The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15
GETTING READY
 FOR CONVENTION
Republican Committee Consid
 ing Contested Delegations
CONVENTION ON TUESDAY
Plan to Exclude Negro Delegates Causes Bitter Comment on the Part of Certain of the For
 mer coIored Leaders.

The executive committee of the repub- liean party of Alabama will meet again this morning at o'clock for it's third session. At this meeting the sub-com- mihee on the contests as to the seating of certain delegates in the convention will make it's report. A fight will possi- bly, be made on the adoption of this re- port, but it Is generally believed that whatever action Is reported by the sub- committee will be accepted.
 The details of the contests could not be learned yesterday, but in a general way they mean that an attempt is be- ing made to have the republican con vention which meets Tuesday a white mans convention from cellar to top. This effort will probably be successful and if so, not a negro will find a seat in the state convention no matter how im- portant he has been in past work.
 The contests were from Mobile, Mont gomery and Macon counties. The sub committee wrestled with the claims and Aassertions of the different factions at a meeting Saturday night from 9 o'clock until o'clock, the session being execu- tive. After all testimony had been heard and the contentious sifted to the very bottom a decision was agreed upon, but this decision has not been made public. While 1t has not been given out Ad Wimbs of Greensboro and J. S. Davis of Mobile. both colored. stated that 1t prac- tically meant the throwing out of the negro delegates and making the conven- ton strictly a white mans affair.
 In other republican circles 1t was freely stated that the convention would not seat g single negro, but among the negroes there Is a feeling to contest the matter as far as possible and when thrown from the convention to make protests to higher authorities. This is openly as- serted and Is also found hidden in the spirit of the letters to the Age-Herald written by both Ad Wimbs and J. s. Davis to the editor Of the Age-Herald.
 These letters are as follows:
 Wembs' Comments.
 To the Editor of the Age-Herald:
 Ut has been determined by number of leading white republicans to exclude all colored delegates from the convention. The delegation from Hale county has in 1t Ad Wimbs who was a Reed delegate to St. Louis convention and also a dele gate to Philadelphia convention and A. l.. Matthews who was a Union soldier and also a delegate to Minneapolis con- vention.
 Il contend If we were good enough to sit in national convention with Roose- welt we are good enough to sit in the of- fice-holders' so-called republican conven- ton of Alabama.
 "If it is necessary to exclude us to build up the party, it would be we'll for MT. Roosevelt to put some Of the present office holders out of office and appoint democrats.
 ''The national leaders will be appealed to, and in case these lily whites are sts- tained, the negroes, through agencies they can enlist in their behalf, will send political missionaries in the republican, states to tell the people of their treat ment by the republicans of Alabama.
 ''As to carrying Alabama against Jelks, this is simply political rot The negroes would not now turn out to vote the re- publican ticket. AID W1MBS,
 "Greenshoro."