The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-11
NEGROES. TO BE DEBARRED
 FROM REPUBLICAN COUNCILS

of determining who are the accredited delegates to the State Convention ac- cording to the returns from the various County Conventions.
 Ruling of State Committee.
 The negro delegates will insist that only delegates chosen at county conventions held on August 3oth can be seated ac- cording to the resolution adopted by the State Committee at it's meeting on An gust Ind.
 Among other instructions adopted by the State Committee at this meeting were the following:
 Each County shall be entitled to one delegate and one additional delegate for each 900 votes and majority fraction thereof. returned for Mckinley and Roosevelt in 1900.
 .'only those shail be recognized and per- mittcd to participate in State. County, District and precinct meetings who are duly quaiifed voters under the constitu- ton and laws of Alabama.
 That County conventions and meet ings for the purpose of eiecting delegates and alternates to State and district con- ventions and for the transaction of other business, must be held on Saturday, Au- gust S0 1902. at such time and place as the County Chairman may designate in all the counties where action has not al- ready been taken.
 That before adjournment of such County meetings, the Chairman and Sec retary shall prepare and sign jointly. cer- tificate of election of delegates and al- ternates. one copy to be mailed to th> Chairman of the Republican State Com mittee and the other given to the dele gates to the State Convention.
 That the Chairman of the State Com nittee shah prepare and issue tickets of admission to the convention to those who are properly elected and certified by the State Committee as delegates or alter nates.'
 The Montgomery County Republican Convention is not the only convention which selected negro delegates to the State Convention. It is said that ten or fifteen negroes will clamor for admission to the State Council of the party. Their credentials have been sent to the State Committee according to instructions but 1t is asserted that the State Committee will reject them and that the white del- eeates will be seated.
 "It is simply proposed to eliminate the negro" said one of the Lily Whites yes- terday Mark my prediction, not sim gle negro will be admitted to the State Convention to be held in Birmingham and 1t will be the most eventful Republican meeting ever held in Alabama"
 The effect of this declaration will doubt. less be watched with great interest by. members of both parties since some of the more prominent of the negro Republicans have declared that in case the mcm-' bers of his race were excluded from the councils of the party. an appeal would be made to the National Convention.
 To strengthen their position. Montgom- cry Lily Whites who participated in Tuesday nights meeting were busy yes terday circulating petitions addressed to Chairman William Vaughan of the State Committee urging his committee to rec ognize no Montgomery delegation to the State Convention but the delegation se- lected Tuesday. night by the Lily Whites of Montgomery.
 Duplicate copies of this petition were made and were generally circulated among white Republicans. many of whom signed,
 The keynote of Tuesday nights meet ing was elimination of the negro from Republican politics. Resolutions were adopted endorsing the administration of President Roosevelt. reaffirming the acc ton of the mass meeting of Republicans held in Montgomery several weeks aep. in declaring that none but qualified eiec- tors SnOuiQ partictpdte ln tHo CouiiSits Vh the party, endorsing National Commit teeman J. W. Dimmick of Montgomery and State Chairman William Vaughan of Birmingham. The resolutions also de- clared for w. I. Wellman of Huntsville for Chairman of the State Committee In the event that Chairman Vaughan de- ciines to serve another term.
 Work of the Club.
 It is said that the Tuesday night mass meeting was the result of action on the part of the Montgomery Republican Club, of which Ed Arnold. Deputy Internal Revenue Collector. is President. This club meets Tuesday night of each week. and it's members declare that new mem bers are received at each meeting
 Great preparations are making In Bir- mingham for the gathering of Republi- cans. A number of Montgomery Repub- licans will go to Birmingham Saturday to be present at the State Committee meeting.
 Leading Montgomery Republicans re- ceived handsomely engraved invitations yesterday to be present at a banquet to- be given at the Hotel Hillman in Bir- mingham Tuesday evening in honor Of United States Senator ]. c. Pritchard or. North Carolina. who is to address the Republican Convention.
 It is quite probable that Truman H. AIdrich of Birmingham will be nominated for Governor by the State Republican Convention. It Is said that he Is the .Loto. oR Monfgonarv Renilbicans.