The age-herald., 1902-03-13
REMAINING OFFICERS
 NOMINATE TICKET
Parkes to Succeed KyIe-Huey, Simp- son and Daniels as MaJors-Anti- Higdontes Had Majority
 of Five Votes.

AlaDdIna military SkeleloH Citph rum the closet, did a few stunts before the Third regiment harmony caucus at the Hillman Hotel yesterday and before the rattle of dry bones had died away nine teen angry gentlemen emerged from the conference chamber. They were friends of Colonel Higdon and they announced to the waiting newspaper reporters that 1t was case of too much Parkes The Ayle faction, which was in the majority, insisted on nominating Major Pnrkes for Lieutenant Colonel, I1igdon's partisanH declared they would support anybody else, but Parkes never. Harmony be- came an obsolete word among the mili- tary conferees and the IIigdon delega- tlpn withdrew.
 When the door was closed behind the minority the majority made the follow ing nominationsi
 Lieutenant Colonel-W. J. Parles of Birmingham.
 Major First 'Battalion-T. T. Huey of Bessemer.
 Major Second Battalion-Robert D.. Simpson of Florence.
 Major Third Battalion-John L. Dan iels of Anniston.
 To this ticket Is pledged the votes of twenty-four officers in eight companies, which number Is said to be a majority of members of the Third regiment. Every one of these officers is anti-Higdon in sentiment, and the prediction Is made that If the ticket is elected some sensa- tlonal developments will follow.
 Those voting for the Parkes ticket were as follows:
 Captains-McDaniel Simpson, Echols. Daniels. Pride, Willis and Bankhead; T.ieutcnants-Cooper, Evans. Bibb, Gul. cite, Ray, Quinn, Barnes, Echols, Will son, Shelnut, Wirt, Stewart. Craig, Schatzen, Edmcndson, Lacey and Wood.
 Those who withdrew from the confer ence were:
 Captains-Gardner (Quartermaster), Hay, Kennedy, Harrison, Ledbetter, Burr; Lieutenants-Long, T. P. Hay, Yeatman, Gregory, Loveman, Smith, Green, Smith. Brown, Hagood, Byars, Jachson Henderson, Glover.
 Major Parkes, as Is we'll known, es- poused the cause of Kyle in the contro- versy which had It's inception during the Spanish-American war He Is next to Kyle considered the most objectionable man by the Higdon faction, and 1t Is doubtful If any of them can be won over. The friends of Major Parkes claim to have enough votes to elect their ticket, but the purpose of the caucus-to restore har- mony-seems to have been lost in the shuttle.
 Major Parkes resigned soon after the Higdor- Kyle courtmartial and suggested the caucus plan for harmonizing differ ences.
 First Test Vote.
 The meeting was called to order yes terday morning by Captain Burr, presi- dent of the Officers Club, formed In An niston He nominated for permanent chairman Capt H. B. Kennedy. Captain Simpson nominated for permanent chair man Captain Willis. The factonal strength was shown in the vote for chair man, Kennedy being Higdon supporter and Willis a Kyle man. The vote stood
 For Willis, 23.
 For Kennedy, 19.
 For secretary the votes were:
 Lacy. 2.
 Quinn. r.
 A committee on credentials consisting of Captains Daniels and Simpson ana Lieutenant Evans, was named.
 Adjournment was taken TOT luncheon, which was served to the visiting officers by the home officers. After the luncheon the conference was again called to order. The meeting was held behind closed doors, and nothing more than the result of the election was known by the news paper men until the IIigdon delegation walked out.
 First Request Refused.
 When the committee on credentials was named the Higdon crowd asked that they be given one man on the list. This was refused
 When the question of naming officers came up for discussion the minority pro- posed to take two places and give the majority two places. This was refused by the majority.
 resolution to make all field officers who had held positions in the regiment since the beginning of the factional fight