered by claiming the Bingham re- port was irregular and made by arbitrary rules
 A motion was made for the delegates to retire and elect members of the commit tee. A substitute was made that Bing- hams report be adopted. An effort was made to table this substitute, but was | unsuccessful.
 William Vaughan made a plea for har- | mony asking that the same rules apply to all districts. He took no side favoring either delegation.
 Shakes His Finger.
 Frank Simmc ms insisted that vote be taken Mir. Vaughan then walked over and said, shaking his finger h the face of Simmons:
 That Is not right and you know 1t Is not right"
 This was repeated several times, after | which MT Vaughan said:
 'T will make remarks to you outside | the hall which you will be forced to re- sent"
 It looked as If there would be per sonal difficulty between the two when MT. Vaughan was surrounded by friends and forced to one side As he was nov ing away he was heard muttering.
 F. F. Conway moved that the roll of district be called and a vote be taken to decide the question. This was not