The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-16

 published in the Mobile Daily Item and was continued for ten days:
 Republican Mass Meeting-Saturday night. August 30, 1902, at 8 o'clock. at German Relief Hall! All republicans of Mobile county and all legal voters who believe in the principles of the republi- can party and are willing to support them are requested to attend mass meet ing at the above time and place for the purpose of selecting twelve delegates to the republican convention to meet in Bir- mingham, September 16, 1902, and twelve alternates.
 Twelve delegates to the congressional convention of the First district when called and twelve alternates; county ex- ecutive committee for Mobile county and such other business as may be brought before it.
 This meeting will be held under the rules and regulations ordered by the re publican state executive committee.
 Only legal voters under the new con- stitution will be admitted. so you must present your registration certificate.
 ''P. S.-Don't be afraid to come as the best of order will be maintained.
 By order of A. s. LEONARD.
 Chairman Republican Executive Com
 mittee Mobile County"
 After the call was issued the club held q gone to the Birmingham conference re- ported that Mir Vaughan had stated that MT. Leonard was the regular chairman and the club thereupon decided. re- publieans. to attend the meeting called by the regular county chairman, and to endeavor to make the attendance at that meeting as large and representative as possible.
 On August 2s three days after the reg ular Leonard call. there appeared on the
 streets a hand bill. issued by unauthor ized parties. who signed themselves as chairman and secretary of the Mobile county republican executive committee. calling a mass meeting to meet at ne- gro hall on St. Michael and Dearborn streets Gone block from the prescribed tenderloin dstrict. at 12 o'clock noon, Saturday. August 30. 1902.
 Thus 1t was that two meetings were held-the one held in German Relief hall at D. m. being called in strict accord ance with the instructions of the state executive committee and the other called in defiance of all rules, law and order and simply to gratify the unsuitable de- sire of two men to nominate all local re- publican politics in the future as they have done in the past.
 There can be no doubt that the meet ing called by S. A. Leonard and held in German Relief han was the only regular and legal meeting Let us now compare the number and character of the partici- pants at each meeting. who these par ticipants represented, the proceedings of each meeting, and the character of the delegates selected by each meeting to represent the republicans of Mobile county in state and congressional con- ventions, and to make a state platform, and to select party standard bearers in state and congressional campaigns.
 The Saturday night meeting, called by S. A. Leonard, chairman of Mobile coun- ty republican executive committee;
 At this meeting there were present over three hundred republicans. Of these seventeen were negroes, all registered the balance were prominent businss and professional men.
 The county chairman called the meet ing to order, anu after reading the call announced the meeting open for busi- ness He then asked for nomina tions for chairman of the meeting. lion. R. w.. Stoutz was nominated. The chair called for other nominations and none were made MT. Stoutz was unanimously elected
 Mir L. w Crow of the Mobile Lumber company was elected secretary.
 The following gentlemen were elected vice-presidents.
 Gregory M. Luce, capitalist and lumber man.
 William B. Paterson of A. J. Paterson & Co.,, naval stores.
 L. P. Curtis. Hudson Furniture Co. George E. Glover, bookkeeper Bay City Lumber Co.
 F. A. Armitage, contractor. Fritz Ebert.
 H. s. Smith, merchant, Grand Bay Ala.
 William B. Walker. William J. Kirsch, timberman. W. T. Henderson, M. D.
 John w. Taggert, grocer.
 John Q. Hubbard of Hubbard Bros, timber
 Charles A. Dodge. real estate.
 l.. G. Cameron, shingle manufacturer.
 S. B. Meeker, restauranteur
 G. T. Gordan, merchant, Citronelle,