The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-09
Negro to be Eliminated from
 State Convention
SENATOR PRITCHARD COMING
Pointers Given Out as to Republican Programme for the Fall Cam palgn-Promlnent Men for
 the Governorship.

The negro is to be isolated from the republican state convention to be held in Birmingham September IS. This state- ment is made upon the authority of number of the leading white members of the republican party.
 The republican state convention has been called to convene in this city on the 16th, and local republicans have been busily preparing to make it the most eventful meeting of the party in this state, within recent years.
 To emphasize this, leader in the par ty stated yesterday that notwithstanding the fact that half dozen or more ne- groes had been selected from the diff ferent counties as delegates to the con- ventlon. not a single one would be ad- mitted to the floor of the convention hall
 I've propose that the chimise and shirts of the republican party in Ala bama shall be as white as those of the democratic party" was the way a re- publican leader expressed it. The effect of this declaration will doubtless be watched with great interest by mem bers of both parties since some of the more prominent of the negro republicans have declared that in case the mem bers of his race were excluded from the councils of the party, an appeal would be made to the national convention.
 To Shut Out Negro.
 It appears that the lilly whites" as the white members of the party in this state have recently been termed are preparing for this emergency. It was stated last night that certain of the prominent na- tional leaders of the party from northern states had been invited to attend the state convention for the purpose of em- phasizing the facts why the republican party in the south should become lilly white" party.
 It was suggested that United States Senator Pritchard of North Carolina, who writes that he will address the state con vention would touch on this point in his speech before the convention here. Tho republican party of North Carolina has recently resolved that it had no further use for the negro.
 Will Decorate Hall.
 The armory In the city building Is to be elaborately decorated for the convention on the 16th. The local arrangement com mittee is anticipating that fully two thousand republicans from over the state will be in the city to attend the con- vention. Several special trains are ex- pected to be run into the ity to accom- modate the delegates. The Mobile dele gation has already arranged for speciaf train, and a prominent hotter man said yesterday that he had received more than two dozen dispatches from Mobi.- ians asking that rooms be reserved for them.
 In order to prevent overcrowdlng in tho convention hall, persons will be admitted on the day of the convention by ticket only. One of the local managers said yesterday that as the hall would not ac- commodate more than five hundred per- sons, that a number of tickets woulS be issued in advance to democrats The committee desires the presence of a few of the leading democrats, accordiii. to the spokesman.
 State Nominees Doubtful.
 There seems to be no certainty as to who will win the nominations for the various positions on the state ticket.
 No one in authority will discuss the matter for publication, though it has been hinted that complete slate has already been made.
 It Is a popular idea that Hon. Truman